Preventing Kidney Stones with True Lemon

What are smaller than peas but cause boulder-size pain? You guessed it, kidney stones! And what might help you avoid them? You guessed right again: water with lemon (or True Lemon!).

Kidney stones are gravel-like minerals and acid salts that form inside your kidneys when your urine becomes concentrated. Most kidney stones are calcium oxalate stones.

You have a bigger risk of developing kidney stones if you have a family or personal history of kidney stones, are 40 or older, are male, are overweight, don’t drinking enough water, or if you eat a high-protein, high-sodium and high-sugar diet. 

Small kidney stones usually don’t require much treatment. Drinking two to three quarts of water a day may help flush them out. But larger stones may require more serious steps, like lithotripsy (sound waves to break up stones) or surgery.

How to avoid getting kidney stones

Making diet and lifestyle changes may mean you will never have to feel the pain of kidney stones.  Here are some suggestions for avoiding stones:

1. Drink more water throughout the day.

2. Restrict oxalate-rich foods, like rhubarb, beets, okra, spinach, Swiss chard, sweet potatoes, tea, chocolate and soy products.

3. Drink more lemon or orange juice. Though not proven, drinking citrus juice could reduce the risk of kidney stones, since citric acid levels could reduce calcium levels in your urine.

4. Use less salt and eat less protein.

5. Be careful with calcium supplements. The calcium in the food you eat doesn't affect your risk of kidney stones, but taking calcium supplements does. 

True Lemon and kidney stones

An urologist in North Carolina conducted a month-long study of kidney stone patients. Half the group used fresh lemon and the other half used True Lemon. After a month, the urologist found pH balances were the same for both groups of patients, meaning that True Lemon had the same effect as fresh lemon. However, patients using True Lemon thought it was more convenient and easier to use.

Many people with recurrent kidney stones have incorporated True Lemon into their treatment program with positive results. Here are what some True Lemon customers have written:

“I just wanted you to know that True Lemon helped me eliminate kidney stones. For eight months I suffered from repeated stones and the doctors didn't know what to do. I lost my left kidney and the stones started appearing again in my right one. Finally one doctor told me to start drinking my water with lemon juice in it. We all know how inconvenient that is when you are traveling or just busy running errands all day. True Lemon HAS STOPPED THE KIDNEY STONES IN THEIR TRACKS! In the last six months I have not had one single episode! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, from the bottom of my heart.” Sherry B., 
Montrose, MI

“My husband has a history of kidney stones, which are excruciatingly painful.  His doctor suggested that he switch from colas to lemonade.  He told him that citrate displaces oxalate in the body, and consuming citrate could help.  So he started drinking lemonade, and sure enough, the bouts of stones have stopped.” Mary Lu
L., Vermont