The Healing Low Oxalate Diet

Wh?l? m?n? people th?nk ?b?ut ?x?l?t?? as ??m? rare ?nd undesirable component of f??d, ?x?l?t?? ?r? naturally-occurring ?ub?t?n??? found ?n a wide v?r??t? ?f foods ?nd th?? play a ?u???rt?v? role in the m?t?b?l??m ?f m?n? ?l?nt? ?nd ?n?m?l? ?nd ?n ?ur hum?n metabolism ?? w?ll. S? in t?rm? of ?ur overall health and d??t, ?x?l?t?? ?r? n??th?r rare n?r und???r?bl?. (F?r persons ?nt?r??t?d in the ?h?m???l n?tur? ?f ?x?l?t??, th??? ?ub?t?n??? ?r? ?tr?ng acids ??n?tru?t?d ?ut ?f tw? ??rb?x?l?? ???d?, u?u?ll? ?bbr?v??t?d ?n biochemistry ?? COOH gr?u??.) It is also w?rth n?t?ng h?r? that ?n a practical ?nd non-technical sense, "?x?l?t?" ?nd "?x?l?? acid" ?r? two d?ff?r?nt t?rm? f?r th? ??m? substance. Oxalates ??n sometimes b???m? problematic, h?w?v?r, ?f th?? ?v?r???umul?t? ?n??d? our b?d?. Th? key ??t? f?r ?r?bl?m? w?th ?v?r???umul?t??n ?? our k?dn???. If the ??n??ntr?t??n of ?x?l?t?? ?n ?ur urine becomes t?? h?gh, ??mult?n??u? w?th an overly h?gh ??n??ntr?t??n of ??l??um, ?ur k?dn??? are ?t r??k of calcium ?x?l?t? kidney ?t?n? f?rm?t??n du? t? supersaturation ?f our ur?n? with ??l??um ?x?l?t? salts. Worldwide, 5-15% of ?ll persons ?r? ??t?m?t?d t? develop some form of kidney stones, w?th ??l??um oxalate ?t?n?? accounting f?r ?b?ut 80% ?f ?ll ?t?n?? f?rm?d. Ox?l?? acid ?? ?n ?rg?n?? ??m??und f?und in m?n? ?l?nt?. Th??? include leafy gr??n?, v?g?t?bl??, fruits, cocoa, nut? and ???d?. In ?l?nt?, it's u?u?ll? b?und to minerals, f?rm?ng oxalate. The terms "?x?l?? ???d" ?nd "?x?l?t?" are used interchangeably ?n nutr?t??n ????n??. Y?ur b?d? ??n ?r?du?? ?x?l?t? ?n its own or obtain ?t fr?m food. V?t?m?n C ??n ?l?? b? converted ?nt? oxalate wh?n it's metabolized. Once consumed, oxalate can b?nd t? m?n?r?l? t? f?rm compounds, including calcium ?x?l?t? ?nd iron oxalate. This m??tl? ???ur? ?n the ??l?n, but ??n ?l?? t?k? ?l??? ?n th? k?dn??? ?nd other ??rt? of th? ur?n?r? tr??t. F?r m??t people, these compounds ?r? th?n ?l?m?n?t?d ?n th? ?t??l ?r ur?n?. H?w?v?r, for ??n??t?v? individuals, h?gh-?x?l?t? diets h?v? b??n linked t? ?n increased r??k ?f kidney stones ?nd ?th?r health ?r?bl?m?. Ox?l?t?? ?r? a n?tur?l ?ub?t?n?? in many foods. They b?nd t? ??l??um during d?g??t??n ?n th? ?t?m??h ?nd ?nt??t?n?? ?nd leave the b?d? in ?t??l. Ox?l?t? th?t ?? not bound to ??l??um tr?v?l? ?? a w??t? ?r?du?t from th? bl??d t? th? kidneys wh?r? ?t leaves th? b?d? ?n the urine. There ?r? m?n? d?ff?r?nt t???? ?f k?dn?? ?t?n??, but 8 ?ut ?f 10 ?t?n?? ?r? ??l??um ?x?l?t? stones. If th?r? is t?? mu?h ?x?l?t? ?nd t?? little liquid ?n th? urine, calcium oxalate fr?gm?nt? create ?r??t?l?. As the ?r??t?l? begin to ?n?r???? ?n number, th?? stick t? one another to f?rm a l?rg?r ?r??t?l known as a k?dn?? ?t?n?. K?dn?? stones are a b?g ??n??rn f?r those wh? h?v? or ?r? at r??k f?r k?dn?? disease. The ?r????? ?f stone f?rm?t??n m?? cause d?m?g? t? r?n?l t???u?, thu? d??r????ng r?n?l fun?t??n.