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 individualÕs overall health. The dangers of consuming oxalate rich foods should not be blithely overlooked and can be perilous to the individualÕs overall health. Oxalates are antinutrients that can elicit grave health issues if they are not dismantled Òby bacteria in the gutÓ (Spritzler, 2017) nor discharged from the bodyÕs urinary tract. Oxalates can be found in a vast variety of disparate food groups, such as Òvegetables, fruits, nuts, and seedsÓ (Spritzler, 2017). It can be cumbersome to circumvent consuming oxalates since they are embedded in an exorbitant amount of foods. ÒYour 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 oxalateÓ (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 Òmostly occurs in the colon, but can also take place in the kidneys and other parts of the urinary tractÓ (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 Òcalcium oxalate nor iron oxalateÓ (Spritzler, 2017) from their body, especially if their kidney health is severely compromised. Having oxalates pervade the vessel renders a person more susceptible to contracting renal stones.