Why do people get kidney stones?

Kidney stones are a common disease that reminds everyone to pay attention to prevention, especially in life. Not paying attention to scientific diet, not liking to drink water, always drinking a lot of alcohol, or eating too much meat may cause kidney stones.

1. Don’t like to drink water: The kidneys receive far more waste than other organs. The most important function of the kidneys is to regulate the balance of water and electrolytes in the body, metabolize waste products produced by physiological activities, and excrete them in the urine. However, when performing these functions, they need sufficient water to assist them.

2. Love to drink beer: If you already have kidney disease and drink large amounts of beer without restriction, uric acid will accumulate and cause blockage of the renal tubules, forming stones and causing kidney failure.

3. Improper consumption of fruits and vegetables: It is generally believed that eating more fruits and vegetables is good for health. However, many fruits and vegetables contain a large amount of oxalate, such as strawberries, spinach, beets, wheat bran, bamboo shoots, onions, wild rice stems, etc. Long-term and excessive consumption can easily lead to calcium oxalate kidney stones.

4. Use beverages instead of boiled water: Most men do not like the bland taste of boiled water. In comparison, carbonated drinks such as soda and cola or drinks such as coffee have naturally become the best substitutes for boiled water. However, the caffeine contained in these beverages is also one of the "culprits" causing kidney stones.

5. Eating too much meat: The daily protein intake of humans is 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight. Excessive intake of protein food will cause the human body to produce a lot of uric acid, which is the main component of uric acid stones in kidney stones.

6. Eating too much salt: Salt is the main culprit that increases the burden on the kidneys. 95% of the salt in our diet is metabolized by the kidneys. If we consume too much, the burden on the kidneys will be increased. Therefore, patients with kidney stones should eat less salt. If you have kidney stones, you can drink Defu Shitong tea, which can be drunk as water to help expel stones.