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   OnTheBayou
   Member

   I don't think I've seen this posted before, so here goes.

   Here is a page with links to seven ten minute videos of Cordain lecturing to the MS society in Canada. The first two are a good, quick overview of the paleo principles, although he does get into his "Oo, saturated fats bad" for a bit. Then deepening molecular biology; way over my comprehension level but worth watch because you can see they do have a detailed causative explanation. It's not just a "maybe."

   The biggest culprit, like a good murder mystery, is identified at the end. You won't believe it!

   http://freetheanimal.com/2008/09/you-dont-have-to-believe-in-evolution.html

   Posted 4 months ago #
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   OnTheBayou
   Member

   I remembered another thing that is very pertinent to our own personal lists of what is "Approved" or not.

   He mentions that for lectins to do their ill will, one must have a genetic predisposition for this to happen. Even with identical twins, oddly, one can have it and another won't. For MS, it's something like only 15% of the population has even a possibility of being susceptible, obviously most never get it.

   This would explain why huge populations eat beans, for instance, and other than carb overload, never suffer much else. Wheat germ, BTW, was one of the most virulent lectins. Wheat. Again. Eat it white if ya gotta....

   Posted 4 months ago #
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   maba
   Member

   And I can't believe I once paid good money to buy wheat germ believing it be healthful and all.

   Posted 4 months ago #
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   kuno1chi
   Member

   maba:
   I think a lot of us were on that boat ;-)

   Posted 4 months ago #
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   OnTheBayou
   Member

   The germ of all seeds is more healthy than the, um, non-germ. Just like the yolk of the egg is healthier than the white. More vitamins and other nutrients.

   It's just the matter of lectins, and in the case of wheat, gluten. Don't forget, most people aren't effected by this.

   Posted 4 months ago #
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   Katt
   Member

   I dunno. The studies all say more people are affected than realized. Mild symptoms might never get recognized for what they are. But, too, modern genetic manipulation has made the wheat gluten more powerful, thinking that the more protien the better.

   Good lecture, btw. Making me rethink how much dairy I have, and tomatoes. Not that I have much now.

   Posted 4 months ago #
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   OnTheBayou
   Member

   When symptoms of anything are mild, it's really tough to find the causative agent. Right off the bat, it could be hypochondria or imagination. I think all of us would agree that wheat is especially problematical for a huge, yet to be recognized, portion of the population. For other lectins, it appears to be much less.

   I was surprised that he kept bringing up tomato lectins because they were quantified on a slide as less than 10 units while beans were, IIRC, 1000-3000. Huh?

   Millions of people drink and eat dairy w/o M.S. But a few have some bad DNA luck.

   Posted 4 months ago #
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   kuno1chi
   Member

   I'm thinking I got lucky with the nightshades (did a two-week experiment); but I think wheat just does me in :-(

   Posted 4 months ago #
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   Katt
   Member

   Wheat kills me. Not sure what about it makes the difference, but I could go from just a mild form of gas to nearly passing out from abdominal pain with everything in between.

   As for the Gluten sensitivity issue... researchers are just saying that it is under reported.

   Posted 4 months ago #
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    Niklas
    Member

    I still believe that there's only celiac, either you have it and your villus are atrophied as seen by a gastroscopy or either you don't have. There's a website which test for gluten sensitivity using a weird system known as Enterolab but they have been shown to be a scam and to give false positives.

    Posted 4 months ago #
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    OnTheBayou
    Member

    Celiac and lectins are not related AFAIK. Not sure what you mean by "There's only celiac."

    Posted 4 months ago #
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    Niklas
    Member

    I was talking about gluten

    Posted 4 months ago #
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    Katt
    Member

    Insofar as that goes, that's true. Either you have Celiac's, or you don't. But there is a range of gluten sensitivity that includes Celiacs and full blown allergic reactions to my knowledge.

    Posted 4 months ago #

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