Seth’s gym is scheduled to be open late in December. We believe he’s trying to corner the market on all the failed New Year’s resolutioners.
WOD “Bertha”
Complete as many rounds as you can in 20 minutes of:
1 slice pizza
2 twinkies
6 oz pepsi
Choosing Your Poison
Since the Robb Wolf certification, I’ve been trying to get my mind around lectins. Thing is, lectins are everywhere, and they’re important. Unfortunately, some are toxic to humans when consumed. The tricky part is that some individuals can thrive eating a food that will kill someone else.
Nutrition is complicated. People get college degrees in nutrition. There are thousands of nutrition and diet books filled with ideas and references to other books, scientific journals and articles supporting the author’s opinions.
This leads me to believe that there is very little fact in the science of nutrition, except that you’ve got to eat. Unless, you’re a breatharian of course.
Though it’s important to read some of the books, verify some of the research, and talk to some of the gurus; in the end, you’ve got to decide what you’re going to put in the pie hole. And it’s possible that that decision is responsible for 80% of your quality of life, now and later.
The basis of your decision should not be based on theory or someone else’s idea of what constitutes healthy eating. Instead, it should be based on your experience. On how you look, feel, and perform while eating certain foods or following a specific program.
Elimination diets have been used by many to help identify food allergies. This is the emphasis of CrossFit Missoula’s 30 Day CMFD Challenge.
Which brings me back to these pesky lectins.
“The most common potentially ‘toxic’ lectin containing food groups are:
- grains, especially wheat and wheat germ but also quinoa, rice, buckwheat, oats, rye, barley, millet and corn.
- legumes (all dried beans, including soy and peanuts),
- dairy (perhaps more so when cows are feed grains instead of grass, a speculation based on research showing transference of lectins into breast milk and dairy and potentially more harmful in pasteurized, processed milk because of the reduction of SIgA, an immunoglobulin that binds dangerous lectins , Biol Neonate 1991;59(3):121-5 Davin JC et al The high lectin-binding capacity of human secretory IgA protects nonspecifically mucosae against environmental antigens.), NOTE: Only breast milk is good for babies.
- nightshade (includes potato, tomato, eggplant and pepper).”
- Quote stolen from http://www.krispin.com/lectin.html
Though the above list is the most common. Any food could be an allergen.
I know a little boy who will die if he eats eggs! He’s so sensitive to eggs, that he goes into anaphylactic shock if an egg is broken within his vicinity!
Are lectins the cause of his condition? I don’t know. But what’s obvious, is people can respond very differently to different things.
For our challenge, we are eliminating the top three potentially toxic lectin containing food groups from our diets for 30 days (grains, legumes, and dairy) and then reintroducing those foods, one at a time, all the while closely monitoring the changes that are taking place.
We’re now one week into the Challenge. How are our Challengers doing?
Sound off in comments.
WOD 091102
“Elizabeth”
21-15-9 reps for time:
Cleans, 135 lb (60 kg)
Ring dips
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