Anyone know how to prevent kidney stones?

Question:

I have diabetes and am on med that increases chance of stones. I've heard they are painful, and I DON'T do pain, so I need to avoid these!
I've heard that citrus was good. Then I heard that grapefruit was the worst, but that lemon was still okay.
I heard that cranberries were the ticket, so I've been eating and drinking all things cranberry, but yesterday I read that they are terrible.
I'm so confused!
Anyone ..

Answers:
My family has history of kidney stone and bladder stones. It was very very painful for them as well as the relatives that took care of them watching them suffer.

It has then become a family practice to avoid these problems, so hopefully I can be some kind of help here.

Kidney stone or any kind of stone development is partly due to eating habit and behavior pattern. So watchout on your diet and how you move about the day should solve this problem completely.

The stone is due to deposit of minerals in your body, most likely in your urine fluid. There are also bacteria in your urine that will convert your urine into ammonia, which will help form these stones in your Kidney or bladder. The stone takes anywhere from 4-6 years to form, as long as you take care of youself it shouldn't happen to you.

You should watching out your mineral intake such as calcium and magnesian (salt), just keep it balance and don't eat too much of it. That should lower your mineral deposit in your fluid. But don't go on a low-calcium diet, otherwise your body will be lack of calcium and other problem will arises.

You should also watch out for sitting down for a long period of time, since it will slow down your blood circulation in your lower back (kidney) area, just remember to get up and walk around for 5-10 mins every 45-60mins to help your blood circulate.

Also if you sit down in a chair and lay back your back, it creates pressure / tension in your lower back part of your body. Try not to lay backward when you sitting down and instead sit straight, a good posture would help your blood flow and ease tension in your lower back.

You also need to drink enough water during the day. Having water constantly flowing through your body will dilute your urine and help your body get rid of mineral deposit through daily urine discharge.

By diluting your urine you also decrease the chance of the bacteria converting your urine into ammonia, since your urine is not that concentrated and not much to convert.

The last thing to do is exercise regularly, like jogging / swimming or some kind of sport 2-3 times a week to keep the body in shape. A good cardiovascular exercise that would boost blood circulation will definitely help you prevent any disease.

Hope this helps.

Other Answers:
http://www.ehow.com/how_3001_prevent-kidney-stones.html

http://www.nwkidney.org/yourhealth/kidneystones/prevention.html

http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/stonesadults/index.htm#the

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