Anti-nutrients: Should They Be Avoided?

What’s happening? 

Anti-nutrient compounds like lectins, oxalates, goitrogens, phytates, phytoestrogens, and tannins are naturally found in plant foods and act to protect plants from their surrounding environment (1-2). Some claims have linked several negative health effects, such as altered gut function, inflammation, food poisoning (lectins), greater risk for kidney stone formation (oxalates), altered thyroid function or goiter (goitrogens), hormone imbalances (phytoestrogens), and...