date:Apr 07, 2013
In a large new analysis, men and women who consumed the most dietary calcium from foods had about 20 percent lower risk of developing kidney stones than peers who consumed the least calcium.
This is another piece of data to suggest that there's no role for dietary calcium restriction for kidney stones, said lead study author Dr. Eric Taylor, a kidney specialist at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
Although most stones that form in the kidneys are made of calcium oxalate, people should not be a