Oxalates and their acid form, oxalic acid, are known as mineral chelators because they bind to minerals such as calcium and magnesium. When oxalic acid or oxalates are present at high levels in our diet they can cause bone loss over time. For example, in France where sorrel soup is a popular tradition, excessive bone loss is a problem among those who take the soup over many years. If you are suffering from or are at risk of suffering from bone loss diseases such as osteoporosis you need to watch your oxalic acid and oxalate intake.
The well-known research scientist and author of several authoratative books on herbs, Dr Jim Duke, developed a phytochemical database when he worked for the United States Department of Agriculture. His database is available online at:
When searching the database, enter "oxalic acid" and "oxalate" in separate searches in order to get the complete picture. Oxalic acid and oxalate are just different forms of the same thing and are usually present in both forms in plants even if they are not always analyzed separately.
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Thanks for posting this, Lymetoo. What an excellent database.
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Yi, this all gets so complicated dunnit?
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J- I agree. Sometimes it seems ignorance is bliss (and a place I'd like to be).
My feeling (after listening to "them" all these years) is everything has some sort of "risk factor" to it. The more things they can describe and put numbers to, the more grant money to study it, the more drugs and products they can supply for it, etc. Profit, profit, profit.
Plus, they set a "norm" for just about everything now. Normal BP, normal weight, normal cholesterol, etc. etc. And heaven forbid we not be "normal".
My response to all of it?
1. "THEY" make money on things that "might be" some day, and scare people, or brainwash them, into buying their products to save themselves from what "might be".
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