Summary: <p class="p1">And so is <em>chanca piedra</em>, which I promised I would mention after my previous podcast about my<strong> kidney stone</strong>!</p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p1">Now, these two items- bone broth and kidney stones are related, so stay tuned and I will explain.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I got my kidney stone from, I believe now, actually overdosing on spinach for years and years!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Contrary to popular belief, spinach has gotten a “halo of virtue”, and we all think it is nothing but loads of beneficial vitamins and minerals, all in a pretty green package.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But it also has <strong>oxalates, </strong>which are a chemical or ester that protects the spinach plant.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And the wheat plant, the rhubarb, the raspberry- in fact, many plants that we tend to regard as all good! </p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p1">They’re not.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And if you, like me now, have ever experienced the utter pain of a kidney stone, you will realize that.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But in addition, this chemical, which is stored away in the form of calcium crystals throughout the body of those of us mammals that dare to eat the plant that contains them, can cause all sorts of pain and illness in the human body. </p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p1">From joint pains, to tooth and bone density issues, to sleep troubles and digestive issues!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Oxalates are like gluten and gliaden- insidious, harmful, and hard to track or trace.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Kidney stones are just one of the more obvious contamination issues.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But I have two suggestions for you:</p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p1">First- get rid of your kidney stone, if you have one, as fast as possible- pass by the urologist and the incredible pain and expense he will offer you, and order a bottle of <em>chanca piedra </em>for about $12.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Take a dropper full in each of the many, many glasses of water you should also be drinking to get rid of the dang thing<em>, </em>and hold on tight!</p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p1">And above all, from now on go on a <em>low oxalate diet!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em>I would drop spinach entirely, along with rhubarb, beets, and raspberries- oxalate levels in each of these are off the charts.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Of course, I hope you are <em>already off of wheat, </em>since that is also high in this poison as well as gluten.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And step two?</p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p1">Heal your gut!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A leaky gut opens you to every disease under the sun, so get to healing it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Bone Broth is the best tool for this that there is, helping to sooth, heal, and finally <strong>seal </strong>your gut lining- this is really job #1 in both health maintenance and health restoration!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>As Hippocrates said so long ago: “All health begins in the gut.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And it turns out he was right.</p><br> <p class="p2"> </p><br> <p class="p1">Once again, the best web site I have found on oxalates and their dangers is this one: <a href="https://sallyknorton.com/">https://sallyknorton.com/</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Read through what she has to say, and take it to heart.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I have no affiliation with her whatsoever, but I recognize excellence and knowledge when I see and hear it, and Sally Norton has it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
