Have a question for Heidi Borst or our other editors? Ask here for a chance to be featured in a story. Thank you for submitting your question. Keep reading Forbes Advisor for the chance to see the ...

One more thing to nix from your diet? Maybe. Or not. Lectins – are they the new dietary evils or victims of the latest dietary trend? First, let’s back up a minute and explain what they are. Lectins ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I keep reading about weight loss and other health benefits from a diet where people eliminate lectins. Is there any truth to the claim that a lectin-free diet can cure autoimmune ...

Ron from Corvallis, Oregon, writes this in response to a recent column on lectins: “I am a biochemist, used to work with immunologists at Sloan-Kettering. The main reason I’m writing is to ask you to ...