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

The title has some questionable sounding terms in it, I agree. But the content of the video is not sensational and the existence of oxalic acid in some foods is indisputable. Especially if you ask my friends that have kidney stones...

To address your second point, Sally Norton does have academic credentials. They are listed in the video description:

Sally holds a nutrition degree from Cornell University and a Master’s of Public Health degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She worked in the field of Integrative Medicine at UNC Medical School as Project Manager of an NIH-Funded project for expanding medical education to include more awareness of holistic and alternative healing arts.

Sally has published popular articles in academic and popular journals, and appeared in numerous interviews (including with Dr. Joseph Mercola) discussing the widespread but little-known harmful effects of oxalates in our food.

I have the impression that she started her study in nutrition because she experienced a lot of poor health caused by oxalates, but please correct me if I'm wrong. As a result, even if anecdotal, I find her experiences fascinating because they seem so genuine to me.

[–] xep@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] xep@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 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?

[–] xep@fedia.io 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"I don't want to release the server portion of the games my studios make."

Yes, we know.

[–] xep@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

If you'd like a bigger sensor in a compact, maybe the Ricoh GRiii. It has a fixed lens, but for street photography it is absolutely brilliant at what it does while still being truly pocketable.

For landscapes and nature you'd likely want swappable lenses, water resistance, and things that let you take nice vistas, which means it'll be unlikely to be as convenient as your phone.

[–] xep@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

Let him play as many games as he wants, eventually he will run out of games.

[–] xep@fedia.io 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I have had the same idea. Photovoltaic cells are sadly all quite stiff and/or fragile ...

[–] xep@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago

They're trying to see how much customers will bear, and don't want to lose them if they won't. It's shitty price discovery enabled by technology.

[–] xep@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

Might be worth mentioning that modern wheat and grains aren't the same as older varieties that might've been consumed a century ago. Grains are also affected by the environment they were grown in. This paper touches on the topic and may be interesting reading:

Do ancient types of wheat have health benefits compared with modern bread wheat?

[–] xep@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder how many patients also have Helicobacter pylori?

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