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I want to talk about some hidden problems in probably your favorite snacks that you may not know are there.

Now, first of all, my favorite topic, lectins, many of your favorite snack foods, particularly if they're grain-based,

are probably loaded with lectins. Just remember that lectins are part of the plant defense

system against being eaten. And lectins are proteins that are really good at promoting leaky gut. That's intestinal

permeability. And leaky gut is one of the biggest drivers of inflammation. So one of the ways to

keep inflammation subsided is not so much eating anti-inflammatory foods, whatever that means,

but eating foods that don't promote leaky gut.

And first and foremost is lectins in the snack foods.

So anytime you are looking at a snack, if it's got a grain product, whether it's wheat,

rye, barley, oats, corn, then it almost certainly has lectins in them.

It doesn't matter whether it says organic or all-natural.

The lectins are in there. Now, too many lectins can cause low energy, weight gain, pain, and so

much more. Now, a lot of the foods in my no list are notorious for containing lectins,

like legumes, like grains, like nightshades. You can detoxify a lot of these by peeling and

deceiting them or pressure cook if you must eat them. But word of warning, pressure cooking does not destroy the lectin gluten in wheat, rye, barley, and oats.

Okay, number two, this should come as no surprise, but there's sugar most likely in your favorite snack food.

The average American now eats 153 pounds of sugar per year,

whether they know it or not. And that's because a lot of the snack foods that you're eating

that are loaded with sugar don't necessarily taste sweet.

In fact, sadly, a piece of bread has four teaspoons of sugar per slice.

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