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What foods can i eat that don't have calcium or dairy in it. i have kidney stones ?

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Low-salt diet: Surprisingly, avoiding calcium is not the right thing to do and could even lead to bone loss. Studies have shown that the best diet to prevent kidney recurrent stones is a normal calcium, low animal-protein, low-salt diet. Cutting back on store-bought, ready-to-eat food and increasingvegetables might help. Read more at the national kidney foundation. http://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/diet.cfm.

Answered 1/20/2018

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Calcium stones Rx: Calcium oxalate is likely stone; reasons: dehydration; excess calcium in urine; excess oxalate in urine; low citrate in urine. Diet: avoid spinach, rhubarb, strawberries, nuts, chocolate, tea, wheat bran, and all dry beans; drink OJ 8 oz 2x daily; add ReaLemon extract: 5 tblspns / day; increase fluid 4 liters/day; only 4 oz meat/day; low salt; 4-5 fruits/day; HCTZ (hydrochlorothiazide) 25 mg / day from MD. Avoid milk.

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