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Lime Citrate and Kidney Stones: What Trials Show
Lime (Manao) · มะนาว · Citrus aurantiifolia
Lime (Manao) — มะนาว (ma-nao) — Citrus aurantiifolia.
Lime — mah-nao. Lime's citrate raises urinary citrate and may lower kidney-stone recurrence. The edible part is the fruit, and it's rich in vitamin C. Tom Yum Goong boils a hot and sour shrimp broth, heavily squeezed with fresh lime juice off the heat so the citrus doesn't turn bitter. Pla Kapong Neung Manao drenches a whole steamed barramundi in a fiery, garlic-packed lime broth that you soak up with warm jasmine rice. How to use lime in Thai cooking: both the juice and the zest, whose aromatic peel carries prized flavorful oils. Lime's vitamin C helps your body absorb the iron from beans and greens when you eat them together. Lime juice on your skin plus sunlight can cause a blistering burn, so wash your hands before heading out in the sun. Follow Longevity Biome for a new Thai plant every day.
Tom Yum Goong — ต้มยำกุ้ง (tom-yum-goong)
Pla Kapong Neung Manao — ปลากะพงนึ่งมะนาว (pla-ka-pong-neung-ma-nao)
Source: Citrus juice & calcium kidney-stone risk: systematic review/meta-analysis of clinical trials. Afr J Urol (2025). DOI:10.1186/s12301-025-00542-6
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Food and nutrients
Rich in: vitamin C
Research context
Lime's citrate raises urinary citrate and may lower kidney-stone recurrence — multicenter RCT, 2025