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  2. What Really Happens When You Eat Foods High in Lectins - AOL

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    Now, while lectins are often disparaged as “anti-nutrients” and may sound vaguely sinister if you say “lectins” slowly enough, they are actually natural substances found in about 30% of ...

  3. Lectin-free diet - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  4. Lectin - Wikipedia

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    Lectins may bind to a soluble carbohydrate or to a carbohydrate moiety that is a part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid. They typically agglutinate certain animal cells and/or precipitate glycoconjugates. Most lectins do not possess enzymatic activity.

  5. Is spicy food good for you? This is what happens to your body ...

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    A 2020 American Heart Association study showed that people who eat chili peppers have a significantly reduced risk of death from heart disease and cancer. There's some evidence that eating spicy ...

  6. Legume lectin - Wikipedia

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    The legume lectins (or L-type lectins) are a family of sugar-binding proteins or lectins found in the seeds and, in smaller amounts, in the roots, stems, leaves and bark of plants of the family Fabaceae. [2] [3] The exact function of the legume lectins in vivo is unknown but they are probably involved in the defense of plants against predators ...

  7. 24 Types of Peppers Every Cook Should Know (Plus What ... - AOL

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    All types of peppers have different nutritional profiles, but both hot and sweet peppers are high in vitamins and minerals. According to the USDA , the nutritional breakdown for one medium bell ...

  8. Capsaicin - Wikipedia

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    Chilies only started to quickly evolve in the past 2 million years into markedly different species. This evolution can be partially attributed to a key compound found in peppers, 8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide, otherwise known as capsaicin. Capsaicin evolved similarly across species of chilies that produce capsaicin.

  9. A Visual Guide to Peppers - AOL

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    By Esther Sung The word "pepper" refers to members of the genus Capsicum, which includes hot varieties, also known as chile peppers, and sweet varieties, such as the bell pepper. Up until the ...