Can tomatoes cause kidney stones?

Bigger stones require kidney stone treatments such as extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (which uses shock waves to break the stone) or even surgery but smaller stones can be treated with a specific and personalized diet for kidney stones. read more

While tomatoes do contain oxalate, with 5 mg oxalate per 100 g of tomatoes, the amount is too small to precipitate into kidney stones. So contrary to a circulating myth, tomatoes do not cause kidney risk in healthy people. read more

Tomatoes are not the cause for kidney stones. But in India, there are two varieties of tomatoes the country tomato and the hybrid one. The hybrid one is slightly more acidic to make it more firm and easier to transport. read more

Stones in the kidney will form when there are high levels of calcium, oxalate and phosphorus accumulations in the urine. These accumulations block the urinary tract leading to pain. There are different types of stones like calcium stones, uric acid stones, struvite stones and cystine stones. read more