Kidney Stones and Iced Tea

[JoePa]

Recently I've read a number of articles that state drinking a lot of iced tea can give you kidney stones - a couple months ago my brother told me that he had kidney stones and the doctor asked him if he drank iced tea - my brother said that he does drink it quite a bit - there is evidence that the chemical oxalate which is in iced tea causes kidney stones to form - recently a guy in Arkansas almost died from kidney failure - he drank a lot of the stuff - for some reason they don't think hot tea has the same effect when you put some milk in the tea - also people usually don't drink the same amount of hot tea at one time -

So what do you drink when you are thirsty - water of course - but then I've never read of any bad effects from having a few beers either - soda and a lot of other soft drinks all have some bad effect on you - so unless you like having kidney stones you better drink iced tea very little - if at all -

[oaknut]

I don't drink a whole lot of iced tea and six months ago tossed out the soda with the exception of the stuff in my whiskey.

Water for the most part sometimes with the flavored squirtie crap.
Beer on the weekends.
A coffee and cup of Chaga tea every morning.

[trimmer21]

I stick to good ol' Canadian on only two occassions--when I'm alone or with somebody.

[3030]

Well if it isn't beer than I drink that nestle flavoured water

[jim]

Red wine...only one glass at at time!! Water too...with my whiskey.

[dutchhunter]

How many adult guys drink milk and how much would you drink in say a day ,,,,I drink a ton of chocolate milk way to much but I love it ,,I was reading about milk and humans are the only mammal that drinks milk as a adult .not to sure what to make of that ,should we be drinking milk as much as we do ....what you think ,,,D

[GoldenLakePete]

I had very high cholesterol - gave up coffee & milk & sugar, drink only herbal tea. Cholesterol is down to normal.

[jaycee]

How many adult guys drink milk and how much would you drink in say a day ,,,,I drink a ton of chocolate milk way to much but I love it ,,I was reading about milk and humans are the only mammal that drinks milk as a adult .not to sure what to make of that ,should we be drinking milk as much as we do ....what you think ,,,D

My older brother drank lots of milk, about 2 liters a day, developed kidney stones , doctor told him it was due to all the milk he drank, the human adult according to his doctor, cannot process the milk and all that calcium, hence the development of his kidney stones [painfull].

[dirt dog]

last summer I visited a buddy at his cottage, i'll be honest had more then the normal few they must have been the ones that broken the bank because the next day I thought I going to die!! I kid you not I worst pain I ever had in my life. There was a doctor at a neighbor cottage he said it is equal to child birth for a woman. I can say it isn't pleasant for sure.

[oaknut]

Milk.... never.
Other than a shot in my coffee.