#513: Kidney Stones & Diet – Deepa Kariyawasam, RD
Sigma Nutrition Radio
Danny Lennon
4.8 • 633 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Kidney stones, crystalline deposits formed within the kidneys, present a formidable challenge to individuals grappling with their debilitating effects. These mineral accumulations, though small in size, can inflict significant pain and discomfort as they navigate through the urinary tract.
Understanding the nuances of dietary management and treatment for kidney stones is crucial for those seeking relief and prevention.
What makes this subject particularly intricate is the diversity of kidney stones – a mosaic of compositions ranging from calcium oxalate to uric acid. Recognizing that not all kidney stones are created equal, dietitians and renal specialists tailor their recommendations to address the specific nature of the stones, unveiling a spectrum of dietary strategies that aim to alleviate symptoms and impede the recurrence of these insidious formations.
In this episode, specialist renal dietitian Deepa Kariyawasam brings us through the main causes of kidney stones, the potential dietary interventions, and how to guide individuals toward personalized pathways for kidney stone management.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Sigma Nutrition Radio. This is episode 513 of the podcast. I'm your host, Danny Lennon, and you are very welcome. |
| 0:23.6 | Today we're going to be talking about kidney stones and potential impact of diet on prevention |
| 0:29.2 | or increasing or decreasing risk of kidney stones and their recurrence and diving into |
| 0:35.6 | some of the things to know about kidney stones and what |
| 0:39.0 | might be possible to do from a dietetics standpoint. So to dive through this area, today I'm |
| 0:45.8 | going to be talking with a specialist renal dietitian based in King's College Hospital in London |
| 0:51.8 | in the UK. Deepa Kariwwasam has been an NHS renal specialist |
| 0:57.1 | dietitian for over 20 years now. Deepa has extensive experience across renal dietetics in a number |
| 1:03.8 | of areas from being clinical lead for the London Kidney Network to being the British Dietetic |
| 1:10.6 | Association representative for the |
| 1:12.8 | British Renal Society for a period of time has been on the Committee for Developing Nice |
| 1:18.6 | Guidelines, so the National Institute for Clinical Excellence in the UK, their kidney disease |
| 1:23.3 | guidelines, as well as being involved in publishing peer-reviewed work on the area of renal nutrition. |
| 1:31.1 | And so today our focus is going to be specifically in on kidney stones. We're going to look at |
| 1:36.7 | what they are, what types they are, and then from a dietetic standpoint, what we might be |
| 1:41.6 | able to do to prevent reoccurrence or at least reduce |
| 1:44.5 | risk in that area, what type of evidence we have, and some other things that might be useful to know |
| 1:50.1 | if you yourself suffer from kidney stones or you have people around you who do. So hopefully |
| 1:57.4 | you find this an interesting discussion. Remember, if you are a Sigma Nutrition |
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| 2:08.2 | everything that is discussed in the episode, but in a nice beautiful PDF with diagrams, graphs, |
| 2:15.5 | explanations, etc. And you'll also be able to get a transcript to the episode as well. |
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