According to Dr. Steven Gundry, the most effective way to increase your energy is to eliminate lectins from 
your diet and increase polyphenols. This means there are two parts to your energy equation:
Learn how to eliminate lectins
Learn how to increase polyphenols
In this post we’ll focus on how to eliminate lectins from your diet. Our next post will focus on how to increase your polyphenol consumption.
What Are Lectins and What Do They Do?
Lectins are a group of proteins found in nearly all plants and animals. There are over 100 know types but 12 major lectins that typically cause health issues.
Plants usually have a higher quantity of lectins because they use them as a natural pesticide to protect themselves from being eating by insects. In fact one of the dangers of GMO foods is that lectins have been spliced into their genetic coding to make them more resistant to insects.
While this may help protect crops from insects and reduce the need for pesticides, they increase the risk for stealing your energy and causing you health problems.
Here’s how.