Medical Medium Podcast

104 Oxalate Fear: Trendy Health Traps

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Sinopsis

These days, the health and wellness industry really isn’t much better than it was years ago, especially when it comes to the chronically ill getting the help they need for healing. Some aspects have improved, but for the most part it’s still the same old sea of confusion out there. Carb-free diets, milk cleanses, meat only diets, extreme water fasting, bone broth cleanses, intermittent fasting, eat-what-you-want diets, trendy supplements filled with natural flavors, or supplements that are just toxic in general...the list goes on and on. It’s a wonder how the chronically ill can find their way through it all. And then there’s the good ole Oxalate Theory that peaks its ugly head out every five years and torments the people who are already tormented by what ails them. There are a few reasons why oxalate fear is still here and it’s the same reasons so many other fads and trends of health are still here: it’s marketing, PR campaigns, shock and awe strategies based on fear, and to this day, no one really knows why