#94 
by Alan C » May 05, 2013 10:09 am
AlohaChris wrote:Cereal grains (wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, rice, etc) and legumes (beans, lentils, peas, peanuts etc.) have evolved toxic compounds to prevent predation. These anti-nutritional compounds include lectins, saponins, protease inhibitors, phytate, thaumatin like proteins, alkylresorcinols, and others whose effects range from lethal toxicity to benign depending upon the antinutrient and the species of predator. In humans, exposure to these toxins manifest as auto-immune disorders, inflammatory disease, Celiac's disease, non-celiac gluten intolerance (NCGI), Type II diabetes, and vitamin deficiencies.
Source:
http://thepaleodiet.com/published-researchCordain L, Toohey L, Smith MJ, Hickey MS. Modulation of immune function by dietary lectins in rheumatoid arthritis. British Journal of Nutrition, 2000, 83:207-217.Abstract: Despite the almost universal clinical observation that inflammation of the gut is frequently associated with inflammation of the joints and vice versa, the nature of this relationship remains elusive. In the present review, we provide evidence for how the interaction of dietary lectins with enterocytes and lymphocytes may facilitate the translocation of both dietary and gut-derived pathogenic antigens to peripheral tissues, which in turn causes persistent peripheral antigenic stimulation. In genetically susceptible individuals, this antigenic stimulation may ultimately result in the expression of overt rheumatoid arthritis (RA) via molecular mimicry, a process whereby foreign peptides, similar in structure to endogenous peptides, may cause antibodies or T- lymphocytes to cross-react with both foreign and endogenous peptides and thereby break immunological tolerance. By eliminating dietary elements, particularly lectins, which adversely influence both enterocyte and lymphocyte structure and function, it is proposed that the peripheral antigenic stimulus (both pathogenic and dietary) will be reduced and thereby result in a diminution of disease symptoms in certain patients with RA.
I was just looking into this recently
Lectins are in everything are they not? Some are easily disabled by heating/cooking it seems.
I was reading this site as linked;
http://www.outlawfitnesshq.com/why-grains-and-gluten-arent-bad-for-you/Lose it - it means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of one's faculties, three fries short of a happy meal, WACKO!! - Jack O'Neill
