The Bulletproof Diet: Lose Up to a Pound a Day, Reclaim Energy and Focus, Upgrade Your Life

by Dave Asprey

A lectin is a type of protein that permanently attaches itself to the sugars that line your cells, disrupting small-intestine metabolism and damaging gut villi (fingerlike projections on the small intestine’s lining that absorb nutrients) or even your joints.

Oxalic acid (oxalates) is another antinutrient that forms in plants to protect them from predation by animals, insects, and

Ghrelin, which is produced by cells in the stomach’s lining, turns on hunger and turns off satiety.

Leptin, as I already mentioned, turns off hunger by turning on satiety and is produced by fat cells.

Insulin is a hormone secreted by the pancreas that regulates blood sugar.

When insulin levels are boosted from eating sugar and excess carbohydrates, your body gets the signal to store fat instead of burning it.

MSG is a chemical that is meant to make food taste better.

MSG is an excitatory neurotransmitter that sends signals from one cell to another. Consuming it can cause the cells it activates to become overexcited. This leads to cell damage and often cell death.