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FODMAP issues create a lot of challenges when it comes to fruit. There's no question there!

Even with the high oxalate in cocoa powder, you are getting something that is less than 2.5 mg oxalate per ounce. Honestly - it is worth it! But you could always try with white chocolate powder... I haven't done that experiment. (I already sacrificed my sobriety more than once getting this recipe worked out... LOL)

So love what you have shared here. This is perhaps my issue as well - because sweet taste can dysregulate my appetite too. I can keep allulose in the house and not be tempted - but once it's made into something, then the "fun" begins. I can do okay if I make a treat for a bigger family gathering, and then it's all eaten (and leftovers given to my kids) But have to be VERY careful. It's too easy to end up down the food addiction rabbit hole again.

When people go cold turkey - especially after being on an extremely high oxalate diet (and if they already have significant diagnoses) - they can really get in trouble. I definitely want people to get the benefits of animal based, but they may have to think in terms of going much slower than they expected.

@@lowoxcoach Agreed! Slow and steady always works best for our bodies to acclimate and dump oxalates slowly. I'm still dumping every three months or so and my symptoms are getting less and less severe. My dumping is body aches that last about 3 days. When it is happening, I'll drink a little black tea. I know what it is when it comes. It's almost like it's on a timer in my body.

@@Carnivoreteacher1965 Definitely sounds like you have gotten to the point where you have an oxalate dumping - but between, you have bigger breaks from the cycle. In the beginning, some people can be "dumping" just about constantly, so it's a good sign once you have longer and longer time periods between! For some people, black tea can be very helpful: I've also seen people use higher oxalate herbal teas or spices, as well small amounts of higher oxalate plant foods. I'm personally a bit leery of tea because it's higher histamine, and some people can have issues with that. But that said, if we find a tool that is working, no need to switch unless your body says you need to!

Thank you!

Happy to help... Hoping to support those to understand what could be going on when oxalate impacts us!

This is one of those crazy things that we just aren't tracking - because oxalate only causes kidney stones, don't you know...

@@lowoxcoach When I went to the eye doctor, I asked her if she thought it was oxalates. Do you know what her response was? "What are oxalates?" I didn't go further with the questions or conversation. Ugh. She gave me cortisone drops which did help until I healed. The whole ordeal was about 3 weeks long. I wish I could have seen or grabbed that darn crystal that did that to me to prove what it was to me and the doctor.

Lots of questions here! LOL Extracts have been very consistently a tiny fraction of the oxalate in the original whole spice or herb. While this may not make them "text book" low oxalate all the time (which would be less than 5 mg per serving - which for an extract is likely 1 tsp or so), you definitely will always lower your oxalate intake. And when it comes to legumes, black eyed peas, and both yellow and green split peas are some of my favourites. Definitely, these are low. You can't always depend on much of the oxalate moving into cooking water; it depends on the food. So I'd avoid the higher oxalate beans. I stick personally to the ones I've mentioned, and red lentils, plus chickpeas. These are pretty reliable in terms of oxalate levels.

@ thank you so much ! I appreciate your knowledge! I’m in menopause and trying to figure out if my urinary pain symptoms is oxalates or estrogen dropping. Just started a cream so if it gets better I’ll know but in the mean time I’m LOW Ox and listening to you! I made my black eye peas today, boiling first, throwing out water then pressure cooking and draining water. I need all the help 🙏🏼

That's my plan! To get more information that is helpful for those living a low oxalate lifestyle... After all, life goes on!

Thanks for letting me know!

Thank you! Thought it would be fun and it was!

Thank you!

We only have testing on Ceylon Cinnamon - but it is extremely high. I'd use extracts just to be sure.

Thanks for the wonderful comment!

So agree with you! I've gone mostly carnivore and feel so much better... but I had reduced oxalate first, and that made a huge difference. Appreciate your comment!

Thank you, John! (And was looking for you on X today and couldn't find you...? I don't seem to be getting your posts there, so let's fix that...)

Actually - never mind! Not sure what happened but managed to go to your account and I'll cruise a few posts... You'll be back in my feed again! LOL

@@lowoxcoach Humm. I don't know why. I'm still on there and still posting a video every day around 9am E.T.

@@lowoxcoach Good! :)

@@Carnivoreteacher1965 - I'll keep my eyes open, although my typical pattern has moved from early morning to later in the day... Maybe why I wasn't seeing things! But went an liked a couple of things, and now you should turn up in my feed again. 😉

So glad it was helpful! I love taurine - you give your body the nutrient it needs to do its own work. 👍

Lion's mane mushroom has only been tested (as far as I know) as an extract. I would not have it as the whole mushroom personally because the oxalate could be much higher. For Shiitake, we do have testing through the Trying Low Oxalates group, and it looks like it should be lower oxalate for a serving in the 1/2 cup range. It's not a perfect science - but many mushrooms are in the low to medium range of oxalate, and should be very doable. If you need to stay very low oxalate, keep your plate mostly meat or animal products and keep something like mushrooms to a side or "topper" for your protein.

@lowoxcoach Thank you very much for the answer 🙏🏻

When it comes to oxalate levels, the best place to get information is the Trying Low Oxalates group on either Facebook or Groups.io. The things we have suggested in this video are all lower oxalate.

Any time you start a supplement, I would start with a very small dose. (The more unwell you are, the more likely you need to start with a very small dose...) You may also need cofactors to get the full benefits of any supplement. When in doubt, get testing through your MD or other trusted health professional - but I would ALWAYS suggest starting with a very low dose even if someone gives you a higher target dose to get to.

Thanks for dropping by, John!

It can be alarming; I did this too.

Definitely more than one way to help deal with the irritation! I also used an aloe vera gel to help soothe the skin and help the magnesium to be absorbed.

You could make epsom salt "oil" using a saturated solution of epsom salt and water. That will be much less irritating to the skin - but still give you some benefits. And if you can soak your feet - that can be helpful. 😉

@@lowoxcoach Thank you so very much! I really appreciate it. ❤️😁

@@lowoxcoach Would you happen to know the ratio of Epson salt to water?

@@robbiewood3956 - honestly, no... I just put 1/2 cup epsom salt into a measuring cup, and add boiling (usually RO) water just until it all "melts". There may be some crystals in the bottom remaining, but then I pour the liquid off into a container. Not too complicated! 🙂

@@lowoxcoach awesome! Thank you

Oxalate is a toxin; so I wouldn't see it as a benefit to "train" your body to handle it. It's a bit like saying, "I don't do well with arsenic, but maybe I can train my body to handle it?" So if I were you, I'd stick with the cauliflower and jicama (by the way - using jicama for potato is brilliant! Why didn't I think of that?!) and I'd avoid potato. However, if you really want to include a bit of potato for taste and texture, try peeling, chopping into a fairly small dice, and then boiling - before adding to something. (I do this before adding smaller amounts of potato to soup for instance.) This approach gets some of the soluble oxalate out, which reduces the toxicity. For sure, if you are having the kinds of symptoms you describe after having a steamed potato (which would have all the oxalate intact), I'd be very suspicious of oxalate.

I respect your advice here and agree with you. My body is telling me - please don’t give me that, it causes dysfunction in vital processes!!! And it happens quickly! I’m so very grateful I can eat barley and oats now. I don’t need potato. My spaghetti squash helps too. I’m gonna make a fauxtato soup with cauliflower, jicama, onion, and spaghetti squash.

@@CalmVibesVee All the options you've listed are much lower in oxalate! And it sounds tasty... 😉

Taking too much of many supplements can be a problem. Often nutrients are best used by the body in a "bell curve" kind of way, where both too little and TOO MUCH are bad for us. I would look to get my glycine from whole foods, and avoid overdoing supplements of it.

Your body can make glycine from other amino acids. So not sure that you need to supplement it in general. But also wouldn't worry about small amounts in supplements that you are taking.

@@lowoxcoach Thank you for that. So what would be the best magnesium I should take? I get cramps and sleepless nights?!

@@localwebnz2159 - the best magnesium is the one you tolerate the best! If that's glycinate, I'd stick with it. You could try others, and if you get muscle cramps something like epsom salt soaks may also be helpful. (That's essentially topical magnesium sulphate.)

I haven't seen information on that - but will check. (I suspect t it might but want to confirm.)

Found this interesting article: www.incacao.be/d-ribose-in-detail/ But also found a number of people debating the question - and generally coming down on the fact that it should not affect ketosis, but to check ketones to be sure... That said - very helpful to mitochondria, and here's another interesting link from PubMed. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5959283/

@@lowoxcoach Thank you so much for posting these interesting links!

@@lowoxcoach Thank you for posting these interesting links!

I would definitely try! I order mine from the US.

Thank you so much for catching that typo! Will have that fixed.

@@lowoxcoach thanks for posting the video!

@@jamesalles139 - it's my passion to get this word out so that people can make good choices for their health. 👍

Oxalate is a natural toxin found in plant foods. It can be very dangerous; new information from Dr Chris Masterjohn talks about oxalate being found in the brain. The way we usually find out about oxalate is because we develop kidney stones - but it can absolutely have other negative health effects. So - why not dodge a bullet? When you reduce the oxalate in your diet, you remove this toxin from your food intake and you reap the benefits of lower inflammation and tissue damage. You can find more on my website lowoxcoach.com/blog/

Thank you so much! Really nice to get some feedback on these - we will have a new excerpt from one of my interviews this past year happening every week through the end of this year.

You can absolutely get Vitamin D toxicity! If you supplement vitamin D, it's good to check at least once a year. Best time would be October/ November, so that you know your levels before the winter hits. If you are low at that point, you'll definitely want to supplement to support your immune system for the winter.

@@lowoxcoach thanks, will definitely check my levels before winter kicks in . Hoping to see some more health videos from ya,have a wonderful weekend 😀😊

Good for you! Sometimes, we have to make sure that our doctors are better informed, so that the next person gets better advice.

Lemon won't do much if what you want to do is "bind" oxalate. But if you took a mineral supplement with your tea (preferably a capsule which will break down relatively quickly and then be available in the intestines to bind oxalate), you might be able to get some benefits as you would get when taking tea with milk.

The way that people can dump is a bit of a mystery. I have seen people dump for a long time and have it be fairly constant. We don't really understand all the things which might affect how we dump. But regardless of how it's leaving the body, the idea is to develop a "tool kit" to support your journey.