Adding chickpeas and other beans to your diet could be the key to boosting your nutritional benefits and managing weight, ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD ... A recent Nutrients study assessed the therapeutic role of recombinant banana lectin ...

Some social media users are "spreading fear" about dangers of eating legumes, including black beans. Here's why you shouldn't ...

This involves, but is not limited to, the identification of pathogen- or self-antigen-derived lectin ligands, investigation of lectin functions during infections and inflammation, and the design of ...

While they’re generally safe for consumption, some individuals may suffer from negative effects like digestive problems, inflammation, and autoimmune reactions due to lectin intake. As a result ...

Eating lentils every day could be the key to lowering your cholesterol without causing stress on your gastrointestinal tract, ...

These include cationic antimicrobial peptides, S100 family proteins, peptidoglycan-recognition proteins (PGRPs in invertebrates, PGLYRPs in vertebrates), calcium-dependent lectins (C-type lectins ...

Background Myeloid inhibitory C-type lectin-like receptor (MICL, Clec12A) is a C-type lectin receptor (CLR) expressed predominantly by myeloid cells. Previous studies have suggested that MICL is ...

"Lentils have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects in the body, so they’re a great food to eat regularly," Galati says. The good news: cooking legumes inactivates most lectins, Harvard notes.

Galectins are b-galactoside-binding lectins related to cell adhesion, migration, apoptosis, proliferation, and metastasis, modulating metabolism and inflammation. Clinical research shows that high ...

Perks: People who are sensitive to beans, lentils and grains (which have higher levels of lectins when they are raw or undercooked) may notice a benefit from restricting them – and the protocol is not ...