LECTINS WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO\nKNOW
\nSoon or later in our life we can all be affected by an adverse reaction between\nthe lectins contained in food and our small intestine. These carbo binding\nprotein are ubiquitaries in the vegetal world and are very useful to plants to\nprotect them against attack. The major lectins are:
\n-peanut agglutinin
\n-ricin
\n-wheat germ agglutinin
\n-soy lectin
\nAnd many others contained primarily in grains, cereals, nuts and legumes
\nWe never had problems with lectins and there are population of the world where\nthis problem is rarely seen, but sometime our digestive system become weak and\nin some situation and during stress face a thinning of its lining that combined\nwith the bound of certain lectins to its tissues may cause serious adverse\nreactions such as bloating, constipation, diarrhea, blooding, and allergic\nreaction as well.
\nIn all these cases the best thing to do would be eliminate all sorts of lectin\nsources ( soy, milk, wheat, oat, barley, quinoa, beans, nuts and others ) till\nthe side effects disappear. For some it might even go further for life.
\nIn some searches this had been related to Blood type, origin, but for others it\ndoesn\u2019t have any relation to it. Better would be to have a diet rich on these\nnutrients unless you have a problem that is symptomatic, but not specific and\nmay affect your articulation, give headache, autoimmune syndromes and digestive\ntribulations. Some time the only discards of these food give an immediate\nrelieve. This is what the SCD ( specific carbo diet ) or GAPS ( gastro\npsychotic syndrome ) diet are all about eliminating all complex carbo,\nprivileging monosaccaride diet and permitting these food, here listed:
\n\u2022 Asparagus, spinach, lettuce, broccoli, beets, cauliflower, carrots, celery,\nartichokes, garlic, onions, zucchini, squash, rhubarb, cucumbers, turnips,\nwatercress.
\n\u2022 Fermented foods: Sauerkraut, kimchi, pickled ginger, fermented cucumbers,\ncoconut yogurt, kombucha, etc.
\n\u2022 Meats: Fish, chicken, beef, lamb, organ meats, . Best choice are grass-fed\nand pastured meats from a local farm. Second best is organic. Avoid\nfactory-farmed meats that contain antibiotics and hormones..
\n\u2022 Low glycemic fruits: Apricots, plums, apple, peach, pear, cherries, berries,\netc.
\n\u2022 Coconut: Coconut oil, coconut butter, coconut milk, coconut cream.
\n\u2022 Herbal teas
\n\u2022 Olives and olive oil
\nAlso is suggested to avoid coffee that may react as gluten in sensitive people.
\nThe WGA ( lectin of wheat ) is capable of simulating the effect of insulin,\nsome people might be able to disacctivate it before it react with the\nintestinal linen, but other are more sensitive, and worse could happen if\ncombined with other grains and legumes. Potatoes tomatoes and eggplants may\ntrigger autoimmune syndrome to the articular system with pain felt in fingers\nand knee.
\nBut why this is happening more and more now and was less evident before. For\ntwo simple reasons:
\n– We should start to eat whole at an early age instead of white form of cereal\nthat at long term to some sensitive people may trigger important adverse\nreactions
\n– And then the touch of man that by genetically modifying food had change for\never the relation between our cells and the foods cells ( i.g. corn, soy, wheat\nand many others )
\nWhat shall we do then : if healthy, eat a varied diet especially whole grain\nand of old derivation like kamut or spel or Capelli senator and many other\ndifferent cereals and not just wheat
\nIf sick instead, try to start avoiding all sort of lectins to reintroduce them\none at the time and not together to better understand what cause the adverse\nreaction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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