They’re plant proteins, and they serve as part of a plant’s defense system. “Plants don’t want to be eaten and they don’t want their seeds eaten,” explains Steven Gundry, MD, a cardiologist and heart ...

Some health experts are urging people to avoid lectins, found in plant proteins. But aren’t plant foods supposed to be healthy? And what are lectins anyway? The experts answer your questions here.

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A lectin, also known as the “antinutrient” is a type of protein that binds to certain carbohydrates. Just about every organism in the world, from plants to animals to microbes, contains lectins. There ...

In theory, these undigested proteins can lead to issues such as nausea, vomiting, upset stomach and diarrhea. Some books and social media posts have also linked lectins to chronic inflammation and ...

Lectin-rich foods like legumes and grains are almost always cooked before eating. Most of these are high in vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, and more. The benefits of these healthy nutrients ...

Fungal lectins are a diverse group of carbohydrate‐binding proteins that play critical roles in mediating cell–cell interactions, host–pathogen recognition and environmental sensing. Increasingly, ...

Lectins are glycan-binding proteins that are involved in numerous biological processes including cell development, cell–cell interactions, or signal transduction. In innate immunity, lectins mainly ...