Anything that interferes with the absorption of nutrients. Most commonly they would be inhibitors of the catalysts that break down foods. https://en.wikipedia.o

Anything that interferes with the absorption of nutrients. Most commonly they would be inhibitors of the catalysts that break down foods. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinutrient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinutrient But yes, the paleo theories mostly focus on it having some kind of effect on your stomach lining. It's a bit speculative. It seems they all point to this discussion as the original source: http://thepaleodiet.blogspot.com/2010/01/paleo-diet-q-29-january-2010-update-on.html http://thepaleodiet.blogspot.com/2010/01/paleo-diet-q-29-jan...