Diet High in Calcium and Potassium Helps Prevent Kidney Stones

A new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings showed that lower intake of calcium and potassium leads to high odds of developing kidney stones. Listen in this week as Dee discusses the findings of the 8-year study. and how to increase intake of foods containing these important nutrients.Reference:Chewcharat, A., Thongprayoon, C., Vaughan, L. E., Mehta, R. A., Schulte, P. J., O’Connor, H. M., Lieske, J. C., Taylor, E. N., & Rule, A. D. (2022). Dietary risk factors for incident and recurrent symptomatic kidney stones. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 97(8), 1437–1448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2022.04.016