Autoimmune disease Quote by Steven Gundry

“Lectins enter our our joints, our nerve junctions, the lining of our blood vessels and our brain where they incite inflammation and autoimmune diseases.”

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A pressure cooker will destroy all lectin except gluten.

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I'm now convinced that all arthritis, most coronary artery disease, acne, eczema, and the autoimmune diseases are all caused or worsened by lectins.

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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…

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

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

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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…

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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…

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

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