Category: Health Articles

Learn all about kidney stones and how they can affect you

Kidney stones are small, hard deposits that form when your urine has excess minerals or salts. These minerals and salts then bind to create solid mineral deposits.

Although these may not seem like a big deal, they can be quite painful if they grow large enough to block the urinary tract.

If you have been diagnosed with kidney stones, it is important to know what this means and how to move forward. Let’s take a look at some information on kidney stones and what you should do next.

In my previous post on kidneys, I had made a passing reference to kidney stones- in this article we will discuss all about it.

 

What Are Kidney Stones?

A kidney stone is a small, hard deposit that develops in the kidneys. Kidney stones form

Learn more about the remaining 4 essential vitamins in this article

Continuing with our study about essential vitamins, we now look at the rest of them here in this article. They are vitamins H, P, M and K.

So, let’s go ahead and have a look at each of them-

Vitamin H or Biotin or Vitamin B7

Vitamin H or Biotin is an essential part of your diet that aids in keeping your body healthy. It also helps in the functioning of red blood cells and protection from infections.

Vitamin H deficiency may lead to several complications, as well as anemia, fatigue, and weakness.

Foods containing Biotin-

• liver
• egg yolks
• soybeans
• peanuts
• almonds
• walnuts
• cauliflower
• mushrooms
• salmon
• bananas

However, it is not that difficult to get enough Vitamin H in your diet. Here is everything you need to know about Vitamin H- what it is and its benefits:

Vitamin H

As a vegan for years, the question of where do you get your
protein or your calcium or your whatever always comes up. So, where is it
acquired? Read on.

PROTEIN

Nuts, seeds, beans, lentils, whole grains (brown rice,
quinoa, bulgur, barley, etc), meat, chicken and fish substitutes, artichokes,
asparagus, beets, bell peppers, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots,
cauliflower, celery, chard, collards, corn, cucumber, eggplant, kale, leeks,
lettuce, okra, onions, parsnips, potatoes, radishes, string beans, sweet
potatoes, squash, tomatoes, turnip, and all vegetables not listed, apples,
apricots, avocado, banana, berries, cantaloupe, cherries, dates, figs, grapes,
grapefruit, guava, kiwi, lemon, limes, mango, melons, nectarines, oranges,
papayas, peaches, pears, persimmons, pineapples, tangerines, all the fruits not
listed, tofu.

BETA CAROTENE (Antioxidant)

Sweet potato, carrots, butternut squash, red peppers,
tomatoes, pumpkin, spinach, collards, cantaloupe, apricots, peaches, broccoli.

COENZYME Q10 (Antioxidant
protection, decrease risk of skin cancer.)                                

Peanuts, sesame seeds, pistachio nuts, broccoli, cauliflower,

When I was a kid, if I were told that I’d be writing a book about diet and nutrition when I was older, let alone having been doing a health related radio show for over 36 years, I would’ve thought that whoever told me that was out of their mind. Living in Newark, New Jersey, my parents and I consumed anything and everything that had a face or a mother except for dead, rotting, pig bodies, although we did eat bacon (as if all the other decomposing flesh bodies were somehow miraculously clean). Going through high school and college it was no different. In fact, my dietary change did not come until I was in my 30’s.

Just to put things in perspective, after I graduated from Weequahic High School and before going to Seton Hall University, I had a part-time job working for a butcher. I was the delivery