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High Oxalate Foods & Pain

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Are these High Oxalate foods destroying your body?

Are these High Oxalate foods destroying your body?

By: Sally K. Norton

Our guest poster, Sally Norton, B.S., MPH, is an expert in oxalates, compounds found in many so-called healthy foods that can, in excessive amounts, cause chronic pain and create havoc with your health.

What is oxalate and how can it impact your health?
1. Oxalic acid: What is it?
  1.  A naturally occurring tiny molecule that is a toxic, corrosive acid
  2.  When it has minerals attached to it, it is called Oxalate. (chemically a salt)
    (E.g. sodium oxalate, potassium oxalate, magnesium oxalate, calcium oxalate)
    Oxalate likes to form crystals. Most kidney stones contain calcium oxalate.
  3.  Find additional information here: Toxipedia.org: Oxalates
2. Where does oxalic acid come from?
  1.  Plants make it, possibly for mineral management, seed germination, or self-defense
  2. You eat it, in many foods. It comes in many forms, both dissolved and as crystals, in a variety of shapes and sizes
    1.  Some foods have a lot of it, some have very little 
    2. Examples of High Oxalate Foods: beans, grains, bran, sesame and other seeds, peanuts, almonds, and other nuts, swiss chard, spinach, beets, potatoes, chocolate, rhubarb, figs, kiwi, blackberries, black pepper, cumin, turmeric. 
    3. Examples of Low Oxalate Foods:
      meats, dairy, eggs, fats and oils, and other non-plant foods
      arugula, avocado, Bok Choy, cabbage, cauliflower, cilantro, cucumber, garlic, kohlrabi, lettuce, mustard greens, mushrooms, green peas, watercress
  3.  Your body makes it. Oxalate is a metabolic waste product in mammals with no known function
    1.  Higher amounts are made when:
      1.  Deficient in B6, or
      2.  High doses of vitamin C are taken or injected
  4.  Some fungi make it, possibly for mineral management, especially in soil
    1.  Can be made by Aspergillus fungi living in the body
3. How can oxalate harm you?
  1.  The body has no way to disarm oxalate and must excrete it. When cells are required to handle oxalate they are moving it or “managing” it, not metabolizing it. This is dangerous work for a cell.
  2.  It steals minerals from your diet and your body and makes them useless (it is an “anti-nutrient”)
    1.  Soluble forms of oxalate (sodium oxalate and potassium oxalate) can be picked up by other minerals like magnesium, calcium, iron, zinc, copper, etc. This locks up the mineral. Oxalate may also bind with toxic metals such as lead, mercury, aluminum, or cadmium.
    2.  Mineral deficiency causes growth, reproductive, and other problems
  3.  It is corrosive to the lining of the digestive system, may cause leaky gut or other GI diseases. Some Oxalate crystals have a needle shape known to perforate mucus membrane cells.
  4.  Challenges the kidneys and can overwhelm their capacity to remove oxalates from the blood
  5.  Forms nanocrystals and microcrystals that can collect in the body and irritate tissues
    1.  Oxalate crystals can collect in any body tissue, even the plaque in your arteries
    2.  kidney stones usually contain oxalate crystals
  6.  Soluble forms of oxalate are absorbed from food and trigger inflammation, causing:
    1.  Membrane and mitochondria damage, and cell death (fatigue and energy issues)
    2.  Nerve cell damage, pain, and functional problems associated with the brain and nerves
    3.  Dysfunction of cells, organs, glands
    4.  Depletion of the antioxidant glutathione in cells. Low levels of glutathione can generate superoxide radicals, increasing toxic stress causing early cell death. Glutathione is especially important in the liver for the detoxification of chemicals. It is also important in preserving brain health.
    5.  Cell communication problems (autoimmunity, hormonal issues, neurological issues). For example: Oxalate can confuse and stress the immune system, creating auto-immune symptoms.
  7.  Destroys connective tissue’s key building block (hyaluronic acid)
    1.  makes it much harder to fully recover from injury, even surgery
    2.  can weaken or destabilize joints, bones, skin (skin may be thin or easily damaged)
    3.  can make you injury prone
  8.  May deplete the B-vitamins, B6 and biotin
    1.  Uses up vitamin B6, possibly initiating a vicious cycle. B6 deficiency increases internal production of oxalate, increases oxalate load, further depleting B6, and so on.
    2.  Can alter biotin metabolism, depleting biotin
  9.  Can lead to a wide range of problems, throughout the body
    1.  Kidney damage
    2.  Damage to intestines, may contribute to the development of celiac disease and “leaky gut”
    3.  Breathing problems, mucus production, and congestion
    4.  Brain problems – sleep, mood, behavior, cognition, organizational ability, autism
    5.  Urinary issues and genital pain
    6.  Gum and tooth problems
    7.  Bone and connective tissue instability
    8.  Contributes to aging, and can make you feel old prematurely
  10.  These problems don’t always cause obvious symptoms. Onset may include a generalized malaise, poor concentration, some sort of “-itis” (gastroenteritis, tendonitis), joint stiffness, swelling, muscle pain or weakness.
  11.  Oxalate damage is not a sensitivity or allergy. It is a toxicity problem.
    1.  Reversal of oxalate toxicity is an avoidance and excretion issue. It is not a matter of boosting liver function as is typically addressed in “detox” regimens.

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Sally K. Norton is an expert in oxalates. She has a Bachelor of Science in Nutrtion from Cornell University and a Master of Publich Health Degree from the University of North Carolina. She has been doing health education and research in nutrition for 35 years and provides virtual nutritional coaching and consulting. She became interested in oxalates due to her own personal experience. Her book, Toxic Superfoods: How Oxalate Overload is Making You Sick and How to Get Better was recently published  by Rodale Books.   Learn more at https://sallyknorton.com/

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9 Leading Experts: RF Radiation Can Lead to Brain Damage, Alzheimer’s & Also Cancer According to Four Experts

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/radiofrequency-radiation-brain-damage-dementia-alzheimers/

9 Leading Experts: RF Radiation Can Lead to Brain Damage, Alzheimer’s

Research on 5G radiofrequency (RF) radiation shows it can cause brain damage and possibly lead to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, according to nine independent experts in the RF radiation field who published a new peer-reviewed article.

This article was originally published by The Defender — Children’s Health Defense’s News & Views Website.

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Research on 5G radiofrequency (RF) radiation shows it can cause brain damage and possibly lead to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, according to nine independent experts in the RF radiation field.

In a peer-reviewed article published last week in the Annals of Clinical and Medical Case Reports, the experts called on authorities to heed the voices of the RF scientific community by establishing a “more stringent regulatory framework” on RF radiation and by halting the rollout of 5G technologies — including smart meters and 5G cell towers — until a team of “qualified scientists independent of industry” review the risks of the technology.

“The situation is absurd,” said Mona Nilsson, managing director of the Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation and lead author of the article.

Although the first two studies ever published on 5G’s effects on humans and animals reported serious adverse health effects, government authorities and telecom companies continue to put 5G cell towers and smart meters on and around people’s homes, Nilsson told The Defender.

Dr. Lennart Hardell, a leading scientist on cancer risks from radiation and co-author of the article, told the Defender, “I think it is time to have an ethical discussion.”

“What kind of society should we have?” asked Hardell, an oncologist and epidemiologist with the Environment and Cancer Research Foundation who has authored more than 100 papers on non-ionizing radiation.

“Is it possible for the government to expose people to hazardous pollution in their own homes and you can’t escape?” he asked.

From an ethical point of view, that’s a very problematic societal situation, Hardell said.

So much research and ‘still nothing happens’

Hardell, Nilsson and their co-authors are leaders of independent organizations in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland that focus on RF radiation.

They said the first study on 5G’s effects showed people experienced a plethora of symptoms — including severe sleep disturbances, dizziness, skin complaints, concentration problems, tinnitus, impaired short-term memory, confusion, fatigue, tendency toward depression, heart and lung symptoms and heart palpitations — days after a 5G cell tower was installed above their apartments.

The second 5G study showed rats exposed to 5G had an increased incidence of damage to neurons and increased oxidative stress in the brain.

These effects could eventually lead to degenerative brain diseases, such as dementia, Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases, the authors said.

Nilsson said there are many earlier studies showing detrimental effects from RF radiation on the brain and nervous system.

According to a compilation by Henry Lai, Ph.D., a professor emeritus of bioengineering at the University of Washington, 244 studies between 2007 and 2022 showed negative neurological effects from RF radiation, Nilsson said.

“We have so much research and we have so many scientists that are raising their voices louder and louder — and still nothing happens because those institutions that have influenced the authorities … are captured by the industry,” Nilsson said.

Hardell and Rainer Nyberg, Ph.D., a professor emeritus of education and welfare studies at Åbo Akademi University in Finland and a co-author on the article, launched in 2017 the 5G Appeal, which asks policymakers to halt 5G deployment due to the risk of serious human health consequences until the risks have been investigated by scientists with no ties to industry.

As of Jan. 10, 430 medical doctors and scientists from around the world have signed the 5G Appeal.

Despite the accumulating scientific evidence of harmful effects, authorities “continue to ignore the increasing evidence of clear risks,” the authors said in their article.

Regulatory authorities claim current guidelines are sufficient to protect people from harm. But they rely on a “limited group of experts” — who are not representative of the scientific community at large — to support their position, according to the authors.

Moreover, the majority of these experts have “ties to the telecom companies,” the authors said.

What’s needed to fix the problem?

The authors said a new committee comprised of qualified scientists independent of the industry is urgently needed for a sound scientific evaluation of 5G.

Until then, “the 5G rollout must stop,” they said.

5G Rollout a ‘violation of human rights’

Given that 5G RF radiation levels are well above levels known to be harmful to human life and wildlife, the author considered it “a violation of human rights to impose this harmful radiation on people in their own homes without their informed consent.”

“This is a clear violation of human rights [that is] a consequence of the corruption of the science and the experts who have the role … of evaluating the science,” Nilsson said.

Hardell said he was pessimistic that regulatory authorities would heed the advice he and his co-authors offer in their latest article.

“The industry and the politicians … have decided, ‘No problem, so let’s go on,’” he said.

Nonetheless, Hardell said the article — and the 5G Appeal — are important historical documents showing that scientists warned about the health effects of 5G.

Plus, he said, it’s important that scientists continue writing on the topic — because how can they do otherwise, as ethical human beings?

The case reports published by Hardell and Nilsson on 5G’s effects showed that people had to leave their homes to get relief from their symptoms, Hardell emphasized.

“Do we really have an environmental pollutant that’s so strong or hazardous that people have to leave their own homes? I mean, how can we tolerate that?” he asked.

Hardell said he was especially concerned about those who are poor.

The individuals featured in the case reports had the means to relocate for the sake of their health, but most people don’t have the economic resources to do that, he said.

This article was originally published by The Defender — Children’s Health Defense’s News & Views Website under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Please consider subscribing to The Defender or donating to Children’s Health Defense.

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https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/radiofrequency-rf-radiation-cancer

Top Scientists Find ‘Substantial Scientific Evidence’ RF Radiation Causes Cancer

Based on the results of their landmark review of the latest science, four of the world’s top experts in environmental health called for prevention and precaution when it comes to public exposure to radiofrequency radiation.
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Four of the world’s top experts in environmental health are calling for prevention and precaution when it comes to public exposure to radiofrequency (RF) radiation.

The scientists — including the former director of the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) — last month published a preprint review of the most recent studies on the effects of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) and RF radiation on different life forms and humans, and the epidemiological evidence for cancer due to RF radiation from cellphone use.

The authors concluded there is “substantial scientific evidence” that “RF radiation causes cancer, endocrinological, neurological and other adverse health effects” — and that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has failed to protect public health.

They accused the FCC of ignoring the “Precautionary Principle,” commonly used in toxicology, and also the Bradford Hill criteria, a set of principles commonly used in epidemiology for establishing a causal relationship, in evaluating the risks of RF radiation. (See link for article) 

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**Comment**

The article states besides causing cancer, EMR/RF can cause DNA damage, adversely affect fetal development and the functions like a classic endocrine disruptor.

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Activism, Alzheimer's

Back From Lyme Disease, Disc Golfing Champ Has Some Advice For You

https://www.lymedisease.org/back-from-lyme-disease-disc-golfing-champ-has-some-advice-for-you/

Back from Lyme disease, disc golfing champ has some advice for you

Ricky Wysocki, currently the number-one professional disc golf player in the world, was bitten by a tick and diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2019. This landed him bedridden for months.

After journeying back to recovery, Wysocki has partnered with Insect Shield to spread awareness about the dangers of ticks and the importance of taking preventative measures to avoid tick bites.

Ticks can now be found in all 50 states and around the world and the number of Lyme disease cases in the United States continues to skyrocket. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, insurance records suggest that each year approximately 476,000 Americans are diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease. This places a large burden on the health care system and shows a dire need for more effective education and prevention tactics.

For disc golfers, the risk of tick attachments is very high during play. Disc golf courses often have increased tick populations due to their natural environments including tall grasses, bushes, and wooded zones where ticks thrive.

In these environments, ticks can easily attach to skin and clothing. Gear can also pose a risk. Disc golfers carry gear bags and place them on the ground as they move throughout a course.

This practice also increases the risk of tick attachments after the bag has touched the ground and then is picked back up and carried.

Power loss

Several months following the tick bite, Wysocki began to experience symptoms such as fatigue, power loss in his shots, and rashes. A blood test confirmed his Lyme disease diagnosis.

“To go from being a pro athlete to getting diagnosed with Lyme disease, exhausted, barely able to walk, and ultimately bedridden and wondering if I would ever play disc golf at my peak level again, was crazy,” shares Wysocki.

To stay protected on the course while playing disc golf, Wysocki leverages Insect Shield essentials and offers a series of tips:

For more information about how to stay protected from ticks and the dangerous diseases they may carry on the disc golf course, visit Ricky Wysocki – Insect Shield.

SOURCE OF PRESS RELEASE: Insect Shield

Watch the educational video Wysocki made with Insect Shield:

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Everyone and their brother knows that avoiding ticks and not getting infected in the first place is the optimal solution, yet similarly to ivermectin and HCQ/zinc treatments for COVID, our own government stands in the way of progress and true answers.  Due to severe conflicts of interests and corruption in pubic health, they continue to deny the public the exact things that would help.

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Activism, Lyme, Prevention, Ticks

Since 1980, All Viruses Are Bioweapons That Were Created in Labs – Dr. Judy Mikovits & Snake Venom Revisited

The establishment has done everything within its power to discredit microbiologist Judy Mikovits who blew the whistle on contamination of vaccines with retroviruses.  She was arrested without a charge or a search warrant, her work was illegally confiscated, she was driven from government work, and blackballed from getting NIH grants – ending her science career,  and has been raked through the mud ever since. Every underhanded technique has been deployed against her.

Similarly to Dr. Andrew Wakefield who dared to even ponder a link between vaccines and autism, she too was “Wakefielded,” by ‘the powers that be.’ This is a useful tactic to completely discredit and silent your opponents.  Hopefully by now, if you read the information on this website, you understand a powerful reason why: our own government owns patents on vaccines and is a vaccine company which stands to make untold millions off of these products.

The following information is coming from a highly educated, experienced microbiologist who did nothing but study and work on viruses – and who revolutionized the treatment of HIV/AIDS – another thorny issue as Dr. Fauci, who went to work for NIAID after his medical residency and has never actually treated one patient, was neck deep pushing the toxic drug AZT which was approved in a record-setting 20 months, but like many “approved” COVID medications, actually killed many people.  Similarly to the controversy with COVID, there is great controversy about HIV causing AIDS.  This issue matters for many reasons, but particularly because the true cause will necessitate certain medications over others.

Mikovitz is a renegade, deeply loathed by Fauci and ‘the powers that be.’  I’m sure if you attempt to corroborate the following information, the ‘fact checkers’ will deny, deny, deny and have already undertaken an ad hominem smear campaign making her sound like a nut-job.  I wouldn’t be so quick to ignore the information she shares as it would explain a lot.  We truly are in a war of epic proportions, and thankfully, Judy isn’t going away.

https://expose-news.com/2023/03/11/all-viruses-are-bioweapons-created-in-labs/

Dr. Judy Mikovits: Since 1980, all viruses are bioweapons that have been created in laboratories

BY RHODA WILSON,

More than 90% of covid deaths in the UK are among those who received a covid injection. This shouldn’t surprise us, Dr. Judy Mikovits said, because every virus since HIV has been created using gain-of-function technologies.  In other words, every virus since HIV has been developed by scientists in a laboratory.

Excerpts from article:

“HIV was spread through the hepatitis B vaccination in the early 90s.  That’s where the gain-of-function HIV [came from], which never was LAV [lymphadenopathy-associated virus] associated with gay-related immune deficiency. AIDS was never gay related to immune deficiency.  So, there is no natural virus.”

People argue that “there’s no such thing as a virus.” There are viruses, Dr. Mikovits said, “they’re little bioweapons that they created and it’s always been, since 1980, infection by injection … This is a 40-year bioweapons programme by Tony Fauci.  They were created in Fort Detrick in full collaboration with the Russians, with China, with Japan.”

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has been injected into people with every polio vaccine since it was created in 2004.  It was created in collaboration with Germany, the US and China.  Before 2020, it was labelled as the common cold, Dr. Mikovits explained. “It’s been exacerbated by every flu shot … it was clear from the Wolfe paper in 2020 that everybody who got a flu shot … between 2017 and 2019 was 36% more likely to be diagnosed with covid,” she said. “The flu shot [in 2017/8] drove this [covid pandemic].”

SARS-CoV-2 is not a coronavirus, Dr. Mikovits said.

“It’s part AIDS, part syncytin and snake venom, and part SARS. That was what was weaponized and created in 2004.”

(See link for article)

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**Comment*

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that all of a sudden the controversy over the origin of COVID is making headlines. First, it is presumptuously called the “lab leak” theory, to deflect the fact it very well could have been intentionally released. And second, ‘the powers that be’ don’t address envenomation at all – in short, making it appear as if only tin-foil hat wearing people will consider this detail.  And lastly, China is considering selling weapons to Russia, and ‘the powers that be’ simply can not have that happen.  Pinning COVID entirely on China would make them the ‘bad guys’ and deflect the USA’s role.

Further reading: From Snakes to Spike Protein to Injections; Some Things to Consider

See this video with Dr. Braun, a U.S. National Counterterrorism & EMS Advisor and Trainer, Chief Scientist, CounterBioterrorism Division, BioChem Engineering, Executive Director of the Violence Prevention Agency, and Clinical Psychologist.  He researched and discovered the hypothesis that the origin of COVID 19 was snake venom, before Dr. Ardis, who was in the chilling documentary Watch the Water.  Here is Braun’s letter to the FBI stating that the primary destructive mechanism of SARS2 and the S-Protein is an envenomation.  He also appeared on the Stew Peters Show to explain this.

Similarly to the virus, no virus controversy, there has been controversy over the hypothesis that origin of COVID is actually snake venom.

“All we have to do is never take another shot, [not] anyone … and they can’t deploy anything else on you.” Dr. Judy Mikovitz

Now, at least three experts have stated that COVID is at least part snake venom.

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Activism, vaccines, Viruses

Experts Warn Senate DID NOT Declassify All Information Regarding COVID Origin – Only The Parts About Wuhan

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/house-senate-declassify-covid-origins-china/

Bill Passed by House and Senate to Declassify COVID Origins Documents May Be Attempt to ‘Frame’ China, Experts Warn

Lawmakers misrepresented a bill requiring the declassification of documents related to the origins of COVID-19, according to several experts who warned that contrary to what the public was told, the legislation limits the types of documents the government must declassify — and that raises questions about the bill’s real intent.

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But experts interviewed by The Defender said the bill requires the declassification only of documents related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China — the epicenter of the “lab leak theory.”

They suggested the limitations may be intended to reduce the culpability of U.S. and private actors in the potential leak of — or development of — COVID-19, by placing full blame on China and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Independent journalist Sam Husseini said Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), the Senate’s co-sponsor of the COVID-19 Origin Act, made “claims about the bill which are false.”

Husseini told The Defender the bill may be acting as a “limited hangout” with the purpose of acknowledging the “lab leak theory” on the one hand, but via legislation that “makes us accept half of the truth.”

Francis Boyle, J.D., Ph.D., professor of international law at the University of Illinois, told The Defender, “I’m afraid this [bill] is going to be a classic Nixonian limited hangout” that “does not call for the declassification of all those sources [that] should be declassified and/or released.”

Boyle said any information that is declassified “is going to be helpful,” but that the bill’s provision allowing redactions raises concern.

Husseini noted that the bill also makes no provisions for providing information that several groups, including U.S. Right to Know and some media organizations, have requested — but not yet received — via Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) submissions. Husseini said this information “is not classified but is being withheld.”  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Many are concerned that this is possibly being done to pin the blame entirely upon China when the U.S. obviously played a major role.

The other issue is the fact everyone keeps reinforcing the assumption it was all a big mistake by calling it a “lab leak,” when it very well may have been intentional.  Then, there’s the hypothesis of envenomation that’s being completely ignored, and the fact “approved” medications not only don’t work for COVID, but they are dangerously toxic.  All of these issues matter and are linked, and affect each other.  A walk down memory lane with HIV/AIDS reveals an eerily similar MO deployed by those in power.

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Activism, Viruses