Introduction

Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/547sallynorton

Sally K. Norton (IG: @sknorton) holds a nutrition degree from Cornell University and a master’s degree in Public Health.

Her path to becoming a leading expert on dietary oxalate includes a prior career working at major medical schools in medical education and public health research.

Sally’s personal healing experience inspired years of research that led to her book, Toxic Superfoods.

Oxalates could be destroying your health (without you knowing) - stick around to find out how to protect yourself!

In this episode, we discuss:

• What are oxalates?
• Vitamin C naturally oxidizes into oxalic acid
• Understanding endogenous oxalate production
• The symptoms of oxalate poisoning
• Can you test for oxalates?
• High oxalate foods cause these health problems
• The top foods high in oxalates
• The problem with access to high oxalate foods year round
• How many oxalates can we tolerate?
• Is your green smoothie making you feel worse?
• The mixed messaging about health is confusing
• Sally’s vegetarian diet lead to oxalate poisoning
• Oxalates can cause problems throughout the body
• Can you lower the oxalates in foods?
• Calcium supplements help the body remove oxalates
• The harsh reality about going gluten & dairy-free
• Spicy foods are high in oxalates
• These 3 foods are oxalate bombs
• Trigger and maintenance theory
• Start lowering your high oxalate foods
• How to manage oxalate clearing illness
• Address acidity crisis when dealing with inflammation
• Is supplementing with calcium safe?
• Sally’s low oxalate diet
• Are animal foods a source of oxalates?
• Has oxalate content changed in foods over the years?
• You don’t need to eat high oxalate foods for hormetic stress
• Oxalates and the gut microbiome
• Signs of neurotoxicity
• How the body reacts to other plant compounds
• Advice for vegans & vegetarians to help keep oxalates down
• Lemon juice neutralizes oxalates
• Saunas & cold therapy flush oxalates out of your body
• Hydration is key to flushing out oxalates

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