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undergroundpanther

(11,925 posts)
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 10:08 PM Nov 2012

WGA Lectin

Wheat plants like plants everywhere have Defense Mechanisms.
Wheat manufactures a poison,like beans do and other plants(castor bean lectin is ricin).Since wheat is a plant and needs a way to deter animals from eating it's seeds it makes various toxins. A toxin in the seed is wheat's method of reproductive defense mechanism. Like apple seeds have cyanide in them,wheat has a WGA Lectin.

Lectin is toxic.Like minute amounts of ricin won't just kill you right away, it'll make you sick, it's still poison to stop the effects on the body it is best to stop eating any form of ricin.. makes sense right?
Likewise if we ate a bunch of eucalyptus leaves it would make the eaters of said leaves sick or dead. But Koala bears eat them all day because their bodies can deal with the toxins in eucalyptus that would harm us.

Wheat lectern ,like any poison in minute amounts won't kill you right away either but it will fuck up your body bit by bit until you develop reactions like diabetes or leaky gut and choose to stop eating it. A little tiny bit of cyanide won't kill you right away, it may make you sick or it won't.Like like swallowing an apple seed. If you keep eating apple seeds it can accumulate in your system and kill you if you eat it enough times or in a big enough dose.Like say a pound of apple seeds chewed.swallowed..
http://chemistry.about.com/b/2007/09/12/yes-apple-seeds-and-cherry-pits-are-poisonous.htm


So, if cherry seeds and apple seeds are poisonous why can't Wheat seeds carry a toxin? It's NOT impossible.

http://syontix.com/small-intestinal-bacterial-overgrowth-part-seven-the-role-of-plant-lectins/

http://www.krispin.com/lectin.html#Plain%20English

Diphtheria toxin has the properties of a lectin.This was written in 1977.Way before the awareness about wheat some are scoffing today.
http://www.pnas.org/content/75/1/261.full.pdf


From the Pakistan journal of nutrition.
http://www.pjbs.org/pjnonline/fin1120.pdf

more...
http://www.dadamo.com/science_ABO_lectins_immunity.htm

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WGA Lectin (Original Post) undergroundpanther Nov 2012 OP
thank you KT2000 Nov 2012 #1
Thanks undergroundpanther Nov 2012 #2

KT2000

(20,588 posts)
1. thank you
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 10:48 PM
Nov 2012

when people come out with information like the doctor concerning modern wheat, it deserves consideration not ridicule.

In ourcommunity we have a very successful organic farmer. He started his professional life as a chemical engineer at a huge corporation. He realized they were not concerned with the effect their products would have on human health - just profits. He quit when he realized it was massive human experimentation.
When the results do roll in, unfortunately the nay sayer, ridiculers carry the day and concerns are minimized and the damage goes on.

We have much to learn.

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