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What is a kidney stone?
What do kidney stones do?
Serious cases of kidney stones can be quite painful and may even need surgical intervention to eliminate entirely. (3)
What can help prevent kidney stones?
methionine (1)
What causes kidney stones?
When oxalate levels are high, there is a greater change it the oxalates will bind to calcium, forming kidney stones. (2)
Too many exogenous purines in the body can cause uric acid in the kidneys to crystalize and harden, resulting in kidney stones. (3)
Resources
1. https://www.myfooddata.com/articles/high-methionine-foods.php
2. https://www.webmd.com/diet/foods-high-in-oxalates
3. https://www.webmd.com/diet/foods-high-in-purines
