Is Phytic Acid Bad For You? (Hint: it’s in nuts, seeds, grains, and legumes)

In this week's video, I'm talking about phytic acid.

If you have been around the paleo community or keto community for the last 20 years, you have probably been schooled on the horror of consuming phytic acid-rich foods.

What is phytic acid anyways?

Phytic acid is essentially the storage form of phosphorus in the plant.

Phytic acid is found in abundance in grains, seeds, legumes, and nuts.

There is also a small amount in roots and tubers like sweet potatoes and cassava. It is often demonized as an anti-nutrient that we must destroy so that we don’t become deficient in minerals like calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, copper and zinc.

Now in a single meal, as the amount of phytate decreases, the amount of available minerals increases.

When might you want to pay special attention to the amount of phytic acid you're consuming?

If you're a vegan or vegetarian
If you're eating a lot of soy products
If you're anemic
If you're getting sick all of the time
If you're not getting enough zinc

So, if you are concerned about iron, calcium or zinc you could always eat foods or supplements at another time during the day and in so doing bypass the phytic acid issue.

I would also recommend sprouting, soaking, fermenting, or cooking your grains, nuts, seeds, potatoes, beans to increase their digestibility but I wouldn’t stress about completely clearing phytic acid from your meal.

Sprouting alone has shown to increase bioavailability of minerals in many grains from 40-98% depending on the grain.

How about we focus on the anti-cancer and anti-obesity effects of phytic acid rather than the mineral depletion effects?

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