Oxalate Overload: What Are The Symptoms?

Here we look at the most common signs and symptoms of oxalate overload.

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DISCLAIMER: Elliot is not a medical professional and the information in this video is provided for general informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice. Always consult with your primary healthcare provider for medical advice.

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[cailey_gene]

Thinking of going full on carnivore / keto.
I’ve suffered inflammation all over my body for a longgg time, assuming it was gluten flares, I never thought it could be the “healthy” food I was eating . After coming across the definition of Oxalates, I paused and was in complete shock ..MY ENTIRE DIET was oxalate heavy . Chocolate, sweet potatoes, almonds, green smoothies, potatoe chips with avocado, cassava to sub for wheat, it wasn’t until a couple of days ago I literally couldn’t breathe and my body was feeling horrible like I was run over by three buses that I said “nah, this isn’t normal” and suddenly ran into Oxalates . I’m now removing all possible Oxalates from my diet to see if my inflammation goes away. Wow is all I can say.

And to try to stop the inflammation I would buy turmeric lattes 🥲 didn’t know TURMERIC was an oxalate load .
WOW . I am so sorry body 😢 no more

[elppedro]

Great video! I used to eat a "healthy diet" also (for 10 years or more), bowls of beans, lentils, loved raw onions, almonds, peanuts, dark chocolate, spinach and would often not drink enough water because I have an enlarged prostate and didn't want to be going to pee every half hour. Unfortunately, I developed kidney stones and found that most of my diet was oxalates!! Now I cut out all of these and am learning to eat what is better for me. Lemon water, apple cider vinegar and drinking much more water, have truly helped me avoid forming more kidney stones.

[NGCgalaxy]

I used to drink green smoothies almost on a daily basis. I was a very strong fan of them and recommended them to all my friends and family. At that time, I always had a burning feeling while urinating. I've never paid much attention to it though and thought it was normal.

I heard about oxalate then. I didn't believe the negatives of them for a while. Coincidently, I stopped drinking green smoothies for a while because of being very busy with my day. I stopped perhaps for three months. Then I started drinking them again. Few days later I got thr burning sensation again after it stopped for weeks.

At that moment I had no doubts about this topic. Btw, I used to put lots of parsely in my smoothies. Parsely turned out to be extremely high in oxalate

[nancysmith-baker]

My sister has sever osteoporosis .
She ate bags of spinach.
I started to eat lotts of nutts not knowing .
I use to do some of oxalate foods seasonally and very little . Then started to work for so called health food industry . ate kale, spinach, then Barrie's for now you could have them all the time .
Been slowly getting worse and worse .
Started taking magnesium citrate, calcium citrate, potassium citrate started to notice it helped .
Then biotin, taurine, butterate .
Just watch Eliot's vid on nutrition .
I took a expensive test and it showed I was low on all these nutrients .
Thank you Eliot .

[lloydhlavac]

My symptom of oxalate overload was a kidney stone, one of the most painful things I have ever been through! This was several years ago, when I first went keto and was eating numerous foods that were high in oxalates, when I didn't even know what oxalates were at the time. I discovered this only after I got the kidney stone and started researching causes.

[jujufirefly]

Yep. I've been on a carnivore and now lion diet. My interstitial cystitis improved straight away. I was vegetarian then vegan with lots of oxilates in my diet. I wish I'd known sooner than 7 years sick.

[meastwood]

It definitely affected me. I had unbelievable brain fog and no energy. I loved eating salads. Huge salads. Everyday. Thought I thought I had all sorts of different things. Just 2 days without salads I felt so much better.

[fionabell]

I got arthritis and bad skin and constipation eating spinach and other greens and grains and nuts. Made me unwell for years . Thank you for good advice. I'm keto / carnivore mostly now and restoring my heath gradually x

[renwickwebster]

I know first hand how too much oxalate feels like. It feels needless sticking in the face....all over the face: lips, cheeks, eye lids, itchy hands, itchy burning eyes and ear pain. Lower back pain, joint pain and tingling foot pain. I clearly remember, every time I ate too many blackberries, strawberries, almonds, spinach, sweet potatoes, regular potatoes and just about every food on the oxalate list...I felt the pain. It's challenging to avoid it because I like so many foods on the oxalate list. I'm now changing the way I eat. Eventhough it's challenging, it's just not worth the risks anymore.

[MargoKruczek]

I have been vegan for 6 years but I was craving fats so much so land up eating tea spoon or two of coconut oil. This in so many ways protected me from oxylates. However, now eating animals products and not eating any of the 'super healthy' fruits and vegetables I must say I feel amazing...

[lindabell]

Excellent explanation. Thank you Elliot for educating us. We can be well nourished without oxalates. Beware and avoid so called "superfoods" which can actually be "super risky".

[grainiac]

What the heck can we eat? Everything is toxic and dangerous. Bread, sugar, veggies, nuts, processed, unprocessed, cooked, raw, geez every food has a video about toxicity. How is my mom living alone at age 94?

[teknion]

This makes so much sense. I spent my 4th birthday in the hospital with Nephritis. And have had problems with pain such as Fibromyalgia and Kidney stones for years. Had a high sed rate for years and not one Dr. could figure out why.

[jamesm.]

I 1000% suffered from this. When I realised and cut them out, the months of dumping was absolutely horrendous, very scary. I did phase them out but perhaps too fast. Thank you Elliot for all of your work on this!!

[Magnetarnova]

Thank you. Explains why eating my greens always made me feel unwell and got worse the more I tried to increase vegetable intake. After numerous tests, a Gastroenterologist told me to limit or avoid fruit and veggies.

[Sabbathissaturday]

My first weekend using a juicer, I puked and puked! Boxed it up and never used it again. I’ve been carnivore/ketovore for 9 months. Feel much better.

[AwareLife]

Definitely a real problem and one under-diagnosed, very sneaky. Raw greens are really risky for this, despite hype about health and green smoothies. For me it is a problem if I have too much. I have learnt to recognise the symptoms I get (they vary between people depending which part of the body they cause issues). I use this to to check and then remove or lessen intake. It accumulates from different things. Vitamin C has oxalates. Anything I suspect I do a check by eating some on an empty stomach and when I am feeling fine. If I get the symptoms I know.

It doesn't mean you stop these things always. Oxalates are very common, but lots of foods have low levels and they are ok. I take Vit C but have lowered my large amounts. I cannot eat silver beet, beet greens, spinach etc they are too high in oxalates.
I am now in senior years and I notice more sensitivity. I think it is because of the long term damage and sensitivity.

This can really implicate your health so best be aware of it. Some posters here tell of how it harmed until they changed dietary habits. Thanks for video.

[chrislastnam]

I learned I had oxalate toxicity very recently. I tried to return something to a dept store and was told they couldn't take it back because of all the tiny white dots all over it. I eventually found out the dots were oxalate crystals. When you wear a black shirt, take it off after several hours to see if if it's covered with tiny white crystals.

[WillowTube]

Outstanding as always. Love the new video format, keep them coming. I'm able to share these shorter videos with everyone I know

[minutemartialarts]

I'm in my second bout of a carnivore diet . Both times at three months in I started getting severe joint pain. I have taken high amounts of vitamin C for several decades and eaten plenty of other high oxylate foods. Both times I had diarrhea all throughout the diet. This time around I found videos on Oxylate dumping. I'm about 4 months in now and I've been having extreme foot, ankle and tendon pain. So bad that I could barely walk.I also have had skin rashes and constant diarrhea .After watching oxylate dumping videos, I've upped my minerals, added lemon juice. Today I had a cup of tea and my pain decreased immensely in 20 minutes. That is the confirmation for me that I am oxylate dumping.