The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods by Steven R. Gundry M.D.

“Dr. Gundry is a real trailblazer, constantly on the vanguard of clinical wisdom. The Plant Paradox exhibits the area what pioneer pondering is ready and is a must-read e-book for a person drawn to being as fit as nature has designed them to be.” —Alejandro Junger MD, long island instances bestselling writer of Clean, fresh intestine and Clean Eats

“The Plant Paradox elegantly explains how crops shield themselves from being fed on via people, and the way consuming the inaccurate ones on the flawed occasions immeasurably hurts our well-being. An eye-opening read.” —Mehmet oz., MD, Professor of surgical procedure, long island Presbyterian/Columbia University

Most folks have heard of gluten—a protein present in wheat that factors frequent irritation within the physique. americans spend billions of greenbacks on gluten-free diets with a view to safeguard their overall healthiness. yet what if we’ve been lacking the foundation of the matter? In The Plant Paradox, popular heart specialist Dr. Steven Gundry finds that gluten is only one number of a typical, and hugely poisonous, plant-based protein known as lectin. Lectins are stumbled on not just in grains like wheat but in addition within the “gluten-free” meals such a lot people normally regard as fit, together with many end result, greens, nuts, beans, and standard dairy items. those proteins, that are present in the seeds, grains, skins, rinds, and leaves of crops, are designed through nature to guard them from predators (including humans). as soon as ingested, they incite a type of chemical war in bodies, inflicting inflammatory reactions which may result in weight achieve and critical healthiness conditions.

At his waitlist-only clinics in California, Dr. Gundry has effectively handled tens of millions of sufferers struggling with autoimmune issues, diabetes, leaky intestine syndrome, middle affliction, and neurodegenerative ailments with a protocol that detoxes the cells, upkeep the intestine, and nourishes the physique. Now, in The Plant Paradox, he stocks this clinically confirmed software with readers round the world.

The basic (and daunting) truth is, lectins are in all places. fortunately, Dr. Gundry bargains uncomplicated hacks we simply can hire to prevent them, including:

• Peel your greens. many of the lectins are inside the pores and skin and seeds of vegetation; easily peeling and de-seeding greens (like tomatoes and peppers) reduces their lectin content.
• Shop for fruit in season. Fruit comprise fewer lectins whilst ripe, so consuming apples, berries, and different lectin-containing end result on the height of ripeness is helping reduce your lectin consumption.
• Swap your brown rice for white. entire grains and seeds with challenging outer coatings are designed via nature to reason digestive distress—and are choked with lectins.

With an entire record of lectin-containing meals and easy substitutes for every, a step by step detox and weight loss program, and scrumptious lectin-free recipes, The Plant Paradox illuminates the hidden hazards lurking on your salad bowl—and indicates you ways to devour complete meals in a complete new way.