Re: lectins and cancer


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> > > > Continuing with the topic of the blood type diet, the claim
> > > > has been made that lectins are important regarding health.
> > > >
> > > > Here is a research abstract about a kind of lectin that appears
> > > > to protect cancer cells:
> > >
> > > Aren't lectins natural and thus all good for you?
> > > So no matter what your blood type is then I guess you should stay away
> > from
> > > lectins? Or only if you are type A?
> > > I don't see anything in the article mentioning eat for your blood type
> or
> > > blood type even mentioned. They sound like ignorant doctors not
knowing
> > > about eating for your blood type.
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> >
> > Yeah, anything natural is good. Like:
> > The natural products of Clostridium botulinum.
> > Or maybe, tobacco. That is natural
> > Nightshade extract (Mmmmm, atropine).
> > Lecitins are basically phospholipids (PI, PC, PE), so yeah generally no
> > harm. I think they are used as an emulsifier in foods. Some recent
> research
> > (see last months Journal of Lipid Research), shows that soy lecithin can
> > reduce cholesterol levels and improve HDL to LDL ratio. Even though
these
> > were human trials (which means small numbers for short durations with
> lousy
> > control--that is the nature of the beast with humans), much more works
> needs
> > to be done for any real conclusions.
>
> lectin (lec·tin) (lek¢tin) any of a group of hemagglutinating proteins
> found primarily in plant seeds, which bind specifically to the branching
> sugar molecules of glycoproteins and glycolipids on the surface of cells.
> Certain lectins selectively cause agglutination of erythrocytes of certain
> blood groups and of malignant cells but not their normal counterparts;
> others stimulate the proliferation of lymphocytes.
>
> phosphatidylcholine (phos·pha·ti·dyl·cho·line)
> (fos²f[schwa]-ti²d[schwa]l-ko¢l[emacr]n) a phospholipid in which choline
is
> attached to the phosphate group of phosphatidic acid by an ester linkage;
it
> is a major component of cell membrane and is localized preferentially in
the
> outer surface of the plasma membrane. Abbreviated PC. Also called
lecithin.
>
> In clinical practice A1 Lectins (Dolichos biflorus) are used in typing
blood
> for the A1 blood type. Those patients that are A1 negative and or type A2
> and other subtypes of A will not react with that lectin. 22-35% of Type
A2B
> individuals have an anti-A1 antibody.
>
> PC is quantitated in amniocentesis fluid in determining fetal lung
maturity.
>
> We practice natural health. We work with the earth.
>

Yeah, sorry I thought the lecitin was a typo (the study I referred to was
lecithins, of course.). That is an outdated name for the phospholipids, but
you still see it used (mostly in the natural food industry).

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Dr. Dickie
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