How to cook beans and nightshades (and shield yourself from lectins, too)

Cook beans, the Gundry way? It’s possible – and actually, it’s easier than you think. If you want to enjoy beans, nightshades (including tomatoes and eggplant) without all those pesky lectins – I’ve got good news: it’s easier than you think. Steven Gundry MD shares his tricks for preparing beans, legumes and nightshades so they don’t harm your gut.

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  1. Dr. Gundry, the time for cooking in the pressure cooker that you are discussing for lentils etc., is that 20 minutes after the cooker seals and unseals, or is that a 20 minute program under pressure which will take an additional 30-40 mins to unseal? Currently we put around 4-5 minutes of pressure cooking as it seals and stays sealed for exactly 20-30 minutes so i got confused.

    Thanks,

    Martin

  2. I love my electric pressure cooker. But billions of people have been soaking and boiling beans for thousands of years. They all wrecked their bodies with evil lectins? Give me a break.

  3. The instructions are spot on however it somehow sounds like handling extremely dangerous materials🤣 It's quite insane to think there are actually people eating these foods raw as they are…

  4. Dr.Gundry, do the 365 canned beans require rinsing and then they are good to eat? You mention in your book only the Eden brand of canned beans. Thanks kindly!

  5. Who eats raw beans anyway! This lectin paranoia is a joke! These foods have some of the highest antioxidant and nutrient values. To eliminate them from ones diet is misguidance.

  6. William C. Boyd, an American immunochemist, was the first researcher to
    identify the blood type specificity of many common dietary lectins. His
    findings revealed that lectins can bind to many of the carbohydrate
    antigens found in the gut and immune system. these antigens are different depending on blood type

  7. 1.) "…once it gets up to pressure," What pressure?, there are 3 general pressure settings, 5, 10, and 15 p.s.i.. You need to give folks pressures and cooking times, and 2.) My pressure cooker says not to cook most beans because they foam, and can clog the exhaust nozzle, build too much pressure, (above 15 p.s.i.), and explode.

  8. I am seeing the benefits already, 95% migraine free since I started following the Plant Paradox diet. I can't wait for Dr. Gundry's recipe book to arrive in the mail and I will make myself some Dr. Gundry Chili with my new pressure cooker that my family gave me for Christmas.

  9. Hi Dr. Gundry. Thank you for making all these videos and making them easy to understand. It's all starting to make sense to me now. I have diverticulosis , ibs , am sensitive to gluten etc. I've tried to eat healthy food all my life but only in the last couple of weeks after I was given some advice on healing my gut, and doing some research have i begun to understand. If I did what you said with peeling, and deseeding the vegs , would cooking them in a slow cooker overnight do as well ?. I don't have a big kitchen in my flat, and already use a steamer , a breadmaker in addition to the slow cooker i use to make bone broth and soups.
    I do love tomatoes and I like to grow them and spinach, broccoli et c on my allotment. I grow fruit and veg organically if course . Tomatoes are an important ingredient in many dishes and one does begin to feel deprived without them !
    Kaytey

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