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Whole Grains. Whole grains such as oats, barley, quinoa and brown rice are an essential part of a healthy diet, and are associated with lower rates of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes ...
Sensitivity to oats can manifest as a result of allergy to oat seed storage proteins either inhaled or ingested. A more complex condition affects individuals who have gluten-sensitive enteropathy in which there is an autoimmune response to avenin, the glutinous protein in oats similar to the gluten within wheat. Sensitivity to oat foods can ...
Lectins are similar to antibodies in their ability to agglutinate red blood cells. [33] Many legume seeds have been proven to contain high lectin activity, termed hemagglutination. [34] Soybean is the most important grain legume crop in this category. Its seeds contain high activity of soybean lectins (soybean agglutinin or SBA).
The Lectin-free diet (also known as the Plant Paradox diet) is a fad diet promoted with the false claim that avoiding all foods that contain high amounts of lectins will prevent and cure disease. [1] There is no clinical evidence the lectin-free diet is effective to treat any disease and its claims have been criticized as pseudoscientific .
Among their many nutritional components, oats contain soluble fibers made up of beta glucans, complex carbohydrates that play a major role in the digestive process of oats. Thinking about beta ...
Beta-glucan, a fiber found in cereals and oats, came out on top. A new study using a mouse model of obesity concludes that a type of fiber called beta-glucan induced more weight loss than other ...
It has a number of physiological effects and is used in medical research. In high doses, it is a toxin. [4] The lectin has a number of effects on cell metabolism; it induces mitosis, and affects the cell membrane in regard to transport and permeability to proteins. It agglutinates most mammalian red blood cell types. [citation needed]
The oat (Avena sativa), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural). Oats appear to have been domesticated as a secondary crop, as their seeds resembled those of other cereals closely enough for them to be included by early cultivators.