Isn't it crazy to think of all the different kinds of foods so many of us eat

every day? Chips, cookies, burgers, fries, our bodies doodifully process whatever

it is we choose to swell regardless of whether or not what we eat could

actually harm us or shorten our lives. Our bodies are amazing. I said try to pull

out nutrients we'll talk to protect us from all the garbage so maybe just

maybe we should try and give our bodies a break. I'm Dr. Michael Greger and

you're listening to the Nutrition Facts podcast. I'm here to tell you that

nutrition matters. We could choose a diet proven to not only prevent and

treat but reverse our number one killer heart disease along with other deadly

diseases such as type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure but many of us don't

make that choice. Our goal today is to help you make that choice and present you

with the results of the latest and peer-reviewed nutrition and health research

presented in a way that's easy to understand. Our subject today is worth a

hill of beans at least. Did you know that there's some people that say that

lectins or substance found in beedons can actually do our body harm? One of the

best ways to avoid problems with lectins is to cook beans properly. In the 1800s

a compound was discovered in caster beans which we would come to know as the

first of a class of lectin proteins and natural compounds found throughout the

food supply but concentrated in beans, whole grains and certain fruits and

vegetables. Every decade or two in a popular literature and the medical

literature a question is raised whether dietary lectins are causing disease.

It's easy to raise hysteria about lectins after all that first one found back in

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