What are anti-nutrients and how serious are they?   Anti-nutrients are chemicals/substances in a food that not only block your ability to absorb nutrients from the food you eat, but can even leech out the nutrients you DO have in your body.  They can also cause digestive problems.   Many plant foods have anti-nutrients, because this is their biological way of protecting the species. There are also manmade antinutrients.  How harmful are they? That depends on how much or how many of them you eat.  You won’t die if you eat foods with anti-nutrients in them.  However, if you eat them frequently, they CAN cause some serious health issues.  The point of today’s show is to help you become AWARE of anti-nutrients, where you find them, and then take a look at your diet and see how often you’re eating them.   Join the community! Free private FB group for women, “Wellness Rising”:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1153532848019343/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elisa-m-pool/message