Dr. Gundry reveals: The secret life of lectins

The Dr. Gundry Podcast

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🗓️ 24 June 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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By now you've probably heard all about how toxic plant proteins — called lectins — can wreak havoc on your gut and even cause serious autoimmune diseases.But ever since I published my best-seller The Plant Paradox back in 2017, people have been asking me this one question:"Where did your idea about lectins come from?"Well, I didn't discover lectins. In fact, the science behind lectins is over 100 years-old!But I was one of the first people to theorize that lectins are THE major culprit behind so many of our modern ailments.So on today's episode of the Dr. Gundry Podcast, I'm going to take you on a journey of discovery. I'll explain the origins of my lectin theory of disease, share useful tips and tricks for cutting lectins out of your diet, and discuss the case studies that helped solidify my research.You're also going to hear me answer some of my fiercest critics and address the serious scientific scholarship underpinning everything I've written about lectins.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dr. Gundry Podcast, Today we've got a special guest back by
0:18.3	popular demand me because as you probably guess I get a lot of questions and one of the most
0:26.1	frequent questions I get even two years after the Plant Paradox has been published
0:32.3	how did I first come up with my lectin theory?
0:37.0	Well, it's not a theory, and I didn't come up with it.
0:42.0	Believe it or not, lectectans have been known about since the 1800s.
0:48.0	In fact, if you've ever been told your blood type,
0:52.4	you were told your blood type,
0:53.0	type by using lectons to figure out what your blood type is.
0:59.0	It turns out that in those days they found that these plant compounds, which are sticky proteins,
1:08.3	had individual red blood cells that they would stick to depending upon the sugar molecule that
1:16.2	was on the outside of the red blood cell. And when they stuck to a particular
1:21.8	red blood cell they would then make other red blood cells stick to that
1:28.1	red blood cell and they'd all clung and it's called a glutenutination. So if you had type of blood you put in a lectin that
1:38.9	like to bond to type of blood and all the red blood cells would clump and you'd shake it around in a test tube and there you go.
1:47.0	Your type O. If you put in a lectin that like to bond to the sugar molecule on a type A, you would only if you were type
1:58.2	A would you clump.
2:00.5	And so that's how lectrons have been known about for so long.
2:05.0	And I think that's actually a really important point for those of you who are doubters about lectons.
2:13.0	Lectons make things clump together,
2:18.0	and they make red blood cells clump together.
2:22.0	In fact, you've heard me describe and published results that the
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