Hi Paleopundits,

>The way I understand it is this.  Beans and legumes have anti-nutrients that
>make them somewhat poisonous or at least hard to digest while raw.  Cooking
>neutralizes these compounds so that they are edible once they are cooked.

coffee is a bean and therefore somewhat poisonous?

>Sunflower seeds are considered seeds and not grains and are ok.

except for paleopeople with sunflower seed allergy:
http://allallergy.net/fapaidfind.cfm?cdeoc=1491

My lips crack with sunflower seeds and flax seeds and their oils and my
arthritis comes back with nuts and nut oils..

Paleobest,
Susan