Re: Stones, kidney or gall

[Guest guest]

Skinny or fat has nothing to do with whether a person develops stones or

not. Stones are caused from acidosis in the body allowing for the

calcification of minerals. This is one of the reasons why the pH balance of

the body is so critical. With the body being slightly alkaline it will not

only prevent and avoid stones, but there are numerous other benefits as

well, such as oxygen in the blood and cells being at a much higher level.

An alkaline environment will attract oxygen, an acid will repel it. Since

oxygen is the fuel that fires our body paying attention to our oxygen levels

will improve our health dramatically. As a side note, removal of the gall

bladder will not prevent gall stones either. They just end up staying in

the ducts rather than accumulating in the gall bladder. Unless the problem

is solved, cutting something out of the body does absolutely no good.

Doug

[Guest guest]

Hi Doug and All,

I am interested in this information, as I was just diagnosed

yesterday in the ER with kidney stones. This has been a long time

problem, but I just found out the actual diagnosis yesterday. I am

trying to educate myself as to anything that I can do to help

myself. I have had symptoms and probably many stones for a very

long time without knowing that it was, in fact, kidney stones. I

have been croning for 4 months now, and have always followed a very

healthful diet. Just started back eating small amounts of fish and

chicken and kefir after many years without. So it isn't like I am

coming from the Big Mac/fries diet. I am reading a lot of

conflicting information on the net, and would appreciate any

feedback. Feel free (anyone) to Email me off the group if you would

like, since I'm afraid this may be off topic. I am fairly skinny at

this point after losing 17-18 lbs in the 4 months of CRing. Now at

123 lbs. Is there something else I can eat or drink that would help

keep my system more alkaline? My understanding is that most fruits

and veggies are alkaline. Thanks,

Gretchen

gealbright@...

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<oxyssage@p...> wrote:

> Skinny or fat has nothing to do with whether a person develops

stones or

> not. Stones are caused from acidosis in the body allowing for the

> calcification of minerals. This is one of the reasons why the pH

balance of

> the body is so critical. With the body being slightly alkaline it

will not

> only prevent and avoid stones, but there are numerous other

benefits as

> well, such as oxygen in the blood and cells being at a much higher

level.

> An alkaline environment will attract oxygen, an acid will repel

it. Since

> oxygen is the fuel that fires our body paying attention to our

oxygen levels

> will improve our health dramatically. As a side note, removal of

the gall

> bladder will not prevent gall stones either. They just end up

staying in

> the ducts rather than accumulating in the gall bladder. Unless

the problem

> is solved, cutting something out of the body does absolutely no

good.

>

> Doug

[Guest guest]

--- <gealbright@a...> wrote:

> I am interested in this information, as I was just diagnosed

> yesterday in the ER with kidney stones. This has been a long time

> problem, but I just found out the actual diagnosis yesterday.

> I am trying to educate myself as to anything that I can do to help

> myself. [...]

> Is there something else I can eat or drink that would help

> keep my system more alkaline? My understanding is that

> most fruits and veggies are alkaline.

There are acid/alkaline food tables all over the place. They

never seem very quantitative - and read like lists of good and bad

foods. Here's one, for example:

http://www.thewolfeclinic.com/acidalkfoods.html

Common advice includes drinking lots of water - and finding out

whether your stones are oxalate, calcium, or uric acid.

http://www.marinurology.com/articles/calculi/dietary.htm

....seems like a good source of information on the subject

of kidney stones and diet.