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Some plants have sticky proteins called lectins that can get into your body, stick to your cells, and make you sick if you're sensitive to them.
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This study is about how immune cells use antibodies to grab and process germs, not about plant proteins (lectins) leaking through the gut and causing inflammation.
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This study says eating plants is good for you and that worries about lectins causing harm might be exaggerated — it doesn’t prove lectins leak through the gut and cause inflammation.