{"id":13971,"date":"2020-09-10T17:27:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T21:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=13971"},"modified":"2020-09-10T17:27:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T21:27:39","slug":"the-plant-paradox-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-plant-paradox-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Plant Paradox Diet: All About Eating the Right Food"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is the Plant Paradox<\/a> diet? How does the Plant Paradox Program work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Plant Paradox diet is a program that focuses on avoiding the wrong types of food and eating the right types. The purpose is to avoid the potentially harmful effects of lectins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read about the four rules of the Plant Paradox Program and the three phases of the Plant Paradox diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Rules of the Program<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Plant Paradox Program is based on four rules: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. What you don\u2019t<\/em> eat makes a bigger impact than what you do<\/em> eat. <\/li>
  2. Take care of your gut microbes<\/a> and they\u2019ll take care of you. <\/li>
  3. Your body processes fruit like candy. <\/li>
  4. You are what you eat\u2014and what the thing you\u2019re eating ate.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Unlike other diets, the Plant Paradox diet doesn\u2019t ask you to count calories. Instead, you can eat much more food\u2014as long as it\u2019s the right<\/em> foods\u2014and lose weight.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here\u2019s an overview of the Plant Paradox Diet’s three phases.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Phase 1: Three-Day Cleanse<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Phase 1 of the Plant Paradox diet is an optional three-day cleanse designed to starve the bad bacteria and put your gut in the best condition for Phase 2. Think of it as weeding and preparing the soil before you plant new crops; a damaged gut doesn\u2019t reap all the benefits possible from good foods.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The cleanse has three components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Foods to eat and avoid: Lectin-heavy foods like corn and grain are off-limits, as well as sugar, fruits, and dairy. You can eat organic vegetables such as asparagus, any from the cabbage family, and greens. You can have 8 ounces of protein a day\u2014either pastured chicken, wild-caught fish, hemp tofu, or grain-free tempeh. Certain oils are approved (e.g. extra-virgin olive oil and coconut oil), and drinks are limited to water, coffee, and tea. <\/li>
    2. Laxative: You have the option of taking a laxative called Swiss Kriss, or something comparable, the night before the cleanse to clear things out and start with a clean slate to kick-start your results.<\/li>
    3. Supplements: You can take optional supplements such as grapefruit seed extract, mushroom extracts, and berberine to help kill harmful gut bacteria, fungi, and molds more quickly. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Phase 2: Six-Week Gut Repair<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

      Phase 2 of the Plant Paradox diet will be at least six weeks, which is how long it\u2019ll take to cement your new eating habits and start to make significant progress on repairing your gut. After the six weeks, you can reintroduce certain lectin-containing food, or you can choose to continue in Phase 2 indefinitely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Expect the first two weeks to be tough as you change your habits and potentially even experience some withdrawal symptoms from the foods you\u2019ve eliminated<\/strong>; you may have low energy<\/a>, muscle cramps, headaches, and irritability. But by the end of two weeks, you\u2019ll start to see results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      You\u2019ll eliminate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n