# Does Olive Oil & Lemon juice 'lube' your kidneys?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 26, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-olive-oil-lemon-juice-lube-your-kidneys/537373 "2010-04-26T04:01:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-olive-oil-lemon-juice-lube-your-kidneys/537373/61 "2013-08-16T15:21:34Z")

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> [@greabe](#):
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> Lots of research that supports the use of lemon juice to treat kidney stones. Sorry to bring up an old thread.

None of those studies involves eliminating kidney stones in patients who have them. One study was in vitro only, not in humans. Another study involved a grand total of one person. Another one enrolled 12 people, still not enough for anywhere near conclusive evidence that lemon juice significantly inhibits stone formation. And the fourth study (from Turkey) looked at urinary citrate and uric acid values but said nothing about forming or treating kidney stones.

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> Just thought some research might be useful in the face of peoples fear of quack medicine.

We don’t generally “fear” quackery. Laugh at it or shake our heads in disgust is more like it.

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