Hi Cindy – from what you’ve said, it sounds like you could really benefit from the help of a practitioner – scdlifestyle.com/practitioners. You are likely a tough case and they will be able to help you sort it out (we know it can be frustrating – sorry!)

Karen, I can relate to your issues so well. I am feeling very frustrated as I was doing really well on a low lectin diet and keeping out spinach and beets but then had a problem coming out of ketosis and now I feel lost as to what to do….the inflammation all returned and my weight soared. My doctor highly recommends low lectins for inflammatory issues which really does help, but also don’t believe I do well with nuts, eggs or dairy and then have the high oxalate issue. It truly gets to the point where you don’t know what to eat and that is very stressful. I have dysbiosis, high oxalates, MTHFR (2), leaky gut, autoimmune issues, Klebsiella +4. Ugh.

I feel like you just described the last 12 months of my life. I developed chronic interstitial cystitis after taking a long course of flagyl. Does anyone from the scdlifestyle site know how to replenish the microbes that help us process oxalates? Ill be doing more research into this, thanks Sugar.

Hi Cathy, thanks for commenting.

One of the issues with trying to follow a low oxalate diet is that even scientists disagree about which foods are high and low oxalate and there is no one definitive list or way of measuring oxalates that is used by all researchers. That is why one list might describe berries as high oxalate and another might define this as medium. The amount you eat matters, too, of course.

I don’t touch the high oxalate foods anymore. I don’t think I have an oxalate problem because I had a 24 urine test and it came back normal, but I have gut issues.

Thank you, Great comment, I intend to research more here.
Aloha

Hi Karen – thanks for commenting and sorry to hear you’re struggling right now. These are complex issues and questions – we’d recommend you talk one-on-one with your practitioner about these things. In the meantime, you can try replacing some of the high-oxalate foods you eat with lower ones and see if it makes you feel better.

http://www.renalandurologynews.com/commentary/kidney-stone-prevention-fact-versus-fiction/article/217239/

Thanks, Mariel!
Jane

Hi Jane –

Glad this was helpful for you!!

You cna find lots of lsits of high and low oxalate foods online – but the results aren’t always relaible with ven schoalrly sources disagreeing about the oxalate levels of foods.

In genreal, choosing fresh fruit over dried fruit is a good choice. Avocados, berries, and kiwi are considered to be the highest oxalate fruits by msot sources – so anything other than those is a good choice.

Spinach is the highest-oxalate veggie – cruciferous veggies like broccoli generally have less.

Remember that this doesn’t mean you can never eat high-oxalate foods – jsut that you might want to eat them in smaller portions.

Hi Ian – this is one of the issues with trying to follow a low-oxalate diet – experts disagree on which foods have high levels. This article does a good job explaining the debate over berries (esp. blueberries http://healthyliving.azcentral.com/fruits-high-oxalates-20332.html). Furthermore, what really matters isn’t specific high vs. low oxalate foods but the overall oxalate load of your diet. I.e. you might be able to tolerate some spinach if that is the only high-oxalate food you eat.

Some leafy greens like spinach are really high in oxalates – others like lacinto kale are relatively low. If you’re worried about oxalates in greens, I’d suggest you try the Low-Oxalate greens powder Steve talks about in this article.

Hope this helps clear things up for you!!

Thanks for sharing this suggestion 🙂

you have some facts wrong, blueberries are low so is certain kinds of kale and zucchini
I don’t think you mentioned spinach which is off the charts high

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLgkCFKYBsq2-SXuz8ahwBh-9MjV-BfxBO&v=4dial6Bz7yw