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Why you should never have avocado toast for breakfast?

Well, as you probably know, avocado toast has become one of the trendiest meals across

the globe, especially when it comes to breakfast.

And if you're like most people, you've probably convinced avocado toast is a healthy option.

Well, sorry to disappoint, but that's certainly not the case.

In fact, one of my patients actually went on an avocado toast kick.

And I can tell you with this patient, who we do monitor their levels of leaky gut, and

we had pretty much cleared his leaky gut completely by following our program, but when he went

on the avocado toast kick, his leaky gut returned with a vengeance.

So what the heck is happening?

Well, don't get me wrong.

Avocados are great.

You have heard me say on this podcast, avocados are probably the best fruit you can eat.

But when it comes to avocado toast, there's several reasons I stay far away.

The most obvious is the bread.

Unfortunately, bread is loaded with lectins.

Lectins, as you know, are those plant proteins that are particularly common in wheat,

rye, barley, that are one of the main causes of leaky gut, intestinal permeability.

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