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Intense (or highly intense) exercise, transient(?) leaky gut and post exercise food choice
Highly intense exercise has been shown to increase intestinal permeability. Eg http://suppversity.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/shedding-some-light-on-the-leaky-gut.html
The question is …
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why don’t carrots have a skin?
if the reason to avoid potato skin is to reduce lectin consumption (the intended purpose of which is to deter predators), I am wondering why the outer edge of carrots (and other ro …
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Fermenting canned black beans to remove lectin?
I bought a big case of canned black beans shortly before going on a Paleo diet, only to realize they are not paleo frienfly and the lectins may have been a major source of my gastr …
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Pressure cooking beans to remove lectin
I have encountered the information somewhere that the lectins can be cooked out of legumes with a pressure cooker. We really need beans in our budget! Any idea how long one would c …
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What makes nuts better than legumes?
We were having a discussion at the San Diego paleo meetup today and someone said cashews are legumes instead of nuts and therefore are not paleo. Suddenly I wondered why a legume …
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So the Lectins, Salicylates and Phytates in Paleo-Foods are A-Ok?
I've been doing a LOT of research lately on "anti-nutrients" - allergenic foods and plant toxins. What I am discovering is that even many paleo approved foods contain lectins, phyt …
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How effective is soaking for getting rid of lectins from nuts?
Hey Guys,
I have had major digestive issues, and some other nonsense, so I am considering trialling robb wolfs auto-immune protocol, or an approximation of it.
Because of my gut …
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what’s the proof that lectins are gut irritants
I've read descriptions by Wolf and Cordain of what lectins do in the gut, but the devil's advocate in me is just wondering whether this is "fact" or just a highly controversial the …
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Are lectin reactions blood type specific?
http://www.owenfoundation.com/Health_Science/Lectins_in_Foods.html
I know the blood type diet has been debunked by a lot of knowledgeable people, but personally a lot of the foods …
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How Would You Design a Cheap Grain Diet with Paleo Principles?
Sounds like a contradiction I know. But if you were to design a diet for someone, say they were going through financial hardship or something, what would it include and what ways w …
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Why do we avoid refined flour if the problem is in other parts of the grain?
Refined flour is made out of the endosperm of the grain kernel, and according to this article, the lectins are contained in the germ of the kernel.
http://www.archevore.com/panu …
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Non-Paleo: Lectin content of green beans vs. dried beans?
In a podcast by Robb Wolf, he gives the OK on green beans as a food source, despite them being a legume.
http://robbwolf.com/2010/01/26/the-paleolithic-solution-episode-12/ He said …
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Does the coffee I’ve brewed contain lectins ?
Does anybody in this forum know some science about coffee and lectins? Does roasting the "beans" and brewing the coffee destroy all the lectins?
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lectin confusion
Ok,so i'm new to this.Peanuts are worse than almonds because they have a higher amounts of lectins?Even roasted peanuts?Can you tell I don't want to give up my beloved peanut butte …
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Pressure Cooker to Deactivate Lectins in Root Vegetables, Beans
I bought Staffan Lindeberg's book "Food and Western Disease". I ran across this,
"Cooking beans in a pressure cooker deactivates their lectin, which has been shown for Turkish be …