lectin

Tldr: gluten is a lectin, lectins bind to minerals Gluten and glutinin are part of the lectin group.

According to Loren Cordain, soy contains lectin and lectin is no good for us.

The beans can be any beans, but avoid red beans because of the high lectin content.

There is some connection between the hormones lectin and ghrelin and lack of sleep.

There were other articles but this one postulated a cause which I figured could be lectin poisoning.

Uncooked it contains phytohaemagglutinin (plant lectin) which is toxic to humans.

Bell peppers are seemingly high in lectin and other phyto-nutrients.

Gluten is a protein Gluten is not a lectin.

It is grain free, lectin free, and nightshade free.

However, can lectin poisoning actually cause liver damage?

I always assumed that the water packaged with can beans would have tons of lectin seeped from the beans and therefore should be discarded.

But then the authors seem somewhat puzzled as to why anyone is reported symptoms of lectin poisoning - who's eating beans that are inedible in texture and hardness?

It looks like the answer is yes [1], which says that "No significant lectin changes were observed after soaking the beans" but that the lectin levels are undetectable in cooked beans.

I’ve followed a “low-lectin” diet for a couple years but it was pretty impossible to not cheat pre-pandemic.

In my personal opinion you are the victim of an industry that wants to sell stuff like Gundrys supplements like „Lectin buster“ and the like.

That's weird, and rare, considering a single person certainly didn't do all the work this abstract describes themselves 3) The single author is Steven Gundry, a "functional" medicine quack renowned for promoting lectin-avoidance diets as cure-alls.

Lectin is a type of protein found in a wide variety of food items, including some grains and legumes.