Re: Audrey - Legumes info on Best Bet Diet

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In a message dated 8/2/2004 12:06:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mumpuss@... writes:

What is meant to be wrong with eating legumes on thebest bet diet? I do avoid red split lentils as myhands go numb after eating them but I wouldn't knowwhat to eat if I couldn't eat legumes.

Audrey

The following is an excerpt from the Best Bet Diet and explains the thinking behind why legumes are avoided on he BBD. Hope it helps. If you're interested in more, write me direct at arlizotte@...

Arlene

Legumes and the Best Bet Diet

by Trish Appelbe

What are legumes?

Legumes are the fruits or seeds of anything that comes in a pod. There are a few difficulties in correctly identifying the biological family of a given food and in some cases, research is revealing necessary changes. We will keep this page as accurate as we can. Please help us if you have comments or corrections.

What foods come under this category then?

Beans - green beans, butter beans, broad beans, all dried beans (soy beans, kidney, haricot etc)All lentils.Peas - green peas, split peas, chic peas, dried peas etc.Peanuts and Carob are out too - they are both legumes.Guar Gum is a legume.Try and obtain Xanthan gum if you need a stabiliser for your gluten free baking. Small amounts of Guar Gum are acceptable if unobtainable.Gram flour used in Poppadoms (a Middle Eastern bread) is derived from Chic Peas which are a legume.

Cocoa is not a legume. Thanks to for the list and the link:Legume:Acacia; Acacia Gum; Alfalfa; Arabic; Black-eyed pea; Carob; Carob (St. 's Bread); Cassia; Chick Pea; Field Pea; Green Bean; Green Pea; Jack bean; Karaya Gum; Kidney bean; Lentil; Licorice; Lima bean; Locust Bean Gum; Mungo Bean; Navy Bean; Peanut; Peanut oil; Pinto Bean; Soybean; Soybean oil/flour/lecithin; Split Pea; String Bean; Talca Gum; Tamarind; Tonka bean; Tragancanth Gum; Urd Flour.Stercula: Cocoa, Cola Bean, Chocolate (Cocoa)http://cgi.cadvision.com/~allergy/botanical.htm#Legume

Why are legumes not allowed on the Best Bet Diet?

Along with other forbidden foods, legumes contain proteins which can potentially mimic self-proteins in the body and lead to damage to the Central Nervous System, via the autoimmune response. By avoiding the forbidden foods: dairy, eggs, gluten (wheat, barley, oats rye and spelt) and legumes, we are helping to heal a leaky gut (gut permeability) and ideally prevent intact food proteins from entering circulation. In addition, a type of protein known as lectins are found in grains and legumes which increase gut permeability. (Summarised from Multiple Sclerosis - Best Bet Treatment by Ashton F. Embry.)This means scanning ingredients in pre-packaged foods, to make sure they do not contain forbidden ingredients. Some gluten free bread and pizza mixes contain soy. Soy sauce is out. Try worcestershire sauce or a tiny bit of sesame oil as a replacement.Be especially careful with supplements. Many contain soy - especially some Vitamin E and CoQ10 capsules. Make sure your supplements are wheat/gluten, dairy, and soy free. An test will tell you if you should avoid yeast too, which is in a few supplements, although you can get the yeast free version.

[Guest guest]

Arlene,

Thanks for your post.

If I give up legumes what am I supposed to eat?

Finding fresh vegetables at the moment is hard me

where I live so I'm left with very little to eat.

There is no free range chicken or eggs which I

occaisionally eat and sometimes eat frozen bought

pacific salmon.

Because its hard to get fresh fruit I've started

drinking orange juice by the gallon. I never did this

before I lived in America.

I do eat a lot of rice and seeds but its not a varied

diet and I have a very poor appetite.

I sprout a few things such as alfalfa and other seeds,

but it sounds like I need more advice.

Can you help?

Audrey

--- arlizotte@... wrote:

>

> In a message dated 8/2/2004 12:06:53 PM Eastern

> Daylight Time,

> mumpuss@... writes:

>

> What is meant to be wrong with eating legumes on

> the

> best bet diet? I do avoid red split lentils as my

> hands go numb after eating them but I wouldn't know

> what to eat if I couldn't eat legumes.

>

>

>

>

>

> Audrey

> The following is an excerpt from the Best Bet Diet

> and explains the thinking

> behind why legumes are avoided on he BBD. Hope it

> helps. If you're

> interested in more, write me direct at

> _arlizotte@..._ (mailto:arlizotte@...)

>

> Arlene

>

> Legumes and the Best Bet Diet by Trish Appelbe

>

> ____________________________________

> What are legumes? Legumes are the fruits or

> seeds of anything that

> comes in a pod. There are a few difficulties in

> correctly identifying the

> biological family of a given food and in some cases,

> research is revealing necessary

> changes. We will keep this page as accurate as we

> can. Please help us if you

> have comments or corrections.

>

> ____________________________________

> What foods come under this category then? Beans -

> green beans, butter

> beans, broad beans, all dried beans (soy beans,

> kidney, haricot etc)

>

> All lentils.

>

> Peas - green peas, split peas, chic peas, dried

> peas etc.

>

> Peanuts and Carob are out too - they are both

> legumes.

>

> Guar Gum is a legume.Try and obtain Xanthan gum if

> you need a stabiliser for

> your gluten free baking. Small amounts of Guar Gum

> are acceptable if

> unobtainable.

>

> Gram flour used in Poppadoms (a Middle Eastern

> bread) is derived from Chic

> Peas which are a legume.

>

> Cocoa is not a legume. Thanks to for the list

> and the link:

>

> Legume:Acacia; Acacia Gum; Alfalfa; Arabic;

> Black-eyed pea; Carob; Carob

> (St. 's Bread); Cassia; Chick Pea; Field Pea;

> Green Bean; Green Pea; Jack

> bean; Karaya Gum; Kidney bean; Lentil; Licorice;

> Lima bean; Locust Bean Gum;

> Mungo Bean; Navy Bean; Peanut; Peanut oil; Pinto

> Bean; Soybean; Soybean

> oil/flour/lecithin; Split Pea; String Bean; Talca

> Gum; Tamarind; Tonka bean;

> Tragancanth Gum; Urd Flour.

>

> Stercula: Cocoa, Cola Bean, Chocolate (Cocoa)

>

>

_http://cgi.cadvision.com/~allergy/botanical.htm#Legume_

>

>

(http://cgi.cadvision.com/~allergy/botanical.htm#Legume)

>

> ____________________________________

> Why are legumes not allowed on the Best Bet

> Diet?

> Along with other forbidden foods, legumes contain

> proteins which can

> potentially mimic self-proteins in the body and

> lead to damage to the Central

> Nervous System, via the autoimmune response. By

> avoiding the forbidden foods:

> dairy, eggs, gluten (wheat, barley, oats rye and

> spelt) and legumes, we are

> helping to heal a leaky gut (gut permeability) and

> ideally prevent intact food

> proteins from entering circulation. In addition, a

> type of protein known as

> lectins are found in grains and legumes which

> increase gut permeability.

> (Summarised from Multiple Sclerosis - Best Bet

> Treatment

> by Ashton F. Embry.)

>

> This means scanning ingredients in pre-packaged

> foods, to make sure they do

> not contain forbidden ingredients. Some gluten free

> bread and pizza mixes

> contain soy.

>

> Soy sauce is out. Try worcestershire sauce or a

> tiny bit of sesame oil as a

> replacement.

>

> Be especially careful with supplements. Many contain

> soy - especially some

> Vitamin E and CoQ10 capsules. Make sure your

> supplements are wheat/gluten,

> dairy, and soy free. An test will tell you if

> you should avoid yeast too,

> which is in a few supplements, although you can get

> the yeast free version.

>

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