by Sally K Norton | Jul 2, 2016 | Blog, Healing, Health, Nutrition Science, Uncategorized
Healthy Sun Solution with a Sun Lamp Here in this video you can see my “electronic sun”. This easy-to-use vitamin D lamp has specialized UVB emitting bulbs intended to emulate natural sun. For most of us, brief sessions with such a lamp may improve our vitamin D...
by Sally K Norton | Aug 24, 2015 | Blog, Healing, Medical Care, My Story, Nutrition Science, Oxalates, Recording, Speaker
Check this out. I was recently interviewed about Oxalates and Health by Sunny Gardener on Lightly On The Ground Radio on 97.3 WRIR, in Richmond VA. This show aired on Aug. 12, 2015. Sunny and I discussed the back bone of all disease: inflammation. We cover the...
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 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....