“Green Smoothie Cleanse” Causing Acute Oxalate Nephropathy

Re:“Green Smoothie Cleanse” Causing Acute Oxalate Nephropathy by jacquesm on Thursday August 17, 2023 @05:57PM (#37168731)

Arsenic is the thing to watch for I believe. Stay away from bitter almonds, roasted should be fine. You'd have to eat a 25 Kg bag of sweet almonds to get into trouble. Not sure about the cumulative effects though, that might be worth checking into.

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Re:“Green Smoothie Cleanse” Causing Acute Oxalate Nephropathy by ansible on Thursday August 17, 2023 @06:06PM (#37168832)

I assume this issue is the same with almond milk? I'm almost always buying oatmilk, though.

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Re:“Green Smoothie Cleanse” Causing Acute Oxalate Nephropathy by porkbeer on Thursday August 17, 2023 @09:21PM (#37170433)

That stuff is not what you think, look up a video on it to be enlightened.

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Re:“Green Smoothie Cleanse” Causing Acute Oxalate Nephropathy by ansible on Friday August 18, 2023 @07:20AM (#37174166)

Almond milk or oat milk?

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Re:“Green Smoothie Cleanse” Causing Acute Oxalate Nephropathy by walnutclosefarm on Thursday August 17, 2023 @06:12PM (#37168893)

Not Arsenic, but rather bitter almonds contain compounds that the body degrades into cyanide.

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Re:“Green Smoothie Cleanse” Causing Acute Oxalate Nephropathy by jacquesm on Thursday August 17, 2023 @06:35PM (#37169138)

Ah yes, that was it, sorry for mixing those up. But regardless, bad idea to eat any sizeable quantity of bitter almonds.

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Re:“Green Smoothie Cleanse” Causing Acute Oxalate Nephropathy by arcticbull on Thursday August 17, 2023 @09:18PM (#37170408)

Cyanogenic glycosides. Amygdalin in bitter almond.

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