If you’re working through what foods seem to trigger or flare your rashes, you might at some point consider trying a low oxalate diet. Though it’s commonly used to reduce the production of kidney stones in those prone to making them, I’ve received many questions about this particular elimination diet for rashes. Aside from my general caution about eliminating more and more foods, improvement on a low oxalate diet (or because you have high oxalates in your urine) is an important clue! I’m sharing in this episode some clinical pearls about a low oxalate diet that might really surprise you. AND the circumstance when I think it would be worth a try to eliminate them (and when it’s not). In this episode: What is a low oxalate diet + its connection with rashes Foods that are high in oxalates What high oxalates indicate about your gut Probiotics that breakdown oxalates Is it worth it to try a low oxalate diet? Quotes: More current research shows that those struggling with calcium oxalate kidney stone formation “exhibit dysbiosis in their fecal and urinary microbiota compared with controls”. Gut bugs like Oxalobacter formigenes, L. plantarum, L. casei, L. acidophilus, L. rhamnosus, L. salviarius, Bifidobacterium infantis, and Bifidobacterium animalis can all break down oxalates.