Does drinking iced tea give you kidney stones?

My health tracker app actually has an ingredient logging feature and shows that black tea is high in oxalates, which can bind with calcium. If you already have a history of stones, it's better to log your water intake properly and keep it above 3 liters daily to balance it out.

Yaar, if everything we love gave us kidney stones, I’d be a walking quarry by now. I survive on iced tea and cold coffee just to keep my eyes open at work. Just keep chugging water alongside it and hope for the best, honestly.

It’s all about the concentration, guys. Commercial iced tea bottle brands have crazy amounts of sugar and preservatives which are bad anyway, not just for stones. Switch to home-brewed green or black iced tea with less sugar and you will be absolutely fine.

Yes, too much iced tea can definitely increase the risk because of the high oxalate content. Just make sure you are drinking double the amount of normal water to flush your system.

I used to be obsessed with peach iced tea during my college days and had the same worry. My doctor told me moderation is key, and squeezing some fresh lemon juice in it actually helps because citrate prevents stone formation. So don't worry too much, just don't overdo it!

With my PCOS, I have to be super careful about what I drink, and I did ask my nutritionist about iced tea once. She told me that while it has oxalates, having it occasionally is okay, but we should always get a proper urine test done if we feel any lower back pain just to check how our kidneys are doing.