When we lessen lectin consumption, the gut wall reseals and the stimulus to store fat is removed. Lectins no longer bind to insulin receptors, and we no longer store fat aggressively. Weight loss invariably follows. — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
The amazing thing is when people change nothing except removing major lectins, they start losing weight and they still are eating lots of calories, but we're not storing it as fat anymore. — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
As an Internet celebrity Nutritionist, its wonderful to be sitting in a café in Northern Italy and have a total stranger come up and… — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
Teaching people to eat doesn't make a lot of money. Nevertheless, most of us go into medicine because of a genuine desire to help… — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
I haven't met a person who takes a statin drug to lower cholesterol that I can't get off a statin once I teach them… — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
Women do not get enough attention in a healthcare professional's office. We have been trained as healthcare professionals to look 'lightly' at women's complaints. — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
I'm now convinced that all arthritis, most coronary artery disease, acne, eczema, and the autoimmune diseases are all caused or worsened by lectins. — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
I first studied the effect of plants on humans for my Yale thesis... and it was a 185-page thesis, and luckily I got honors… — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
Getting all of the nutrients you need simply cannot be done without supplements. — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
It's a bit of a myth that too much cholesterol causes heart attacks. — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
Lectins are plant proteins that protect the plant and its seeds from being eaten by basically hacking into the animal's immune system, causing the… — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
I hate to write! But I love to talk, so I'm told that when people read my books, it like I'm there just talking… — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
Lectins enter our our joints, our nerve junctions, the lining of our blood vessels and our brain where they incite inflammation and autoimmune diseases. — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
