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.
Better summary:
One trick doctors hate! your supposedly good diet is making you sick! Buy my book and supplements!
Trust me, I have been to university! Don’t ask for the paperwork to prove it though :p
she isn’t selling supplements, just the recommendation to avoid oxalates in your food.
If you want paperwork:
paperwork
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=oxalate+symptoms
If you don’t want to buy her book, or if your too lazy to pirate it, and you can’t be bothered to watch the interview… I’ll give you the TLDR: Oxalates kinda suck, but most people don’t care until they get a kidney stone. If you are concerned then don’t eat food with oxalates in it.
Then drink, too much salt and calcium but not enough water are nothing new. In the interview she either doesn’t seem to understand, or she enjoys misrepresenting things. The recommended daily dosis aren’t difficult to find. Around 2.1 grams. But this lady is calling 0.073 grams a “massive spike”.
kidney stones are calcium oxalates (typically). I’m glad you have solved kidney stones! Just drink more water.
Bruh, this is not news. And with the exception of a rare genetic mutation where your body makes a heck of a lot of the stuff, you won’t be experiencing toxicity either.
And hey, I’ve also solved obesity! Just eat less!
Really tho, this woman is misrepresenting the issue
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:
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.
I listened to the numbers, looked some of the subjects up on websites of a locsl universities, noticed the conflict of interest, and I think she’s probably not got proper intentions here