Stage 3 Kidney Disease and Diet: What can I eat?

Vegetarian (not vegan) “chikn” salad:
1 serving cooked “chikn” strips, diced 45 mg K (1%) 0 mg P
1T pecans 28 mg K (1 %) 19 mg P (2 %)
¼ C dried, no sugar added cranberries 19.6 mg K 3.2 mg P
2 T mayonnaise or salad dressing 0, 0 (check label or nutrition data sites to make sure)
Stir all ingredients together, chill
Total 204.4 mg K (10 %) 98.2 mg P (10 %)

@carnes Thank you for responding to my post. I have a 15 page list of oxalates in foods. I will list a few types of foods and what the "best" choices are.

Grains/Pasta/Baked Goods: (*oxalate mg per 100g) All these are under 13. Hominy, cooked Wild Rice, cooked white, long-grain rice, plain French toast, plain pancakes, rolls/hamburger/hot dog bun, plain corn tortilla, cornbread, plain white English muffin, frozen waffle, homemade waffle, fresh rice noodles, cooked brown rice, enriched cooked pasta/spaghetti.

Beverages: (*) Only these are over 19. Latte, cappuccino, soy milk, mocha, hot chocolate.

Breakfast Cereals: (*) These are all under 10. Cornflakes, Frosted Flakes, Total, Special K, cooked Oatmeal.

Dairy and Eggs: (*) These are all over 10. Soy vanilla ice cream, chocolate ice cream, Soy milk, Soy ice cream, Vanilla Ensure..

Entrees and Side dishes: (*) These are all less than 11. roasted chicken thigh with skin, enchilada or taco sauce, commercial pre-breaded fish fillet, fried cod fish fillet, curried lamb, lean ground bee meatloaf, tuna salad with mayo, beef taco with cheese, homemade meatless chili, frozen lasagna, homemade lasagna with meat sauce, vegetarian Pad Thai, homemade chili with beef and beans, casserole with chicken and crème sauce, chicken Chow Mein, bean and cheese tostada, boxed macaroni and cheese, beef casserole with gravy, homemade macaroni and cheese, vegetable lasagna, tofu and broccoli stir fry,

Fast Foods: (*) These are less than 6. Bacon/Egg/Cheese Biscuit and plain regular double patty hamburger.

Fats and Oils: (*) Canola Oil is 13.1, soybean and cottonseed oil are 9.9. The rest are all under 4.

Fish and Seafood: (*) Tuna casserole is 11.6; the rest are all under 8.

Fruits and Juices: (*) All these are over 10. Fresh raspberries, fresh blueberries, lemon peel, orange peel, frozen blueberries, dried prunes, fresh mangos, mandarin oranges, fruit cocktail, fresh blackberries, canned or stewed figs, kiwi fruit, dried apricots, raw or dried figs, all rhubarb (fresh, uncooked, frozen, cooked).

Legumes: (*) All these are under 12. Refried pinto beans, plain canned Black-eyed peas, raw Black-eyed peas, boiled split peas with no salt, boiled lima beans without salt, boiled lentils (not dried) without salt, canned Chickpeas, canned Garbanzo beans.

Soy Products (*) All these are under 12. Imitation bacon bits, Soy sauce, Teriyaki sauce, Soy bacon, .

Meat and Poultry, (*) The highest on my list are chicken, beef or pork liver at 7.1 and other organ meats at 7.3.

Miscellaneous: (*) Over 10. Brown Sugar -11, Cream of Targer, active dry baker's Yeast, Balsamic Vinegar, Chocolage Syrup, Molasses-11.

Nuts and Seeds: (*) Raw Coconut meat is 2.1, dried/sweetened/flaked Coconut meat is 2.5Flax seed is 10.3. Al the others are over 11 to 3800.

Snacks: (*) Only Cereal bars and corn based Cheese puffs and twists are under 10.

Soups, Sauces and Gravies: (*) All these are over 15. ready to serve Tabasco sauce, Salsa, Worcestershire sauce, Split Pea soup, all flavors dry Ramen noodles.

Spices and Herbs: (*) These are under 15. Distilled Vinegar, Vanilla extract, raw Garlic, canned Cappers, raw cilantro or coriander.

Desserts and Candy: (*) These are under 15. oatmeal cookie, butter cookie, almond M&Ms, angel food cake, cherry pie filling, plain homemade white cake, chocolate shake made with hard ice cream, chocolate pudding, double crust homemade apple pie, cherry pie, molasses.

Vegetables: (*) These are all over 15. raw jalapenio peppers, fresh cooked green beans, fast food French fried, raw celery, raw carrots, homemade French fries, boiled peeled potato, canned regular or fat free refried beans, baked beans, cooked kidney beans, mashed dehydrated potatoes, cooked pinto beans, hashbrowns, cooked collard greeds, cooked greens kale/mustard/collards, canned sweet potatoes, fried potatoes, mustard greens, canned tomato paste with salt added, baked sweet potatoes, cooked okra, red and greed raw swiss chard, cooked/pickled/raw beets, raw spinach, red and green boiled swiss chard, cooked spinach, cooked greens spinach/chard/beet.

Compiled by Helen O'Connor, Appendix 1: Oxalate content of foods from 23 sources.

This does not address other foods not recommended for people with kidney disease, such as potassium and phosphates. I hope to find a dietitian or nutritionist that can help me combine my (now 7) limiting diet regimens. Hopefully Mayo Rochester, MN has someone.

@2011panc Thank you so much for posting about oxalates. My care team and I are certain that kidney stones contributed to my blocked left kidney and CKD, along with other factors (such as strept, for instance.) Despite doing a lot of research on my own, this is the first comprehensive list on oxalates I've seen. Kudos to you for sharing.

Feedback, please: I use no dairy whatsoever and have been cooking with almond milk, low in potassium and phosphorus. However, some sources say it isn't that high in oxalates and other sources say it is. Who do I believe?

Reviewing my nephrologist's comments, I found he had stated that oxalates were not a concern for me since I have no history of kidney stones. BUT, several years ago, I had to have a laser treatment to rid my kidney of a lodged kidney stone. Doesn't that count? Also had stones removed from my submandibular, although not sure they're the same kind of stone. Now for sure I've got questions!!!!

@kamama94 I would use the latest published reference from the most reliable source. For example, if one source is a drug company and another is a research facility -- I would choose the research facility. I am hesitant to rely on sites like WebMD or AsktheDoc because they are funded by (usually) by drug companies.

@2011panc Thank you, very good suggestion. My docs know I use almond milk and didn't seem concerned about kidney stones since latest CT scan didn't show any. But I don't want just not to have them right now, I want not to have them ever. Sometimes all my medical issues make me feel like a time bomb and it's nice to connect with someone like you for support and feedback.

Basmati rice with chicken—- lots of real garlic sliced thin, maybe 5 cloves, lots of onion 2 C. Chopped. 1/2 C water put in oven 350 until done. Depending on what part of the chicken your cooking. I used the hind parts. No sodium maybe I tiny bit of pepper. By the way no skin, forme any way. And 1 C. Asparagus tips and 1 C salad with Newman’s own oil and vinegar. This is my dinner. I can’t have sugar, flour, or anything with potassium or sodium. So I make do. Thank you for answering my reply. Sharon

Hi trishanna.
I am 9 years post kidney/liver transplant. I was diagnosed with a kidney stone in my new kidney, after it showed up on a CT during an ET visit at my home hospital for an unrelated issue. And on further review of past CT's it was there for several years and had not been noted. So, my kidney team ordered a special urine sample that was tested to determine the composition of the stone. I don't remember the results. My only treatment was to drink more water daily (3L). Last April, the CT showed that the stone is gone. I got those results after I returned home, so I really don't know anything else about it. I still drink lots of water and plan to ask about it on my next annual evaluation.

Here is some information on Kidney stones
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/kidney-stones/symptoms-causes/syc-20355755
I hope you can learn more from your nephrologist. Keep in touch.

@rosemarya Appreciate your response. I do have trouble drinking a lot of water and am trying to improve. Reading all these wonderful replies from folks about diet has made me a bit uneasy, I admit!!