Are Humans Designed to Be Herbivores? Dr. Milton Mills Explains

[@TheLoveSignGuy]

I'm 41 years 100% Plant based and loving it. Best decision of my life. It's like an eternal youth formula for me

[@jonathanturkmusic]

Me too buddy! Just turned 40 been vegan for 10 years now, and I still get carded VEGANS WHAT!

[@markj7612]

@@jonathanturkmusic Almost 80, went vegetarian at 22, vegan at 30. Best decisions that I ever made Still working in construction.

[@presterjohn1697]

@@markj7612 that's awesome

[@presterjohn1697]

30 years in on this end.

[@presterjohn1697]

@@jonathanturkmusic Love it.

[@georgebmac8140]

I went to a whole food plant based diet over 10 years ago. Today at 74 I’m stronger, faster and healthier than I was at 44

[@os2958]

Wow! That's great

[@jodrew1845]

Here,here! I'm 67 and was encouraged to become fully plant based by of all people, the surgeon who saved my eyesight, to reduce inflammation. I had been vegetarian from the age of 16, so at 59, that really wasn't too difficult. I have rarely experienced any digestive issues in the last 7 1/2 years. Additionally, I have found that the closer to raw I eat, the easier it is on my body. Therefore, I am now a high raw WFPB eater. That appears to allow me to thrive.

[@georgebmac8140]

@ I do a lot raw in the form of a huge lunchtime salad with about a dozen different plants. But breakfast is always steel cut oats with berries. Supper is often Indian from my “plant based India” cookbook

[@NevilleWran945]

@@georgebmac8140 Ewwwww

[@Cynthi_n]

5 years thriving on plants and loving it 🌱

[@lesterlasa3367]

Going on ten years vegan 🥑 I can’t imagine going back

[@joelcowley3695]

@lesterlasa3367 cool, please tell us all the reversed illnesses and old condtions you've seen disappear being vegan.

[@lesterlasa3367]

@ well my cholesterol is normal. I feel better. I have more energy because when I went to my Heart Doctor about 10 years ago, he told me he wouldn’t be sitting here if you hadn’t turned vegan or eight years ago I’m sorry because I was so plugged up, I feel better mentally and physicallyand spiritually knowing that I’m not eating animals.

[@Bluebluepoodle]

Milton Mills is a true health hero. 🙏

[@elias-frihet]

I'm plant based since 1994 (age 22). Now I'm 52 and still feel like 22. Same weight, BMI 19. Triglycerides and cholesterol values are perfect.

[@Anarcath]

When I went vegan a few years ago, I cured the following: high cholesterol, high triglycerides, high blood pressure, high heart rate, GERD, fatty liver disease, diverticulitis, and hemorrhoids.

[@JoAnn_Vegan_USA]

Unlike fad diets, results like these are typical of a healthy Whole Foods Plant Based vegan diet.

[@Anarcath]

@JoAnn_Vegan_USA And I lost 35 pounds to boot.

[@georgewilson7808]

I went to a funeral of a friend who passed and after they served a lunch where they served the same meat, dairy, and eggs that put the person in the coffin.

[@markj7612]

Meat, dairy and eggs always come with free side dishes - colon cancer, cardiovascular disease, and a host of other diseases.

[@Heidi_137]

It’s unreal the amount of people with cognitive dissonance.

[@Hardware244]

Except it wasn't the " meat, diary, and eggs" " that put the person in the coffin" . It was probably loads of ultra processed food that did. Cut the BS out already.

[@georgewilson7808]

@@Hardware244 A Harvard study: Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause Specific Mortality. Researchers brought in a large group of people and they looked at the protein they ate and who lived and who died. They controlled for the cholesterol and the fat so they could look just at the effect of the protein. Conclusion: Animal protein is always associated with higher cardiovascular mortality. Plant protein was inversely associated with all cause mortality.

[@markj7612]

@@Hardware244 You're the one who is full of BS. You haven't done any research at all on this subject, much less any serious research. Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the world. That's because nearly everyone eats meat. Where meat consumption is the highest per capita, cardiovascular disease is highest - and many of those countries do not have ultra-processed food, which is mostly an American practice. So piss off. What are you doing on this channel, troll?

[@prieten49]

Industries whose business model is to kill you: tobacco, fossil fuel, meat & dairy, gun, sugar, junk food, and soda and alcoholic beverage industries.

[@mugman2582]

You are absolutely right on everything except the gun industry. But hey 95% ain't bad.👍

[@jennsimbomi6809]

ya. leave out the little gun stance throw -in

[@apolsusa]

My husband and I are plant eaters and we feel great and full of energy. We love seasonal vegetables

[@carmengalliano415]

When somebody is curious about a plant based diet I always send them a link of Dr Mills’ explanation of why we are herbivores. Thank you to Dr Mills for sharing. Brilliant

[@WFPBFORLIFE]

I have been WFPB for many years now and it is painfully obvious in my peer group who is healthy. I have endured endless criticisms from friends and family for decades. I have a feeling Humanity is going to get a very harsh lesson about compassion in the near future and they won't see it coming.

[@happycarnivore..]

Nobody cares what you don't choose to eat.

[@VerdantJedi]

Dr. Mills Rocks! 🤘🌱

[@michaelcantwell1771]

Vegan over 5 years! Love Dr.Mills! Would never go back to an animal based diet.

[@rachelamoule]

What a wonderful knowledgeable advocate and skilfully interviewed. Thank you!

[@ruedigerpreiss9307]

52 years plant based, healthy and happy 😊

[@lukedrillbrain9850]

I've been plant-based for about 9 months now, and my health has already radically improved. Some 50 pounds have come off, my high blood pressure is gone, as is the high cholesterol. I'm no longer prediabetic. I would like to address the issue of whether humans are omnivores. It depends how you define that term. If you determine it based on what diet is best for humans, then we're obviously herbivores. However, if you define it based on whether humans simply have the ability to digest both plant and animal food, then we're omnivores. We have the ability to digest and get nutrients from animal food; we're just not anywhere near as good at that as we are with plant food. To be clear, I'm not a scientist, but my best guess is humans ate plant-based diets most of the time, but evolved the ability to digest meat, preferably cooked, as a way of dealing with scarcity. In other words, if no plant food was available, a human could kill and animal, cook it, and eat it in order to survive. What does this tell me? It tells me I should go for a plant-based diet, but if I were ever in a situation where nothing else was available, it would be better to consume animal food than it would to starve to death. For example, if I were stranded in a wilderness cabin with nothing to eat other than a can of corned beef, it would be best to eat that in order to survive. Then, when I'm back in civilization, I would go back to eating plant-based only. I suspect it was the same with most of our ancestors. They gathered plant food, and later, after agriculture was founded, they farmed it. The eating of meat appears to have been an occasional thing for survival. The practice of eating meat with every meal appears to have been a very recent thing that is not in anyone's best interests.

[@i2sky532]

Another friend just had emergency surgery, exacerbated by a carnivore diet. That makes between 8 and 10 people I know.

[@RoughNeckDelta]

I'm curious, afterwards, did he admit the diet was helping him

[@i2sky532]

@RoughNeckDelta he said it helped in thr beginning, but then it stopped. He started regaining weight.

[@polibm6510]

"I will take Stories that never happend for 700$."

[@NevilleWran945]

@@polibm6510 Hahahaha

[@i2sky532]

@@polibm6510 🤷‍♀️ believe what you want. It's absolutely happening.

[@toddpressman184]

Great info guys. I have been plant based for over a year. I totally reversed stage three NAFLD. I’ll tell everyone the benefits of it. I’m down 55 pounds feel better than I ever have.

[@jodrew1845]

Dr. Mills is such a breath of fresh air when it comes to teaching the correct way to eat. I just love listening to his lectures.

[@vonnnner]

Hunting is labor-intensive with low, perishable yields. Data on the Hadza hunters of Tanzania show a hunting succeed rate of only about 3-5% of the time. Among most hunter-gatherer societies, plants contribute a significant and reliable portion of the diet.

[@98lincolnmarkviii]

Love dr. Mills 💪

[@tcstixx72]

Soooo excited to hear about the book you are writing!!! Always learn so much from you that helps me with my Christian, vegan, street outreach! Cannot wait for this book!!! ❤

[@teegee289]

One of my favorite plant based doctors. I really like the passion and vigor.

[@InBeautyWayLLC]

I went vegetarian at age 11 or so then went Vegan at age 21. I'm in my 5o's now and have been raw vegan for almost 3 decades. I outlast, outsmart, outrun, outperform, and basically am more fit and healthy than anyone in their twenties. It's amazing. I get stronger each year and although I deal with lots of terrible carnists every single day, I still outperform all of them and that's why they have begun to listen to me. I'm a yoga teacher, clinical nutritionist and bodyworker LOVING LIFE to it's FULLEST.

[@georgebmac8140]

Show a human a carrot, he can pull it up and eat it. But show him a squirrel and tell him to catch it and eat it as-is - fur, skin and all - and he can do neither

[@aaronrich9340]

@@georgebmac8140 human will trap it and cook it. If we weren’t supposed to do that we wouldn’t have evolved mentally to be able to

[@drunkvegangal8089]

Was a vegetarian for 22 years prior to going vegan in 2010. Whilst I agree with you, in principle, I would encourage you to watch an excellent documentary called, 'Vanishing Point' (2012), made by the National Film Board of Canada (search NFB), et al. It follows two groups of Inuit people linked by a common ancestor; one group lives in Greenland and one group in Canada's north. There is much of interest in this film - not the least of which is a scene where the Inuit catch auk birds in simple pole nets. They then wring the bird's necks and break open their chests to eat right away (as well as storing the dead birds in seal skins to leave them sitting in the arctic sun for months/a year and retrieving them to eat as a rare delicacy at celebrations). These birds flock is such astounding numbers that the people simply raise their net to the sky and capture birds with ease (yes, it takes skill to be fast and efficient but literal 5 year olds also participate). Since wearing animal skins as clothing would have been necessary in the arctic, one can well imagine taking a fur blanket or garment and tossing it on top of the birds to trap them, prior to nets being invented or used. In addition to this amazing film just living in Canada means I have met people of Inuit ancestry who come down to our larger cites to study or receive more complex medical care. As with all temporarily dislocated people, complaints are about the available food they must now eat. The meat is (apparently) disgusting and none of it can be eaten raw or frozen raw. There are literally smaller populations of people whom cannot be vegan. This, of course, does not mean they are healthy or disease-free. Their essentially meat-based diets supply necessary calories but do not supply longevity nor improved bodily welfare.

[@mertonhirsch4734]

Carrots were virtually indigestible 10,000 years ago. Native corn varieties and beans all caused fatal metabolic deficiencies within 2-3, as well as most grains, legumes and nuts. Processing meat 10K years ago was a lot easier than detoxifying plants, except for fruit and tubers.

[@georgebmac8140]

@ Do you have a source for those claims?

[@aaronrich9340]

@@georgebmac8140 you can google it

[@nitramnagev7997]

Thank you for the great information. I've been vegan for a few decades for ethical reasons but I also appreciate how healthy it is to live this way.

[@Jaeflame94]

Thank you for your work Dr.Mills ❤

[@kiwifeijoa]

What a treat! Dr Milton Mills is amazing, deep knowledge with a lovely vegan heart. It was good to hear so much about exactly why veganism is so useful to us all. Enjoyed the questions you asked him, such a good interview. Thanks.

[@norahalkefs]

This man is Amazing. GOD BLESS YOU DOC!!!

[@Kani_Modaressi]

18 years vegan and hey im a new sub

[@NathanBlackberry]

Animals are friends not food🙏🫂❤️🐷🐔🐮💚 Eat plants 😊🙏🌱🫘🍉

[@spliter227]

Easy to say, 7 years vegan with a wfpb diet plus supplements, while it helped tremendously in some areas it left me hurting in others. Now I'm 95% wfpb with some regenerative bison flesh to cover my bases and it's helped me feel better. Wish 100% plants had worked for me.

[@NathanBlackberry]

@spliter227 no please don't eat poor bison😢💔🦬🦬🦬 leave them alone🥺

[@spliter227]

@@NathanBlackberry animals die for our plants too, all diets cause harm to some animals. the bison im eating aren't fed crops so it causes less death than a vegan burger. i'm still boycotting farms and eating "vegan" when im out and mostly when im home

[@polibm6510]

Please, go with your cow-friends to the bar and get out of here.

[@northerncoloradotransparen1454]

I live in Thailand as well and love all organic fruits and veggies.

[@NevilleWran945]

Thai's love their meat too though.

[@darthvadersmom1192]

i love raw beet root people say it must be cooked but raw it is so fine it may be also training the gut needs training and other stuff I ferment also

[@altheadeconing3566]

In 2001 became a laco vegetarian and my health improved greatly and about 11 years ago I dropped the dairy and became vegan. I have gone through menopause with very little symptoms that other women who are meat eaters have without medications or hormone replacement. I love preparing my meals, try and include as many colours in a week. I do have the odd processed patties etc but these are not a daily. They are expensive and not nutritious. I wonder what Dr Mills thinks about tofu!

[@mikeament8882]

I believe we were designed to eat a plant base diet by God . Genesis 1:29

[@lakehuron7733]

Wonderful conversation--thank you both so much

[@darthvadersmom1192]

great interview that was fun and easy to learn with that cool smooth clear approach love you guys the metapher with the building was good and the link between bears, fish and forest life

[@smae433]

Thank both of you marvelous creatures for your work!

[@barrydevonshire9749]

If we all leave the earth in a better state than we entered it would be a good thing to lead your actions in life.😊

[@biomechanical923]

I agree with a 99.9% of what this expert is saying. However, i think most raw beans are toxic

[@rachelamoule]

Dr Mills explained they are non toxic when eaten fresh off the plant

[@k.h.6991]

It's certainly true that dried beans should be soaked and cooked, before consumption.

[@JnTmarie]

So good to see Dr Mills again. Haven’t seen him recently. Love his lectures. Great interview.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

Go vegan ❤️

[@happycarnivore5481]

No.

[@123pickles]

Perfect time for this podcast at the start of a new year. I became plant based 1/1/18. I stopped eating meat for the animals. However, within 2 weeks all of my joint pain vanished. No more acid reflex and I didn't need deodorant anymore. Finally my conscience was clear. Hope this video convinces more people to try this healthy plan. My plan for the new year is to grow lots of root vegetables year-round. YAY

[@ChickpeatheTortie]

Love you Milton and wish ALL men were like you - Liz xox

[@JoAnn_Vegan_USA]

History channel's "Alone" is an experiment that has repeatedly attempted but failed to show that humans are hunter/gatherers. They take highly skilled/trained professionals & give them hunting, fishing, trapping & survival gear & extra training, then tell them to live up to a year in the wilderness by hunting/gathering. Every season, the survivalists drop out or are medically pulled from the show after about 2 months, mostly because of food poisoning or starvation, despite being quite successful at hunting, trapping & fishing, demonstrating we are not natural hunter/gathers, as myth has led us to believe.

[@camkennison2279]

lol this is a dumb comment

[@whosaidthat4299]

People would hunt in packs, it's difficult alone.

[@k.h.6991]

A modern human doesn't have the gut microbiome to deal with the challenges of living in the wild.

[@cookieshah1989]

Anyone know when the book is coming out?

[@SaikouKarate]

This is the most obvious truth and most people are completely oblivious to it

[@vthomas375]

oblivious and/or handwave dismiss it... just as most people do with practical physics (preferirng their conceptual models)

[@markj7612]

People lack common sense, capacity to reason, and are easily brainwashed.

[@polibm6510]

The most obvious lie, you mean, right? Yes.

[@SaikouKarate]

@@polibm6510 You have to be completely delusional and disconnected from reality to believe what you believe. The science is fully clear.

[@SaikouKarate]

@@polibm6510 I can see why you might fumble those two things around when you are completely disconnected from reality and lack any kind of scientific literacy

[@tnargs57]

Look, I am fully PBWF and on-message here, but I have issues with some claims in this video. I will post a separate comment for each issue. At 5m15s the argument is made that for early man, hunting for meat + eating meat = negative calories. That simply can't be right (in general, not cherry picking special cases), because natural selection would have simply eliminated any omnivorous humans and only left herbivorous ones. That didn't happen. Eating meat simply has to be a net caloric positive for early man, in many cases. I expect that man is an adapted omnivore from an original herbivore, and that the adaptation MUST have resulted from situations where eating meat is a net caloric positive.

[@JohnDoe-xk1dv]

As a crisis/emergency move I think is what Dr Mills is referring to here. You spend all your time chasing nothing but hunting and meat as primitive man, thats poor in calorie net as he says. But I'd add: also dangerous before the era of surgery for injuries and antibiotics for any infected blood wounds.

[@JARABACOA3]

Green fields makes us feel good‼️

[@TheAnnaFisher]

Keep your courage! Teach youth the truth! ✌️🫶🏽⚖️🎓🌿

[@bonniek7228]

Thanks!

[@tiareynolds5728]

I love ♥Dr. Mills! I see you Doc!

[@odelyalevy]

Thank you. ❤

[@rainedyani8505]

Love this wise and ethical human! Dr. Mills rocks. ❤️ I’ve been an ethical vegan and strict WFPB eater for over 35 years and I love having ppl like this as part of my tribe! ✌️🌱💪

[@charlesabboud1613]

This was fantastic, thank you

[@comico-revolucionario]

yesterday I saw the saddest thing in my life a idoneous couple in a beef diet the man in the hospital ith cardiovascular disease a a shirt saying beef for life or anything like that

[@rainedyani8505]

They refuse to acknowledge the truth about diet and/or to change. 😞

[@aldovirooo]

Plant based since 1995 💚🌱

[@NevilleWran945]

Cool. More meat for everyone else. Thanks.

[@georgewilson7808]

@@NevilleWran945 A Harvard study: Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause Specific Mortality. Researchers brought in a large group of people and they looked at the protein they ate and who lived and who died. They controlled for the cholesterol and the fat so they could look just at the effect of the protein. Conclusion: Animal protein is always associated with higher cardiovascular mortality. Plant protein was inversely associated with all cause mortality.

[@InBeautyWayLLC]

It's hard not to totally adore you Milton. I met you at vegfest SF some years ago and you've become even more gorgeous of a human each and every day. What a HUGE heart you have!!!

[@politicalparadigmshift3290]

Sorry but I respectfully disagree. We are meat eaters. Eating meat has helped my health in so many ways. It’s the only diet that puts my autoimmune diseases in remission. Eating plants for me causes inflammation in my body versus meat suppresses the inflammation.

[@chiyerano]

How long, though?

[@JohnDoe-xk1dv]

I would consider perhaps getting specialist help for this one from a knowledgeable plant based doc. who has autoimmune treatment knowledge. There are many out there with good standing, like Dr Lim at the McD setup. As Dr Mills says here - you can look and feel good for a while, but what are you trading for future health issues later on, this way?

[@Lisa-u8p2f]

I love the way this dr.talks with his fists.hes excited and proud of the knowledge he shares.vegan for life 🌿💚

[@carinaekstrom1]

I read a study about bears recently. They have quite high cholesterol during hibernation and yet they do not develop atherosclerosis. They have some function in their arteries that prevents that, something humans don't have. So one more sign that we are not carnivores, not even true omnivores. The name of the study is: "Vasculoprotective properties of plasma lipoproteins from brown bears (Ursus arctos)".

[@virginiadonnelly1031]

We need cholesterol for making hormones.

[@Kristers_K]

@@virginiadonnelly1031 That is why our bodies make their own cholesterol. Consuming it from external sources serves no purpose.

[@carinaekstrom1]

@@virginiadonnelly1031 Yes, that's why our bodies make all the cholesterol we need. If we had to depend on dietary cholesterol we would have died out while still living in the trees.

[@ematise]

Guess what... Bears don't eat carbohydrates and sugar the way humans do. Therefore their cholesterol, their blood cells are not glycated, they eat a lot of fish, their HDL is sky high, their arteries are protected. These animals are most of the time in ketosis using fatty acids for energy.

[@melaniekolomyja7335]

@@virginiadonnelly1031Our body makes its own cholesterol.

[@polibm6510]

Mills is probably the best stand-up comedian in the world. He just has terrible luck with audiences who don't laugh at all. Probably because they don't see him as a comedian.

[@CynicalDoughnut6661]

BS and propaganda.

[@gosia3032]

👍

[@christie5436]

Absolutely! “you’re eating death” 100% emotional propaganda.

[@NevilleWran945]

Nah, meat is a superfood, but hey nobody forcing anyone to eat it or to be vegans for that matter.

[@deecanuck5514]

"Animal protein turns on cancer genes"? Where would I find studies for this claim?

[@Heather-fx7sr]

Where have you looked? Even the World Health Organization has categorized red meat and processed meats as cancer causing carcinogens. You can put that phrase you commented into Google and begin your study. Try google scholar if you want to read actual research articles

[@robertusga]

Don't worry, these vegan zealots do not use outcome data from human studies. They use mechanistic fear mongering sprinkled with a good helping of lies. Unfortunate as a plant forward diet is a good way to go.

[@markj7612]

@@Heather-fx7sr Good reply. The truth is out there, if people want to make a little effort to find it.

[@Clark-i9o]

Ask your government they will tell you your brainwashed like the rest

[@camkennison2279]

@@Heather-fx7sr theyre wrong lol

[@perigee1275]

I'm a vegetarian. In the modern world I think there are enough healthy options. And it's important to help protect the environment. However, I don't find his argument scientifically correct. Many anthropologists are now saying that our brains began evolving to the size they are now when we started cooking and eating meat. Hunting was clearly very important to ancient humans. Consider also that many people, like the Inuits, live in places where there aren't many, if any, plants growing. There's no way they could be vegetarians. I'd like to hear that addressed in the conversation. Here's an example: "How did our brains get bigger? Scientists believe that meat played a major role in the evolution of our brain size. Meat is rich with calories and protein, which makes it a perfect food for fueling brains. Which meal do you think contains more protein and calories: raw carrots and celery or a steak and baked potato? Cooking food may also have been important in brain size increases. Cooking increases the amount of energy that can be extracted from food. As we began cooking our food, our brains got bigger and the size of our guts got smaller. Cooking food makes the digestion process easier for our bodies. We needed less time for digestion to occur, and so our intestines became shorter. The energy that was once used to grow and maintain the gut could now be funneled toward the brain."

[@georgewilson7808]

Inuits and Massia don't live very long lives. Yes they eat just meat.

[@georgewilson7808]

Colo-rectal cancer. The World Health Organization, based on over 800 studies, has classified processed meat (bacon, ham, deli sliced meats, canned meats, others) as a class 1 carcinogen like smoking cigarettes. Red meat, beef and pork, is classified as a class 2 carcinogen. The lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer is about 1 in 23 for men and 1 in 25 for women.

[@NevilleWran945]

Is it true though that some of the longest living animals are carnivores?

[@happycarnivore5481]

Yes indeed. That is true.

[@chiyerano]

Name 1 please.

[@happycarnivore5481]

@@chiyerano Greenland shark.

[@NevilleWran945]

@@happycarnivore5481 And the Bowhead whale.

[@NevilleWran945]

And don't forget the old Salt Water Crocs.

[@polibm6510]

And by the way, the interviewer admitted that after ten years of a vegan diet, he is still overweight and has type 2 diabetes.

[@melaniekolomyja7335]

@@polibm6510 What’s your point?

[@rachelamoule]

But he explained his condition has substantially improved.

[@polibm6510]

@@rachelamoule And still is not good after so many years...

[@polibm6510]

@@melaniekolomyja7335 That this diet doesn't work.

[@k.h.6991]

​@@polibm6510well yeah, there is no magic bullet. When someone was diabetic for a long time, nothing is going to completely fix it. There is some permanent damage.

[@schmassbinder]

We are obviously frugivores, a fruit eating species. Are we more similar to a bonobo or a cow? You really think we're grass eaters like a cow? We're physiologically nothing like a cow.

[@mertonhirsch4734]

No. Cows are ruminants and have large guts that turn grass into short chain fatty acids for fuel. It's interesting though that cows live on an influx of saturated fatty acids made from plant fiber.

[@rainedyani8505]

@@mertonhirsch4734 That sounds similar to what Dr Mills was saying about how fiber affects fetuses. 👍

[@chiyerano]

Yet vegetables continue to win for us in fighting off cancer and other chronic illnesses.

[@mikrobspen]

If it was obvious that we are frugivores then that diet would not be very rare.

[@mertonhirsch4734]

@@chiyerano There has never been an experiment or meta analysis that has shown improvements in all cause mortality from Vegan versus omnivore diets with equal caloric intake. Vegan diet experiments have shown all cause mortality improvements, but only equivalent to the reduction in relative caloric intake. In fact they sometimes show benefits that are LESS than what you would expect from a given relative caloric difference. Point is, if vegan diets improve health its because they naturally get people to eat less. That's important, of course.

[@andreisanko8751]

These extremes do not work for everyone, especially plant based diet.

[@brendasullivan4095]

This is sooooo good!❤

[@optimaldietcoach1705]

I love Dr Milton Mills, especially his lectures on the physiology of why humans are herbivores! Great that he told the story of one man going plant-based to reverse his type 2 diabetes. I have helped many people do this and for men, it usually takes 5 weeks. Simply amazing! I theorized that women take longer due to the extra layer of body fat.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🎉❤

[@flx2jess]

Great video. I’ll be picking that book up.

[@sandramist8408]

It's true. Veganism has so many angles to be analyzed that when trying to tell someone why we are vegans, even though the animals are at first place, we need to give a long lecture to make people understand what it really is about. I hope one day people take the red pill. 👽🙏🌏🐮🐑🐄🐙🐔🐣🐠🦃🐷💐💟

[@NevilleWran945]

Many western men have taken that red pill, have you not seen the influx of Asian women?

[@xxpierrot]

Cows have been seen eating small birds and even scavenging carcasses in extreme cases, particularly when they are nutritionally stressed. Horses have been observed eating baby birds or small animals if they encounter them.

[@georgewilson7808]

I raised cows for 30 years, they don't do any of those things except by accident.

[@nayanmipun6784]

What about nuts and avocados?

[@chiyerano]

They are fine to eat in whole forms, preferably steamed raw and unsalted with no added sugar.

[@gregcatchur]

I have mixed feelings about this information as I feel "balance" is the key to everything. Early hunter/gathers rarely had animal meat because they couldn't always catch it, so they relied more on other plant based food sources. I've been vegetarian and at times vegan for nearly 30 years and am healthier than my brothers who are meat eaters. Genetics? Obviously not. However, I'm not overly restrictive about my diet. I don't demonize any diet as to each their own as to what feels right for them, For me, I feel better eating a plant based diet and I am also concerned about factory farming and the amount of resources out towards factory farming of animals that would better serve the planet if plant based.

[@KarelSeeuwen]

I'm a carnivore, and have been for about three years now. Going carnivore fixed many problems for me, but if there was a vegan alternative i would take it. The problem is that and for over two decades now, whenever I ask vegan channels for the ultimate vegan diet for energy, longevity, mental and physical health, I have never got an answer. Why not? With all the (at least) hundreds of thousands of vegans (if not millions) out there, the ultimate vegan diet must have been resolved by now. What is it? Why isn't there the be all and end all of all vegan podcasts "with a 95% confidence level, this is the ultimate vegan diet is this", and all of humanity an live and prosper for all eternity. If plant based is so good why do we see the continuation of all these B.S. podcasts?

[@georgewilson7808]

FOOD HABITS IN LATER LIFE STUDY was undertaken among five cohorts in Japan, Sweden, Greece and Australia. Legumes were found to be the most important dietary predictor of survival in older people of different ethnicities. The results showed that for every 20 grams (one ounce) increase in daily legumes intake there was an 8% reduction in the risk of death. This study shows that no matter what your ethnic background or where you live, eat more legumes to live longer, especially as you age. Of all the food groups including meat, legumes alone had consistent and statistically significant results.

[@KrwiomoczBogurodzicy]

“Biological evolution does not optimize benefits to the species, the group, the individual or even the gene, but only the ability of the gene to spread through the population. Such benefits can nevertheless happen because of the universality of laws of nature and the reach of some of the knowledge that is created.” - David Deutsch, The Beginning of Infinity (Ch.4: Creation)

[@larryharvey7709]

6 years WFPB. Fell off the wagon for a few months. Big mistake. Plants 4 life.

[@chiyerano]

@@larryharvey7709 Welcome back!

[@TOrganic]

Amino acids, which are the building blocks of the body's tissues, muscles, bones, blood, skin, enzymes, and hormones. And you only get Amino Acids from animal proteins. At the end of the day you need animal proteins, vegetables, and fruits.

[@georgewilson7808]

You spread internet lies. All plants have all the amino acids and all the essential amino acids. They all have a complete profile. Studies show vegans get twice the amount of protein they need for their body on a daily basis. You only have to worry about protein if you don't have food to eat.

[@spliter227]

Went 7 years wfpb with all the recommended supps, recently had to start incorporating regenerative bison meat and it's helped issues I had. Wish 100% plant based had worked for me, but it didn't.

[@joelcowley3695]

How much money you all spend on supplementation per week

[@happycarnivore5481]

I will stick with steak.

[@melaniekolomyja7335]

Have the health and day you deserve.

[@happycarnivore5481]

@@melaniekolomyja7335 You too. Thanks.

[@NevilleWran945]

@@happycarnivore5481 Yes seven days without steak makes one weak.

[@chiyerano]

@@happycarnivore5481 I just wish you would grow it safely and ethically in a lab or get it from wild animals at least as it is much more sustainable.

[@happycarnivore5481]

@@chiyerano Don't concern yourself, I eat grass fed, grass finished beef for the most part.

[@perijon00]

Wow ridiculous. He's so obsessed with fiber and phytochemicals and says nothing about what humans really need to live and thrive, Vit, A, B12/6, D, K2, F iron zinc riboflavin etc and all those come from animal products. You live above a certain latitude, you are eating animals products all year long and maybe some berries in the summer and root veg and fall fruits in the fall and that's it. Wild game was plentiful for the thousands of years we were primarily carnivorous.

[@chiyerano]

Concerning vitamin B12, it is recommended that everyone over 50 years of age supplement for vitamin B12 regardless of what diet anyone is on. This has something to do with not having enough intrinsic factor to absorb vitamin B12 with age. You can get all the other nutrients you mentioned from plants and certain bacteria. The more diverse your oral and gut microbiome is in microbes the more you are able to absorb all of such nutrients from the plant foods you eat. You don't need to eat animals.

[@MindVersusMisery]

"Vit, A, B12/6, D, K2, F iron zinc riboflavin etc and all those come from animal products." Vitamin A Origin: Synthesized by plants and some microorganisms. Sources: Found as provitamin A (beta-carotene) in plants like carrots, sweet potatoes, and spinach. Retinol (active Vitamin A) is found in animal-based foods like liver and eggs. Vitamin B12 Origin: Exclusively produced by certain bacteria and archaea. Sources: Found naturally in animal products such as meat, fish, eggs, and dairy. Vegan sources include fortified foods or supplements. Vitamin B6 Origin: Synthesized by plants and microorganisms. Sources: Found in a variety of foods, including bananas, potatoes, fortified cereals, and poultry. Iron Origin: Found naturally in the earth's crust and absorbed by plants from the soil. Sources: Heme iron is found in animal-based foods (e.g., red meat, fish), while non-heme iron is found in plant-based sources like lentils, spinach, and fortified cereals. Zinc Origin: Derived from the earth and absorbed by plants from the soil. Sources: Found in shellfish, meat, seeds (e.g., pumpkin seeds), nuts, and whole grains. Vitamin D Origin: Synthesized in the skin of animals (including humans) when exposed to UVB sunlight. Some fungi and algae can also produce Vitamin D. Sources: Sunlight exposure, fatty fish, fortified foods, and supplements. Vitamin K2 Origin: Produced by bacteria, including those in the human gut. Sources: Found in fermented foods like natto, cheese, and some animal products like egg yolks and liver.- Vitamin F (Essential Fatty Acids, such as Omega-3 and Omega-6) Origin: Synthesized by plants and algae. Sources: Found in flaxseeds, chia seeds, walnuts, and algae-based oils.

[@MichaelToub]

Dangerous advice: Claiming "beans when taken straight off the plant are edible" 14'55" . How can a doctor not add a warning to NOT eat raw kidney beans, etc.? It's like a suggesting a general statement that mushrooms are safe to eat. Yes, many are, but don't go walking in the forest and follow advice like that. Makes me wonder what else he said which is bogus? This hurts my heart since I am a vegan and generally love most of what he says.

[@MichaelToub]

However, some beans, such as kidney beans or lima beans, contain natural toxins (like lectins) that need to be neutralized by cooking. Always confirm the variety of the bean before eating it raw.

[@georgewilson7808]

Sprouting does that same thing as cooking to neutralize toxins.

[@joelcowley3695]

Either Vegans or carnivore types we're all doing them for the same health reasons to live long at least it's not the sad diet so we're smarter than most out there so l just hope you all aren't just bias here and can be active critical thinkers ahead and able to swallow your pride when you've got it wrong and can pivot when needed. Hope your on the right side of history.

[@NevilleWran945]

No, I would say to live an optimal life, rather than one defined by only longevity.

[@BentBuddha]

how do ppl explain pure carnivores thriving? Perfect lab work etc. And the countless "why i'm no longer vegan" videos on youtube. Especially by ex vegan influencers who lost their cash cow career making vegan content when they came out admitting that the diet eventually led to serious problems for them - which resolved after eating meat.

[@georgewilson7808]

“I have no evidence my diet will help you live longer or help you become healthier.’ Shawn Baker MD, author of ‘The Carnivore Diet’ “I no longer believe that it’s good for most people to be in ketosis.” Carnivore MD Paul Saladino. author of ‘The Carnivore Code’ … Dr. Saladino quit his carnivore diet because he felt awful. It gave him constipation, made his testosterone levels plummet, gave him muscle cramps, heart palpitations and poor sleep! “My ketogenic diet ruined my health!” Former Keto Guru Dr. Mercola

[@happycarnivore5481]

@@georgewilson7808 So we should all just go vegan? Despite it's health issues?

[@NevilleWran945]

@@happycarnivore5481 Hell no.

[@georgewilson7808]

@@happycarnivore5481 What health issues? I have become healthy eating whole plant vegan.

[@georgewilson7808]

“A very smart and well informed friend of mine started following Dr Paul Mason a few years back, and was inspired to reject medical orthodoxy, go full carnivore, and rationalize her sky-high cholesterol. Her calcium score was zero, which was encouraging, and she wasn’t eating any carbs to glycate her blood lipids. Nevertheless, as medical orthodoxy would have predicted, she is now fighting for her life in intensive care following a sudden heart attack. Let it be a warning if your lipid scores are off the charts.” rdnzl

[@vegangames3468]

💙

[@noell8460]

omnivores, reason our stomach acid is so potent is we became meat eaters and have shorter intestines, so our stomach acid does the extra work, the comments are nice, but not many that don't believe will comment or even watch, you're preaching to the converted

[@ronnieadrian9843]

Diet by design? We already have How not to die !

[@chiyerano]

@@ronnieadrian9843 Maybe he has more to add on the subject.

[@giespel68]

Carnivore is the way for me

[@HakuCell]

9:20

[@toms8879]

i think dr. Milton started already wrong. humans are in a total different league. Humans evolved by using tools and preparing food through methods like drying, freezing, curing, fermenting, etc., so we didn’t have to eat dirty, rotting meat. if meat was that bad, Eskimos would have died out long time ago. ..etc. color vision has not only to do with food,also in the animal kingdom ,predator and pre detection, communication and social interaction, eviromental awareness...etc its to simplistic just to say seeing colors has only to do with food, having molars(structure of teeth) are just only for "eating"

[@chiyerano]

@@toms8879 Your comment has really started wrong. The Inuit, NOT Eskimos, tended not to live very long and autopsies done on their remains showed signs of varying stages of cardiovascular disease. Real carnivores don't develop cardiovascular disease. Any members of the animal kingdom can eat meat, including rabbits, doesn't mean it's best for them. There were recent reports of squirrels going carnivore and eating voles for example. The Inuit also migrate to warmer regions and eat things like berries, not just meat which is probably why they were able to live a little bit longer. You can find signs of cardiovascular disease in ancient Egyptian remains, too.

[@toms8879]

@@chiyerano No, if we really were herbivores, we would not be able to survive on meat at all. It’s totally denying evolution eating habits.

[@billywdr]

Why lie?

[@julioandresgomez3201]

One caveat to this is that no animal eats simply any and all kinds of plants. All herbivore animals especialize in specific plants.

[@schmassbinder]

Yes, humans are fruit eaters. It's the only thing that naturally tastes good to humans without seasoning.

[@mikrobspen]

Not trying to shame anyone but I am curious what the mechanism is that makes two long term vegans look like fat omnivores.

[@chiyerano]

@@mikrobspen Look into their stories and read up on them and find out.

[@georgewilson7808]

The one went whole food plant based lost 70 pounds and largely manages his diabetes without medication. Win.