"Toxic Superfoods": Oxalates, Oral Health, & Real Healing, with Sally K. Norton

What if some of the "superfoods" you've been told to eat more of - spinach, almonds, sweet potatoes, beets, and more - actually steal minerals from your teeth and bones? In this latest episode of Your Mouth Matters, Dr. Rebecca Taylor sits down with Sally K. Norton, Ivy League nutritionist and author of Toxic Superfoods, to talk about one of the most overlooked contributors to chronic health issues: oxalates. These naturally occurring compounds can quietly accumulate in your body over years, contributing to everything from dental cavities and gum disease to joint pain, fatigue, and vision problems. Sally shares her own journey from debilitating chronic illness to healing, which started by simply removing certain foods from her plate. As it turns out, trying to eat what she had understood as "healthy" turned out to be the worst mistake of her life.For dentists and patients alike, this conversation connects dots that conventional medicine has missed. Oxalates can interfere with calcium balance, contribute to faster tartar buildup, weaken enamel, and make you more vulnerable to oral infections. If you've ever wondered why your clean diet isn't translating to better dental health - or why certain "good" foods seem to trigger strange symptoms in you - you will want to sit in on this conversation! _________________________Sally K. Norton's book Toxic Superfoods: How Oxalate Overload is Making You Sick-and How to Get Better is available everywhere books are sold. The Data Companion to Toxic Superfoods is available at https://sallyknorton.com/toxic_superfoods/data_companion. Sally’s latest project, the long awaited cookbook Sally’s Recipe Collection is filled with amazing recipes. It can be found at Shop.SallyKNorton.com. For more information, visit SallyKNorton.com or follow Sally on YouTube and social media. She’s @sknorton and @toxicsuperfoods_oxalate_book (on Instagram), @BeFreeToThrive (on Facebook), and @BetterLowOx (on X)