ABSTRACT
Diet influences kidney stone disease by inhibiting or promoting lithogenesis. Specific nutrients as well as non-nutrient food components play roles at different stages of the process.(1, 2) Certain combinations of foods, comprising discrete dietary patterns, appear to influence the course of the disease.(3, 4) Current nutrition recommendations and mechanisms by which specific nutrients, foods, and dietary patterns affect urolithiasis risk, particularly those of calcium and uric acid composition, are described in this chapter. The clinical application of nutrition therapy to patients is also addressed.
