Vegetable diet protects against kidney stones

Kidney stones: study showed that vegetable diet protects

06/18/2014

Women who eat high-fiber foods rich in fruits and vegetables are less likely to get kidney stones. This connection could show researchers from Washington.

The researchers analyzed nutritional data from the Womens's Health Initiative (WHI) Observational Study. The data came from around 84,000 women aged 64 years on average. Of these, 3471 participants suffered from nephrolithiasis. 3.5% of the subjects had developed kidney stones over the course of eight years. It proved a higher fiber intake as a protective factor against stone diseases.

Protect fruits and vegetables
Women who consumed 21.9 to 99.4 g of fiber per day had a stone risk reduced by 22% compared to women with significantly lower dietary fiber consumption (0 to 10.6 g / day). With three to eleven servings of fruit a day, the risk for kidney stones was 15% lower than with a maximum of one portion of fruit per day. At high vegetable consumption, the protective effect was 22% (3.3 to 13.3 portions vs. 0 to 1.2 portions / day).

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The benefits of fruits and vegetables could only be shown in women with no history of kidney stones. However, a high consumption of fiber does not have a negative effect on the stone disease in patients with recurrence. Here is the original study. (Pm)

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