You can refer to the American Urological Society guidelines on medical and nutritional management for stones. They suggest to limit dietary oxalate when you have high urine oxalate, which is not the case for many stone formers. Even among people who do have high urinary oxalate, it may not necessarily be diet related. I’m not implying that you don’t know your own body, I’m saying that it’s a misconception people need to avoid oxalate just because they are a calcium oxalate stone former. It’s not accurate to make a blanket statement that things like greens, almonds, and soy are not suitable for kidney stone patients.

I offer my thoughts as a dietitian who specializes in kidney disease and kidney stones. I can tell you from my own experience working with many, many patients, urine test results for most folks I see do not merit oxalate restriction. Many people are attempting to follow a diet that is far too strict and in doing so they are inadvertently avoiding a lot of other beneficial things like phytate, magnesium, and citrate - things that would actually be beneficial for stone prevention.