Kidney Stone Issue
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:32 am
My friend went into the ER with back pain and they found some small kidney stones. They said he was severely dehydrated. He lives with no AC and it has been very hot lately.
Online he saw the kidney stone / ascorbic acid stuff and was bitching about it. He likely never took more than a gram a day.
I told him that the dehydration is far the most important factor.
While looking myself, I found a reference to a 2005 study:
* High amounts of supplementary vitamin C may increase men's risk of developing kidney stones. A 2005 study indicated that men who took 1000 mg or more of vitamin C each day were 40% more likely to develop kidney stones than men who took no more than 90 mg a day.
Why would this be true? Anyone seen this study? What other co-factors would a supplementing person be doing. I would be surprised if an ascorbic acid person would not be drinking a lot of water.
Thanks
Online he saw the kidney stone / ascorbic acid stuff and was bitching about it. He likely never took more than a gram a day.
I told him that the dehydration is far the most important factor.
While looking myself, I found a reference to a 2005 study:
* High amounts of supplementary vitamin C may increase men's risk of developing kidney stones. A 2005 study indicated that men who took 1000 mg or more of vitamin C each day were 40% more likely to develop kidney stones than men who took no more than 90 mg a day.
Why would this be true? Anyone seen this study? What other co-factors would a supplementing person be doing. I would be surprised if an ascorbic acid person would not be drinking a lot of water.
Thanks