Orange juice provide a wide range of health benefits like – protect against cancer,prevent kidney diseases,fight against liver cancer,lower cholesterol,lower the risk of diseases,protect from viral infection,regulate high blood pressure.

We might have come across certain people admitted in hospital due to kidney stone problem. What cause kidney stone in our body? . Kidney is a part where urine is collected and moved to urinary bladder through urethra tube.Due to lack of sufficient liquid, chemicals form in the kidney.Since these chemicals are not flushed out in the urine they bind each other and form crystals. These crystals are nothing but kidney stone.Kidney stones develop when minerals and these chemicals in the urine become too concentrated.

Doctors advice these patients to take Potassium Citrate to decrease urinary saturation of calcium (crystals) but gastrointestinal side effects are intolerable.

Orange juice prevents kidney stone formation

Recent research has been proved that orange prevent kidney stone formation Orange fruit is rich in Citrate that prevents kidney stone formation by allowing for more citrate in the urine .100g of Orange pulp holds about 181 mg of Potassium where as, a cup of 184g of orange pulp contains about 333 mg of potassium.

Orange juice could potentially play an important role in the management of kidney stone disease and may be considered an option for patients who are intolerant of potassium citrate.It is scientifically evaluated the value of orange juice and lemonade with respect to their effects on acid-base balance and reported that Orange juice is beneficially good for reducing kidney stone formation.

Citrate also decreases urinary saturation of calcium (crystals) and the acidity level in urine.It is also proved that not all citrus fruit has ability to prevent kidney stone like orange.So take precautionary step to prevent kidney stone formation in your body, by drinking orange juice daily for a week with 2 weeks gap.