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.
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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
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