Woman Suffers Acute Kidney Injury After Meal: A Doctor Explains the Rare Danger in This Common Vegetable

🔬 How Oxalate Nephropathy Occurs

Oxalates bind with calcium in the body, forming crystals. Normally, these are excreted safely through the urine. However, when the intake is excessively high (especially from large, raw servings in juicing or concentrated smoothies), the body is overwhelmed:

• The crystals precipitate out in the kidneys.

• They physically obstruct the nephrons (the filtering units).

• This blockage leads to rapid inflammation and loss of kidney function (AKI).

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