Low oxalate tea

If you are on the low oxalate diet, you know that teas have historically been problematic, because the oxalate content in dried herbs tends to be very high. Well, I am delighted to tell you that there are a few herbal teas that qualify as “very low” in oxalate content!

To legitimately be on the low oxalate diet (LOD) you would ideally want to maintain oxalate intake at somewhere around 60mg per day. Most dried herbal products can exceed half of the daily limit! While oxalate accumulation is a cumulative experience, shooting the oxalates up too high too fast can cause storage of those excess oxalates, creating symptoms of dumping as the diet returns to the previously lower oxalate intake.

I will only drink organic tea, because tea and coffee contain very high levels of pesticides. These two Strand organic teas are considered low oxalate, as you can see from the oxalate spreadsheet here.

Fortunately, the “Trying Low Oxalates” group has put together an extensive spreadsheet with all of the most up to date testing of foods. If you need to know the daily oxalate intake of your diet, you can use this spreadsheet to track and adjust your diet.