• TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    Kidney stones might be caused by drinking too much water, it anything, imo. My understanding is that they are made up of the deposits that are in water, like calcium and lime, so yeah I find it hard to believe that tripling the amount of deposits flowing through will prevent a kidney stone.

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      23 days ago

      Whatever minerals are in your water are far less concentrated than they are in the foods you eat. It’s not the absolute amount of minerals you ingest, it’s the concentration of your urine that causes more crystallization to kidney stones. Gotta keep that piss dilute.

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        23 days ago

        That makes sense to me. I’m just spit balling here really, but it’s based on the uncertainty around the cause of kidney stones. There are certain risk factors but I think genetics play the biggest role, iirc