Comments on: Low Oxalate Tacos http://lowoxalateinfo.com/low-oxalate-tacos/ Hope and Healing on the Low Oxalate Diet Tue, 03 Feb 2015 06:57:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.7 By: Heidi http://lowoxalateinfo.com/low-oxalate-tacos/#comment-2413 Sun, 21 Jul 2013 02:53:23 +0000 http://lowoxalateinfo.com/?p=1575#comment-2413 Hi, Linda. Do you mean with the Trying Low Oxalates Yahoo group? If so, make sure you are logged on to your basic yahoo account. Then go to the TLOYG website and see if it gives you access. If the registration was accepted and you are logged on to Yahoo, it should give you access.

]]> By: Linda http://lowoxalateinfo.com/low-oxalate-tacos/#comment-2355 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:12:53 +0000 http://lowoxalateinfo.com/?p=1575#comment-2355 Hi Heidi i just have a question now if i registered correctly. I went through all the steps required but didn’t hear anything that i got confirmed. Can you please check for me? My husband ,Gene, has to keep all the food he eats a low oxalate meal and my head is still going in circles!!!! I would appreciate any news you could tell me. Thank you, Linda

]]> By: Breakfast Tostados – Low Oxalate Info http://lowoxalateinfo.com/low-oxalate-tacos/#comment-2177 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 20:10:56 +0000 http://lowoxalateinfo.com/?p=1575#comment-2177 […] July 2013: Please see the comment section below my post for Low Oxalate Tacos for a discussion of white versus yellow corn tortillas, how and when they were tested and oxalate […]

]]> By: Heidi http://lowoxalateinfo.com/low-oxalate-tacos/#comment-2176 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 19:55:34 +0000 http://lowoxalateinfo.com/?p=1575#comment-2176 Since writing my last reply, yellow corn tortillas were tested by Dr. Michael Liebman (funded by the Vulvar Pain Foundation) and were found to have about 6.5 mg. oxalate per tortilla. This is more evidence that the 2.2 mg. value was for white corn tortillas. The master list keepers at the Trying Low Oxalates Group have decided to take the 2.2 mg. value off the master list because it is vague, but based on all the evidence I personally still feel confident that white corn tortillas have 2-2.5 mg. oxalate per tortilla.

]]> By: Troy http://lowoxalateinfo.com/low-oxalate-tacos/#comment-1211 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:05:06 +0000 http://lowoxalateinfo.com/?p=1575#comment-1211 Hi Heidi,

Thank you so much for the great info! I appreciate it very much.

]]> By: Heidi http://lowoxalateinfo.com/low-oxalate-tacos/#comment-1208 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:10:56 +0000 http://lowoxalateinfo.com/?p=1575#comment-1208 Hi, Troy.
Corn tortillas were tested by the General Clinical Research Center at the University of California at San Diego in 1994 using the new and more reliable enzymatic testing methods. They found that one “medium” corn tortilla has 2.5 mg. oxalate. We don’t know if this was a white or a yellow corn tortilla or exactly how big it was, but we assume it was a 7 or 8″ white corn tortilla based on popular recipes for authentic Mexican corn tortillas. Masa harina (white corn flour that has been treated with lime to make it more nutritious) has 9.4 mg. oxalate per half cup (tested by oxalate researcher, Dr. Michael Liebman, in 2009 as part of the Autism Oxalate Project testing program). If you look at this recipe for corn tortillas you’ll see that it takes two cups of masa harina to make 16 – 18 corn tortillas (approximately 7 ” diameter), which means your homemade tortillas would have between 2.1 and 2.35 mg. oxalate per tortilla. Since these values are consistent, I feel very confident that white corn tortillas made with masa harnina are low oxalate at about 2.2-2.5 mg. per tortilla.

You can tell if your brand of corn tortilla uses masa harina by the ingredients. They should be pretty simple and something like white corn, salt, and lime (might also call it slaked lime or calcium hydroxide). Some might also have a vegetable oil or a preservative added, which is fine as far as oxalate content is concerned.

Hope this helps you feel more confident about adding corn tortillas to your diet.

]]> By: Troy http://lowoxalateinfo.com/low-oxalate-tacos/#comment-1206 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:13:46 +0000 http://lowoxalateinfo.com/?p=1575#comment-1206 Hi Heidi, Although you have indicated white corn tortillas as being low oxalate, other sources point these to be medium or extremely high oxalate. Can you please confirm that they are indeed low ox? Would you know any numbers as to how much ox in one tortilla? Thanks so much!

]]> By: Troy http://lowoxalateinfo.com/low-oxalate-tacos/#comment-1205 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:11:13 +0000 http://lowoxalateinfo.com/?p=1575#comment-1205 Hi Heidi, Although you have indicated white corn tortillas as being low oxalate, other sources point these to be medium oxalate. Can you please confirm that they are indeed low ox? Would you know any numbers as to how much ox in one tortilla? Thanks so much!

]]> By: Joanna http://lowoxalateinfo.com/low-oxalate-tacos/#comment-1139 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:30:34 +0000 http://lowoxalateinfo.com/?p=1575#comment-1139 Yum! This looks great. Thanks, Heidi! I hadn’t thought of using tomato juice, but I bet it gives it a chili taste and that would be great for a taco salad. I’ve made taco meat similar to this but I used a little less chili powder (1 tsp) and a whole teaspoon of basil (or sometimes marjoram). Thanks again!

]]> By: Therese http://lowoxalateinfo.com/low-oxalate-tacos/#comment-1138 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:10:13 +0000 http://lowoxalateinfo.com/?p=1575#comment-1138 Hi Heidi,
Yum! Thank you! I can’t wait to try this recipe. I love tacos and taco salad!
Therese :-)

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