Topic: Lectin

[Plastique]

Anyone know anything substantive about lectin as it pertains to health, how much is too much, how you'd know if you were having too much, and which foods to be wary of? Google gives me an impressive amount of utter shit about it. I don't eat a lot of beans, but I do tend to eat a lot of berries and stir-fried veges, and I'm idly wondering if I'm getting too much lectin.

[lonely moa]

try this: http://chriskresser.com/rhr-what-science-really-says-about-the-paleo-diet-with-mat-lalonde

Mat LaLonde is a researcher/lecturer at Harvard and seems to be a wealth of information about lectins. 

[Plastique]

Hmm, seems that sufficient application of heat, otherwise known as cooking, is pretty much all that's needed.

[lonely moa]

My take is they are problematic for food in transit but they don't steal resident minerals. LaLonde ("The Kracken") isn't as concerned as some about them.