The Top 10 Causes of Kidney Stones | The Cooking Doc®

The Top 10 Causes of Kidney Stones | The Cooking Doc®

What are the top causes and risk factors for developing kidney stones? As a kidney doctor, this is a question I get a lot from patients. So this week I am going to share my thoughts on this painful subject.

Lots and lots of people will develop kidney stones at some point in their life. It is estimated that 20 percent of men and 10 percent of women will have a kidney stone by the time they reach the age of 70. Some topics I will be covering in this week's video:
Where in the United States are kidney stones more prevalent?
The kinds of kidney stones from calcium oxalate, calcium phosphate, uric acid, struvite and cystine.
Risk Factors for developing kidney stones.
Will eating high calcium and high oxalate foods increase your risk of kidney stones?
Does family history of stones increase your risk?

Find out my answers by watching the video and hear changes you can make to help keep those kidney stones at bay.

Video Link to my conversation with the Kidney Dietitian (Melanie Betz, MS RD) talk to people about kidney stones and diet:    • Kidney Stones Diet: A Kidney Doctor &...  
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Content Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:25 - Kidney Stone 101
01:07 - Risk Factors for Kidney Stones
02:18 - Low Urine Output
02:42 - High Urine Calcium
03:21 - Low Urine Citrate
03:46 - High Urine Oxalate
04:19 - Male Biological Sex at Birth
05:04 - High Sodium Diet
05:29 - Family History
05:45 - Medications
06:05 - Past Stone History
06:18 - Conclusion

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Working as a kidney doctor, I found that my patients were often unaware of just how important diet and lifestyle were and how often they felt unsupported by generic advice to “eat healthy”.

The home cook in me hated hearing this, so I set out to find a better way. I began to combine my medical training and love of food, making videos of simple recipes that were based on science and packed with flavor. Instead of just saying “eat healthy” to my patients, I could give them the resources they needed to make a real difference in their health.

Kidney doctor, passionate home cook, and YouTube sensation Dr Blake Shusterman empowers people to proactively manage their health by stepping into the kitchen. The author of several cookbooks with over 100,000 YouTube subscribers, The Cooking Doc® believes anyone, at any age can transform their health with small changes that make a big difference. Based on science and packed with flavor, Dr. Blake’s simple recipes have inspired home cooks everywhere to change their diet, retrain their taste buds, and transform their health.


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