Dr Robert Breakey: Vegan Forward since 1977! 

Me too Lucinda! I am 75, run/jog/walk 6.5 miles a day and on WFPB. I didn’t start till about age 72-as De Breakey states “It’s never too late!” 😄

@@pato7274 Cool! It’s nice to hear from someone my age. Hang in there!

Fantastic! 1969 for me and going strong, this way of life keeps you youthful, a person I went to high school with recognised me last week, said I still look the same, not quite but a great compliment to healthy eating.

@@karadevereux1049 Good job, Kara!

@@Fgad.j5kad I’ve never been tested.

Great reply! Curious, what a typical day of eating looks like for you?

@@tanyajohnson6511 I make Old Fashioned Oatmeal for breakfast to which I add about 2 Tbps of chopped walnuts or about the same of Chia Seeds or 1 Tblsp Ground Flaxseed. I will often add 1/2 to a whole apple grated (without the core, unpeeled). I sprinkle cinnamon (no sugar just the spice) liberally across the above mix. And serve with Vanilla Soy milk by Silk. I have no coffee but drink decaf tea such as a cup of Green Tea and a second cup of Good Earth Sweet and Spicy Tea. If I don’t feel like apple, I’ll cut a half of a banana and have strawberries or blueberries with this. If I snack between meals, I eat then steamed kale, which my husband grows in our backyard. I will either put Apple Cider Vinegar on it or Kraft Fat-Free salad dressing. Or I will eat with some Spanish olives just for flavor. Lunch is often a burrito made from homemade Pinto beans. Sometimes I add some vegan cheese shred. When I make the beans, I add some Mrs. Dash salt-free seasoning for Tacos. (I make fresh salsa of 2 chopped Roma Tomatoes, some yellow AND Bermuda (red) onion, chopped, 1/4 of red and green bell peppers, chopped, chopped cilantro, some chopped and pickled Peppercinis, a few chopped green Spanish olives, 3 cloves of fresh garlic in a garlic press, fresh lemon and or lime juice, Lite-Salt to taste my Mortons, fresh ground black pepper and standard ground black pepper, 1 Tbsp granulated sugar.)This keeps well in the refrigerator. Sometimes I add a chopped Boca burger to the burrito. I make enough of the mixture and it lasts a few days. To the Pinto bean mixture. I do use a hand-held stick blender on the beans but don’t put the vegan meat in until after I blend. With the burrito I will have some rice on the side or even in the burrito or with some garlic mashed potatoes mixed in, is good too. I put the prepared burrito in my Cuissinart Griddler so to cook it on both sides, this keeps the burrito together. I don’t use a large burrito skin but if I make also for my husband, I may then cut it in half. We will have a small salad with this of mixed greens. I will get a salad mix sometimes to make it easier. I drink a Bigelow Peach tea and a Bigelow Turmeric/Ginger/Peach tea as iced tea. I drink this all day to stay hydrated. If I snack, I’ll share a half of a big white peach or some cantelope with my husband or other fruit on hand. Dinner is usually half a plate of rice or a baked potato with no butter but I’ll grill some onions dry frying them with some fresh mushrooms to top the potato, moisten with some fat-free Italian dressing. The main dish will often be grilled extra firm tofu grilled with Bragg’s Liquid Aminos or Soy Sauce, the tofu is cut in strips and then I sprinkle Mrs. Dash Salt-free Chicken seasoning, garlic ground spice, seasoned pepper. And steamed fresh vegetables which usually include broccoli, carrots, zucchini, sometimes cauliflower. We also may snack on some nuts after dinner such as Planter’s Deluxe Nut mix. I tend to count the nuts so I don’t eat too many. I often make a stir-fry in my wok at least once a week. If we eat out we do lunch at Olive Garden and get the minestrone soup and salad without any cheese. You can lose weight on what I eat in a day with portion control and leaving the vegan cheese out. I also try to take a daily walk or I will spend a half an hour doing yoga stretches. Hope this helps you. There are many good ideas for how to cook vegan on RU-vid also. Note, variety is key as you can vary what we eat very easily.

Thank you so much! This is very helpful! I suffer with eczema. And I am 80% vegan but still crave fried fish on occasion. I will make my own adaptation of your "typical day" and hope to be able to contact you with my results! Your comments were so inspiring!

@@tanyajohnson6511 place some Nori seaweed on a lengthy slice of moist eggplant. Coat it in some batter ( wholewheat flour water and a little salt). Fry it for a tastey substitute for battered fish when you get the craving.💕🐠

@@barbarabruce7648 sounds tasty! I'll give this a try

Yes!!!!

@@VeganLinked in new to channel I enjoyed. This video I saw online this doctor is accepting new patients virtually are you aware of this ?

No, we don’t.

That or to teach health freely to everyone so we can be our own doctors. He’s a great guy for sure. Not enough people care about health over money. It’s great to see.

The same for mental health providers, but in reality, most doctors do everything to try to hold on to their patients.

Thank you so much for watching and commenting! It's great seeing you around and can't wait to cross paths one day. Until then, may you have nothing but beautiful days!

Thanks for watching and commenting. I'd love to interview you, if you're interested let me know!

I have some more videos coming very soon with him doing a couple of talks!

Yeah, especially when they avoid talking about it. People don't tend to stop doing drugs either

I was shocked recently that the QRISK3 heart health calculator that my doctor used considers post code but not diet and exercise !

You're welcome and thank you so much for watching and commenting! It's after midnight and I'm sitting here in my car in the middle of Houston Texas somewhere waiting for tomorrow morning. Have a long day of videos to shoot tomorrow. Super epic day coming. Then Sunday I have 4 more interviews. Then Monday two if everything goes right. Then hopefully one more before I leave to drive 17 hours back home woohoo!

What a great speech. So informative, straight forward, gentle and such a pleasure to listen to. I wish he had something to sell, I would be a customer for sure.

nice! I went vegan in 2011 around the same time :)

Thank you, and PLEASE keep your videos coming. I love your work, it helps me significantly

like my other comment - sprouts don't have specialized plant parts yet - since they're closer to their uncultivated state - that's why I feel they're healthier in a way.

Yeah, sprouts are legit.

Dr McDougall explains that prior to Westernisation, in rural areas away from the towns, peasant food was plant food. "I was invited recently to talk about the possible role of diet and MS and other neurologic disorders at a national neurologic conference in Mumbai, India and I got to know the mammoth challenge that neurologists in India are facing as they try to tackle the “tip of the iceberg”: non-communicable diseases especially stroke. With its rapid modernization in the last 30 years, India has also witnessed a rapid increase in the preventable diseases such as diabetes, high blood lipids, obesity, hypertension, and heart disease. India harbors the world’s largest population of diabetes (more than 62 million people in 2011). The sheer knowledge of the burden of disability and death from potentially preventable diseases such as stroke was appalling to me. The number of people who suffer from stroke is much higher in the urban areas (334-424/100,000 people) but even the rural are affected not insignificantly (84-262/100,000 people). The number of people dying as a result of stroke can reach as high as 40% in some areas of India. Talking to some of the top neurologists of India, it appeared that this disease is getting out of control of the medical system in India. What was more striking to me was the lack of knowledge among the physicians about the critical role of diet in the treatment of these diseases www.drmcdougall.com/newsletters/results-of-the-diet-multiple-sclerosis-study/

Nice to see your reply. Hope Indian doctors change their view on diet, especially when doctors like you address them.

maybe asmongold should stop eating nonstop fastfood and animal corpse xD

@@GlennMarshallnz My dad is the same age as him and has the same color hair what makes you think he dies his hair? My dad doesn't.

Thank you! It is a lot of work doing this alone on my own dime and time. It gets very taxing emotionally too. But I'm deep in the current and can't stop! I have a LOT more to come. ❤

You don't sound like you need a doctor. ;)

It's great to have a lifestyle medicine doctor for checkups. Even the healthiest people can get sick or may need advice. Check out the links in the pinned comment for suggestions on where to look for a lifestyle medicine physician.

Lol why would anyone get mad? :)

@@VeganLinked coz I might sound annoying but I’m just trying to find answers

​@@VeganLinkedYou have a very caustic way of responding to people at times. That's why that person said "Don't get mad." Appreciate that people are trying to learn. They haven't been exposed to as many WFPB providers as you have.

@@annemccarron2281 I suppose I may at times be since as a human I am infallible but I don't know how that's relevant here. Especially when I merely laughed and asked why anyone would get mad at someone merely watching their videos and then I even smiled. It seems rather presumptuous to speak on behalf of this person. Overall I don't think I have a toxic way of responding to people. I might reciprocate but I don't even think I do that often. I do deal with hundreds or maybe even thousands of comments. Sometimes it's obvious when someone is spinning the wheel of excuses. When I see that happening I might be rather blunt and verbose. But I don't think I'm caustic. Ideally someone would let me know if they perceive this happening in the context of where they perceive it happening. But here it's completely out of context and hard to understand. I do want to get to the point where I'm only asking questions though. And that's pretty much what I did here.

@@annemccarron2281 But of course I want people watching these videos and I love it when people are genuinely inquisitive. I don't really have a lot of time and patience for people coming here to make this their platform for misinformation or anything grotesque or vile, that's for sure.

Indeed, I dream to one day have a food forest and live more off the land and my own dirty hands and be more raw if not entirely :)

WHERE ARE YOU? I'd love to interview ya, if you're interested hit me up wfpb@veganlinked.com

No doubt! ❤

Triglycerides could be going up for all kinds of reasons. If you're trying to be healthy then you really need to be considering not just nutrition but also things like sleep, exercise, stress management, social support, not doing drugs, etc. If you have questions then you need to consult with a professional. Perhaps consider someone who practices lifestyle medicine for a comprehensive opinion. Diet is important and nuanced. It's important not to over generalize and just assume plant-based is either right or wrong when plant-based can mean so many things. A well-planned vegan diet has been shown to be healthy and appropriate for every stage of life. It also seems to be protective against many chronic diseases. But life will nonetheless still invariably result in disease for some no matter what they do but it's always most ideal to do the best you can with all of these pillars.

But my personal layman go to thought is like of exercise. Brian Johnson for example, who spends $2 million dollars a year on analyzing his body and optimizing his lifestyle and happens to also be vegan, exercises, gets good sleep, etc but also stays in a caloric deficit. If you are in a caloric surplus and over-consuming then your triglycerides could very well be going up because you're not essentially burning off those excess calories. But again I don't really know without knowing everything else about you and consulting a professional, by then you would know.

Thank you for replying. Vegan, or plant based five years. Very active. No medications or drugs. A little red wine with dinner occasionally. Following Doug Graham's diet which is high fruit content. Can high fruit raise triglycerides?@@VeganLinked

Thanks. Brian Johnson is twenty years younger than me. My caloric consumption is not over my needs I believe. After going vegan or plant based, family and friends have noticed and commented on my thinness. Thanks again. @@VeganLinked

@@bradstell2146 You're only getting bits and pieces of what I'm saying. The core of what I'm saying is consult a professional and consider someone who practices lifestyle medicine. Try not to over generalize or self-diagnose, it could be many things and I only elaborated on one possibility. I didn't say you were overweight. And just because others may say your thin, this really doesn't mean anything people tell my wife and I that we are thin but typically those are very overweight people. So I don't know what you mean when you say plant-based I don't know what you mean when others say you're thin I don't know what you mean when you say you have triglycerides because these things require further analysis. Someone's age is of no relevance to the reason why I brought them up. Just consult a professional ideally someone who practices lifestyle medicine.

There's nothing wrong with hot peppers. Seriously ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MJgDhRMK1bA.html

@@VeganLinked I can't eat them outside of paprika - I get swelling where I can't breathe well. So I avoid them. We're all different, but it just is.

@@extropiantranshuman Sure, some of us are allergic to some things but we can all be vegan because there's plenty of plants to choose from. And allergies may change over time. But just because you're allergic to peppers doesn't mean they aren't healthy ♥

@@VeganLinked being a person that has many food sensitivities - those that are sensitive are risking their life of potential contamination. So if they truly have bad allergies to plants - I don't recommend a plant-based diet for them. I really resented those that pressured me to go vegetarian and vegan too early - as I was sick from allergies for years and no one who pushed me into the diet cared about me living or dying nor paid for any cost - as they're not a medical expert. No person that's not a medical expert should ever tell anyone to do anything with their health - because they're not going to be around for the consequences and won't fix them. I would never want what I went through on anyone - and I hope it doesn't happen again. If people can't be vegan - then it's important to wait until they are able to. Also we don't need to risk our health to go in a vegan direction - we can just fund organizations for those who can and want to go vegan - as it's them that'll make up for others who can't. My allergies haven't changed - they've stayed the same and unfortunately I have so many I just don't know all of them. Yes it does mean they aren't healthy, but it doesn't mean they don't have health benefits to some people.

@@extropiantranshuman I hear your distress. I just watched this video, by plant-based rheumatologist Dr Yu who explains that rheumatologists like him can help to find the source of autoimmune-type responses despite a healthy, plant-based diet. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-b6q7LMZA1lQ.html

Great question. Check out the links in the pinned comment and I'll add a couple more there now!

I don't understand would u post it to me on messenger possible I am not techy.thanks

@@lcwathome821 Look at the comments the pinned one is at the top. :)

I see you interviewed Dr. Brooke Goldner. That's wassup bro!! I'm doing her protocol and it's been doing wonders!

@@JB-id4hd ❤ yes, that was challenging as can be to get but I managed to pull it off!!!

You're doing well great job bro!! Underrated channel for sure!! Just one question...in a prior video it seemed like you have something against spinach...I may be wrong, but if you do I'd like to know because its a small part of my diet.

@@JB-id4hd thanks and great question. Spinach is super healthy. It's just like the highest oxalate food. Baby leaves are lowest and cooking them reduces it. But this is most likely not a problem unless all you ate was spinach. I have a friend that is anemic, she's vegan but she was anemic before that due to excessive bleeding. We found out she was doing a lot of things wrong. Intuitively she thought spinach is a great source of iron. She was also drinking a lot of green tea close to meal times which have tannins. Tannins and oxalates prevent absorption of iron. That coupled with not diversifying her greens and not doing things to increase absorption like citrus or vinegar seemed to exacerbate her condition. This of course may not be a big deal for men. Excess iron, especially heme-iron from animal, oxidizes and is inflammatory. But this issue for women could be common. Spinach is awesome in moderation. Like Dr Barnard says all healthy things in moderation. And variety is ideal for a healthy microbiome. I eat raw spinach from time to time with my romaine, arugula, butter lettuce, red leaf, etc. I'm not worried about eating just spinach sometimes like in a wrap or whatever but I rarely do so I won't make a habit of it. If you ate a lot of spinach all the time it could increase the risk of kidney stones also... again, spinach is legit awesome in moderation with variety of other greens, beans, etc. ❤

Wow, I didn't know all that! I definitely don't think I'm eating enough to cause a problem. I do kale smoothies and a mixed green salad. Man you're doing all these interviews, you need someone to interview you as well!! Seems like you have a lot of valuable info. Keep up the good work bro, I really enjoy your channel. U asked a lady this on a prior video....I want to to know your answer as well. As far as dating or friends...do you think it's a good idea to pick ones that DONT adhere to this way of eating? Imo it's alot easier to pick of the sake mindframe if possible....but I'm having trouble finding likeminded people.

What's wrong with using a microwave

@@VeganLinked hey! they destroy/explode proteins, enzymes and biophotons near instantly and makes foods carcinogenic etc the Russians initially banned microwaves after studying them in the 70s. I have an amazing pdf called “the light in your foods” by David broom I can share, measuring foods etc with korotkov’s kirlian GDV proving in a different way that microwaves destroy the light (bio photons) that is the energy that converts foods into YOU, also showing organic whole-foods to have much more light, and more, a must read! i have a Dropbox link RU-vid doesn’t like me to post.

@@ejRecording they excite water molecules. Anytime you heat anything you have the potential to destroy water soluble nutrients and enzymes. That's why raw is best. But really, microwaving is actually better than a lot of cooking methods. Like any other method, as long as you don't overheat things. Dr. Greger has some videos on it.

@@VeganLinked sorry but it near instantly destroys the food vs low heat cooking, GDV does not lie I can send you the pdf somehow, I’ll rewatch the gregger vid pretty sure I’ve seen it but… I posted a key slide from the pdf with a link to it on my RU-vid as a community post Also here’s a bit of text from it -American researcher William Kepp gathered results from Russian and German research on microwave cooking. He noticed that they found an increase of cancerous cells in blood after ingestion of microwaved foods. Also they mentioned ʻsignificant lossesʼ in the nutrient value of the food cooked in microwaves.

​@Dunford00 sorry but if your only reference is a pdf you have, and some "Russian research" done in the 70', that's not very solid evidence. It's like climat change deniers who say they have studies proving their point: When there 1% research is going against 99% of the research, its not worth much, even if it exists.

we would also want to avoid pathogen-inducing foods - like peanuts and aflatoxin.

Aflatoxins are more of a problem in developing countries. Diversifying the diet is sufficient.

Veganic farming is great and the future and produces whole plant foods

@@extropiantranshuman I read that was an issue in Africa when they ate the peanuts and drank milk. The combination of the two. All of our nuts have mold. Have you ever bitten into an off bitter walnut or Brazil nut.

@@joelleaittama1416 it can happen without drinking milk. What you're referring to is when aflatoxin's in milk.

I do, since it has a lot of protein. Some sources say best to avoid roasted nuts, because of the formation of acrylamide, a harmful substance created through the heat when roasting. But peanut butter from unroasted nuts is hard to come by. I found a French brand selling unroasted products, "Perl'Amande".

Peanut butter is great if you can tolerate the extra calories from the fat.

It's interesting how most centenarians seem to be thin, not body builders.

@@VeganLinked Agreed!

I think what you mean to say is we need to move toward viganic farming. I have videos coming on this later. But right now there are plenty of healthy plant options for people, we need to just get them away from eating animals

@@VeganLinked yes as mic the vegan said - once the world goes vegan, then we can work on doing better after that.

All processed foods are less healthy than whole plant foods. When someone eats an animal they are also eating something processed. The animal acquired their nutrients from plants and their body/DNA processed those plants for that animal's specific body's need. Eating whole plant foods exclusively is the most protective against chronic disease. Processed foods (including animals) is a risk factor.

Clearly there is no need to eat animals so why consume body parts, organs, and secretions when it isn't necessary, they're unsustainable to consume so they inevitably end up in horrific abusive concentrated animal feeding operations. Why eat animals?

What!!!! I have never seen a growing carrot, lettuce, avocado, strawberry or apple growing with a layer of sugar on top. Every fruit and vegetable that I have bought from the green grocer, super market or in my garden have been whole food. Are you talking about fruit loops and fruity roll ups? Come on.

Meat is a carcinogen due to its inflammatory markers. Processed foods destroy or remove many nutrients. They also contain artificial colors, preservatives, flavors that can also be carcinogenic.

I'm not sure, I just sent him a text to see if he'll let me know :-)

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You have to be kidding

@@VeganLinked I am joking

@@1232bluejays thanks for clarifying

I don't know who you're talking about. Clearly all of the vegans on my channel are doing great and have been for many, many decades, some their entire life and some many generations. Do you even know any vegans?

Is what the 7th day Adventist? I am not.

@@VeganLinked personally ? No . But out there r so many interviews with ex vegans who been eating plantbased for 10-12 years and they’ve sacrificed their own health for ethical reasons and now recovering on carnivore diet. I don’t know why it’s happening perhaps it doesn’t work for all .

@@anir8023 Of course there are X vegans just like there's X everything in life. Failure is a part of doing anything meaningful. The most successful people have the capacity for applied failure. Research has found that over 60% of people quit being vegan because they don't like being different than other people. Another significant proportion of vegans quit because of a significant other not being vegan. Doctor Fuhrman says that you have to be a leader to do this otherwise you end up following what everyone else is doing. People who really go vegan for the pure ethical stance are able to endure whatever difficulties may arise and overcome those for the sake of the animals, being most sustainable, and their own health. People fail often at trying to quit doing drugs, that doesn't mean quitting drugs is a bad thing it just means it's hard to change. There really isn't that many vegan failures compared to how many vegan successes and how many keto, carnivore, paleo, Atkins, weight watchers, omnivore failures there are. Obviously there wouldn't be so many meat based spins if any one of them were truly effective long term. As you can see across my channel with my existing interviews and the many more I have to come vegan is very effective for the long term and lifelong like the largest organization of nutritionist and dieticians states it's healthy and appropriate for every stage of life. Veganism is not a diet though. And when someone treats it only that way they're not doing it for the animals so it's easy to just start eating animals again.

@@anir8023 Now if someone was vegan for 10 plus years and their health declined they probably didn't know how to eat properly. Imagine doing something completely wrong your entire life and then deciding one day you're going to go vegan for ethical reasons. You don't just magically know how to suddenly eat. When I went vegan for ethical reasons all I did was stop eating animals and their secretions but I already was vegan forward for a long time before that and enjoyed eating beans, grains, and a little greens. But it wasn't until 5 or 6 years later that I learned how to Eat more healthfully And Diversify my diet properly and eating times even. I don't know who these people are that you're talking about but the ones that I have watched and there was only a few that I've seen out there they didn't stick to a simple whole plant food diet they were yo yo dieting and doing all kinds of weird illogical things and never sought advice from a qualified nutritionist or dietician or somebody even better with credentials in lifestyle medicine. Instead they did armchair research which will send you down a crazy rabbit hole. Or they sought advice from someone that eats animals.. But they could have been gluten intolerant or had an allergy to one particular food there's all kinds of things that could go wrong or they could simply not be eating enough calories or the right variety. It's real simple once you figure it out but getting to that point might be difficult for some people especially if they are busy and around the wrong people. Or if all they do is stop eating animals and they also weren't eating very healthy beyond that then all they are left with are processed foods. It's really easy to get into processed foods and that could be another reason why they failed.

There is no evidence that it has Long term efficacy for optimum health span. There is 0 science on it, only anecdotes. Meanwhile there thousands of studies showing meat is a risk factor and eating plants Is protective against chronic disease. When I interviewed a phD nutrition a few days ago she called the carnivore diet and elimination diet. Sure if you eliminate sodas and processed foods you'll get transient results.

Not is there is ZERO science supporting the anecdotes in the carnivore movement and no legit doctors or researchers supporting it. Meanwhile there's thousands of science and research showing the health benefits of plants. The doctors supporting the plant based movement have many decades of relevant clinical experience evidencing the efficacy of eating plants exclusive which is consistent with the totality of evidence such as leading health organizations and science. Considering that the overwhelming majority of people have been conditioned to unhealthy comfort foods of course they want to hear and good news about their bad habits and bad news about good habits. The doctors pushing the carnivore movement have no relevant clinical experience or education and even if they started to they would be over a half a century behind the plant based doctors. There is no carnivore equivalent to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, NutritionFacts, American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Rochester Institute, Hippocrates Wellness, TrueNorth, etc... there is no support from the largest healthcare industries like Kaiser in the country for carnivore yet they completely support eating plants exclusively and they of course benefit significantly from healthy customers, the largest organization of nutritionist and dietitians in the world says a vegan diet is healthy and appropriate for every stage of life but they don't say that about carnivore, the WHO found that eating meat is a class one and two carcinogen, I could go on. There isn't even a carnivore channel with as many legit testimonials and significant doctors as mine. Even if they could prove that eating animals exclusively was ideal for optimum health span and lifespan as well then you would have a choice, so why choose the least sustainable and completely unnecessary and therefore most violent grotesque option? But, they can't even prove that. All their doing is a "elimination diet" that gets transient results with very risky long term consequences both for the individual consumer as well as the animals and the planet. So why would you choose to hurt animals for no reason? Clearly plant exclusive is an option. Do you want to foster a violent future of slaughterhouses or peaceful world of food forests and gardens that support ecosystems and build a beautiful world of diversity?