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No dinner party can survive uncertainty, and there is nothing so relentless as dinnertime, which must be renewed every day, even multiple times a day; no credit is given for the success of the dinner the night before, which might as well have been ten years ago (View Highlight) You
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The reason that wheat became the grain of choice in northern climates is thanks to a uniquely small lectin in wheat, known as wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), which is responsible for wheat’s weight-gaining propensity. (Location 341) Yes, cows develop heartburn from these lectins, just as you do. To keep
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In this case, green means “stop” and red (and orange and yellow) means “go.” Red, orange, and yellow signal sweetness and desirability to your brain, a concept that food marketers have long known about and employed. Next time you are in the snack food aisle in the supermarket, check out
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Because their initial predators were insects, plants developed some lectins that would paralyze any unfortunate bug that tried to dine on them. Obviously, there is a quantum size difference between insects and mammals, but both are subject to the same effects. (If you are suffering from neuropathy, take notice!) Clearly,