At 03:32 2000-03-21 -0500, gordon wrote:

>Thanks Hans but so far I have been unable to confirm this. Can you point me
>to the reference in which Cordain or some other authority states that yeast
>contains lectins?

http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?A2=ind9804&L=paleodiet&P=R183

      " So, how does a paleodiet have anything to do with this process?
Paleodiets are characterized by their lack of cereal grains, legumes, dairy
products, and yeast containing foods.    Both cereal grains and legumes
contain glycoproteins called lectins which bind intestinal epithelial cells
and change the permeability characteristics of these intestinal cells "

- Hans