Oxalates are salts and esters of oxalic acid. Often, to the surprise of the patient, they are detected with routine urinalysis. Their content in the urine is called oxaluria, and, alas, this disease is almost imperceptible and insensible.
With oxaluria, frequent and profuse urination, abdominal stiffness, and increased fatigue are observed. But all these symptoms can easily be attributed to stress , food poisoning, consumption of diuretics, etc.
Oxalates - this is the first bell, warning about the possible formation of kidney stones. Therefore, a diet with oxalate in the urine - this is also a way to avoid the encounter with the scalpel of the surgeon.
Any urolithiasis is treated, first of all, by diet. After all, from what these stones are formed, gets into us, mainly with food.
Allowed
The main distinguishing feature of the diet with oxalates in the kidneys is the minimization of the consumption of oxalates, that is, oxalic acid. Let's start with products that are limited in the diet from calcium oxalate:
- white cabbage and cauliflower;
- cranberries;
- carrot;
- eggplant;
- pears;
- bananas;
- apricots;
- grapes;
- cilantro;
- potatoes;
- cucumber (without skin);
- apples;
- watermelons, melons;
- zucchini.
During the diet with the salts of oxalate in the urine is allowed bread from the flour of the 2nd grade, nuts, vegetable oil. Milk and milk products can be eaten only in the morning:
- kefir, sour cream - quite a bit;
- cottage cheese - up to 400 g;
- butter - up to 60 g;
- eggs - 1 pc.
As for soups, preference should be given to vegetable soups, without:
- beans;
- fungi;
- sorrel and spinach;
- Passage;
- parsley.
Meat and fish should be boiled, baked and fried, but there are animal proteins recommended every other day.
The daily dose of salt is 2 g, sugar is 30 g.
Recommended
Preventive diet with calcium oxalate in urine should be observed for life, if oxalate is the consequence of a remote stone in the kidneys. If their appearance is associated with a diet and increased consumption of oxalic and ascorbic acid, the diet should be followed until the oxalates disappear completely.
All kinds of cereals are recommended, as well as potato-cabbage unloading periodically.
It will be useful to take a course of treatment with alkaline mineral waters, consume infusions from leaves and peel of pear tree.
Particular attention should be paid to the intake of vitamins A , B2 and D.
Forbidden
It is better to forget about the following products:
- vinegar;
- chocolate;
- fat meat;
- jam;
- dough and puff pastry;
- mayonnaise, mustard;
- tomatoes;
- sorrel;
- broths;
- gelatin;
- by-products;
- caviar;
- smoked meat and pickles;
- beans, mushrooms;
- broccoli, Brussels sprouts, rhubarb, asparagus;
- lentils, horseradish, leeks.