Monday, August 31, 2020
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Eye Pain
Eyes: Similasan homeopathy eye drop from Whole Foods or Amazon is beneficial.
Not
sure what kind of eye pain you mean. I used to wake up, middle of
night, feeling like daggers in my eyes (sometimes one or the other,
sometimes both). Called my doctor who felt it was corneal edema and
recommended Muro 128 5% solution (not gel) to be used every night at
bedtime. He said it was basically saline solution. Bottle says sodium
chloride hypertonicity. (Hopefully, not high oxalate) Luckily, he warned
me that it burns. Haven't had a problem since. Not sure if this is the
same issue you are having.
When my eyes feel like they are burning, I get relief from Zaditor.
L-Arginine
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I used to wake up, middle of night, feeling like daggers in my eyes (sometimes one or the other, sometimes both). Called my doctor who felt it was corneal edema and recommended Muro 128 5% solution (not gel) to be used every night at bedtime. He said it was basically saline solution. Bottle says sodium chloride hypertonicity. (Hopefully, not high oxalate) Luckily, he warned me that it burns. Haven't had a problem since. Not sure if this is the same issue you are having.
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Red light therapy with my eyes opened. Cool compress. MSM and NAC drops.
Dealing with Dumping Symptoms
Homeopathy Silicea: for any dumping symptoms Silicea 30 works like a charm.
Supplements for a Low Oxalate Diet
Supplements that may help a person following a low oxalate diet:
o Antihistamine
Oxalate may cause histamine release so this counters that. Do not use an antihistamine formula that includes a decongestant.
o Arginine
Important for replenishing nitrous oxide that helps to reduce oxidative damage from oxalates. It also reduces the risk of stone formation, by curtailing free radicals and is good for pain management. Good brands are Pure Encapsulations, Thorne Research, and NOW Foods. Keep separate from Lysine.
o Biotin
Biotin-dependent enzymes can be disabled by high levels of oxalate, even when biotin is not deficient, because oxalate tangles with the movement of biotin within the enzyme structure. Good brands are NOW Foods and Vitamin Shoppe (5 Mg or less). Brands with larger doses (8-10 mg) include Pure Encapsulations, Thorne Research, Vitamin Research Products and Freeda Vitamins. Take separate from B5 and Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA). Requires Magnesium.
o Calcium with D and K for absorption
Good brands are Pure Encapsulations, Thorne Research, and NOW Foods.
o Citrate (Calcium or Magnesium)
May prevent crystallization of oxalate and may help break down crystals already formed. Important to take before meals to bind to oxalate and prevent its absorption. Timing is critical to this effect! Good brands are New Beginnings Nutritionals, Thorne Research, and NOW Foods. Do not take with Vit D, since Vit D promotes calcium absorption.
o Epsom Salts Baths
Can be calming. Occasionally may cause rashes but this may not be a bad thing, as it may be helping get rid of oxalate in the skin.
o Lemon Juice
Helps with digestion when given before eating and may help balance pH issues when acidity is a problem.
o Lipoceutical glutathione
Helps restore glutathione. It helps reduce metabolism of glycolate to oxalate. It helps behavior on diet (meltdowns) for some children. This is available at Wellness Pharmacy.
o Lipoic Acid (ALA)
Works for some, not for others; important antioxidant and can prevent some endogenous production of oxalate. Use with caution. ALA also chelates heavy metals such as mercury and arsenic. Do not use if you have amalgam fillings. Good brands are Pure Encapsulations and Kirkman Labs. Keep separate from Biotin and B5.
o Magnesium
Can be depleted by oxalate, may help with constipation and binds oxalate. Good brands are Pure Encapsulations, Thorne Research, and NOW Foods. Works with B6 and Biotin.
o NAC (N-Acetyl Cysteine)
Important for restoring glutathione that gets depleted by oxalate. Sometimes there are negative reactions. Use with caution.
o Ox Bile or Lipase
May help if steatorrhea is leading to excess absorption of oxalate. Good brands are Nutricology for Ox Bile and Integrative Therapeutics for Lipase.
o Pantothenic acid or CoEnzyme A (Vitamin B5)
Important to keep from making oxalate by glycolate cycle in microbes and us. Good brands are Pure Encapsulations, Thorne Research, and NOW Foods. Take separate from Biotin and Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA).
o Sodium Bicarbonate
Sodium bicarbonate or Alka Seltzer Gold can help with behaviors.
o Taurine
Important for making bile acid taurocholate which limits absorption of oxalate. Take if stool turns yellow. Also aids in fatty acid absorption. Good brands are Pure Encapsulations, Thorne Research, and NOW Foods.
o Thiamine (Vitamin B1) and Magnesium
Important for keeping meat from being metabolized towards oxalate; helps in mitochondrial function. Deficiency of thiamine has been shown to produce hyperoxaluria and renal stone formation in man and experimental animals. May also help with constipation. Good brands are New Beginnings Nutritionals for thiamine, Complimentary Prescriptions, Advanced Orthomolecular Research, and Doctor's Best for Benfotiamine, and Ecological Formulas for Allithiamine.
o Vitamin A
Important for helping to close the leaky gut and important as antioxidant. May reduce crystallization of oxalates in the urine. Good brands are Pure Encapsulations, Thorne Research, Klaire Labs, Douglas Laboratories, and New Beginnings Nutritionals. If fat malabsorption is an issue, take between meals and away from calcium used to bind oxalate at meals.
o Vitamin B6
Important for preventing metabolism of food to oxalate. Good brands are Pure Encapsulations, Thorne Research, and NOW Foods
(B6 and P5P). Requires Magnesium.
o Vitamin E
Important as an antioxidant and reduces calcium oxalate crystal formation. Good brands are Pure Encapsulations, Thorne Research, Klaire Labs, Douglas Laboratories, and New Beginnings Nutritionals. If fat malabsorption is an issue, take between meals and away from calcium used to bind oxalate at meals.
o Zinc
May be depleted by oxalate. The response and need for zinc seems to change rapidly on diet: alter dose appropriately. Good brands are Pure Encapsulations, Thorne Research, and NOW Foods. Keep separate from Copper.
Toenail Fungus, Pseudogout
Use Oregano and Tea Tree essential oils, alternating after shower. Soften nail with vitamin E oil as well to help skin underneath and easier removal of the dead nail growth. New nail is growing slowly on nice, healthy skin. We found out the hard way that it’s super important to use only organic, highest quality essential oils. 💚 Hope this helps and you feel better soon.
Really important to do it faithfully. We soaked his foot in Epsom salts and Lavender 3x week too. Indeed, ya gotta dilute these oils with a carrier oil .. most often we used fractionated coconut oil due to it’s immense anti-fungal and healing properties, also Vitamin E on new exposed skin. It needs to dry out, so no socks , direct sunlight on the tootsies and flip flops weather helps a lot too. If you can eat organic oregano, fresh is best and it helps us systemically keep the overgrowth at bay.
Soak in Epsom salt and adding clove essential oils
Spray with Colloidal Silver, 10ppm is best
Soak foot in hot water and Epsom salts. 30 minutes. Dry after. Apply IODINE- then either tea tree oil or helichrysum oil
Spray alcohol-free witch hazel with tea tree oil and lavender oil on feet.
Also use castor oil on feet just about every day.
Apply lugol's iodine (a natural antifungal, among many other things)
Try tamanu oil and sandalwood essential oil. Apply 2-3times a day. Antibiotics not required
If tea tree oil didn't work... I have to ask what brand did you use? If not a pure essential oil, it could have been from one of the 'fillers' but other oil options are lemon, lemon grass, or oregano... oregano is very very hot so has to be used with a carrier oil. Organic, unrefined coconut oil is a great carrier and has antifungal properties as well. So you can 'lotion up' with coconut oil daily, and take internally as well.
What I saw that helped was taking biotin. The toe nail fungus appeared when I stopped taking a probiotic with biotin Symbiolact.
I'm a reflexologist.. I deal with feet everyday! Haha one of my go to recipes to give my clients is vinegar and mouthwash foot soak for at least 20 minutes a day. Great for athletes foot, and it's gone in a matter of days, toenail fungus, you will have to continue diligently.
Diane Rodriguez to Susan Owens:
Susan, I think I read on another post that you were told to have your father soak his feet in tea? Is that what you did for his toenail fungus? I have toenail darkness, but the dermatologist dismissed it as fungus, and now have a black spot on my one big toenail..it showed up after my pseudo gout.
Susan Owens
If you look up pseudogout and oxalate in pubmed there are 14 articles that come up, They may be worth reading!
How Can I Use Tea Tree Oil in Yeast Infections?
One of the best things I have found with this remarkable oil is that it has many and varied applications with candida patients. It is so effective with topical (skin) applications, on the toenail with discolored toenails or tinea, as a vaginal cleanse/douche for vaginitis (thrush) and those whitish skin patches that candida patients sometimes get.- Toe Nail Fungus. Place one drop on each affected toe after your bath, make sure you get some oil gets under the nail affected by toe nail fungus. Apply each day. Stay with it, it can take a few weeks but watch the difference it makes!
Diet Advice for Lectin-Free, Low Oxalate
For
Lectin free, follow the ‘No List’ from the Plant Paradox book.
For Low oxalate diet, stop
Almonds, Spinach, Raspberries, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Indian Spices, Cumin, Cinnamon, Pumpkin Pie Spice, Turmeric, Black Pepper, etc., and follow the
spreadsheet.
No gluten.
Eat a variety of foods:
LO Organic Vegetables
Ghee
Organic Chicken
Eggs
Wild Fish
Goat Milk Yogurt
Garbanzo Beans
Red Lentils
White Basmati Rice after cooking in pressure cooker and refrigerated
Not much
sugar and occasionally organic pear in season
Organic Coffee with Organic Heavy Cream
My
stomach feels much calmer. I had not used an antacid for more than
three times since last January and that too because of gluten.
TLO Searches
The Search This Group bar:
To do searches for previous discussions in the group - please type either a ‘key word’ or ‘key words’ into the ‘Search this Group bar.’
On cell phones that bar is located above the name of the group [Trying Low Oxalates] and has a magnifying glass icon.
On computers that bar is located on the left hand side of the page and also has a magnifying glass icon.
Before starting new discussions, please take the time to search The Archives to see if that topic has been discussed before. Below I shall be posting some key words to use when doing searches.
For discussions About:
Animals and their Oxalate Health Issues -----> Dogs
Baking Soda -----> Baking Soda
Bed Wetting -----> Testimonials on Bed Wetting or Bed Wetting
Bentonite Clay -----> Bentonite Clay
Bentonite Clay and Diatomaceous Earth -----> Bentonite Clay and Diatomaceous Clay
Bowel Issues -----> Floating Poop
Chanca Piedra -----> Chanca Piedra
13) Chanca Piedra
Concerns about donating blood while on a Low Oxalate Diet -----> Donating Blood while LOD
Diatomaceous Earth -----> Diatomaceous Earth
Dumping Issues that occur with Thyroid Problems [UNIT 2 is all about dumping. Please search there first. If one’s question is not answered then please do a search in The Archives]
-----> Thyroid and Dumping
27) Thyroid Issues
Endogenous Production and Primary Hyperoxaluria -----> Endogenous Producers and Primary Hyperoxaluria
Exercise:
Exercising while being on a Low Oxalate Diet -----> Exercise
Eye Issues:
-----> Eye Pain
-----> Oxalates and Styes
Fecal transplants -----> Microbial Transplants Fecal Transplants
Gains in Weight since being on a Low Oxalate Diet -----> Weight Gain
Glycolic Acid -----> Glycolic Acid
How a Mother’s High Oxalate Diet Affects New Born Babies -----> Pregnancy and Oxalates
Issues with mercury or mercury toxicity -----> Mercury Toxicity
Issues with Interstitial Cystitis [IC] -----> Interstitial Cystitis
26) Interstitial Cystitis
-----> D- Mannose
- D-Mannose/UTI
Medical Conditions:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis -----> Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Medications:
-----> Advil
-----> NSAIDS
-----> Tylenol
-----> Fluoroquinolone
-----> Cipro
6) Medications
33) Non-steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs [NSAIDS]
Members’ Stories:
-----> Testimonials or Members Testimonials
19) Members’ Stories
Minerals:
-----> Brands of Calcium
-----> Brands of Magnesium
14) Supplements [includes minerals]
Mitochondria -----> Mitochondrial Issues
Mold Issues and Oxalates -----> Oxalates and Mold
Oxalate issues that affect the kidneys -----> Oxalates and the kidneys
Oxalates are a Human Toxin -----> Susan Owens on Not Using the Term ‘Oxalate Sensitivity’
Plantar Fascitis and Dumping -----> Plantar Fascitis
Raising Children on a Low Oxalate Diet -----> Raising Children on a Low Oxalate Diet
Reactions to High Oxalate foods after someone has been Low Oxalate for a certain period of time -----> High Oxalate Food Reactions
Sauna Usage -----> Saunas
Sleep Apnea -----> Sleep Apnea
Stomach Issues while dumping -----> Stomach Pain while Dumping
Supplements: [These key words or word will be about the individual supplement]
-----> Allithiamine
-----> Benfotiamine
-----> Biotin [B7 or Vitamin H]
-----> Calcium
-----> Calcium and Magnesium
-----> D- Mannose or D Mannose
-----> Inositol
-----> Magnesium
-----> Niacin
-----> Pyridoxine
-----> Taurine
-----> Thiamine
-----> Vitamin B1
-----> Vitamin B6
-----> Vitamin C
23) Vitamin B
16) Vitamin C
14) Supplements [includes minerals]
Supplements to use while on the Low Oxalate Diet [there is a file in FILES which is called ‘Helpful Supplements to use while doing LOD’ but if someone is having difficulty finding it then please use these key words to find the discussions] -----> Helpful Supplements
Susan Owen’s discussions about Candida -----> Susan Owens - Candida
Urine that smells funny -----> Urine Smells
Zeolite -----> Zeolite
Thread Themes)
- D-Mannose/UTI
- Epsom Salts
- Digestive Enzymes/Gut Health/Parasites
- Dumping Symptoms
- Raynaud’s
- Medications
- Bone Broth/Meat Broth
- New Members -where they introduce themselves
- Toe Nail Fungus
- Iodine
- Oxalates and Menstruation
- Charcoal
- Chanca Piedra
- Supplements
- Histamines
- Vitamin C
- Glycine/Glycinate
- Organic Acid Test
- Members’ Stories
- MSM
- Oxalic Acid
- Nutrient Panel Test
- Vitamin B - [B1 - Thiamine; B2 - Riboflavin; B3 - Niacin; B6 - Pyridoxine
- Uva Ursi
- Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Thyroid Issues
- Part 2 Dumping Symptoms
- Brain Fog and Sleep Issues
- Teeth Issues
- Primary Hyperoxaluria
- Gallbladder Issues
- Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs [NSAIDS]
- B Vitamins - Part 2
- Brain Health and Oxalates
- Probiotics
Epsom Salts Bath Tips
Caution: These are just suggestions and ideas from the experiences of assorted people. You have to take responsibility for your own health.
Start with 1/4 cup and use it in the morning at first.
Massaging some extra grains into my wet scalp seems good to relieve tension and dandruff, being careful not to get it in my eyes. Then I immerse my head in the bath as I'm soaking.
I think I have come up with some creative ideas:
To cut costs:
I run a very small tub of water, and rotate myself around in it for 15 minutes.
To not disturb others, or to avoid soaking in chlorinated water:
I soak a small towel in a bowl of water with 2 Tbsp epsom salts, climb into bed, put it on my chest & abdomen, cover it with a dry towel, and go to sleep.
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