What is an anti-nutrient?
An anti-nutrient uses up your nutrients instead of giving you nutrients. An example is eating an English muffin versus eating a banana. 1. 200 calorie English muffin needs three micrograms of chromium to be assimilated into the body. It only has one microgram, so the total comes up to 1-3 micrograms chromium = -2 micrograms or it takes away 2 micrograms of chromium form the chromium store in your body. 2. 200 calorie banana has 150 micrograms of chromium. It needs 3 micrograms to be assimilated into the body so 150-3 micrograms chromium = 147 micrograms. This means the banana actually adds 147 micrograms of chromium to the body instead of taking away as the muffin did. All these reasons are why refined grains are not healthy, but actually slowly destroying our health. A general rule is the more food you eat in the way God created the food the better your health will be uncooked and living is best. The best grains to eat are non-gluten, sprouted forms like quinoa, millet and amaranth. T
