Kidneys

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr. bhate,

 

In the last newsletter, you had a long post about health and you mentioned

how kidneys eventually get affected. About a month ago, I found out my brother

had a kidney stone removed. I sent out this recipe I found called "French Fries

with Gravy and Cheese" . It was sent out as a joke because all 3 of these main

ingredients are recipes for a heart attack and the overkill(pun intended) of

American society. My brother said thanks and that he was going to make it for

a dinner party. I wrote back and said"And this is okay for yor kidneys?". He

said that his doctor said he should not eat anything with oxalates in them like

beet greens, rhubarb, spinach, tofu, beansberries and nuts. I know that most

naturopaths in this country would probably say that rhubarb , spinach and beet

greens are not the best thing for a person with kidney problems. I also

understand that tofu is hard to digest. However, have you or anyone else heard

that berries, nuts and beans are hard on the

kidneys? I told him I use a totally different model based on digestability.

It would seem to me that doctors in this country only look at certain substances

and make judgements based on those substances like oxalates. I always thought

that beans and strawberries were some of the best things for the kidneys. There

are other compounds that make them work synergestically. People in the US

regard MDs as gods. They believe almost anything they say. Do you think I am

out of line or does my brother actually have some good points? What does

Ayurveda have to say about eating berries, nuts and beans and those other things

and how they affect the kidneys? When we eat, we are eating the whole plant and

not just the oxylic acid.

 

Thanks

GB