How can I protect against oxalates? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #324

Question: How can I protect against oxalates?

Short Answer: Getting 300-400 mg calcium between food and supplements at each meal will minimize oxalate absorption. Maintaining postprandial urine pH in the 6.4-6.8 range by getting 3-5 grams of potassium per day from food or from organic acid salts such as potassium citrate will prevent its crystallization in the kidney. Reducing dietary oxalate will prevent any possible damage in the gut.

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•  Why Should Postprandial Glucose Be Kept Under 140 mg/dL?

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This snippet is from the April 12, 2023 AMA. The full recording and transcript is reserved for Masterpass members. Here is a preview of what's included:

• What Causes Hypercholesterolemia and Does It Matter?

• How to Reverse Coronary Calcification?

• How to do a comprehensive nutritional screening

• How long after eating improperly cooked egg whites should I wait to take biotin?

• Is the extrusion process as harmful as some claim?

• How long can one fast before micronutrient deficiencies become an issue?

• Do B vitamins compete with each other for absorption?

• Why is thirst a symptom of diabetes?

• Do I agree with Peter Attia that ApoB should be driven as low as pharmacologically possible?

• During a fast, does the body break down muscle?

• How do you rest and refeed your brain?

• Why would someone have high RBC magnesium but low serum magnesium?

• GLA deficiency?

• Should we eat for our ethnicity?

• How convincing are polyphenol studies?

• Can coronary calcium be driven by oxalate?

• Citrulline for vasodilation

• How to reduce catabolism

• Rapid-fire run-through of orphaned questions from the submission contest, including a detailed look at Nadia's thyroid numbers

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Chris Masterjohn, PhD, is the Founder and Scientific Director of the mitochondria test Mitome.