Alicia Mackey Huber explains how spinach, kale, and raspberries can worsen interstitial cystitis by forming calcium crystals in the urinary tract. Her symptoms improved after cutting raspberries, beets, and almonds. She recommends arugula and lettuce instead, and says most people tolerate broccoli and cauliflower fine.
Arugula, lettuce. If you want some greens. Those are good greens. Spinach and kale. Very high in oxalic acid. Especially spinach. Not good for you. In terms of fruit, raspberries, they unfortunately are almost as high as spinach. I know so many women who like wow, it's weird. My interstitial cystitis went away when I stopped eating raspberries and beets and almonds. Well, there you go. You had razor sharp calcium crystals in your urethra from the food you were eating. That was all plants because animals don't do that. Most people handle broccoli and cauliflower pretty well, so those are kind of neutral, I would say.
