WHEN VEGAN DIETS DON'T WORK #3: Dr. Ostfeld 

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Gone vegan at 63 years of age. Feeling great. Amazed at all the resources. Never too late.

He exudes such positivity and enthusiasm. Great interview.

I love the bent meat eaters who troll here. Life. Get one. Desperate to find validation that their gross eating practices are ok.🙄

vegan diet does work - i'm into my 10th year. happy healthy thriving.

Awesome !! We are growing more Doctors are coming aboard !! ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏😀😀👏🏻👏🏻👍😎😎😎✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻😊😊😊🌱🌱🌿🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱

When I first started my plant based diet I went from 80 kilo's to 70 kilo's in 6 weeks, it scared the hell out of me because I didn't want to lose weight beyond that point. So when I heard I just had to eat more, I did just that, I pretty much doubled my breakfast and stuffed myself full every meal. I got horrible bloating from it and the increase of fibre I got also didnt make me feel very good. Eventually I found a balance where I didnt get bloated and even started gaining a small amount of weight again, but it really does make me understand that some people can get negative effects from going vegan/plant based. It just means your body didnt adapt yet, or that it is so different from what you used to do that you need to make some other changes. That does not change the science on the topic though, it is a far more healthy diet than a meat eating diet.

'We don't want perfection to be the enemy of good' - great quote!

My experience eating plant based food is that you are more even in blood sugar over time. Eating nuts (as snack and complement during and between meals) and beans makes you last at high energy level all day. Being 45 years old (now 46) it feels like reversing ones age by eating plant based food since the change of food intake.

"Nutrition really is a symphony!" - LIKE!!!!!!!

I have been vegan and WFPB off and on for 30 years, everything from all raw, to macrobiotic, to WFPB, to no oil high starch, etc. I've learned what works for me and what doesn't. There really is bioindividuality based on many, many factors, and something that works at one point needs to change up when lifestyle, age, circumstances, etc, change. I'm almost 55 and started getting hot flashes about 4 years ago (still menstruating, but those can start before menses totally stops). Black cohosh helped for awhile, then stopped. Soy helped a LOT, then stopped. Then I started trying a high fat, low carb, mostly plant based diet, (eating some animal foods) and my hot flashes stopped. Didn't think much about that, was just glad they stopped. Then about 2 months ago I wanted to get as lean, fit and healthy as I possibly could, so went back to 100% WFPB, dropping wheat (mostly) because I'm really intolerant to it, more of a Furhman-esque dietstyle. Started dropping weight, and feeling amazing, BUT, hot flashes came raging on again. I'd noticed that when I'd go vegan again after a few days. So.....very reluctantly, and sadly, I've started eating some eggs and poultry again, and within 5 days, the hot flashes are going away. Don't know why this is but think it has to do with adrenal hormone production and sex hormones. I can not afford overpriced doctors and hormone replacement therapy, and wouldn't do that anyway. NOT EVERYONE IS THE EXACT SAME! Some people actually, for real, really do need some animal foods, even if only for a time. Not sure why all the plant based people are so religiously blind about that. But MOSTLY, or ALL WFPB is THE BEST, if someone can thrive on it.

No amount of animal products are welcome in my system. No way no how. I went vegetarian (dairy & eggs) for a year, long ago... stopped after I felt weak... years later got really sick with sore throats... went fully vegan... 12 years later I’m still doing great. I know it’s because I never have any animal products. I appreciate I allowed myself to flow until I found my best life.

Love this video, 🙏 thank you for sharing Dr Ostfeld!

Dr. Ostfeld is great; he's not as well known as some of the other plant-based MD's, but he should be

Not looking at the video, this dude definitely sounds exactly like Kip

Great video. Wonderful interview. Klaus, you have the knack for interviewing amazing people in the health field!

You hear Kip, I hear John C. Reilly.

People still love to hear good things about bad habits...we need think about the environment and the animals and stop worrying about whether we should eat meat every day...and we are fishing the oceans dry!!Wake up people!!

Klaus, Great interview with a truly rational. pragmatic Doctor. Cheers, Rik Spector

The music at the end - priceless! Plants for the win!!!

Dr Ostfeld is giving me Ross Geller vibes

Great video, thanks for sharing in regards to education! Definitely helping my plant based journey, I’m excited to be back in the kitchen and trying new recipes! I’ll stick to putting life into my body ^_^ 🌱

I went vegan 6 years ago. Got off my blood pressure meds. In fact, at 74 years old I'm not on any meds. Bloodwork is normal. But I went to the dentist today...and am so eased to note....healthy gums and teeth!

Excellent video & interview. Those who have tried being on a vegan whole plants foods lifestyle but fail have done questionable practices such as drinking their urine, fasting for long periods of time and low carbohydrate and high fat diet and restricted their calories and not taking medication and medical advice on their health issues.

Excellent interview! Thank you.

Great interview! Dr Ostfeld is full of enthusiasm which is infectious! 👏👏

Thank you for this interesting interview!!!

I LOVE how humble you are in your videos!!!

Why does he remind me of shane dawson?

Farmaceutical symphony! Love what you are doing, Klaus!🎉🥗🧠☘️

great to see Dr Ostfeld featured! thanks for another quality video.

"Yes let’s not let perfection be the enemy of great".... 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

LOVE the ending with the symphony in the background. Great video and interview, liked and subscribed!

Thank you so much. I'm about to watch the documentary, "code blue".

Great interview!

Excellent video!🙌🏻

awesome interview - great work - !

Love the music that comes in at the end! Great interview 😊

I love his "use the carrot not the stick" approach to people becoming vegan through a plant based approach. The more whole fruits & veggies the better! Clearly he knows he's preaching to the choir. He doesn't even bother to answer the question about why some people may suffer on vegan diet but redirects you to "healthy examples of vegan diet." He pulls the straw man fallacy out for the second question. Instead of speaking to the question of why some people feel better if eat a "little animal product" he talks about sugar & junk food. The good doctor has a wonderful grasp of the value of a plant based vegan diet but when it comes to why vegans feel better after eating some animal products, he's very clear about the fact that... he just doesn't know. It's great that so many doctors are finally getting the plant based message but with vegans falling ill on a long time nutrient rich vegan diet - we need more doctors looking into this... rewatching an inspirational movie isn't going to cut it.

I'm 41 and in the best shape of my life eating a plant based diet.

Fantastic and educational interview. A plant-based nutrition is a good long term decision for your life. You contribute to the environment and improve your health at the same time.

Great info! Thanks!

Five year vegan. I suffered from metabolic syndrome (obesity, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, and high blood sugar). I went whole food plant based no sugar and oil and low salt and I lost 65 pounds, all my conditions greatly improved, my gums stopped bleeding, and erections and energy returned. I used to have an appetite that was never satisfied; whole foods cured it. I no longer use a sleep apnea machine. Finally, the food is cheap-Beans, lentils, sprouted flourless bread, rice, potatoes and seasonal apples. Also, I save money by not having to buy pills or visit the Doctor. I am thankful to all the vegans who suffered attacks to reveal the truth to me.

The diet of 84 year old, still actively weight training fitness expert, Clarence Bass comes to mind. For multiple decades, he has maintained a diet consisting overwhelmingly (but not exclusively) of plant based foods. He supplements his diet with occasional cheese, eggs, and modest servings of meat, within serving size recommendations (to which few Americans adhere) This diet has enabled him to retain a body fat composition and overall health profile that most 30 year old men would envy.

very nice explanations by dr.

My appetite naturally averages around 3000 kcal, and more when activity increases. After I did the fast in 2014, my appetite was 5000-7000 kcal for many months.

Eloquent and effective

I love that I can hear his clothes rustle bc he passionately moves around

So good! Thank you! ❤️

I love my plant based diet. Highly suggest getting your carbs in . They do not make you fat, they give you energy. The butter, sourcream, and all the crap you add with it turns to fat.

Mike Tyson is Vegan

Since the pandemic started, I’ve been vegan and I honestly feel so much better, more energy and happier.

The symphony analogy for eating well, good one. Great interview, this doctor gives very clear instructions. I like the more plants you eat the healthier you are message, easy to remember.

Awesome interview!!! Plants for life ❤️🌱💪🏽

You can be healthier on a vegan diet than a meat-based diet.

Great Video. Thanks for introducing Dr Ostfeld!. I am born and raised vegetarian will not eat any other way!!! 🌿👍

I wish people watch this video. It answers some nuanced questions greatly. I never want to be a radical vegan, bc that doesn't help anyone, and I want people to be able to learn and take action, not get defensive and avoid it. And I find that only through science, can you truly touch someone, bc everyone values knowledge, not everyone can be touched by the ethical aspects immediately, but science, that's the biggest advantage that you can have in an argument , cause it is so hard to disprove. Bc it is the closest thing to the truth we humans can reach. Experimentation, theorizing, clinical trials that aren't always funded by biased groups, those things are valuable and necessary to change the way a person thinks.

Very good, thank you! :)

If I lived in The Bronx, I'd make him my cardiologist in a plant based heartbeat.

THE THUMBNAIL OH MY LORD HAHAHAHA

NFI sounds like it might work for those folks who need their plant-based diets tweaked to fix their particular issues.

13:38 Rich Roll (YTer) is an ultra-endurance vegan athlete, so I don't think Dr. Ostfeld need worry.

The part on the soreness after working out is such a relief. I've been lifting weights on and off for around a month now and was worried I wasn't making any progress due to not being as sore as I usually would working out the same amount. Hell yeah for veganism!!

Having such a hard time giving up ghee and plain yogurt. Coconut oil just doesn’t cut it! I need help

Hell yeah! If you want to be good at martial arts, plant based eating helps for sure!!!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 he *does* sound like Kip!

I think a lot of ex-vegans experience metabolic damage from the fasting or the restrictive diets they followed.

Does anyone know when game changers will be released?

Wooow he sounds exactly like him

Dr Ostfeld is absolutely captivating! Thanks for all this good sense and clear speech!!!

That's song at the end fit perfectly!

i like this guy....simply becasue that is how i eat.... i would say if i have 7 breakfasts a week...all 7 are fully plant based. if i have 7 lunches a week i would say 5 of them are fully plant based...the other 2 have olive oil which is kinda bad if i have 7 dinners a week i would say 5 of them are fully plant based...the other 2 are maybe a piece of fish and plants or a curry and plants. and what is important ..i am happy with that.

Totally agree about the comments regarding the low fat diet. It was the recommendation, not what people actually did in reality.

Ok, any OCD'ers out here dying from those uneven wall plate covers? 🙁 Like who put those on, Helen Keller?

True fruit is not the enemy and the fibre is amazing for the gut!Yeah beans and lentils!🥗🍠🌽🥦🥕🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

The only difference between somebody who does great on a whole food plant based lifestyle and one who gets worse is their microbiome.

That’s soooo true about the recovering faster after intense workouts. When I started dating my boyfriend we would go to the gym and I was juicing at the time. Every day he’d try to make me sore from the work out pushing me harder, heavier weights, the next day I’d be slightly sore (sometimes, sometimes not at all) and the second day be back to normal. He is a meat eater and was super fit but would push so hard that he was sometimes sore for days and I was out of shape. I told him it was all my plants, and now it’s confirmed!! Lol! Love the interview, thank you for all you do!

Sounds a bit like earthling Ed interviewing Kip from what the health 😂 but seriously, thanks for this video! A plant based diet is truly magical for our health. 💚

I don't eat out that much anymore. I just can't believe how often a restaurant will casually add grated cheese on top of a salad or a side dish of beans. It's like they treat it like a garnish or something. I really think that by now, especially in California (yuck!) restaurants should be aware to mention such things on their menu. I try to be as proactive as possible and often ask whether there is any cheese or butter in or on items, but it still happens. It just baffles me how cavalier people apparently feel about dairy..

Hi kind people. I am quite new in this field. I was wondering if someone could kindly recommend a good cook book with not very complycated but tasty recipes , please?

Great interview and whopping amounts of energy from this guy. The only thing that bugs me is when people say they're "90% vegan" or a "flexi-vegan". No! No! No! Yes, we should be glad that people are making changes and inspiring others, but you're either vegan or you're not. I'm referring the the part in the video about Beyonce at 16:35. If you're doing your best to cut animal products out of your life 100% of the time then you're vegan; however, if you're consuming animal products, whether it's 30% or just 5% of the time, and you CONSCIOUSLY know you're you're doing it even if there are other options, then you are not vegan. You cannot be 80% (etc.) vegan. It's like saying your jar is 80% sterile: it's not sterile.

7:10 I don't think most of these guys are just introducing 10% animal products, they go all out

Dope

OMG a Doppelganger! He really does look like a lot of People!

where's "The Gamechangers" documentary did they give up on it?

Despite the two gaffs, it was a really good video.

The Game Changers will be coming out soon!Cant wait!

Sounds exactly like Kip Anderson!

Isn’t the attrition rate for veganism around 80%? Doesn’t seem like it’s the way to go if people can’t stand your diet

He really DOES sound like Kip! I swear, if I had not been looking at the screen, I'd have thought that was who you were interviewing. He's just not quite as soft-spoken!

He sounds like "Peter draws"

He does sound like Kip! Freaky. It’s a nice voice.

i have started plant based diet 6 weeks ago i gel so tired all the time i don't feel like training any more. i take b12. Iodine. but still freaky tired. my stomach gets bloated a lot. i can't eat legumes or lentils they kill me i drink b lots of water not sure where to go from here.

U mean every single time?

Don't listen to anecdotal statements, but check out all these hypotheses? The spiky blood vessel one is interesting. I've seen a few articles circulated about consuming a whole dairy milkshake, with full fat whipped cream...and this cyclical explination that its the highfat content that invokes an an immune response and sluggish blood flow- but never discusses plant fats. Like, is this response a animal protein issue, or a fat issue? Do plantfats like nuts/seeds do the same thing? I find it a bit sensationalized and fear- monger'y to just put out this hypothetical statement; and now people will focus on cutting out on all fats; even though the science hasn't really said anything conclusive. Great video though Klaus, thank you.

that thumbnail though

Do people want to be healthy,such good information available...but people still hesitate...take a step towards plant based one good habit at a time!

The funny thing about carnivore diets is that they are too high in protein to be ketogenic so their bodies are converting protein into glucose (same as in a cat). True ketogenic diets are super low protein by standard dietary standards. I guess the body really likes glucose and doesn't like ketosis

Great video, right up until ya'll put that cheesy overlay music on in the backround... as a person with a learning disability, it became dificult to track what was being said. Other than that, I really like that Dr.Ostfeld is not one of those militant types that try to to push a person. He simply offers his opinion while being respectful of others. A true gem in a field of ego

Brillant!!