Quoted from Lola

there are a few u tube btd videos showing and explaining the flocculation, agglutination, pathology process of wrong lectins in the body.
besides all these videos being very nicely done and illustrative.

also fun to watch while learning something new at the same time!
check them out!

just type out btd u tube?  I do better with pictures  Will be a test on my swami?

So strange to come back to this thread that I started so long ago. I've gone on to pursue a degree in Exercise Science which required taking Anatomy and Physiology, I'm in Chemistry, exercise physiology and nutrition right now. I have learned so much and I am continuing to learn - I credit this way of eating for not only good health, but good curiosity .

Quoted from grey rabbit

So strange to come back to this thread that I started so long ago. I've gone on to pursue a degree in Exercise Science which required taking Anatomy and Physiology, I'm in Chemistry, exercise physiology and nutrition right now. I have learned so much and I am continuing to learn - I credit this way of eating for not only good health, but good curiosity .

Look how far you've come from this statement you made a few years ago...

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The science boggles me and I don't have patients for it.

Congratulations on developing your curiosity!

Years ago I didn't know what flocculate meant either. I finally looked it up in my medical dictionary.  I think Dr. explained it once as, '...makes your blood look like cotton candy, fluffy...' but I'm not positive about that.

Sharing with the best of intentions.

If you go to my website, I have a laymans explanation.
I tried to copy and paste it here from my IPhone, but it wouldn't do it.

Very helpful thread!

Quoted from Tom Martens

If you go to my website, I have a laymans explanation.
I tried to copy and paste it here from my IPhone, but it wouldn't do it.

Here we go.


"Flocculates serum or precipitates serum proteins."

When searching the TypeBase 4 food values, you will see this phrase.

The easiest way to explain it is to say that your body has an  "Immune response" to that particular Lectin.  

"Flocculates" means flaking and clumping together.  Normally this happens when a foreign Antigen is destroyed by an Antibody like when you get sick and your body fights off a virus or bacterial infection.

These Lectins specific to your Blood Type can cause this type of response.

Quoted from Tom Martens

Here we go.


"Flocculates serum or precipitates serum proteins."

When searching the TypeBase 4 food values, you will see this phrase.

The easiest way to explain it is to say that your body has an  "Immune response" to that particular Lectin.  

"Flocculates" means flaking and clumping together.  Normally this happens when a foreign Antigen is destroyed by an Antibody like when you get sick and your body fights off a virus or bacterial infection.

These Lectins specific to your Blood Type can cause this type of response.

That makes it very easy to remember & can also be exactly what happens to sensitive patches of skin on my face (& a couple of other reactionary areas) within a very short time period of eating an avoid... It kind of builds up a layer or two & then flakes off & if I am not careful can then get infected...

Interesting observation Possum. I also get those sensitive areas on my skin, usually a fixed localized area such as the inside of the ankle or back of the knee. I get rashes that itch so bad I would scratch till it bleeds. Certainly a great deterrent for me to touch the same avoid food again!

Indeed!!

Hey, Grey Rabbit, i am also now studying, and part of those studies involves chemistry and biochemistry. From what I understand, the body needs to transport various substances such as nutrients and hormones via the blood. Some of those substances can travel dissolved in the blood, but others need to be transported via carrier proteins in the blood. I imagine it a bit like some people being able to walk to a distant destination while others need to catch taxis.

When serum is flocculated, those carrier proteins are not available to provide transport, so substances which require carrier proteins have less available to them. Imagine that a large group of people require taxis to get to their destination, but most of the available taxis have been involved in multi-car pileups. Fewer available taxis means fewer people being transported and therefore a much slower transit rate.

So it would seem to me that flocculation means that the transport of stuff via the bloodstream gets slowed right down, whether good substances needed by the body for essential processes, or bad substances needing to be excreted. Either way, not a desirable occurrence.

snazzyshazz, I love it! Taxi, taxi!! Oh no there's been a report of a 5 car pile up on the I-15, expect delays of up to four hours. Ha!

Quoted from snazzyshazz

So it would seem to me that flocculation means that the transport of stuff via the bloodstream gets slowed right down, whether good substances needed by the body for essential processes, or bad sunstamces needing to be excreted. Either way, not a desirable occurrence.

It may also mean that an off-ramp is blocked so that one "area" doesn't get any service for an extended period.  In body terminology, a stroke.

Quoted from ABJoe

It may also mean that an off-ramp is blocked so that one "area" doesn't get any service for an extended period.  In body terminology, a stroke.

Varicose veins anyone?

Quoted from Tom Martens

Varicose veins anyone?

Varicose veins are more about the back-flow valves breaking down and no longer working, from what I understand. I'm sure floccation would not help

Quoted from grey rabbit

Varicose veins are more about the back-flow valves breaking down and no longer working, from what I understand. I'm sure floccation would not help

My thought was about the blood vessels that only carry one or 2 cells at a time... all that clumping could clog them up and voila...

Using the same excellent taxi/transport analogy, how would you also explain why some "unwanted" substances make it through the system extra rapidly ie as I posted above re my face breaking out in lumps & bumps & hive like reactions...

Quoted from Tom Martens

My thought was about the blood vessels that only carry one or 2 cells at a time... all that clumping could clog them up and voila...

That's not really what is happening with varicose veins. You see, veins are rather thin walled vessels that don't have a lot of muscle like arteries do. Arteries can pump the blood along a little because they have lots of smooth muscle. Veins rely on "muscle pumps", the muscle surrounding the vein, to pump and the anti-back flow valves to prevent the blood from draining back down the vein because of gravity. Varicose veins happen when those valves break down and don't work any more. Exercise is a great way to keep the veins happy, by keeping the muscle pumps working. Good food is also very important . Here is a really good picture of veins vs arteries.

Quoted from Possum

Using the same excellent taxi/transport analogy, how would you also explain why some "unwanted" substances make it through the system extra rapidly ie as I posted above re my face breaking out in lumps & bumps & hive like reactions...

Some reactions can be due to the energy of the substance racing through the nervous system, even without the "toxin" being ingested.  According to the allergy specialist I used, the energy of an allergen travels through the nervous system faster than conscious thoughts / commands...

Quoted from ABJoe

Some reactions can be due to the energy of the substance racing through the nervous system, even without the "toxin" being ingested.  According to the allergy specialist I used, the energy of an allergen travels through the nervous system faster than conscious thoughts/commands...

Sure does!!!

What does it mean? Serum = blood ? Is this lectin based effect ?
How does one measure it.

http://www.dadamo.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-GC/m-1234230263/s-0/

This thread came up on a search.  

nice, lol the search - i forgot about it

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Lectins are proteins 'with a sweet tooth'

look onto Dr D s new Trehalose supplement

listen carefully to all the wonderful things it does

http://generativemedicine.org/blogs/dadamolab/?p=106
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