Learn more about oxalates and discover the best ways to neutralize oxalates.
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DATA:
0:00 Introduction: The connection between gout and kidneys stones
0:12 Oxalates explained
1:25 High oxalate foods
2:23 High oxalate nuts
2:30 Low oxalate nuts
2:42 Things that can increase oxalates
5:09 Gout and oxalates
7:48 Ways to neutralize oxalates
12:50 Learn more about oxalates!
Today we’re going to look at the interesting similarities between gout and kidney stones and natural alternatives for these concerns.
Oxalates are involved in both kidney stones and gout. People who have high oxalates in their urine tend to have a worsening gout situation, and the most common type of kidney stones are calcium oxalate stones.
Top foods high in oxalates:
• Spinach
• Rhubarb
• Almonds
• Chocolate
• Cacao
• Buckwheat
• Wheat
• Beans
• Soy
• Tofu
• Miso
• Potato chips
• French fries
• Beet tops
• Swiss chard
• Star fruit
• Raspberries
• Black pepper
• Black tea
Nuts high in oxalates:
• Almonds
• Brazil nuts
• Hazelnuts
• Cashews
• Pine nuts
Nuts low in oxalates:
• Coconuts
• Peanuts
• Pistachios
• Macadamia nuts
• Walnuts
Something else that can increase oxalates is consuming excess ascorbic acid or glycine. Fat malabsorption due to a bile deficiency can also cause an increase in oxalates. If you’re prone to kidney stones or gout, you may also want to avoid consuming xylitol.
Some people develop gout as they age due to an increase in iron and inflammation. If you’re in this situation, you might want to try reducing the amount of iron you consume and work on lowering your inflammation.
How to neutralize oxalates:
1. Drink two and a half liters of fluid per day
2. Consume calcium-rich foods
3. Take vitamin D3
4. Consume citrates (lemon juice in water)
5. Get plenty of vitamin B6
6. Get plenty of vitamin B1
7. Consume a moderate amount of protein on Healthy Keto®
8. Lower your sodium
9. Consume more potassium
10. Consume foods low in oxalates
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Thanks for watching! I hope this helps increase your awareness of oxalates and oxalate neutralizers. I’ll see you in the next video.
40 responses to “The Connection between Oxalates, Gout, and Kidney Stones”
For kidney stones the main symptom is severe sharp pain that starts suddenly, usually in your belly or one side of your back, and it may go away just as quickly. Other symptoms can include abnormal urine color, blood in your urine, fever, chills, nausea, and vomiting.
Good Morning , Dr. Berg 🍎
Thank you so much for sharing this Important Information with everyone, God bless you all 🙏
Hello there!
Thank you, Dr. Berg, for always making information available for people who would otherwise be heading a less healthy lifestyle. Great information!
I hear soy is not healthy for you
Dr Berg, you are amazing! I love your recent streak of videos about kidney stones. I’m a quadriplegic female, with indwelling catheter. Originally I had proteus, and then crystals appeared.. struvite and apatite.. 2 years later, the UA’s show multi flora only, and crystals due to epithelial cells.. I’ve been trying to take a load of supplements… for the last 2 years, without success. The hard thing I need to get used to is starving the colonized proteus, just my guess, is quit sugar and carbs.. I feel I do need AB, but the ones I’ve had so far for only two weeks .. are not enough to clear my situation. I hope everything will heal after changing my chocolate fries etc loving self…
Thank you Dr Berg!! Thank you ! Thank you and thank You!!
I found that picking one day a week, example Sunday morning, I can eat whatever chocolate I want. It worked as I couldn’t eat as much as when I was eating and craving every day.
I also remember to eat enough of the vegetables I prepare everyday with care. Vegetables stopped most of my cravings. Adding good flavourings, garlic, onion, ginger for example, simple and tasty.
@lombmusic07 thank you for your great suggestion, yes, I love veggies, i just need to step up my preparation game. I’m ready to give up 99.9% of my chocolate consumption, im already there now, I will allow myself 1 set of garlic fries with my friend once every two weeks.. and a cube of chocolate for one day out of 2 weeks too.. or half a little cube of hazelnut milk chocolate every week, it seduced me far faaaar too much. It’s a parasitic thought creation !! Lol
I definitly improved my health many times by using your videos over the years. Many times I went off the rails for a few hours until I learned about different types of cravings…… But I was able to find your videos on this. And poof back on the rails again. 😊
Once again, highly impressed with your work Eric.
My take on stones is a diet high on acid forming foods and low on alkaline foods causing low PH in the blood. As alkaline minerals come in without the presence of Vit D, calcium (all forms of alkaline minerals to a degree, but Calcium is the big one) free flows of Calcium in the blood in high amounts because there isn’t enough Vitamin D to take it to storage, leads to Calcium buffering acids in the blood like Oxalates, UA etc. and start to solidify into stones as these acids become partially uncoupled from alkaline minerals when removed from the kidneys into the Urine.
I’m of the opinion that the blood is acidified “before” alkaline minerals are introduced from meal digestion. Combine it with deficiencies relating to the body not being able to store alkaline minerals as they come in, or deal with buildup of purines (compromised Folate cycle from B deficiencies), some dehydration etc, and we’ve got conditions ripe for stones. I like your take on Iron bonding to Oxalates, did I read that right? Or iron used as a buffer in general with acids that build up as a probable cause of gout, makes sense with the meat connection to gout and gravity pulling these toxins into area’s like the big toe, I’ll have to take a deeper dive into it for the nuances.
Appreciate your videos as usual, Eric.
I am a regular blood donor of almost 40 times & experience less Arthritis or inflammation & swelling in my joints at 60 & very active, but I still have instances of Gout attacks at the side of my big toe only in my left foot.
Try cutting out fructose.
Top foods high in oxalates:
• Spinach
• Rhubarb
• Almonds
• Chocolate
• Cacao
• Buckwheat
• Wheat
• Beans
• Soy
• Tofu
• Miso
• Potato chips
• French fries
• Beet tops
• Swiss chard
• Star fruit
• Raspberries
• Black pepper
• Black tea
Nuts high in oxalates:
• Almonds
• Brazil nuts
• Hazelnuts
• Cashews
• Pine nuts
Nuts low in oxalates:
• Coconuts
• Peanuts
• Pistachios
• Macadamia nuts
• Walnuts
Factors that might cause increase in Oxalates:
*Consuming excess ascorbic acid or glycine.
*Fat malabsorption due to a bile deficiency
*Avoid consuming xylitol if you’re prone to kidney stones or gout
*Some people develop gout as they age due to an increase in iron and inflammation. If you’re in this situation, you might want to try reducing the amount of iron you consume and work on lowering your inflammation.
How to neutralize oxalates:
1. Drink two and a half liters of fluid per day
2. Consume calcium-rich foods
3. Take vitamin D3
4. Consume citrates (lemon juice in water)
5. Get plenty of vitamin B6
6. Get plenty of vitamin B1
7. Consume a moderate amount of protein on Healthy Keto®
8. Lower your sodium
9. Consume more potassium
10. Consume foods low in oxalates
Thank you Dr Berg!🐱👍🏿
Thank you so much
Many thanks for these information.
I am not a Dr. I am just sharing my story. It’s funny that after studying health related issues and I come up with a solution-mixture and months later Dr Berg talks about aspects of it in a video.
My solution I started 2-3 months ago is (beware this is dangerous, dont try this at home, I like liability disclaimers)
3 grams of potassium citrate
3 grams magnesium citrate
( in a pint of warm distilled water) its
I let it cool down then
I add
2 lemons (squeezed juice)
and then I add
2 tbs apple cider vinegar
I consume 1 little Sip every 3 hours or so. I rinse my mouth and teeth with good spring water after every sip to get the acid off. I also take B6 once a day besides my other supplements including a methyl B complex vitamin with other things. I use this solution 2 – 3 times per week. I seem to notice my urine is cloudy on the days I use it.
Thank you.
Very clear, very simple to understand, thank you Dr. Berg.
My favourite Uncle was hit with gout for most of last year and walks with a noticeable limp now. Our diet in Zimbabwe is lots of beer, lots of beef so no surprise there. Anyways I got him on intermittent fasting with no alcohol and he is much better now. He has lost a few kilos and has a back to his favourite activities like gardening etc. Good health can be attained anytime, my Unc is 67. Thanks as always Dr Berg my personal physician in America!
I cut out nightshade veggies and mine went away.
Beef is one of the healthiest foods one can eat. The beer on the other hand.
My grandfather always said learn from the mistakes of others because you can’t live long enough to make them all yourself
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Thank you for addressing this. I got oxalate overload from dietary maltodextrin. I don’t know if it has oxalates or just caused me to make more oxalates but my pseudo gout went away in 3 days when I quit eating it. Also increase because oxalates accumulate in the body when you get too much.
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I’m more healthy at 43 almost 44, then I was in my 20’s and 30s. I am still tweaking areas, my gut, balancing hormones.
I watch family members go down with diabetes and I wasn’t feeling good, I was bound and determined not to go down like that. In my 40s, I’m much lighter and my numbers are good, never diabetic. Currently working on my gut, I was put on antibiotics a couple months ago after a foot surgery, so experiencing gut issues now again. Binge watching your videos to get on the right path. Thank you for combing thru these studies and presenting to us, very much appreciated.
Sarah
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Thanks Dr. Berg! My Father was always getting kidney stone and later in his life he go gout. What you say makes sense to me!
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Cabbage chelates iron, takes it out of the body tissue. Good for hemochromatosis, better than bloodletting or blood donation. Substitute coleslaw for French fries. Growing up I was anemic and had to take iron pills, someone told me to stay away from cabbage because it depletes iron. Getting my bachelor’s degree in fine arts, I needed a science class so I took nutrition and learned about chelation.
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I passed about 20 kidney stones between the age of 30-50. Way more painful than childbirth. The last one was 16mm. I was septic and almost died. Couldn’t pass it bc of the size, had two stents, and ureteroscopy. Someone told me about drinking lemon water every day to prevent stones. Drink plenty of water and take Vit D and K together. Never had another one! 🙏🏼✝️
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You never think of doctors as being teachers but that’s exactly what good doctors are and that’s what doctor Berg is. He’s not just a doctor he is one of the greatest teachers I’ve heard on health.
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I was forming large stones yearly for about 4 years. The first one landed me in the hospital. With diligent monitoring I had the last 3 blasted before they got me. I eventually learned to change my diet, not from a doctor, but from a nutritionist. Luckily it’s been years since I’ve had any issues. It’s true. Watch the oxylates.
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Perfect timing doc! I have had about three or four episodes in the last 10 years, and I was finally put on allipurinol 100 mg which I’ve been taking religiously the past few years and no more gout attacks! I Also take vitamin D 2000 IU along with vitamin K2 mk7 and a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar with lemon juice and olive oil every day. The only thing I consume that’s high in oxalates is dark chocolate, which is very high in polyphenols. I hope to live past 100……. Anyone else that’s reading this I
Would definitely say do what I’m doing if you really want to improve your health and inflammation !
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I’m in the middle of my lowering my oxalates intake. After I read the book Toxic Superfoods of Sally K Norton I started this journey . It can take long time to get rid of oxalates. I have arthritis and I have had kidney stones before . It’s not nice to feel stiff in my joints and feel older than I am ( 50 years).