Legumes was Grains Good as Gold

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Robin,

Legumes, beans are too much of a carb for me. Don't digest them well, slow

my digestion and give me gas. They're too close to grains in length of

historical use, imo. Exception is pinto beans (rarely in chili) as they're a

purine, increasing DNA. Lentils are a purine too but will never like the

taste. Green beans have lectins that agglutinate my blood type A, so they're

out. Nuts, seeds were eaten before agriculture so more people are better

adapted to them. So many peanut allergies could be that they're newer of the

nuts, are underground rather than above as others and so much was put into

the market

> I forgot to ask, where do legumes/beans fit into all of this? I've

> gotten opinions from both sides on grains, nuts/seeds, starchy

> vegetables, and fruit, but what about legumes/beans? They are

> categorized differently, but technically they are seeds. What is

> the difference, and do you think they should/should not be in our

> diet? What's your opinion?

Wanita

[Guest guest]

Have to add me $.02 .......... Legumes are the only food besides dairy(only

tried pasteurized so far) which give me instant asthma. I ate way too many

of them when I became a vegetarian to substitute for animal protein, and

they ruined my digestion. I also gain large amounts of weight if I eat them,

even without grains. My son ate some legumes/grains when I did not know yet

they were bad, and they give him a rash, congestion, gas and bloat him. I

sprouted and cooked the legumes he ate, btw.

While we are just two people, from researching and interviewing others, I

believe legumes, like grains and pasteurized dairy, are detrimental for a

large majority of humans. I think they are too difficult to digest and

deplete the body of enzymes; they also feed unwanted organisms. I do not

believe they were part of our original diet...the one we evolved on.

take care,

Michele

>From: " Wanita Sears " <wanitawa@...>

>Reply-

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>Subject: Legumes was " Grains Good as Gold "

>Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 09:14:40 -0500

>

>Robin,

>

>Legumes, beans are too much of a carb for me. Don't digest them well, slow

>my digestion and give me gas. They're too close to grains in length of

>historical use, imo. Exception is pinto beans (rarely in chili) as they're

>a

>purine, increasing DNA. Lentils are a purine too but will never like the

>taste. Green beans have lectins that agglutinate my blood type A, so

>they're

>out. Nuts, seeds were eaten before agriculture so more people are better

>adapted to them. So many peanut allergies could be that they're newer of

>the

>nuts, are underground rather than above as others and so much was put into

>the market

>

> > I forgot to ask, where do legumes/beans fit into all of this? I've

> > gotten opinions from both sides on grains, nuts/seeds, starchy

> > vegetables, and fruit, but what about legumes/beans? They are

> > categorized differently, but technically they are seeds. What is

> > the difference, and do you think they should/should not be in our

> > diet? What's your opinion?

>

>Wanita

>

>

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