Thoughts about phytase, phytates & phytic acid
I mis-spoke in my blog about Grains and Iron. I said that humans don’t have the enzyme phytase. That isn’t completely true (I learned tonight). We do have phytase, but we have such a tiny amount of it that our bodies are not able to process unfermented grains.
I read an article that compared the amount of phytase in a human gut to the amount in a rat’s gut. The article is called Phytase activity in the human and rat small intestine. My husband thinks the things I read are boring, what do you think? 🙂 I get excited over studies like this! 🙂