Kidney Stone Special Diet for Urine Collection Test:

If Dr. Schoenfeld has ordered a 24 hour urine test that requires you to be on a special diet for one week before the collection of your urine. This diet is low in calcium, sodium, and oxalate. Reducing the amount of these substances in your diet for one week will help your doctor determine what may be the cause of your kidney stone problem.

For the seven days prior to your urine collection you should not eat more than 400 mg of calcium or 100 meq of sodium per day. You will also need to limit the amount of foods containing oxalate. The information on the following pages will help you decide what you can and cannot eat to meet the following diet limitations.

Limiting Oxalate

Baked Beans canned in tomato sauce
Eggplant
Leeks
Red currants
Beets
Escarole
Lime Peel
Rutabagas
Blackberries
Fruit cake
Mustard Greens
Soybean
Blueberries
Fruit cocktail
Okra
Soybean Curd
Celery
Gooseberries
Orange peel
Spinach
Chard
Green Beans
Ovaltine
Strawberries
Chive
Green Peppers
Parsley
Summer Squash
Chocolate
Grits and White
Peanut Butter
Sweet Potatoes
Collards
Corn
Peanuts
Tangerine
Concord Grapes
Guiness Stout
Pecans
Tea and Cocoa
Dandelion Greens
Juices containing berries
Pokeweed
Tomato Soup
Dewberries
Kale
Raspberries
Vegetable Soup
Wheat Germ

 

Limiting Sodium to 100 Meq per day:

Many foods contain labels that note the amount of sodium contained within the food item. These labels can serve as a guide for you. Do not add salt to your meals while preparing them or while eating at the table. Avoid salty foods such as potato chips, peanuts, peanut butter, popcorn, salt cured meats and fish, and canned soups. The information below will also help you determine what you should limit.

Food
Serving Size
Amount of Sodium
Salt
1 tsp
100
Ham
3 1/2 ounces
60
Frozen dinners
1dinner
28-120
Lite salt
1 tsp
48
Pork and beans with tomato
1 cup
48
Pastrami
3 ounces
45
Soups canned
1 cup
29-52
Corned beef
3 ounces
42
Soy sauce
1 Tbsp
36
Sauerkraut canned
1/2 cup
34
Alaskan king crab, raw
3 ounces
31
Pancake mix
3 four-inch cakes
30
Pizza, cheese
1 slice
30
Fish sticks 4 sticks
4 ounces
28
Frankfurter- l frank
2 ounces
25
Waffle, frozen
2 waffles
23
Chopped cured ham- canned
3 ounces
21
cottage cheese
1/2 cup
20
Pudding, mix
1/2 cup
20
Salmon. canned
3 ounces
20
American cheese, processed
1 ounce
18
Blue cheese
1 ounce
17
Swiss cheese, processed
1 ounce
17
Devil's food cake, mix
1 piece
16
Bacon, Canadian
1 ounce
16
Vegetable juice cocktail
6 fluid ounces
15
Sausage
1 patty
15
Pickles
1 ounce
7-19
Gingerbread, mix
1 piece
13
Tuna, canned
3 ounces
13
Bacon
3 slices
13
Vegetables canned
1/2 cup
7-18
Bologna
1 ounce
11
Cereals, ready to eat
1 ounce
10

 

Limiting Calcium to 400 Mg per day:

Many foods contain labels that note the amount of calcium contained within the food item. These labels can serve as a guide for you. You should stop eating all milk, ice cream, ice milk, cheese, yogurt, salad dressings and desserts made with dairy products such as pies, cookies, puddings, sherbet or custards. The information listed will also help you in deciding what you should limit.

Food
Serving Size
Amount of Calcium
Yogurt, low-fat
8 ounces
415
Milkshake
8 ounces
396
Parmesan Cheese
1 ounce
336
Eggnog nonalcoholic
1 cup
330
Milk, skim
8 fluid ounces
302
Hot chocolate,prepared with milk
8 fluid ounces
298
Milk, whole
8 fluid ounces
288
Cheese soup, prepared with milk
1 cup
288
Yogurt whole
1 cup
274
Swiss cheese
1 ounce
272
Rhubarb, raw
1/2 cup
266
Ricotta cheese
1/2 cup
257
Ice cream, soft serve
1 cup
236
Pizza, cheese
1 slice
220
Provolone cheese
1 ounce
214
Cheddar cheese
1 ounce
204
Icc cream, vanilla
1 cup
176
Tomato soup,prepared with milk
1 cup
159
Pudding1 chocolate
Acup
149
Mozzarella cheese
1 ounce
147
Pudding, vanilla
1/2 cup
147
Beans, baked
1 cup
133
Cottage cheese
1 cup
126
American cheese
1 ounce
124
Spinach, boiled
1/2 cup
122
Sardines
1 ounce
103
Sherbet, orange
1 cup
103
Turnip greens, boiled
1/2 cup
99
Broccoli, boiled
1/2 cup
89
Soybeans, boiled
1/2 cup
88
Cornbread
1 piece
83
Beet greens, boiled
1/2 cup
82
Collards, boiled
1/2 cup
74
Dandelion greens. boiled
1/2 cup
73
Milk chocolate,1 ounce
1 ounce
70
Swiss chard, boiled
1/2 cup
51
Okra, boiled
1/2 cup
50
Molasses
1 tbsp
49
Herring
3 ounces
49
Kale, boiled
1/2 cup
47
Tortilla, corn
1
42
White bread
1 slice
30