Food Quotes by Steven Gundry

A pressure cooker will destroy all lectin except gluten.

— Steven Gundry

Getting all of the nutrients you need simply cannot be done without supplements.

— Steven Gundry

It's a bit of a myth that too much cholesterol causes heart attacks.

— Steven Gundry

The amazing thing is when people change nothing except removing major lectins, they start losing weight and they still are eating lots…

— Steven Gundry

For a two-job working family, a pressure cooker gets a meal on the table in seven to 15 minutes, start to finish.

— Steven Gundry

The more I removed vegetables that have lots of seeds, such as cucumbers and squash, the better my patients felt, the more…

— Steven Gundry

The most troublesome plant lectins are found in the hulls of grains, in beans and legumes, and the nightshade family - specifically…

— Steven Gundry

Lectins enter our our joints, our nerve junctions, the lining of our blood vessels and our brain where they incite inflammation and…

— Steven Gundry

Lectins bind to receptors on the surface of each cell lining the gut, breaking down the tight junctions that normally make an…

— Steven Gundry

Grains and beans are negative aspects of the Mediterranean Diet that are countered by the large amounts of olive-oil polyphenols, large amounts…

— Steven Gundry

Lectins are plant proteins that protect the plant and its seeds from being eaten by basically hacking into the animal's immune system,…

— Steven Gundry

Lectins are like little barnacles that look for specific sugar molecules in our blood, the lining of our gut, and on our…

— Steven Gundry

Often, lectins can get in the way of important cells communicating with one another. And when that happens, the body's response is…

— Steven Gundry

Nothing is worse than washing a head of lettuce or greens, then trying to blot the water with paper towels. A salad…

— Steven Gundry

The more fruit I removed from an individual's diet, the healthier he or she became and the more his or her cholesterol…

— Steven Gundry

I haven't met a person who takes a statin drug to lower cholesterol that I can't get off a statin once I…

— Steven Gundry

When major lectin-containing foods were introduced to our diet about 10,000 years ago in the form of grains and beans, our health…

— Steven Gundry

Although I am a voracious plant predator, one has to realize that there is not a human need for fruits and vegetables:…

— Steven Gundry

When we lessen lectin consumption, the gut wall reseals and the stimulus to store fat is removed. Lectins no longer bind to…

— Steven Gundry