Food And Drink To Stop Kidney Stones - Part 2: Calcium And Magnesium Work Together

By: Tru Keesey
Submitted: 2007-06-21 11:45:37
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Af Natural Remedy For Kidney Stones

This is the second in a series of scholarly articles on kidney stones. In these articles I tell you about a natural remedy to kidney stones, using a diet to prevent calcium oxalate stones, and all other kinds as well. In these articles, you are going to learn about a vegetable home remedy for kidney stones. I am going to tell you about home treatment for kidney stone pain, and home remedies for passing a kidney stone.

Eat This And You'll Not Have To Bother Knowing Anything Else About Nutrition

Twice each day, if you eat cooked whole grain plus beans, in approximately equal amounts...

...and if you have, along with them, some green vegetable, then you ought to stay free from any serious diseases, including kidneystones.

That kind of meal gives you your magnesium and your calcium in good ratio; additionally you also get a perfect balance of all 28 of your essential amino acids, as a bonus.

Besides all that, if you parch the grain at 475 degrees before boiling it, the starches will be converted, so that they will be of maximum benefit to you, instead of being somewhat of a hindrance.

Bottom line now is no kidneystones when you get this type of a diet. It is the basic kidneystone diet.

Daniel Knew

You remember Daniel, of course. The top Babylonian wanted to give to Daniel and his fellows a share of the meat and wine from his meal. But Daniel said, "Let us eat only pulse and water for 2 weeks, then see if we don't look better than your people do." So he did, and they did, and they did look better.

What Is "Pulse"

Pulse means split peas and lentils, basically. It is great to get a big variety of beans, but pulse can be cooked faster, and may be also more easily digested than, say, pinto beans or navy beans. But if you cook them extra there may not be such a difference.

It so happens that split peas are known to be a good source of both calcium and magnesium.

Now Let Me Explain About The Beans And the Grain

Not only the beans, but the grains and the greens!

Calcium and magnesium have to work together. If you eat too little of one, it is just as if you ate too much of the other. You need to eat both of them to prevent or cure kidneystones.

Or vice-versa (excuse my Roman), if you eat enough of one, but too much of the other...

...then it is the same as if you didn't eat enough of the first one. In other words, it's not so important as to how much of calcium or magnesium that you eat, but that they should be in a good ratio to each other. A nutritious diet will give you enough of both, without having to painstakingly count and measure.

Here are some facts to illustrate:

Women with menstrual cramps have often been found to be on a high-dairy and low-grains diet. That means too much calcium, too little magnesium.

Put them on grains and beans, and voila, no cramps!

With too little magnesium in your diet you may have symptoms 1) cramp in your calf, and/or 2) soreness after mild exercise, and/or 3) craving chocolate. But check it out, even with a good supply of magnesium in your food, if you eat too much calcium, you get the same symptoms. Because too much calcium is like too little magnesium. And vice versa (excuse my Roman).

Some Foods Contain Both Calcium And Magnesium

Here is the list:

Apricots, prunes
Nuts and seeds
Green vegetables (magnesium is in chlorophyll, and green plants all have chlorophyll). This would include seaweed.
Fish (but all fish are contaminated until we get rid of the "New World Order")
Beans: split peas, tofu, lima, navy, lima, red kidney, black turtle, white, soy

Calcium is in these foods:

Dairy produce
Lemons
Rhubarb
Cauliflower
Gelatin

Magnesium is in these foods:

Whole grains
Legumes, tofu
Wheat germ
Apples, pears
Honey

What Causes You To Need Extra Magnesium

If you were to eat refined sugar, or if you were to consume alcohol, they would increase the excretion of your bodily magnesium. Then you would need to consume more magnesium.

Additional Benefits Of Calcium And Magnesium In Your Food

Magnesium and calcium each helps to prevent constipation. Magnesium is a gentle laxative. It relaxes the walls of your colon. By normalizing the muscular tension in your colon, magnesium brings normal peristalsis ("peristalsis" means "squeezing" motion).

Magnesium, in your g.i. tract, attracts water, it brings more water into your colon.� The water softens your turds & increases absorption of water into your blood's stream, if you need it.

Calcium in your food, upon reaching your colon, combines with surplus bile and with decaying fat. The combination creates a soluble soap that you shit out.

Magnesium, eaten in your food, along with calcium, will prevent arthritis and osteoporosis.

What Should You Therefore Do?

Go. Go and eat some greens. Eat them now.

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