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OXALATE CONTENT OF FOODS

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People suffering from a tendency to develop calcium-oxalate kidney stones should avoid eating high oxalate food.

An oxalate diet needs to limit the ingest of oxalates to 40 o 50 mg a day. Low content oxalate food contains more than 10 mg of oxalate per serving. Moderate oxalate food has from 2 to 10 mg per serving. Low oxalate content food has less than 2 mg per serving.

For a low oxalate diet high content oxalate food should be avoided. Moderate oxalate foods and drinks should be limited to a maximum of two o three servings per day, whereas low oxalate food and drink is not restricted at all in this type of diet. However, there are some foods or drinks included in the low content or moderate content that can cause irritation to some people, because of their acidity, such as coffle or citrus. In this case, we should take them cautiously, till we get used to them.

The following chart shows a classification of many different foods according to their oxalate content.

Oxalate content of food
Type of food	Low content	Moderate content	High content
Drinks	Apple juice Apricot nectar Barley water Buttermilk Cherry juice Cider Coke Cola grapefruit juice Grapefruit juice Green tea Lemon juice Lemonade Lime juice milk Orange soda Pepsi Pineapple juice Root Beer Water Wine	Beer ( stout/draft) Brewed coffee Carrot juice Coffee Cranberry juice Grape juice Green tea Guinness draft beer Mate tea Orange juice Orangeade Rose hip tea Tomato juice Twinings black currant tea	Beer - ( lager/ draft) Black tea Blackberry juice Blueberry juice Chocolate milk Cocoa Currant juice Dewberry juice Gooseberry juice Grape juice hot chocolate Indian tea Instant coffee Lemon peel Lime peel Orange peel Raspberry juice Soy drinks Strawberry juice Tangerine juice
Fruits	Avocado Bananas Canned peaches Canned pears Cantaloupe Casaba Cherries Golden raisins Grapefruit Grapes (Green) Huckleberries Kumquat Lemons Orange juice Litchi Mangoes Melons Nectarines Papaya Passion fruit Raisins (1/4 cup) Watermelon	Apples Applesauce Apricots Black currants Coconut Cranberries Grapefruit Grapes Green plums Mandarin orange Lemon peel Oranges Peaches Pears Orange peel Pineapples Plums (purple and Damson) Prunes Red raspberries Sour cherries	Blackberries Blueberries Carambola Dewberries Dewberries Elderberries Figs Fruit cocktail Gooseberries Grapes (Concord grapes) kiwis Lime peel Raspberries ( Black) Red currants Rhubarb Strawberries Tamarillo Tangerines
Dairy products	Butter Buttermilk Cheese Fruit yogurts Milk Natural whole yogurt Nonfat yogurt	None	chocolate milk soy cheese soy milk soy yogurt
Legumes, seeds and nuts	Coconut Lentils Water chestnuts	Lima beans Dried peas Chick peas	Beans Garbanzo beans Nuts Almonds Walnuts Peanut butter Peanuts Pecans Sesame seeds Soya beans Soya milk Sunflower seeds Tofu
Vegetables	Alfalfa sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Chives Cucumbers Endive Green peas Kohlrabi Lettuce ( iceberg ) Mung bean sprouts Pepper ( red) Squash Turnips ( roots)	Artichokes Asparagus Broccoli Brussel sprouts Canned peas Carrots ( boiled) Corn Cucumber (1 medium) Fennel Parsley Garlic Eggplant Kohlrabi Lettuce (Boston/iceberg (1 cup) Lima beans Mushrooms Mustard greens Onions Peppers, green (1/2 medium) Peeled potatoes (white, russet) Potato chips ( Less than 100 g) Potato salad (1/4 cup) Radishes Snow peas tomatoes Tomato ( sauce - canned (1/4 cup-) Tomato (fresh) Tomato soup Turnips Vegetable soup watercress	beans (baked, green,kidney, dry) Beet greens Beet root Beets Carrots ( raw, steamed) Celery Chicory Collards Dandelion greens Escarole Kale Leeks Okra Olives Parsnips Peppers ( green and chili) Pokeweed Popcorn Unpeeled Potatoes Potato chips ( More than 100 g) (baked, fried or boiled) Purslane Rhubarb Rutabagas Sorrel Spinach Sweet potato Swiss chard Tomato sauce ( canned) Turnip
Grains	Cereals (corn or rice) Cheerios Chicken noodle soup Cornflakes Cornstarch (1 tbsp) Egg noodles English muffin Macaroni Pasta (plain) Rice ( white/wild) Rye bread	Bagel Barley Bread ( white) Corn Corn tortilla Cornbread Cornmeal Cornstarch Oatmeal Oatmeal (¼ cup) Plain flour Ravioli (without sauce) Rice (brown) Spaghetti Wheat	Amaranth Bread ( whole wheat) Buckwheat Cereal (bran or high Crispbread (rye or fiber) fruit cake Graham crackers Graham flour Grits Kamut Popcorn (4 cups, popped) Pretzels Spelt Stone ground flour Wheat bran wheat germ wheat) Whole wheat flour Yellow Dock
Fats	Butter Margarine Mayonnaise Salad dressing Vegetable oils	None	Sesame oil
Condiments	Basil (up to 1 tsp) Chives cinnamon corn syrup dill honey jelly from low ketchup (1 Tbsp) maple syrup Mustard, Dijon (up 1 tbsp) Nutmeg, dry (up 1 tsp) Oregano (up 1 tsp) oxalate fruits peppermint thyme sage Salt sugar Vanilla extract vinegar white pepper	Basil, fresh (1 tbsp) Cinnamon (1 tsp) Dill (1 tbsp) Ginger (1 tsp) Malt (1 tbsp) Mustard (1/2 cup) Nutmeg (1 tbsp) Pepper (1 tsp)	black pepper (more than 1 tbsp) Cinnamon (1½ tsps or more) Ginger (1 tbsp) Soy sauce
Meats	Bacon Beef Chicken Corned beef, canned Eggs Fish (except sardines) Ham Hamburger Lamb Pork Poultry Shellfish Turkey	Bacon (More than 9 slices) Kidneys Liver Sardines	None
Other	Apple cider Carob Gelatin (unflavored) Hard candy Jell-O gelatin lemon balm lemon juice lime juice Vinegar	ginger malt (up to 1 tbsp)	Chocolate Cocoa ( dry powder) Ovaltine ( powder)

More information about kidney stones and gallbladder stones natural treatment in the listing above.

The information given is informative. In case of doubt, consult the doctor. "Botanical" is not responsible for damages caused by self-medication

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