Hello and welcome to episode number 271 of the Nutrition Diva

podcast. I'm your host Monica Reinagle.

Over the last few Monica Reinagle.

Over the last few months, I have gotten hundreds of questions from readers and listeners about a book called The Plant Paradox by Dr. Stephen Gundry. In it, Gundry claims that there's a toxic compound in our food supply that may be, and I'm quoting here, the cause for most common health problems."

There are an awful lot of people writing about food and nutrition these days.

It can be really hard to be heard above the din of so many experts and celebrities and well

just plain marketers. Finding a hidden danger is a tried and true way to get

attention, especially if you can reveal a tried and that's exactly what Gondry claims to have

especially if you can reveal a previously unknown threat

lurking in foods that are thought to be good for you.

And that's exactly what Gundry claims to have uncovered.

It's not fast food or added sugars or highly processed foods that's causing our problems,

he suggests.

It's not a pesticide, preservative, or plasticizer, the real cause, he says, is, quote,

so well hidden you would never have noticed it, end quote.

Well, he certainly has my attention. How about yours? The culprit, Dr. Gundry says, is lectins. And where are lectins found? In vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, seeds, and legumes.

Could it be that the very foods that are supposed to be the foundation of a healthy diet,

those foods that were constantly

encouraged to eat more of are actually making us sick.

And now what are these things called lectins?

Lectons are not a single thing, a single compound, but an entire class of proteins that have a propensity to bind with

carbohydrate molecules. We're not exactly sure what the function of lectins in

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