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The video is an interview with Sally K. Norton, an expert on oxalates and their impact on health. Norton discusses the basics of oxalates, their sources, and the potential health issues they can cause, including kidney stones, arthritis, and mitochondrial damage. She highlights high-oxalate foods like spinach, nuts, and sweet potatoes, and explains that a low-oxalate diet can help alleviate symptoms. Norton also addresses common misconceptions, such as the belief that certain bacteria can heal the gut and eliminate oxalate issues.

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[–] xep@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Some people close to me had kidney stones and I was curious about how they were formed, which led me down this rabbit hole.

Some cultures have more exposure to oxalic acid in their foods. I looked up the oxalic content of various foods and noticed that one person I know appears to dislike fruit that has a high oxalic acid content. Perhaps some of us are able to detect it in some way?

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 1 week ago

One problem with detecting oxalic acid is its not usually in the blood stream (i.e. waiting in the adipocytes)

I've only heard of people doing carnivore reporting Oxalate dumping. Though the protocol seems to be to introduce a small amount of oxalates in the diet to prevent dumping when inconvenient.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is just another scam, really

[–] xep@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Could you elaborate? Is oxalic acid the scam, or oxalate dumping? The latter I think is not well understood and often self-diagnosed, so I definitely see problems with the term.