Excerpts The best things to do to avoid high oxalate are: 1. Take calcium - Calcium locks up oxalates in the intestines, preventing them from traveling to your kidneys. It's ideal to have 250mg of calcium lactate before bed. 2. Take citrates - Citrates bind with oxalates, preventing calcium from binding with oxalates. Try lemon juice or potassium citrate. 3. Drink 2.5 liters of fluid per day. This helps lower the concentration of calcium in the kidneys. 4. Reduce foods high in oxalates. High-oxalate foods include • Spinach • Black tea • Almonds • Chocolate • Soda/cola • Soybeans • Sweet potatoes • Tofu Thank you Dr Berg!!
Thanks! Does anyone else see 1. & 2. as in conflict with each other? I feel like you should either follow 1 or follow 2, but not both in the same time...
I am a little confused about item 1 and 2. Should calcium bind with oxalates for the latter to leave the body or should we prevent the binding by consuming citrates?
@@petrichor100 you consume calcium lactate before bedtime, to lock up any oxalates in the intestines so it will never reach the kidneys. Or if you already have calcium oxalate precipitates/stones in your kidneys, you drink lemon juice or Potassium citrate solution to alkalize your kidneys so that the calcium oxalate stones will dissolve and react to form calcium citrate which is water-soluble and gets excreted out.
I have kidney stone and had operation but I was drinking lots of tea a day..then after I saw a video stop drinking tea then copele of day I got headaches but after few day back to normal..I got good result as stop frequent urination and back pain as well..thanks a million doctor..
@@chersimerci1626 I'm a tea freak myself! Having kidney stones I have cut way back,it's like 1glass in am rest of day water. It's hard though I really like my black tea😎
I had 20 kidneys stones lasered and removed two years ago, one was 7mm and got stuck in my left ureter had 1 of 9mm and numerous of 5 mm. Had two stents for 7 days. Today, two years later I just removed my two stents because I had 24 kidney stones, one stuck again, all lasered and removed again. The pain is excruciating. I am glad I came across this video. Thank you so much @Dr Erick 👏🏻
I passed a 9mm stone, wish the doc had done a lithotripsy as it took 23 days to pass. I have 4 huge lemon trees so now drinking much more lemon juice, I'm freezing & canning the juice to use all year long....
Having passed more than 100 kidney stones over the past 20 years, I can tell you they are EXCRUCIATING. I even had a series of lithotripsy procedures to help break them up, which caused a severe infection that put me in the hospital for a week and almost killed me. I was pleased to see I am currently doing all four of your recommendations. I only wish I had started them much sooner.
@@Paulo-zr5zo Chanca piedra didn't help me personally. But I know many who swear by it. I've tried many supplements and prescription meds. For me, dietary modification, proper hydration, and potassium citrate seemed to work best. Hasn't completely stopped the stone formation, but definitely improved.
Hi doc, you saved my life with this information on the kidney. Also I did want to mention that cranberry juice is loaded with oxalates to. Because you think cranberry juice is really going to help your kidneys and your bladder come to find out it's loaded with oxalates. Thank you for all your information you have no clue what you have done for my life. May God in heaven bless your whole family. You deserve it dr. Berg.
Had pain around the kidneys and diagnosed with PCOS. Also, really bad sinus problem. I just stopped eating rice, replaced it with veggies. That's it😅 My health improved after that. My diet is still not perfect, I cheat a lot... Thanks for all the hard work. My best wishes to all of you☺
Me too i thought your post was one of my old posts. I too have pcos and horrible sinus issues that dairy and peanutbutter triggers and even pregnancy makes my sinuses flare so bad i have to take steriod nose drops in order to breathe. My left kidney hurts occassionally, i had kidney stone surgically removed and i wonder if that caused any damage but i was a teen when it happened and cant remember which kidney it was. Coke or pepsi will make my left kidney throb infact its throbbing now and thats why im here, i did drink some coke a few days back. Anyways i was just curious if you found any remedies for your pcos or sinus issues since i too suffer them as well.
Good morning great healer, I am successfully healing from Diabetes (thanks to YOUR diagnosis). I cannot put into words how much better I feel compared to the state I was in (horrible) prior to following your advice. Understatement: God Bless Dr. Berg and RU-vid.
Thankyou So much Doctor!, had one when I was 15 yrs old!! In pain for four months, nightmare as even though I showed doctors where the pain was and I was also shaking alot they never scanned the area,eventually it fell out onto my pants at school and I took it home, mum took it to the doctors and it was a kidney stone, leading up to it had so many kidney infections ,was so disappointed by the care I had:( This is why I drink alot of water, never want to go through this again...worse for a male I've heard!!
Had it once about a year ago and it lasted some weeks. Terrible pain. I take now a little calcium citrate with any meal that contains oxalates = with every meal. I am not sure that it helps, but after reading and reading, it looked like it. Lots of water. Less of my favourites; chocolate, peanuts, almends..... Maybe I should pray? Keep well, and good luck.
My "doctor" told me that I have a fatty liver. After watching your video and following your recommendations, I now have a liver that is doing great. Thank you for your wonderful information about eating properly to cure what's ailing us.
I’ve done 3 of the 4 and, thank God, it’s been effective. I take Magnesium Citrate, I drink a gallon of water a day, and I almost avoid oxalates in my diet.
Thanks dr.berg i followed ur advices 1st i put my mom to a 3 meal a aday to liwer her sugars and giving her more vegetables and the result was so amazing her sugar are droping so fast now.Im.planning to start on her a 2 meal.aday for her high sugar and hba1c love from the phililppines🇵🇭
So far I have 1 note book full and into the second, all on my health. my kids say I'm looking very well (and young) for an invalid :-) I'm feeling my youthful energy again at 67 years young. I live on and run alone my 10 acre plot. I changed my entire diet 3 yrs ago and will Never go back. Injury is neck, vert. 1, 2 and 3 and severe migraines and limited head movement. MVA/cliff. Many other injuries too, from broken bones to childbirth. Thank you for all the valuable knowledge.
Great video and I just got over having surgery for kidney stones that were blocking both of my tubes and my Urologist said that somebody did a study and showed about 50% of kidney stones maybe even more are from lack of fluid and he said not just water any kind of fluid
@@debbiec4407 No he just said it doesn’t matter what liquid as long as it’s a liquid but he said lack of liquid is one of the main causes and I said does it have to be water and he said no it could be juice or anything but obviously water is the best for us and I definitely recommend drinking water but if you can drink other liquids go for it
Your attention to detail eg. explaining what kind of calcium to take or that vitamin C has other components in addition to ascorbic acid etc. have educated me and helped me make more informed decisions. God Bless you Dr. Berg
I am very prone. Medullary Sponge Kidneys. Both kidneys. I use B vitamins, try to fix a possible leaky gut, try my hardest NOT to take antibiotics, drink potassium citrate, drink apple coder vinegar and lemon, fermented foods, and combine cLcium with my food, especially when I have moderate to high oxalate food. I watch oxalates like a hawk, but eat pistachios and macadamia nuts. This is a very hard diet follow for kidney stones when you’re trying to not have a leaky gut and not have other problems like diabetes. So many vegetables are high in oxalates. I also take salmon oil - the good stuff , cod liver oil - the good stuff, zinc, and magnesium threonate - at various times if the day. Plus, nutritionL yeast and sometimes cold pressed flax seed oil. Some of these items also help the situation whether it’s to destroy the oxalate in the gut, or bind with oxalates. Maybe on your next video you can check some of these out, Dr. Berg.
It IS tricky! I've had calcium oxalate AND uric acid (from meat sources) stones. What else is there? And I don't feel well with too much bread or other grain foods or dairy. I just try not to eat too much of anything! And drink plenty of lemon water.
Hello Dr.Berg, Because of all the helpful info on your site, I refereed you to my brother in UK. He is now a fan and receives your videos. Keep up the good work.
The rock I wore in my right kidney for 42 months was described by the doc who performed lithotripsy as being about 3/8x1/2 inch. I still quiver at the memory of the renal pelvic scab I passed prior to surgery!Thanks for all your useful knowledge Dr Berg, too bad you-tube wasn’t around 28 years ago!
I appreciate your knowledge! I see so many things I have done wring and am trying to eat better. I am a home economics graduate and they never talked a out any of these things. We need to educate people desperately. Thanks for your help.
You have so much good information. Could you do a video on the type of vitamin supplements to take? Here you mention staying away from calcium carbonate. You mentioned calcium lactate instead. I would appreciate this type of information on all the supplements. Thanks.
Thank you so much for this information. Since finding tour youtube channel, I have lost 14 lbs. in 6 months. I just eat breakfast at 10:00 ish or late, or wait for lunch. Stop eating after supper usually around 5. Watching what the body reads as sugar. I cannot lose weight. This is sustainable. Gout, kidney stone info is so helpful too. Do kidney stones make you tired?
Have had 3 kidney stones, from personal experience if you were to pick only one diet change would recommend ditching the sodas, would have a kidney stone and then quit soda for a few years then start drinking redbulls and sodas again and would get another stone not long after. Had a stone a few months ago and have been drinking water since and am feeling so much better more energy saving money and after a couple weeks didnt miss soda anymore,
It's absolutely correct. Just avoid adding salt to food or reduce it as much as possible, and check the labels on the packaging of processed foods to see how much sodium they contain, as these foods can contain high levels of sodium.
Dr. Berg has said many times that we need to add salt. It's essential to our body and especially our bones. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vkpvPrek3X8.html
Add as much sea salt or pink Himalayan salt as you like just not white table salt. Don’t bother to check labels on processed foods because if your on this channel you know better then to be eating processed foods
Hey, I made a comment about my oxalates being too high and being prone to Kidney stones a little while ago. Thanks for the video! Since my last doctor's appointment, where they told me I had elevated levels of oxalates in my UA test, I have been drinking more water and I actually add lemon juice to a cup of water every once in a while to help. I don't really consume any of those high oxalate foods you mentioned in the video, but I will look into getting some Calcium Lactate next time I go to the pharmacy. I also found an article showing that fresh pomegranate juice contains 533 milligrams of potassium in a 1 cup serving and a cup of orange juice contains 496 milligrams of potassium. Although, I would still be careful with those because they are high in sugar.
Yes, their sugar content, especially in the orange juice has its own bad effects. Avocados are much richer in potassium and provide other key nutrients. Also Dr Berg has an amazing electrolytes formula that gives 1000mg of potassium per scoop and a good amount of calcium lactate too.
There is some woman who's whole mission is to limit oxalates, I forget her name, she's on several of these YT interviews. Orange has a lot of oxalates, too. She said it can take years to eliminate stored oxalates from the body so maybe that's why your urine oxalate level is still high. She said they are stored in the muscles and bones. I'm going more carnivore and avoiding the toxins plants produce to protect themselves...
I went on a keto 3 months ago, and I am a stone former. I was afraid that I get more stones, so I measured my water intake very carefully. And just a week ago I started to have back pain and with time in the ureter. I thought to quit the diet, but when it occurred to me, that this is probably not because I made more stones, but because I started to drink a lot of water( i actually drunk not enough before keto), and the stone was small so it left (stuck once in ureter but the pain wasn't severe) I also found ayurvedic varuna that I saw on your channel and use it too. Planning to ultrasound kidneys in a week. Actually feel hopeful, because I really put a lot of effort into my diet ( don't eat oxalate food whatsoever and eat plenty dairy).
Everyday for months I've been eating wild caught salmon with pasture raised 2 eggs, or 3 eggs by its self with grass fed butter and extra virgin olive oil. Ok so I load on about 15 spices and doing research I realized how many oxalates some spices have. Ive also consumed cocoa powder everyday. My urine is dark yellow and I've been peeing more lately. After cutting back on the high oxalates I'm starting to feel better. Remember just because something is good doesnt mean you need it everyday
"It has been shown that people taking higher doses of potassium had a 50% lower risk of developing kidney stones." From the book I recommend "A brief collection of unknown facts about vitamins and minerals" by Alexandre Doumenach MD.
I thought potassium can cause kidney stones ? No bananas or supplements. Definitely no calcium … what if you have calcifications ( breast , cataract etc ) AND kidney stones .. so confused 😭 Take D3 & K 2? I can’t keep up
@@mobutter2879 I also think it's a good position. My wife with PCOS has significantly improved health after taking vitamin D3 and iodine. I just wish I could find any contact with the Dr. to thank him. Maybe I'll at least write reviews for the book. It is important that such doctors promoting natural substances in healing should be among us, especially in these crazy times. Did you see any contact to the doctor? Did you write a review?
Although we cannot advise on any diagnosis or treat any condition, we can suggest watching some of Dr. Berg's videos for more research: ru-vid.comsearch?query=Sjogrens%20 With all else, please consult with your doctor. Dr. Berg's Support Team.
Thanks for great info. Lemon essential oil (organic) helps dissolve stones and gives great relief in matter hour or too. Rub drops on kidney area, if concerned about concentration dilute in oil, (although in my experience of folk trying this, is not been too strong)
It might be helpful to add _unhulled sesame seeds_ to that high-oxalate food list. I developed kidney stones after consuming maybe 75g of sesame flour daily.
Great video. However you didn't mention one of the most common reasons that people have a problem excreting oxalates. In our healthy gut biome we all have colonies of bacteria that naturally feed on oxalates, known as oxalobacter bacteria. There are several species. But when we take antibiotics, these are killed off and never regenerate. Then we are stuck with the oxalates we eat and they cause huge problems.
@@whitevoodooman7276 Research is in progress. But the main problem is that it is very difficult to keep oxalobacters alive outside of the body. For years I thought I was eating a very healthy vegetarian diet without realising I had no oxalobacters in my gut biome. I ended up very poorly in hospital and now my diet is extremely restricted. I would consume any supplement that contained oxalobacters, if it existed. I know some people undergo faecal transplants to have a better gut biome, but you would have to know for sure that the transplanted material came from a person who had a normal level of oxalobacters.
@@wendydee3007 what do you eat now . I know what you saying but I bet they could roll this out easy but big pharma have buried it and it's as good as out lawed
@@whitevoodooman7276 I eat meat, dairy, white rice, corn, peas, Italian kale, cauliflower, lettuce. There are probiotic supplements available, stating they contain oxalobacters - but when tested independently, they do not.
Some of the problems with creating a viable supplement are: oxalobacters are anaerobes, making them unsuitable for putting in capsule or tablet form; they do not survive the acidity of the stomach, or the bile salts from the small intestine. Most probiotics are sold as dietary supplements; this means that the companies that make them don't have to test their products and show that they work or that they are safe.
Had many bouts of kidney stones , started when I was taking calcium. Then came on, now and then till I started taking 6 tbs of lemon juice thru out the day, (mixed with daily drinks) No more kidney stones in over 20 years.
Hey! I just found out I have tiny kidney stone and here you are. Btw also found out my hba1c reduced. Been intermittent fasting (16-8) since Jan 2021 also TSH showing great results.
Love you doctor. I had 5.5mm k stone i started exarsice you showed in one vd. I caught that in uretra pipe. That muscle. Was stucked from left side of abdomine.....I started exarsize after four days it fall down in bladder. And. Came out after 3 days GOOOD VIDEO THQ DOCTOR
I usually am able to get to 240 easy enuff but not recently is why I started to watch all the help shows yours being one of them being a desperate vegetarian I started to watch the carnivore diet since it mimics the keto diet I have been able to stay closer to a keto diet past week and teetering 249 yet still I know its more important for me to follow the rules bot care so much about weight loss right away cuz water has weight so yes I drink more fluids and I take more enemas against with is water im not so much worried about water retention cuz I'm detoxing with enmas and drinking a lot of water strange thing I do is drink a beer now and then for b12 it helps me feel better to exclude lack of b12 headache my next gig step is to go from turkey bacon which I noticed was already pre cooked and tasted batter cold to real bacon which is by no means pre cooked and I know once I open it I can't have it in the fridge for more than 5 days opened before it gos bad but I sure there will be a lot of bacon grease to I guess flash down the toilet my question is they said in the carnivore diet to drink the grease that coms off an air fried steak well im not planning to air fry any steak or eat ateaka im not sure but if some one was to eat a steak not me I would never drink the juices isn't that rendered fat grease why would they them not me do this why do they think it helps them ? I haven't eaten steaks since I was 17 and im in my 50s now so I'm not gonna but in general I would imagine thats not healthier but wennpeole make turkey they use the turkey greasy to make graveyard is this tuekey grease gravy bad for yoj is it bad ldl I don't use punctuation cuz it looks like annoying dots wen I type ignore my lack of punctuation 😅
You forgot the star-fruit and the cranberry, high in oxalates. I knew a 25 yo (apparently healthy) man who died after drinking few glasses of star-fruit juice when in vacation in a hot city. The topic is so serious that in some cities there is a law demanding the restaurants expose a huge poster advising about the risks of the (oxalate in) star-fruit.
@@beingsshepherd Wow. Thanks for sharing. I didn't know. I love tahini but "fortunately" it is very expensive and I rarely eat it. Oxalates are very dangerous for people with mild and even undiagnosed kidney damage.
Oh my God!!! Thank you Dr Berg!! I have an indwelling catheter because i have a high spinal cord injury. For the past year ive been suffering oxalate (i think) production which is building struvite and urea crystals...my urologist dont care about the cause...but you are explaining in this video potential causes!! I will implement these recommendations with good faith. Also, im wondering if it has anything to do with not standing for a bit more than a year...im paralyzed so i need a big ol standing frame..but im curious if you think the oxalates are a product of bone decay?? Also, please do go in more detail about intestinal malfunction and oxalates. I have been doing a bunch of herbs with no results so far...feeling meh, but you give me hope. Thank you Dr. Berg!
Hello Dr. Berg, love your informative videos! Please do a video regarding Calcium Citrate vs Vitamin K2. Which is better to prevent kidney stones. Lots of great studies on K2! Also Chanca Piedra supplement seems to be working for my husband so far 🤞
Good day doc., I just want to ask about the no.1 and 2. If i need to take calcium to combine with oxalate in intestine to avoid its reabsorbtion to the kidney how about the number 2 that i need to take citrate coz it prevent calcium and oxalate to combine?
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