> This interests me. As I understand it, and I don't > claim to understand > much, lectins are in lots of (almost all?) foods > including vegetables and > fruit. I'm not sure about the "almost all" part, but yes, lectins are present in a number of foods. The proper phrase should not be "this food has lectins", but rather "this food has lectins which -in some fashion- adversely effect the human body". If you read the article thoroughly, you will note that some lectins have an adverse effect only *under certain conditions*. To me (and I am in no means an expert) this means that not enough is known yet about lectins to broadly classify them as antigens or anti-nutrients. After all, much the same mistake was made regarding cholesterol (it is present, therefore it must be the "bad guy").