The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in Healthy Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain Hardcover - 2017 - 1st Edition
by Steven R. Gundry MD
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Most of us have heard of gluten--a protein found in wheat that can cause widespread inflammation in the body. Americans spend billions of dollars on gluten-free diets in an effort to protect their health. But what if we've been missing the root of the problem?
In The Plant Paradox, renowned cardiologist and heart surgeon Dr. Steven Gundry reveals that gluten is just one variety of a common, and highly toxic, plant-based protein called lectin. Lectins are found not only in grains like wheat but also in the "gluten-free" foods most of us commonly regard as healthy, including many fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, and conventional dairy products. These proteins, which are found in the seeds, grains, skins, rinds, and leaves of plants, are designed by nature to protect plants from predators (including humans). Once ingested, they incite a kind of chemical warfare in our bodies, causing inflammatory reactions that can lead to weight gain and serious health conditions.
At his waitlist-only clinics in California, Dr. Gundry has successfully treated tens of thousands of patients suffering from autoimmune disorders, diabetes, leaky gut syndrome, heart disease, and neurodegenerative diseases with a protocol that detoxes the cells, repairs the gut, and nourishes the body. Now, in The Plant Paradox, he shares this clinically proven program with readers around the world.
The simple (and daunting) fact is, lectins are everywhere. Thankfully, Dr. Gundry offers simple hacks we can easily employ to avoid them, including
- Peel your veggies. Lectins are concentrated in the leaves, peels, and seeds of plants; simply peeling and deseeding vegetables (like tomatoes and peppers) reduces their lectin content.
- Shop for fruit in season. Fruit contain fewer lectins when ripe, so eating apples, berries, and other lectin-containing fruits at the peak of ripeness helps minimize your lectin consumption.
- Swap your brown rice for white. Whole grains and seeds with hard outer coatings are designed by nature to cause digestive distress--and are full of lectins.
With a full list of lectin-containing foods and simple substitutes for each, a step-by-step detox and eating plan, and delicious lectin-free recipes, The Plant Paradox illuminates the hidden dangers lurking in your salad bowl--and shows you how to eat whole foods in a whole new way.
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- Title The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in Healthy Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain
- Author Steven R. Gundry MD
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Wave
- Date 2017-04-25
- ISBN 9780062427137 / 006242713X
- Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.4 x 1.5 in (22.86 x 16.26 x 3.81 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Health & Fitness
- Library of Congress subjects Plants - Nutrition, Plant lectins
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016052864
- Dewey Decimal Code 582.13
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- Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/0001, Page 0
- Shelf Awareness, 05/16/2017, Page 0
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