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Stop dietary calcium restriction in kidney stone-forming patients
Lígia A Martini1, Ita P Heilberg
1Nutrition Department, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de Săo Paulo, Brazil.
Nutrition Reviews
|July 30, 2002
Abstract:
Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated an increased incidence of kidney stones in individuals with low calcium intake. More recently, a 5-year clinical study found the recurrence of kidney stones was higher in stone-formers on a low dietary calcium treatment. Considering these important new findings, and the known adverse effect on bone mass, dietary calcium restriction should be avoided in kidney stone-forming individuals.