Oxalic Acid

[lancebrown]

i was doing some research on quinoa lately and the subect came up about saponins containing oxalic acid. this becomes minimized when rinsing quinoa. this made me think about the spinach and chard as something to avoid/minimize due to their oxalic acid content. when researching this more it reavealled that parsley has a higher percentage of oxalic acid than spinach or chard - which brings me to my question.

why is spinach & chard picked out and not other items such as parsley & amaranth? does anyone know why this is this case? i have been avoiding spinach & chard, but have freely been steaming parsley for many years. of course, i haven't shown any signs of the toxin through symptoms.

just curious.

thanks,
lance

[jackiesakura]

I know! I really miss spinach! That was one of those foods on the restricted list that genuinely surprised me since virtually everyone else in America thinks spinach is the bee's knees.

[Klara]

bee's knees?? that's cute, what does it mean??

I'm sure Popeye gets the credit for spinach's popularity

on another discussion group, there have been many threads along the lines of non-credo and being more lax and mb has made mistakes by including lists of foods acceptable and not acceptable. And bottom line, how do you feel when eating whatever it is you eat. And even more important, what else in your life is going on to contribute to health/disease??

tho even having said all this, I myself still hold to all the lists, but not so strictly - and don't see the nightshades quite as evil as I used to. But I am surprized about the news of parsley having oxalic acid - how did you find that out??

Klara