People here, are in the heat about 8 months
out of the year. Dehydration at the kidney level tends to form crystals of
ionic electrolyte minerals we process daily, like calcium, uric acid, and
cysteine, the products of metabolism that our bodies excrete regularly, the
biggest of these being calcium. But what's interesting, is it really isn't the
calcium that's the culprit in most kidney stones. It's another salting agent we
call oxalic acid. And when it acts on calcium it becomes the salt, calcium
oxalate. Oxylates are a huge component of €greens€. Very popular in the south,
collard, spinach, mustard greens, and even Polk salad are full of the stuff.
Moreover, a well indulged product of southern living, €iced tea€, is packed
with this salt. The result is a lot of excruciating back pain and kidney
disease induced by lifestyle, and climate. The southern states are well known
harbors of kidney stone disease, Arizona being number one.
So why is it happening everywhere now? The
twenty first century lifestyle is the likely culprit. Consider that we are a
people on the constant move. More mobile than ever, we are not tethered to our
walls or desks with our telephones anymore. Even information is mobile, we
carry our phones and the ever-present internet with us everywhere. With this,
we reach for quick fixes when we're not wired in, or maybe I should say,
wirelesses in.
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