Comments on: Beer and kidney stones http://hop-talk.com/2006/07/24/beer-and-kidney-stones/ Beer. Life. Blog. Tue, 22 May 2012 01:31:34 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Markus http://hop-talk.com/2006/07/24/beer-and-kidney-stones/comment-page-1/#comment-21421 Markus Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:21:35 +0000 http://hop-talk.com/2006/07/24/beer-and-kidney-stones/#comment-21421 Darn! I am going to have to change my drinking habits as a result of reading this. Saw my wife pass a stone and she said it was worse than childbirth. Darn! I am going to have to change my drinking habits as a result of reading this. Saw my wife pass a stone and she said it was worse than childbirth.

]]> By: Gene http://hop-talk.com/2006/07/24/beer-and-kidney-stones/comment-page-1/#comment-16324 Gene Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:38:25 +0000 http://hop-talk.com/2006/07/24/beer-and-kidney-stones/#comment-16324 Well, it's now 2010...and my Urologist now says very emphatically that hops/beer is a major dietary source of oxylates, the composition of my (and most) kidney stones. Apparently, the lighter the beer, the less the hops, the less the threat. I guess it is according to who you ask! PS: To those who have never experienced kidney stones...comparitively speaking, they make child birth a pleasure! Well, it’s now 2010…and my Urologist now says very emphatically that hops/beer is a major dietary source of oxylates, the composition of my (and most) kidney stones. Apparently, the lighter the beer, the less the hops, the less the threat. I guess it is according to who you ask!

PS: To those who have never experienced kidney stones…comparitively speaking, they make child birth a pleasure!

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