I'm trying to get up to speed on phytic acid and I'm still confused: If you eat almonds, is the problem that: phytic acid binds to the minerals in the almond and prevents the al …

My chiropractor (with 38 years of experience) is adamant that my muscle cramping & twitching is from low calcium, and not now magnesium. Last year when I ruled out deficiencie …

Not entirely in bone broth that would be a waste... but do you think adding a bit would counteract the mineral leeching effect of phytic acid? *Just to be clear- I am talking abo …

I know that similar but not exact questions have been asked before, but I would like some fresh perspective. I average about a handful of almonds a day. Sometimes I feel like they …

I'm really not sure my problem is electrolyte balance (though for some reason I keep coming back it this hypothesis), and I'm kinda grasping a straws here but: Twice recently, I w …

White rice is touted to be basically pure starch by Paul Jaminet on the basis that asain people eat it so it must be healthy right? But it's not pure starch, it is a refined grain …

i am going to transform my entire backyard into a microfarm next spring in order to cut food costs. i would like to grow some calorie dense crops, so im womdering out of all the k …

Does phytic acid bind to all the minerals, including magnesium? I eat about 30 grams of toasted wheat bran per day and I was wondering whether I actually absorb the supposed 180 mg …

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 …

the only way I like drinking milk is in the form of chocolate milk. but cocoa apparently contains a lot of phytic acid.

I have heard that dark chocolate has lots of magnesium. I have heard that dark chocolate has lots of phytic acid. Doesn't the one counteract the other or am I wrong on one of the …

See "Is phytate really a problem?" by Lucas Tafur: http://www.lucastafur.com/2011/10/is-phytate-really-problem.html "The dangers of phytic acid have been overestimated. Contrary …

I was reading an article on Mark's Daily Apple yesterday about oats. Everything was sounding very familiar and near the end I saw a reference to PaleoHacks. I clicked the link and …

So through paleo, I've managed to figure out that I'm gluten and dairy intolerant. My family sticks to paleo about 95% of the time, and we had a little cheat last night. My husband …

I’ve been reading about healing tooth decay with a high vitamin/mineral diet as I‘ve just been to the dentist and got the bad news that I have a cavity! I was pretty surprised as I …