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The Plant Paradox

The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain

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The Plant Paradox

By: Steven R. Gundry MD
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"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 listeners 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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2017 Steven R. Gundry (P)2019 HarperAudio
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Exceptional

fantastic book. very informative and excellent narrator Dr Gundry. Thank you Dr Gundry for writing this book. loved it !

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Potentially Interesting but with regligious overshadows

The lectin hypothesis is very interesting and very well explained with many good examples and analogies. This is a userful tool for you to evaluate on your own (body).

But the longer you listen the more you hear the primary agenda of this book. The vegan one. As the author clearly states, he is affiliated with The 7th day Adventists, whom say vegan diet was given to man by god. This means that for them Religion trumps Science. Keep this in mind.

Keep also in mind the plentiful name dropping of correlation studies - which are of course not causational.

To summarize. The Plant Paradox Program is a religious based vegan pro-, selective high carb diet. proteins are bad, animal proteins are very bad and fats are bad. But you are allowed to eat half an avocado!

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food for thought

Loads of information about the foods I thought was healthy or what was pasted off as healthy.

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the charity of information

I am grateful for the information to assist me in my healing. Bless Dr Gundry and all who work with him

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Fantastic information

Thoroughly enjoyed the valuable information contained in this book. will be recommending this to family and friends

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Amazing book

Very knowledgeable doctor I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book and would highly recommend it

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interesting

This book is very interesting it's very in depth and very well researched by the author. It steers you to what is good for you and more important what is bad for you and tells you why.

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Easy to understand

I found it easy to understand and have started implementing the changes to my diet

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Fantastic read!

Absolutely amazing book that has changed my relationship with food! Will read it again

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A life altering and lengthening book.

I wasn't ill, but had a few very minor middle aged niggles. I've never been to a doctor ever (lucky enough to have had no cause). I thought there was nothing g wrong with me and I just wanted to maintain health, it turns out that as well as I felt before, I can now feel utterly amazing all the time. I've more energy than I had as a child, and minor gurgles and discomfort caused by food and booze are now gone. Make use of the shopping list and appendix wig this audiobook as well as a food diary -write symptoms! good and bad what goes in and what goes out. You'll be astonished.

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