A recent book called The Plant Paradox argues exactly this (among many other things). (But, also see my question about the author of the book elsewhere in this thread).

This sounds like the shaky basis presented in "The Plant Paradox". [0] [1]

[0] https://www.livescience.com/62914-what-are-lectins-plant-par...

[1] https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-weight-loss-on-the-pl...

I'm currently on the "low-lectin" diet which seems to be the most extreme of the anti-inflammation diets.

Even though the doctor (Gundry) provides mostly anecdotal evidence in his book The Plant Paradox - you might want to try cutting out cashews and nightshade vegetables which are approved on Whole 30. I felt a difference when I cut those two things out.

The problem with healthy eating is that you get five opinions when you ask two experts.

However, you can't find a ton of videos on YouTube with plausible sounding explanations why a plant-based diet is healthiest. Just watch those and decide to believe them.
Whatever you do, do not read "The Plant Paradox". That book will ruin eating for you if you even so much as consider to ponder the possibility that it might not be total BS.

There are a lot of faulty, manipulated or statistically underpowered studies out there. Some are doing real damage and the only way to stop it is to look at the details and discredit them.

Worse there are people out there who specialize in selective quoting and manipulating our understanding of science. Case in point "The plant paradox" book telling everyone that egg yokes reduce cholesterol and citing a paper which said the exact opposite: https://youtu.be/7NT4q_5dfLs?t=216

People wielding science have a lot of power - without transparency there is no accountability.

Can I ask your opinion on a (somewhat) related recent book? (specifically, it has examples about succesfully using diet changes instead of surgery, for people who were already scheduled to have heart surgery).

Namely "The Plant Paradox" by Dr. Gundry. From what I found he is (or used to be) a well-respected heart surgeon with some influential papers on his name. But I could find just a few summary articles on his current research program, which focuses on diet, foods with lectins in particular, and their relation to auto-immune disease, obesity, heart problems, and more.

I found the book very interesting, and his theories seem plausible to me (someone with no medical background whatsoever). But I also got the impression he may be overstating his case a bit, over-generalizing, so I was wondering about the opinions of medical experts on his work.