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Say Goodbye To Your Kidney Stones With Only Half A Cup Of This Drink

According to the latest statistics, the experts say that more than 26 million Americans have kidney disease and 1 in 3 American adults is currently at risk for developing the disease.

This is really shocking, right? The medical experts warn that in the United States only, kidney disease kills more people than breast or prostate cancer.

What are kidney stones? Kidney stones are small, hard deposits that form inside your kidneys, and they can cause serious problems for your kidneys. The kidney stones are made of mineral and acid salts.

These are the most common risk factors and causes: eating too much meat and not enough veggies or inadequate fluid intake and dehydration. You should know that kidney stones form when your urine contains more crystal-forming substances — such as calcium, oxalate and uric acid — than the fluid in your urine can dilute

First, you should know that the standard medical treatment for kidney stones is potassium citrate. A recent study has found that lemons have a unique “ability” – they are loaded with natural citrate. Doctors and medical experts have discovered that lemon juice can be an effective preventative therapy for people who are prone to frequent kidney stones. The experts call this – the Lemonade Therapy.

HOW DOES CITRIC ACID PROTECT AGAINST KIDNEY STONES?

And now, you probably ask yourself – how this works – well, the citric acid inhibits stone formation and breaks up small stones that are beginning to form. The more citric acid in your urine, the more protected you are against forming new kidney stones.

The citric acid makes urine less favorable for the formation of stones. It breaks the small stones and prevents them from becoming bigger stone, by coating them and preventing other material from attaching and building onto the stones.

 

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