This Is Your Body On Vegetables 

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My digestive system was super messed up until I stopped taking certain kinds of nutrition advice. For example, “you need more leafy greens” turned out to be bad advice for my particular digestive system, which treats leafy greens like a dangerous poison that must be purged immediately. But I could eat other types of vegetables in large quantities with no problems. I started paying attention to what made me sick and what didn’t and shaped my diet around that.

I'd like to see a sequel where "processed" foods are discussed in more detail given the variety of processes that exist. For example, how does confit compare/contrast to chips? And are there some food storage steps that are potentially more beneficial to the body (such as flash freezing produce)? I feel using the word "processed" tries to give a very narrow connotation to a wide variety of practices (some of which are needed to reduce food inequities around the globe). I feel this channel is in a good position to tackle this topic.

"Do vegetables help or hurt or make no real difference......but first a word from our sponsor Athletic Greens" HAHAHAHA! Must admit the timing was perfect 😂😇

One of the best videos on diet I have ever seen, on youtube or anywhere else. There is no one size fits all. Eat what works for you and let others do the same. And the advice to stop eating processed food cannot possibly be repeated enough. I have known since childhood that raw vegetables of any kind just don't agree with me, leafy or not. They bloat me something awful. Same with the cuciferous vegetables, cooked or not. As a young adult when I began looking into nutrition, the first sentence of the first book I read was, "Don't eat food that makes you sick." (This advice has never failed me, btw.) And shortly after that I discovered a sort of mindfulness practice. That's when the nutrition advice really clicked into place for me. It's very simple, pay attention to how what you eat makes you feel. What I eventually landed on is a modified version of what they are now calling the "paleo diet." Little to no grain. No soy. I do eat dairy, but only the fermented stuff, buttermilk, yogurt, kefir, etc. All the meat, eggs, fish and fowl I want. No vegetable oils. All the fruit and (certain) vegetables I want. And most of all- NO PROCESSED FOOD. I actually cook my meals and if I want a snack it's fruit or an egg or a baby baked potato, etc. It works for me, I feel great, my weight is good, and I'm healthy. I hope everyone has the success I have had in discovering what diet works best for them. 😊🌻

On the subject of dental caries. I gave up soda 43 years ago. I haven't needed a filling in 45 years. Yes, I saw my dentist 6 months ago 😁. If you are considering deleting anything from your diet. Soda is a good place to start.

My forebears came mostly from Skye and Lewis (islands on the west of Scotland)... they survived on what they grew...which were a mix of barley, corn (European corn, not maize), wheat and oats...they also grew a wide variety of root vegetables which made up at least 2/3rds of a main meal...and 100% of breakfast and other meals...meat was quite a luxury, and they had sheep, cattle and hens which were everywhere... they also had fish which was plentiful in the cold waters around them...my grandfather was a fisherman (amongst all the rest to do)...most of the adults lived well into their 90s, one even to 108...most had their own teeth and none of them obese...don't get me wrong, their lives were hard won...but in all their lives were happy along with the rest of the village...and yes...they brewed and distilled their own drink 🍺🥃😁 Greetings from Scotland 😁

"Did humans evolve to eat a primarily plant based diet?" is a very different question to "are veggies bad for you?"

In order to properly address this question, more functional details of the digestive tract needs to be included. An herbivore's teeth are flatter and wider and their jaw moves side to side in a grinding motion. I never do that... Our stomach has a very low pH of 1.4 similar to animals that eat carrion. This suggests an ability to eat meat which may have been scavenged and harbors bacteria. I avoid doing that though... The small intestine is very long with a smaller diameter compared to the large intestine. The inner lining has tightly packed, dense, velvety folds. This organ is designed for food to be completely digested and absorbed along its' very long length. The large intestine is much shorter with a larger diameter at the very small cecum and getting smaller in diameter as it approaches the exit (sigmoid colon and rectum). Our colon is not designed to handle a lot of residue (fiber). That is like putting fewer lanes at the end of the Interstate: the traffic jams up. The lining has sparse, shallow folds with a smoother texture. We do not have a functional fermentation chamber and our appendix doesn't appear to be of any use. Herbivores have the metabolic machinery to ferment cellulose to short chain fatty acids and use it for fuel, we can't. What other animal eats a lot of foods that they can't digest? . Fiber is also abrasive to the mucosal lining and can cause diverticulosis; fecal debris getting stuck between the folds of the cecum and causing pain and inflammation, and sometimes perforates the colon wall. This is more prevalent near the exit where the lumen is smaller. As far as the microbiome is concerned, as your diet changes so does the bacteria that live there. If you don't eat plants, you don't need the bacteria that do. I no longer eat plants and my microbiome seems quite content. I also no longer suffer from constipation, IBS, gas, and hemorrhoids. The dietary fats make my stool soft and it passes with ease every day for the first time in my life of 60 years. We also have 4 organs designed to digest a lot of fat: the liver makes bile and stores it in the gallbladder, the pancreas makes lipase to digest it, and the small intestine is lined with goblet cells that absorb fat and it also is pumped into the thoracic duct (as chylomicrons). We are very well designed for using animal fat for fuel. Not a lot of fat in plants. The topic of plant toxins was quickly dismissed as irrelevant without even mentioning the major offenders such as oxalates and lectins (includes gluten). Oxalates in spinach, nuts, beets, tea, cocoa, blackberries, soy, grains, kiwi, etc. prevent the absorption of minerals such as iron, magnesium, and calcium. Oxalates also accumulate in the tissues as we do not have the enzyme to break them down. These crystalize around joints, in the urinary tract, and in other organs. They are the most common urinary tract stone and often the cause for what people think is gout (instead of uric acid). When I quit eating spinach, almond flour, and other high oxalate foods, my 30 year history of fibromyalgia and bladder pain went away. Also, for the first time in my adult life I was not borderline anemic and my iron (ferritin) was normal. I would like to know the oxalate content of the Athletic Greens... Lectins cause leaky gut, inflammation and autoimmune conditions. A handful of kidney beans that aren't sufficiently soaked and cooked will send you to the hospital. There are several more plant toxins... Dr Kiltz has a nice summary of them under the topic "plant toxins". After decades of 'eating the rainbow', I was shocked to learn that the beta-carotene in plants is not converted as needed to vitamin A. Only a very small percentage is (about 3%). About 40% of people lack the gene to convert any. I thought I had that covered... Same with iron from veg. - not bioavailable. So I would argue that we aren't designed to eat plants, though we certainly can. Besides small amounts of blueberries and my residual addiction to coffee and dark chocolate, I will eat plants as a survival food if I am starving. Otherwise I'm done with them.

It’s cool seeing you guys discussing these types of topics. Human anatomy is something that all of should know about. We all appreciate your effort and hard work.

"If you're hungry enough, you will eat meat, fruit and even Twinkies!" 🤣🤣🤣👍 Love your channel: it's so educational and yet so funny!

After being sick most of my life, I found that I am sensitive to salicylates and sulfites, found in many fruits and vegetables. The healthier I tried to eat, the sicker I got. Doctors told me it was IBS and all in my head. I finally feel so much better now that I avoid most plant-based foods but I sure missed out on a lot of life before I figured this out.

I've always viewed humans as opportunistic omnivores, much like you said near the end of the video. The greater the variety in the diet, the higher the chances of getting all the vitamins and nutrients. And when times get tough, you eat what you can and get the most out of it by creative preparation/cooking.

This is my personal rule - Take note of how you feel 3 hours after your meal. If you feel mentally clear with clear eyesight and no stomach discomfort or other pain then what you’re eating is probably good for you. Same for dinner and waking up - do you wake up effortlessly? If not, try examining your dietary habits, and try eating different foods instead. (I am a fan of super nutrient dense satiating foods.) Anyway, it’s a personal journey. You have to investigate what works for you.

That was great. The word is balance. Whatever culture you might belong to, always be mindful of the reaspect you give other's habbits. My grandpa was half Guarani, a Brazilian and amazonian ancient tribe. He would always tell us to respect the food he brought us. He never took more than we needed and we should not waste anything. In a few years government forbid hunting and I remember him kinda losing a part of his self. "Respect the life this creature gave in order to sustain yours by not wasting none." It was rather nice to see the way everyone gathered around him to hear his hunting tales and watch his skills with the preparation of the game ❤️

Spent a year as a vegan. I felt good. In the end, I just could not be arsed. Also spent 3 months as a carnivore. My skin cleared up a lot, no gut issues, hardly any farting. but it was very expensive. Now i just eat a balanced diet and also feel good.

Can you guys make a video on understanding processed foods? There are so many different types. Preservatives, refined foods, emulsifiers, additives, etc.

Personally I enjoy grass fed beef, Chicken, Turkey eggs, Raw fermented dairy and some cooked vegetables. I have tried many plant based diet in the past none have given the ability heal and thrive as much as the diet I currently on. It's so amazing how much progress I have made with gut issues and overall health.

Neighbour invited me for dinner and offered this "amazing home-made cheese". I didn't want any but decided to take a bite to stop the pestering. Turns-out the guy who made the cheese decided to not pasteurise the sheep's milk and have it ferment warm of the nip. It was to "preserve the nutrients like in the old days". Said preserved nutrients got me food poisoning and half a year later, after two different antibiotics for anaerobic germs, my waste is still pale/discolored on occasion and my gut health is not good. This can lead to some nightmarish complications down the line. So my advice is to stay away from processed and "home-made from a guy I know, he's really good" types of foods. Your health choices are way more important than avoiding a bit of social discomfort, try and avoid my mistakes instead.

Very interesting, thank you. I was vegan for over 4 years and to cut a long story short I ended up in hospital with a very inflamed colon being then told I could only have high pigeon, no fibre. Total opposite of before. So now I’ve had to eat meat because soy upsets my guts and no vegetables. I do worry about my gut biome… But I’m following doctors advice and have been for 8 months 🤷‍♀️. I don’t know what the answer is… x

I agree we can eat anything, mostly because a lot of factors play a role in what we eat as you called it we are "opportunivores".. its quite fascinating really. Great video as always🙌

Do you think your team could ever do a video on the subject of the various types of fasting and what happens to the physiology of our bodies when we fast? I would love to see your interpretation of the evidence on this subject area.

I love the idea of humans being "opportunivores." We will eat anything if we're hungry enough. Ask anyone who was lost or stuck in an environment where there was or is not much food, you will eat whatever you can find to survive. If this means eatiing plants, flowers, leaves and tree bark; insects, rodents of all kinds, and four legged creatures; seafood and fish; and even other human beings. The will to survive is that great. Besides, all of these restrictive diets don't last long and you go back to eating other types of food. I think the key is to eat a variety of food types, eat them in moderation, eat only when you're physicially hungry and not mentally humgry, eat the junk food, i.e., processed foods, in very sall amounts nd not too frequently. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

Because of this channel, I gave up smoking, drinking and vaping and have never been more miserable in my life. I will now give up eating vegetables, and I'm sure I will feel a tad better :)

Great video, as a human biology student your videos are a fun, entertaining way to repeat what I heard in lectures. The one thing that was too fast for me in this video was the "cut out processed foods" part. As some other comments suggested, a video on what defines processed food and why they're not good for you would be wonderful. Thanks a lot for your work!

I'd have to say I agree with most of it. The only thing I'd add is that there is a difference between survive and thrive

This is the most fair, level headed, non biased video on nutrition I've seen. Well done! 👍

As an ovo-lacto vegetarian who had iron deficiency even years before I started to become a vegetarian (16 years ago), I always made the same statement: humans are omnivores. I think discussing whether we were made to only eat meat or only eat plants is just ridiculous, obviously our body is capable of digesting both. Thank you for clarifying this from a very neutral standpoint. 👏👏👏

OK, finally you came to "the point," is that humans are opportunist, very intelligent, and ate whatever would sustain them (survival). Personally, I'm an omnivore and believe early humans obtained their nutrition from multiple sources. I also agree that processed foods are not great for us (especially junk food)... we did not evolve to eat those (yet?) Lastly, Chimpanzees, our closest primate relatives, do eat meat. It is well documented that they organize in groups to hunt and eat other animals... and of course insects (they seem to be mostly vegetarian but are omnivores). Thanks for the video.

This was some real food for thought ;-) but seriously-really fascinating conclusion at the end, and, given the diversity of diets observed across cultures and history, it would make sense that a more apt descriptor of our nutritional needs/digestive capacity is “opportunivore”. Thanks again for a great video!

I have most of my large intestine removed as a baby, so I find it amusing that anatomically, my digestive track is closer to carnivores than most….but I’ve been vegan since around 16 and I’m 26 now (veggie at 13 and slowly transitioned after a couple of years). It ironically works better for me /because/ of my bowel issue. I think my main issue was dairy though. I’ve had someone who specialises in my particular bowel condition be really glad that I went vegan, and my fiancés old personal trainer said it was good (he isn’t vegan though 😂). I’ve never had tooth issues, only a tiny bit of staining in a couple crevices that isn’t obvious, but that’s from green tea over many years 🫢 it’s merely cosmetic and isn’t harmful (I went to the dentist recently). PS - I love broccoli, so don’t go saying it’s bad; I’ll defend my broccoli 😂

Hey, thank you for another great video. No pitchfork sharped at this point lol. I appreciate the honest and open take you guys always have. You acknowledge the factors people have from their diverse backgrounds and environments, but stick to what evidence has been tried and tested while admitting the vast amount that we’re learning and discovering.

Amazing video! Informative without talking sides, presenting facts and logical reasoning. Keep up the good work!

I am an ethical vegan and really appreciate the term opportunivore. It makes a lot of sense considering how defensive everyone gets about their dietary choices!

No raging here 😉 I love how you teach practically “one size does not fit all.” I have also heard a lot about staying away from plants due to their defense system being harmful to us. But your explanation of our micro biome being able to adapt makes perfect sense. Thanks, bro! You guys are awesome!

I am a 43-year old male who has been vegan or mostly vegan for the past 10 years. My cholesterol is normal, my A1C is normal, my fasting glucose is normal, my HDL, LDL, and triglycerides are all normal, my blood pressure, pulse, and spot oxygen are all normal or excellent, my psychiatric symptoms are getting better every year, and I have plenty of energy to exercise throughout the day. After I eat meat or dairy products, I can feel my bones and muscles getting weaker when lifting weights, which is why I try to avoid that. I do have a recently diagnosed autoimmune condition (unspecified, as of current), which is a major disadvantage to a plant-based diet. If someone is chronically ill or has a lot of health problems, I would highly look into a plant-based diet. But, it's not for every body type.

Thanks for the great presentation and delivery. It's a pleasure to watch your videos.

My childhood was spent eating sugar, and I spent the next 50 years of my life undoing that damage. I would suggest that people listen to their bodies. Eat what your body tells you to eat.

It's just basics. Always strive for balance in everything, food, society etc.

The best video on this topic I have EVER come across. Brilliant!

A diverse, sensible, and great talk. I highly agree and appreciate your efforts here.

Finally a RU-vid video about nutrition that takes a fact based common sense approach rather than descending into the cult aspect of specific "diets" 👏👏👏

Loved your conclusion,"It may not work for everyone, though it works for you". Such a spot on statement! I Love this channel.

I love your explanations. I especially love listening to them at 2x the normal speed really helps me lock in that info weirdly enough😅

Loved this video! it reinforces what I have been thinking lately - thank you

I agree with everything you said, I don't like it when people say you shouldn't eat meat or be a vegan, I eat both

I spend a lot of my spare time putting out cameras, bait food, and traps to find lost cats and this made me think about my experience of other kinds of animals eating the bait food and has surprised me with how many other animals are omnivores or opptunivores. Of course, an occasional dog will come along and scarf up all the cat food. But I've had more problems with rabbits, toads, multiple species of birds, and ground squirrels which are like a miniature version of a prairie dog. Toads are of course carnivores since they eat bugs. But the ground squirrel surprised me the most because a whole team of them will come along and demolish the cat food before the cats have a chance to get there. I also found out that when one gets hit by a car, others will come along, take away the body and eat it.

Amazing video, thank you for sharing knowledge

I experienced a similar situation with my gut. Perforated colon and sepsis almost took me out. Much better now after a long 1.5 year recovery period. I have found that an animal based diet with lots of pastured eggs and grass fed beef works well for me. I also eat most fruits and certain vegetables daily.

I've tried the whole spectrum. I've landed on a high protein diet and favor good meats but also incorporate some veggies too. Intermittent fasting is key to making it all work for me.

My dad was a butcher, so I grew up eating mostly meat. I rarely had a balanced meal and had a lot of bowel issues/IBS. I went vegetarian around age 19 when I moved out (the opportunity was more available). It was difficult at first because I craved meat and I was having blood sugar crashes. But over time I felt healthier than ever. I ate meat again after 1 yr and it made me nauseous at first. Now I only eat meat when I get a craving for it and I try to make sure I eat a lot of veggies with it for a balanced meal. This is such an awesome, informative video. Thanks 😁

I have tried a full spectrum from Vegan to Carnivore. Every plant produces chemicals that make some animals not want to eat them. I found that an Exclusionary diet, starting from Carnivore and then testing adding vegetables and fruits one or two at a time allowed me to find which things were most beneficial. Everyone is slightly different. Test things for yourself. I feel better on a Carnivore diet, but it gets boring. I like fruits and vegetables, too. What I have found is that manufactured/processed foods are the worst for me. You decide what works best for you.

This was highly informative! Opportunity-vores is a great way to put it!! I just tend to follow a highly varied and a predominantly plant-based (veggies, legumes, mushrooms (I know, I know, these are not plants), fruits, nuts, etc.) diet with 60 grams of animal protein (eggs, red meat or fatty fish) and some animal fat (greek yogurt, cheese, butter, etc.) thrown in it every single day. And I feel better (and look better, skin and gut-wise) than we I don’t eat either meats or veggies. I try to avoid any type of cereals, though. I don't process them particularly well (get diarrhea and/or migraines).

I would like to know more about the different kinds of meat and their affects on our body. Like pork vs chicken or beef.

There's a difference between being able to tolerate a food, and thriving on that food. There's also a difference between what can make you "feel" better in the short term, and what can prolong a healthy life. My sister-in-law loved meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy (especially cheese) and hardly looked at vegetables apart from potatoes and corn. She was not obese, or even overweight. She was very active and rarely sick. Until her late fifties. Then the high blood pressure hit. And the high cholesterol. And then stage three kidney disease, all diagnosed within a year's time. I started researching possible dietary changes she could make to improve her kidney function and found very little research in English, but some in Italian of all things. That, and the China Study, and research by Pritikin, Ornish, Esselstyn, Barnard etc. convinced me to take up a Whole Plant Food diet (which is different from a vegan diet.) It also convinced my brother to adopt that lifestyle, and he encouraged his wife to give it a shot. Although my sister-in-law only went vegetarian for two months, she saw an increase in her kidney function from stage four to stage two. Her doctor was incredulous, but did not attribute it to her diet. So my sister-in-law, who "felt better" eating lots of meat went back to that lifestyle. A year later she was on dialysis, and three years later she was dead. An autopsy showed not only damaged kidneys, but a damaged cardiovascular system, lungs, liver, and even cancer. None of them is "proven" to have been caused by her diet, but all of those conditions show a substantial (to me anyway) correlation with eating animal protein. The presenter uses the idea that if we can eat something it must be okay, because we are "opportunivores." But then he goes on to say that we should avoid processed food. But using his "opportunivore" argument, why? After all, we can eat processed food too. I am not a zealot who wants to convince people to stop smoking, wear their seatbelts, eat differently or get vaccinated. That's above my pay grade. But I am someone who doesn't like to see sketchy arguments used as a rationale. "Proof" as far as we think we have it in science, uses double blind, control studies in an attempt to show that X causes Y. This is almost impossible however to do with diet, as people know what they are eating, so no one is "blinded" to the tested variable (and people also "sneak eat" food that is not part of the study, thereby confounding the results.) And also there is very little funding available, as few individuals want to change their way of eating, and governments don't want their economies upended. And plant growers, who cannot patent their products, have no incentive to fund them. However, we do have a lot of epidemiological data that show that populations who eat a whole plant food diet have a much reduced incidence of cardiovascular problems, kidney disease, obesity, cancer, diabetes, etc. And when people from those areas adopt the Standard American Diet the incidence of these diseases increases. We also know that our gut bacteria play an amazing role in our health, and the bacteria that thrives on fiber (found only in plant food) is especially helpful, while those that thrive on animal products are associated with the liver's production of TMAO, which produces inflammation that is associated with a number of diseases/conditions, some of which can be managed or reversed by adopting a whole plant food diet and many of which can be delayed or avoided entirely. A balanced presentation would have discussed these things, and then also presented the same data supporting a carnivore or omnivore diet (if there is any such data as I don't know of it, although if anyone does I would be pleased to check it out.) But yes, I do know about rare individuals who have a condition that is only controlled by being on a keto diet, and people who are allergic to nuts, berries, gluten, etc. But there are also lactose intolerant people, and those who are deathly allergic to shelffish, so I think the outliers should not be used as arguments for either side. I am not advocating that people eat things that their bodies cannot tolerate, any more than I would advocate that Type 1 diabetics avoid insulin, or non diabetics use it. And I also know that there are folks who live to be 100 drinking, smoking, and eating meat three times a day. But when one looks at whole populations, you see that these actions do not seem to promote health.

The Garden of Eden was Vegan! (Genesis 1:29). I've been a strict Vegan since January 02, 2012. I'll be 62 on Saturday. Gave up all meat in October 1980, in 1981 I started eating clean fish (fins & scales) about once a month. I was in the Nave and whenever I came home on leave, my folks always took me to their favorite restaurant of course it was a fish place. Back then there were no vegan or vegetarian options. House salad consisted of a handful of iceberg lettuce! Vegetarian from November 2002 to January 2012. Gave up drinking milk in 2008 (it baffles me now how humans drink another species milk, the only species that willfully does so. When you're weaned as a child, you NEVER ever need to drink ANY type of milk ever again!). No health issues, my VA doctor tells me every visit, he wishes all of his patience were as healthy as me. Go Vegan!

Over 22 years vegan now and LOVING IT!!! ... Vegan for the Animals, for this planed, for my health and happiness I will never go back! .....plus eating this way is so very delicious and fun... 🍇 🍉🍋🍌🍍 🍏 🍒 🍓 🥝 🍅 🥥 🥑....I don't have a single health problem and I still did not get covid, I am very happy and I have too much energy 💪😊☝⭐

I've been vegan for over 12 years. As long as I'm well rested and not sick I feel great and have plenty of energy.

I am on keto and carnivore , but I think that carnivore it’s better for me, because when I eat some veggies ( specially spinach ) I feel so much pain in my joints, and I hear that it’s because oxalate dumping.

18:02 that's a very down to Earth and humble way of looking at it, gotta say 👍 As always, you make these videos so interesting, so cheers.

Hey doc, I like the way you presented this topic. Very unbiased and helps the audience understand diets from every viewpoint. Great job. Thnx.

I had a lot of health issue until 30 months ago. That is when I went 99% carnivore. Still like some asparagus and cucumbers and onions from time to time. Feel and look so much better and instead if 3 meals and snacks every day, I now am satisfied eating one meal around 4 pm and 50 grams of whey protein around 7 every morning. I am 57 years old, 5’8” tall and 210lbs ex body builder. I take no medications since the second month of carnivore.

As someone with auto immune diseases, what alot of health professionals recomend is completely wrong .. its up to your tolerance level for you, everyone is different and its your job to find what works best based on your current situation.😊

I was always eating a lot of veggies but only when i went fully vegan, my microbiom had a change that just made my anxiety disorder disappear over night. Literally life changing

Great video! I was hoping to hear more about lectin and it's effects. My health has improved incredibly since I've stopped eating vegetables with lectins. We have lost the old ways of cooking these types of vegetables like deseeding, deskinning and fermentation. Keep up the great videos!

Hey guys, my girlfriend had the amniotic band wrap around her arm in the womb so it never developed past about her elbow, but you can see where the thumb would have formed, and what looks like a line of the palm. We'd both be super interested in seeing what that looks like if you could get access to a cadavar like that. Awesome stuff as always, been binging a ton of your videos!

As for my teeth, I have a very acidic saliva, but I'm 30 and I don't have a single tooth decay. I had caries in my childhood on milk teeth, I had caries on a wisdom tooth that was removed (it was covered with a piece of gum and I could not clean it). At the same time, my teeth fit very tightly, and deep fissures. Sometimes I can feel pain when eating sour food or when eating something hard, but no cavities. But sometimes those feelings don't exist at all. I decided to just tell you about my interesting feature. I have been a vegan for over 3 years.

It's worth considering external fermentation as well; human tolerance for alcohol is suspected to be a key factor in our ancestors' descent from the trees, as rotting fruit on the ground became a viable food source. Also as we don't need nearly as much food mass as large herbivores, we can prioritize nutrient-rich, easily digestible parts of plants and avoid tougher stuff that requires gut fermentation.

I like how he reframed the question in terms of "but fire " Because that really does change EVERYTHING He's so right that it changes the importance of what we evolved for. In a sense, it all comes down to, like so many other aspects of human existence, we have the ability to choose. Choosivores

PLEASE talk about Anaphylaxis. As someone allergic to almost every edible non meat option I feel that it would be useful to have this conversation as well for this and many other reasons

Since I changed to plant-based diet, I have reduced my various body aches and pains tremendously. At age over 70, I feel less pain than in age 40. The way factories treat animals and animals are fed, the slaughterhouses, I am surprised many of us don't die from eating animals. Come to think of it, we do die and live in pain primarily due to industry pushing, cheap food. We are mentally, physically sicker than any other industrial country and spend more than anyone on the planet on healthcare. There seems to be a collusion between the big pharma and big food. Both keep us sick. Animals raised in open pastures taste totally different and are much healthier than those raised in factory farms. I may eat a healthy, organic or wild caught fish once in a while and mostly survive on plants, starches, root vegetables. Avoid dairy, and animal products as much as possible.

Absolutely the most sensible comment on human eating habits and preferences that I have ever seen. Thank goodness for some common sense.

Your opinion on nutrition makes a great deal of sense. You are an amazing teacher. Thank you for all of your work and time on these videos.

so much information is packed in this video and thank you for the balanced presentation. It seems that our microbiome is the product of our food environment and if we learn to listen to our body, I think we could learn what food category works for us....

every cuisine is made of vegs, milk and its forms and animal products in varying proportions. Cooking has made so many blends.

Very informative! Would love to hear more about what processed foods do to the body and how they are digested or lack of lol

Your channel is just awesome, always well said and always well done. My ten cent addition to eating whole food (majority over processed food) is their relative amount and their timing. Our circadian clock for digesting food seems to be primarily during the DAY time for 6-8 hours window (for solid food) but water can come in any time during the 24 hour period. Often called time-restricted diet. If we include low-carb (high fiber) diet into this window, the health effects is more significant

You have a really nice voice. It's easy to listen to you. Now I need to tell my daughter that her kids can eat a variety of food in spite of what they complain about. I liked when you said, "If you get hungry enough..."

Thanks so much for your well informative essential video.... Please do study more, that's the key, to know which is better, as in my ordinary and narrow knowledge, of being a vegetarian, eating raw, to benefit nutrients, as personally believing any nutrients is damaged by cooking, which I think leads most to decide being vegetarians, not carnivore, by eating mostly raw veges.... Personally I lack knowledge with this aspect, and hoping you can share some enlightenment with this... More power to You! ❤

I love how neutral you were throughout the video. Thanks for this video.

As a Covid long hauler I found a plant based diet has helped me heal faster. I'm 17 months out from Covid and still have balance and lung (I still need 24hr oxygen) issues plus mild brain fog. I ate a typical diet in the hospital and out. During the last few months I switched and been able to exercise more and with a longer duration.

This video is fantastic!! Thank you for settling into the gray area and being honest and open minded!! “There are no definitive answers” is what I come back to over and over and over despite a constant barrage of ppl saying one thing is perfect and everything else is garbage. Much appreciated

❤actually if we bloat, burp, diarrhea or otherwise can't digest, we need more stomach acid and digestive enzymes. Human stomachs have a ph of 2-3 ph Very acid when healthy. Low acid stomachs can't break down fiber or carbs or meat. Neither can they kill bad bacteria or viruses or something else so we can get an overgrowth of bad stuff that makes us sick. It's easy to take betain/papain with meals. Start with 2 caps and add one at a time until the bloating goes away and you're not leaving skid marks in the toilet. At around 40-50 yrs old, we start to need more acid. If you have chronic heartburn you need MORE acid, not less. Look it up.

Times like this that I remember that this is a channel not health advice. As long as you can’t speak the truth about the health benefits without of eating meat based diet without being penalised you are simply crowd pleasing.

Thank you soooo much for hammering in how important nuance is in scientific papers. I really appreciate it and that was my reason for choosing to subscribe 🙂

Opportuniivore... I'll use this one :) This video hasn't told me much what I didn't already know from the food/biology point of view but I really find it great to hear such a condensed and impartial presentation of the topic so I've definitely learned a lot on how to present this topic when I debate it. Great presentation as always on this channel!

18:25 when you ARE in Siberia )) where in summer one portion of meat a week seems enough, given nuts, berries, fruit and veggies are penty to thrive, but winter makes you wisely consume far more proteins to heat up your body

I prefer to eat mostly meat and complex carbs. I eat 2 cups of organic oats every morning and chicken breasts 3 times a week, and an angus buger once a week or so. I'll also make a stew with some vegetables, but mostly potatoes.

I definitely think we should eat whatever works best for our own body. Between health issues and our own microbes we all need something different.

I don’t think I will ever beat myself up for my binge eating disorder ever again and this helped me to literally heal psychological torment that I go through every single day MANY times a day. When it comes to diet. Thank you for this 🥺🙏🏻

Very informative, Thank you.

We can eat whatever we can to sustain us to our next meal BUT to sustain us through a long life … then a wholel food plant base life … low in sugar, salt and oils is the answer. Where death is quick and not a long painful process that can’t be considered “Living.”

Really great video. I've been vegetarian for about 6 years, the first 4 being vegan. I've felt better than I ever have but sometimes I do want to venture back out and explore food outside my diet again. You hit it on the head though, whatever your dietary preference, the key is just to avoid processed junk. That's the real killer.

Very sensible advice, just cut off processed foods, eat whole foods that sustain your health. Each body and lifestyle are different, pay attention to your own experience. Thank you!

Ive watches a lot of videos on this subject, and i think this is the best take on this subject

Excellent video! My take away: (with processed food alert in mind) eat what makes sense to you, and let others do the same.

I love your disclaimers! Nothing is set in stone becaue, we don't know yet, we're not knowledgable enough yet. Nothing wrong with that, what would be wrong is forcing a conclusion which isn't quite right. It gave me some new brainfood on food, thank you :)

Adaptation is definitely the biggest aspect, when you are a baby you need to be exposed to a varied diet to avoid future issues. That's why cultural differences matter too, but we are definitely omnivores

Overall a pretty fair video. A couple things I'd like to note: 1) Why go so far as hippos and just look at our own ape species like gorillas and chimpanzees? They're 97%+ plant-based with large canines. 2) A systemic meta review of dental studies for vegetarians in 2019 noted poor studies in which they suggested more robust studies needed to be conducted before concluding the increased risk to vegetarians. 3) Whether ancestors had better teeth or not it should be said (a) Processed sugar was not a thing, and (b) These ancestors died in their 40s. As said, context matters. 4) Animals have defense systems to prevent being eaten, too; they're called claws. Teeth. Venom. Poison. The ability to flee. When you consider the negative effects of Saturated fat, combined with the lack of other essential macro and micronutrients, I feel there is a slight double-standard at play here. That being said, I agree we are highly adaptive / opportunistic.

Not only does this channel have invaluable information, but they know how to present the info, as in they know how to speak. There's a certain confidence a person needs to have to be able to present info in a confident manner and they have it in spades. Yet there isn't anything approaching a haughty attitude because they know more than their audience. Much kudos!