Low-Oxalate Diet Guidelines
Oxalate is a compound produced by the human body, as well as absorbed from the diet. It is a known promoter of urinary stone formation. Your recent 24-hour urine collection revealed high levels of oxalate. Therefore, we recommend cutting back on high-oxalate foods in an effort to prevent future stones. Specifically, you should limit your oxalate to 40 to 50 mg each day.
High-oxalate foods and drinks (more than 10 mg per serving) |
Drinks |
Dark beer, black tea, chocolate milk, cocoa, instant coffee, hot chocolate, juice from high-oxalate fruits, ovaltine, soy drinks |
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Dairy |
Soy cheese, soy yogurt |
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Fats, nuts, seeds |
Nuts, nut butters, sesame seeds, tahini, soy nuts |
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Starch |
Amaranth, buckwheat, cereal (bran or high fiber), crispbread (rye or wheat), fruit cake, grits, taro, wheat bran, wheat germ, whole wheat bread, whole wheat flour |
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Fruit |
Blackberries, blueberries, carambola, concord grapes, currents, dewberries, elderberries, figs, fruit cocktail, gooseberry, kiwis, lemon peel lime peel, orange peel, raspberries, rhubarb, canned strawberries, tamarillo, tangerines |
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Vegetables |
Beans (baked, green, dried, kidney), beets, beet root, carrots, celery, chicory, collards, dandelion greens, eggplant, escarole, kale, leeks, okra, olives, parsley, peppers (chili and green), pokeweed, potatoes (baked, boiled, fried), rutabaga, spinach, summer squash, sweet potato, swiss chard, zucchini |
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Condiments |
Black pepper (more than 1 tsp), marmalade, soy sauce |
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Misc |
Chocolate, parsley |
Moderate-oxalate foods and drinks (2 – 10 mg per serving) |
Drinks |
Draft beer, carrot juice, brewed coffee, cranberry juice, Guinness beer, Matetea tea, orange juice, rosehip tea, tomato juice, Twinings black currant tea |
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Dairy |
Yogurt |
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Fats, nuts, seeds |
Flaxseed, sunflower seeds |
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Fruit |
Apples, applesauce, apricots, coconut, cranberries, mandarin orange, orange, fresh peaches, fresh pear, pineapples, purple and Damson plums, prunes, fresh strawberries |
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Meat |
Liver, sardines |
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Starch |
Bagels, brown rice, cornmeal, corn starch, corn tortilla, fig cookie, oatmeal, ravioli (no sauce), spaghetti in red sauce, sponge cake, cinnamon Poptart, white bread |
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Vegetables |
Artichoke, asparagus, broccoli, brussel sprouts, carrots (canned), corn fennel, lettuce, lima beans, mustard greens, onions, parsnip, canned peas, tomato, tomato soup, turnips, vegetable soup, watercress |
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Misc |
Ginger, malt, potato chips (less than 3.5 oz), strawberry jam/preserves, thyme |
*Food and drink serving sizes are 3.5 ounces (100 grams) unless otherwise noted.
Revised 10/8/2010 JMH

