Lemmon, orange, apple NATURAL juices to prevent kidney stones

(NaturalNews) Kidney Stones truly are one of, if not THE, most painful medical problems on earth. This disabling illness sends tens of thousands to the Emergency Room in excruciating pain each year. But the research is clear: drinking a small amount of Lemon Juice every day is an effective way to prevent these painful stones from ever having to happen in the first place.

One of the worst pains that anyone can ever imagine is a kidney stone. Women who have experienced both natural childbirth and kidney stones say that the pain of having a kidney stone is far worse. And it is far scarier because it comes on so suddenly, without prior warning and seemingly no reason why it is happening. Without knowing what is going on, this frightening experience has nearly anyone who experiences it going to the emergency room within minutes believing that they are dying.

Yet as painful as one is, it is simply a tiny crystal the size of a grain of sand or smaller that has lodged in the urinary outlet that causes so much pain. However, the vast majority of stones actually pass out of the body on their own whether medical treatment is given or not. Once someone has had a kidney stone, the probability of getting another is almost 50%- and some people get several in their lifetime. Unfortunately, the only advice that most doctors have to give is to drink lots of fluids and avoid calcium which is the usual component of kidney stones. But avoiding calcium is not only worthless at preventing kidney stones, but it can be dangerous- increasing the risk of osteoporosis unnecessarily.

However, there is a cheap and easy way to prevent kidney stones from EVER happening in the first place. Juice- particularly citrus juice- has been shown to be an effective way to prevent kidney stones from ever forming. While preventing kidney stones seem to be an enigma to medical science that doesn't understand the connection with diet, there is really a very easy explanation as to why this works. Kidney stones are formed when calcium in the blood is unable to dissolve into solution. The undissolved calcium then forms crystals that end up passing through the kidneys and into the urinary tract- causing pain when one is large enough to get stuck. But juices are usually acidic, and citrus juices have an acid called citric acid that allows the calcium to dissolve in the blood, be absorbed into the digestive tract and therefore be unable to cause kidney stones.

Study after study has shown this treatment works, to the point that it is not debated WHETHER juice works to prevent kidney stones, but WHICH TYPE of juice works best. Lemon juice and orange juice, with their high content of citric acid, seem to be the most effective, while grapefruit juice and cranberry juice have shown mixed results and have caused higher rates of kidney stones in some studies. Even apple juice, which contains malic acid, seems to work well. But make sure that your juice is JUST juice and does not contain high fructose corn syrup, as that has been shown to be a CAUSE of kidney stones and could make your problem worse. So drink your juice and prevent the most painful condition known to man from ever happening to you.

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Yellow pea extract and kidney benefic effects

Proteins from garden pea may help fight high blood pressure and kidney disease
Extracts from garden peas could be used as a food additive or supplement to reduce high blood pressure and kidney disease, claim scientists.

By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent
Last Updated: 9:39PM GMT 22 Mar 2009

Peas have long been recognised as a superfood containing protein, dietary fibre, and vitamins wrapped in a low-fat, cholesterol-free package.

But new research shows for the first time that concentrating extracts from the pea can have dramatic affect on blood pressure and chronic kidney disease (CKD).

"In people with high blood pressure, our protein could potentially delay or prevent the onset of kidney damage," said study author Dr Rotimi Aluko, a food chemist at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada.

"In people who already have kidney disease, our protein may help them maintain normal blood pressure levels so they can live longer

The study, which will be presented at the American Chemical Society's conference, is the first reporting that a natural food product can relieve symptoms of kidney disease, the scientists said.

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major risk factor for CKD, a condition that has been affecting an increasing number of people around the world.

CKD is difficult to treat, and may progress to end-stage kidney disease that requires kidney dialysis or a kidney transplant.

Working with colleague Dr Harold Aukema, Dr Aluko purified a mixture of small proteins – called pea protein hydrolysate – from the yellow garden pea.

The researchers fed small daily doses of the protein mixture to laboratory rats with kidney disease.

At the end of the eight-week-long study period, the protein-fed rats with kidney disease showed a 20 per cent drop in blood pressure when compared to diseased rats on a normal diet, the researchers say.

"This is significant because a majority of CKD patients actually die from cardiovascular complications that arise from the high blood pressure associated with kidney malfunction," Dr Aluko said.