The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain

by Steven R. Gundry

cruciferous v...

medium-chain saturated fatty acids

MCT oil

cocon...

cucumbers,

zucchini,

Japanese e...

heirloom tomatoes

peppers

pressure-cooked legumes

grains and pseudo-grains that have been pressure cooked—with

animal protein to no more than 2 ounces per day;

leaves,

veget...

mushr...

n...

h...

supplements

resistant starches,

white rice.

lack of wheat germ agglutinin (WGA)

white basmati rice from India—not

resistant starch

sorghum

millet

no le...

peeled and deseeded.

peel skin and eliminate the seeds before eating squash.

forebears ate them only to gain weight for the winter.

red meat contains Neu5Gc,

simple sugars in the fries, chips, bun, or bread enter your bloodstream as sugar almost immediately.

single slice of whole wheat bread raises your blood sugar higher and faster than four tablespoons of straight sugar. The meat that you ate is more slowly digested, entering your bloodstream slightly later. Unfortunately, your cells are full of the sugar from the bun or fries you ate so there is no need for more calories. Little did you know, when this occurs, that protein converts to sugar, which immediately turns into fat.

they dramatically limit animal protein.

polyphenols,

When she was in her homeland, Susan was eating bread that had been made with yeast and sourdough cultures, and with wheat that hadn’t been sprayed with Roundup. The yeast and sourdough starters ate the lectins in the wheat. And the milk used to make the yogurt came from casein A-2 cows that had not been feed corn or soybeans with a Roundup chaser.

2 ounces a day.

insulinlike growth factor 1 (IGF-1),

methionine,

leucine,

isole...

mTOR,

“target of rapamycin.”

“mammalian target of rapamycin”

mTor.

IGF-1,

My ninety- and hundred-year-olds all have very low IGF-1 and so should you.

vegan Adventists live the longest,

eating animal protein is not necessary for good health

The risk of developing Alzheimer’s correlates directly with the amount of meat consumed.

Acciaroli,