|  |  | September 2, 2009  Researchers continue to discover that what we eat has a lot more to do with how well the millions of chemical events that take place in our body each day are carried out successfully and the presence or absence of disease than just calorie count and the fear of a few extra pounds.
Food nutrition science has shown that the DASH diet; a diet rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy, and nuts with less red and processed meats, salt, and sweetened drinks, may reduce the risk for our body's chemistry to make kidney stones. While kidney stones are in themselves unpleasant, they are also associated with the higher rates of high blood pressure, diabetes, and excess weight increasing the importance of preventing their formation.
The DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension), has been shown by Dr. Eric Taylor, MD, of the Maine Medical Center along with his associates at Brigham and Women's Hospital to effectively reduce the risk for kidney stones by 40-45%.
This team of researchers analyzed data from three large studies, with a combined total of over 240,000 participants.
1. Health Professionals Follow-up Study, 45,821 men studied for 18 years
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