Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an intergral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on it's evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Everyone should look up OXALATES.
A couple years back I started to experience back pain, leg pain, thigh pain, and achiness, especially in the morning. I also used to drink red wine. So I started eating a spoon or two of Sauerkraut a day and changed my diet (cut out carbs, sugar, wine, nuts,veggies, chocolates..although I have it sometime), and now I'm pain free completely.
I believe the pain and aches were due to oxalate build up throughout the years, and this build up is widely mistaken by many to be athritis or reumathism. We have to periodically flush it out and the best and cheapest way is Sauerkraut. Many people tend to develop kidney stones due to oxalates as well.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/oxalate-good-or-bad#TOC_TITLE_HDR_2
Oxalic acid is an organic compound found in many plants, including leafy greens, vegetables, fruits, cocoa, nuts, and seeds (1Trusted Source).
In plants, it’s usually bound to minerals, forming oxalate. The terms “oxalic acid” and “oxalate” are used interchangeably in nutrition science.
Your body can produce oxalate on its own or obtain it from food. Vitamin C can also be converted into oxalate when it’s metabolized (2Trusted Source).
Once consumed, oxalate can bind to minerals to form compounds, including calcium oxalate and iron oxalate. This mostly occurs in the colon, but can also take place in the kidneys and other parts of the urinary tract.
In most people, these compounds are then eliminated in the stool or urine (3Trusted Source).
However, in sensitive individuals, high oxalate diets have been linked to an increased risk of kidney stones and other health problems.
Its not just oxalyic acid, its uric acid as well. Essentially if your blood pH is not slightly alkaline (8-8.5) you will risk all kinds of problems including higher risk of heart attack, stroke, gout etc etc,
Keeping your body pH at an optimal level is also turning out to be a great way to ensure you wont have cancerous cells growing.
The book "Drop Acid" is a good book.