According to Dr. Steven Gundry, the most effective way to increase your energy is to increase polyphenols 
and eliminate lectins from your diet. 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 increase polyphenols in your diet. Click here to read our post on how to eliminate lectins from your diet.
What Are Polyphenols and What Do They Do?
Polyphenols are phytochemicals or phytonutrients that have antioxidant properties. They’re mainly found in plants with over 8000 that have been identified.
As antioxidants they help protect the cells in your body, especially cell membranes, from free radical damage. Free radical damage plays a critical role in the aging process. There are three major groups of antixidants: