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Do Lectins In Grains Contribute To Obesity?

Scott Kustes on 04 Apr 2008

Amber Waves of Grain
Miguel Carrera posted a link to an interesting article in the comments of my recent post on whole grains. Published in BioMed Central, it is titled Agrarian diet and diseases of affluence - Do evolutionary novel dietary lectins cause leptin resistance? I found it to be a very interesting and informative [...]

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What Affects Your Immune System?

Scott Kustes on 07 Mar 2008

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I came across this article awhile back: What Does And Doesn’t Affect Immune System.
Scientists know that a number of factors can affect the body’s immune system: poor diet, certain steroids, chronic stress. Now researchers at Michigan State University have discovered that an appetite-controlling hormone also affects the immune system, while natural [...]

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