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The Lectin-free diet (also known as the Plant Paradox diet) is a fad diet promoted with the false claim that avoiding all foods that contain high amounts of lectins will prevent and cure disease. [1] There is no clinical evidence the lectin-free diet is effective to treat any disease and its claims have been criticized as pseudoscientific .
The Mayo Clinic Diet is a diet book first published in 1949 by the Mayo Clinic's committee on dietetics as the Mayo Clinic Diet Manual. [1] Prior to this, use of the term "diet" was generally connected to fad diets with no association to the clinic.
The first writer to advocate a lectin-free diet was Peter J. D'Adamo, a Naturopath best known for promoting the Blood type diet. He argued that lectins may damage a person's blood type by interfering with digestion, food metabolism, hormones, insulin production—and so should be avoided. [23]
21% of Americans have chronic pain. A new study found that diets rich in vegetables, fruits, grains, lean proteins, and dairy was linked to less chronic pain.
U.S. News & World Report just rated the Mediterranean diet as the No. 1 diet for the eighth year in a row. Not only did it win best overall diet, it also won the top spot for managing diabetes ...
Steven R. Gundry (born July 11, 1950) is an American physician, low-carbohydrate diet author and former cardiothoracic surgeon. [1] [2] Gundry is the author of The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain, which promotes the controversial lectin-free diet. [3]
Hormone-reset diets often follow a Mediterranean, vegetarian, dairy-free or otherwise plant-based diet pattern. Choose minimally processed foods, including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts ...
The blood type diets are fad diets [1] advocated by several authors, the most prominent of whom is Peter J. D'Adamo. [2] These diets are based on the notion that blood type, according to the ABO blood group system, is the most important factor in determining a healthy diet, and each author recommends a distinct diet for each blood type.