The Plant Paradox

Steven R. Gundry, MD

Many "healthy" plant foods contain plant-defense proteins called lectins that Gundry blames for modern inflammatory disease; removing them, he argues, resolves a range of symptoms.

A cardiologist's controversial theory that lectins — proteins in grains, legumes, nightshades, and certain other plants — drive leaky gut, inflammation, weight gain, and autoimmune disease in susceptible people.