Dr. Gundry Diet Food List: A Comprehensive Lectin Free Diet Plan

[Bolt_Upright]

I know some people think Dr. Gundry is a charlatan. I am not 100% on him, but I like his work on lectins and I have a hard time keeping track of which foods are good and which are bad when trying to go lectin free. Dr. Gundry has a great page on this:

Dr. Gundry Diet Food List: A Comprehensive Lectin Free Diet Plan gundrymd.com/dr-gundry-diet...

More on lectins:

Lectins Lectins Lectins healthunlocked.com/cure-par...

Vegetarian diet that comprises plant lectins is related to a greater incidence of PD compared to a diet dominated by meat consumption healthunlocked.com/cure-par...

Gut-brain axis: Review on the association between Parkinson’s disease and plant lectins healthunlocked.com/cure-par...

Dr. Paul Mason - 'How lectins impact your health - from obesity to autoimmune disease' youtu.be/mjQZCCiV6iA?si=0Ld...(Not working as expected?)

[park_bear]

Before taking Gundry's word go to link and read the rest of this:

nutritionstudies.org/the-pl...

"His first big claim (pg xv) is that his findings are published in peer-reviewed medical journals. His “peer-reviewed” medical publication cited is an abstract published in the journal supplement for a poster presentation. Making a poster to display at a conference is nice, but this is a world apart from publishing clinical trial results in a peer-reviewed journal. In other words, there is no detailed publication of his methods, his subjects, his results, or his intervention as would be commonly expected in a normal publication. His glowing description of this abstract is misleading, to put it mildly.

It gets worse from there.

Many of his references do not support his statements or are misrepresented:...

What a shame that this type of unscientific nonsense creates so much unnecessary confusion, with deadly consequences. "

[pdpatient in reply to park_bear]

Well said, PB

[Bolt_Upright in reply to park_bear]

Thanks PB. I don't avoid lectins because of Dr. Gundry. I just use him as a source of info on which foods have lectins.

Please see the other links in my post for why I avoid lectins.

Lectins are plant's natural insecticides. Those dang genetic engineers have been engineering crops to have more lectins since the 80s at a way to repel insects without pesticides. Redesigning our food. What could go wrong?

I have a High School diploma

[DEAT]

I tried something of Gundrys. A skin product.

Big mistake. Total rip off

[crewmanwhite]

Gundry is interesting - another partly right guru who has made a fortune out of shouting that he knows best.

Unfortunately he is only partly right and where he is wrong can be harmful.

For instance, he recommends a lot of dairy food which has been shown to increase the risk of Parkinson's.

He also recommends coffee daily which has been shown to exacerbate the fight/fight/freeze response, one of the underlying causes of Parkinson's.

The main inflammatory lectin plants are grains (grass seeds) and these should be avoided.

Please be cautious in accepting Gundry's advice.

[Bolt_Upright in reply to crewmanwhite]

Thanks crewmanwhite. I only partly take Gundry's advice. On some things, I am more extreme than he is, and on others I am more lax.

One thing about Gundry is he is focused on general health, not PD, so I expect him to miss things and to not take some things as serious a PD patient might.

For instance, I am more restrictive on foods with lectins than Gundry. I want as close to no lectins as I can reasonably get.

On dairy, Gundy is much more restrictive, and less restrictive, than I am:

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Gundry Approved DAIRY PRODUCTS:

Limit to 1 ounce cheese or 4 ounces yogurt per day.

Cow Stuff:

A2 casein milk

cheeses from Switzerland

French/Italian butter

organic cream cheese

organic heavy cream

organic sour cream

Parmigiano-Reggiano

whey protein powder (grass-fed cow, goat, sheep)

Alternative Animals Dairy:

buffalo butter (available at Trader Joe’s)

buffalo mozzarella (Italian)

ghee (grass-fed)

buffalo mozzarella | Gundry MDFrench/Italian cheese

goat’s and sheep’s milk kefir (plain)

goat’s milk cheese

goat’s milk creamer

goat’s milk yogurt (plain)

sheep’s milk cheese

sheep’s milk yogurt (plain)

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My dairy choices are based on two things:

1: The Specific Carbohydrate Diet allows hard cheeses. There is some evidence that the SCD can normalize your microbiome if you still have all the needed bacteria: The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD): The SCD has been shown to normalize the microbiome in people with Crohn's ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/a... and UC. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/a...

The SCD was designed to fix IBS by lowering inflammation. You can read all about it here: pecanbread.com/p/index.html

SCD food list is here: nimbal.org/education/implem...

2: I found this study: Intake of Fermented Dairy Products Induces a Less Pro-Inflammatory Postprandial Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Gene Expression Response than Non-Fermented Dairy Products: A Randomized Controlled Cross-Over Trial: sci-hub.se/10.1002/mnfr.202...

According to this trial, fermented dairy products are less pro-inflammatory than non-fermented dairy products. They compared fermented products (cheese and sour cream) with non-fermented products (butter and whipped cream). "In this study, we have shown that intake of a high-fat meal composed of fermented dairy products, and especially cheese, has a less pro-inflammatory effect than intake of the non-fermented butter and whipped cream". It's not a slam dunk, but it is enough for me to cut out butter (which is allowed on the SCD) and keep my sour cream.

Basically, I have a lot of cheddar cheese, and a little Parmesan, and I go back and forth on sour cream and butter. I love sour cream.

I have a HS Degree, I am prone to error, and have poor impulse control.

[crewmanwhite in reply to Bolt_Upright]

It is always good to explore many sources of information.

Well done in taking charge of your health.