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A member asked:
Is it possible that some people who eat high oxalate foods will not get kidney stones?
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Depends: It depends upon multiple factors including how much fluids u drink!
Answered 9/9/2014
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Yes: Depends on a multitude of factors. High levels of calcium supplementation, acidic urine, male gender, as well as oxalate intake can all raise the risk. Inadequate fluid intake to keep the urine dilute also will increase the risk. None of the factors is absolute however.
Answered 2/13/2013
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Oxalate: Avoid dehydration; Follow this Diet: avoid spinach, rhubarb, strawberries, nuts, chocolate, tea, wheat bran, and all dry beans; increase Citrate: orange juice 8 oz twice daily; ReaLemon extract: 5 tblspns per day; increase fluid 4 liters/day; only 4 oz meat/day; 4-5 fruits/day; maintain low salt; egg white 2 per day as protein; 25 mg HCTZ (hydrochlorothiazide) daily to reduce Ca in urine
Answered 9/9/2014
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