Paul Saladino· MD
Huge source of oxalates (545mg per 100g), known contributors to the most common type of kidney stones (calcium oxalate). -Oxalate is not degraded by cooking
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Huge source of oxalates (545mg per 100g), known contributors to the most common type of kidney stones (calcium oxalate). -Oxalate is not degraded by cooking
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Spinach is NOT a health food. Spinach is one of the WORST foods in terms of oxalate content (755mg per half cup!). Oxalates are a well known cause of kidney stones and excess amounts have even led to kidney failure and death in humans.
spinach isn't horrible until you think about all the oxalate that's accumulating and some people actually have pretty strong reactions to it absolutely some people have got I know people who've gotten kidney stones Phil Escott and did a vegan diet for a long time spinach smoothies did his green smoothies all the time he got kidney stones a lot of these vegans get him what's your probably calcium I mean calcium oxalate
spinach popeye was full of this doesn't make you strong it just fills you with oxalates dicarboxylic acids that cause kidney stones that cause joint pain and that can even lead to kidney failure when you eat lots of green smoothies
I'm not a fan of spinach look at my Instagram see the real I've done on oxalate how many oxalates are in spinach a ton these can contribute to kidney stones and other issues
There's so many oxalates and spinach close to 700 milligrams give or take of of oxalates in one cup of spinach even if you only absorb 10% of that oxalates in one cup of spinach you're still getting a big amount of oxalates that can be harmful for you can deposit in your joints your thyroid endocrine disruption definitely contribute to kidney stones with any significant amount of spinach
spinach especially has tons of oxalates oxalates we know form the most commonly occurring kidney stone in humans calcium oxalate kidney stone