My dad is on a diet for type ii diabetes he has been told to go on a low oxalate diet(no stone). the food goes against everything we know. ideas?

Low oxalate foods: Yes, this would be a change to most people's diets.However, there are many things you can eat. Here's a good site with lists of what to avoid and what is fine to eat on this food plan: http://tinyurl.Com/lh2fykg also here's another place for helpful info: http://www.Lowoxalate.Info/ your father can ask his doctors why they recommend this if he has no stones, but they may want to protect kidneys.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Second opinion: The 'low oxalate' diet is not critical to managing kidney stones. The physicain who instructed you to do this may be lawyer-shy. Chances are that other physicians and dieticians will tell him that the key to preventing kidney stones from recurring is more about staying hydrated so that the urine is always clear.

Dr Pappas and another doctor agreed

Low oxalate: He needs to void dehydration; Follow Diet: avoid spinach, rhubarb, strawberries, nuts, chocolate, tea, wheat bran, and all dry beans; increase Citrate: orange juice 8 oz once daily; ReaLemon extract: 3 tblspns per day; increase fluid 2.5 liters/day; only 4 oz meat/day; 3 fruits/day; maintain low salt; egg white 2 per day as protein; fish is excellent too