Toxic Superfoods
How Oxalate Overload Is Making You Sick—and How to Get Better
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Sally K. Norton
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Jeremy J. Raw
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Sally K. Norton
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An acclaimed nutrition educator reveals how the foods you’re eating to get healthy might be making you sick.
“Sally Norton’s well-researched book makes a truly important contribution to the literature in revealing just how much oxalates can damage the human body.”—Nina Teicholz, author of The Big Fat Surprise
If you’re eating a healthy diet and you’re still dealing with fatigue, inflammation, anxiety, recurrent injuries, or chronic pain, the problem could be your spinach, almonds, sweet potatoes, and other trusted plant foods. And your key to vibrant health may be quitting these so-called superfoods.
After suffering for decades from chronic health problems, nutrition educator Sally K. Norton, MPH, discovered that the culprits were the chemical toxins called oxalates lurking within her “healthy,” organic plant-heavy diet. She shines light on how our modern diets are overloaded with oxalates and offers fresh solutions including:
- A complete, research-backed program to safely reverse your oxalate load
- Comprehensive charts and resources on foods to avoid and better alternatives
- Guidance to improve your energy, optimize mood and brain performance, and find true relief from chronic pain
In this groundbreaking guide, Norton reveals that the popular dictum to “eat more plants” can be misleading. Toxic Superfoods gives health-seekers a chance for improved energy, optimum brain performance, graceful aging, and true relief from chronic pain.
*Includes a downloadable PDF of figures and tables from the book
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What the critics say
“Who knew that some so-called superfoods could be the opposite of healthy? I’ll never forget when my twenty-one-year-old friend who drank daily spinach and almond milk smoothies came down with a kidney stone. Sally Norton’s well-researched book makes a truly important contribution to the literature in revealing just how much oxalates can damage the human body. The conventional advice to eat ‘mostly plants’ is seriously challenged by the reality that plants contain known toxins. Norton makes a compelling case that oxalates are the X factor contributing to many mysterious health conditions.” —Nina Teicholz, author of The Big Fat Surprise
“What if your favorite superfood was actually a supervillain? Sally Norton masterfully pinpoints the changes in our food system and eating style that have turned a common, natural occurring toxin into a potential public health crisis for people who are trying their best to eat well. Her simple and effective recommendations are grounded both in modern science and the principles of ancestral health.” —Aaron Blaisdell, PhD, UCLA professor of behavioral neuroscience
“As a medical profession, we have only recently begun to realize how commonly we are seeing oxalate issues be a part of the presentation of a wide variety of chronic illnesses. Sally has done an excellent job of bringing this information to our attention, including a clear program of exactly how to work with oxalate toxicity. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has been wrestling with poor health and not gotten the answers they need from the medical profession.” —Neil Nathan, MD, author of Toxic
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- CelesteAmour
- 2023-08-16
Informative
Disappointed that the pdfs weren't attached, but very helpful and insightful book otherwise. Must read for anyone truly seeking health
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- Amazon Customer
- 2024-04-18
Truth at last
Sally is not afraid to challenge the narrative & awaken people to the new (actually forgotten) knowlege on oxalate toxicity, how to manage it and the benefits of meat, eggs and saturated fat
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- Lyzabeth Lopez
- 2023-03-25
Well written and researched. Easy to follow.
I loved everything about this book.
As a nutritionist who graduated back in 2009, I'm always looking for new information that was not available at the time of my studies. This was a very refreshing look at oxalates and superfoods. Sally shared good research with the how-to's, making this something you can start on. She also includes extra information, including supplements, healing, and avoiding a cleansing crisis. This book will help me and my clients add another layer to get closer to ideal health.
Thank you for your research and your very well-written book. Lyza
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- Anonymous User
- 2024-06-06
Masterpiece
This might be the most important book about food currently in existence, and I really don’t think that is an exaggeration. After carefully restricting virtually all high and medium oxalate foods from my diet (Sally explains why going cold turkey all at once might be a terrible idea), and taking the few supportive supplements recommended for healing, I’ve already noticed a massive shift for the better in less than a week. Lifelong shortness of breath (aka “air hunger”) is gone, ice cold and hyperactive hands and feet (aka “Raynaud’s Syndrome”) are now always warm and quick to recover from cold exposure. Lifelong depression, anxiety, pessimism, irritably and emotional oversensitivity (prone to random crying spells) has been replaced with a great sense of peace and calmness. I’ve tried everything over the years and this truly feels like a miracle.
I can not possibly recommend this book highly enough. It’s dense with information and footnotes, but still incredibly readable. If you can’t or don’t want to buy it yet borrow a copy from your local library: I guarantee you’ll want to own it ASAP. I have the audiobook and several hard copies. I’ll be getting more copies to give family and friends
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- Odette Robitaille
- 2023-05-07
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Really enjoyed this program,I learned so much and already follow a carnivore woe ,no vegetables,no sweeteners,no coffee or tea and very little dairy except for butter
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- Sarah Gerber
- 2023-11-21
Excellent information 
Amazing resource, has provided me so much clarity. At times it felt a bit overwhelming, but the information has changed my life and the trajectory of my health! 
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-01-12
Masterpiece
An absolute marvel and eye opener. Life changing information that you cannot bypass. Masterpiece
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- Moyamy
- 2024-09-25
Very biased
Yes this will be beneficial information for some people BUT the author is very biased. I feared eating healthy foods after this book. I had to rethink a lot of what this book talked about. Obviously too many oxalates is not good for you, but this book made me so anxious about some foods that I love. Consult a registered dietitian instead.
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