No more kidney stones thanks to nutritional changes

Q: I recently passed a kidney stone. I've heard that once you have kidney stones, you're more likely to get them again. I don't want to go through that horrible pain again! What can I do?

Dr. Wright: Get yourself started on a basic kidney-stone prevention program. Limit your intake of meat, sugar, salt, and fruit juice (except lemon juice, which is high in stone-reducing citric acid and citrate). You should also increase your dietary fiber and supplement with the following: 10,000 units of vitamin A, 300 mg of magnesium citrate, and 100 mg of vitamin B6 each day. Even though studies have "dispelled the myth" that higher amounts of vitamin C promote calcium oxalate kidney stone formation, I've seen two such cases first hand. So if you take three or more grams of vitamin C each day, have your doctor measure your urinary oxalate.

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