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Omelet[_7_]

In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> Gloria P > wrote:
>
> >It doesn't matter since it's high in oxalic acid and I am a gout
> >sufferer. Woohoo, that gives me the perfect reason NOT to eat it.
>
> Oxalic acid has nothing to do with gout, AFAIK.
>
> Steve

You are correct, but it can contribute to kidney stones if you are
chronically under-hydrated.

Drink your water! Magnesium supplements are also reputed to help with
kidney stones.

Gout crystals are uric acid, but there is a pseudo-gout also caused by
Calcium Pyrophosphate crystals. We have to be able to differentiate
them under the microscope at work when we look at synovial fluids. The
shape and size of the crystals are quite different.

The PC crystals are also generally intracellular, small, and hard to
spot. Uric Acid crystals are larger and more obvious.
We use both wet preps and stained smears with a polarized lens setup on
the microscope to spot them.
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Steve Pope

Omelet > wrote:

> (Steve Pope) wrote:

>> Oxalic acid has nothing to do with gout, AFAIK.

>You are correct, but it can contribute to kidney stones if you are
>chronically under-hydrated.

>Drink your water! Magnesium supplements are also reputed to help with
>kidney stones.

>Gout crystals are uric acid, but there is a pseudo-gout also caused by
>Calcium Pyrophosphate crystals. We have to be able to differentiate
>them under the microscope at work when we look at synovial fluids. The
>shape and size of the crystals are quite different.

>The PC crystals are also generally intracellular, small, and hard to
>spot. Uric Acid crystals are larger and more obvious.
>We use both wet preps and stained smears with a polarized lens setup on
>the microscope to spot them.

Good points. Gout might be associated with kidney problems and
in that case nearly anything that could be hard on the kidneys
might figure into being more of a problem.

Tangentially I have started supplementing magnesium (a combo
calcium/magnesium product, to replace the calcium product
I had been using...)

S.

Gloria P

Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> (Steve Pope) wrote:
>
>> Gloria P > wrote:
>>
>>> It doesn't matter since it's high in oxalic acid and I am a gout
>>> sufferer. Woohoo, that gives me the perfect reason NOT to eat it.

>> Oxalic acid has nothing to do with gout, AFAIK.
>>
>> Steve
>

You're right. I got my acid crystals mixed up. But I'm still gonna use
that as an excuse for not eating chard.

gloria p

Omelet[_7_]

In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> Omelet > wrote:
>
> > (Steve Pope) wrote:
>
> >> Oxalic acid has nothing to do with gout, AFAIK.
>
> >You are correct, but it can contribute to kidney stones if you are
> >chronically under-hydrated.
>
> >Drink your water! Magnesium supplements are also reputed to help with
> >kidney stones.
>
> >Gout crystals are uric acid, but there is a pseudo-gout also caused by
> >Calcium Pyrophosphate crystals. We have to be able to differentiate
> >them under the microscope at work when we look at synovial fluids. The
> >shape and size of the crystals are quite different.
>
> >The PC crystals are also generally intracellular, small, and hard to
> >spot. Uric Acid crystals are larger and more obvious.
> >We use both wet preps and stained smears with a polarized lens setup on
> >the microscope to spot them.
>
> Good points. Gout might be associated with kidney problems and
> in that case nearly anything that could be hard on the kidneys
> might figure into being more of a problem.
>
> Tangentially I have started supplementing magnesium (a combo
> calcium/magnesium product, to replace the calcium product
> I had been using...)
>
> S.

Good move, but see if you can find a calcium supplement that combines
Calcium, Magnesium and Phosphorous. That's supposed to be the holy
trinity.

Personally, I use "NOW" brand full spectrum minerals. Not only does it
have those three, it has other stuff you need.

And it's cheap.

Been using it for 16 years and have had nary a leg cramp since I take
two of them daily. :-) No kidney stones either...

I'm 46.
--
Peace! Om

"Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once." -- Anonymous

Omelet[_7_]

In article >,
Gloria P > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > (Steve Pope) wrote:
> >
> >> Gloria P > wrote:
> >>
> >>> It doesn't matter since it's high in oxalic acid and I am a gout
> >>> sufferer. Woohoo, that gives me the perfect reason NOT to eat it.
>
> >> Oxalic acid has nothing to do with gout, AFAIK.
> >>
> >> Steve
> >
>
>
> You're right. I got my acid crystals mixed up. But I'm still gonna use
> that as an excuse for not eating chard.
>
> gloria p

If you don't like chard, don't eat it. :-) You don't need an excuse!
That'll be the more for me........<grins>
--
Peace! Om

"Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once." -- Anonymous

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