Category Archives: Lectins

Lectins: Widespread in Commonly Eaten Foods

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Lectins are proteins that facilitate cell to cell binding. Letins accomplish this by weakly joining to carbohydrate signal molecules on the surface of cells, and when two such conjugations are made, the cells become joined through an intermediary lectin. The … Continue reading →

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Does Zinc Have Pharmacological Actions on Immunity?

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Zinc is an important trace mineral required as a cofactor for a large number of proteins in mammalian nutrition. In animal models of zinc nutrition, it has been demonstrated that zinc deficiency causes a significant deterioration in the response of … Continue reading →

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The Blood Type Diet: Fact or Fiction?

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Robert Barrington

The blood type diet was created by Peter D’Adamo and James D’Adamo and was popularised in the best selling book ‘Eat Right 4 Your Type’, originally published in 1996. The diet is based on matching the foods consumed to the … Continue reading →

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