Welcome to the Doctor Burg, Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast.

Now, your host, the man taking your health to a whole new level.

Doctor Eric Burg.

Now, here's a question.

Can too much calcium cause kidney stones?

Well, there are some studies that show that if you're taking about 500 milligrams of calcium carbonate,

which I never recommend, because this is like consuming a stone or cement,

that could increase the risk of kidney stones, okay?

So, yes, it's a possibility.

Now, the other condition is when you have hypercalcemia that's...

I could come from many different things.

One cause would be taking massive doses of vitamin D.

I'm talking about over 100,000 IUs over many months.

You could develop hypercalcemia, which could potentially lead to kidney stones.

But the more likely cause of kidney stones is some type of dysfunction within the kidney, okay?

It's kidney damage from yours of maybe eating incorrectly.

And your body has a difficult time of getting rid of certain things.

The most common kidney stone is calcium oxalates stones.

One thing that you could do if you're prone to getting kidney stones is make sure

that the foods that you eat are not high in oxalates, okay?

Here are some popular high oxalate foods that are also key to friendly, almonds, okay?

So, you want to avoid these.

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