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Could malnutrition be the root of the problem?

Recently I've been thinking that maybe most of the health problems experienced in industrialized societies can be summed up in one idea: malnutrition. I know that some Paleos demo …
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What is the truth about oxalate-rich food?

There seems to be hundreds of questions concerning oxalate-rich food (such as spinach, but also sweet potatoes), but I didn't find a satisfactory answer somewhere regarding if you …
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Recent Article from Paleo Life

What do you think about this article concerning White Potatoes? http://paleodietlifestyle.com/are-white-potatoes-paleo/ I know if your goal is weight loss then White Potatoes sho …
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Let’s figure out how can we can best absorb nutrients

I'm interested in making a list of how to best absorb specific nutrients. Whether or not we always want to best absorb each nutrient is debatable, but I think putting this informat …
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So All Food is Out to Kill Us Right?

Grains want to kill us with lectins, phytates, glutens, etc Vegetables and fruits want to kill us with oxalates, fructose, salicyclates, etc. Tubers with saponins Legumes contain …
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Which foods contain anti-nutrients and which foods don’t?

I have come across this data: http://foodquality.wfp.org/FoodNutritionalQuality/AntiNutritionalFactors/tabid/117/Default.aspx? Are there any foods that DO NOT contain anti-nutrie …
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Best white rice variety? (least anti-nutrients, lowest salicylates, most paleo)?

As the question suggests, I was in Whole Foods looking for some white rice. I wanted to try organic, which limited my options a bit. There was long-grain white, Jasmine, and a fe …
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Eggs have anti-nutrients! ohnoes!

Egg whites have a number of anti-nutrients (http://thepaleodiet.blogspot.com/2010/01/paleo-diet-q-29-january-2010-update-on.html) For people like me who have trouble with digestin …
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Anti-Nutrients - Can we be more specific

So, we all know why we are Paleo/Primal/lacto-Paleo. We know why we eat the way we do (for the most part). So can we get a little more specific about anti-nutrients? What are …
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Wait so Wheat Germ Agglutinin is NOT destroyed by dry heat?

I was listening to a podcast with Paul Jaminet and he basically stated that the dry heat processing that's used with many industrial "foods" doesn't actually destroy WGA. I've also …
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Anti-nutrients in squash skin? Better to remove before cooking? (title renamed)

From what I've been reading, the anti-nutrients and chemical defenses of fruits & veggies are commonly in the skin. Would it have been better for me to remove the skin from th …
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Soaking and Sprouting Nuts and Seeds

I have purchased sprouted seeds at the store but they are extremely expensive. I'd love to learn to do this myself at home with seeds and nuts. I can't find a good source of inform …
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Soaked, fermented, nixtamalized corn: how bad, really?

I have some corn flour that has been treated with lime water. This is supposed to break down the kernel and help increase the bioavailability of many of the vitamins, especially B3 …
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Need elevator pitch for why not to eat wheat

Assume that the person does not believe in Evolution. Yes thats something else we need to work on. but bear with me. I need the 130word quicksell on why wheat is bad. Assume they …

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