What Are Lectins and Where Can You Find Them
What Are Lectins and Where Can You Find Them
Lectins are natural, carbohydrate-binding proteins found in most plants, but they don’t really have any nutritional value when consumed in foods. Lectins work from inside the plant form as a natural insecticide to repel and destroy insects.
Basically, lectins are considered the plant self-defense mechanism.
So, what can you eat?
If you’re going to try a lectin free food or no-lectin diet, try these foods in moderation, which all contain low lectin levels:
· Animal protein
· Broccoli
· Sweet potato
· Carrots
· Squash
· Pumpkin
· Avocado
· Onion
· Mushrooms
· Asparagus
· Fruit:
· Blueberries
· Strawberries
· Cherries
· Lemons
· Oranges
· Apples
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