Some natural compounds in plants like beans and grains can stop your body from absorbing important nutrients like iron, protein, and vitamins, because they stick to those nutrients or mess with your...

From: Antinutritional characterization in plant foods; health consequences and reduction strategies

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Some natural compounds in plants like beans and grains can stop your body from absorbing important nutrients like iron, protein, and vitamins, because they stick to those nutrients or mess with your...

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Antinutritional factors including phytates, tannins, lectins, trypsin inhibitors, saponins, oxalates, cyanogenic glycosides, and gossypol, which are naturally present in plant foods, reduce the bioavailability of minerals, proteins, and vitamins by binding to them or inhibiting digestive enzymes.

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