In answer to the question, "why would you be more likely to get kidney stones from ice tea?", I believe it has something to do with the fact that most people put milk in hot tea. The kidney stones that form from oxalate are made of oxalate and calcium. My understanding is that if the oxalate can combine with the calcium in the digestive system, it will not combine in the urine. Wouldn't the same also be true for calcium (in the milk) mixing with the oxalate (in the tea) inside the cup? I'm not a doctor so I'm not offering a medical opinion here. But it makes sense to me that this would be the difference between hot tea and ice tea.
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In answer to the question, "why would you be more likely to get kidney stones from ice tea?", I believe it has something to do with the fact that most people put milk in hot tea. The kidney stones that form from oxalate are made of oxalate and calcium. My understanding is that if the oxalate can combine with the calcium in the digestive system, it will not combine in the urine. Wouldn't the same also be true for calcium (in the milk) mixing with the oxalate (in the tea) inside the cup? I'm not a doctor so I'm not offering a medical opinion here. But it makes sense to me that this would be the difference between hot tea and ice tea.
March 25, 2012 - 10:14amThis Comment
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