I met Jon Benson in July and just got his  book called Simply Eat.   I am promoting this book because the food tips and information has helped me in a significant way. You see -  I have been a vegetarian for many years, eating a healthy plant-based diet.   However any time I would eat beans, rice, breads, soy, seeds, and nuts, I would experience digestive distress, such as bloating, abdominal pain, general malaise. 

I thought it was only me and my unique response to food.  Are you like me and have a hard time after eating beans and grains?  Do you gain fat when you eat even whole "non-refined"  healthy carbohydrates like brown rice, nuts, and seeds?

Soak All Grains, Legumes, Nuts and Seeds

I learned a food tip from Jon Benson's ebook  Simply Eat:   soak all grains, legumes  for 24 hours  prior to cooking them.  I  remember that my grandmother used to  soak legumes, beans over night, but somehow for many years, I never adopted the habit of soaking, rinsing, and slightly sprouting grains and legumes, seeds and nuts.  I stopped eating these foods for a few months.  Now I know it's not just me and what to do to enjoy eating, legumes, rice,  seeds and nuts again .

The grains, legumes, and nuts taste the same,  and through the re-hydration process they even become  fluffy in texture, slightly sprouting . But, more important than that - they are now "lectin-free"...or 90% there.