If you’ve ever had a kidney stone, it wouldn’t be surprising if your top priority in life is to make sure you never get another one.
The blinding, excruciating pain that comes when passing one is enough to strike fear into anybody.
New research suggests that about 30 percent of people who’ve passed a kidney stone have a recurrence within five years. But the data also say there’s something you can do to help to prevent it—and it’s relatively easy.
Change your diet.
It might not even require a full-scale change, either. It could be as simple as eating a little bit more calcium and potassium while cutting back on the processed foods that are all too common in the Western diet….