The surprising truth about lectins

ZOE Science & Nutrition

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Nutrition, Science, Health & Fitness, Education

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🗓️ 2 November 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

What are lectins, and are they dangerous? These “antinutrients” have come under attack and were recently the subject of a dietary fad fueled by a popular book. As always, there’s more to the story. In today’s episode, Jonathan is joined by Dr. Will Bulsiewicz to dive deep into the world of lectins. They dissect questionable studies, debunk myths, and offer expert advice about how to approach foods containing these misunderstood compounds. Will is a board-certified gastroenterologist with 14 years of experience. He’s also the New York Times best-selling author of Fiber Fueled and ZOE’s U.S. medical director. If you want to uncover the right foods for your body, head to joinzoe.com/podcast and get 10% off your personalized nutrition program. Download our FREE guide — Top 10 Tips to Live Healthier: https://zoe.com/freeguide Follow ZOE on Instagram. Mentioned in today’s episode: Lectins as bioactive plant proteins: A potential in cancer treatment from Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition Plant-derived lectins as potential cancer therapeutics and diagnostic tools from BioMed Research International A legume-based hypocaloric diet reduces proinflammatory status and improves metabolic features in overweight/obese subjects from the European Journal of Nutrition Dietary legume consumption reduces risk of colorectal cancer: Evidence from a meta-analysis of cohort studies from Scientific Reports Intake of legumes and cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis from Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases Legume consumption is inversely associated with type 2 diabetes incidence in adults: A prospective assessment from the PREDIMED study from Clinical Nutrition The effects of legume consumption on markers of glycaemic control in individuals with and without diabetes mellitus: A systematic literature review of randomised controlled trials from Nutrients Effects of dietary pulse consumption on body weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition The "white kidney bean incident" in Japan from Methods in Molecular Biology Fructan, rather than gluten, induces symptoms in patients with self-reported non-celiac gluten sensitivity from Gastroenterology Is there a nutrition topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at podcast@joinzoe.com, and we’ll do our best to cover it. Episode transcripts are available here.

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to Zoey Shores, the Bite Size podcast where we discuss one topic
0:06.2	around science and nutrition.
0:08.0	I'm Jonathan Wolff, and today I'm joined by Dr. Will Bullswitch, and today's subject
0:13.3	is lectins.
0:16.2	Recently Jonathan, lectins came under attack.
0:19.2	A popular book made many people fearful, and as a result, some people believe that lectins
0:25.2	are toxic and inflammatory causing weight gain in leaky goat syndrome.
0:29.0	So that sounds terrifying, Will.
0:31.4	So what are lectins, and are they dangerous?
0:35.0	Or is this another food myth?
0:36.4	Well, this is what we're going to find out, Jonathan.
0:39.2	Okay, well, let's get to it.
0:45.3	To start, lectins are a type of anti-nutrient.
0:48.8	These are compounds that make it hard for your body to use other nutrients properly.
0:54.0	But some anti-nutrients actually have beneficial effects.
0:58.5	Okay, that's pretty confusing, Will.
1:01.0	An anti-nutrient doesn't sound like anything that I would like to have.
1:04.6	That's completely understandable, Jonathan, but there's nothing to fear, my friend.
1:09.1	We're here to explain all of this.
1:11.4	Anti-nutrients are compounds that can interfere with your body's ability to use the nutrients
1:16.9	that you consume in your diet.
1:18.4	And they can come in many forms.
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