Diet regime for Renal calculi (kidney stone)
Dr Himanshu Sharma
NIAPR,Patiala
Vegetables- Carrot, Bitter gourd, ,radish, pumpkin
All these vegetables are rich of magnesium , phosphorus and phyto constituents. They have stone inhibition property.
Fruit – Banana, Lemon, Apple, plums, apricot, almond.
Fruits which are rich in Vitamin C, Vit B Complex and beta carotene helps in preventing stone formation. They breakdown the oxalates deposition in the body.
Cereals- Horse gram, Barley, Moong dal.
These cereals provides magnesium and potassium, which act as stone inhibitor due to their balanced diuretic action .
Miscellaneous-Butter milk, Pine apple juice, coconut water ,Aloevera juice ,corn silk.
These drinks contains phytonutrients such as citrates in lemon, tartarates in cornsilk .
Avoid----------
Vegetables- Tomato, Lady finger, Capsicum, palak, beans, brinjal, cucumber.
These vegetables are having high oxalate contents which results in calcium oxalate stone formation.
Fruit- Blackberry, strawberries ,kiwi, gooseberry(amla).
