In my village, people make ‘saag’ by cooking spinach completely, and they eat it almost every alternate day in winters, and they’re the healthiest people I’ve ever known. Also, bcs it’s a traditional dish made by our ancestors, somehow I believe they knew more than us about nutrition since they fell sick less often and lived long, healthier lives! May be we’ll discover the secret in future!
True. He said Calcium will help reduce oxalate stone. He likes to get calcium from cheese. Maybe our ancestors knew this. That's why they mixed Indian cheese (paneer) with spinach and made Palak-paneer.
Very true! Have had kidney stones twice and they’re extremely painful! Slim and a healthy eater for all my life but ate spinach most days, also lots of fresh beetroot in my diet along with almonds and dark organic chocolate. Thought I was helping my body with great nutrients but was overloading with oxolate- what a painful lesson to learn! Pain makes you mindful people so take care and stay healthy. 🙂❤️
Yes but our body produces our own oxalate internally as a waste product. Without the alkalizing effects of fruits and veggies in our urine pH, we may have trouble getting rid of it.
You said it right 2000 %. Dr Berg is very generous to spread what he knows to public without expecting any monetary reward. God bless you Dr Berg and your entire family now and forever. You are definitely a good child of God, Our Creator. 🙏🙏🙏❤️👍👌🏻
Somewhere I remember reading that if you are craving chocolate, what your body really needs is magnesium and you should eat spinach, and I thought, "Well, that's no fun!"
yes, chocolate cravings may be due to lack of magnisium but the cocoa is super good for us, google it, the big problem with chocolate is added sugar, especially in milk chocolate. I eat dark chocolate, about 75 to 80 percent cocoa, super delicious, no health problem at all with that, it is so delicious with nuts, any nuts, my favorites might be hazel nuts but i do eat a wide variety of nuts, i try to choose nuts with lower carbs. I am diabetic type two and had no problems with this plus stopped my Metformin and Insulin the day i started IF, my fasting sugars are now about 6.0 ( UK ) and after eating it seems to stay fairly low too but i really don't eat many carbs, replaced grain bread with doctor bergs nutty bread recipe and found special but delicious noodles, here in china, with zero carbs and replaced potatoes with turnips and rutabaga for delicious, much like potato, it really tastes the same to me, love them grilled. Diabetes has gone away as a problem for me, plus related problems like painful feet, the feet took three weeks and i have lost loads of weights, will try to find the name of the noodles and add that here by tomorrow
I soak my store bought pre-washed Spinach for 30 minutes in tap water to get rid of pesticides. Then I boil/steam it for 3 to 4 minutes with garlic, green chilli (optional) and salt. Then I use a hard mixer to grind it, and "drink" my Spinach. Sometimes I add other steamed veggies in there too and it tastes like heaven.
When I was growing up my mom would put a bottle of vinegar on the table and encourage us to put it on almost every vegetable we had she said it would help so we don't get kidney stones I've never gotten a kidney stone to this day and I'm still putting vinegar on all my vegetables.
I've never done that ever and I've never had kidney stones to this day ever either... Kidney stones are not a common thing. There are some people whom are susceptible to them, but most of us are not. I love that your mom did that. It also prevent parasites which are more common than kidney Stones. Thanks for sharing this, I'm going to start doing it.
@@kirika20 White Vinegar is formaldehyde, which is used to embalm frogs and mice and other lab experiments. I think some people are embalmed with it if they're broke.
well im 53 and i have NEVER used vinegar on anything and ive never had kidney stones, so that doesnt prove anything, my older brother is 57 and he hasnt ever used vinegar on anything , he hates vinegar and he hasnt ever had a kindney stone, so that annalisis proves absolutely nothing lol
I love how Latin countries especially when eating raw leafy greens we put lemon and salt always. Because one it breaks down the fibers and make it more digestion friendly, lower the risks of goiters, and helps the thyroid 😄 now also the oxidation
Thank You for This! I use frozen spinach in my ninja sometimes. sometimes I use the spring mix in my ninja. I prefer to drink my salad.😊 I'm in my 4th day with Kito (been real nauseated) I'm trying out fasting for 13 hrs to see how I feel. So far My inflammation has started to leave my body!!!!! During the day I have this range of motion I have NOT had in a year or more!!! I have been Thanking The Lord!!! He Answers Prayers!!!!! Amen!
I ate spinach almost every day. Always felt good until I noticed i was always tired. Never got kidney stones but then I developed high iron. Been donating religiously and got my iron back to normal levels but I can see how it's good for people with low iron.
One should read Norman Walker on spinach juice .He says oxolic acid in the raw non-heated form is beneficial.He says when it is cooked is when the oxolic acid becomes inorganic and devitalized and forms crystals in the kidneys.
thank you Dr. Berg, I have been using your info with my diet. the thing I learned as a dirt farmer is to now try to replace what my soil is missing to make my vegetables work more in my favor/flavor. I dropped 50 lbs. a few years ago but couldn't get anymore off. now I'm back to losing about 3 lbs. a month which I believe is right where I want my weight loss to be. keep up the good work, you Sir are saving lives.
I have been eating spinach every day for 3 years. Literally every day. There are NO bad side effects, just good nutrition. No oxalate stones etc.... OK, I must admit my forearms are swelling up.
@@qutbuddinpiplodwala9873 Spinach is high in potassium, fiber, and calcium which both stop the formation of kidney stones so don't listen to these people until an actual study is done
I am moving and I am going to start new. Dr Berg my hope is… I would like a list of YOUR SUGGESTED PANTRY ITEMS. MAYBE IN YOUR SPARE TIME…. Could you provide a list of your suggested grocery list!!!!! You are the best. Since following you I have lost 90 lbs. never been this comfortable and satisfied….. changing my LIFESTYLE!!!!! You are a blessing to many. I tell people all the time. Get in and follow DR BERG!!!!!
I love raw organic spinach! I eat it at least once daily, usually as the "green" of my salad instead of lettuce. Luckily I'm not a sufferer of kidney stones so this was only good news for me. Thank you Dr Berg for the informative videos. Because of your advice and guidance I am now 35 pounds down! Keep the videos coming. And I love the videos with your lovely wife as well. Such yummy recipes!
Just a note on the Indian way of cooking spinach that you are referring to. Spinach varieties that grow in India are a lot more bitter and fibrous than the American variety so they need to be cooked for longer to be edible. They are generally a darker green too so that may be why it looks overcooked.
Thanks to letting it know here. I'm in Indian and I'm thinking I am eating all wrong. But there is truth to it we overcook foods to the extent that all nutrients are lost
In the summer I can often find lambs quarters, a "noxious weed". . I mention this because its a wild relative of spinach that has about 3 times the nutritional content making spinach look more like iceberg lettuce. Steaming for about 1 minute turns it from a less than spectacular fresh green to a luxurious cooked green, better than you can buy anyway. So I am quite sure the steaming does something to this wild herb in the spinach family. I can only imagine it must apply to spinach. Another interesting thing about this herb is that I find it growing around campfires, especially if in a sunny location. Found it near manure as well which is impressive given its acidic. So high nitrogen also seems to like. It seems to hate the forest floor as I never find it there. After putting wood ash in a bucket and finding this weed growing, and only this weed , I was impressed that it could grow at all growing almost in a bucket of lye. They were not thriving but boy was I impressed at it tolerance for high PH. That high PH BTW in the form of wood ash means the presence of minerals. So its no shock its so rich in nutrients. ..and yes it is high in Oxalates , higher than spinach so.... I have also fermented this weed to good success like one would do with grape leaves in Greek cuisine. So if I were to suggest a little wood ash for gardeners apt to grow spinach, especially in acid soils I would also agree that cooking it a bit seems in the case of the wild variety to do something to its palatability. However I find spinach annoying for its tendency to bolt. So now I just get the lambs quarters which is available for months in the summer by taking the tops of older plants.
Your channel is absolutely fantastic! I love watching your videos, I am a student of nutrition and I find the information you provide so valuable. Thank you!
I don't eat spinach or any high oxalate foods more than once or twice a week. Very important video. I don't think many people know this. I take a Call/Mg supplement fifteen minutes before eating a meal with medium or high oxalate. Thanks for the suggestion to eat cheese :) beforehand. 🌅
Great info Dr Berg! I would love to see a video on a what are the best things to eat/do when you're suffering from a cold, flu, bronchitis etc... thank you!
Great info! I eat spinach 3-4 times a week. I stopped eating raw spinach 18 years ago after having my gallbladder removed. Now I learn that I often overlook it, eliminating all the benefits. Ok, finally got it. Thank you for this and all the other videos.
I've had 2 kidney stones. The first one was horrible, taking about 4 days to pass through the ureter into the bladder. The stone disintegrated into a bloody sediment in the bladder thankfully which then allowed it to pass out easily. The second one was smaller (about 2mm) and I felt it pass through the ureter in about a minute or so. I still eat spinach occasionally but will take on board Dr Berg's advice here.
Every time I think I'm on the right track and eating healthy veggies I see a new video by Dr Berg telling me not to....ughh.... Guess I'll just stick to water...but if I look hard enough there's probably a good/bad video on that too.
That's why I think it's best to do your own research and not take the word of any one doctor. At least watch many different doctors to get different opinions. I doubt he really knows all the truth about oxalates.
@@haripk1 okay... let’s decode this.. Indians had been predominantly vegetarians for centuries, if they were killing all the nutrition then how did they survive for centuries? Don’t go by one dish.. Ayurveda system has tons of dishes customized to one’s body type.
Dr Berg you said if you cook spinach (or other vegetables) a lot, they have no nutrition left. But what if you add them to soups so you also eat the liquid in which they cooked? Would it be ok in that case to cook vegetables to the point that they are soft?
Cool vid as always... I really enjoyed the point about buying organic spinach. I used to buy the commercial spinach because fit the budget, but I was sooooo frustrated that I was not losing any weight. I switched to organic spinach as well as buying as much organic food as I can and I have been getting better results. I just wanted to add my 2 cents in case anyone missed how important that last line is as it relates to buying organic....
Hi doctor I'm a massive fan of yours, I wanted to know if it was okay to drink a blended juice shake of half jug water+ 200grams of spinach + 2/3 teaspoons of ACV+ 2 tablespoons of raw coconut oil+ 1 lemon or 2 limes and half teaspoon of Himalayan salt???? I'm a bit scared if I end up having any health issues as I'm planning to do this on the long term , Plz leave my a reply, thanks ever so much Dr
I love spinach and also chickory leaves. I sautay an onion in olive oil and some butter add tiny bit of garlic paste. Then i add the spinach let it wilt and combine season with salt and pepper and squeeze some lemon over it before eating. Tye vitamin c helps your body absorb the iron in the spinach.
Thank you thank you! I am learning so much from your videos! Can you please specify which vegetables we can and cannot eat in order to stay in ketosis??
I am one who suffered of kidney stones. I have had spinach in the last few day, and forgot about kidney stones. I'm glad I saw this video. I understand I can use the strategies shown in the video, but I think I'll try other leaves.
Thank you this great information, I was just saying this to my the exact thing two weeks ago. I remembered there was something wrong if you consume this all the time or else it would cause something. Know what about kale?
@LagiNaLangAko23 Cheese is extremely overrated and kinda nasty. How about just milk or yogurt in the dairy realm, along with a little butter and perhaps a smidgin of sour cream?
I just started taking spinach again this week, i laid off it because i was eating Kale more. Which out of the two the better one over the other Dr .Berg?
Thank you! I was gonna go on a spinach, diet, but after seeing this I'll stick to Big Mac's and Chicken Nuggets. I certainly won't get kidney stones from that..
Indian here, eating cooked spinach and watching this! Was surprised when u mentioned about Indian way of cooking spinach! I ll correct my method of cooking now
Oh my gosh! I love spinach and crave it! I love it steamed with butter!! Yum!! I also love it in juicing with Kale and lots of beets!! It’s the best!! After I drink my spinach, kale, beet juice I feel soooo good!! Such a feeling of authentic energy and well being!! It’s unreal!!
I was having stomach issues and I ate nothing but spinach for almost a year, and I felt so good and healthy! Never had any issues with kidney stones. Perhaps this could be an issue if you are consuming other foods too. Or perhaps it just depend on the person.
Hello and thanks for your videos... my question is, all my life I've been an occasional spinach eater...but lately (the last 6 months) I've had crazy cravings for steamed spinach...I'm in my early 60s, healthy, eyes aren't what they used to be, and I'm not as active as I once was (too many knee surgeries)....?? What in the world is going on? There are some days that I even feel anxious and on edge until I have spinach...what in the world is going on? Thanks
These spinach chips I've been making (prepping just like kale) are so good. Hopefully I'm not losing all the nutrients after baking for 8 minutes on 300°f.....😕
Curious as to if soaking spinach overnight in a water, vinegar and lemon bath helps with the oxalates? I mainly eat arugula and romaine. But would like to reintroduce spinach into my diet.
Dr Berg first of all I want to say your information is awesome I watch your videos all the time and find them very useful keep on doing what your doing☺ 2nd I wanted to get your opinion on the vital reds I have been hearing about I would honor your opinion over over any other Thank you!!☺
Somewhat anemic, inflammation, low amount of meat in my diet these days, so I crave spinach. Typical breakfast for me: spinach salad, vinegar dressing, citrus (grapefruit, lemon, lime, or orange), often with nuts or granola cereal in the salad; then a couple apples or pear, chocolate, black tea.
Dr. Berg, I love your videos, very informative! How much cheese per unit of spinach must be consumed to mitigate the formation of kidney stones due to oxalates?
@@williamwiewandt8917 Did you get an answer? Look up “Bioavailability of soluble oxalate from spinach eaten with and without milk products.” I’m thinking of sprinkling a couple teaspoons of calcium citrate onto my cooked spinach. The paper said there was 737 mg of soluble oxalate per 100mg spinach and I plan on eating 12 Oz (323 g) a day. One mg gram of calcium is predicted to offset 1 mg oxalate, but their high calcium dairy source has 500 mg calcium and significantly reduced oxalate increased, but not to 0%. The participants ate 100 mg spinach which still had 737 mg of free oxalates, so maybe a 1-to-1 ratio would be better.
Thank you doctor for your info....Being an Indian I knew spinach is overcooked in India...What is your prefer time of steaming or boiling the spinach ?
Yes I am waiting for that answer too. As an Indian I steam it for 3 to 4 minutes. Then I grind it spinach, chilli, salt and garlic mixture and "drink" my spinach.
Hi, isn't spinach supposed to be a great source of potassium? You listed it in your video for sources of potassium in place of bananas, but you make no mention of potassium here...
Yep. Spinach is high in potassium, fiber, and calcium which both stop the formation of kidney stones so don't listen to these people until an actual study is done
I read that cooked spinach is very high in potassium, but not sure if true. If so, definitely also a plus for heart health, especially since it has magnesium too.
lol yes we cook it and then grind it with chillies and garlic and then serve it with ghee on top. And yes your every single video is so simple and worth watching. Just amazing.
DR. BERG , thank you for your kindness to people like me. In one year I when from 135 pounds to 259 pound I don't eat meat, nothing sweet I don't like sweet at all . Try diet exercises is difficult for me on this wait but thank to you and following your advice I have all ready lose 9 pounds in two months , I will continue my diet and thank you again when all this weight is off my body for here. Thank you
We just know more, but we don't know everything. Chances are, if it comes from the Earth, and you see other people eating it with no issues, that's the stuff to eat. If its manufactured food, not just from the Earth, etc., it's going to be less nutritious than real food. If its farmed or from farmers that use harmful chemicals, etc. to maximize their harvest, that stuff ain't doing you any favors. That's all you really need to know...
yes, chocolate cravings may be due to lack of magnisium but the cocoa is super good for us, google it, the big problem with chocolate is added sugar, especially in milk chocolate. I eat dark chocolate, about 75 to 80 percent cocoa, super delicious, no health problem at all with that, it is so delicious with nuts, any nuts, my favorites might be hazel nuts but i do eat a wide variety of nuts, i try to choose nuts with lower carbs. I am diabetic type two and had no problems with this plus stopped my Metformin and Insulin the day i started IF, my fasting sugars are now about 6.0 ( UK ) and after eating it seems to stay fairly low too but i really don't eat many carbs, replaced grain bread with doctor bergs nutty bread recipe and found special but delicious noodles, here in china, with zero carbs and replaced potatoes with turnips and rutabaga for delicious, much like potato, it really tastes the same to me, love them grilled. Diabetes has gone away as a problem for me, plus related problems like painful feet, the feet took three weeks and i have lost loads of weights, will try to find the name of the noodles and add that here by tomorrow
He did mention that. I believe he also mentioned that adding some lemon would help to break it down. I really enjoy fresh spinach. I feel sooooooo much better after I eat it. I can't stand cooked spinach though. Ugh! It's so nasty. And the cooked kind of spinach can be poisonous for children. There is something in it that most kids can't break down. I can't remember what it is though. Bummer. It is something to research though.
I’m allergic to spinach , had a horrible reaction , flushing, rapid heartbeat, felt like body on fire , horrible indigestion, heartburn , etc etc. Doctors told me it was allergies to spinach but also spinach is very very high in salicylic acid. That cause my reaction too
I'm starting to drink spinach/strawberries juice a day. And kale juice the other day. Since i dont eat veggies regularly. And the reason for strawberries with spinach because it has vitamin C which help iron absorption
Thanks for Another amazing Video Dr Berg. and by the way I live in Australia and I Ordered some of your electrolyte powder and I have receive it. and it taste Amazing!! very Refreshing and I love the way it has 1000mg of Potassium in it so if any is thinking of buying it go for it. because it really does taste Amazing!
is it better to eat it raw or cooked because many videos don't give me a straight answer can u please tell me, btw is it dangerous to eat it raw as many videos say it is bad for ur health??
Jessica Davis Thank you for asking this questions. I read and saw so many videos and blogs that said not to eat raw spinach . Now, I’m so paranoid about it that I lightly blanched my spinach ( in a semi cooked state ) before I add them into my smoothie. Dr, Berg does not answer these doubts ! Uurrrrr :-(
I live in a place where lemons are not available but limes are plentiful. Can lime be substituted for lemons to mitigate the negative aspects of spinach?
Correct. A lot of plants contain chemicals that are intended to paralyze an insect. Like Beans for example. If you eat beans raw you can die. But they're a wonderful food for humans full of benefits when you cook them. The invention of fire allowed to eat a much wider variety of plant foods. Foods that our body cannot break down or assimilate the nutrients from unless we heat or cook them to break down the tough plant cell walls unlocking the nutrients. I dont see why this would be any different for some greens like spinach. Traditionally greens were added to soups. The people knew what to do with it.
Been eating spinach for 50+ years and doing fine.
Dr. Berg stated that people who are predisposed to kidney stones should be cautious. I guess that everyone else should be ok.
You must be Popeye. LOL!
Me too!
Probs been eating lemon without realising.
@@gullybop1695 Hahaha
In my village, people make ‘saag’ by cooking spinach completely, and they eat it almost every alternate day in winters, and they’re the healthiest people I’ve ever known. Also, bcs it’s a traditional dish made by our ancestors, somehow I believe they knew more than us about nutrition since they fell sick less often and lived long, healthier lives! May be we’ll discover the secret in future!
Saag khaite he re launda
Saag paneer 😋
True. He said Calcium will help reduce oxalate stone. He likes to get calcium from cheese. Maybe our ancestors knew this. That's why they mixed Indian cheese (paneer) with spinach and made Palak-paneer.
Yes. Saag paneer and palak paneer are very healthy
Anti nutrients in spinach are reduced by 60-70% by steaming, so this makes sense.
I love this guy, he doesn't simply say "This food is bad. Period." He objectively explains the details. God bless you sir. 🥰👍🏻☺️
Very true! Have had kidney stones twice and they’re extremely painful! Slim and a healthy eater for all my life but ate spinach most days, also lots of fresh beetroot in my diet along with almonds and dark organic chocolate. Thought I was helping my body with great nutrients but was overloading with oxolate- what a painful lesson to learn! Pain makes you mindful people so take care and stay healthy. 🙂❤️
Isn't beetroot good ?
Have to sift through other foods as well.
Variety is the spice of life!
Yes but our body produces our own oxalate internally as a waste product. Without the alkalizing effects of fruits and veggies in our urine pH, we may have trouble getting rid of it.
The only things left safe to eat anymore is water and raw kale.
Raw kale has its drawbacks too as stated in an older vid
Matowix Look up. See the Chem trails. All your food grown outside is contaminated with nanoparticles
Most water is full of poisons too. 🤓
you cant even breath the air without getting cancer anymore it seems
Raw Curly Kale is very high in Oxalates. So that is not the best option. The dino kale has far less oxalates.
This guys degree isn't what makes him a good doctor. It's his willingness to spread what he knows with no guarantee of a reward. GBH.
Well said and that my friend is exactly why he’s so successful.
You said it right 2000 %. Dr Berg is very generous to spread what he knows to public without expecting any monetary reward. God bless you Dr Berg and your entire family now and forever. You are definitely a good child of God, Our Creator. 🙏🙏🙏❤️👍👌🏻
Dr. Berg sucks
@@beatrizmasacayan1575 AMEN.
Somewhere I remember reading that if you are craving chocolate, what your body really needs is magnesium and you should eat spinach, and I thought, "Well, that's no fun!"
Melanie Gibson Its definately not fun but really good to know :)
Sounds good to me...i love spinach and hate chocolate.
I drink it . put a glass of milk in a blender ,half a banana, and a handful of spinach . it should be cold.
yes, chocolate cravings may be due to lack of magnisium but the cocoa is super good for us, google it, the big problem with chocolate is added sugar, especially in milk chocolate. I eat dark chocolate, about 75 to 80 percent cocoa, super delicious, no health problem at all with that, it is so delicious with nuts, any nuts, my favorites might be hazel nuts but i do eat a wide variety of nuts, i try to choose nuts with lower carbs. I am diabetic type two and had no problems with this plus stopped my Metformin and Insulin the day i started IF, my fasting sugars are now about 6.0 ( UK ) and after eating it seems to stay fairly low too but i really don't eat many carbs, replaced grain bread with doctor bergs nutty bread recipe and found special but delicious noodles, here in china, with zero carbs and replaced potatoes with turnips and rutabaga for delicious, much like potato, it really tastes the same to me, love them grilled. Diabetes has gone away as a problem for me, plus related problems like painful feet, the feet took three weeks and i have lost loads of weights, will try to find the name of the noodles and add that here by tomorrow
Not magnesium but potassium actually, and not just chocolate but sugar
I soak my store bought pre-washed Spinach for 30 minutes in tap water to get rid of pesticides. Then I boil/steam it for 3 to 4 minutes with garlic, green chilli (optional) and salt. Then I use a hard mixer to grind it, and "drink" my Spinach. Sometimes I add other steamed veggies in there too and it tastes like heaven.
When I was growing up my mom would put a bottle of vinegar on the table and encourage us to put it on almost every vegetable we had she said it would help so we don't get kidney stones I've never gotten a kidney stone to this day and I'm still putting vinegar on all my vegetables.
I've never done that ever and I've never had kidney stones to this day ever either... Kidney stones are not a common thing. There are some people whom are susceptible to them, but most of us are not. I love that your mom did that. It also prevent parasites which are more common than kidney Stones. Thanks for sharing this, I'm going to start doing it.
is the vinegar White vinegar ir apple cider vinegar?
@@kirika20 white seems better.
@@kirika20
White Vinegar is formaldehyde, which is used to embalm frogs and mice and other lab experiments. I think some people are embalmed with it if they're broke.
well im 53 and i have NEVER used vinegar on anything and ive never had kidney stones, so that doesnt prove anything, my older brother is 57 and he hasnt ever used vinegar on anything , he hates vinegar and he hasnt ever had a kindney stone, so that annalisis proves absolutely nothing lol
I love how Latin countries especially when eating raw leafy greens we put lemon and salt always. Because one it breaks down the fibers and make it more digestion friendly, lower the risks of goiters, and helps the thyroid 😄 now also the oxidation
Thank You for This! I use frozen spinach in my ninja sometimes.
sometimes I use the spring mix in my ninja.
I prefer to drink my salad.😊
I'm in my 4th day with Kito (been real nauseated)
I'm trying out fasting for 13 hrs to see how I feel. So far My inflammation has started to leave my body!!!!! During the day I have this range of motion I have NOT had in a year or more!!!
I have been Thanking The Lord!!! He Answers Prayers!!!!! Amen!
That’s awesome! Small victories lead to bigger victories. And He IS good!
I eat spinach for the rubiscolin. It gets me high.
amen
I ate spinach almost every day. Always felt good until I noticed i was always tired. Never got kidney stones but then I developed high iron. Been donating religiously and got my iron back to normal levels but I can see how it's good for people with low iron.
It's the rubiscolin that makes you feel so good! Look it up.
I ate spinach salad daily during the pandemic 😷
Don't eat "superfoods" daily. Or most nutrient dense foods. These foods should be eaten a few times a week, like 3 times. It's about balance.
High iron might be from low copper
One should read Norman Walker on spinach juice .He says oxolic acid in the raw non-heated form is beneficial.He says when it is cooked is when the oxolic acid becomes inorganic and devitalized and forms crystals in the kidneys.
That’s really interesting. Thank you for sharing. I’d like to look into that
thank you Dr. Berg, I have been using your info with my diet. the thing I learned as a dirt farmer is to now try to replace what my soil is missing to make my vegetables work more in my favor/flavor. I dropped 50 lbs. a few years ago but couldn't get anymore off. now I'm back to losing about 3 lbs. a month which I believe is right where I want my weight loss to be. keep up the good work, you Sir are saving lives.
I have been eating spinach every day for 3 years. Literally every day. There are NO bad side effects, just good nutrition. No oxalate stones etc.... OK, I must admit my forearms are swelling up.
be careful all that oa can cause arthritis
It is for those who have stone issues. So other than them awesome it is.
@@qutbuddinpiplodwala9873 Spinach is high in potassium, fiber, and calcium which both stop the formation of kidney stones so don't listen to these people until an actual study is done
You should consider the potassium citrate if it's still pretty bad
Are you turning into Popeye 🤣🤣
I am moving and I am going to start new. Dr Berg my hope is… I would like a list of YOUR SUGGESTED PANTRY ITEMS. MAYBE IN YOUR SPARE TIME…. Could you provide a list of your suggested grocery list!!!!! You are the best. Since following you I have lost 90 lbs. never been this comfortable and satisfied….. changing my LIFESTYLE!!!!! You are a blessing to many. I tell people all the time. Get in and follow DR BERG!!!!!
Hello. Please see here my food list: www.drberg.com/ketosis-approved-foods
My favorite salad is raw baby spinach and arugula, French feta, and olive oil/lemon juice dressing. Couldn't be more delicious!
I love raw organic spinach! I eat it at least once daily, usually as the "green" of my salad instead of lettuce. Luckily I'm not a sufferer of kidney stones so this was only good news for me. Thank you Dr Berg for the informative videos. Because of your advice and guidance I am now 35 pounds down! Keep the videos coming. And I love the videos with your lovely wife as well. Such yummy recipes!
kidney stones disease risk 2 times higher in men than women. So you dont need to worry that much.
@@PurpleRhino1388 oh lord
Can u just explain how you take it
I mean in breakfast or other as a 🥗 salad tell me the right time to take it plz i really need it
@@PurpleRhino1388
My sister got stones every time she got pregnant. (8 times). She died at 48.
You can tell you eat it daily because you're beautiful.
"don't eat cooked vegetables" "don't eat raw vegetables" Quiet! I'm just tryna eat my veggies in peace!
lol :D
So true, 😂
🤣 same girl
Yeah i 100% agree
❤
Just a note on the Indian way of cooking spinach that you are referring to. Spinach varieties that grow in India are a lot more bitter and fibrous than the American variety so they need to be cooked for longer to be edible. They are generally a darker green too so that may be why it looks overcooked.
I think so too. It’s super healthy even though it’s overcooked.
Thanks to letting it know here. I'm in Indian and I'm thinking I am eating all wrong. But there is truth to it we overcook foods to the extent that all nutrients are lost
Do you think that the calcium from 30-50g shredded mozzarella cheese would be enough to counteract the oxalates in
In the summer I can often find lambs quarters, a "noxious weed". . I mention this because its a wild relative of spinach that has about 3 times the nutritional content making spinach look more like iceberg lettuce. Steaming for about 1 minute turns it from a less than spectacular fresh green to a luxurious cooked green, better than you can buy anyway. So I am quite sure the steaming does something to this wild herb in the spinach family. I can only imagine it must apply to spinach. Another interesting thing about this herb is that I find it growing around campfires, especially if in a sunny location. Found it near manure as well which is impressive given its acidic. So high nitrogen also seems to like. It seems to hate the forest floor as I never find it there. After putting wood ash in a bucket and finding this weed growing, and only this weed , I was impressed that it could grow at all growing almost in a bucket of lye. They were not thriving but boy was I impressed at it tolerance for high PH. That high PH BTW in the form of wood ash means the presence of minerals. So its no shock its so rich in nutrients. ..and yes it is high in Oxalates , higher than spinach so.... I have also fermented this weed to good success like one would do with grape leaves in Greek cuisine.
So if I were to suggest a little wood ash for gardeners apt to grow spinach, especially in acid soils I would also agree that cooking it a bit seems in the case of the wild variety to do something to its palatability. However I find spinach annoying for its tendency to bolt. So now I just get the lambs quarters which is available for months in the summer by taking the tops of older plants.
Your channel is absolutely fantastic! I love watching your videos, I am a student of nutrition and I find the information you provide so valuable. Thank you!
Stephanie Oswald gye how r u I think fine hope so ?
I don't eat spinach or any high oxalate foods more than once or twice a week. Very important video. I don't think many people know this. I take a Call/Mg supplement fifteen minutes before eating a meal with medium or high oxalate. Thanks for the suggestion to eat cheese :) beforehand. 🌅
Great info Dr Berg! I would love to see a video on a what are the best things to eat/do when you're suffering from a cold, flu, bronchitis etc... thank you!
Smash a clove of garlic and put it in a spoonful of honey. You'll get relief right away.
Is there anything, which you say is good to eat ?
Great info! I eat spinach 3-4 times a week. I stopped eating raw spinach 18 years ago after having my gallbladder removed. Now I learn that I often overlook it, eliminating all the benefits. Ok, finally got it. Thank you for this and all the other videos.
Overlook or overcook? How long do you usually cook the spinach?
I've had 2 kidney stones. The first one was horrible, taking about 4 days to pass through the ureter into the bladder. The stone disintegrated into a bloody sediment in the bladder thankfully which then allowed it to pass out easily. The second one was smaller (about 2mm) and I felt it pass through the ureter in about a minute or so. I still eat spinach occasionally but will take on board Dr Berg's advice here.
Every time I think I'm on the right track and eating healthy veggies I see a new video by Dr Berg telling me not to....ughh.... Guess I'll just stick to water...but if I look hard enough there's probably a good/bad video on that too.
Jonathan Richey Well, if you're on about TAP water....😜
That's why I think it's best to do your own research and not take the word of any one doctor. At least watch many different doctors to get different opinions. I doubt he really knows all the truth about oxalates.
I'm about to have a diet of only water and only air because I'm fucking tired of everything
Jonathan Richey he also said too much water is also not healthy so you are pretty much on air to survive rip
@@drtgyjk Gosh XDD Kill me alredy
An Indian here. I was thinking about how spinach is cooked in my house, and all of a sudden Dr. Berg said that he went to an Indian restaurant!!
Well, don’t be surprised; Indians produce the best foods.
Yeah right.. The food maybe delicious but indians destroy its value with overcooking
@@haripk1 okay... let’s decode this.. Indians had been predominantly vegetarians for centuries, if they were killing all the nutrition then how did they survive for centuries? Don’t go by one dish.. Ayurveda system has tons of dishes customized to one’s body type.
Palak Saag with Makkai ki Rotti and Lassi! :D
According to the vedeo Palak Paneer (Spinach with calcium) is very good which in consumed here in India almost on everyday basis.
I said the bad news first but ok...😂
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Same😊
Dr Berg you said if you cook spinach (or other vegetables) a lot, they have no nutrition left. But what if you add them to soups so you also eat the liquid in which they cooked? Would it be ok in that case to cook vegetables to the point that they are soft?
Cool vid as always... I really enjoyed the point about buying organic spinach. I used to buy the commercial spinach because fit the budget, but I was sooooo frustrated that I was not losing any weight. I switched to organic spinach as well as buying as much organic food as I can and I have been getting better results. I just wanted to add my 2 cents in case anyone missed how important that last line is as it relates to buying organic....
You’re gonna have to add a lot more than two cents if you wanna go organic, my man.
Hi doctor I'm a massive fan of yours, I wanted to know if it was okay to drink a blended juice shake of half jug water+
200grams of spinach + 2/3 teaspoons of ACV+ 2 tablespoons of raw coconut oil+ 1 lemon or 2 limes and half teaspoon of Himalayan salt????
I'm a bit scared if I end up having any health issues as I'm planning to do this on the long term , Plz leave my a reply, thanks ever so much Dr
Since watching this video I have been steaming my spinach leaves. Thx Doc.
I love spinach and also chickory leaves. I sautay an onion in olive oil and some butter add tiny bit of garlic paste. Then i add the spinach let it wilt and combine season with salt and pepper and squeeze some lemon over it before eating. Tye vitamin c helps your body absorb the iron in the spinach.
Thank you thank you! I am learning so much from your videos! Can you please specify which vegetables we can and cannot eat in order to stay in ketosis??
I am one who suffered of kidney stones. I have had spinach in the last few day, and forgot about kidney stones. I'm glad I saw this video. I understand I can use the strategies shown in the video, but I think I'll try other leaves.
Thank you this great information, I was just saying this to my the exact thing two weeks ago. I remembered there was something wrong if you consume this all the time or else it would cause something. Know what about kale?
So vitamins and minerals are sensitive to heat ?
I started eating spinach at least 3 times a week. I feel like it helps me burp out excessive gas and reduces my bloating 😀
That's why east indian ppl eat Yogurt with Spinach/Cruciferous veggies. Oxalates
bind to calcium
Or they do it for both reasons! Lol! 😊 👍
They also over cooked their sag to a diarrhea like baby food. 👎🏾
Or that fabulous dish we were told not to eat any more because it was bad for us: creamed spinach
CaliforniaPickin that's why I think nearly all western have some kind of allergy 😁
@LagiNaLangAko23 Cheese is extremely overrated and kinda nasty. How about just milk or yogurt in the dairy realm, along with a little butter and perhaps a smidgin of sour cream?
Watching this video having my large lunch salad...packed with spinach! Never had a kidney stone and love spinach.
Add lemon in your diet
I just started taking spinach again this week, i laid off it because i was eating Kale more. Which out of the two the better one over the other Dr .Berg?
Thank you! I was gonna go on a spinach, diet, but after seeing this I'll stick to Big Mac's and Chicken Nuggets. I certainly won't get kidney stones from that..
I'm dead 😂😂😂👌
Lmao 🤣 right now eating to healthy is bad too. Enjoy your Big Mac
LOL good point
Indian here, eating cooked spinach and watching this! Was surprised when u mentioned about Indian way of cooking spinach! I ll correct my method of cooking now
I love spinach so much, my #1 vegetable.I usually eat it with mozzarella and eggs.I think its benefits far outweigh the cons.
Same!!!
i usually warm my food up and then pour it over the spinach which wilts it a bit and tastes so good!
I just wish i had a trader Jo's where i live. It would be organic Food heaven!
Oh my gosh! I love spinach and crave it!
I love it steamed with butter!! Yum!! I also love it in juicing with Kale and lots of beets!! It’s the best!! After I drink my spinach, kale, beet juice I feel soooo good!! Such a feeling of authentic energy and well being!! It’s unreal!!
Try in cheese sandwich
Spinach is fine. Eat it.
If I want to use calcium supplement, which calcium is good to prevent from calcium oxalate?
Dr Berg please can you do something about melasma?
Thank's for this helpfull video. U say dont steam to much, so how many time i should steam them to get the best of it ?
I was having stomach issues and I ate nothing but spinach for almost a year, and I felt so good and healthy! Never had any issues with kidney stones. Perhaps this could be an issue if you are consuming other foods too. Or perhaps it just depend on the person.
Spinach have high oxalates, that's why your kidney stones.
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Hello and thanks for your videos... my question is, all my life I've been an occasional spinach eater...but lately (the last 6 months) I've had crazy cravings for steamed spinach...I'm in my early 60s, healthy, eyes aren't what they used to be, and I'm not as active as I once was (too many knee surgeries)....?? What in the world is going on? There are some days that I even feel anxious and on edge until I have spinach...what in the world is going on? Thanks
These spinach chips I've been making (prepping just like kale) are so good. Hopefully I'm not losing all the nutrients after baking for 8 minutes on 300°f.....😕
Hello doctor! Can I please know if having powdered spinach then should we add lemon or boil it to decrease the oxalate level?
Thanks doc for mentioning Indian way of cooking spinach, I am Indian, will make sure it does get over cooked
Curious as to if soaking spinach overnight in a water, vinegar and lemon bath helps with the oxalates?
I mainly eat arugula and romaine. But would like to reintroduce spinach into my diet.
Did my doctors at the V.A. tell me any of this after my kidney stone operation? No, of course not.
Thank you Dr Berg!!
Those doctors 🥼 take lavish exotic vacays
You have no idea
Beets for dissolving stones
You recommend adding lemon to neutralize the oxalate in spinach, I'm wondering if apple cider vinegar will do the same
Dr Berg
first of all I want to say your information is awesome
I watch your videos all the time and find them very useful
keep on doing what your doing☺ 2nd I wanted to get your opinion on the vital reds I have been hearing about
I would honor your opinion over over any other Thank you!!☺
Somewhat anemic, inflammation, low amount of meat in my diet these days, so I crave spinach. Typical breakfast for me: spinach salad, vinegar dressing, citrus (grapefruit, lemon, lime, or orange), often with nuts or granola cereal in the salad; then a couple apples or pear, chocolate, black tea.
It doesn't matter what I eat, someone's bound to say it's bad for me.
So how long should it be steamed? Thanks.
Well blow me down! Can you do one on Collard Greens, Kale and Swiss Chard...why not broccoli while you are at it
Dr Berg. What are your views on drinking black coffee? How much is too much?
You should talk about goitrogens. Thanks for your great info as always!
Thanks dr Eric berg. Can you please make video about the ketosis diet and muscle body building??
Dr. Berg, I love your videos, very informative! How much cheese per unit of spinach must be consumed to mitigate the formation of kidney stones due to oxalates?
You will never get an answer
@@hankbellows after 4 years,? No.
@@williamwiewandt8917 Did you get an answer? Look up “Bioavailability of soluble oxalate from spinach eaten with and without milk products.” I’m thinking of sprinkling a couple teaspoons of calcium citrate onto my cooked spinach. The paper said there was 737 mg of soluble oxalate per 100mg spinach and I plan on eating 12 Oz (323 g) a day. One mg gram of calcium is predicted to offset 1 mg oxalate, but their high calcium dairy source has 500 mg calcium and significantly reduced oxalate increased, but not to 0%. The participants ate 100 mg spinach which still had 737 mg of free oxalates, so maybe a 1-to-1 ratio would be better.
FWIU (From What I Understand): Oxalates are very heat stable and will not reduce the actual oxalate count in a given leaf or batch.
I learn so much from from your videos. Thank you.
Im doing keto without any dairy as i had breast cancer so what is best way to get my calcium? I do take whole food vit and mineral supplement
Thank you doctor for your info....Being an Indian I knew spinach is overcooked in India...What is your prefer time of steaming or boiling the spinach ?
Yes I am waiting for that answer too. As an Indian I steam it for 3 to 4 minutes. Then I grind it spinach, chilli, salt and garlic mixture and "drink" my spinach.
I have an random question, I started a keto diet and I wanted to know how frequent I should exercise
Hi, isn't spinach supposed to be a great source of potassium? You listed it in your video for sources of potassium in place of bananas, but you make no mention of potassium here...
Liolia
Please replay the video
Fettuccine linguine Lamborghini
Yep. Spinach is high in potassium, fiber, and calcium which both stop the formation of kidney stones so don't listen to these people until an actual study is done
I read that cooked spinach is very high in potassium, but not sure if true. If so, definitely also a plus for heart health, especially since it has magnesium too.
lol yes we cook it and then grind it with chillies and garlic and then serve it with ghee on top. And yes your every single video is so simple and worth watching. Just amazing.
Indian saag is delicious! :-)
why ghee? I don't think that has much calcium
DR. BERG , thank you for your kindness to people like me. In one year I when from 135 pounds to 259 pound I don't eat meat, nothing sweet I don't like sweet at all . Try diet exercises is difficult for me on this wait but thank to you and following your advice I have all ready lose 9 pounds in two months , I will continue my diet and thank you again when all this weight is off my body for here. Thank you
Dear Lord what is good for you. Lol
Casey Conner I know right
We just know more, but we don't know everything. Chances are, if it comes from the Earth, and you see other people eating it with no issues, that's the stuff to eat. If its manufactured food, not just from the Earth, etc., it's going to be less nutritious than real food. If its farmed or from farmers that use harmful chemicals, etc. to maximize their harvest, that stuff ain't doing you any favors. That's all you really need to know...
Nothing.... even the air we breathe is unhealthy.
Spaniach isnt good for you plus its acidic. Moringa is good for you and filled with lots of minerals
@Suzukisan Spinach actually help generate calcium oxalate which drain calcium from our body...
Is it good idea to boil spinach for a minute and gently squeeze it to get rid of oxalic acid? I learned this way from my grandma. Thank you.
I've been eating a lot of spinach lately. I eat the stem too.
dude i eat it raw every morning , i think you got to eat ALOT for it to affect you negatively the way he is talking about
+azaz z -- I agree except some people just have a different body makeup and can't tolerate it at all.
The other thing he forgot to mention is fluid intake. The more you're being hydrated, the less likely you'll be affected by it.
🤣 now your dead.. according to this Dr.
@@nat0106951 LOL!!
yes, chocolate cravings may be due to lack of magnisium but the cocoa is super good for us, google it, the big problem with chocolate is added sugar, especially in milk chocolate. I eat dark chocolate, about 75 to 80 percent cocoa, super delicious, no health problem at all with that, it is so delicious with nuts, any nuts, my favorites might be hazel nuts but i do eat a wide variety of nuts, i try to choose nuts with lower carbs. I am diabetic type two and had no problems with this plus stopped my Metformin and Insulin the day i started IF, my fasting sugars are now about 6.0 ( UK ) and after eating it seems to stay fairly low too but i really don't eat many carbs, replaced grain bread with doctor bergs nutty bread recipe and found special but delicious noodles, here in china, with zero carbs and replaced potatoes with turnips and rutabaga for delicious, much like potato, it really tastes the same to me, love them grilled. Diabetes has gone away as a problem for me, plus related problems like painful feet, the feet took three weeks and i have lost loads of weights, will try to find the name of the noodles and add that here by tomorrow
wouldn't the high calcium content in spinach offset the oxalates?
CONNIE HAWKINS that's exactly what I'm thinking!
He did mention that. I believe he also mentioned that adding some lemon would help to break it down. I really enjoy fresh spinach. I feel sooooooo much better after I eat it. I can't stand cooked spinach though. Ugh! It's so nasty. And the cooked kind of spinach can be poisonous for children. There is something in it that most kids can't break down. I can't remember what it is though. Bummer. It is something to research though.
BeardedBarley1 I'm sure I've read that cooking spinach actually increases the iron, but he says cooking kills EVERYTHING 🤔
yes. Most foods high in oxalates happen to be high in calcium. Nature has it all figured out.
BeardedBarley1 I drink lemon War first and den av spinach smoothie.. Wud that be fine?!
I’m allergic to spinach , had a horrible reaction , flushing, rapid heartbeat, felt like body on fire , horrible indigestion, heartburn , etc etc. Doctors told me it was allergies to spinach but also spinach is very very high in salicylic acid. That cause my reaction too
I love these short informational videos!
I'm starting to drink spinach/strawberries juice a day. And kale juice the other day. Since i dont eat veggies regularly. And the reason for strawberries with spinach because it has vitamin C which help iron absorption
1:33 I'm an Indian and I can relate 😂
Me too😆😆
Ha ha.... Exactly palak panner... !!
Very very very nice of you to call out the bad side of things
Thanks for Another amazing Video Dr Berg. and by the way I live in Australia and I Ordered some of your electrolyte powder and I have receive it. and it taste Amazing!! very Refreshing and I love the way it has 1000mg of Potassium in it so if any is thinking of buying it go for it. because it really does taste Amazing!
Hi Dr Berg, does Spinich increase the possibility of gout attacks or does it have Low or no ‘prurines ’
very informative as usual. ... but I miss your black board and colorful writing.
is it better to eat it raw or cooked because many videos don't give me a straight answer can u please tell me, btw is it dangerous to eat it raw as many videos say it is bad for ur health??
Jessica Davis Thank you for asking this questions. I read and saw so many videos and blogs that said not to eat raw spinach . Now, I’m so paranoid about it that I lightly blanched my spinach ( in a semi cooked state ) before I add them into my smoothie. Dr, Berg does not answer these doubts ! Uurrrrr :-(
Listen Dr., I'm not getting rid of my spinach they make smoothies soluble and delicious. I will figure this out on other side🦁👑😁💯😭
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I live in a place where lemons are not available but limes are plentiful. Can lime be substituted for lemons to mitigate the negative aspects of spinach?
What about kale?
Dino kale (Lacinto) is lower in oxalate than regular kale.
Eat two handfuls of spinach every morning in a smoothie can eat cheese. What could I add as calcium?
There is always a catch even with healthy food
Correct. A lot of plants contain chemicals that are intended to paralyze an insect. Like Beans for example. If you eat beans raw you can die. But they're a wonderful food for humans full of benefits when you cook them. The invention of fire allowed to eat a much wider variety of plant foods. Foods that our body cannot break down or assimilate the nutrients from unless we heat or cook them to break down the tough plant cell walls unlocking the nutrients. I dont see why this would be any different for some greens like spinach. Traditionally greens were added to soups. The people knew what to do with it.
When it's our time it's our time.
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Thanks bro, just started eating healthy and I’ll keep the lemon thing in mind in the future!!