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A “healthy” green smoothie sent a woman to PERMANENT DIALYSIS — IN JUST 10 DAYS. Biopsy showed her kidneys had been crystallizing themselves TO DEATH. it’s called acute oxalate nephropathy. raw spinach → 500-1,000mg oxalate per serving → plasma oxalate 3x → crystals deposit in kidney tubules → kidneys fail. a single 100g serving pushes urinary oxalate to levels seen in primary hyperoxaluria — a genetic kidney disease. you don’t have the disease. your smoothie produces the same urinary load. three peer-reviewed cases. AJKD, Cureus, Case Reports in Nephrology. all on dialysis. all from green smoothies. all had risk factors — gastric bypass, CKD, diabetes. their kidneys were functioning when they started. if you take NSAIDs daily, are diabetic, have had a kidney stone, or have had gastric bypass — you’re closer to the edge than you think. your dietitian will tell you to eat more greens — I won’t.
