A strong case can be made that ~60–70% of what we attribute to “aging” is either directly calcification or tightly adjacent to it. Most assume kidney stones only exist in the kidneys. And they would be correct. But are most aware that calcium oxalate stones can be found in all soft tissues throughout the human body?
While the term “kidney stones” suggests they form only in the kidneys, calcium oxalate crystals can indeed precipitate and deposit in soft tissues throughout the body — a process broadly known as systemic oxalosis or soft tissue calcification. These microcrystals have been found in the thyroid (as psammoma bodies), blood vessel walls, heart valves, skin, joints, and even the brain under certain pathological conditions. When oxalate levels remain elevated chronically (as in primary or secondary hyperoxaluria), calcium oxalate can escape renal clearance and accumulate in extrarenal tissues, disrupting normal cellular and extracellular matrix function.
Calcification is not the whole story, but it may be the most integrated expression of aging—where multiple insults (nutrient deficiencies, oxidative stress, oxalate, phosphate) converge into one visible, progressive process we have been sold(told) called aging.
Assuming one has all of their inner parts(organs) and that they are functioning within the realm of what your doctor would call normal, you(your body) can live to at least 120 years of age.
I know nobody willfully wants to feel anything less than stellar. No one wakes up in the morning and says, “Oh, I wish I felt worse today,” no, NEVER.
I may not yet have all of the answers, but my goal in life is to dedicate all of my spare resources to finding what it is that we are doing to interfere with our body’s default programming that is attempting to reach 120 years of age, maintaining a dis-ease free homeostatic and peaceful life, full of vigor and boundless energy.
Life is not hopeless. A full life is not outside of the realm of possibility. We just need to stop interfering with that natural process.