| If you've already realized it's possible to shun the | | | | just gobbles up calcium as if there's no tomorrow. |
| medical profession and dissolve kidney stones | | | | Here's how it works. You're experiencing that |
| using natural remedies, you might be surprised I'm | | | | agonizing pain because your stone has moved out |
| going to suggest you get involved with a doctor. | | | | of your kidney, where it has been quietly |
| After all, you might have heard that surgery and | | | | increasing in size for many months -- maybe even |
| its alternatives, such as shockwave treatment, | | | | years. |
| can pose risk of collateral damage to vital organs. | | | | And it has now moved into the top of your |
| And you might have heard horror stories of the | | | | ureter, which is the tube linking your kidney with |
| unpleasant side effects of pharmaceuticals, so the | | | | your bladder. Now this tube normally only carries |
| last thing you want to do is get involved with a | | | | urine. So this hard, jagged lump of calcium is going |
| doctor. | | | | to do great damage to the delicate tube unless |
| But the doctor I refer to is Dr Pepper, the well | | | | you act fast. |
| known soft drink. That's because -- like many | | | | Fortunately, once you start my simple sequence |
| similar soft drinks -- it contains phosphoric acid. | | | | the first thing that will happen is the jagged |
| That's the ingredient that gives the drink its sharp | | | | surface of the stone will start to dissolve and |
| taste. | | | | become smooth. That's important, because if you |
| In fact many of the foods we eat -- from your | | | | notice your urine is dark or contains blood it's a |
| breakfast orange juice to the apple you should | | | | sure sign the jagged stone has torn the delicate |
| eat once a day -- get their sharp taste from | | | | lining of your ureter. |
| acids. | | | | Then, as you continue with the procedure, the |
| And, when you eat an acid based fruit or drink an | | | | stone will start to shrink. That's when you start |
| acid based beverage, guess where it goes to be | | | | the second stage of my procedure to gently |
| broken down into harmless waste? You've | | | | coax the stone down the ureter and into the |
| guessed it: your kidneys. | | | | bladder, whereupon any pain still left will fade |
| And there's no better, faster way to dissolve | | | | away. |
| kidney stones than with phosphoric acid. | | | | But the story doesn't end there, because your |
| And it gets better, because unless: | | | | stone will continue to be bathed in urine which is |
| 1. You have a family history of a very rare type | | | | rich in phosphoric acid. So it will continue to |
| of stone, called cystine. | | | | dissolve and, before long, break apart completely |
| 2. You're a woman who has suffered several | | | | into tiny particles. Then it will be harmlessly and |
| incidents of bacterial infection in the urinary tract. | | | | painlessly expelled for good in your urine. |
| Then you have a very good chance (roughly | | | | What's more the three simple ingredients you |
| 85%) that you can be free of your pain within 24 | | | | need to dissolve kidney stones (including the good |
| hours. | | | | doctor, or a similar soft drink) are probably |
| That's because the most common kidney stone, | | | | already in your kitchen or can quickly and cheaply |
| far, is composed of calcium and phosphoric acid | | | | be got from your convenience store. |