The nurse is caring for a client who has a diagnosis of renal calculi. The client asks what he can do to keep from forming more calculi. What foods would the nurse tell him to avoid for oxalate-based calculi?
A) Chocolate, strawberries, and wine
B) Rhubarb, green beans, and tomatoes
C) Beets, rhubarb, and tea
D) Instant coffee, oranges, and potatoes
C
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High-oxalate foods include peanuts, tree nuts, soybeans, soy milk, wheat germ, wheat bran, spinach, black tea, instant tea, rhubarb, beets, most dried beans, chocolate, and sweet potatoes.
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