Gluten has a competitor in terms of its negative properties on the body - this is a lectin. What it is?

Any food contains valuable nutrients - nutrients. These include vitamins, trace elements, dietary fiber. They benefit the body: they help strengthen immunity, maintain a healthy weight and avoid premature aging. But there are also antinutrients - substances that are harmful to health, and therefore, their consumption should be avoided. Lectins are called proteins that have the specific ability to recognize and reversibly bind various carbohydrates. They were discovered at the end of the 19th century, but full-fledged studies of their influence on the human body began to be carried out only recently.