Menopause and Beans

Legumes

I remember my father telling me about a scene in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre with Humphrey Bogart.

In the scene, the gringos meet a young Mexican boy that could run like the wind.

They asked him what he ate for breakfast?

“Beans and tortillas.”

How about lunch?

“Beans and tortillas.”

How about dinner?

“Beans and tortillas.”

I grew up eating beans and tortillas.

Yes, I’m a mejo.

Beans to me are a superfood.

As I age and enter my “Third Act” of life…

I have found that we are healthier…

By avoiding the anti-nutrients found in legumes.

And, if you are trying to lose weight while in your third act…

Don’t even look at any food that has high levels of these anti-nutrients.

Lectin

The lectins in legumes are anti-nutrients.

These anti-nutrients can be harmful to not only animals but humans too.

Lectins are proteins that bind to carbohydrates.

This could increase the permeability of your intestinal wall.

This may allow harmful molecules, such as lectins themselves, to pass through the intestinal wall.

These harmful substances will enter the bloodstream.

Where they can cause havoc with insulin receptors.

They may also desensitize your leptin receptors.

Leptin turns off hunger.

Lectins can then contribute to insulin and leptin resistance.

Two of the primary causes of diabetes and obesity.

And a major contributor to weight loss resistance.

If lectins bind with a gland, like your thyroid, they may contribute to autoimmune diseases like Hashimoto’s

FYI, grains are also filled with lectins.

The two legumes with the highest concentrations of lectins are soybeans and peanuts.

Peanuts are not a nut.

While on a weight loss program, avoid all legumes.

We will see how your body reacts when clean.

If you do consume legumes, they should be eaten alone.

They are a meal in themselves.

Phytic Acid

Most nuts actually have more phytic acid than beans.

The Great American Diet of overeating would make all three of these Phytic Acid-containing foods on the avoid list.

Someone like me, I have an addiction to cashews, can probably eat the same amount of cashews in one sitting as I can beans.

Fodmaps

Legumes have fodmaps.

Legumes contain a carbohydrate called galaco-ligosaccharides.

You know the gas that accompanies a bowl of beans.

That’s caused by fodmaps.

This unpleasant digestive problem can make worse the gut problems we usually have in our “Third Act.”

Strike THREE!

In a nutshell;

• Do not consume legumes, beans, if you are trying to lose weight.
• The anti-nutrients found within legumes may damage your gut and contribute to leaky gut.
• Lectins may contribute to diabetes and obesity by aiding in insulin and leptin resistance.

Not quite sure what a legume is :

Download my simple list of legumes

Doc Mac’s List of Legumes

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