Hi Dr Liu. The fruit you like should be pronounced more like LONE-aunt ("dragon-eye" in Cantoneae dialect). Appreciate your information- and wisdom- packed videos !
This doctor needs to be cloned and put into every medical school to re-educate doctors with correct information about health. She is brilliant, and a gem of a person to anyone with common sense about how to improve their health in a sustained way. I just love learning from her simple to understand videos.. I respect this lady immensely. 👏👏👏
I have been whole food plant based for the past 9 years. I have researched many science sites and I am certified as a wfpb nutrition counselor by Cornell U. I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! They are well researched and sincere. Thank you so much.
My husband and I are in Fl, we have a big garden, I have Bs in biology and I saw in this lady exactly what you see, her honesty and full of knowledge, she is an amazing person. I’m not vegan, but we eat a lot fruits and vegetables everyday.
Thank you so much for your comment. As someone with zero formal knowledge about health and nutrition it becomes so overwhelming trying to both educate yourself and then trying to figure out which RU-vidr’s to trust!
@@CH-hm8ud I appreciate your comment, and I don’t mean to be confrontational, but you and your husband seem to be well balanced, so may I suggest you look deeper into a vegan lifestyle? For example, why are people vegan? What are the benefits for them and the planet, but above all, for the animals who don’t need to be exploited and die an early horrific death, so unnecessarily. We don’t need to eat them. I have been a vegan and a researcher for over a decade, and I don’t like people to be coerced in any way shape or form, but more appropriately do their homework and try to navigate the sea of misinformation along the way. ❤
You said it for me . Valuable scientific information. Real " duty of care " as a professional and yet readily available for free ! ? ! ! I couldn't ask for more. Loved amd subscribed .
Balance is key. The industry that grows fruits and vegetables for the common folk requires the mass use of pesticides to kill millions of birds and other animals to prevent them from destroying crops. Harvesting crops, maims and kills animals caught in the path of machines, not to mention destroys their natural habitats. Animals will unfortunatley die one way or another, but humanely would be prefered. Plants are chosen over animals because people tend to be speciesist, they have less empathy toward plants even though some have evolved with protective mechanisms to ensure their survival, but we eat them anyway, since we have a communication barrier with them. Balance is key and and understanding that most humans have evloved to be omnivores and there is no shame in that. We have also evolved to chose to be herbivores as well, just know it's not free of guilt. @@sciencelad8286
I eat them filled with goat cheese and some fresh rosemary and a very tiny amount of garlic powder (almost nothing) mixed inside. Its so incredibly amazing!!
When I buy prune juice, I freeze it in ice cube trays, and store in a zip lock freezer bag. Take one out and put it on your morning oatmeal for sweetness & flavor, similar to brown sugar.
@@reemagee4828I cut up a medgool date for oatmeal and anything that needs sugar. Also, Ceylon cinnamon has a very sweet flavor. Takes the place of sugar. It’s amazing!
@@eileenvandernoot3867 That’s a great idea too. I love dates. I only had them once, a few weeks ago. I’m probably going to buy them again. I like the syrupy sensation of the prune juice on my oatmeal though . I could do both.
In Europe, I have a vineyard with black grapes that contain seeds. They are delicious when they ripe. Anyone interested in buying some of them is welcome to my vineyard when they ripe.
@@_undamoneytrees In Romania. Actually, right now I am renovating my house little by little, to be able in the future to receive guests from abroad, people who want to eat healthy fruit for a few days. By September 1st, hopefully, I will be finishing renovating one of the rooms.
ty. been fighting inflammation in my knees for 10 ever since I had replacements. Finally I found that deleting sugar was the way. that also means cookies, bread and pasta. Everytime I eat these foods my knees swell twice the size. crazy. even though I love the taste of bread, sugar and cookies I must be an adult about this and KNOW that it is poison to my system. Hope this helps. I most certainly subscribe to YOUR posts.
Have no health issues but just decides to avoid wheat all together; their effects on inflamatory markers are clearly attested. Its sad how many diets are dependent on wheat; its avoidance could single-handedly half the health-care budget.
It’s not “being an adult”…when you’ve been giving your body these foods, you’ve been increasing the gut bacteria that also rely on these foods…your gut bacteria is directly linked to your brain and it WILL 100% send messages to your brain to increase those foods when you’ve cut them out. It’s incredibly uncomfortable, incredibly difficult for many, if not most ppl to simply “be an adult” and override a very intricate, powerful system that’s got that kind of control over all your senses. Age + Intelligence does not equal a super power that overrides anything, making anything easier other than the fact that you understand something. The only thing that should increase is your hunger for more knowledge so…don’t stop there. The gut affects your mood, your clarity, your ability to focus, your retention ability…all manner of things. I mean…why do you think we have such a difficult time at eating healthfully, regardless of being loaded with information? Do you think ppl simply forgot that they’re adult humans? Just…don’t be so hard on yourself or others…to which you do both by touting such ideas in your comments. Shame doesn’t override your gut bacteria. It doesn’t convince it of anything other than maybe increasing stress & increasing the desire for foods that summon feel good chemicals in order to calm that stressful feeling. Instead…research what can physically and directly help you through the switch like…eating more high quality fats that satiate faster (letting the brain know you’re full) for longer periods of time which, delay sensations of hunger. Get up and exercise when you’re feeling a craving…drink more water…eat foods that feed the good bacteria in your gut. These will help…archaic, hollow ideas built purely of shame (stress & mental health decline) will challenge you further…and further…and further as you create a habit (even a physical one in the brain) to automatically shame yourself = more hills to climb. Mental health is incredibly important to be working on, along with all this food stuffs. 100%. So the best.
Ask your green grocer, ask at farmers' markets, health food stores. I have a concord vine and have not seen seeded grapes outside of the wild ones here in California and the farmers' markets.
For those interested in knowing, Longan is pronounced Long + Ahn or Long + Ann. It is Cantonese as the fruit grows mainly in southern china. It’s actually: long + ngan but shortened to longan in English. It should not be pronounced Logan. Long (dragon) Ngan (eye). Lychee can be pronounced Lie + chee (Cantonese) or Lee + Chee (mandarin) depending on which version. Again, I prefer Lie+chee because this fruit originates from southern china (mainly canton and Fujian). Btw, I’m Cantonese by descent.
So truthful and sincere. This doctor is not selling her own brand nor promoting a book, unlike a thousand others. Just plain, simple good common sense and some science in the backend.
To make a substitute for Gatorade, I use Bigelow white teas. They come in many flavors. Blueberry, raspberry, apple ECT. I boil five bags on the stove in one quart of water. Let it steep for about 10 mins. After 5 minutes cooling I add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of raw honey. Then pour it over 2 quarts of ice. Fake a rade. 😂 For stronger fruit taste just increase tea bags to your preference. It has antioxidants hydrating without the caffeine.
Sorry. White tea has caffeine. And boiling it destroys the antioxidants. Steep it at no more than 190° F. Also, the body metabolizes any honey exactly the same as refined sugar. It’s a myth that honey is healthy.
OMG! I don’t remember whether it was in this video or another or yours that you recommended using the dates and stuffing them with peanut butter, rolling them in cocoa, but I just bought a bag of large Medjool Dates, stuffed one with organic peanut butter - then melted 85% dark chocolate and rolled it in the chocolate, covered with crushed peanuts and left in the fridge on a piece of baking sheet and had that for dessert! It was incredible! Thank you for that most indulgent dessert recipe! ♥️
With the amount of information that I just heard and learned from this 41 minute video, I’ll be waiting for my undergrad degree to show up in the mail from the Healthy Immune Doctor. 🙌🏽👩🏻🎓 TONS of info in the video!!!!
Friend, I just want to thank you for starting your channel. You speak with love and compassion. Your heart to help people shine as you progress in every video. There is so much you have to share that I can see you try to stay on task with the subject. I understand it’s impossible to avoid and essential to speak in medical terms to help us understand what we read in labels and lab results by breaking it down - also you help us pronounce them! Thank you! You are appreciated and blessed.
I broke down and brought some grapes because I was really craving them a short time ago. Although I avoid seedless fruit because somewhere in my mind theyre somewhat an abomination. Funny thing is they clearly said seedless and when I checked for quality/sweetness, it was just alright but as advertised "seedless" and kind of bland so I picked a different pack that was richer in color🍇 without trying it. How about I got home and my 1st bite had a crunch to it😳 4 to 5 seeds in almost everyone and I love grape seed almost as much as the meat and skin😁. All praises ☝🏾!
Yes! I had that problem too, a few weeks ago! I was very annoyed at my seeds. But, I picked out my seeds. Did you still eat the seeds? Should I have swallowed them, or some of them, instead of picking them all out you think? I definitely can't chew them... 😬 I also avoid pomegranates because I can't deal with the huge seeds.
@@feliciagaffney1998 On the contrary I absolutely love the seeds; I thoroughly chew them. You should blend it if you can't chew the seeds. Pomegranate is another one of my favorite fruits🤤; after I work all the pulp off I chew the seeds the same. It has a nutty rich taste to it; probably should try milking the seeds because I am sure it's rich in nutrients. I'm convinced that the protein found in plants are more than efficient and better for the body than animal flesh. Not to go off track but my diet is 90% plant-based and people think I work out and take supplements...(Genesis 1:29 ; Daniel 1). Peace and blessings
The fruit without seeds is GMO. Get the seeds. You can dry them out and take a rolling pun to it. blend them with something. Apple seeds are good for us too @@feliciagaffney1998
Great video. I've made some changes and now a plant based diet. My dad was sent home to die with Dementia and Parkinson Disease and is still here due to changing his diet. We take sea moss every day!!
And yet the most difficult brains to heal, after injury, according to neurosurgeons, are brains limited to a plant based diet. Very glad you’re enjoying your father’s longevity (I hope he is, too) but id look further into all of this, unbiasedly and just always keep learning.
Any source of that? All studies I see suggest otherwise but it's initial stage of research. (also, neurosurgeons? They don't really study things like that)
Thank you for your thorough explanation of these healthy foods. I feel the trends of the day and our overall myopic view of food has taken away common sense and replaced it with fear. The foods your describing is how our ancestors ate but we have gotten so far away from it. We have also gotten away from growing our own food or supporting local growers. If we are worried about food being sprayed we can take steps to grow our own or seek out orgsnicslly grown food. Thank you again for your content.
Hey Dr. Always a fan of healing foods. My ancestors in Poland ate certain black currant fruit and I always figured that was why they had really strong visual acuity- the same things in the grapes or almost the same ingredients. We were lucky we had real food there.
WOW!!! Thank you for this video. I have also subscribed. The list for vitamin D deficiency was great. I have several problems on the list. My wife and daughter as well. We plan on getting our levels checked. If my levels are fine, at least I have more knowledge and tools to fix my problems. I'm glad I found your channel.
Here in Turkiye there’s so much variety of fruits& vegetables. Also excellent sea food🫶🏻 Our ancestors were farmers& the originals of so many fruits have naturally seeds inside. Thanks God it’s still conserved in the eastern part of the world. Thanks Dr. for reminding the originals for the western.🧡
Maqui berry should definitely be on the list. Maqui berries contain delphinidum, which has been found to prevent blood sugar from rising, even when given with a high-glycemic meal.
Hello Dr. Liu. I have been watching your videos for the last 2 weeks. I have started my health journey since then. I feel great and have lost weight too. I was wondering have you ever done any research on natto (fermented soy beans) and what are its health benefits and properties. I love eating it. Thank you
Doc, you are the truth! Love your videos! Wish all physicians were this passionate & knowledgeable. It's hard to find any fruits with seeds but I'm on a mission now 👍🏽💯😉
I found this really informative. I'm 21 and i use retinoids/retinols in my skincare. I knew that pregnant people cant use it in their skincare, but I had no clue that if someone takes retinoids they cant donate blood! Good to know!
I am “blown~away” by you every time I watch your video’s. The wealth of information that flows out of you is mind boggling🤯 Unbelievable!!! Thank You for sharing it with us🙌
Great video---I learned so much about the benefits of eating grapes-- (in spite of the naysayers who say they have too much sugar--that's what a glucose monitor is for)--I would ONLY ADD ONE IMPORTANT thing....CLEAN YOUR GRAPES and vegetables with BioPur or something similar to ensure you are not consuming pesticides --even on so called Organic.
I miss so many of the fruits you talked about. I used to eat a lot of them when I was in Hong Kong. But I have been a missionary in Guatemala for 5 years now, and we don’t have any of these fruits you mentioned in Guatemala besides grapes. I really miss 荔枝，龍眼，噢，你沒有提及，很miss榴蓮also😄! I love listening to you. There's a lot of educational and good information. I subscribed to your channel. Thanks for making informative videos to help educate people! God bless you!
Another amazingly thorough, properly cited, informative, and engaging video as always! Thank you so much for making these videos, and for always explaining the science + citing your claims. Could you please explain how we sign up for the weekly email with recipes that you mentioned? I'm very interested in signing up!
Husband went on the Dr. John McDougall diet as he could hardly walk and had high cholesterol. 220-140 cholesterol without meds and his over all health improved dramatically!! Quickly!
Regarding Vitamin D: I live in So Cal and I’m retired and a gardener. But I tested on the low side for vitamin D, and now I supplement with D3 most of the year. What I realized is that in winter I wear long pants and long sleeved shirts. And in summer, I garden early and late because it’s too hot in the middle of the day. So it’s really only on pleasant days in spring and fall that I get enough sun on my skin to make sufficient vitamin D. No wonder I was low!
I do believe it’s been found that those in the most sunny climates of the US are found to be those with the highest deficiency in vitamin D, for just the reasons you stated.
Thank you for that informative video. I really learned so much. I try not to miss your videos because I am always open to learning at 73. Blessings to you!
All medicines have good and bad effects and fruits are a very simple relatively mild nutrition-packed food! Thank you for recommending! Grapes are so good but why are fruits so expensive at the supermarket? Appreciate your vid. XO
Persimmon looks almost jelly like when it is truly ripe and ready to eat. I grow Mulberries high in antioxidants, great, often over looked fruit. Lychee is way better than logan in my opinion, can’t wait for Lychee season. Some can have a rose like flavor too. Moderation is key, and I love dates sliced down the middle with a Brazil nut inserted for selenium.
I heard of a study where people drinking pomegranate juice and eating dates at the same time every day helped reduce plaque. I was thinking, why not just eat pomegranate seeds and dates? Are you familiar with this study? Thank you for this video, it had excellent information.
This is an incredibly informed, educational video! Thank you!! Suggestion: search for a better audio system. I have to turn up the volume to hear the ends of your sentences because there is a considerable drop in pitch and volume. Even at regular volume, the audio on your videos distorts a little. That distortion of course increases noticeably at a higher volume. I don’t have this problem with other influencers whose pitch also drops at the end of sentences - their video audio doesn’t distort when volume increases. I have to really concentrate on your voice because your videos are jam-packed with important information that I don’t want to miss. It’s hard to change the pitch habits of one’s speech, so to be understood, crisp, clear audio becomes all the more important for your videos.
@HealthyImmuneDoc Thank you, Dr.Liu 🙂 I like all the fruits you mention. This is not bad at all. It points to delectable yummy cuisine. 'Healthy food is unpleasant to eat' is such an outright lie ! I eat healthy simply because I love these tasty fruits/foods you have covered. In some cases, a good recipe is the right resource to make a vegetable produce into a tasty dish. On the whole Asian continent with all its multitude of countries & cultures, their different cuisines/culinary prowess make lip-smacking food very very well.
Thank you for this lovely encouraging post:) I have a household patient w a very sweet tooth medical induced but for same reason must watch their blood sugars. Very important point about fiber billers - they can be dangerous with some medical conditions but often prescribed . I would add pear and gooseberry , blueberry and redcurrant too.
You want to eat organic grapes, blueberries, strawberries and spinach. These aren’t just on the top pesticides list, the pesticides harm the humans that gather them.
Trying to give up ice cream I found that buying a bag of grapes and rinsing them as soon as I got them home and popping them into the freezer just makes an absolutely delicious treat when you are tempted to have that ice cream. It takes eating grapes to a whole new level!
Zeaxanthin is very high in orange peppers, which also contain a lot of vitamin C, lutein is easy to get from dark green leafy vegetables. I was told the floaters I could see were caused by macular degeneration, years ago. I haven't seen any floaters after eating an orange pepper with green leafy every day for a few months.
To be fair, I'm loving this podcast, and sticking to my concerns about grape seeds being undigestible, and the pesticide concern, until after I finish watching this LONG video.
This was really nice. I eat the grapes from the freezer because I have a little craving at night for sweetness. But the seeds I had no idea about. You have given me great ideas. Thank you. I eat a lot of dried cranberries. I am wondering if raisins are better. I love them both. I live in the country and have forgotten about Lichi and Persimmons. I'm going to travel to an Asian store today. Thank you for the reminders.
This is the first video I found of yours and it's great information, thank you! Question, how come you don't mention choosing organic fruits & vegetables? Especially those considered in the "dirty dozen". For example, grapes. Grapes are highly pesticide laden fruits with a very thin skin. So eating grapes daily, that are full of pesticides, are doing more harm than good.
Thank you for this wealth of info. My husband was diagnosed with Diabetes & we are looking at some major lifestyle changes. You posts are so helpful & informative.
Also look at Dr Jason Fung, he talks about intermittent fasting to reduce weight and helps a lot of people with Type 2 diabetes. I like the doctors who explain the science like this one and Dr Fung and they aren't selling stuff.
Lazy consumers don't want seeds, seedless watermelon around here taste bland. I had an auntie, bless her, who was so impatient she would only eat watermelon that was cut up with the seeds removed (by someone else)!
Hi. Which grapeseed extract do you use? I can't find it anywhere on the show notes. Do you mind letting me know again? I Love the information you share. I have been utilizing a lot of your advice since going heart-healthy two wks ago.
I've 'been off' sugar AND simple carbs for about 3 mos. Whoopee! I don't have a weight surplus to begin with, but I am now more and more conscious of how I eat. I've bypassed dates because I thought they had too many carbs to fiber ratio wise but what the Doc says about 'em has given me paws. meaning I'll grab some next time, if I think of it.
I appreciate the content and will definitely add grapes to my diet, however, what is often omitted in videos hailing ancient remedies is that for example the life expectancy of ancient Roman's and Greeks was in the 37 to 42 years. Again, I am a big believer in a healthy lifestyle, but it's important not to mislead people into believing that ancient civilizations had all the answers. We don't have all the answers, and neither did the ancients.
Any type of fruit juice (even if the fruit juice has no added sweetener of any kind in it) can raise your blood sugar and when your blood sugar comes down you get a hypoglycemic headache.This is because the liquid form of the fruit goes right to your blood stream and quickly raises your blood sugar.This is why it's better to eat the whole fruit than just the juice.The fiber in the fruit slows the time that the fruit in the juice raises your blood sugar
