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Beans are not recommended if your goal is normalising electrolytes and micro-nutrients. Phytic acid in beans messes with your micronutrient absorption, in other
by sph 3y ago
Beans are not recommended if your goal is normalising electrolytes and micro-nutrients. Phytic acid in beans messes with your micronutrient absorption, in other words you absorb fewer than if you abstained from beans (or any other vegetable high in phytates). Quite counterproductive if you're trying to figure out the correct dosage of supplements.
Same with nuts and other seeds. Fine, in moderation. Phytic acid literally is a chemical countermeasure to stop animals from eating the next generation of a plant.
Oxalic acid, abundant in spinach, is another fun one.
- tchaffee 3y agoSoaking the beans and discarding that water before cooking them greatly reduces the phytic acid. Beans are excellent for health. You just have to follow the traditional methods of prepping them.
- bradknowles 3y agoLook out for kidney stones with spinach, and other foods that are high in oxalates. I've had multiple lithotripsy procedures, thanks to kidney stones. I wouldn't wish kidney stones on my worst enemy.