While rice doesn't have something as pernicious as the gluten
lectin agglutinin, it does feature haemagglutinin - lectin, which can bind to specific carbohydrate receptor sites in the intestinal lining and impede nutritional absorption.
Not exact matches
Omitting toxic
lectins — prolamins and
agglutinins — can improve digestive wellness for anyone with gastrointestinal symptoms.
But components of pulses can have negative impact on public health due to nonnutritive substances like phytates, oxalates, saponins,
lectins and
agglutinins.
One must also account for the «invisible thorn,» which is wheat
lectin — known more technically as Wheat Germ
Agglutinin (WGA)-- and which can cause a broad range of adverse health effects, even while being undetected through conventional screenings.
But there's also a third reason eating
lectin - rich foods contributes to excess weight: because one of the
lectins in many grains (in addition to gluten) is wheat germ
agglutinin (WGA), which is one of the most offensive
lectins out there and has been implicated in celiac disease and heart disease.
Wheat germ
agglutinin is the
lectin component of wheat, and can bind to nutrients to make them unusable in your body.
Wheat contains a
lectin called wheat germ
agglutinin (WGA) and these
lectins like to glom onto the walls of your intestines.
Dolapchieva, S. «Distribution of Concanavalin A and Wheat Germ
Agglutinin Binding Sites in the Rat Peripheral Nerve Fibres Revealed by
Lectin / glycoprotein - gold Histochemistry».
Alongside gluten,
lectins (specifically wheat germ
agglutinin) is one reason why wheat causes such bloating, abdominal pain, and poor digestion.
As of now, the harmful effects of peanut
agglutinin, a peanut
lectin, are mostly speculative, but still compelling:
It tests for reactivity to binding isolates such as plant - derived
lectins and
agglutinins.
He observes that wheat germ
agglutinin, or WGA, (a
lectin present in wheat, barley, and rye) actually binds directly with the leptin receptor and prevents leptin binding.
Allergies vs. sensitivities vs. intolerances; gluten, dairy, and soy,
lectins in grains, wheat proteins and exorphins, wheat germ
agglutinin, zonulin, celiac and non-celiac gluten intolerance, autoimmune cross reactivity, symptoms and conditions of gluten intolerance, elimination diets / rotation diets are investigated in depth.
Remember that the primary reason to avoid wheat is the gluten protein (which Carbquik certainly contains) and the wheat
lectins (like wheat germ
agglutinin, which Carbquik might contain).
It's got gliadin in it, gluten essentially, and wheat germ
agglutinin, other
lectins.
And there's even one more way
lectins make you breakout: wheat germ
agglutinin is a particular
lectin that impairs zinc metabolism.
However, bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) has a prominent role to play in
lectin - induced adverse effects, due to the fact that it is a relatively new form of wheat, and contains wheat germ
agglutinin (WGA)-- a particularly resilient and problematic
lectin, considering it is not eliminated through sprouting and is actually found in higher concentrations in whole wheat.