Debunking Netflix's Vegan Documentary Series: 'You Are What You Eat" with Luke Cook

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Luke Cook is an actor, comedian, content creator, health science enthusiast, and former podcaster.
00:00 Intro
00:17 Reacting to You Are What You Eat
07:26 Good Cholesterol Vs Bad Cholesterol
11:52 Losing Muscle on a Vegan Diet
18:01 The Political Agenda of Veganism
23:28 Ethics of Factory-Farmed Meat
29:48 How Important is Fibre in the Gut?
36:42 The Problem With Western Doctors
42:03 Importance of Diet Satisfaction
46:22 Discussing Alain de Botton
49:30 Why Vegans Are Deficient in B12
55:11 The Conclusion of You Are What You Eat
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[@maxlugavere]

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[@mikitakashima7386]

Listening from Japan 🇯🇵 😊❤ I love this so much - I'm boiling ox tail for soup on a Saturday morning 🎉

[@user-hj6cf7vs8i]

arguing against compassion? we have just begun to scratch the surface of animal intelligence and sentience. what we are doing to our sisters and brothers is horrific. personally i will eat potatoes for the rest of my life if no one had to die to be on my plate. im 64, vegetarian since 14 and vegan for the last 16 years and im twice as healthy as most people i know. compassion over violence every day. may the pure light within you guide your way on

[@kurtbecker3827]

27:00 Eight month ago I realized, that I will die soon on complications of T2D. My doctor said "It is age", but my condition got worse with every visit to renew my prescription ( 8 different medications). Anyway, I postulated, that despite doing all the things my doctor told me and I still get worse all the time, better I do the opposite... certainly I had nothing more to lose. I went home, did not fill my prescription and started cleaning out the pantry and refrigerator. This was the moment when I considered donating all the food I considered to be the cause of my illness, but then I threw it all in the garbage. Because donating food which I thought is killing me to others is nothing less than attempted murder. I threw away $200 of food, then went shopping and spend maybe $200 on sardines, eggs, meat and dairy. Drink is only water, no alcohol and most important no sugar or seed oil. I lost 50lbs in 3 month and my insulin resistance is getting better, but total success may take a very long time. Yes, you do not give bad food to others.

[@crystala5452]

I've had the same thoughts about donating "frankenfoods". In fact, had to drop out out from volunteering at our local food bank when I saw the "food" being handed out to the families depending on the hand outs.

[@nellosnook4454]

Thanks Max! 💪 My IF Carnivore Diet regimen: 1. Weekdays 18-23 2. Weekends 36-46 Closing-in on my target BMI! Feel fantastic! (Healthy 65 yo male.)

[@christellejooste474]

Doesn't matter what your opinion is and besides health issues, facts are animal farming and other animal trades are extremely cruel and fuelled by greed. Hopefully the critics have the guts to watch footage showing and proving this.

[@maxlugavere]

No one likes factory farming, but the truth is even a factory farmed steak is healthier than what most Americans are eating for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

[@johnalbert5786]

Wrong … LDL is absolutely not a problem at all. Triglycerides ratio to HDL is the only number you need to look at. Higher LDL group has lower amount of heart disease.

[@lidas7623]

Hi max I fallow you for years and enjoying your podcast I have a lot of respect for you but I am very disappointed this time I am 74 years old woman and I have a lots of experience in life I don’t believe killing animals and destroying the forests and oceans for us people to enjoy the food it’s very wrong and unfair I am not fallowing any diet nor any group but I learned long time ago to respect the earth and nature we are responsible for future generations thank you🌏

[@drock430]

Holy run on sentences lady

[@user-hj6cf7vs8i]

thank you for that i agree. lets stop being so selfish

[@chasethemonsoon]

Wow Max. I really admire you or should I say admired. Whst is wrong with protecting animals and showing people what they are really eating?And how these animalls are raised. ANd lets not forget the huge amount of food that can be grown on the same amount of land. There is a huge benefit in eathing an omnivore diet of course, as there is in eating in a vegan diet. Christopher Gardner has admitted in podcasts that this study was not so great. But you are now coming out on the biased side of an omnivore diet. How about someone being neurtral and pointing out the good and bad of both?

[@skincraftorganicsllc8537]

Max, I LOVE that idea of bringing a bottle of great EVOO as a gift to a dinner party, etc!! :)

[@outwest100az]

Amazing daily drink as a lunch treat. 4oz tart cherry juice, hand full of blueberries and handful of strawberries, 1/4 of a lemon, 1 nice size cube of ginger, 2 celery sticks cut into blender pieces. Put in a blender and when done drink up and you will feel the most amazing rush to the body. inflammation reduction and just plain vitamin and mineral boost. Happy body happy mind.

[@johnalbert5786]

Death in a glass

[@outwest100az]

@@johnalbert5786 I will put the drink in my new book "One day left" maybe it will be a big hit, thanks for the review

[@jessicadesmet3471]

I'm so glad you guys talked about this documentary! I felt the same way while watching it, but didn't have the background knowledge to explain my feelings. I'm off to cook some steak now!

[@JamesDurcan]

Omnivores are going to be biased, vegans will be biased, pescatarians, carnivores and such… But when you get down to crux of everything . There are 2 pretty sound facts at play amidst all the noise.. 1. You can be happy and healthy on a vegan diet ( and vegan diets are well suited all the way from pregnancy to elderhood ) 2. When you vote with your dollar for meat or dairy you are strengthening very violent/foul systems ( yes even pasture raised/grass-fed I.e. Decapitation.). - and on top of that wittingly or unwittingly we teach our kids that violence is ok and bullying those smaller than us is ok. I’m sure this post will not be received well here but maybe let it set and think about it

[@goranhemstrom3355]

A study in 2018 found that over 7.3 Billion animals died just in the USA from crop production. As an animal lover, do they matter? And lets say a cow lived in the ‘wild’. What chance would it have to live a long life and not get agonisingly torn apart by a carnivore of some type? Compared to a nice comfortable life and one moment they do not see coming. But I get it, I bought the whole vegan concept nearly 30 years ago. Took me a long time to admit to myself that it was not serving me. Now predominantly carnivore for 10 months and 17kgs down, muscle up, 21cms off the belly. Feeling great

[@JamesDurcan]

@@goranhemstrom3355 I would not doubt that that study is accurate ( maybe seems a little high ). What matters is the fact that we are DIRECTLY paying for animals to go to their unneccesary death ( and experience bullying and exploitation along the way ). We do not live in a vegan world and most farmers do not care about by-kill. But we HAVE to eat so it is justified. Also you have to consider that their are 80B land animals killed every year and we gotta feed them too brother - so the bykill from that crop production would far exceed that of exclusive veggie farming for humans...food for thought.

[@hpcam1]

👍

[@user-hj6cf7vs8i]

@@goranhemstrom3355 if you care about crop deaths then dont eat meat because it takes 20 lbs of plant matter to make one pound of meat. i think you might need to watch some videos on slaughter. its nothing like what you describe. they know and are terrified. you were plant based, not vegan

[@CrunchyPopZ]

I feel like I watched a completely different documentary - I just want to preface this by saying I eat meat before you come at me. In the documentary they were upfront about the loss of muscle mass in vegans, the fact they have to eat way more calories than omnivores to reach the same level as them. They also stated the importance of skeletal muscle, the fact dementia can be staved off through a healthy diet. All things you preach Max. The factory farming element is a sad reality and detrimental to the environment, which you just brush under the carpet during your discussion. Imagine if that were plant crops doing the same level of destruction (which in some cases it can), you'd be all over it. You have become so biased Max. I used to like your work as you never got swept up in the tit for tat diet wars. I'm sure you'll write a comment telling me to unfollow or go away as you now do, when somone challenges your view.

[@maxlugavere]

Interesting! Did you miss the part where we discuss animal welfare?

[@CrunchyPopZ]

​@@maxlugavereNo I heard it. You buy grass fed meat at home and get what you can when you eat out. For an episode that is meant to be debunking and critiquing this documentary you spent about 5 minutes discussing one of the main part of the documentary - factory farming.

[@user-hj6cf7vs8i]

@@CrunchyPopZ thank you for being sane. grass fed means zero

[@markkarish2120]

A documentary you should check out is kiss the ground. It talks a lot about the health of the soul and regenerative farming.

[@brandonbernitz2431]

Unbelievable episode Max. Incredibly entertaining, interesting and informative and so honest, which is what we need❤

[@RD-wg7kx]

Amen! It felt uncomfortable watching that Mini Series. The bias was DRIPPING! Yes, let's all eat more veggies; however ONLY veggies?!?

[@maxlugavere]

Couldn't agree more!

[@johnalbert5786]

more veggies?… nope!

[@cindytaylor7851]

THANK YOU Luke for saying "why would I give away food that I wouldn't eat - that's what means something!" My sentiments exactly.

[@slayer9951]

Thanks Max .

[@hollypaulin4374]

Thank you so much for this podcast! I was so irked by that documentary but couldn’t put my finger on why it irked me so much. This helped me to really think deeper and process my thoughts about the topic. Great conversation! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Drums4now]

Low carb diets can result in low density (large and fluffy) LDL elevated or otherwise. These LDLs are not conducive to plaque formation. Triglycerides/HDL is the new ratio to minimize.

[@hiroyopoetker]

Question? Lard or tallow is a pure fat that gets solidified when cooled! What temp is that cooling? Then when its above that point its a liquid, correct? Well in the body our temperature is regulated around 36-37*c. So in the body lard or beef tallow would be like the lubricant oil in engines! So in reality is fat or lard actually bad? I think the misconception is when people look at cooled fat thats turns white and solidifies is what happens in the body! But, in the body fat or lard would never be a solid, its impossible due to the bodies normalized temp! Has anyone ever taken this perspective?

[@gaelledelaunay5752]

I thought exactly the same when I watched the series. Great interview! Thank you

[@thetjdanger]

I want to know what the pig waste products were being sprayed on. Was it being used to fertilize plants and cause respiratory problems for the community? 😮

[@headlesschicken99]

I'm not a herbivore, neither is my dog. And for that reason, I'm off to my local butchers 👋

[@williamhenry3337]

Kool-aid is Vegan so if they want to keep drinking the Kool-aid God bless them.

[@skincraftorganicsllc8537]

I've listened to Tim Spector on many KZbin channels including his own, Zoe and he seems to go based on a lot of his own experiences regarding what & how he eats, not basing what he does on data, studies & information. How could it have been so eye-opening to him that what he used to eat for breakfast (banana, oatmeal, etc), not that long ago, spiked his blood sugar... I thought he was on top of the information... why would anyone listen to someone who JUST RECENTLY realized the effects of high-glycemic-loaded foods when that information has been known for so long!!!???? Ummm, I think I'll listen to the REAL EXPERTS... Don Layman, etc.

[@MrBoytonius]

All of his recomendations are based on Studies, he mentions them everytime?

[@skincraftorganicsllc8537]

@@MrBoytonius I find it extremely odd that he was surprised to discover his formerly high glycemic breakfast caused his glucose to spike - and then finally changed what he ate in the morning. REALLY?!! HE, WHO IS SUPPOSEDLY on the CUTTING EDGE of health & nutrition & studies just found out about that in the last year?!! For him to just recently discover that eating high glycemic foods in the morning (I believe it was specifically a banana), should not have been such an eye-opening discovery for him- not for someone like him...

[@melissaklouda9656]

I had to turn it off when I started hearing the biases. I'm so tired of the narrative that "plant-based" = healthy.

[@hiroyopoetker]

I can drink heavy cream or eat a fatty steak and it makes me feel energized yet a doughnut with similar calories and fat feels totally different on the brain and body!

[@Priya-rf7ov]

Yes meat is good .. but the environment we live in also is important… I felt sorry for the people living near the factory farm and shit spraying … the reality is there is no way to feed the 8 billion population on meat diet without destroying the environment 🌍

[@craigosterberg5045]

Thanks

[@ptbwinland146]

Damn. Great video guys

[@haytonthomas]

The irony of taking about bias... this was an awful discussion. Try to be a little more balanced next time... although i won't be back to watch.

[@maxlugavere]

Oooh so triggered!! 😍

[@marijohanna3637]

​@@maxlugavereAnd you're a child. I'm not surprised! And people who use the word triggered, are the ones who actually are triggered.

[@williamhenry3337]

Just when I think you can't get any better you do. GREAT podcast. There is a reason why only 3% of the population is vegan. Remember Kool-aid is vegan so let them keep drinking the Kool-aid.

[@angelasawyer6714]

You should get a group of functional medicine doctors together and create your own movie, debunking the vegan and vegetarian diets and other bad diets. I think that’s the only way to really get the meat/veggie diet out there to everyone on processed foods diets. You have Hollywood contacts I’m sure, so it is very possible for a group of you to do this 😊

[@altheataylor5487]

Speech up👊

[@minkbach9452]

let them - more meat for us 😂

[@HobzyMcRuse]

Excellent talk guys. What's worrying is how the average person believes this vegan nonsense.

[@Siegbert85]

Netflix is all about wokeism these days... I don't feel bad to have canceled my subscription.

[@jimiMachendrix]

Max, I love your content and guest appearances; I bought your book The Genius Life and I find your logic inspiring. Now here's the "but"... your hair mess drives me batty. You're too good looking to neglect your appearance. Just sayin'. 😂😂😂

[@thomasbrown3127]

Used the topic/title as the hook and preceded to use that to parlay their agenda/ platform. Boring as watching wood warp.

[@RD-wg7kx]

Gentlemen: the crossed-arms while discussing goes against what EVERY 'Body Language' book teaches us. C'mon, YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.

[@johnalbert5786]

Crossed arms ?? … nothing to say about the message, just crossed arms?? So that’s what concerns you?🤣

[@lezlieobrien]

The founder of Netflix is the great nephew of the man who coined the term and developed the concept of propaganda. So Netflix is basically a propaganda machine. Why do you think the Original Mad Max isn’t available on there???? Dun dun dun

[@craigosterberg5045]

Thanks