The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain (英語) 精裝
作者:Dr. Steven R Gundry M.D.
齣版社: Harper Wave; 1 (2017年4月25日)
精裝: 416頁
語種:英語
ISBN: 006242713X
條形碼: 9780062427137
商品尺寸: 15.2 x 3.5 x 22.9 cm
ASIN: 006242713X
內容簡介
“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.
作者簡介
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.
這本書帶來的衝擊力是持久的,它不僅僅停留在“知道”的層麵,更促使我開始瞭深刻的“反思”與“實踐”。我周圍的許多朋友和傢人,都對那些被過度美化的“健康光環”深信不疑,而這本書提供瞭一個全新的、需要審慎對待的視角。它迫使我跳齣舒適區,去質疑那些被主流媒體反復強調的養生口號。這種思維上的解放感非常寶貴。我發現,作者在構建他的論述體係時,非常注重讀者的接受度,他知道如何在不引起過度恐慌的前提下,植入那些必須被我們正視的問題。這種平衡拿捏得恰到好處,讓我既感到瞭緊迫性,又不會因此感到無從下手。它不是一本提供簡單答案的讀物,而是提供瞭一套更精密的“提問工具箱”。
評分從文學欣賞的角度來看,這本書的文筆非常老練且充滿力量。它的句式變化豐富,時而短促有力,像警鍾一樣敲擊讀者的神經;時而又舒展綿長,娓娓道來那些深藏在食物背後的曆史煙雲。作者似乎對語言的掌控達到瞭爐火純青的地步,即便是探討相對嚴肅的健康議題,也絲毫沒有讓文字顯得闆滯。相反,其中穿插的一些個人經曆和觀察,極大地增強瞭文本的可讀性和情感連接。我仿佛能感受到作者在撰寫這些文字時,那種既激動又略帶憂慮的心情,這種真誠是任何冰冷的科學報告都無法替代的。讀起來,感覺不像是在閱讀一本專業書籍,更像是在聆聽一位學識淵博的長者,用最真摯、最富魅力的語言,嚮你傳授關於生命健康的終極智慧。
評分這本書的封麵設計簡直太吸引人瞭,那種帶著點神秘感又有點復古的色調,讓我忍不住想知道裏麵到底藏著什麼樣的“秘密”。初次翻開,我就被作者那種直擊人心的敘事方式給抓住瞭,他不是那種高高在上的說教者,更像是一個和你肩並肩走在探索真相路上的夥伴。文字的流動性極佳,讀起來一點也不費勁,仿佛作者就在你耳邊娓娓道來那些關於我們日常飲食的顛覆性觀點。最讓我印象深刻的是,他沒有直接給齣“你該怎麼做”的武斷結論,而是通過層層深入的分析,引導你去質疑那些我們深信不疑的“健康常識”。這種潛移默化的影響,比生硬的灌輸要有效得多。我感覺自己像是在進行一場思維上的大冒險,每一次翻頁都充滿瞭對未知的好奇和對既有認知的挑戰,光是閱讀的過程就已經讓我收獲頗豐。
評分這本書的價值,超越瞭單純的營養學範疇,它觸及到瞭我們與自然、與自身身體之間關係的重新定位。我個人認為,作者在行文中展現齣的那種對“本真”的追求,是極其打動人心的。他引導我們重新審視那些被現代農業和食品工業“包裝”過的産物,去探尋食物最原始、最純粹的狀態應該是什麼樣的。閱讀過程中,我時常會停下來,思考現代生活方式對我們身體的隱性侵蝕。這種感覺很奇妙,就像是有人幫你擦去瞭一層濛在眼睛上的灰塵,讓你突然看清瞭事物的本質。它不是一本叫你“戒斷”什麼東西的書,而是一本教你如何“重新連接”的書,連接到那些被我們遺忘的、與生俱來的健康直覺上,這種深層次的觸動,讓我對未來的生活態度産生瞭微妙而堅定的轉變。
評分這本書的結構安排非常巧妙,邏輯鏈條清晰得令人贊嘆。作者在鋪陳論點時,大量引用瞭各種研究數據和曆史背景,但處理得毫不枯燥,反而將那些原本可能晦澀難懂的科學概念,轉化成瞭引人入勝的故事片段。我特彆欣賞他那種抽絲剝繭的能力,他總能找到那個最細微的切入點,然後沿著這條綫索,將一個復雜的係統性問題剖析得淋灕盡緻。比如,當他談到某些我們習以為常的食材時,那種細膩到令人心驚的描述,讓我不得不停下來,仔細思考自己過去幾十年來的飲食習慣。這絕不是一本讓你看完後可以隨手放迴書架上的書,它更像是一本需要你隨時拿起筆在旁邊做批注、反復思考的“行動指南”。讀完某一章節,常常需要我放下書,去窗邊發呆好一會兒,消化那種信息爆炸帶來的震撼感。
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