Dr. Steven R Gundry MDBesprekingen

Unpredictable, engaging and super twisty! Loved it!

This book is NOT for everyone though, check the trigger warnings!

I read the book because I was very interested to learn more about the paradox of unhealthy plants.
First of all: a lot of information was very interesting and I can only advise everyone to find out more about lectins.
But now to the evaluation of the book. Unfortunately, this isn't too good, mainly for two reasons.

The first is that the author repeats himself an awful lot. Again and again, he refers to earlier passages or other of his books and explains over and over again, although the facts on which he deals were already explained in detail a few pages beforehand.
With only this downside, the book would have got 4 stars from me, but there is another deduction of stars because of the last pages right before the recipe section.

I had the feeling that I was reading an advertorial in which the author wants to sell his products, which are supposed to help you implement his program. He hadn't spared before with information on where to buy what and how cheaply, but in this part, he began to advertise his self-made vitamins and dietary supplements widely, like at an advertising event.
As a result, unfortunately, it left me with a very bad aftertaste, which put the whole book, which up to this point had seemed relatively well-founded and credible, in a very dubious light.

It's actually a pity because I think the subject that the author has dealt with is pretty important and knowing about it could help many people meliorate their health and lifestyle.

Recommended to me by a medical professional, this book provides information on how to live a longer healthier life. It focuses on a person’s microbiome, which is filled with both good and bad bacteria. He calls the good agents “gut buddies,” probably in an effort to make this material more “digestible” (if you will) for the general public. He offers some of the latest research on digestive health and how it impacts the other parts of the body. He debunks some of the commonly held dietary myths.

Dr. Gundry’s recommendations include limiting animal protein, and avoiding grains, legumes, sugars, and lectins. I have heard some of this advice before, but there are enough differences to make it worth reading. However, much of the evidence is anecdotal and a number of cited studies were not performed on humans. Many of the foods he recommends are expensive and hard to find (assuming you have even heard of them); however, there are a handful of foods that are easy to incorporate into an already healthy diet. It is worth mentioning that Dr. Gundry is selling supplements, but he disclaims that the reader does not need to buy his products to attain a healthy diet.

Dit boek trof ik op 6 januari 2022 aan in de biologische supermarkt. Na uitvoerig bekijken leek het mij interessant genoeg om aan te schaffen. Ik vind het een bijzonder boek. Goed geschreven, geen herhaling van bekende gegevens, gaat de diepte in. Mijns inziens spreekt hier een expert. Geeft andere informatie dan de meeste andere boeken die ik las.

Historisch vestigt het de aandacht op
1 - de agrarische revolutie, tienduizend jaar geleden,
2 - de spontane mutatie bij Noord-Europese koeien van caseïne A2 naar A1, tweeduizend jaar geleden,
3 - nieuw voedsel uit de tijd van Columbus ea, vijfhonderd jaar geleden,
4 - van biologische landbouw naar kunstmest, pesticiden en ggo, de laatste vijftig jaar.

Daarna volgt een inventarisatie van te vermijden boosdoeners.
a - tarwe kiem agglutinine
b - transglutaminase
c - breedspectrum antibiotica
d - niet steriodale ontstekingsremmers
e - maagzuurremmers
f - kunstmatige zoetstoffen
g - hormoon verstoorders
h - ggo en Roundup
i - voortdurende blootstelling aan blauw licht


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Listened to this as an audiobook. Very persuasive presentation in how the message is delivered. That is do as I say because I am the doctor and have researched this. In doing a little research myself I found there are other doctors that refute a lot of what he presents because it is not based on pure medical research.

Having said that there are topics Dr.Gundry delves into that make a lot of common sense. A lot having to do with the garbage and poisons or food processing and restaurants throw at us. Not to mention pharmaceuticals, but I will.

Dr. Gundry spends a lot of time on foods does and don'ts and explodes a lot of solid nutritional lore primarily when it comes to the values of fruits. And many other foods we may have taken for granted to be good for us, he contends really aren't.

Aside from just food topics he gets into his ideas on fasting and modified forms of fasting that sound plausible, but how many of are really ready to get on board. And finally he talks about peripheral health like lighting, sleep, and exercise.

All of this rolled out and a truly lengthy process designed to add years to our lives and the ultimate goal of growing old without being old. Will it work? It's up to each of us to decide on our own and see if he was right somewhere down the road.

Preachy. And I didn’t even get to the recipes.

I have been seeing a holistic doctor and she recommended this book to me as a lifestyle change for my eating habits. Not going to lie, I'm a little skeptical about all this but I'm willing to give it a try. Gundry does make some farfetched assertions about the benefits of his program, especially when he's also hocking his name brand version of the supplements he wants you to be on.

While there is some useful information in this book, the conclusion that an expensive diet is the solution does not match other facts that I've learned. His audience seems to be an upper class white European, a person who has no problem with industrialization and globalization. Yes, our health issues are not our fault. The solution is not more industrialization and processing of foods. There isn't one solution, but the solution certainly is not more of what caused the problem in the first place (industrialization and agriculture). We need to restore land, restore soil, restore living in balance with the world around us. There are better books that look at a bigger picture to see what needs to change. The solution certainly isn't one of making better personal food choices. We need to stop those who are poisoning the land and our food. We need systematic changes.

All that said, I do think he is correct on much of what he says in this book. And the food plan listed does look healthy. The problem I have with it is that it is expensive and requires globalization and industrialization. This isn't a solution for the average person. We need to heal our entire communities rather than focusing on those with the money to follow an expensive diet.

He makes you want to believe, however there are two many contradictions in what he presents. That said this is a great book to learn about persuasion. The way he builds off of a few truths and what we want to hear. From that angle it was great.

This book is full of interesting and surprising information about the chemical and nutritional content of foods. One thing that I don't like about this book is that the author sells his own brand/version of supplements on his website. So this book could be viewed as an extensive marketing tool promoting the very products that he profits from on his website. Keep this in mind when you are reading specific recommendations. Another important caveat is that Dr. Gundry cites many anecdotal cases to substantiate his claims. For example, see "Cured of Crohn's Disease" on page 80. He relates stories about two women who claim they were "cured" of Crohn's disease by following Dr. Gundry's Plant Paradox diet, but he does not provide any medical evidence to substantiate his claims. He states that he is relying solely on their testimony of their so-called cures. This does not seem to me to be proper behavior for a physician. A little skepticism towards Dr. Gundry's claims is probably called for.

The author presents us with so many facts and ideas that I’m not really able to outline this book at all adequately. But his main point seems to be that what we generally regard as healthy foods, including fruit and vegetables, contain things called “lectins” that are harmful to us.

These lectins seem to be contained in practically everything healthy, and in practically everything I eat and live on, and my diet is extremely limited to begin with.

If we’re to believe Dr. Gundry, he has healed thousands of patients by presenting them with his special diet, the Plant Paradox Program”, which apparently contains no or few lectins.

His patients lose weight, get rid of food cravings, and are healed of serious illnesses including auto-immune diseases.

One of the important parts of the book is the “say ‘yes please’” list of acceptable foods and the “just say ‘no’ list of lectin-containing foods”. But, unfortunately, these lists do not accord with the precepts of the Medical Medium, Anthony William, which precepts are relayed by “Spirit of the Most High”, Second only to God.

Dr. Gundry also gives us a 3-day-cleanse, but I haven’t bothered with this because I’ve just completed Anthony William’s 28-day-healing cleanse; I would advise this latter cleanse to all overweight persons; I personally have lost about 7 kilos this last month, which I certainly did not need to lose (I’ve never weighed this little in my adult life); I trust that I will now put on some weight again when I begin to eat normally. For this cleanse see Anthony William’s first book “Medical Medium”.

Although it took me 2 loans of the book from the public library, and 2-3 renewals of each loan, if that is understandable, to (nearly) get through it, I found it absolutely readable.

Dr. Gundry seems to have quite differing, absorbing views on diet than other experts, and his results speak for themselves.

He provides many inspiring case histories to keep us reading.

His Plant Paradox Program ostensibly cures all the autoimmune diseases I have, so I may have to buy this book and try the programme.

One of Gundry’s provocative precepts is that “white is right”. The nasty lectins are contained in whole-grain foods. There is apparently good reason in eating white rice (though it gives me a tummy-ache).’

Some good recipes appear at the end of the book, but unfortunately I didn’t get round to them – perhaps next time.

I would definitely recommend that you read this exciting book with its novel ideas. Who knows? – implementing the Plant Paradox Program might save your life.

P.S. My doctors tell me my blood contains far too much D-vitamin and say I should take no more for a year or so - ?? So I will be presenting them with a copy of P. 275 of this book, where the good doctor tells us: “For autoimmune disease, start with 10,000 I.U.s a day. In the last seventeen years I have yet to see a case of Vitamin D toxicity. In fact I doubt it exists.”

Contains an overview of Dr. Gundry's Plant Paradox program, a pantry guide, sample meal program and over 100 lectin-free (or reduced) recipes. The recipes are easy to follow, but many include ingredients you will need to purchase.

Comprehensive (read: too long) book describing plants, grains, animal proteins, lectins and the how and why of their behavior in our guts... in detail. Contains lots of nutritional science about foods we know are unhealthy. More alarming are the facts Dr. Grundy provides about foods we thought were good for us, but are seriously detrimental to our health, i.e. whole wheat, corn, tomatoes, soy and many more.

Dr. Grundy explains that our digestive systems cannot process the lectins from many of these foods, and result in inflammation and leaky gut. He believes our eating these foods are the reason behind the substantial increase in obesity, alzheimer's, diabetes, heart disease, auto-immune diseases, exhaustion and brain-fog.

The Plant Paradox includes detailed lists of foods to avoid, foods that can be eaten in small quantities, and foods that are safe, and a section on recipes and supplements.

As a lay person in the field of diet and nutrition, I felt overwhelmed by the amount of information, the details, and how little I knew of 'evil' lectins. I ended up thinking; there is no way I can change everything he suggests. I understand that Dr. Grundy cannot simply tell people: everything you believed about food is wrong, do it my way. He has to build up to the why by explaining the science behind it.

I think a shorter, more simplified book with a less aggressive style would work better for most people.

Impressive and convincing book. Dr. Gundry revisits his earlier diet recommendations but this time he does so based on some convincing biochemistry research. His work with thousands of patients over decades has validated his food recommendations but this recent book adds the information about the actual biochemistry underlying his recommendations. His earlier book relied on a "Paleo" argument which I found less convincing than the material in this book. His recommendations require a major shift in diet even for Vegans eating what they consider a "healthy" diet. The proof will be in whether it produces the results he suggests that it will. I have lost 100 lbs in the last 5 years following the recommendations from the book "Eat to Live". Dr. Gundry suggests that in addition to all the things I have had to give up eating (sweets, meat, pasta) to get where I am now, I have to give up grains, legumes, and fruit. I decided that I would give him the 6 weeks he asks for to become convinced of the health benefits he suggests that will result. If I can resume my weight loss (I want to lose another 50 lbs) and eliminate my Fibromyalgia and my Polymyalgia Romantica it will all be worth it.

Clearly presented, includes well defined natural food diet. Extra = supplement info scattered throughout. For a bonus listen to interviews with Jimmy Moore (latest 1/17/2013)

Well written, entertaining, and it does work. I have met Dr. Gundry and worked with him to get my personalized schedule for supplements. Since I started this system five months ago, I have dropped from 212 to 181 lbs - I'm 6 feet tall, so I'm very close to my target weight. I go back in for blood work this week, to check on my progress with cholesterol control. My first set of blood work was very good and showed marked improvement, without any perscription meds, after only 6 weeks on the diet. It's been 5 months now, and the diet still serves me well. I highly recommend this book to everyone who does not eat mainly vegetables yet (pretty much everyone).

Dr. Gundry's book is meant to shock the reader into taking action. He argues that the way we eat over-processed foods with high-calories and high-sugar is actually activating our "killer genes," a scary way of saying we're killing ourselves with what we eat. His diet advocates no white or beige food (most breads, pasta, rice), but lots of vegetables, low-sugar fruits, some seafood, grass-fed beef, and free-range poultry are ok too. Supposedly, if we eat as he says, we'll be able to reverse the way our genes undermine us.

Some key concepts:
Raw is good, he suggests a diet with at least 50% coming from raw foods.

Fruits and vegetables are good, the more of them we eat, the more phytochemicals we get from them.

Sleep more.

Fast once/week, or every other day, by keep your genes guessing when the next meal is, you can trigger your genes into protecting you.

Soda is bad.

Weight-training is great.