Skip to main content

The Effect of Fasting on Urinary Stone Risk

  • Chapter
Urolithiasis
  • 11 Accesses

Abstract

Frequent fasting is a common religious custom followed by the Hindus and the Jain sect in particular who consider it an expression of body and soul purification. A revertion to eating after fast may lead to the excretion of abnormally concentrated urines. Whether this fluctuating change in urinary colloids and crystalloids in response to eating patterns has any bearing on the lithogenic process has been investigated and the results are presented.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 259.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 329.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 329.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. WL Bloom, Fasting as an introduction to the treatment of obesity, Metabolism 8:214 (1959).

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. T Nielsen and NS Sorensen, Citric acid in plasma and urine during total fasting, Acta Med. Scand. 205:303 (1979).

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. SG Massry, Renal handling of magnesium, in: Urolithiasis Research, H Fleisch, WG Robertson, LH Smith, and W Vahlensieck, eds., Plenum Press, New York (1976).

    Google Scholar 

  4. PO Schwille, D Scholz, M Paulus, W Engeleardt, and A Sigel, Citrate in daily and fasting urine. Results of controls, patients with recurrent idiopathic calcium urolithiasis and primary hyperparathyroidism, Invest. Urol. 16:457 (1979).

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. RL Weinsier, Fasting-a review with emphasis on the electrolytes, Am. J. Med. 50:233 (1971).

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1989 Springer Science+Business Media New York

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Kiran, R., Singh, P.P. (1989). The Effect of Fasting on Urinary Stone Risk. In: Walker, V.R., Sutton, R.A.L., Cameron, E.C.B., Pak, C.Y.C., Robertson, W.G. (eds) Urolithiasis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0873-5_242

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0873-5_242

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4899-0875-9

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4899-0873-5

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics