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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Re: Calcium oxalate kidney stones
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Date: Sun, 26-Jan-86 22:45:42 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 26 22:45:42 1986
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> 
> I was reading a book called "The McDougall Plan" by John McDougall, M.D. which
> talks about kidney stones and a high protein diets.  These are direct quotes 
> from the book:
> 
> 	"The calcium lost on high-protein diets ends up in the urine
> 	 and results in high levels of calcium in the kidney system.
> 	 This contributes to the formation of painful calcium kidney
> 	 stones.  Calcium stones are the most common type found in 
	
	You may recall I said that the term "Calcium stones" was misleading.
The Calcium stones formed in high protein diets are predominately Calcium
Phosphorus (the phosphorus coming from the protein), which are easily 
treatable, but which may form a nidus for the formation of the more
intractable Calcium Oxalate, which isn't.  So McDougall isn't totally
wrong, just mostly misleading.

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				Craig Werner
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    "Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity."