Low Oxalate Diet Kidney Stones Mayo Clinic. I have had over 300 kidney stones since the 1980 s and this is the first time i have heard of an oxalate diet. These include rhubarb beets okra spinach swiss chard sweet potatoes nuts tea chocolate black pepper and soy products.
People who have had kidney stones are at a higher risk of forming kidney stones again. I have fairly aggressive kidney stone disease low oxalate low sodium diet prevents more stones from forming quite restrictive diet unless you are extremely good at moderation difficult. Oxalate is a substance made daily by your liver or absorbed from your diet.
When that happens the calcium and oxalate form crystals.
However if you don t test high for oxalate this diet will not benefit you. Oxalate is a compound produced by the human body as well as absorbed from the diet. If i do not adhere strictly to diet my disease progresses and i form more stones or the stones i have get bigger and are starting to cluster i would like. Kidney stones made of calcium oxalate form when urine contains more of these substances than the fluid in the urine can dilute.