“Rats fed alpha amylase inhibitors (a lectin found in beans) showed impaired digestion and retarded body growth:

http://pmid.us/7782910

Kidney beans make rat intestines leaky, allowing bacteria and toxins to enter the body.

http://pmid.us/4018443

Beans prevent the proper formation of stomach acid which impairs digestion.

http://pmid.us/11595455

Ingestion of bean lectins leads to bacterial overgrowth.

http://pmid.us/8226393”

-Armi

Do you think it’s an absolute necessity to have a trainer or go to a gym?
I don’t even know if there are any HIT trainers in Belgium, let alone where I live,
(Jep, your blog made it here, if you even knew of its existence)
but I’m saving to get a gym membership next year or even this year, since I’ll be moving out.

I currently use free weights for basic squats, dead lifts,heel raises (credit DeSimone), chin ups(again alas Desimone), dips, curls, you know the drill, very basic. So to take each set to complete failure takes about 15 to 30 Min maximum.

ps: Is it possible that you gain more strength than toned muscle, I’m definitely stronger and since going primal even fitter (I was already “conventionally” fit), but after a month and a half I don’t see super remarkable changes, am I being impatient? Heard or read Baye mention that the biggest changes are seen the first 6 weeks.

I’d love to read your thoughts on this,

greets from the country with the best beer (chocolate and waffles also) and with much more, much more tolerable temperatures than hell .

Much appreciated,

Bert.

The best article I have seen about legumes was from Art Devany. I can’t link it, but to summarize why to stay away from them (other than they were not part of our diet until recently, like grain)

A- high in toxins, including racin and lectins
B- high in plant estrogens (especially soy), this is the equivalent of lowering your testosterone level
C- high in carbohydrates (which should be our rarest macronutrient by far)
D- many people are allergic to them (and don’t know it)
E- can cause colon problems
F- most beans we buy come packed with even more sugar, molasses, HFCS, etc.

While probably not as destructive as grain, it’s damn close, and neither belong in our diets in any measurable amount. Can exceptions be made? Somewhat, I have dark chocolate fairly often, and a small amount of (black) coffee is supposedly not too bad.

But ya, stay away from em (peanuts are a bean too).

As for raw milk from grass fed cows- it’s infinitely better than conventional milk, but I don’t believe it belongs in our diets either- it certainly wasn’t in our ancestors.

That said, I think milk fat and whey from pasture fed cow milk is great (I have it every day)- the sugar, casein (80+% of the protein in milk), the antibiotics, and added growth hormone make milk a problem- especially the lactose.

If you are lactose tolerant, on occasion it’s not the worse thing in your diet, but I don’t see much of a reason to drink it. Stick to the fat and whey, the good stuff =)

hope this helped, thanks for commenting

-Anthony

Also, could you elaborate more about whether chugging raw milk from grass-fed cows all day is good? =)

- Kevin W.