PopEye lied to you….
Here is the truth.
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Here is the truth.
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Before we start, I'm not here to talk about spinach.
I'm here to talk about oxalic acid, also known as oxalates. Spinach just happens to have a lot of them.
Oxalates are bad for your health.
This thread covers why👇
I'm here to talk about oxalic acid, also known as oxalates. Spinach just happens to have a lot of them.
Oxalates are bad for your health.
This thread covers why👇
Aside from spinach, oxalic acid is found in high amounts in the leaves of vegetables like spinach, rhubarb, tea, red beetroot, parsley, almonds and cacao.
Oxalic acid is a corrosive acid.
When it binds to minerals, it becomes an oxalate, which is a salt.
These salts like to form crystals, such as calcium oxalate (in pic)
When it binds to minerals, it becomes an oxalate, which is a salt.
These salts like to form crystals, such as calcium oxalate (in pic)
When the calcium oxalate crystals become big enough your body can't excrete them anymore.
Eventually they will get stuck in the urethra and kidney and become kidney stones.
(80% of kidney stones is calcium oxalate)
Eventually they will get stuck in the urethra and kidney and become kidney stones.
(80% of kidney stones is calcium oxalate)
Plus, the crystals have a needle-like shape.
They easily attach to cells your joints, nerves and organs and can do a lot of damage.
When such damage happens for a long period of time it will hurt, trust me.
They easily attach to cells your joints, nerves and organs and can do a lot of damage.
When such damage happens for a long period of time it will hurt, trust me.
Especially the mouth and lining of the digestive tract are two very sensitive areas, which suffer extra from the needle-like shape, as well as from oxalic acid’s corrosive nature.
Leaky gut syndrome and other gut issues are not uncommon when you eat too many oxalate rich foods.
Leaky gut syndrome and other gut issues are not uncommon when you eat too many oxalate rich foods.
The oxalates also deplete your body of one of the most powerful antioxidants: glutathione.
Less antioxidants👉more oxidative stress
(I hope) you know oxidative stress increases your risk for cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and makes you age faster.
Less antioxidants👉more oxidative stress
(I hope) you know oxidative stress increases your risk for cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and makes you age faster.
Other damage done by oxalates is the lower absorption of important minerals.
Some foods may be high in minerals but your body won't be able to absorb and use them properly because of the oxalates.
Some foods may be high in minerals but your body won't be able to absorb and use them properly because of the oxalates.
Spinach, for example, is a high calcium food (93-111 mg/100 gr), but due to its high oxalate content (779 mg/100 gr) the calcium availability is almost 0.
Its iron and calcium absorption rate are 2-5% and 5% respectively.
(red meat has 20%)
Its iron and calcium absorption rate are 2-5% and 5% respectively.
(red meat has 20%)
Deficiency in iron causes worse oxygen transport through your bloodstream and muscles.
This will make you feel tired and weak.
Severe deficiency can also lead to nerve damage, delayed development in babies and children and chronic heart failure.
This will make you feel tired and weak.
Severe deficiency can also lead to nerve damage, delayed development in babies and children and chronic heart failure.
It’s rather ironic that “health foods” like almonds, kale, spinach and other leafy vegetables are promoted as antioxidants, while they actually deplete your body of minerals and cause oxidative stress.
This graph for example shows the EAT-Lancet diet.
Yuck.
This graph for example shows the EAT-Lancet diet.
Yuck.
Now don’t worry though, it's not that deep and eating the occasional vegetable certainly won’t do you no harm.
Especially if you’re eating with the seasons and consuming enough dairy (calcium) and red meat.
Especially if you’re eating with the seasons and consuming enough dairy (calcium) and red meat.
However, if you do want to lower the oxalates in your diet, consider eating more animal foods and cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, kohlrabi and mushrooms.
Oxalates/oxalic acid recap:
✅forms (pointy) crystals in the body
✅damages tissue and build up to kidney stones
✅binds to minerals (less bioavailable)
✅harmless when occasionally consumed as part of normal healthy diet
Great study to learn more:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
✅forms (pointy) crystals in the body
✅damages tissue and build up to kidney stones
✅binds to minerals (less bioavailable)
✅harmless when occasionally consumed as part of normal healthy diet
Great study to learn more:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Changing your life starts by taking control of your health.
Don't know where to start? I got you.
Let's work together to build the most confident you ever.
(Must be financially stable)
DM me "CHANGE" & I'll get you all the details👇
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