kidney stones banschbach vms ocom okstate edu marty banschbach writes b medicine has not and probalby never will be practiced this way there b has always been the use of conventional wisdom a very good example is b kidney stones conventional wisdom because clinical trails have not been b done to come up with an effective prevention was that restricitng the b intake of calcium and oxalates was the best way to prevent kidney stones b from forming clinical trials focused on drugs or ultrasonic blasts to b breakdown the stone once it formed through the recent new england j of b medicine article we now know that conventional wisdom was wrong b increasing calcium intake is better at preventing stone formation than is b restricting calcium intake b marty b marty i personally wouldn t be so quick and take that nejm article on kidney stones as gospel first of all i would want to know who sponsored that study i have seen too many nutrition bulletins over the years from local newspapers magazines to tv guide with disclaimers on the bottom informing us that this great health news was brought to us compliments of the dairy industries there are of course numerous other interest groups now that thrive financially on the media hype created from the supposedly enormous benefits of increasing one s calcium intake secondly were all the kidney stones of the test subjects involved in that project analysed for their chemical composition the study didn t say that it only claimed that most kidney stones are large ly calcium perhaps it won t be long before another study comes up with the exact opposite findings a curious phenomenon with researchers is that they are oftentimes just plain wrong it wouldn t be the first time sodium magnesium calcium phosphorus ratios are in my opinion still the most reliable indicators for the cause treatment and prevention of kidney stones i for one will continue to recommend the most logical changes in one s diet or through supplementation to counteract or prevent kidney stones of either type and they definitely won t include an increase in calcium if the stones have been identified as being of the calcium type and people s chemical analysis confirms that they would benefit from a phosphorus raising approach instead ron roth internet rn rose com rosenet ron roth rosehamilton a stone on the ground is better than a stone in the body rosereader p entered at rosehamilton rosemail usenet rose media hamilton
