Urology diet planner
Answer six short questions and get a diet guide for your urology problem: what to eat more of, what to limit, how much water to drink, and a sample day of Indian home food. Prepared by the team of Dr. Aditya P.S. Sengar, urologist and kidney transplant surgeon in Lucknow.
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Diet guide at a glance
The short version of each guide. Use the planner above for the full lists and a sample day.
- Diet for calcium oxalate stones
- Drink about 3 litres a day, keep normal milk and curd with meals, cut salt, and eat spinach, nuts and chocolate only in small amounts.
- Diet for uric acid stones
- Drink about 3 litres a day, eat plenty of fruit and vegetables, and cut down red meat, organ meat, seafood, alcohol and sugary drinks.
- Diet for an enlarged prostate (BPH)
- Drink enough during the day but less in the 2 hours before bed, cut tea, coffee and alcohol in the evening, and eat fibre to avoid constipation.
- Diet for repeated urine infections (UTI)
- Drink 2 to 2.5 litres a day, pass urine every 3 to 4 hours, eat curd and fibre, keep sugar under control, and never stop antibiotics early.
- Diet for an overactive bladder
- Keep water steady at 1.5 to 2 litres a day, cut caffeine, fizzy drinks and alcohol, drink less in the evening, and train your bladder.
- Diet after a kidney transplant
- Eat fresh, home-cooked, clean food, keep salt and sugar low because of the medicines, avoid grapefruit and herbal remedies, and drink the amount your transplant team sets.
When a diet chart is not enough
- Fever with back or side pain, or you cannot pass urine: go to a hospital at once.
- Blood in the urine, even once, needs a check.
- Stones that keep coming back need a stone analysis and urine tests.
- Kidney disease, dialysis, a transplant, pregnancy and children need a diet from their own doctor.
Related: kidney stones · prostate enlargement · repeated urine infections · overactive bladder · kidney transplant
Frequently asked questions
What should I eat if I have kidney stones?
Most people with stones should drink about 3 litres of water a day, take normal amounts of milk and curd with meals, cut down salt, and eat palak, nuts and chocolate only in small amounts. People with uric acid stones should also cut red meat, organ meat, seafood and alcohol. The planner on this page gives a sample day for your stone type.
Is tomato bad for kidney stones?
For most people, no. Tomatoes have only a small amount of oxalate, and normal amounts in dal and sabzi are fine. Large amounts of palak (spinach), beetroot and nuts matter more.
Should I stop milk if I have a kidney stone?
No. Calcium from food binds oxalate in the gut, so cutting milk and curd can raise the risk of calcium oxalate stones. Avoid calcium tablets taken without food unless your doctor prescribed them.
Can diet alone treat kidney stones or an enlarged prostate?
Diet lowers the chance of new stones and eases prostate and bladder symptoms, but it does not remove a large stone or shrink the prostate. A urologist decides whether you need medicine or a procedure.
Is this diet plan a medical prescription?
No. It is general guidance for common urology problems. People with kidney disease, dialysis, a transplant, pregnancy, children, or any warning sign should get a diet plan from their own doctor.
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