How to Avoid Lectin Poisoning
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- How to properly cook beans.
Thankfully, even the lectins that are toxic-like those found in kidney beans-are utterly destroyed by proper cooking.
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I soaked some kidney (and other) beans overnight, brought them to a boil in fresh water, and then simmered on low heat for a few hours. I made a huge batch of minestrone soup and froze it in Ball jars. Every time I ate the soup I got horrible stomach pain and figured out it must be coming from the kidney beans. So I boiled the soup for ten minutes and no more stomach pain. DEFINITELY boil beans for at least ten minutes. I now love beans!
Thanks for clearing up some of my confusion about bean toxicity. Now I know that cooked beans are are totally non-toxic.
Thanks for clearing up the mystery of the Paradox, Dr. Greger.
Excuse me if this was mentioned before, but in the 1990s there was a consensus that you could grind beans like you grind wheat, and then the resultant "Bean flour" could be stored in the freezer. To use, you simply stirred the flour into hot broth to make instant bean soup. I can see where this could cause gastro problems with kidney beans flour.
There was NEVER a 'consensus' that you could grind beans and use the flour. That was simply an urban myth spread by ignorant people. Some of them learned the hard way not to believe everything they heard.
I love how the good doctor references so many real scientific studies and goes through the actual studies results.
and the fact is Lectins are still real and can still make you sick and even kill you. The Doc has not said anything. He really hasn't. He wants you to believe lectins go bye-bye magically if the food containing them are simply cooked. That is not science it is wishful thinking.
Kathleen Gustafson lol
@@johndough23 did you actually watched the video?? "go bye bye magically", cooking is not something that makes it go away "magically". it's basic science lmao.
Thanks, dr. Greger. Deep inside my stomach I always knew my cooked beans were safe ;)
@Marc M i also play balalayka, wear fur hat, my favourite past time is playing with matryoshka and drink vodka, and bear is my pet. You got me. I am not quite Russian fyi. Although yes ive been living here for 13 years.
Sounds a lot like the 'debate' about phytic acid present in beans,nuts, seeds and grains
They are not Hannibal Lectins.
Very good!
earthpet don't you mean Fava beans with a nice chianté?
😂😂🙌🏻
Loved the breaking bad reference!
Heisenberg for ever
Thank Dr.. for clearing our mind 👍👌
How weird I've been eating beans my whole life, since I was a little kid. I've never heard of anybody getting sick until now. I've cooked beans for my family and for myself for years and still do. I almost never eat can beans.
I love canned kidney beans ... OK may be too much sugar in it. But its OK. Even cold I like them And others beans i like too.
I find cooking too much work, time and in opposite to other bad tasting canned food it tastes the same. No quality reduction. Or do I coock or soak before not well enough?
@@eduardstadtler3708 All organic canned black beans i can buy are from china. organic from china.... thats reason enough to learn how to cook them dried beans.
I looked at his do/don't list and watched a video on Bad Boy Lectin, along with part of an advertisement that says he dropped 70 lbs on this program even though he was already a vegetarian. Firstly, being a vegetarian is meaningless. It doesn't mean you aren't eating fried foods, sugar, oils, and all the stuff that makes you fat. Also, what kind of a vegetarian was he? Did he eat fish? Dairy? It doesn't really matter. We are led to believe that his lectin diet was what turned him into the slim, healthy version of himself. I think it was a lot more than that.
I just started a whole plant food based diet that does not use oils, fats, sugar, processed flour, processed foods or incomplete foods, meats, fish, poultry, dairy or eggs. I have been on it for about a month and a half. It is not the easiest plan, but you can eat all you want, and if you are creative, you can get some really good meals going. Can you say "spices and herbs"? It's clean, provides lots of protein, and more fiber than you ever thought you'd eat. Lots of fruit, vegetables, grains, seeds, beans, mushrooms, etc. Whole grain bread is allowed. I feel so much better. I have a lot of weight to lose. My gall bladder was failing me, and I was exhausted, in pain, and feeling sick much of the time. I was familiar with McD's, loved fried foods, milk, butter/margarine, but was not a sweets/soda drinker. But I drank fruit juices. Can't do any of that any more. I cheat a little using sea salt, and sometimes a small dollop of sour cream on a whole plate of veggies, but my gall bladder is not happy when I do that. My gall bladder is reacting to everything "wrong" now. Even an egg can set it off.
Thanks for the alternative opinion, as I was getting very confused.
Hello 👋 Lynn
All these weirdos attacking plant-based diets. What's in it for them?
They want to feel good about themselves. Like smokers denying that cigarettes are bad for them. Something called cognitive dissonance. Mic the Vegan talkes about it in this video: ruclips.net/video/yNerOJxtBh0/видео.html
Money. The lie makes money.
Where? I don't see anyone attacking it. In this comment section at least.
Their justification for the horrors of industrial animal farming and slaughter. In their mind it’s OK if it’s a necessity.
Good video doc, and thanks for covering canned beans too !
OMG a fellow Breaking Bad fan?!?! I didn't think I could love you even more!
You read my mind Dr. Gregor! I just started wanting to cook my own kidney beans yesterday. I was gonna just throw them in the slow cooker after soaking them over night; thanks for the save!
So DR. Steven Gundry is exaggerating when he speaks against lectin-containing food? I found your video after hearing his lecture on that matter and I must say I feel relieved now. I really enjoy those foods and always ate them thinking I was doing something good for my health. But it's not about my preferences in diet, but your information and the documents you show make your statement more reliable than Dr. Steven Gundry's. Anyway, these are hard times dealing with contradictory information all the time. I hope this is the right approach. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this.
*Drops the mic*
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I soak 24 hours the mixuture 1 kg of legumes (chickpeas, soy, pinto) changing water 3 times then cook them 45 min in a pressure cooker, then i would put it in a freezer. I cook them again for 20 min every day with brown rice etc, that batch of precooked de-gased beans lasts me about a month.
I love ❤️ beans 💚
What about the lectins in foods we eat raw? (Such as tomatoes and peppers?) And maybe lectins are ok in a healthy gut, but are they ok in a leaky gut?
I came here to say this same thing. I dip in and out of leaky gut and worry less about the benefits of eating beans if they DO in fact contribute to leaky gut. This felt like a miss for me.
Finally an answer I was waiting for a long time!! I will share with friends!! Thanks!!!
This is one of my favorite YT channels!! I learn so much
can you make a video on sebum production and the essential nutrients for sebum production?
dr gundry pisses me off because he is a well respected physician and took advantage of that to make money
I wish there wasn't so much contradictory evidence about what's good for and what's not.
It's. Enough to drive you crazy.
Dano1947 only meat is safe
James is joking dano. Seriously, just eat mostly plants and youll be good.
Simple Psychiatry I gave up all plant foods and am doing very well, not kidding.
Plants are for my FOOD to eat and filter for me! I am content with fatty brisket, ribeye, slow roasted chuck... Trying to eat grass-fed/pasture raised (most store meats are all from CORN FED diet)
My energy from being carnivore is stable and consitent, ketones work. No more blood sugar spikes and crashes from carbs/ sugar. I don't have clogged arteries or ketoacidosis or anything like that.
I'm glad you mentioned the pressure cooker since I'm consistently too lazy to soak my beans.
Dipping into blended chickpeas now (hummus).
Blended chickpeas? Do you use oil in there? I don't want to use oil but immunity sure how it would taste
Obey!!
Very interesting and informative. Could you make a video about insect consumption? There is not much proper info out there and I would like to know for sure whether insects are good or not for human bodily functions. Some say they are a good survival food option but I am talking about those cultures that consume insects on a daily basis. Are insects digested with the same damaging effect as the products of today's animal agriculture or is it different or beneficial in any way?
Gundry carved himself a niche in the crowded nutrition circus and to HELL with any common sense. I have been shaking my head over his nonsense since the first time I heard him speak. He came up with a formula for cashing in big time--never mind reality.
I agree with you. On olive oil. He claims that the only reason we eat is to bring olive oil into our mouths - he sells olive oil. Go figure. I bought Inyo his nonsense but all he was able to sell me is 2 highly overpriced bottles of olive oil which his store took 3 months before I got it and lots of phone calls before they filled my order but charged my credit card the day I ordered. I am now on oil free whole food plant based diet and eat lots of beans. I follow Dr. Greger and the rest of other WFPB doctors.
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Hm... So far, so good. Yet: Any tips how to avoid the bloating beans and other legumes cause? After experimenting quite a lot and a long time with different varieties of legumes and preparation styles, I've given up eating legumes because of the painful and otherwise nasty side effects they cause.
You need to build up the gut bacteria communities to metabolize them properly. It can take longer for some people than others depending on your history. If you have the patience, I'd say try going slow. Start out with a tablespoon or so and increase by a tablespoon every week until you get to your typical serving size. If you experience symptoms from an increase, stay at the lower amount for a little while longer. I know it sounds like a pain but it's worth it because once your gut bacteria adapt to bean consumption you'll have much better gut and overall health.
Hi hb,
thanks for answering.
Alas, I’m beyond this experiment, too: It looks like some type of bacteria just waits for even the tiniest amount of „lovely legumes“ only to change them into „a lot of lovely side effects“. That’s sad - because I actually like the variety and texture of legumes and the many possibilities they bring along.
One thing I've heard that may help is changing the water after a while when you cook them or at least after you soak them. Also you can try digestive enzyme supplements.
I soak all beans for 2 days with changing the water every 12 hours. Then I pressure cook the beans in new water with some epazote spice or Indian Hing spice. Both cut the gas! Also start very small with beans, eating just 1 tablespoon daily for a week and slowly increase as months go by. They also sell enzymes you can take like "Beano", etc.
No plant Paradox after all! Snap!
Why does mortality increase with increased fruits and nut intake in the picture of 5:24 ?
Bravo, Dr. Greger!
Really nicely made and well organized thoughts. Thank you.
My sister just served me some undercooked green lentils and let's just say I will not eat that again. It was not a good idea. Thank you for the video. How do I make the pain lessen? And I am worried that lectin poisoning has negative long term effects as well. If so, please tell me about it. I am very interested to know more about this.
Hello 👋 Frida
Is there a lectin problem when one eats raw peanuts? If so, what is the best cooking treatment ?
I have it, so I try not to eat it raw. I've never tried to cook and eat either. I wonder if eating peanut butter also affects it? I never tried it because I was scared.
Yes, I listened to Gundry, but never felt sure about his endless statements.
I think this here is right.
E.g. any moring a big fresh tomato breakfast with just salt&pepper made me slimer and feel well. The stem in side I always do cut away. If needed ... I do not know.
another amazing, insightful video
A few days ago I was worried about Dr. Gendry's book and wished you make a video about Lectins. ;-) Thank you!
Hello sarah
BRILLIANT. Thank you so much.
I was eating almost raw beans and never once had any problems. I accept that I might have been very lucky and won't do it again.
Dr. Gundry says some things that don't make logical sense to me. He always tells the story about uncooked kidney beans. Then when asked about cooking he moves on. He also talks about ancient civilizations as if they somehow had scientific knowledge about which foods were healthier.
Excellent takedown of the plant paradox and its nonsense.
One of his best vids
Me: What says quack?
Friend: A duck?
Me: no Dr Gundry
Before I had heard of Doctors Gundry or Greger I had developed serious bowel inflammation/pain and did my own elimination diet to see if my problem was food-based. I discovered that I was able to almost completely fix my gut problems by eliminating grass seeds (cereal grains), peanuts, chick-peas and soy from my diet. I had eaten these foods routinely until my 57th year (over 7-years ago). I don't know why, but at that point I could no longer eat them. I have tried to reintroduce each item that I eliminated individually several times but with no success. I appreciate the work of both Greger and Gundry. The hubris is annoying but seems very human.
You people crack me up. Gundry only wants you to eat Beans properly cooked. 5 Raw black beans will kill you, Ricin will kill you, and 5 raw kidney beans will ruin your day and many days after that. However, properly prepared they are safe -- if prepared properly. Everyone has a different Biome. If I eat raw peanuts ...I will be sick for many days after. Yet, if I eat some small amount of Creamy Peanut butter, it does not have same effect. We all react to differently to foods containing Lectins. Most of you probably don't even believe in the Science behind "Leaky Gut." And if you don't believe Lectins contribute to Leaky Gut -- well, do some research. If Gundry's Diet makes people feel better without buying his products -- then good for them. Beans are a staple of your Vegan world, and that is great, if you can stomach them. Many of us cannot, and therefore have learned how to prepare them properly in limited use like Hummus recipes. Haters will hate, and for those Vegan attack dogs out there -- chill out -- what works for you doesn't work for everyone else. You are not saving the planet alone -- I wish you a healthy and fit existence.
thank you Dr G.
What about sprouted beans?
Thank you for the clarification. I am concerned about the acidity in tomatoes. When tomatoes are cooked are they more acidic? I usually feel awful in my skin as I have PA.
Hello Sarah
Does somebody know if these lignins get degraded during the sprouting process?
Otherwise you would have a hard time during digestion, right?
I usually boil my sprouts briefly for about 2 minutes, e.g. in my thai curry.
Thank you for the great video Dr. Gregor!
Try Kate Shanahans book Deep Nutrition or her YT lectures on sprouting beans as the most beneficial way to consume.
I always sprout and then dehydrate them. I've heard that destroys the lectins.
Go Plants! And its an economical way of eating too
So does cooking also destroy nutrients?
What does the research say about the lectin content of sprouted kidney beans? Do they still need the 15mins above 80C to break them down?
causaljoe this is a good question. Would love to see a video about sprouting
all beans, except mungbeans and another one I forgot, raise their lectin content when they sprout, while peas and lentils are perfectly fine and get even healthier.
Explains why I was sick after eating frozen Lima Beans that I was in a rush to cook. Some were firmer than usual, but I ate them and had a bad day afterwards
This video inspired me to search out the composition of Lima Beans and Lectin is just one of many molecules that need to be cooked out.
thank you!!
He nailed this impostor of Gundry who sells anti-lectins supplements for 300$
Put some pre-filter, you're soaking the mic! 😂😂😂
Watching whilst eating my delicious homemade split pea and mushroom curry.
Good to know. I always eat kidney beans since those and white beans are the only canned options in my country ( and rarely I can find black beans in stores ).
Expecting Dr. Greger to talk about this topic...
Hello 👋 Maya
Slow cookers reach high enough temperatures on the high setting. I don't think they used to. It's very close to boiling temp. I've been eating beans everyday cooked from a slow cooker for years and have no side effects. After a couple weeks of adjusting, the internal gas is no worse than when not eating them.
Do a video on Mold Mycotoxins in beans, coffee, peanuts, corn and other moldy foods which are a neurotoxin and immune system disruptor causing CIRS chronic inflammatory response syndrome which i have.
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Scary stuff, no kidney beans please
5:36 Increased mortality from eating more than 250g of fruits and 20g of nuts?
i would like dr. gregor to elaborate on this cause i eat way more fruit than 250g a day.
Imo the fruit part is because of all the sugars, don't know about nuts though. And it's still under 1.00 and not like refined grains.
Same here. But thinking about it, in his Daily Dozen App he only recommends eating about 3 fruits a day and 30g of nuts. And his video about the Okinawa diet showed that they were eating almost no fruits and nuts.
This definitely needs more digging into. The graph in the research also shows decreased mortality from eating more fish.
Here's the link to the full graph:
ajcn.nutrition.org/content/105/6/1462/F2.large.jpg
Good morning, someone may say something And about lectin in beans sprouts?
Question: Only red kidney beans caused poisonning? What about the smaller red chili beans or the back ones?
Can you make a video on how to eat healthy without the risk of eating something that has arsenic or some other chemicals in natural food?
Wonderful
what about bromanated flours?
I dont know who is right and who is wrong and if it has any importantce, beaucause after all we are all different and all sensetive to different things. Even thought I love my beans I know that following Dr. Gundry's diet helped me a lot get rid of all skin problemes and low auto immune symptomes. so it does work for me only need to cook my beans in pressure cooker now.
So that is the reason we have chickpea flour but not pinto bean flour. Interesting
Johnny Garcia flour is for cooking
What about bean sprouts? Thanks!
So, I don't want to grind up dried peas to make a powder to add to smoothies....
In the UK, kidney beans are sold canned with water, having been cooked already. Reheat and they're ready in 5 mins.
In other words, the Lectin concern is neutralised by cooking Legumes, and high Lectin content foods...
In short, eat beans for good health...mike drop.
ah shucks, was hoping to hear your finding on the side of lectin chatter that goes on about leaky gut... I didn't even come across anything about disease promotion when reading about lectins, just a bunch of leaky gut warnings- creation of food allergies etc.
I've eaten small amounts of sprouted raw kidney beans in the past and I have no trouble believing they're hard to digest.
I don't soak my beans before boiling them. I just stick them in there in a pressure cooker and then eat after they are cooked. Is that bad??
Isn't this a similar issue to saponins? I enjoy eating Spanish Needle greens, which are warned against because the saponin content can make you sick. But the saponins are thought to give it anti-cancer activity.
But, I have a question, is pressure cooking beans killing the lectins or not? I don’t have much time in the morning to prepare my beans so I just use the pressure cooker but I don’t really know if that’s safe, or if that totally removes the “bad stuff” out of beans
I would love to know, thanks
If you soak the beans overnight, you can get away with 15 minutes of cooking. Dr. Greger talks about it in this video: ruclips.net/video/COCkviQV85I/видео.html
I love canned beans!
Hello 👋 Emilie
I was just reading about cooking beans i a rice cooker. Would that be enough to destroy the lectins
It's okay as long as the temperature reaches boiling point and the water keeps boiling until they are cooked.
But, what about the BPA in canned foods? Even organic canned foods aren't all BPA free.
What is a person to do when their bowels can't handle legumes and to some extent grains also then? I was a vegan for TEN years but my gut just never could adapt to handle it! I have tried over and over again to go back to veganism but I feel horrible from it bcs my gut hurts soooo bad...Any tips? I tried many, like cooking them in different ways and with different herbs but nothing has helped thus far sadly.
Flat beans are green and soft and it's tempting to cook them as little as possible. Alas, that created a lectin poisoning for me.
Okay what about Kale. Does kale build fibroids to fast??
But what about lentils ? Is It true that don' t need any soaking before boiling ?
Yes
I not going to stop eating beans
I am surprised no one asked about sprouted beans..
How to know if pistachio is rotten?
The vegan version of Gundrys diet has saved me from years of chronic, crippling, worsening asthma. And I easily dropped 20 pounds on it also. Very Grateful to Gundry for that. Love you Dr Greger. I miss eating grains but Really miss eating beans... I may try to add in some beans that have been cooked enough. I love beans! But I feel much healthier overall on this new dietary variation. Been on it six months so far. I may get labs done to make sure internally all ok too but I feel great. Aloha all!
Aloha From Heather I thought Grundy allowed well cooked beans?
I didn't know this and tried cooking beans. They were still hard, but eatable. I didn't get sick, but when I found out they could poison you undercooked, I panicked and didn't try cooking them for years. I finally got a pressure cooker, and I LOVE them. But I've only been cooking them 35 min, not 45. They are soft and not hard at all. But I guess I'm ok, since I literally eat a cup a day and haven't felt sick. But I guess I do add brown rice after the initial 35 min and cook them another 15 min. I think I just need to stop worrying. Haha
Isn't wheat germ lectin undestroyable?
this is a little dishonest since it contains the same lectin eliminating method in Gundry's book for beans and fails to address lectins in other food, or research on the effect of lectins that do exist (unlike those eliminated in the bean cooking process)in the digestive and other systems
lectins are beneficial with regards to likely anti c4ncer properties according to the studies. It is not that significant an effect though.
Does this mean that soaking them for at least 5 hours and then cooking them for about 40 minutes still keeps all the goodies in beans? What's left after cooking that we need in our diet?
ofski Fibre, protein, iron, calcium, magnesium, potassium selenium, B vitamins, zinc, copper, folate and omega 3's.
Poison Ivy thanks.
Why do tinned kidney beans make me sick
If I remember correctly, Dr Gundry said they’re good as long as they’re pressure cooked?
I may be wrong, but that’s what I remember. It’s been a while