>> I was hoping to find references to such research in Cordain's new book.
>> I doubt I will bother to get a copy with the reports I have heard so
>> far. I was hoping for a well referenced *scientific* work.

>I was looking for some definitive studies on this issue in Cordain's book.
>There weren't any.
>Are studies being done to determine for sure that alien proteins cause
>disorders/disease?

Page: 91: "My research group and I have recently published a paper in the
British Journal of Nutrition describing our theory that dairy foods, grains,
legumes, and yeast may be partly to blame for rheumatoid arthritis and other
autoimmune diseases in genetically susceptible people. Legumes and grains
contain substances called "lectins"..."

Page 224: Cordain L, Toohey L, Smith MJ, Kickey MS. Modulation of immune
function by dietary lectins in rheumatoid arthritis. Br J Nutr
2000;83:207-217.

Kathy