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Good morning.

I’m a physician.

I am not sure what your point is.

True, many of the foods you list are high in good things, like Selenium in bananas, spinach and Brazilian nuts, but many of these foods are dangerously high in oxalates if eaten regularly.

Oxalates metabolize into crystals that damage the kidneys and deposit in other organs esp the thyroid, joints and the brain.

Have you ever had kidney stones or bone spurs? Could be from oxalates.

In fact, if you’re one of these people, (at one time me included), who drinks smoothies with spinach, and chocolate and eats handfuls of nuts all day long, you might be getting high levels of oxalates.

Here are a few signs and symptoms of oxalate overload, and I am quite sure that some people reading this posting, (esp if these are vegans) are suffering from too much oxalates, and don’t know it.

Oxalates could be a hidden source of headaches, urinary pain, genital irritation, joint, muscle, intestinal or eye pain. Other common oxalate-caused symptoms can also include mood conditions, anxiety, sleep problems, weakness, atherosclerosis, prostatitis and burning feet.

Read up on it, because many physician don’t even consider it.

https://barrcenter.com/oxalate-crystals-and-pain/#:~:text=Oxalates%20could%20be%20a%20hidden,atherosclerosis%2C%20prostatitis%20and%20burning%20feet.

Just one you think the foods we’ve been eating are healthy, it turns out they can be harmful to us in large quantities.

Just responding to a recommendation of magnesium being good for us. A key to ALL aspects of health and life is moderation in all things, as you say. I’m personally not into supplements though I do take a few, as doctor recommends. What I do recommend is full transparency on all aspects of what you do between yourself and your doctor, not just once but pretty continuously. This not only reminds your doctor, but lets them know if there’s anything potentially building up to recheck.

I think everything we ingest has to be managed. Growing up we ate more fresh foods and meats than processed foods. Grandparents were farmers. Today, what we ate normally back in the 60s and 70s costs more because it is “healthy” or “organic.” I know what we ate back then was organic, as a teenager I had to run the manure spreader. 😀 Too much of what we eat is processed food and bad for us. Why do poor communities have problems with diabetes, renal failure, over weight and heart disease. Look at what they have in their cart at a grocery store. Soda, chips and ice cream were treats, now they are regular parts of meals.

After decades of eating and drinking processed foods people run from one quick fix to another. Some people have no alternative because of health issues from birth or genetic, but I am concerned about people grasping the newest and greatest weight loss drug. Even if it works, it is still a drug and long term effects are unknown in many cases. Same applies to all the “natural substances” people glom on to. If the food you eat is not processed food, you should be getting what you are looking for in your regular meals. Too much of anything can be harmful.

I've been told to reduce my oxalate intake. I miss gorging on chocolate. The rest, I'm reducing bit by bit. Should get my pre-surgery urine test results soon.

Other common oxalate-caused symptoms can also include mood conditions, anxiety, sleep problems, weakness, atherosclerosis, prostatitis and burning feet.

Did I mention it's a green laser TURP surgery?...