Oxalates Explained Absorb More Minerals amp Reduce Kidney Stone Risk

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Click Here to Subscribe: http://Bit.ly/ThomasVid • Get MY groceries at MY price with Thrive Market: http://ThriveMarket.com/ThomasDeLauer • My Website: http://ThomasDeLauer.com • Oxalates Explained- Absorb More Minerals Reduce Kidney Stone Risk - Thomas DeLauer • • Oxalic acid (or oxalate) is a compound found in plants that is considered an antinutrient as it can bind to minerals and hinder their absorption • Your liver can actually produce oxalate on its own in small amounts and vitamin C can also be converted into oxalate when it's metabolized • The role of oxalates (in plants) is to provide protection for plants against predators – everything from harmful bacteria to insects, animals, and even humans • • In high enough concentrations, they could make you sick; however, this is extremely unlikely with the most common condition associated with excessive oxalates in the diet is kidney stones • Oxalates Kidney Stones • Oxalates bind to calcium during digestion in the stomach and intestines and leave the body in stool - that which is not bound to calcium travels as a waste product from the blood to the kidneys where it leaves the body in the urine • Additionally, if there is too much oxalate and too little liquid in the urine, calcium oxalate fragments create - as the crystals begin to increase in number, they stick to one another to form a larger crystal aka kidney stone • Note: • Your body also produces oxalates on its own, in the liver - no one knows just yet why this is, but one theory is that oxalates act as chelators • 2 Main Factors • Increase Calcium Intake • Low amounts of calcium in your diet will increase your chances of forming calcium oxalate kidney stones. • Many people are afraid to eat calcium because of the name calcium oxalate stones. • However, calcium binds oxalate in the intestines - a diet rich in calcium helps reduce the amount of oxalate being absorbed by your body, so stones are less likely to form • Increase Pro Prebiotic Intake • Oxalate in humans can be eliminated through (1) excretion in urine, (2) forming insoluble calcium oxalate and elimination in feces, or (3) oxalate degradation by gastrointestinal (GIT) microorganisms • Some of the oxalate you eat can be broken down by bacteria in the gut, which happens before it can bind to minerals • Studies have found that people with a non-diverse gut bacteria seem to have an increased risk of developing kidney stones • The most commonly described intestinal bacteria known to degrade oxalate are strains of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus • These oxalate-degrading bacteria express the catabolic enzymes formyl-CoA transferase (Frc) and oxalyl-CoA decarboxylase (Oxc) that degrade oxalates • 1)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... • 2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2... • 3) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... • Additional Resources • • References • 1)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... • 2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2... • 3) http://www.thevpfoundation.org/vpfoxa... • 4) https://aem.asm.org/content/76/16/5609 • 5) https://healthygut.com/articles/oxala... • 6) https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/... • 7) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... • 8) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...

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