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Hi Sandy,
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> <<(3) Could it be, since they are so different, that some nuts have
> enzyme inhibitors as well, while some don't?
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> Thanks :)
> Carol>>
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> Yes - especially coconuts- do they have enzyme inhibiters? Do people soak
> coconuts?
Not to my knowledge.
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> Also do the list members on the instinctive diet believe we need to soak nuts?
> Isn't the taste testimonial enough as to whether they are healthy?
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They taste best when they are ripe and either just about to..or have
already fallen off..the tree. Any other nuts should (according to others
as I don't eat these) be soaked.
> Also are seeds such as sunflower, pumpkin and flax in the same category as
> grains? A case can be made as to the harmfulness of grains but are these
> seeds harmful as well?
>
Are not grains also seeds Liza? The purpose of a seed is not to be
chewed and eaten (although merely swallowed in some cases in order to
propagate) and certainly not to be digested. Seeds hence carry
enzyme inhibors for this very purpose. The purpose of a seed is to
grow into a plant..nothing more and nothing less. Seeds are thus not
natural foods for humans.
I can see I'm going have to do another list. ;-)
ENZYME INHIBITORS IN FOODS
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MATERIAL ENZYME INHIBITED
Wheat, rye, corn and barley Amylase
Sweet potato Trypsin
Soybean Trypsin and transamidinase
Field bean Trypsin
Lima bean, Trypsin
Egg white Trypsin, chymotrypsin and amylase
Unripe mango, banana and papaya Peroxidase, amylase and catalase
Potato Trypsin, chymotrypsin and Invertase
Raw wheat germ Trypsin
Sunflower seed Trypsin
Lettuce seed Trypsin
Wheat flour Trypsin
Peanut Trypsin, chymotrypsin
Rye Amylase, protease
Corn (sweetcorn) and oats Trypsin
Raw wheat Trypsin and amylase
Rye germ Trypsin
Algae (prophyra vulgaris) Trypsin
Squid liver Trypsin
Radish seed Trypsin
Whole wheat flour Trypsin
People who eat muesli, for example, and believe they are doing
themselves a favour...are actually doing exactly the opposite!
Best regards,
Alan
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