Low Oxalate Diet Cookbook: 35+ Curated and Tasty Recipes for Picky Eaters

By Brandon Gilta

1 in every 10 individuals is estimated to have kidney stones once in their life. In the United States alone, the frequency of kidney stones rose from 3.8% in the 1970s to 8.8% in the 2000s. And in 2014, the frequency further increased to 10%. But kidney stone problems are not entirely a new problem.

Kidney ston

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brandon Gilta
• Release date: Sep 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9781088105887

Brandon Gilta

Brandon is an avid research hobbyist on topics relating to health and nutrition. His passion is holistic health and wellness and hopes to spread awareness of the role nutrition and diet plays in one's overall health. He is adept at synthesizing health-specific information from multiple sources and distilling them in an easy to read format that can be easily and quickly be understood by readers of all ages.

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Low Oxalate Diet

A Beginner's 3-Week Step-by-Step Guide for Managing Kidney Stones, With Curated Recipes, a Low Oxalate Food List, and a Sample Meal Plan

BRANDON GILTA

Copyright © 2020 BRANDON GILTA

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Printed in the United States of America

Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

Disclaimer

What Is Oxalate?

Low Oxalate Diet

Food and Oxalate

Sample Recipes

Conclusion

FAQs

References and Helpful Links

Introduction

What do Louis XIV, Martin Luther King, Sir Isaac Newton, Caesar Augustus, Benjamin Franklin, and Oliver Cromwell have in common? Kidney stones. These famous people all suffered from kidney stones.

1 in every 10 individuals is estimated to have had kidney stones once in their life. In the United States alone, the frequency of kidney stones rose from 3.8% in the 1970s to 8.8% in the 2000s. And in 2014, the frequency further increased to 10%. Considered a silent pandemic, statistics say that about 37 million American adults have kidney problems. However, kidney stone problems are not entirely new.

Kidney stone removal is one of the earliest medical procedures recorded in history. In ancient India, around 600 BC, a physician named Sushruta described the process of bladder stone extraction through the perineum. It was around the 3rd century that the process of breaking down the stones into smaller pieces was first introduced. History proves that the battle against kidney stones is as old as history itself.

The most common cause of kidney stones is the consumption of food that contains high levels of oxalate. Oxalates are naturally occurring compounds found in a variety of foods, such as spinach, kale, rhubarb, and chocolate. The good news is that there are ways to reduce the risk of developing kidney stones caused by dietary oxalates.

In this guide, we will discuss what a low-oxalate diet is and how it can help in preventing kidney