After decades of being vegetarian, I am now carnivore at 64. I also feel better eating only a few low-oxalate vegetables. The problem with feeling good on a plant-based diet is that the damage occurs incrementally, and no test can really prove it one way or another. I believe in listening to your body. Personally, I thrive on animals and animal fat. I wish it were otherwise, as conventional animal farming is a nasty business, and organic meat is pricey.

i have been vegan for over 15 years. Since transitioning to keto diet, I no longer have the kidney pain, much of the unexplained severe shoulder pain and I am feeling so much better. I don't think I'll be returning to the vegan way of eating.

I had two bouts of kidney stones about 12 years ago. My doctor said to drink water and cut down on oxalate. The only problem I have is no one agrees. I was told no kale, lettuce. blackberries, no sardines...they say I can have potatoes, meat etc. Your list says the opposite. Everything else I agree with you. Who do I believe? Everyone is different. I only mildly cut back on certain foods, like beets, spinach chocolate etc. My main thing I find is the best advice is Drink plenty of water but don't overdo it. I check the color of the urine as you suggested. This is the best advice I have heard so far. I just wish all the experts could come up with a list that we can all agree to so I know. I don't mind cutting out my favorite foods, I can't have gluten. I fought that for years but it really makes me sick. Thank you so much...

This was informative 👏 but if he told us about other foods that are high in oxalate and how we can use herbs to lower our chances of getting kidney stones I would have appreciated this much more, for those who are getting kidney stones and are having back pain or back side pain you can drink apple 🍎 cider vinegar in water 3 times a day, I have stones and I get back pain to my back on the far side I found out from my doctor that I can control it better if I drink apple cider vinegar in my water 3times a day and if I get tired of the taste add a3 tps. Of lemon juice so that's what I'm doing to keep.it under control, 3 table spoons of apple cider vinegar (ACV) in a 8 .Oz of water 3 times a day also I add the lemon juice, it's also good to drink hibiscus tea that also helps remove stones

There is a common sense in this video. I did grew up eating spinach that was first boiled then flavored with butter, eggs and cream, delicious. My mother said never to eat spinach without adding dairy, European way. Everyone here in America eats raw spinach, greens etc.... I did it for a while, but went back doing it what I learned from my mother. Be aware of internet doctors that ask you to subscribe and pay patreon fee or ask you to buy supplements !

I would look up sally k Norton, she does immeasurable amounts of research about oxalates, and the dangers of eating mass amounts of plant foods. She did interviews on the muscle intelligence and peak human podcasts.

I think in the way we balance our foods is the secret to healthy life All extremes are bad Thanks for a balanced approach

I have actually found the opposite to be true with oxalates! Experienced much discomfort and then changed my diet to more fruits and veg, spices and even dark chocolate and I felt 100% more healthy, more energy and lot more active. Maybe the portion sizes? also, the high carb breads and eating caused more problems with sugar and glucose, than my new diet and oxalates, although I never overeat anything! Also, staying hydrated is very, very important.

In old timey days when I was a kid Nanna put milk in our tea to prevent the absorption of chemicals and peeled & boiled veggies to death in lots of water for the same reason. We tossed these traditions away for raw veg or stir fried undercooked veg, cows milk switched out for plant milk (high oxalate) and Christmas food like nuts being available all year around.

Show me a doctor who will help with oxalate damage. These money grabbers would rather operate and collect the ching kaching.

This information aligns with most of the legit information I have been gathering on kidney stones. Casual research is difficult because there is so much conflicting and incomplete information. This is the first video among MANY I have watched that talks about how the liver produces oxalate in the body. One thing to note - this video suggests drinking tea to hydrate, but my understanding is that black tea and many others contain high levels of oxalates. So confusing!

I think consuming lemon juice daily, either in the form of lemon water or otherwise, would help to increase the acidity of your urine and therefore help to prevent kidney stones.

I've never had kidney stone but I have an oxalate problem. The body robs calcium from bones causing osteoporosis and osteopenia. Remove oxalate from the diet over time can help bones absorb calcium and reverse damaged bones. Oxalate can also be the cause for other chronic illnesses such as fibromyalgia and or gut issues leading to inflammation in the body. Does oxalate damage people?.. of course it does! Oxalates are more than just a kidney problem.

After watching many of these oxalate videos, I have decided to take most of the high oxalate foods out of my diet. I won't freak out if there is some spinach in a salad, but I won't try to eat foods like peanuts, almonds chocolate ETC. It's a known poison and some of it can be avoided. I think this approach is prudent.

Brocc and cauliflower may be low in oxalates, but have goitrigens which are destructive to the thyroid. Need to cook them, to avoid that problem.

İt's all so depressing and confusing. Some of my favourite foods I have been eating regularly are: black pepper, avocado (as we are advised it's the best food out there) almonds, peanut butter and bulgur wheat. I'm currently suffering from a kidney stone and trying to pass it with cider vinegar and lots of water. I was in severe pain a few weeks ago and rushed to hospital. They did nothing apart from tell me I had the stones! And maybe also a kidney infection.

The real problem with high oxalates in food is that it deplete you of minerals . You think you will get a lot of magnesium by eating nuts but the oxalates in the nuts prevent the absorption . So I eat low oxalates food and supplement with important minerals .

Thank you. I needed to hear this.

Thanks for your help above foods related to kidneys stones, blessings 🌌🌍👍🙌🙌🙌

A great video, thank you !!

Great information ok it depends on several factors such as dehydration, genetics ,physiology or biochemistry of individual all well explained in videos plus every individual has to undergo medical chekup of their kidney once in a year or how frequently kidney stone formation takes place ok eat less be healthy over weight is dangerous ok

This is very interesting video. Oxalates is something that you shouldn't worry too much about, but they can cause serious problems in people prone to calcium oxalate kidney stones. I eat balanced diet, but my foods that I eat are mostly low oxalate foods, like apples, bananas, and other low oxalate foods. I also eat soured milk (not to be confused with sour milk) and drink yoghurt. But, there are only two high oxalate foods that I eat: dark chocolate and cocoa. These are the two high oxalate foods that I eat, other foods are low oxalate. And I'm healthy person without predisposition for calcium oxalate stones. In terms of cocoa and chocolate, once per week I eat a whole bar (100g) of extra dark chocolate (85% cacao) in one sitting (not every day, but one day per week). In terms of cacao/cocoa powder, I consume only 10g (2 teaspoons), that I put in milk to make hot cocoa (and I drink it unsweetened). I drink only one cup of unsweetened hot cocoa other days when I don't eat chocolate. These are the two foods that are very high in oxalates, and I enjoy in their chocolatey taste. But, I dislike other high oxalate foods. Reason is not only their very high amount of oxalates, but their unappealing and unappetizing taste. For example, spinach tastes terrible with a nasty aftertaste. Instead of it, I eat lettuce (which is low in oxalates, and doesn't leave nasty aftertaste in your mouth like spinach). I'm also planning to include leafy green arugula, which is also low oxalate green food. Apart from spinach, I also dislike Swiss Chard, Rhubarb, Rice Bran, Parlsey (which contains 1600mg of oxalates per 100g), beetroot (I remember when I tried a ½ teaspoon of beetroot juice when I was younger, only to spit it out, since it was almost tasteless). I also don't like kiwi, dates and any, any other high oxalate foods (due to their not so good taste). I drink water as much as possible (1,5 L or more than 2 L in the summer days). Even though I'm healthy person, I watched video from Sally Norton, and while she provides good list of low oxalate foods to eat (and high oxalate foods to avoid) - which is really useful for low oxalate diet, I think that she a little too exaggerates about oxalates. She thinks that high oxalate foods are unhealthy, but that's only true if you eat a pound of them. For example, if you are juicing pounds of spinach or you make a smoothie where the spinach mostly dominates (100ml of that smoothie can contains more than 1000mg of oxalates (which is markedly worse than cocoa and dark chocolate)). Oxalates should not be nutrition concern for healthy people with impeccable health, but for people who are prone to CaOx kidney stones (or have hyperoxaluria), they may benefit from low oxalate diet (where you must limit your oxalate intake to less than 100mg of oxalates (ideally would be less than 50mg of oxalates)). That's all I can say. There's no need to fear about oxalates, however, people who are sensitive to them should be highly cautious.

Studies reviewed...nice to have it in one place Well done, thanks!

very good point about plant base diet, thank you I did not know that protein had oxalate, and the liver makes it

That makes sense. I have never seen a person who loves eating almonds, spinach and beans ends up getting kidney stones.

Thank you very much ❤

Too low a sodium diet is a problem too. Moderation is the key.

My advice would be to try these foods and see how you get on

Very useful and informative video. Why body (liver)creates oxalate? Is under research , Up to then, better to have a balanced and intutional diet but have touch of latest knowledge. Being Vegan is not bad, but you must be aware of the chemical realities of the life. Diat and food is unavoidable but being an intutional , natural and knowledge full about your consumption , may prove better. Thanks for uploading this video, thanks.

I reacted to soy milk, then almond milk. Also tomatoes, potatoes, and chia seeds, among other high oxalate foods. No kidney stone issues but I would get arthritic type pains in my neck, right hip, and fingers. I'm ever so much better since decreasing my oxalate intake.

Excellent thanks

Thank you for this video.. Very informative.. I have ckd and ibs so I have been eating a plant based diet...I am so worried now..I have all the symptoms of oxalate toxicity...these symptoms I have had for years... I really don't know what to do or eat now..I had a limited choice before now I should just live on water.. Thank you for sharing your details on the video from Sally Norton...she really freaked me out, I'm so scared now.. Reading most of the comments it's risky business eating a plant based diet which can lead to terrible health problems and death...

THANKYOU So much for your information

Please do not recommend calcium supplements in general.....they have been shown to cause harm in many ways

Good video thanks!

So coffee prevents dehydration? You might want to re examine this

i had sonography last week and 5 mm stone found on upper ureter ...since then i m trying gather lot of infos. ....one of the common remedy to flush stone out of urethra is what i am hearing and watching at many sources is taking lemon water everyday [citric acid] and active lifestyle i.e. cardios ,,runing ..will it work or should i go for laser operation ....suggest

Thank you!!

What do you think of turmeric and the supposed necessity of adding black peter to assimilate it?

I don’t know whether or not to avoid combining oxalate with more calcium. I read somewhere that when calcium binds to oxalate it forms sharp crystals that are harmful and cause irritation/inflammation and then others say to add more calcium so that the binding occurs without it going to the kidney

Thanks for the info

What about protein from (chicken, salmon)? Should the aforementioned be avoided if one has calcium oxalate kidney stones?

Most sources say you should not take a calcium supplement to avoid oxalate stones. Getting calcium from food is recommended.

Thank you for this video. I was rather worried because I regularly eat raw spinach and quite a few nuts and don't drink a lot of water, only 2 cups of green tea a day. To be honest it all seems quite complicated to me.I eat quite a lot of sweet potatoes because I like them and thought they were good for me. Now I'm wondering whether I should stop eating certain foods, so I'm confused.

Stick to a proper balanced diet and don't overdo it on plants. From the 2015 BMC "Oxalate induces breast cancer" Not risk, or maybe, or might or it could. "We measured oxalate concentration in both human breast tumor tissues and adjoining non-pathological breast tissues. We found that all tested breast tumor tissues contain a higher concentration of oxalates than their counterpart non-pathological breast tissue."

😊Thanks

Hello I dicovered your channel just today. I'm a oxalate-calcium stone maker. I have 10 cm stones in my kidneys. Doctors never told me about oxalate issues. I'm taking also vitamine C supplements. May the Vit. C supplements increase the formation of kidney stones ? In witch way ? Thank you in advance

How do you account for the sharp almost knife like shape of oxalates? How could that NOT do damage to other tissues and organs?

Finally 😭 some information that does not confuse me about a kidney stones diet

It is so confusing.The doctor suspect I may have kidney stones but everyone is saying something different about what to eat and not to eat, but I think you explain the situation much better with the food that have oxalates Thank you. God bless you.🙏🙏🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

Watched this after looking on a medical website. Contradictory food lists of high oxalate foods, no wonder people get confused.

This is first video i v come across speaking d truth on oxalates. Yes too many yo yo diets on internet

Your last statement is the truth. Why would any sane person not eat a balanced diet?

Thanks

Thanks guy

I think if you eat copious amounts of ANY one food each day, you're asking for trouble. Eat a bit of this, a bit of that like the "older" generations did, they didn't have kidney stone problems.. Move your body, exercise, walk, dance, drink plenty of water, even if you don't feel thirsty, reduce portions, fast once in a while, limit sugar, gluten, processed foods, and you should be fine. Take supplements for things you may be lacking in, and don't stress so much about food. This theory of high oxalates doesn't hold up 100% as many cultures eat these "high" oxalate foods in their culture on a regular basis and don't ALL have kidney stones...ie. Asia they eat a ton of tofu/soybeans and green tea 10 cups a day!

Yes a comment, all risks cross each other so there is nothing left to eat

I believe there is a connection of gmo foods & glyphosate in food & oxalates.your system is all messed up from gmo's& glyphosate.

Bran flakes every time ?

Everyday I'm consuming seeds which been soaked overnight and then I'm having it in morning with empty stomach..!!as I heard seeds have very high oxalate..!! 😔😔tell me pls..is that true.??can I continue consuming seeds everyday.???!🧐🧐😟🤔🤔

Thankyou voice of Sanity on Oxalates. Will continue to enjoy my Hot chocolate and stay hydrated. Did have a friend that got kidney stones after juicing lots of Spinach. Moderation advised. 🙏🏻👹🏋🏻🏊‍♀️

Eating less is best, fasting is even better, good for your pocket and the body.

Do you have a favorite kidney stone diet cookbook that comes up with low oxalate recipes that you were aware of ?

Does following a diet with your blood type true?

There are discrepancies about oxalate amount in some foods, like broccoli, legumes, kale,avocados, white potatoes, blueberries and cucumber.

I'd wished you've had provided some fruits and veggies of very low oxalates. Thanks for your video.

This is the video to share on oxalates, gets to the meat of the issue, not fear mongering or misinformation.

I'm a Japanese. One of our cultural foods is daily miso soup with high oxalate but I have never heard that there are many Japanese people with kidney stones...Why are Japanese ok? Gene?

So let's see if I got this straight,,,say I eat organic Greek yogurt, w/crushed pecans, w/sliced strawberries, and a couple of squares of dark chocolate in the morning, that's 3 out of 4 with oxalates, but because I eat them with the yogurt ( calcium), that may help lower the affects of the oxalates or build up, of oxalates in my kidneys?

See Sally Norton on KZfaq for Oxalate research

tea and coffee for dehydration?? I don't agree that would deplete water instead!

I agree with this video. I never had kidney stones or calcium oxalates in my lifetime. But suddenly many crystals of calcium oxalates show on my UA report. I have been fermenting beets in water for 5 days drinking the beet juice (as a probiotic) and eating the pickled beets everyday for lunch for like continuous 2-3 months. Also, been having Almond milk after soaking 32 almonds overnight once in 2-3 days - In addition, soaking walnuts, almonds and pumpkin seeds and been having that on alternate days. Besides, drinking fresh ash gourd juice with 1/2 cup of potato juice everyday. Could that be the reason for these calcium oxalates?

My dad can't eat red meat anymore it give him the runs so we have him mostly vegetarian with the exception of eggs and once in a while chicken and he does much better now

6:01-- **THAN!!!! but great info.

I have never had a stone. I feel better after eliminating all the very high oxalate food. I feel a lot better.

What about chickpeas and quinoa?

Is Milk low calorie?

This information is just slanted toward kidney stones; oxalates cause a multitude of other problems - for instance in the formation of osteophytes which I am loaded with. Since I cut out the massive amount of spinach and yams that I ate, along with a lot of other high oxalate foods, I have less pain and can actually weight bear on my foot which I could not before without excruciating pain.

How about if you want to avoid stones to begin with!

Basically, some people are genetically predisposed to Oxalate issues. I drank a spinach smoothie, I nearly fainted. Maude STephens.

What about Tomato ?

It's like everything is bad for you and then it's not and then it is and then it's not. Just don't eat is the real answer 🙄

Can i eat almonds daily. I heard almonds have more oxalates

Is colostrum safe to take ?

Why do I get severe gut pain and bloating when I eat high oxalate foods?. I was whole food vegan but in constant pain and bloating really sick.

Sounds completely opposite of everything I've read

Everything taken in excess is harmful even if they have nutrient benefits. I would suggest 'moderation' and eat a mix of everything instead.

What about the phenomenon of Oxalate dumping when stopping a high oxalate diet? Sounds odd to me. Where, why are they stored , considerig your liver manufactures oxalate?? 🙏🏻👹🏋🏻🏊‍♀️

I get everyone not wanting a kidney stone. I want a diet that promotes good healthy kidneys in general.

I think everyone who is concerned about plants and how they protect themselves should read the book by Lierre Keith - the Vegetarian Myth - or look her up on YT. Plants are fantastic and we need to know how they protect themselves against being eaten. They produce many chemicals in their defense which are more or less toxic to us humans.

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every thing is correct nfusing.some say donot cook or over cook vegitable but u say if you vook vegiyou get low oxylate

I was watching a keto-cult video were the maker was very worried about plant anti-nutrients and toxics and advocating eating mostly animal based diet. The evils of oxalates was a big reason for eating animals.

Benefits of being poor, you won't eat anything that causes such headache. (Gone through uretrascopy last week for 13mm stone 😭)

I recently went carnivore. And now have no energy at all. I. Was told I'm. Dumping oxalate s I'm. Seriously confused. I was eating a lot of almonds and almond milk also Cinnamon on sweet potatoes. And dates I practically lived off them as I don't eat grains and carbs and night shades or dairy or legumes and beans. Now I'm. Worried I'm. Eating too much meat. But my digestion is better except lethargy. I have hoshimoto thyroiditis. And am. Worried my thyroid function has gone down since carnovore. I actually think going back to eating paleo which is basically what I was on. Although with no gluten free food s as they don't seem to agree with me either. So. Tired of watching what I eat. 😔

Does oxylates cause Gallstones?

when calcium binds to oxalate calcium oxalate stones

Oxalates are not a thing? Yeah try going for eating tahini in big amount and tell me what do you feel in your kidney. I felt absolutely killed.

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