Hard to swallow

• Autores: Anthony Warner
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3137, 2017, pág. 24
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Warner comments on lectin-free diet that's trying to demonize more perfectly healthy foods. A lot of this stems from overblown claims in a recent book, The Plant Paradox, by US heart surgeon Steven Gundry. In it, he outlines his belief that lectins are toxins driving obesity and many other conditions. But Gundry's theories on the damaging effects of lectins aren't supported by mainstream nutritional science, and any lectin-free diet is a long way from what any qualified dietician might recommend as healthy