American women are a fascinating mystery to me. I did not know that. I can’t keep up with the face painting. My preference is coloured zinc cream to protect my lips from sunburn.
We probably are David. But I don’t know. Working from general physiological principles, the body would want to detoxify and excrete a toxin. The problem with oxalates is that they are a tiny organic acid molecule. And they are a strong negatively charged molecule. So the oxalate rapidly binds to free cations, especially minerals such as calcium or magnesium. But manganese, Selenium et al are all probably at risk of binding. Then it depends where the oxalate is bound that affects its storage or excretion. Being so small a molecule it can get anywhere in the body.
I’m just parroting, and probably inaccurately, Sally K Norton. Oxalates have turned into her dietary schtick. Meaning the altruism she demonstrates is heading toward entrepreneurship and monetisation, And I’m all for teachers being paid fairly for dispensing wisdom or lessons.
People eating dairy may bind oxalates in the gut before they get absorbed. That gives us all permission to have double cream in our coffee, or mix dairy in (cheese, cream, butter) with our wilted spinach or berries. It also can be a dietary Pandora’s box.
There s a way to find out: n=1. As I type this my teeth hurt and I have ‘pins & needles’ but ant bite level pain in my hands face and toes. It is also pins & needles pain in my teeth. I’m tuned into it now and take a meditative approach of examining the sensation from a dissociated third person point of view. There are small white patches/plaques under the thin skin to the sides of my heels, and I have been rubbing a sandy cement type material from my eyes. I am drinking a lot of water and having citrate salts supplements, so I don’t build a kidney stone
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