More Home Remedies For Kidney Stones

Most kidney stones consist of calcium oxalate crystals, which occur when there is an excess of calcium being excreted in the urine. So here are a couple of home remedies for kidney stones which avoid a build up of calcium in the urine.

Adequate exercise: our modern lifestyles mean that most of us drive to work where we sit down for eight hours and drive home again, where we sit on a couch watching TV for a further five or six hours. None of this is very good for our bones, which tend to leach calcium, some of which ends up in our kidneys as calcium oxalate kidney stones.

Couple this with a high consumption of dairy products, with high levels of calcium and you have the perfect recipe for the sudden, explosive agony of kidney stones.

So here are two very effective home remedies for kidney stones to lock up that calcium, where it belongs -- providing you with strong bones and teeth.

Calcium leaches from our bones when we don't take adequate exercise. This doesn't need to be a daily pounding at the gym. All you need do is to take a brisk walk for about half an hour, a couple of times a week. Not only will you protect against kidney stones by keeping that calcium locked up in your bones, the habit of taking regular walks will also ward off osteoporosis, which can overtake you in later life (particularly if you drink large amounts of alcohol).

In addition, you need to be sure you have good amounts of vitamin D in your body, because this is necessary for the body to take up the calcium coming from your intake of milk and other dairy products. There is some Vitamin D in milk, but the majority is produced by oils in our skin on exposure to sunlight. However, this can be a problem during winter months (which is also when you are less inclined to go for a nice, invigorating, brisk walk), so make sure you include oily fish, such as sardines, and egg yolks in your diet to boost your vitamin D levels. Avoid taking vitamin D supplements, without medical supervision, as too much can be toxic. But you won't run that risk if you stick to natural sources.

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