Thread by @LowOxCoach1

I’d actually say “up cycle”. Cattle and other herbivores take low density nutrient inputs, and create high density nutrient outputs.

https://twitter.com/veganrecovering/status/1396179641170153473

Their outputs are generally low to no oxalate as well. We don’t know much about the resulting outputs though if the ruminant is eating a high oxalate diet. But this study has some interesting information. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22548678/

I did also find an old study on oxalate intake and sheep, which clearly showed that damage to the animal was much more than kidney stones, and that oxalate was found in the brains of animals poisoned by oxalate. researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/cgi/viewconten…

From the conclusion: “Never run valuable rams or breeding ewes on pastures containing oxalate plants. It is probable that long-term adverse effects on fertility of both sexes may result both from chronic kidney damage and from interference with calcium metabolism.”

Note there was some ability of the ruminant gut to adapt to higher oxalate food due to gut microbes that broke it down. (They consume it as food). But if the part of the stomach that contained those microbes was bypassed (injected oxalate), the animal could still be poisoned.

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