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The Plant Paradox: The

Hidden Dangers in
"Healthy" Foods That
Cause Disease and Weight
Gain
By
Dr. Steven R Gundry MD
Harper Wave
"I read this book... it worked. My autoimmune disease is gone and
I'm 37 pounds lighter in my pleather." --Kelly Clarkson

Most of us have heard of gluten—a protein found in wheat that


causes 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 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 them 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 easily can employ to
avoid them, including:
Peel your veggies. Most of the lectins are contained in the skin
and seeds of plants; simply peeling and de-seeding 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.

Harper Wave

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