My father used to grow lots of veggies in our garden. I used to love picking the pea pods and eating the fresh, raw peas inside. They tasted delicious and I preferred them to cooked peas. Are we saying they were inedible? Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Balzer" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 9:35 PM Subject: Re: [P-F] Grain free. Peas are NOT PALEO > Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 16:54:47 -0700 > From: Ken Stuart <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: grain free. > > Peas are NOT paleo, neither are Snow peas (which I presume are the same as > snap peas- flat peas with tiny peas inside. Very tasty, but not paleo. Maybe > the shells are palo but the seeds are not as most seeds are inedible raw, > the only exception being the edible shell nuts. ALL LEGUMES ARE NON-PALEO. > This is referenced from Loren Cordain, and also from my lectin research. All > peas contain lectins that affect humans, ie they are toxic to us and > therefore not paleo. Edible nuts have lectins too, but there is no data > available that those partiucular lectins affect us, although I would like to > see more data. Like many things, if they don't cause problems, you won't see > much research on them. Peas also contain other toxins. OVerall peas are less > toxic than potatoes, beans (esp soybeans aka death on a stick) and cereals. > That's why I sometimes call myself Ben the seed hater. > Ref: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/318/7190/1023 > > Ben Balzer > > On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 19:23:44 EDT, Stacie Tolen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >all legumes with the possible exception of garden > >peas and sugar snap peas should be avoided on paleo. > > Why should those be exceptions ? > > PS Some say that "Ezekiel" breads, ie breads composed entirely of sprouted > grains, are "paleo", since the sprouts are edible raw. Since they are > reported > to be free of the lectins found in grains and grain products, there might be > some truth in that idea... >