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Lemon juice can cause kidney stones?
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No: Lemon juice and lemonade are recommended for prevention of kidney stones. Lemonade increases urinary citrate levels. Citrate helps block the formation of certain kinds of calcium-based kidney stones.
Answered 3/17/2013
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Not usually: This is not a known causer of kidney stones in normal people.
Answered 2/26/2016
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