3 Responses to “Beers, Wines, and Liquor you CAN drink on a low oxalate diet ?”

1. fakeCubed says:

   August 15, 2010 at 2:34 am

   Vodka’s just ethanol and water. I don’t really know what an oxalate is, but if your doctor says you can drink alcohol, vodka’s probably the safest bet.
2. BEERgOD says:

   August 15, 2010 at 2:58 am

   I agree that distilled spirits should contain lower level of oxalates than say beer. Oxalates are derived from yeast.
   You have kidney issues. {?}
   Calcium oxalate has been found to contribute to gushing (excessive foaming) of beer. Microcrystals of calcium oxalate have also been linked to beer haze. The unfortunate of beer drinkers may come to find that beer does contain calcium oxalate which contributes to occurrence of kidney stones. A major reason beer is avoid by those with kidney health concerns. The reason I agree that a distilled spirit contains lower levels of oxalates is that it is a nonvolatile compound.
   Finally, if you do in fact have kidney issues it is best to avoid alcohol altogether.

   As luck would have it I answered a similar question under a different account. It went like this:
   I actually had to get out my brewing textbook for this one.
   Oxalates can form through fermentation when brewers yeast imparts them to the beer. They give problems to the brewer in something called haze (cloudiness). The oxalates are a fraction of haze causing compounds and are the form of micro crystals. To get clear of the problem brewers have a trick, we “throw a haze” in the beer. This is done so we can filter it out. So we chill the beer to near freezing temperatures and (calcium oxalates) oxlates form as well as other haze causing compounds. The beer is then filtered and the problem is solved. The filtering also removes solids such as the brewers yeast (more about yeast later).
   So, when we buy a beer and chill it (hell we Americans give it a cold shock) the beer will not haze and it looks good to the drinker. Buy removing solids and compounds such as Calcium oxalate stability is increased.

   You have a kidney conditions caused by (DRINK MORE WATER-GIRLfriend) oxalates and I am guessing perhaps uric acids also. So you would be concerned about the yeast in beer which is a source of oxalates.
   Traditionally, the draught or kegged beers were not filtered or only lightly so . So yeast was passed into the beer in the keg(barrel). This is no longer the practice so your beers are much lower in oxalates today than in the past. {beers today are highly filtered}
   **Exception there are some craft beers which do only light filtrations or produce styles that traditionally have yeast in them i. e. Hefe Weizen.

   If your doctor has not stopped your from drinking beer then any of the large brewers beers should be safe for you. (get a # of how many u r allowed from her)

   Good Luck. Good Health. Take Care.

   #*#Yeah that whole immature thumbs down was in part why I stopped participation with Yahoo Answers the first time. But I got to thinking about the extreme ignorance here and came back to educated those that needed it. You are very welcome to the expert answer that I have posted.

   ++I think I may have had a few when I first posted that answer. Surprise.
3. BEER Consortium says:

   August 15, 2010 at 3:43 am

   No alcohol is best if you have kidney stones. Period. Well Beergod has it right once again. Not only does he know what an oxalate is he can explain why it is bad sometimes.

   I would have given this question a star but the ignorant trolls went into hyper-post mode to push it to the second page. What a queer sort of lot they are.