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The general term for this is "antinutrient", and their effect in real-world situations is rarely large enough to be worth the trouble of thinking about.
by 0xcde4c3db 2y ago
The general term for this is "antinutrient", and their effect in real-world situations is rarely large enough to be worth the trouble of thinking about.
- delichon 2y agoSeveral knowledgeable vegans I know believe that they have real problems with oxalates in particular. This is particularly credible among people who drink a lot of spinach based smoothies, as I once did.
- organsnyder 2y agoThat's still very anecdotal.
- delichon 2y agoYour comment follows two contradictory claims, one that anti nutrients are generally too trivial to worry about, and another that there is at least one that is. No RCT evidence is included for either. Doesn't that make both claims equally questionable? Personally my long term dietary choices have been guided by N=1 experiments on myself, a.k.a. anecdotes, that have proven to be life saving for me. Anecdotes from others are useful for suggesting such experiments on myself, in the same way that epidemiological studies are useful for suggesting RCTs.