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The Dangers of Oxalates with Sally K. Norton! 208

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Plant Foods Are High in Oxalic Acid

We need plants to create this thin layer on the plant that allows life to happen. Plants can use oxalic acid and calcium oxiate to generate hydrogen peroxide to fight off funguses. Seeds are all prone to having quite a bit of calcium oxcilate there, because that's a way of giving the seed the calcium it will need when it germinates.

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