5. Sweet potatoes should be avoided since it can cause kidney stones.
Sweet potatoes contain high levels of oxalate and the more you eat them it can cause kidney stones. When calcium and excess oxalate forms, it enters your urine. Your urine is unable to get rid of these substances. It builds up, which will cause kidney stones. Sweet potatoes are used during the holidays to make pies.
A person has no idea that the pie that he or she is serving their family could cause kidney stones. even a person who is suffering from kidney disease may eat many slices of pie. Later on, the person will start having back pains there is too much calcium and oxalate in their urine.
When the person goes to the doctor, the doctor will take imaging tests to let him or she knows that their kidneys are in bad shape and ask the person a series of questions to figure out how this happened.