On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Hans Kylberg wrote:

> >I don't think it works to
> >say that a protein is non-foreign in small amounts but foreign in
> >large amounts.
>
> I agree on that. But according to Cordains "Cereal grains, the double..."
> for humans (or probably rather rats or mice) there is an amount factor
> involved via the lectins that open up a pathway through the gut walls,
> and make possible the foreign protein to enter. And certain amounts of
> lectins are needed for this to happen.

Yes, and this would seem to make most sense for creatures whose
natural diet does not include grains.  I have the idea that the
multiple stomachs of a cow would be adequate to the task of
breaking down those lectins.

Soybeans are something else again.  I understand that in Kansas
large tracts of land previously used for growing wheat are now
used for a soy-alfalfa hybrid that is used to fatten cattle.  I
can't remember the name of that hybrid.

Todd Moody
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