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Ratings depend a little on which chart you look at, because of course the samples taken, the variety used, etc., will affect the rating. (For example, some charts might use what are actually yams, a whole different vegetable.) But sweet potatoes aren't moderate for a stone-former. Such a chart entry is misleading.
But "very low" to "low" is the goal. And in one of the major (top) ingredients in the food, you really want to stick with those two categories. "Moderate" is for something that there's only a smidge of in the food.
That's what I was thinking. I will make sure that she is on track with that. I hope that my previous post didn't come off like i am too busy to help her. I'm a little on edge lately. I am at a crucial building point with my business that if I succeed at it will put me very quickly in a position to help Mom more financially if she really needs me, whether she prefers to or not. And I am so worried about her boyfriend. He has become like my Dad since my Dad died 6 years ago, and I am afraid of what is going on with him healthwise.
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Quote: Julie Sloan
I do see on the diet that sweet potatoes for example are on the moderate category. I told her to stick with Lew's for now or exchange am ingredient for a low food.
Mary mentions them in her list of "Group 2 (high-oxalate) foods" (to be avoided): "okra, collard greens, mustard greens, fried potatoes, sweet potatoes, and canned tomato paste." http://dogaware.com/articles/wdjcalciumoxalates.html
I tried to be very careful with the sources I provided, and I apologize for giving one that called sweet potatoes "moderate." I tried to check the top foods; I apologize for whichever chart called them "moderate."
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=64 "While sweet potatoes are not nearly as high in oxalates as foods like spinach, beet greens, or rhubarb that contain hundreds of milligrams of oxalates per 1/2 cup, sweet potatoes still average about 30-40 milligrams of oxalates per half cup, and that amount is enough to classify them as high in oxalates in most food rating systems."
I did just look up and read in a nutrition-tables book that there are some types of sweet potatoes that are borderline (high-moderate rather than high), so that would probably account for their position on the chart you have. But they are still unsuitable, regardless.
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That's what I was thinking. I will make sure that she is on track with that. I hope that my previous post didn't come off like i am too busy to help her.
It didn't. Not in any way.
And believe me, we all know the frustration. Add in a cup of "long distance" and a teaspoon of "parent" and you have the makings for a constant simmer of overwhelmed-nesss.
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I can only imagine.
If she is in her 50s-60s-70s, though, some forgetfulness is pretty normal.
And confusion/forgetfulness/lack of attention, with a life partner who is unwell --- this is normal regardless of age.
I'm NOT "just saying that." These are facts of life.
My personal (experienced!) method for avoiding meltdown? Take a deep breath and give all my attention to only one thing at a time. That racing mind, zooming from one worry to another as background noise ..... that's such a detractor to our best efforts. Even 30 seconds of sitting calmly and thinking of nothing but your breaths can help rid that rat-brain (that's what I call my racing worry-thoughts) of some of its power.
Bentley is eating enough to maintain. He has maybe 2 pounds he can stand to lose so it won't hurt him to be eating less than he should for a short time. He is pooping normal, drinking and peeing well, and is acting normally. No white sheet test yet.
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Re: Diet/lifestyle changes for calcium oxalate stones
And in one of the major (top) ingredients in the food, you really want to stick with those two categories. "Moderate" is for something that there's only a smidge of in the food.
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