This essay sheds light on the dangers of consuming foods that are high in oxalates, explicates how to minimize oxalate intake when eating oxalate rich foods, and reveals the oxalate rich foods that you should avoid eating. The dangers of consuming oxalate rich foods should not be blithely overlooked and can be perilous to the individual’s overall health. The dangers of consuming oxalate rich foods should not be blithely overlooked and can be perilous to the individual’s overall health. Oxalates are antinutrients that can elicit grave health issues if they are not dismantled “by bacteria in the gut” (Spritzler, 2017) nor discharged from the body’s urinary tract. Oxalates can be found in a vast variety of disparate food groups, such as “vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds” (Spritzler, 2017). It can be cumbersome to circumvent consuming oxalates since they are embedded in an exorbitant amount of foods. “Your body can produce oxalate on its own or obtain it from food. Vitamin C can also be converted into oxalate when it is metabolized food. Once consumed, oxalate can bind to minerals to form compounds, including calcium oxalate and iron oxalate” (Spritzler, 2017). It can be extraordinarily perilous to the kidneys to have oxalates bind together to form crystals which can subsequently amalgamate together to elicit kidney stones. Contracting recurrent kidney stones cannot only severely ravage the kidneys, but can also render someone more prone to succumbing to kidney failure. Succumbing to kidney failure can induce multi-organ failure. Once the organs fail to function, the vessel can no longer sustain itself which thereby causes a person to become deprived of his life. Once an organ shuts down, it often causes a cascade effect and lamentably subsequently leads to other organs shutting down. The formation of oxalate compounds “mostly occurs in the colon, but can also take place in the kidneys and other parts of the urinary tract” (Spritzler, 2017). Nothing beneficent can ever ensue from having a vessel that is replete with oxalate compounds. Even though these aforementioned oxalate compounds can be discharged from a healthy body, not everyone is always able to easily discharge “calcium oxalate nor iron oxalate” (Spritzler, 2017) from their body, especially if their kidney health is severely compromised. Having oxalates pervade the vessel not only renders a person more susceptible to contracting renal stones, but also renders a person more vulnerable to contracting osteomalacia. A person is all the more prone to contracting osteomalacia if he has a severe calcium imbalance in the vessel that was precipitated by having oxalates pervade his vessel. Oxalates cannot only preempt the absorption “of calcium by the” vessel, but can also potentially hinder “the usage of calcium by the” vessel. The vessel is not designed to be a repository for “calcium oxalate crystals”. Oxalates can induce more grave health issues than just serving as an anti-nutrient that can binds to minerals to form “calcium oxalate and iron oxalate”. Oxalates cannot only “impair the absorption of” calcium by the vessel, but can also “impair the absorption of iron” by the vessel. The vessel is more susceptible to becoming malnourished when it is replete with oxalates. Nothing salubrious can ever ensue from succumbing to nutrient deficiencies. A calcium deficiency can for instance culminate in a person contracting osteoporosis, osteopenia, or hypocalcemia. A calcium deficiency can render someone more prone to succumbing to “muscle spasms, muscle cramps, brittle nails, numbness, and fragile bones. “Calcium deficiencies can affect all parts of the body, resulting in weak nails, slower hair growth, and fragile, thin skin. Calcium plays a vital role in both neurotransmitter release and muscle contractions. Calcium deficiencies can” also render someone all the more prone to succumb to seizures. Calcium plays a role in helping to conduct bodily functions. Your vessel needs “calcium in order to circulate blood, move muscles, and release hormones. Calcium also helps carry messages from your brain to other parts of your vessel. Calcium is a major part of tooth and bone health as well”. Calcium can be utilized to render “your bones strong and dense”. Nothing salubrious can ever ensue from having a calcium deficiency. Having a calcium deficiency can elicit a host of adverse health issues. Calcium is deemed to be an essential mineral which your vessel cannot function optimally without. An iron deficiency can for instance induce impaired brain function, issues with regulating body temperature, and stomach problems.