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Lately I've noticed that my kidneys are somewhat sore (slight pain in my lower back.) By chance Mark Sisson posted a link on twitter yesterday which included a small piece regarding Kale and Oxalates which had a link to a blog entry he did in Dec, I thing the 17th. It covered week long fasting, ways to prevent soreness after strength workouts, denaturing protein as well as high oxalate levels in certain foods.

 

In the link it said that high levels of oxalate in the blood can cause pain and kidney stones to form. So it said that to avoid this one should just eat more cooked veg than raw (everybody absorbs different amounts.) Since he referred to Kale in his original link, do you think that I might be experiencing this pain from the amount of raw spinach, well actually Swiss chard that I eat?

 

If it's pain in the lower back it's likely not your kidneys. Your kidneys are located quite high up your back, well away from the area where we feel the usual lower back pain.

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If it's pain in the lower back it's likely not your kidneys. Your kidneys are located quite high up your back, well away from the area where we feel the usual lower back pain.

Okay, more mid back. More or less where my rib cage ends.

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Okay, more mid back. More or less where my rib cage ends.

May not be this at all, but I had a mild urinary tract infection at one stage, my guess at the time was that it was from all the riding and not enough fluids, and that initially manifested as a mid-back pain, then went to my kidneys, in fact it got so bad that I thought I had kidney stones... turned out to be a UTI that could be cleared in not time with a short course of AB's. Just saying :whistling: ...

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This looks like a nice meal, if you replace the taco's with a low-carb option:

 

Edit: This looks nice too, but not low-carb

 

 

P.A.K. you need help Bro... WAHAHAHAAAA !

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Could be that in combination with a lack of sleep.

 

Fatigue is a blixem and could manifest in many ways - from the volume of riding you have been doing it is certainly possible.

 

I was reading from Joe Friel's "Cyclist's Training Bible" just last night, we were discussing overtraining of a friends daughter who is a competitive swimmer, and the highlighted passage below was what I sent them. We often forget the importance of sleep - as that is the only time where the body gets a chance to recover and rebuild. Perhaps this will have the same "a-ha" effect for you:

 

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Fatigue is a blixem and could manifest in many ways - from the volume of riding you have been doing it is certainly possible.

 

I was reading from Joe Friel's "Cyclist's Training Bible" just last night, we were discussing overtraining of a friends daughter who is a competitive swimmer, and the highlighted passage below was what I sent them. We often forget the importance of sleep - as that is the only time where the body gets a chance to recover and rebuild. Perhaps this will have the same "a-ha" effect for you:

 

 

The 3 F's and trying to get the balance right. Form, Fitness and Fatigue. The greater the level of Fitness the more Fatigued you'll be.

 

To hit your peak you need the highest level of Fitness with the lowest Fatigue which should equal best Form. Easier said than done.

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Fatigue is a blixem and could manifest in many ways - from the volume of riding you have been doing it is certainly possible.

 

I was reading from Joe Friel's "Cyclist's Training Bible" just last night, we were discussing overtraining of a friends daughter who is a competitive swimmer,

 

I sure hope you are not advising them to go ketogenicly low carb with her as that could lead to the same complications as what happened to my competitively tennis playing son of 13 years old. (not the Type 1 diabetic one).

 

Ketogenic diets are for sick people, NOT healthy, active and especially young people !

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By the way, I took a chance and emailed Prof. Noakes about my niece ("niggie", or is it cousin in english?) who got diagnosed with type 1 last week and asked him about her diet and a reference for a good doctor and he actually replied, how nice of him. :thumbup:

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By the way, I took a chance and emailed Prof. Noakes about my niece ("niggie", or is it cousin in english?) who got diagnosed with type 1 last week and asked him about her diet and a reference for a good doctor and he actually replied, how nice of him. :thumbup:

He is a good man, indeed. How are things going with her ?

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By the way, I took a chance and emailed Prof. Noakes about my niece ("niggie", or is it cousin in english?) who got diagnosed with type 1 last week and asked him about her diet and a reference for a good doctor and he actually replied, how nice of him. :thumbup:

 

So did he recommend such a doctor? If so, I certainly would be interested to hear what he has to say, if you could share it here.

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