Hard to imagine a diet of cultural significance that would put people into lifelong dialysis, at an epidemic scale.
replyA diet that makes a particular infection easier to take root is very imaginable.
replysure, but not if we are just suddenly seeing it now. Most cultural based diets have a long history.
replyFor your explanation to be correct, you'd have to explain why this doesn't affect field workers of other genetic background all around the world.
replyIt does. This article is about Latino workers but there are well known hotspots for CKDu in Sri Lanka and India. There’s other reports of it in the rest of Asia, Middle East, and Africa but its not as well known of an issue and under reported.
replyWhat's the popular food that contains lots of oxalates? I don't see anyone binging on sorrel or star fruit or parsley.
replyIt’s in loads of things. Peanuts, spinach, beans, chocolate, avocados, corn, soy… the list is endless. If someone is really sensitive, they can have problems with high oxalate foods. Some people seem to accumulate oxalates, meaning their problems compound, where others have no problem at all. Biology is weird.
replySpinach. Many nuts, e.g. almonds. Many beans (including cocoa but excluding coffee). Well, potatoes!
replySpinach. Maybe other leafy vegetables.
replySpinach is very high per serving, but all sorts of foods can have high oxalates per serving. Sweet potato, Swiss chard, almonds, beets, chocolate. You'd have to consult the content per serving for all foods you consume if you're trying to avoid them.
replySpinach and almonds.
replyI'm frequenting clinics
reply'Cos I eats my spinach,
I've kidney the failure, man