Phytic, not Phallic Acid

First, being ignorant on what that p-something acid is in beans, kale, and a bunch of other plants was, I tried to guess "phallic acid" - to which Google replied with bored confusion.

Eventually I found it was "phytic acid" and plays a very interesting and complex biological role, with very bad and very good effects on people.

http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/living-with-phytic-acid/

http://evolutionarypsychiatry.blogspot.ca/2011/09/phytic-acid-mineral-grubbing-nuisance.html

Both sites are well-worth exploring if you have any interest in the wide-ranging and significant role of phytic acid, but the second ties directly into another strong interest of mine - mitochondrial health.

Things that make mitochondria happy and promote efficiency and clean energy:
1) A high-fat diet and utilization of ketones
2) A ready supply of energy and mitochondrial cofactors such as the animal flesh-derived carnitine, creatine, and carnosine, and the cholesterol buddy buddy ubiquinone (CoEnzymeQ10), vitamin A, and the football crew of B vitamins are also utilized in the respiratory chain.
3) Protein and/or calorie restriction which promotes the activation of PPAR (that is peroxisome-proliferator acttivated receptors).  See, the mitochondria have two major types of garbage containment facilities, the lysosomes and the peroxisomes.  They are the waste clean-up crew, and they become more active in states of protein restriction and ketosis.  In addition, the old and inefficient mitochondria spewing more reactive oxygen species than they ought get properly decomissioned in states of protein restriction and ketosis.  This is one part of a positive clean-up process called "autophagy."
4) Aerobic exercise seems to stimulate the creation of new, shiny, efficient mitochondria (2).
http://evolutionarypsychiatry.blogspot.ca/2011/02/basic-science-energy-is-everything.html