Are Carbs Bad For You? 

I switched from saying that I eat a high carb diet, or a starch based diet to "I eat a high fiber diet" I think that says a lot more, you only get the fiber in whole natural foods for the most part. Most processed foods have much of the fiber removed and most people who eat SAD don't even get the pathetic daily recommended amount of fiber.

With the worlds longest life spans being those who eat high carb diets and those who eat high protein diets like eskimos shortest life spans. I think we all know the answer here. And not junk is common sense

THANK YOU for this. The vilification of carbs and the obsessive promotion of protein has got to stop.

Yes the food has changed in the last 5 decades or so but what has also changed is our physical activity since then. Today ppl drive literally everywhere and sit all day at desks. I grew up in the 60 and ppl walked everywhere a lot more. We did not sit all day. Kids played outside all day long too. Thanks for the video.

I love this channel. Some of us know it, but we need to keep hearing it.

Thanks Dillon you are so right. I get so tired of people demonizing CARBS. I love my whole food plant based SOS free diet of CARBS, raw veggies, greens and fruit with nuts and seeds. I eat lots of avocados also YAY!!!

Thank you. So true. Diabetes reversed after 20 years of the wrong information

I’m not a vegetarian or a vegan, but my diet is very plant forward. I did flirt with carnivore, keto, and some other diets of that nature, such as Atkins, and they totally blew out my triglycerides. I would much rather go with the diet that I know is tried, and true, which includes a lot, and I do mean a lot of vegetables.

Between McDougall, Greger, Goldhamer, and Fuhrman, exists the PERFECT human diet. If you cycle your diet between those doctors' recommendations, you're just about as sure to be eating an ideal diet as possible. My menu for today (family of three adults): small red beans cooked creamy cajun style with bell peppers, jalapeño peppers, onions, garlic, celery, and liquid smoke choice of white rice, brown rice, or fresh bread steamed broccoli and/or fresh greens with lemon-dill vinaigrette roasted sweet potatoes, yukon gold potatoes, and/or red potatoes choice of tomato onion salsa, or ripe whole avocado cantaloupe or baked apples lol, I don't cook that much every day but I felt the urge for some reason;)

Love me a plant rant. Also love me some whole food carbs like sweet potatoes, all types of squash, beans and lentils, etc. So so good!

This one has less rant more plants; very healthy. Thanks. 😉

community is so important - Well Your World Community - many of us have family members that still eat a SAD diet, no matter what they observe from the member that eats healthy whole food plant based. It is difficult to share a pantry, refrigerator and meal with other family members that still eat meat and dairy!!. I can get my husband or son to try some things I eat but they turn up their nose at things like chick peas and butternut squash!

Love you guys and your bluntness. This channel has helped me so much. ❤🎉

Great points, Dillon. Love the video. Gives me something to send people who are interested, and might have these questions. Got my food pkg. Today. Made noodle soup with your new dried vegis. So good. Better than what I previously used. Packaging was stellar. I was amazed. Kudos to you and your sister. Sorry, I forgot her name, but great job.

Excellent summary and I have been living it for the last 4 months after getting a diagnosis of pre-diabetes. I spent a couple of months first in complete confusion before sorting it out and determining that the bulk of scientific studies were on the side of the whole food plant based diet. Then another couple of months to get enough recipes learned to start being consistent, My morning fasting glucose started around 115-125 most days to now around 95 most days - no longer in a pre-diabetic range. I am enjoying the food and have lost 15 pounds effortlessly which is all I had to lose as I never was very overweight. But love your shows, your recipes (love the starch blaster) are easy and delicious. Thanks for the good advice - it has worked for me. By the way, I eat all I want and never feel hungry. This way of eating is very satisfying.

Dillon, You are so right! So many of us need this community support. Thank you for all you do! ❤

It's nice to hear people say the things I know to be true from experience, rather than the constant lies everywhere you turn. I also love your recipes, especially the "cheese" sauce. It is such a good substitute with lots of flavor. I must have garlic and onions in everything, lol.

great reminders for us to keep doing what we are doing eating whole foods carbs . l would rather be healthy it's working for me . great simple to understand video that cut through all the confusion of eating this way . thank you

Best plant rant! So much easy to understand info that you can pass on to anyone who’s been plant curious. Thank you Dillon!

I’ve gone back and forth on my stance on carbs (I mostly only eat brown rice and organic oats). But like ALL health topics on the net, there’s so much conflicting evidence. I’m currently experimenting. For the last 2 weeks I’ve only been eating meat and veg (snacking on fruit, nuts, Greek yoghurt and eggs). So a high protein, very low carb. I can say I’ve lost noticeable fat on my body. I haven’t had hunger spikes and my energy levels have been more consistent. I’ll be trying this out for another month or 2. But everyone is different. I think there isn’t one diet that fits all, you have to experiment and learn your body.

I just got my first package of your Veggie Blend today. It's a nice big container. I'm looking forward to trying it! I think I'll do the starch blasters recipe first.

Thank you for doing these videos! ❤

The best 12 minutes of anyone’s life would be to watch this video if they wanted to sort out their health & in turn would sort out life choices to live a healthy lifestyle they’re probably wishing they could have - just do it & follow the advice of this video - it’s what any decent medical respected physician would advise

certainly, when they talk about Carbs/grains they are not talking about oats, Barley, Buckwheat, Quinoa, Farro, Millet . Fiber Fiber and tons of B vitamins.

Great vid - more please, basics and no nonsense

Very good 🥦❤ let's include that we never have to go hungry and the food tastes AMAZING (though it might take some salt / oil / sugar weaning it's totally doable)

Love your videos

Another excellent video Dillon and yes there are healthy carbs and unhealthy carbs. It's not the healthy carbs that causes weight gain rather it is the unhealthy carbs or processed carbs. Love 🥰 the video and love ❤ Dillon & 💕 Reebs.

I think it's sad when carbs are termed as potatoes, bread, beans, when in fact, carbs are EVERYTHING that isn't fat or protein. Carbs are NOT a food group. Carbs are a macronutrient, just like fat and protein. Protein isn't a food group, either. Yes, meat has protein, but then again, most food has protein in it. Ok. Off my soapbox.

great rant

If you are vegan and still eating seed/vegetable oils, that is the issue. The low carb diet advice these days is terrible. It’s the fat that makes you insulin resistant

I truly appreciate your message. I think it is valuable for most of the population, but it is important that you mention there are exceptions to the rule. Please consider the people who are Type 1 where your pancreas quits working (not Type 2) who are affected by all carbs even if they are whole food, plant based. We still need to consider and count every carb - every bite of every day. Yes, more fiber and less fat makes the carb count spike less, but the number is still a factor. It is very difficult to find WFPB recipes that are filling with low carbs. It would be amazing to have a full week of meals that keeps a person full with low carb options. So, I guess I am challenging you to come up with a meal plan that would satiate you and Reebs with less than 140g carbs/day. If you can do this, I would be so happy to remain a member of your show to get all the cooking shows. I truly appreciate what you share with quick meal ideas to make healthy eating more sustainable, but please remember that some people have additional constraints that make it even harder. Thank you.

Great #plantrant Dillon! Thanks😊🌱

Great video, cuts through all the BS that’s talked about carbs.

While you mention grains, you do not mention wheat. I scanned your video's and, though I seed unleavened white flour tortious, I do not see whole grain wheat bread. The growing, milling, and baking of sourdough grain wheat based bread was the foundation of early civilizations.

Any fellow Canadian use any of the shipping services to get WRW products delivered to Canada? TIA

Hi Dillon and Reebs ❤️❤️❤️

Fun fact: if you were to taste cerebrospinal fluid, it would be sweet. Our brains absolutely run on glucose. Learned that one in Biochemistry.

My nutritionist has me logging my food, which is good. I am plant based and I eat Whole Foods, lots of beans, greens, veggies, some nuts and seeds. I am blowing through the 160 cabs easily each day. Do I need to cut back? Is there a proper amount. I am 56yo, I work out 5 days a week for 45-60 min. I work full time as a teacher so I never sit.

I keep having the same issue. FLAVOR. I have tried so hard to eat wfpb for years now and I keep reverting back to old foods. I can’t seem to find much flavor when things are low fat and high carb. Even the pb sauces and dressings just don’t keep me interested. I need help!

Hey dill.. stupid question . Or maybe a stupid question ..testosterone?? How r guys like me that r getting a little older supposed to get a boost on our test ?? I'm getting kinda tired of feeling sick all the time ? Thanks brotha

I like peasant food, I would rather eat like a peasant than get sick like the royalty from overeating

1. There is protein requirement 2. There are essential fats 3. Many (apparently) people do well on high carb diet, but not everyone.

I know that the cheap bread I eat is bad, but is there any good healthy kind ?

This vilification is absurd.

I agree TOTALLY to what said!!! Expect for the age... I want to live up to 150+ years ol... young! heehee! I've been a Whole Food Plant-Based Vegan for ~7 years. I started for WFPB eating for my health for my stroke and aphasia (I got buried down on research, studies, and evidence-backed videos), but animal cruelty, environment and pandemic were not far behind. AND I've watched RU-vid videos (of course, Well Your World, as well as PCRM, Nutritionfacts, vegan doctors, Earthling Ed, Jamie's Corner 😉, etc) and read all the books and documentaries on vegan and plant-based medical fields (What The Health, The Game Changers, Seaspiracy, Dominion, "How Not To Age" book, etc.... well, all of them! You've got one I need to see/read, send it my way!).