The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain (英语) 精装
作者:Dr. Steven R Gundry M.D.
出版社: Harper Wave; 1 (2017年4月25日)
精装: 416页
语种:英语
ISBN: 006242713X
条形码: 9780062427137
商品尺寸: 15.2 x 3.5 x 22.9 cm
ASIN: 006242713X
内容简介
“Dr. Gundry is a true trailblazer, always at the forefront of scientific knowledge. The Plant Paradox shows the world what pioneer thinking is about and is a must-read book for anyone interested in being as healthy as nature has designed them to be.” —Alejandro Junger MD, New York Times bestselling author of Clean, Clean Gut and Clean Eats
“The Plant Paradox elegantly explains how plants defend themselves from being consumed by humans, and how eating the wrong ones at the wrong times immeasurably hurts our health. An eye-opening read.” —Mehmet Oz, MD, Professor of Surgery, New York Presbyterian/Columbia University
Most of us have heard of gluten—a protein found in wheat that causes widespread inflammation in the body. Americans spend billions of dollars on gluten-free diets in an effort to protect their health. But what if we’ve been missing the root of the problem? In The Plant Paradox, renowned cardiologist Dr. Steven Gundry reveals that gluten is just one variety of a common, and highly toxic, plant-based protein called lectin. Lectins are found not only in grains like wheat but also in the “gluten-free” foods most of us commonly regard as healthy, including many fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, and conventional dairy products. These proteins, which are found in the seeds, grains, skins, rinds, and leaves of plants, are designed by nature to protect them from predators (including humans). Once ingested, they incite a kind of chemical warfare in our bodies, causing inflammatory reactions that can lead to weight gain and serious health conditions.
At his waitlist-only clinics in California, Dr. Gundry has successfully treated tens of thousands of patients suffering from autoimmune disorders, diabetes, leaky gut syndrome, heart disease, and neurodegenerative diseases with a protocol that detoxes the cells, repairs the gut, and nourishes the body. Now, in The Plant Paradox, he shares this clinically proven program with readers around the world.
The simple (and daunting) fact is, lectins are everywhere. Thankfully, Dr. Gundry offers simple hacks we easily can employ to avoid them, including:
Peel your veggies. Most of the lectins are contained in the skin and seeds of plants; simply peeling and de-seeding vegetables (like tomatoes and peppers) reduces their lectin content.
Shop for fruit in season. Fruit contain fewer lectins when ripe, so eating apples, berries, and other lectin-containing fruits at the peak of ripeness helps minimize your lectin consumption.
Swap your brown rice for white. Whole grains and seeds with hard outer coatings are designed by nature to cause digestive distress—and are full of lectins.
With a full list of lectin-containing foods and simple substitutes for each, a step-by-step detox and eating plan, and delicious lectin-free recipes, The Plant Paradox illuminates the hidden dangers lurking in your salad bowl—and shows you how to eat whole foods in a whole new way.
作者简介
Steven R. Gundry, MD, FACS, FACC, is the director of the International Heart and Lung Institute in Palm Springs, California, and the founder/director of The Center for Restorative Medicine in Palm Springs and Santa Barbara.
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评分这本书的结构安排非常巧妙,逻辑链条清晰得令人赞叹。作者在铺陈论点时,大量引用了各种研究数据和历史背景,但处理得毫不枯燥,反而将那些原本可能晦涩难懂的科学概念,转化成了引人入胜的故事片段。我特别欣赏他那种抽丝剥茧的能力,他总能找到那个最细微的切入点,然后沿着这条线索,将一个复杂的系统性问题剖析得淋漓尽致。比如,当他谈到某些我们习以为常的食材时,那种细腻到令人心惊的描述,让我不得不停下来,仔细思考自己过去几十年来的饮食习惯。这绝不是一本让你看完后可以随手放回书架上的书,它更像是一本需要你随时拿起笔在旁边做批注、反复思考的“行动指南”。读完某一章节,常常需要我放下书,去窗边发呆好一会儿,消化那种信息爆炸带来的震撼感。
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