How Much Longer Can There Global Warming Clown Keep Up This Madness, Global Warming May Cause More Kidney Stones.
Kidney Stones Overview
Kidney stones are small "pebbles" of salt and mineral in the urine. The most common symptom is severe pain. Most stones pass on their own, but medical procedures are used to remove some kidney stones.
http://www.webmd.com/kidney-stones/default.htm
5 steps for preventing kidney stones
Drink plenty of water: Drinking extra water dilutes the substances in urine that lead to stones. Strive to drink enough fluids to pass 2 liters of urine a day, which is roughly eight standard 8-ounce cups. It may help to include some citrus beverages, like lemonade and orange juice. The citrate in these beverages helps block stone formation.
Get the calcium you need: Getting too little calcium in your diet can cause oxalate levels to rise and cause kidney stones. To prevent this, make sure to take in an amount of calcium appropriate to your age. Ideally, obtain calcium from foods, since some studies have linked taking calcium supplements to kidney stones. Men 50 and older should get 1,000 milligrams (mg) of calcium per day, along with 800 to 1,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D to help the body absorb the calcium.
Reduce sodium: A high-sodium diet can trigger kidney stones because it increases the amount of calcium in your urine. So a low-sodium diet is recommended for the stone prone. Current guidelines suggest limiting total daily sodium intake to 2,300 mg. If sodium has contributed to kidney stones in the past, try to reduce your daily intake to 1,500 mg. This will also be good for your blood pressure and heart.
Limit animal protein: Eating too much animal protein, such as red meat, poultry, eggs, and seafood, boosts the level of uric acid and could lead to kidney stones. A high-protein diet also reduces levels of citrate, the chemical in urine that helps prevent stones from forming. If you’re prone to stones, limit your daily meat intake to a quantity that is no bigger than a pack of playing cards. This is also a heart-healthy portion.
Avoid stone-forming foods: Beets, chocolate, spinach, rhubarb, tea, and most nuts are rich in oxalate, and colas are rich in phosphate, both of which can contribute to kidney stones. If you suffer from stones, your doctor may advise you to avoid these foods or to consume them in smaller amounts.
For everyone else, particular foods and drinks are unlikely to trigger kidney stones unless consumed in extremely high amounts. Some studies have shown that men who take high doses of vitamin C in the form of supplements are at slightly higher risk of kidney stones. That may be because the body converts vitamin C into oxalate.
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/5-steps-for-preventing-kid...
Kidney Stones: Preventing Kidney Stones Through Diet
If you have kidney stones, your doctor or dietitian may talk with you about an eating plan to help prevent new stones. The most common types of kidney stones are calcium and oxalate. Each type may require a different eating plan. There are certain foods you can have, and other foods you should avoid, to reduce the chance that you will get kidney stones again.
Key points
If you had kidney stones before, you are more likely to get them again. But by following the eating plan your doctor or dietitian suggests, you may prevent new kidney stones.
Drink plenty of water. The most common cause of kidney stones is not drinking enough fluids, especially water.
The number of people seeking treatment for kidney stones increases with the number of hot days in the US. Researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philidelphia have found a correlation between the number of hot days (mean temperature above 50°F) and the number of people being treated for kidney stones. The study covered 60,000 patients in five US cities and found that “as the daily temperatures increase there is a rapid increase in the number of patients presenting over the next 20 days with kidney stones.” They also found that very low outdoor temperatures caused an increase in kidney stones in 3 cities, maybe because people stayed inside in warmer temperatures in those days. So, we get an increase with warmer temperatures and and increase with colder temperatures. From the title there is a prediction that things may get worse by 2100 due to global warming.
Is this a refinement of older studies? Perhaps there is a correlation between temperature or geography and kidney stones but I’m not sure this is borne out by the global kidney stone occurrences.
I’ll stop practicing medicine and epidemiology without a license, but I’m suspicious of data dredge type studies that don’t look at the patient’s exposure to temperatures and other confounding factors. It seems that climate change is the root cause of most things these days.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2044973#ixzz373y0U9E3
Kidney stones are small "pebbles" of salt and mineral in the urine. The most common symptom is severe pain. Most stones pass on their own, but medical procedures are used to remove some kidney stones.
http://www.webmd.com/kidney-stones/default.htm
5 steps for preventing kidney stones
Drink plenty of water: Drinking extra water dilutes the substances in urine that lead to stones. Strive to drink enough fluids to pass 2 liters of urine a day, which is roughly eight standard 8-ounce cups. It may help to include some citrus beverages, like lemonade and orange juice. The citrate in these beverages helps block stone formation.
Get the calcium you need: Getting too little calcium in your diet can cause oxalate levels to rise and cause kidney stones. To prevent this, make sure to take in an amount of calcium appropriate to your age. Ideally, obtain calcium from foods, since some studies have linked taking calcium supplements to kidney stones. Men 50 and older should get 1,000 milligrams (mg) of calcium per day, along with 800 to 1,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D to help the body absorb the calcium.
Reduce sodium: A high-sodium diet can trigger kidney stones because it increases the amount of calcium in your urine. So a low-sodium diet is recommended for the stone prone. Current guidelines suggest limiting total daily sodium intake to 2,300 mg. If sodium has contributed to kidney stones in the past, try to reduce your daily intake to 1,500 mg. This will also be good for your blood pressure and heart.
Limit animal protein: Eating too much animal protein, such as red meat, poultry, eggs, and seafood, boosts the level of uric acid and could lead to kidney stones. A high-protein diet also reduces levels of citrate, the chemical in urine that helps prevent stones from forming. If you’re prone to stones, limit your daily meat intake to a quantity that is no bigger than a pack of playing cards. This is also a heart-healthy portion.
Avoid stone-forming foods: Beets, chocolate, spinach, rhubarb, tea, and most nuts are rich in oxalate, and colas are rich in phosphate, both of which can contribute to kidney stones. If you suffer from stones, your doctor may advise you to avoid these foods or to consume them in smaller amounts.
For everyone else, particular foods and drinks are unlikely to trigger kidney stones unless consumed in extremely high amounts. Some studies have shown that men who take high doses of vitamin C in the form of supplements are at slightly higher risk of kidney stones. That may be because the body converts vitamin C into oxalate.
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/5-steps-for-preventing-kid...
Kidney Stones: Preventing Kidney Stones Through Diet
If you have kidney stones, your doctor or dietitian may talk with you about an eating plan to help prevent new stones. The most common types of kidney stones are calcium and oxalate. Each type may require a different eating plan. There are certain foods you can have, and other foods you should avoid, to reduce the chance that you will get kidney stones again.
Key points
If you had kidney stones before, you are more likely to get them again. But by following the eating plan your doctor or dietitian suggests, you may prevent new kidney stones.
Drink plenty of water. The most common cause of kidney stones is not drinking enough fluids, especially water.
The number of people seeking treatment for kidney stones increases with the number of hot days in the US. Researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philidelphia have found a correlation between the number of hot days (mean temperature above 50°F) and the number of people being treated for kidney stones. The study covered 60,000 patients in five US cities and found that “as the daily temperatures increase there is a rapid increase in the number of patients presenting over the next 20 days with kidney stones.” They also found that very low outdoor temperatures caused an increase in kidney stones in 3 cities, maybe because people stayed inside in warmer temperatures in those days. So, we get an increase with warmer temperatures and and increase with colder temperatures. From the title there is a prediction that things may get worse by 2100 due to global warming.
Is this a refinement of older studies? Perhaps there is a correlation between temperature or geography and kidney stones but I’m not sure this is borne out by the global kidney stone occurrences.
I’ll stop practicing medicine and epidemiology without a license, but I’m suspicious of data dredge type studies that don’t look at the patient’s exposure to temperatures and other confounding factors. It seems that climate change is the root cause of most things these days.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2044973#ixzz373y0U9E3
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