by Sally K Norton | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog, Kidney Health, Nutrition Science, Oxalates, Supplements
If you are taking 500 mg or more vitamin C daily, there is something you need to know. Vitamin C (in excess) can become a toxin that can lead to kidney stones, arthritis, other pain conditions, and perhaps, compromised brain function. For decades we have been told...
by Sally K Norton | Jun 4, 2015 | Blog, Healing, Oxalates
Most people will find certainty and safety by subscribing to widely held ideas, regardless of the “truth” of those ideas. Likewise, institutions and the people that are governed by them resist new explanations for phenomena. A classic example of this is...
by Sally K Norton | Jun 2, 2015 | Blog, Kidney Health, Medical Care
No one goes through medical training so they can disappoint people with lousy outcomes and grievous errors in performing dangerous procedures. Yet, this is happening as a regular course of business in American Medicine. In my post, The Cost of Too Much Spinach, we...
by Sally K Norton | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog, Healing, Kidney Health
In the July-August issue of Well Being Journal, Scott Miners1 shared the story of a teenager who went through a series of expensive diagnostic tests and unnecessary surgery. She had extreme pain and difficulty urinating. Four MRIs, 2 CT scans, and x-rays failed to...
by Sally K Norton | May 16, 2015 | Blog, Healing, Kidney Health, Medical Care, Nutrition Science, Weight Loss
A case of kidney failure after bariatric surgery is stopped with low-oxalate diet. Canadian nephrologists reported a case of life-threatening kidney damage caused by kidney deposits of oxalate crystals.1 The doctors performed a kidney biopsy on their patient, a...
by Sally K Norton | Jan 12, 2015 | Blog, Healing, My Education, My Story, Nutrition Science, Oxalates
Sweet potatoes, walnuts, and kiwi are no longer my friends. Apparently, they never were. I just never got the memo. My nutrition education hadn’t warned me that a variety of vegetables, nuts, and fruits could cause health problems due to their oxalate content....
