Plants produce phytic acid to bind minerals, hindering human absorption and potentially leading to weakness and impaired reproduction.

“Plants make phytic acid to steal our minerals so we won't eat the plants. And if we do, we'll get weak, we won't reproduce, and then the plants can win.”

“And and sometimes the plants are full of condoms that can wrap around other minerals in the other foods you're eating. So, if you're eating a steak with something that's high in phytic acid, the the minerals in that steak might get bound up by the phytic acid in the plant foods.”

“so many of the nutrients in these foods are poorly bioavailable for humans meaning that if you eat these Foods as the majority of your diet you're not going to be able to absorb the vitamins and the minerals that are in here in terms of minerals like iron like zinc like copper like manganese like magnesium they're very poorly bioavailable in plant Foods because of compounds that prevent their absorption like oxalates and phytic acid”