Kidney Stones: Foods That Help | Dr. Neal Barnard Live Q&A
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🗓️ 9 September 2021
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Summary
One out of every 10 people will develop painful kidney stones in their lifetime. In many cases a person's diet can play a large role.
What foods help kidney stones? What foods can cause them?
Those are the two key questions answered by Dr. Neal Barnard as he joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room LIVE.
Dr. Barnard also answers questions from viewers:
- Does caffeine cause kidney stones?
- Can eating too much spinach cause kidney stones?
- Is vegan cheese addictive?
- Do any plant-based foods raise cholesterol?
- How many Alzheimer's cases could be prevented with a healthier diet?
- Plus, many more!
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| 0:00.0 | Many, many studies have indicted an animal-based diet in kidney stones. |
| 0:04.4 | And in this case, they're not looking at the cholesterol in the animal fat. |
| 0:07.8 | They're looking at the protein in it. |
| 0:09.8 | So which foods do I have protein in them? |
| 0:12.2 | Meat, dairy products, including cheese, eggs, getting away from animal protein seems to help. |
| 0:17.8 | So animal protein, suspect number one. |
| 0:19.6 | Number two, high sodium foods. |
| 0:21.8 | That's kind of a surprise. |
| 0:22.7 | But now, what foods might help prevent them? |
| 0:25.2 | And if you already have them, what are the foods that you want to eat? |
| 0:27.8 | I would go with an exactly the opposite direction. |
| 0:29.6 | I would go to plant-based foods. |
| 0:31.2 | Beans, vegetables, fruits, full grains. |
| 0:40.8 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast. |
| 0:42.6 | Brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:44.9 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:48.0 | Thank you so very much for raising your Health IQ with us. |
| 0:52.3 | This is Episode 73 of Season 4, number 268 overall. |
| 0:57.9 | And today, we are going to be talking about kidney stones. |
| 1:01.6 | Did you know that one out of every 10 people will get one at some point in their life? |
| 1:08.0 | So the questions today are kind of two-fold. |
| 1:11.0 | What foods can help with them? |
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