Oxalic acid binds minerals like calcium and potassium, making them insoluble and less bioavailable (12).
Oxalic acid binds with calcium so that your body can not absorb it.
When ingested,
oxalic acid binds to minerals, particularly calcium and iron, and reduces the absorption of these minerals in your digestive track.
Oxalic acid binds with minerals in the digestive tract just as phytic acid does.
Not exact matches
Leafy greens low in
oxalic acid (which also
binds calcium) are a better option for getting calcium on a PBD.
Phytic
acid and
oxalic acid, found naturally in some plants,
bind to calcium and can inhibit its absorption.
Soak the seeds overnight and toast them to remove
oxalic acid which
binds to the calcium rendering it bio-unavailable.
Finally, strong chelating substances, such as phytic
acid in grains,
oxalic acid in green leafy vegetables and tannins in tea may
bind with ionized minerals in the digestive tract and prevent them from being absorbed.
With spinach, another great source on paper, the minerals are famously hard to absorb due it being extremely high in the mineral -
binding oxalic acid.
The
oxalic acid in spinach
binds calcium and hinders iron from assimilating so well.
Note that sweet potatoes should be cooked well; this deactivates their high levels of
oxalic acid, which
bind to minerals like magnesium and renders them useless.
The good news is that
oxalic acid only
binds to minerals, not vitamins.
Oxalic acid has a strong tendency to
bind with dietary calcium intake and form calcium oxalate molecules.
Oxalic acid, the final metabolite of ethylene glycol,
binds to calcium in the blood to form calcium oxalate crystals.