What is Oxalate?
Here’s the question for you. Exhale difficulty, palpitations, transient visual disturbance, various GI problems, pain in the heel (plantar fasciitis), histamine intolerance (hives), waking up at the middle of the night not able to fall asleep, foggy brain, anxiety, depression, fatigue, pelvic pain, joint pain, dizziness, vertigo, susceptible to getting kidney and gall stones, and ringing in the ear – What’s causing those symptoms appeared within 6 months period of the time for relatively healthy person who eats very healthy foods every day? Here is the big hint “very healthy diet”. The answer is “Oxalate Toxicity”. You could have visited easily a half dozen specialists and chances are, those specialists will not able to figure out what’s the root cause of your problem but rather very likely you will be given anti-inflammatory medications or drugs to numb your pain and mood.
The measurement for how oxalate is affecting genetically will be found by the urine metabolite test by Great Plain Lab and True. Report by Metabolic Healing (you need to get the test result from 23&me first then plug in the raw data text file into their software. Sound complicated but it is 1-2-3 easy step).
Kidney Stones Remedy:
Some studies show more than 60% of kidney stones are calcium oxalate and the rest are mostly the accumulation of phosphate and uric acid and it affects more men than women worldwide. The remedy to avoid having kidney stone attack is to avoid high oxalate foods, take high-quality Omega 3 fatty acid fish oil, drink more fluid (fluoride and chlorine-free) to well hydrated all day long especially if you eat out or eat salty foods, and take 500 mg of Black Seeds capsules 2 x/ day. When you put the actual black seeds to a cup of water, it expands like chia seeds. You may eat like tapioca pudding or shake in the morning. If you are prone to have kidney stones, you may start taking black seeds soon. The chances are you may be able to pass it.
Here is the list of articles explain in detail what oxalate toxicity is and what you can do about it. This is really the hidden root cause of a healthy superfood dieter like this patient. Especially you drink a big jar full of green smoothie every morning which has kale, spinach with almond milk. It sounds very healthy, right? Please read article #1.
The dangers of green smoothies – The Nutrition Watch Dog
Oxalate Food Lists from VL (very low) to VH (very high) – Low Oxalate Diet
Mechanisms behind the leaky gut with oxalate toxicity – Low Oxalate Diet
Oxalate crystal disease, dietary oxalates, and pain – Trudy Scott
Oxalate 101; Are oxalates meeting with your gut? – Dr. Jill Carnahan M.D.
Oxalate root cause – Biohack U
Joint pain? inflammation? slow to heal? fatigue? sleep issues? – Sally Norton
Could you benefit from low oxalate diet? – Dr. Jockers
This low-oxalate solution could reduce your chronic pain – Body Ecology
The role of probiotics and oxalates – Maria Hunt ND (AU) interview (audio)
Oxalates: Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Genetics & Thiamine (B-1) – True Report by Metabolic Healing
Oxalate Toxicity – What you need to know – Great Plains Laboratory (video)
How to eat a low oxalate diet? – The university of Chicago