Resources For the Low Oxalate Diet

The Low Oxalate Diet can be difficult for many reasons, but the hardest reason by far for me is the lack of good quality, easily accessible information (don’t even get me started about the lack of research support by trained scientists!)  I’ve created this resource page to help you find the resources and support that may help you succeed.  If you know of other resources that may be helpful or if you own a blog with quality low oxalate information, recipes or stories please let me know so I can add them to my list!

Please note this page is under construction and still needs lots of work.  Thanks for your patience!  I decided to go ahead and publish it before completion, so you can begin to find the help you need.

Up-to-Date and Accurate Low Oxalate Information:

Trying Low Oxalates Yahoo Group  (membership required to access site – read why you should join here)
Susan Owen’s Low Oxalate Diet website sponsored by the Autism Oxalate Project
Trying Low Oxalates Facebook Group  (membership required to access site)
The Vulvar Pain Foundation Website and Newsletters (membership is especially helpful for those with genital, urinary or pelvic symptoms – add an extra $5 to your membership fee and you get ALL previous newsletters free – a fabulous and worthwhile investment!  The old newsletters are full of great ideas, support and advice for VP patients)

Low Oxalate Recipes and Tips:

The Low Oxalate Cookbook 2   (buy it from the the VP Foundation here or from Amazon here)
The Recipe Application Section of the Trying Low Oxalates Yahoo Group (You must be a member to access database)

Blogs You May Enjoy:

OxVox – relatively new but some really good information about oxalate

Loving Our Guts – especially helpful for those who are combining GAPS and the Low Oxalate Diet

Low Oxalate Living – very new, but promising

Drew’s Autism Recovery Diary – One boys’ healing journey, including experiences with the low oxalate diet –  Drew’s mom is dedicated and inspirational!

Links for Some Important Supplements for the Low Oxalate Diet:

VSL #3   – Proven to reduce oxalate absorption in the gut – read abstract here (click on “show summary”).  Buy VSL #3 caps here or sachets here.

Calcium Citrate – Binds with oxalate in the gut and helps remove it from the body.  Buy calcium citrate here or here.  If you have trouble swallowing pills or want to start with a very small dose, buy the powdered form here.

Magnesium Citrate – Also binds with oxalate in the gut and helps remove it from the body.  Buy magnesium citrate here.  If you have trouble swallowing pills or want to start with a very small dose, buy the powdered form here.

Biotin – Buy biotin here.

Vitamin B6 – Vitamin B6 deficiency can cause endogenous oxalate production.  Supplementing with Vitamin B6 may reduce this oxalate production in your body.  Buy Now brand Vitamin B6 here.

Oxalate Articles written for the General Public by Scientists not Journalists:

The Truth About Oxalate by Michael Liebman, Ph.D. (published in the VP Foundation Newsletter)

 

Peer-reviewed Scientific Oxalate Articles that are Lay Person Friendly:

Most of the primary scientific literature about oxalate is incomprehensible for anyone without a biochemistry degree, but some is readable and perhaps comprehensible for an educated audience.  From now on, whenever I come across a peer-reviewed scientific article that is generally readable for educated people (or at least more readable than most), I will try to post a link here.