One month of tracking sodium after my first stone — here's what I've learned

One month of tracking sodium after my first kidney stone - here's what I've learned (and what I'm building)

I posted my Litholink results here about a month ago. Urine calcium 336 (high), sodium 196 mmol (high). Urologist said the calcium was being driven by the sodium.

Before tracking I was probably at 4,000-5,000 mg/day without realizing it. Damn, sodium is everywhere... and tons of it.

That was a huge wake-up call. I knew almost nothing about what was actually in the food I eat.

So I started using AI to answer my questions - what's the sodium in this, what should I order here, how much budget do I have left today. Even started taking pics of menus and asking Claude to help me choose.

Then I turned it into a simple app so I could use it on the go. It stopped being a food log and started helping me make better choices before I eat.

After a month or so:

* sodium down from \~4,500 mg to around 2,500 * luids up from \~1L to 2-3L daily

About to do my follow-up Litholink and genuinely curious to see if the numbers moved.

I showed the app to a few people and they wanted access, so I'm polishing it up. I'm looking for about 10 people from this community to beta test it. Please DM me if you're interested!

Dan