The TOP FOODS That Should Be BANNED - Don't Eat These Foods! | Dr. Steven Gundry

Lectins' Threat

Dr. Steven Gundry highlights the dangers of lectins, proteins found in plants that can harm human health. He explains that lectins act like guided missiles, attacking the gut lining and causing issues like eczema, acne, and irritable bowel syndrome 1. Gundry shares historical insights, noting that Italians avoided tomatoes for centuries due to their lectin content, and even today, traditional practices involve peeling and deseeding tomatoes and peppers to reduce lectin exposure 2.

Everybody heard about gluten? Gluten is a lectin. It's a protein that actually is designed to act like incoming guided missile attacks on the inside wall of our gut.

--- Dr. Steven Gundry

He emphasizes that many of the foods introduced to our diets in the last 500 years contain these harmful proteins, which our bodies are not evolutionarily equipped to handle 1.

   

Avoiding Foods

Gundry advocates for eliminating certain foods to reduce lectin intake, focusing on grains, beans, and nightshades. He argues that humans are not designed to consume grains and beans, as these foods were not part of our diet until 10,000 years ago 3. Gundry suggests that pressure cooking can neutralize lectins in beans, making them safer to eat, but he advises against consuming peanuts and cashews due to their high lectin content 4.

Beans are so lethal that five raw kidney beans will kill a human being in five minutes by coagulating their blood.

--- Dr. Steven Gundry

He emphasizes the importance of removing these foods to allow the body to heal itself, aligning with Hippocrates' belief in the body's innate ability to achieve perfect health when obstacles are removed 4.