Steven R. Gundry, MD Collection

Complete Collection in Recommended Reading Order

📖 The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain

This New York Times bestseller reveals that gluten is just one variety of a common, highly toxic plant-based protein called lectin, found even in "healthy" staples like beans, grains, and certain fruits. Dr. Gundry shares the scientific "hacks" to neutralize these plant defense mechanisms—such as peeling and de-seeding vegetables or using a pressure cooker—and provides a step-by-step detox and eating plan designed to repair the gut, eliminate chronic inflammation, and achieve sustainable weight loss. 

🍎 The Plant Paradox Cookbook: 100 Delicious Recipes to Help You Lose Weight, Heal Your Gut, and Live Lectin-Free

This essential companion features 100 easy-to-follow recipes designed to make lectin-free eating both delicious and sustainable. It includes a variety of meals from breakfasts to desserts, ensuring you can stick to the protocol without feeling deprived of your favorite comfort foods. 

⏱️ The Plant Paradox Quick and Easy: The 30-Day Plan to Lose Weight, Feel Great, and Live Lectin-Free

Designed for those with busy lifestyles, this book offers a streamlined 30-day plan to achieve the results of the original program in less time. It features simplified meal prep strategies, time-saving tips, and recipes that can be made in under 30 minutes.

🧒 The Plant Paradox Family Cookbook: 80 One-Pot Recipes to Nourish Your Family Using Your Instant Pot, Slow Cooker, or Sheet Pan

This guide focuses on making the lectin-free lifestyle kid-friendly and manageable for the whole household. It features 80 one-pot recipes—perfect for the Instant Pot or slow cooker—and provides nutritional advice specifically for the developmental needs of children.

🌱 The Longevity Paradox: How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age

This deep dive into the aging process focuses on the "old friends" in your microbiome that determine how long and how well you live. It provides a step-by-step plan to support gut health, clear brain fog, and keep your skin and joints feeling young by feeding the right microbes.

⚡ The Energy Paradox: What to Do When Your Get-Up-and-Go Has Got Up and Gone

This targeted guide addresses the "fatigue epidemic" by looking at how our modern diet and lifestyle disrupt our cellular energy production. It offers a clear strategy to repair your mitochondria and eliminate chronic exhaustion through specific dietary shifts and "postbiotic" support.

🔑 Unlocking the Keto Code: The Revolutionary New Science of Keto That Offers More Benefits Without Deprivation

This revolutionary take on ketogenic dieting explains that the real benefit of keto isn't high fat, but "mitochondrial uncoupling." This book introduces a more flexible version of the diet that allows for more fruit and carbs while still achieving the metabolic benefits of ketosis.

🦠 Gut Check: Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform your Mental, Physical and Emotional Health

This critical installment explores the deep link between the "leaky gut" and autoimmune diseases. It introduces groundbreaking research on "holobiomes" and offers advanced strategies for internal healing, explaining how our internal ecosystem dictates our overall immune response and long-term wellness. 

🧠 The Gut-Brain Paradox: Improve Your Mood, Clear Brain Fog, and Reverse Disease by Healing Your Microbiome

Dr. Gundry’s latest work explores the powerful link between gut health and mental clarity. It reveals how the microbiome influences our thoughts, moods, and neurological health, providing a blueprint to reverse brain fog, anxiety, and focus issues by healing the gut-brain axis.

Gardening & Self-Sufficiency

🌱 Raised-Bed Gardening for Beginners: Everything You Need to Know to Start and Sustain a Thriving Garden by Tammy Wylie

This essential starter guide simplifies the process of building, filling, and maintaining elevated garden beds, which are perfect for controlling soil quality and drainage. It offers beginner-friendly layouts and setup instructions to help you grow a high-yield garden even in small spaces or areas with poor native soil.

🐞 Organic Gardening for Beginners: An Eco-Friendly Guide to Growing Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs by Lisa Lombardo

This eco-friendly guide focuses on raising a naturally healthy home garden without the use of harsh chemicals or synthetic fertilizers. It provides step-by-step instructions for designing an efficient layout, attracting pollinators, and using sustainable practices to produce the most nutritious, safe food possible. 

🥕 The Old Farmer's Almanac Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook: Essential Step-by-Step Advice for Growing Vegetables and Achieving Success by Old Farmer’s Almanac

Regarded as the "gold standard" for growers, this handbook provides specific planting charts, frost dates, and expert advice for over 30 popular vegetables. It is the ultimate reference for understanding proper spacing, sunlight requirements, and harvest timing to ensure a successful season.