Comments on: Banana Blueberry Dairy-Free Milkshakes

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 17:44:29 +0000

You’re welcome, Doreen. I have some new recipes I’d like to post but I’m having technical difficulties with the website not accepting new posts. Hopefully I’ll get it figured out soon!

By: Doreen

Doreen — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 15:55:04 +0000

Love your recipes. You understand more than anyone how difficult this is. Please send any recipes and especially any changes in food oxylate content (like blueberries) that you have learned about. Thanks again!

By: Heidi

Heidi — Wed, 21 May 2014 02:32:11 +0000

You’re welcome, Mariann.
Great idea making it with the sunbutter! I bet that was yummy. A tablespoon of sunbutter only has about 3 mg. oxalate, so no problem there.

By: Ruth Ann

Ruth Ann — Wed, 21 May 2014 02:31:01 +0000

This is so yummy! Thank you. I make it with strawberries occasionally, too.

By: Mariann D.

Mariann D. — Tue, 20 May 2014 21:00:39 +0000

Wow, I just made this. I didn’t have any coconut milk in the house, so I used a cup of water and a tablespoon of sunbutter (just like your milk substitution). I hope this didn’t increase the oxalate content too much, because it was really yummy! Thanks for the recipe.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 19:30:50 +0000

Blueberries are low oxalate. And yes, we had some confusion at the beginning when I named my site because I thought the other site was the Low Oxalate Diet site. My bad. Anyway that site is usually pretty accurate. Not sure why they have blueberries as unknown. If you are feeling confused about oxalate values I strongly suggest joining the Trying Low Oxalates Yahoo Group or Facebook group. Values from a new testing batch just came in the list was updated yesterday to reflect them.

By: VV

VV — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:41:54 +0000

OOPS! Different site! Disregard. That one is lowoxalate.info …

By: VV

VV — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 14:40:51 +0000

But the list on the lowoxalateinfo.com site shows blueberries as “unknown” … ? I’m soooo confused!

By: Heidi

Heidi — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:43:11 +0000

Hi, Cindy. Blueberries are low oxalate at 4.0 mg. oxalate per half cup. They were retested in Dr. Liebman's Lab (an oxalate researcher scientist from the University of Wyoming) in 2007 - funded by the VP Foundation. Unfortunately, many great doctors and otherwise good resources haven't updated their food lists to reflect this new information. Blueberries are the one food that is most often mis-listed on oxalate food lists. If you haven't checked out my post on How to get an Accurate Food List, I invite you to do so. Lots of new testing in the past 6 years have really changed what we can and can't eat and most doctors' lists do not accurately reflect this (also the list is 196 pages long with over a thousand foods -- much more comprehensive than most doctors can give their patients.) Hope this helps! I gave up blueberries for 12 years before I found out they had been retested and were back on the menu! Now I eat them a lot. Heidi

By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:37:45 +0000

What is the oxalate content of the blueberries? The list from my doctor lists them as high and I’m suppose to avoid them. I keep finding conflicting info on the Internet. I can’t bear the pain of another kidney stone and don’t want to go against my doctor’s advise.