Are you seeking a natural kidney stone treatment? Well, there are many natural and home treatments available for this painful condition, but one of the first places you may want to look is your diet. Kidney stones can be caused by toxic build-ups in the kidneys, as well as by infections, and some people apparently have a hereditary predisposition to them, but there is growing evidence that your daily habits, especially your diet, have a great impact on every aspect of your health. When it comes to treating kidney stones, your diet can help in whatever other remedies you may be taking, and may help prevent future occurrences. The kidneys are one of the body’s most vital organs; Chinese medicine in particular recognizes them as the basis for overall health. They are responsible for flushing out toxins from your system. This is why it may be helpful to consider the acid vs. alkaline balance of your diet. Most modern diets tend to be overly acidic, and this is hard on all of your organs. When detoxifying, however, which is especially essential in any kidney stone treatment, you should be especially watchful about acidity. Before we even talk about the specific foods you should consume and those you should avoid, you should first of all make sure you consume lots of fluids, which mostly means pure water, but also possibly some beneficial herbal teas (diuretics such as dandelion are very good for the kidneys). Avoid alcohol, soda and caffeinated beverages when detoxifying. Adding lemon to your water is a good thing, as lemon is a beneficial fruit and also has an alkalizing effect. Lemon-ginger herb tea is also a good therapeutic tea to take. What follows is a list of some foods that are acidic and some that are alkaline. Don’t try to eat a diet that is 100% alkaline -this is neither healthy nor practical. You should, rather, try to correct the typical (in this culture) overly acidic balance of your diet. At the very least, your diet should be 50% alkaline, but if you are detoxifying (as you would be if you are seeking a kidney stone treatment!) it should really be 60 or even 80% alkaline, at least until the problem is resolved. Acidic Foods: Wheat Corn Barley Bran Rice Beans: kidney, black, chick peas, soy beans Peanuts, pecans, cashews Alcohol Coffee Meat Fish Dairy Now, you may be thinking, "This is everything I eat!" True, it’s most of what most people crave. But look at the following list and see how much of it you can integrate into your diet. Alkaline foods: Fruits -almost all Green Vegetables -most Almonds Tempeh Millet Miso Ginger Tamari Molasses Apple Cider Vinegar Yogurt Eggs Pumpkin, sunflower and flax seeds This is not a complete chart, and you should do more research on this if you are interested. It is well worth pursuing, not only for kidney stone treatment, but for overall health and well being.

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If you have kidney stones and are looking to get rid of them in a natural way, you will probably have to make some changes to your diet. A kidney stone diet can be challenging at first, because once you start studying it, you will find long lists of foods you should avoid or reduce for various reasons. Let’s look at some of the reasons for this. One thing to remember is that a kidney stone diet is largely about making modifications to your diet. There are some things you should avoid altogether, but these are unhealthy foods that you’d be better off not consuming anyway. There are other foods, however, that you don’t have to avoid completely, but that you should reduce when you have kidney stones. This makes the diet you have to follow not quite as strict as it may seem at first. Let’s go through the different categories now –foods you should avoid, those you should cut down on and those that are good for healing kidney stones. Foods To Avoid The kidneys are a cleansing, detoxifying organ. So any trouble there is a signal that your body is not purifying itself as it should. So you are better off avoiding, or only occasionally consuming unhealthy, junk or processed foods, snacks such as chips or pretzels, soda, deep fried foods (and foods that have trans or hydrogenated fats or oils). In general, move your diet in the direction of natural and organic foods. Alcohol and caffeine can both irritate kidney stones, so ingest these in small quantities, if at all. Foods To Reduce A high protein diet puts a strain on the kidneys, so if you have kidney stones don’t eat large quantities of high protein foods. Protein is essential, just don’t overload on meat, dairy products, soy products and other protein rich foods. Calcium is another essential nutrient that you don’t want to overdo with kidney stones, as most stones are made of calcium (in addition to other minerals). Again, reduce dairy products and avoid high calcium supplements of any kind. Another category of food to reduce are oxalates, another substance that can form kidney stones. Yet research seems to suggest that only a handful of oxalates are irritating to the urinary tract. These are spinach, chocolate, beans, nuts, beets, blueberries and rhubarb. Foods Good For A Kidney Stone Diet These are mostly foods that fall into the alkaline (as opposed to acidic) and low oxalate category. Some vegetables in this group are squash, alfalfa sprouts, cabbage, cucumbers, cauliflower and turnips. Fruits include apples, avocados, mangos, melons, lemons, nectarines and papaya. Most proteins and starches are acidic, but you don’t want to eat a 100% alkaline diet -closer to 60% is healthy. A high alkaline, low oxalate kidney stone diet is a guideline, not a strict rule. The most important things to keep in mind are to eat a healthy, natural diet, drink plenty of water and get regular exercise.

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