To Prevent Kidney Stones: limit protein, sodium, calcium and oxalate in diet intake and increase fluid.
Beverages: Limit draft beer; chocolate beverage mixes, cocoa, instant tea and instant coffee
Breads and Cereals: Limit grits, wheat bran, instant cereal, any breads or crackers with salted tops, cheese pizza
Desserts: Limit fruitcake, desserts made with chocolate, nuts, berries, red currants or rhubarb
Fats: Avoid nuts and nut butters, regular salad dressings, bacon fat, bacon bits, snack dips made with instant mixes or processed cheese
Fruits: Avoid Berries (blackberries, gooseberries, black raspberries, strawberries), concord grapes, red currant, lemon, lime and orange peels, calcium fortified fruit juice, grape juice
Meats and Meat Substitution: Avoid baked beans with tomato sauce, peanut butter, tofu, cold cuts, cured meats, hot dogs, bacon and sausage, imitation crab and lobster
Potatoes: Limit Sweet potatoes
Snacks: Avoid chips, salted crackers and cheese
Soups: Limit canned soups or dehydrated soup mixes
Vegetables: Limit beans (waxed and legumes), beets, celery, eggplant, leeks, summer squash
Other:
Calcium – 800 mg /day
Vitamin C – do not supplement as increases oxalate in urine
Fluid – 12.5 glasses/cups/day
