Dispelling the Fiber, Cholesterol, and Saturated Fat Myth | Dr. Zoe Harcombe PhD

Dispelling Fiber, Cholesterol, and Saturated Fat Myths with Dr. Zoe Harcombe | Thiago Lusvarghi
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00:01 - US dietary guidelines and their lack of evidence on the relationship between animal protein and various diseases.
02:13 - Dr. Zoe Harcombe's interest in diet and research stemmed from her brother's diagnosis of type 1 diabetes
06:27 - Dispelling the myth that salt causes metabolic syndrome
08:31 - The cholesterol hypothesis is an oversimplification and not helpful for heart disease.
12:43 - Red meat does not cause heart disease and the evidence is lacking.
14:47 - Choose real food for the nutrients it provides.
18:42 - The forceful nature of guidelines promoting plant-based diets leads to frustration among low-carb diet advocates.
20:41 - Understanding macronutrients: carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
24:25 - Processed foods are designed to be irresistible and cause overeating.
26:13 - Food that contains fat contains all three types of fats - saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated.
29:50 - Food does not directly clog up your arteries.
31:53 - Cholesterol is not an issue at all, it is vital for the body.
35:28 - There is no good or bad version of cholesterol, cholesterol is cholesterol.
37:15 - The amount of VLDL does not determine the amount of LDL in the body.
40:58 - Cholesterol myths and misconceptions
42:53 - CO2 demonization is unwarranted and its impact on the environment is minimal.
46:51 - Proper land management is crucial for maintaining topsoil and agricultural productivity.
48:37 - The depletion of topsoil and loss of ruminants can accelerate the destruction of the planet.
52:24 - Eating a real food diet is important, but eliminating meat is not necessary
54:19 - Elimination of processed carbs is the primary benefit to control diabetes.
57:55 - Excessive consumption of carbohydrates leads to the body converting them into fat.
59:44 - Animal protein is preferred over plant protein for ideal protein intake.
1:03:20 - Weight-bearing exercise and low body fat are important for revealing muscles.
1:05:06 - Animal protein contains essential amino acids in the right proportions, unlike plant-based protein.
1:08:56 - Processed meat becomes unhealthy when other ingredients like sugars, wheat, and fillers are added.
1:10:53 - The association between dietary factors and bowel cancer risk is often exaggerated in headlines.
1:14:58 - Fiber is an indigestible waste product in the body.
1:16:59 - Fiber is a waste product that the body can't digest and may not be beneficial for us.
1:20:25 - Fiber and cholesterol myths need to be dispelled.
1:22:18 - Questioning the knowledge of those giving out dietary guidelines.
1:26:09 - Processed food, particularly vegetable oils, contribute to various health issues.
1:28:06 - Avoid consuming processed foods and vegetable oils to maintain a healthy diet.
1:32:03 - The risk of developing type two diabetes and muscle damage due to statin use is significant.
1:33:57 - The dietary fat guidelines of 30% total fat and 10% saturated fat were set in the name of heart disease.
1:37:37 - Humans are smart enough to create their own food and stupid enough to eat it.
1:39:27 - 3 Unstoppable Traits: Drive, Critical Thinking, Judgment, and Influencing Skills.
1:42:53 - Dr. Zoe Harcombe challenges the common narrative about diet and health.
1:44:42 - How to connect with Zoe Harcombe
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[@thiagolusvarghimd]

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[@DCLearningtoLive]

What is the best way to contact Dr. Harcombe for an interview? This is absolutely amazing.

[@brucemckay6615]

Much better off without fibre….

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Her email is on her website!

[@manyBlessings2all]

Thank you very much for this excellent info ~ very grateful to find a new Dr questioning so much (your patients are lucky!) & to be introduced to Dr Zoe PhD & her clear concise ways of explaining. Also the aspects of the general questions that often get overlooked, defining things like fibre, & clarifying the 'different types' of cholesterol. All so helpful. So much info online now, it's challenging to choose what to listen to & also what is worth listening to, or not only worth it but new info.. Thank you both again, & looking forward to more 🤩

[@manyBlessings2all]

The fiber question is interesting - not seem to make much difference to me, other factors affecting my health more.. the biggest aha moment and uh-oh in this conversation is about all the effort the body makes whenever we eat anything, so only max 3x day, preferably less.. I've been edging towards carnivore intermittent fasting, but still extend my meals/eating thro the still rather long eating window, as I have been a carb addict comfort eater and some days more than others find it really hard to go long without munching.. apparently chewing does release calming something or other.. work in progress, but a relief to hear Zoe speak about simple principles, & to realise these seeming health mysteries may be basic, that body can /would correct itself if I can just stop making it work too hard?! :((

[@jeannettepatten7670]

Doctors have been trying to put my mom on statins for years. So has always refused. She turned 96 yesterday and is on ZERO medications. She also beat Covid19 with no vaccines.

[@aulbertwest9648]

That's what doctors don't want

[@geoattoronto]

‘Vaccines?’

[@michaelmeenaghan8559]

Hi, like your mom I am medication free, unlike your mom I am onlt 67. I did take a statin several years ago for a short time but after looking into decided that as not having a hole in my head threw them away. I now infreqently visit a doctor and only do so for a diagnostic and treat myself. For example, diabetic last year with an A1c of 59(UK), reduced it to 41 in 3 months without a med.

[@jeannettepatten7670]

@geoattoronto she doesn't take any vaccines, including never taking the Covid19 gene therapy.

[@buckmurdock2500]

@@michaelmeenaghan8559 be sure to post when you do open heart surgery on yourself ! !

[@frogsofindia]

I was raised vegetarian (over 30 years). I got IBS when I was 18. It's been a long 10 year journey of trying to heal from that, even trying vegan/gluten-free for a couple years. I was so desperate last year, that I switched to being carnivore. Very gross at first to eat meat, but after the first week, I was sold on the diet. No bloating, no diarrhea, no gas, my IBS literally disappeared overnight. I lost weight, gained energy, started feeling warm (I was always cold), my keratosis started going away, etc. I can't believe the solution was this simple!

[@lindadobszay8272]

Love it! Congrats! Happy for you!

[@-What-are-your-thoughts]

Same story for my wife. 🙏

[@NuMwhan-bg4fq]

I see carnivores in the gym sometimes. Their performance is totally cringeworthy. Must follow a balanced diet with a lot less meat than its today consumed.

[@NuMwhan-bg4fq]

Meat must with vegetables or colon cancer risk increases. Too many eggs is a problem too. Fibre is vital for the microbiome. It's what your bacteria eat. Encouraging people to eat less fibre should be a crime.

[@NuMwhan-bg4fq]

IBS = incredible BS...

[@edstepanic2214]

Great discussion. As a fellow Ontarian, I am sad to say I have given up on doctors. On another note - Years ago, when my wife and I decided to grow veg, we had a good harvest the first year. As the years went on, the harvest got worse and quality of plant growth showed us we were doing something wrong. We were not fertilizing the soil nearly enough to replenish what we were taking. It wasn't enough to compost plant stock and food scraps. We absolutely needed to add in manure. It was a lesson on the importance of ruminant animals and what they provide for humans.

[@alancameron6937]

Even better if you ditch all veg and carbs....go carnivore, the natural human diet

[@iss8504]

We compost all of our food leftovers, even bones and fat. Our gardens are thriving. We have honeybees too. Add bees and you will see your harvests expand.

[@carolzhou8478]

We compost food scraps, leaves and grass and add to our garden soils every year. But even that is not enough. We also add chicken manure. In this way our garden plots remain productive.

[@noeldeal8087]

@@carolzhou8478 Any trick to keep out the vermin attracted by food scraps? Do you shed the leaves?

[@noeldeal8087]

@@iss8504 no animal visitors with all that food laying around?

[@MsSilver41]

You’re brave having Zoe on you’re channel . You brought up an important point - it was thru having an open discussion with another practitioner , sharing opposite views on dietary health that need to be allowed and uncensored . Ministry of Health needs to acknowledge censorship is not the answer

[@iss8504]

Ministry of health...look at what is happening to JBP. He refuses to follow the guidelines now he is being pulled through the depths of hell. Without money for lawyers he would be toast. The average doc doesn't have endless money and multiple income streams as Dr. Peterson.

[@BeefNEggs057]

They can’t win with facts and data so they must censor to keep big pharma from losing profits. Censorship is the tool of people who can’t win with facts.

[@LawrenceWinterburn]

Stupidity is eating the same thing for decades and expecting different results. It is brave to face up to corporatism...

[@kevinchorley3445]

When there is an AGENDA, Making sense is Not the goal. Catering to "Big Money" is the goal

[@nathanlambshead4778]

You expect leftists to stop censuring? Let me know how that works for you.

[@norwegianzound]

My new wife moved me off meat. I got fat, felt crap. We fell out as she believes "meat is murder". I left her and am healthy again. Simple story.

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Sorry to hear you went through a challenging time. I’m glad you’re feeling better physically. Thanks for sharing.

[@foxyauragems6146]

The inhumane traps set around bean and veg fruit farms are also murder

[@rmcq1999]

My ex wife turned into a vegan after being influenced by people around her. I just continued on eating what I eat. I'm glad that she and the people she hung around with are out of my life.

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

@robertmcquiggan9999 sorry to hear that happened. Glad you’re doing well.

[@rumproast5159]

I think you get the award for the best diet story. 😂

[@littlesigh]

Zoe is the bomb thrown into the medical system… love her! Always always learn from her words.

[@wendycarter5718]

@@happyhealthylife4everZoe Harcombe has a phD in public health nutrition .She is not an MD and therefore has no patients to either treat or mistreat !

[@DS-oi4wl]

I went carnivore 14 weeks ago with no fiber anymore. At seven weeks is when I realized hemorrhoids were gone.

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Thanks for sharing!

[@coop2011r]

I'm able to quit using Daflon 500 for my hemorroids because of my carnivorous diet.

[@hogi99]

Why would fiber cause hemorrhoids?😂

[@coop2011r]

@@hogi99 You have never gone through what I went through; for thirty years, every time I poop, I have been in bleeding and continual pain. I am unable to perform squat exercises due to the protrusion of my anus. Numerous physicians were never able to determine the cause. My sole change was to cut out all fruits and veggies and increase my meat intake.

[@hogi99]

@@coop2011r True, I haven't and neither have the millions of people who eat plenty of fiber without any such issues. That's the variability of the human body. We don't all work exactly the same. I wonder if something else besides the fiber was causing your issues. Maybe allergic or immune disorder.

[@brookstorm9789]

I have listened to hundreds of hours on this subject, but this was the definitive one due to the uncompromising brilliance and clarity of Dr Harcombe. Thank you. The hosting was also great, comprehensive, non intrusive , sincere lovely person.

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Thank you for watching and the kind remarks :)

[@meggarstang6761]

What a marvelous conversation! I discovered Zoe during quarantine 2020-2022, when I started a keto eating strategy. What an eye-opener her videos were. This video has been such a pleasure to hear. I’m 71, no meds (which drives Kaiser nuts), slim without the belly fat that infuriated me for so many years, and full of energy. Zoe has been a large part of my journey to great health. ❤

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

Regenerative farming is growing in popularity and also smaller farms are starting to increase. I am a small scale farmer. Right now I am raising goats. Looking to expand in the future. So nice to hear from such an intelligent and logical person!

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

My goal in the future is to have a homestead! Or a version of it. Hopefully one day :)

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

@@thiagolusvarghimd It's a great goal! Not an easy one, but well worth it!

[@olgab3579]

Great, would love to buy 🐐 from your farm one day❤ We need more of these here in Illinois..

[@lindadobszay8272]

baby goats are the funniest and cutest!!

[@paulven5467]

Ex-vegetarian here (for almost 10 years). One year in on animal-based foods and bloating, stomach pains and hunger/cravings are gone... I tried to convince myself that constant bloating was normal... Now I know it's not.....One of the best interviews I've seen on ecology and health. What I like the most is them trying to answer the question who's profiting from the green agenda and all those narratives. There's always money behind everything - cholesterol, veganism, cancer, global warming etc etc.. Thank you for this brilliant interview

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Thank you for watching and sharing your testimony! I’m glad you’re doing well now!

[@itzakpoelzig330]

Zoe is a superstar! I love seeing her, every time. Common sense, delivered with humor and grace.

[@truthseeker7211]

FANTASTIC INTERVIEW!!! Loved her in depth knowledge & her experience/understanding of the body. Please have her on again to dispute other so-called 'Research Papers'. This is a woman of wisdom.

[@buckmurdock2500]

yes! ! This is what we want to hear ! ! The hell with science, I want to hear that my incredibly bad choices are good for me ! !

[@T-aka-T]

​@@buckmurdock2500cynicism really helps, eh? Very persuasive argument you put there. 😏

[@noeldeal8087]

@@buckmurdock2500 😃

[@raceyjaseyAP50]

@@buckmurdock2500 Present your "science" to her, then. Go on, do it. When she has presented you with literally reams of contradictory data, and you are screaming, "My science is the TRUE science!" you may finally have an epiphany wherein you hear yourself and remember that science, by definition, is not a fixed and inviolable absolute. It is a constant and evolving debate in which tomorrow's scientists debunk today's science, on and on, back and forth. Anything else is not science. It is scientism. It is dogma. And there is an awful lot of that being propagated, right now. If you truly value science, you will gladly welcome her researched views and challenging data. And she will welcome your researched views and challenging data. Assuming that you have any. And science will be doing what it should do. But perhaps that isn't what you want ...? Science.

[@Corolla97ww]

Indeed - she is well worth listening to.

[@apeacefulwolfretirement1984]

This Dr. Zoe Harcombe PhD is an absolute genuine authentic being... her "verbo-dynamic" style is very inspiring and impressive... I appreciate her wisdom and her abilities to the vulgarisation of the knowledge that needs to be discussed in plane open mind. Uncovering paradigms... facts mader. Thanks for this new encounter to me. So much credibility out of this bebeautiful mind. ❤🧙‍♂️🇨🇦

[@petaross316]

Love Zoe Harcombe . Someone who has a good head , commonsense and free of Woke nonsense

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Yes, she was very pleasant to speak with.

[@norman-gregory]

Cave man is a nonsense...the beginning of woke, years ago. For those whom believe in evolution... Almighty God created us all!!! We accept truths, just so long as Jesus Christ isn't mentioned!!! Also to think the Earth zooms around in space...c'mon people, use your intellect. Carnivore is a great way to exist. ps...Yes, Dr Zoe has some very good and helpful information. Good Health to all. Kindness.

[@Dex619]

The concept of woke is meaningless in this context. Woke refers to empathy. It is not a bad concept unless you’re ultra conservative.

[@billyt9921]

​@Dex619 it is an awful concept (& practice) that is pushing humanity towards self destruction by the tried and tested 'divide & conquer' pathway.

[@Dex619]

@@billyt9921 woke points out the divide that has already been there. Racism is still real. I’m not sure why one would object to that being pointed out unless that person was a racist.

[@graememudie]

1:16:30 they should call Kellogg the cereal killer. 😂😂

[@terri3961]

Best comment! 😂

[@michaelrobert503]

Dr Zoe, So fantastic and so true, everything you say. Im ex horticulture, what you say about the land and animals is spot on. (in the UK).

[@davenockels5028]

Been a long term follower and subscriber to Zoe’s website, which I thoroughly recommend. Zoe is a rare and precious scientist. She has a forensic ability to dissect studies and identify the (often) many flaws. For one individual, she has been very influential in defending science sense…….

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

I really appreciate her skills and dissection of studies!

[@michaelmeenaghan8559]

I could not agree more!, you are on the money.

[@richardjackson5380]

You need to look at some ether sources of information. She has a high level of misrepresentation in her statements. Who funds her?

[@davenockels5028]

@@richardjackson5380 Thanks for your advice, Richard. I look very widely at many who offer views and point to evidence about these areas. I am myself an engineering risk analyst, so I have a peculiar way of looking at things, and some familiarity with evidence about risk and benefit. I see wholesale fraud and misrepresentation in many studies. Doing thorough reviews of papers takes some effort. I confess to being lazy, so I let Zoe do the hard work and eagerly anticipate her comments, which like all comments I then review. Most lay people (and I include most doctors in that category) are easily mislead by fraud, in terms of the statistical manipulation and misrepresentation of study results. The most obvious and frequent is the quoting of benefits (of e.g. a drug) as relative risk, whilst mentioning the risks quoted as absolute risk. For full disclosure, I fund her, by being one of her subscribers. I am only too well aware of how science follows the money……. It is the norm in industry funded science. Could you give me a tiny clue as to who you think funds her (apart from me and my feellow subscribers) and why?

[@Patatmetmayo]

@@richardjackson5380 So you're an expert qualified to judge her? Let's see your sources that show her misrepresentations.

[@lorenpopolis]

I am heartened to hear a Canadian doctor such as yourself actually critically thinking about the data v. the parroting of incessant marketing from mainstream and big pharma dressed up as “science”. My doctor is a total misinformation spreader, (or is it disinformation 🤔). She does what she’s told by the College, period. It’s not ‘health’ care. Since going carnivore all my medical issues she couldn’t/wouldn’t help me with have disappeared magically. I’m happy to have a plan to stay healthy! Love Zoe, great interview 👏🙌

[@ianstuart5660]

Amazing, Canadian, Eh?

[@buckmurdock2500]

Does anyone not see similarities to tobacco marketing? Despite overwhelming evidence that smoking caused and promoted various disease, tobacco companies insisted that those were 'misinformation' and smoking actually PROMOTED good health ! ! Heck, if you felt bad or became sick, all you needed was to buy a pack of smokes and light up ! ! Waaaaaaay cheaper than going to a Dr. and getting meds. The meat industry is doing the same thing. Ignore all this silly scientific evidence that meat causes and promotes a plethora of diseases, believe us when we say it actually PROMOTES good health ! ! We would never lie about that just because we make billions of dollars from meat consumption!! Besides, confuse the consumer with enough misinformation and they will resort to what they first heard back in kindergarten, that meat is healthy. We invested big $$$ promoting that concept so we would have lifetime meat consumers. Edward Thorndike was right and his laws of learning still apply.

[@Markhypnosis1]

​@@ianstuart5660Yes Thiago is Canadian. Why do you question that?

[@ianstuart5660]

@Markhypnosis1 That was a joke! Sorry you didn't pick up on that. I was agreeing with your comment!

[@noeldeal8087]

Thank you, Loren, you inspired me...

[@3buzzy]

Great interview! Dr. Zoe Harcombe PhD is a legend, powerful information here.

[@danielwillover]

I was in the vegan cult for 6 and 1/2 years. They recommend 100 g of fiber a day. The food you eat has to be digestible, absorbable and usable. I agree with the fiber. It is not digestible, absorbable or usable. Why put that strain on your digestive system to get rid of it? They'll always try to quote the study that says that people that eat fiber live longer. I switch to carnivore 17 months now and I don't have no problems going to the bathroom

[@alancameron6937]

Well done !!

[@alancameron6937]

​@@MajesticArtimusany amount if fibre is too much, Proffessor Bart Kay, Dr Paul Mason

[@buckmurdock2500]

Oh! Oh! (waving hand frantically) I know the answer to that question ! ! Dietary fiber is fermented by the human gut microbiota, producing beneficial microbial metabolites. Long term reduction in fiber intake leads to detrimental alternations in the gut microbiota. But alas, that's not we want to hear ! ! Let's just pretend that's all hogwash, roll the dice and believe a carnivore diet will allow us to live disease free until we are 110 ! ! Just like grandpappy ! ! ! Better yet, maybe we can be like the longest living carnivore ever ! ! Oh, wait . . .there are no long living carnivores . . .

[@Libb-oleffub]

Veganism is an awareness , not a cult. People who offer animals, thinking it is healthy are the ones following a cult. A cult destroying nature and wildlife and forests and abusing animals. What’s wrong with you people. Just eat healthy whole foods plant based. A lot of vegans eat unhealthy, but that doesn’t make healthy veggies and fruits and berries and nuts unhealthy. You never hear anyone talking about the fries and chips and alcohol and soft drinks they were consuming. Promoting eating animal products is turning the clock back and continue destroying our paradise and abusing animals. A big “no “ I am a vegan for 8 years, not one single day having trouble going to the toilet. Your health problems had to do with your unhealthy lifestyle, not with eating a plant based diet, and vegan you never have been. Just eating a Chinese dinner doesn’t make you a Chinese. Veganism is an awareness and you are still unaware . So who are you trying to fool beside yourself? Why don’t you talk about the sugar, cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, medicines?

[@jmc8076]

The orig idea of it and believers in it was based on the humane and fair treatment of animals vs a political narrative and following. And extent diet label based on ideology incl carnivore or paleo can also be seen as a ‘cult’ by definition. Some who choose to eat that way (not me) do it for religious or cultural reasons and some for ethical. They’re healthy into their older years. I respect all choices even if I disagree. Cheers

[@mattm1686]

Me too I eat fat from animal products. Lots of it no sugar, no carbohydrates very little vegetables just fatty meat salt and water. Feel better than I ever have in my entire life. I am ripped now I think we’ve been lying to completely forever about nutrition and what human body needs we’re carnivores.

[@alancameron6937]

Same here

[@phantomguard71]

An honest and open conversation, the likes of which we get less and less these days. Great stuff Thiago!!

[@ianstuart5660]

Wow, so very impressed Doctor. A Canadian Physical bold enough to challenge the status quo. Almost speechless but not enough to offer huge congrats!

[@garyjagoe9541]

My 93 year old mother who has type 2T diabetes has been following the advise of her doctor for 15 years. She began on the recommended diet by diabetes Australia. She has now “progressed” to daily insulin injections.

[@Lennythewinner]

😮😮

[@marynayna6327]

No type 2 diabetic should be on insulin,if her doctor checked her fasting insulin level he would find it elevated she definitely doesn’t need any more injected into her.😞

[@rwhelanable]

longer we live, more we can be milked for our hard won/stashed-away . . .ASSETS.

[@Astrogirl812]

Hence the epidemic of dementia in Australia. We over prescribe statins and don’t educate the elderly on the importance of a nutritious diet.

[@terrideniseA]

​@@Astrogirl812same in the US. It makes me angry how people are foolish with their diet.

[@HomesteadingADimeataTime]

Excellent video, thank you so much. We hit the low carb bandwagon in 2021 and from Keto we are now mostly carnivore and the difference it has made in our lives is incredible. I’m so glad videos like this exist.

[@T-aka-T]

Ditto. Keto from 2014 good but oxalates etc led to gout. Carnivore from 2020. Gave me back about 20 years.

[@stacypastry2440]

​@T-aka-T I've wondered about carnivore and gout. My husband will have gout occasionally and argues with me about eating more fruits and veggies. Can you tell me what if anything you do to avoid gout on a carnivore diet?

[@T-aka-T]

@@stacypastry2440 it just went away by itself. No treatment. Diet changes as below. (Here follows an essay! Sorry, other readers!) It had first appeared in the new year after Christmas when I was being particularly "good' according to the prevailing dogma ('avoid meat and alcohol" and "there are purines in veg but they are ok, the meat is the problem"). I was eating a lot of fresh summer salads, asparagus (in season here 🦘🙃) salmon, green smoothies, to get off a bit of excess Christmas weight. Gout was my reward! It first came 6 months apart, then down to every month or so. I got onto tart cherries, more veg, but it just got worse. I was pretty desperate, as you can imagine., but I didn't want to go on allopurinol or other meds. In retrospect it was the oxalates, maybe nightshades too. Once I found out about that and stopped eating veg, the gout vanished. I'd been eating veg-heavy keto since 2014. I've been carnivore for 38 months now. Other things that have gone include iinflammation, osteo arthritis in back and hands,excess weight. Most people think fruits are antioxidant and you need them.. But uric acid is an antioxidant, too. And if you don't eat carbs you need less (eg vitamin C). I think gout is a "rich man's disease" as described in Merry Old England because they drank PORT by the bottleful. So it was the sugar and alcohol. Not the meat. I still drink coffee and red wine and ACV so I am not "pure" carnivore, but I have nothing else apart from animal based food. No grains, nuts, seeds, fruit or veg. Just meat, seafood, dairy (not milk, but cream, butter, cheese). Never going back. Occasionally I flirt with the idea giving up coffee but like red wine it just seems civilized. 🙂 This is just my N=1 of course. But there are starting to be a lot of us. N+1+1+1 etc = a lot.

[@noeldeal8087]

@@stacypastry2440 I'm guessing that oxalates are in plant foods? I think my sister told me she gets gout from black tea...

[@stacypastry2440]

@thestar2870 thank you

[@Wings_nut]

I can listen to Dr Harcombe all day. I've listened to all of her presentations, and I learn something new every time.

[@bradtozier6776]

God, I love this woman. Brilliant, articulate, extremely knowledgeable, keeps it simple. She's one of my absolute faves!

[@malvanlondon8683]

...and funny too.

[@michaelmeenaghan8559]

I agree Zoe is a wonder woman in this day and age, says it how it is. On a good note more medical professionals are seeing the light but sadly they are outnumbered by those that are on the payroll of Big Pharma and Big Food!

[@mudslinger888]

Just wish she didn’t have that monotone British droning thing, I had to exit and read transcript it was so annoying…

[@GlobalDrifter1000]

You are not very smart are you?

[@richardjackson5380]

Except she isn't. She makes unsubstantiated statements all the time as though they are facts.

[@Anicetus56]

My Grandmother who lived to be 99 years and 6 months use to say "If you weren't feeling bad when you went to see the Doctor, you are after the appointment"

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Haha, my goal is to always help patients feel better where possible. Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching.

[@ianstuart5660]

Same with my mom and grandma who both lived to over 100!

[@ianstuart5660]

​@@thiagolusvarghimdAmazingly enough, I do have a fantastic and very caring Canadian family physician. The difference in the care I receive compared to most of our American friends is STAGGERING!

[@lindawick455]

​@@thiagolusvarghimdlast week I was told by my gastroenterologist, a very young man, that my Carnivore diet, which ended my IBSC post C.Diff was going to kill me " you will DIE". I suspect my body LOVES being off all the fiber he had me.on, all the prebiotic, and all the additional Senna,-s, and no more antinutrient vegetables- RAW! I will be due, becauae if my age, for a colonoscopy in 2 years. I will be excited to see the results. He KNEW I have a brain tumor I am starving of glucose. PET scans at the start of keto diets for extreme stage 4 breast cancer show hearts lit.up with sugar uptake. After a few months of the ketogenic diet, tumors may still show up but the heart no longer glows. Your hear prefers ketones.

[@christopherkowalewski]

Absolutely awesome video and interview 👍 Down-to-earth, fact-based explanations with easy-to-understand examples. Thanks - we need more content like this 👏 👏 👏 [and no one’s promoting a food supplement or something like that]

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Glad you liked it! Is there anyone else you’d be interested to hear?

[@T-aka-T]

​@@thiagolusvarghimdDo have Dr Paul Mason from Sydney, AU. Did sports physiology (hons) before medicine. Part of Low Carb Downunder. Fantastic group. PS I only just found you b/C of the wonderful, scientific Zoe Harcombe, so apologies if you've already had the LCD people on. 😊🇦🇺🦘🙃

[@gtcih]

Fantastic interview. One take away that was very helpful to me was her explanation of why people can’t stop eating nuts. As a matter of fact I just decided today that I need to stop eating peanuts because I can’t stop once I start. I’m pretty sure that is why I gained weight, even though I’ve been on a low carb diet for the past several months and loosing weight.

[@janedough6575]

Peanuts are legumes.

[@ruthsyversen5963]

Peanuts are not low carb

[@jeannettepatten7670]

15 years ago I had an Alberta doctor tell me I was going to have a heart attack and die if I didn't lower my cholesterol. It was 5. She put me on crestor, I had such bad leg cramps I couldn't take it. The next doctor said I didn't need statins but to eat lots of fiber and drink lots of water. That plugged me up so bad. I really appreciate this video and how you both are not following the norm.

[@sballantine8127]

Absolutely fascinating, thank you. I was particularly interested in the part about saturated fat and how bad it is, or rather how it's not really bad for you for you, and I really appreciate learning more about that.

[@Hoojammyflip]

Nina Teicholtz has done a lot of work on that... Her book 'The big Fat Surprise' explains a lot of the deceit and vested interests behind the current official dietary narrative.

[@juliatillman5402]

Great interview. Great information. I’ve been on Carnivore for 27 days, lost 19 lbs, and feel much better. I’ve been on bp meds for over a decade, my bp is 20 to 30 point down. Blood pressure is about as low as it was when I was in my 20’s, I’m 58. I plan to make this my way of life, and trying to get others to do the same.

[@johnallen7367]

Hi from Australia. 63, male, Carnivore 7mths. Started at 265lbs, noe 190. Cured all my chronic illnesses, and am off all my heart meds. Feel great, mentally and physically. Im calm, relaxed and heading back into the workplace. Good luck.

[@rebeccacarraway480]

I have been a nurse for 19 years. I recently heard a patient’s family member state “all you have to watch is sweets” regarding a diabetic friend. I was gobsmacked. So much misinformation. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@malvanlondon8683]

Zoe Harcombe - always pure gold. As enjoyable and thought-provoking as ever.

[@fiddlestyx21]

This is an absolutely amazing and informative interview. I've been studying these concepts for a few years, and this is concise and easy to understand. Thank you both for an eye-opening experience.

[@karenohanlon4183]

Great in depth info Thank you Doctor for doing this interview very timely for me.

[@pointshealthcoaching8474]

Love learning from Zoe

[@meatvenus]

She is bloody brilliant ❤

[@jhenyalovering41]

Too much fiber almost killed me. It sent me straight to the hospital in Jan of 23. The only thing that's helping me is going carnivore. Thank God!

[@jlangeles23]

"Too much" water or from any good thing would do the same...watch out for the extremes! 🤔

[@ambrosiofamily6902]

I pray you continue to heal.

[@buckmurdock2500]

And to think you could have been famous ! ! The first person to ever die from fiber overdose, lmao . . .

[@nyoracl]

Are you blood type O+

[@ianstuart5660]

​@@nyoraclYes!

[@Ndnative3431]

Zoe is a hero. God bless her. Wish her wisdom would inform the dietary offerings at the long term care facility where my Dad is a resident.

[@toni4729]

It's great hearing you talking about the environment for a change. When we lose the soil we lose everything.

[@lenkajf7816]

I think this is the best video on nutrition I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much for your work and for bringing in this wonderful guest ❤🎉

[@MORFCOACH]

I love your takeaways. We can 100% discuss these topics calmly and with respect for one another.

[@French-Kiss24]

Very helpful. I used to follow a low carb diet and was skinny. Now I eat more carbohydrates than protein. I’m overweight and have IBS. My gastroenterologist suggested the low FODMAP diet. It is essentially saying my body cannot digest all these different kinds of sugars. I’ve also realized that my body feels much better on red meat. I’m also beginning to crave fish. So this is great news. Thank you.

[@noeldeal8087]

What is FODMAP anyway? My doctor put my adult daughter on that and I thought it was nuts. What is it in a nutshell please? It's been years ago. We just went off keto. Been for years.

[@French-Kiss24]

@@noeldeal8087 FODMAP stands for specific sugars that people with IBS often have trouble with. Fructan,Oliosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides, And, Polyols. The diet is an elimination diet only. You stay on it for a few weeks or months. You then add in one thing at a time. Biggest problem is the onion/ garlic family. Also dairy and gluten are often a problem.

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Glad you enjoyed the episode! Thanks for commenting!

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Look up Dr. Ruscio FODMAP, he does a good job explaining that.

[@buckmurdock2500]

another worthless anecdotal story.

[@robertryan1663]

A good rule for life is when Zoe Harcombe speaks, smart people listen. Fabulous conversation!

[@auxiliary4023]

It would be good if we could get a little talking Zoe Harcombe pocket doll to pull out next time we have an argument with a vegan, because I can never remember the facts to her level of knowledge.

[@TheMerrisi]

''He's putting his patients on low carb diets because he doesn't want to amputate their limbs'' Brilliant!

[@dkcN0va2109]

Absolutely vital information!!! It's not just frustrating for the doctors and researchers who know better -- those of us trying desperately to get off of the sugar+meds hamster wheel are EXTREMELY frustrated with the GPs that just look at the standard algorithms and spans and refuse to believe that our cholesterol is ok!

[@toni4729]

Thank you guys, this was a super interview and it was really great to see you once again Zoe.

[@WENDLELL]

Fantastic interview - thank you 🙏 Totally agree with you about fibre from first hand experience. I was having so many horrible gut issues and suspected it was all the fibre I was eating (had no idea that even leafy greens were hard on my body…), so stopped the fibre and instantly felt better! Now just need to cut back on the rubbish carbs and focus more on red meat!

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Thanks for sharing. I’m glad that you were able to find something that works. I know that fiber helps some people and it hinders others. It’s important to try and learn more about how your body responds.

[@buckmurdock2500]

🤣🤣

[@kevingallen1678]

Zoe is brilliant! Beauty,brains and wit.

[@jobrown8146]

Wonderful interview. Thank you very much.

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Thanks for watching! Is there another guest you’d love to hear from?

[@jedishaw6771]

This is great information, I have Dr Harcombes books, big fan. A while back I was having a conversation with a friend about cholesterol, HDL, LDL ( he is on statins) and 20 mins later we went out to get a taxi, I used the same analogy, I asked him if he is now a taxi? We both laughed, but he knew what I was talking about. 😁

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Yea she really helped me understand it a bit better. With a lot of nuances to many topics it can become challenging to understand things.

[@jlangeles23]

Why don't you get in touch with a real Lipid expert? Being in CAN you should be able to reach out Thomas Dayspring (Outstanding!).

[@Barracuda_Carnivore_Journey]

What a brilliant person! Love this conversasion! Thanks a lot for all the information you spread!

[@helengray21]

Regarding fibre, microbiome experts are saying that our various gut flora need to feed on a variety of different fibres in order to flourish. Could it be the case that the people presenting with these gut disturbances have severely compromised microbiome, which leads to being unable to process fibres. You could then easily envisage a scenario where cutting fibre would ease symptoms. Is it possible it's more like two wrongs making a right?! Not advocating either way, having listened to both sides, but would like to know Zoe's take on this.

[@pattifisk1829]

Wasn't sure about this, not knowing either of you, but watched the entire podcast. Thank you😊. Chicken thighs with skin on is my no.1 go. Also, I'm going to buy my favorite today, fresh liver. It's hard to find in conventional groceries, but glad to find it in a nearby small fresh produce store w/a meat counter. But still convinced about eating fresh apples, maybe not an entire one, but daily....and swiss cheese. Dont forget the mustard❤

[@sylviebourgeois6243]

I'm so happy to see a Canadian doc educating people on real nutrition! I was a vegetarian for 4 years and it destroyed my health, now I'm mostly carnivore or very low carb and feel so much better. My husband reversed his diabetes by becoming low carb and fasting and he has more energy than in his 30s! I'm hearing so many people pushing the plant diet and I just wish they would understand that we need animal products to thrive.

[@NuMwhan-bg4fq]

What you say is anecdotal and false. Our microbiome needs the fibre and polyphenols from plants to thrive. You're following an unhealthy diet. Ditching processed foods or excess starches helped you not going carnivore.

[@NuMwhan-bg4fq]

This podcast it's pseudoscience.

[@christophercharles3169]

This is the first I see of Dr. Harcombe and I was very impressed. Only humans would demonize things like cholesterol and carbon dioxide that are essential to life. The human conscience and warped sense of ethics prevent many from accepting the fact that were natural carnivores. We have traditionally been hunters that were only gatherers by necessity. We ate berries, plants and roots only when meat was scarce. Great conversation.

[@Ceciliaseg64]

My theory is that women being the ones taking care of children and elders were the ones trying the Berry picking and that's the reason their bodies created more body fat; aka the curves. Why else women in places were there's no plant mater look more athletic?

[@karlwheatley1244]

"Only humans would demonize things like cholesterol and carbon dioxide that are essential to life. " You are misstating the situation, and that makes confusion inevitable. No one is demonizing cholesterol or carbon dioxide themselves, they are pointing out the dangers of TOO-HIGH levels of both. Sleep, exercise, food, water, CO2, cholesterol--all of them are healthy when kept at the right levels and all of them (and many other "healthy" things) are unhealthy and destructive when their levels are too high. So, what those people are pointing out is that there is a MOUNTAIN of research--thousands of research studies--proving that A) raising CO2 levels dramatically has caused rapid global warming and climate disruption that is hurting people and the planet in hundreds of ways and that threatens the future of life on Earth. B) elevated levels of cholesterol are causal in heart disease. They are not the only thing that is causal in heart disease, and apoB is a better indicator than LDL-C, but normal/healthy human LDL levels are around 55, and the higher LDL levels go above 70, the more plaque forms and the higher the risk of heart attacks. More specifically, the "area under the curve" or the degree to which LDL has been unnaturally elevated times the number of years it has been too high is a very strong predictor of the degree of heart disease and likelihood of major CVD events. She's fooling people, and I hope it's just because she has confused herself here because of the various factors that make it easy for people to be confused about the role of elevated cholesterol in heart disease. If you want excellent research-based videos to clear up the confusion about this, the Nutrition Made Simple website has arguably the best videos on the topics. Take care.

[@lindadobszay8272]

@@Ceciliaseg64 It's not just that eating more fruits created more bodyfat, but bearing a child and pregnancy itself requires a minimum level of bodyfat otherwise if your bodyfat is too low, you don't have your period for a reason. SOME bodyfat is essential for getting pregnant. Too much bodyfat - to the contrary - is also contraceptive.

[@lindawick455]

I watched a nutritional bioenrgistic PhD on KZbin yesterday. Herbivores chew and separate out cellulose, which they poop out. The part they retain they convert to...SATURATED FAT, and that is what herbivores use for energy and the tons of bacteria they need to carry out this complex process die, and then the gut absorbed them as protein. It is estimated that their actual absorbed nutrients are 70% saturated fat and 30% protein. Humans cannot breakdown cellulose. We need 70/30 just like herbivores, we just do it differently. We can't feed a cow continues steak and have them live in healrh.

[@lindawick455]

​@@Ceciliaseg64seasonal. Therefore, not likeky.

[@farmer_donny]

I think the final point Zoe made in this interview is the most important. People ought to educated to know what may be harmful and what may be healthful. They can then make their own informed choices as to what they wish to consume knowing the possible/probable consequences.

[@Iam-not-as-grumpy-as-Isound]

You just have to watch Zoes other presentations. In addition to being very smart, she is also very witty.

[@Sabastianspreadworth]

Zoe is always a pleasure to listen to, Great info.

[@Roswithakima]

Thiago you will be shining light in the medical world - thank you for your courage to seek truth and not go along with an ideology that is based on falsehood !

[@tammyday9389]

"Good job" on this interview! I really appreciate Zoe. She's so amazing in her depth of knowledge. Thank-you!

[@henrymillwood5176]

This is golden information. I’ve been vegan, vegetarian, keto and now carnivore. I have the validation of my personal human trial lab: myself.

[@biancaopala99]

Amazing! I think in the end it's what makes your body feel good. When I listen to carnivore KZbin channels, the comments are flooded with positive experiences of how people's health change when adopting that diet, but then the same is true for the vegan/vegetarian channels 😂 for me I've been mostly vegan the last 15 years, and do feel good on it. I recently introduced eggs, full fat yoghurt and fish (mainly fatty fish) back and feel great too, and reduced ultra processed foods down to nil. The concept of lowering my carbs also helped with my constant snacking and feeling hungry all the time. Eating whole foods makes a big difference. But I really don't like the taste of meat and feel good with my farm fresh produce so for now I think I'll stick to my Mediterranean ish diet :)

[@lindadobszay8272]

@@biancaopala99 Yea, true but my observation is that veganism is very ofthen the first stage / first try of coming off a bad diet, so obviously it will be a positive change. Most carnivores have gone through the "healthy", "healthier", vegetarian, all sorts of "-tarian" diets, nothing working, THEN they find the carnivore diet and it does the trick. Carnivore is the ultimate elimination diet. This is why more and more vegans with ongoing health issues end up turning to carnivore, but you NEVER hear a story of a long term carnivore getting sick and going vegan... If being vegan does not solve someone's health challenges, then carnivore will..

[@helenmattless4065]

Great interview and a doctor with an open mind.congratulations.

[@andyaitch4521]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@ogeoge6000]

Fantastic interview, thank you both.

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Thanks for watching!

[@JohnOrbit]

She explains everything beautifully!

[@heatherwatson9564]

A great talk covering everything I needed to know I'm seeing a colecteral specialist for debilitating bowel symptoms, I'm an obese type 2 diabetic with poor control.Ive come away with a lot to think about.Thank you

[@Engrave.Danger]

Can I offer a few suggestions, if you don't mind. First, look at how you've worded obesity and type 2 as if they are part of your identity. As silly as it may seem, that makes it a lot more difficult to separate yourself from. You may currently have type 2 diabetes and obesity but those are both metabolic issues that can be reversed. I highly recommend low carb whole food or even carnivore. There are so many books worth checking out like Eat Rich, Live Long, The Diabetes Code, The Big Fat Surprise, and Good Calories Bad Calories. 😉

[@Engrave.Danger]

All of my previous digestive issues resolved once I went carnivore. No more gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea or indigestion. Fat and hydration prevent constipation. I produce far less waste than my previous high fiber diet and spend less time in the bathroom or in need of a bathroom. Really it's just less time dealing with food in general. Meal planning, shopping, cooking, eating, feeling lazy after a meal, defecating. At this point I'm starting to think that if I were to die a couple years early I'd probably make up for it in time that didn't go to waste.😂

[@Paul-dorsetuk]

I'll apologise on behalf of the medical profession since they won't...

[@iw9338]

You really may want to research carnivore,my ibs is gone after 1 week and now depression gone at one month.😅

[@plumflower99]

Great interview, got answers to a lot of questions I asked myself too. Thank you ! ❤

[@Kwaark]

such a great interview !! thx so much ! very valuable information

[@iw9338]

My ibs is gone since being on carnivore,also depression gone.😅

[@MeatMaticus]

Knowledge and choice. Absolutely brilliant. You are going to have a long, successful career helping many people, Doc. Good bless you.

[@john.brailsford7088]

Dr Zoe is correct in that fibre is not for human nutrition it is,however for the nutrition of our gut bugs, of which we have several pounds in our GI tracts.They work like little chemical factories in our gut producing healthy chemicals which are then very beneficial for humans to absorb.This means that fibre is important for humans to consume, but not to digest

[@stefanweilhartner4415]

This is what many carnivore people getting wrong. When it comes to fiber, they will instantly talk about poop

[@johnnewby2043]

No it's a lie. I used to be a vegan with high fiber and had bloating and alternating constipation and diarrhea always. Went Keto then Carnivore a few years ago-almost no fiber now and perfect poops 1x or 2x daily and about one-two minutes in the restroom. I know several, several people with the same outcome. My 82 year old mum is one after colon cancer and surgery.

[@CL-im9lk]

Carnivores have a different gut microbiome. Look for Dr Chaffee discussing it. Also here is Dr Saladino on gut microbiome and plants: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHitmmOun7l2e80si=fgSQn9js8qhz8o5e Here is Dr Chaffee: kzbin.infoK3kTD96HT7k?si=R2VKQYUUR-Rk0xqK

[@Theqpom]

We are told that fiber is good for the gut bacteria to make butyrate. Butter is the highest food content source of butyrate, this is where the name “butter” comes from. Oh but think of the cholesterol in butter, what BS. Fiber causes a lot of damage in many people. IBS, Chrons, Constipation, etc. I used to believe the industry Bs until I went carnivore and cut spinach and vegetables mostly out of my diet. Never felt better.

[@lindadobszay8272]

Yes, this is what we are told but against this stands the fact that many long time carnivores are thriving on their 0 fibre diet, many doing it for decades and no health issues, furthermore in their best physical health ever... This makes me question this whole fibre story. Do we really need it? There's plenty of empirical evidence to the contrary..

[@barbmennie2502]

Thank you so much for your explanation of lipoproteins; I will be having this difficult conversation with my MD after bloodwork performed today. I am smiling as I write this! Thank you for bringing clarity to this issue. I have been on Keto for 2 years and am 77 and healthy.

[@jameswatson5501]

One should examine the work of Dr Robert Lustig regarding “fiber”. His thoughtful analysis of the importance of fiber in the gut micro biome should be understood.

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Thank you for pointing that out. I’ll try to look into it. If you have an easy link, comment it here!

[@jon0604]

Fiber can produce a little Butyric acid but so can butter and keystone bodies - it’s not worth the harm that vegetables cause- eating carnivore tends to work the best

[@thatslife208]

Love Zoe! Also appreciate that you as a young doctor taking the time and effort to get past decades old data and keeping an open mind.

[@crabbypaddy5549]

I eat meat, animal fats and drink water, nothing else. I eat once or twice a day during daytime hours. Occasionally I have a coffee with a sliver of milk. If I go to a party, I drink slimline tonic and gin.

[@Pi2.718]

❤❤

[@georgegoodenough823]

Look up the gin rickey on the internet. Gin, the juice of half a lime, soda/seltzer water over ice. It's good alternative to the slimline tonic.

[@OaktownGirl]

I just found your channel, wonderful! Thank you for including time stamps in the video description because I'm going to share this, and that helps. 🙏💜

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Thanks for watching and commenting! I’m glad you liked it :)

[@brookstorm9789]

So useful! Thank you

[@joyceelmer131]

I just want to say I appreciate Zoey’s information and believe in it. Thank you Zoey for all you do. Great interview. ❤🙂

[@buckmurdock2500]

It must be frustrating to be the only person in science that knows fiber, cholesterol and saturated fats are all myths. Trust me, I now how it feels to be right when everyone else on the planet is wrong ! ! 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

I’m just glad other giants have gone before me and that there is more research coming about. (I.e. Gary fetke, Tim Noakes, more and more research on Keto etc)

[@lindawick455]

Lotanof research. Real research, not Seventh Day Adventist designed and interpreted. The real science is appreciated by thousands of scientists and physicians. Open your eyes.

[@stauffap]

44:00 There's so much wrong with this. Obviously she's not a climate scientist, so it's kind of understandable, but at this point what the science says about climate science is so easy to find that it's embarrassing for any kind of academic to not know the facts. We know that CO2 is by far the main cause of the warming since the industrial revolution. It's not even close and we can demostrate this easily at this point. That she's raising doubt about this just shows that she has no clue about the physics and the scientific literature. For those interested, just look at recent diagrams that show all radiative forcings. CO2 has by far the biggest forcing and is therefore by far the main cause of global warming. Or to put it another way: We wouldn't have noticed global warming if the CO2 concentration didn't increase. Another way to say this is that global warming is 100 percent man made. There's no natural component to it - at least nothing worth mentioning. So why should you listen to me? I've studied physics and chemistry and i've been extremely interested in climate science for the last 15 years. By "interested" i mean that i've read the scientific literature and university textbooks. So by now i have a good overview of climate sciene and i understand a lot of the physical mechanisms as well. But you don't have to believe me either. Just read the IPCC reports. Their job is to summarise the latest research periodically. Another good place to look is to read how scientific academies see the issue. Not a single scientific academy on this planet denies that global warming is man-made.

[@Pepita4759]

Great interview, I Brazilian too and I also love meat, been keto carnivore since 2018. An interview with dr Ken Berry would be absolutely amazing, keep up with the good work

[@ianstuart5660]

I second that. Greetings from Canada!

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Thank you for your suggestion and thanks for watching :) I’ll work on getting him on.

[@mlane905]

Zoe has been a voice of logic and truth for many years. I adore her!!💯👏

[@bradleyhenderson1198]

Seems like everyone has forgotten about Doug Kaufmann's research on fungus. I myself am in the pro-fiber camp, but only from low oxalate vegetables, otherwise keto-carn. I had an experience where I had substantial gains in my fitness over a few weeks just by adding in some vegetables to my carnivore diet. Also, my colon prefers some fiber. It seems different for everyone though.

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Thanks for sharing! I agree, everyone is different. I still eat a variety of food, I’m not pure carnivore by any means, maybe in the future. Sounds like you’re “ketovore” :) I’m not “pro-fiber”, in the sense that I don’t think everyone needs it, I see it as a tool. It can be useful or it can be hindering. I struggle with it is when people push it as ‘essential’. I recommend you watch Dr. Ruscio on KZbin or his podcast if you want to learn more about fiber!

[@bradleyhenderson1198]

@@thiagolusvarghimd I just think of myself as a keto eater, but ketovore is probably appropriate. I should have been more clear in my writing. We are in agreement that high fiber is not ideal for everyone, though in my mind there are very few people who need to avoid it entirely. From my personal experience, I think we all need to figure out what diet works best for our genetics, metabolism, and activity. However, for me, fiber helps regulate hydration and facilitates regular movements. Thank you for your work in sharing nutritional information!

[@MollyPotterify]

Love this. Thank you Zoe. I have been obsessively deep diving diet and all the outdated info we have been fed so loudly. I love how sort of cross you are in places. It's so warranted!

[@heloisamaestrini]

Thank you both for this wonderful interview! And greetings from Brazil! 🇧🇷

[@thiagolusvarghimd]

Obrigado por ter assistido o podcast :)

[@karlwheatley1244]

I'm tired of Zoe misleading the public about the healthiest way to eat. I'm a senior university professor and researcher and I study and teach about healthy nutrition and how people become confused about it. Let's look at some of the misleading and false comments just at the beginning of this video. At 15:02, she points out there are essential fats, but, having not watched the rest of the video, I will bet she will NOT then point out that we need very LITTLE fat in our diet: The second longest-lived formally studied population (post WWII Okinawans) only ate ~6% calories from fat, and only around 2% of calories from saturated fat. Compare that to the whopping 10% calories from saturated fat that Americans consider normal. Best diet for stopping heart disease in its tracks has only 10% of calories from fat. At 15:06, she says "there are no essential carbs," and this is often used by her to create the impression that there's no reason for humans to eat much carbohydrate-rich foods. (She says “So immediately, you’re heading down the path that is going to be the winning path”-implying that the fact there are no essential carbs somehow proves you should get a low percentage of your calories from carbs.) That is a totally illogical and unscientific leap in argumentation. What is critical is what she ISN'T telling you by framing the issue this way. What she isn't telling you is that although there is no specific carbohydrate that is an essential nutrient, whole food carbohydrates are the best energy source for your body's primary energy needs. Once we weed out the confounded variables (e.g., processed foods, mislabeled diets), we find that the best overall long-term health outcomes come from diets in which the vast majority of calories come from whole food carbs. Even hunter-gatherer tribes such as the Tsimane and Hadza get ~70% of their calories from carbs--meaning they are getting around 80-90+% of their calories from plant foods. There are zero long-term studies (50-70 years) showing terrific long-term health outcomes from low-carb or high meat diets but lots of such studies for diets high in whole food carbs. Second, once you wade through the weeds, it is VERY clear that diets high in saturated animal fat are less healthy for you than are diets high in whole plant foods instead. This is true for multiple reasons, including saturated animal fat being causal in heart disease (but people are confused about this because most people in studies EITHER eat lots of saturated animal fat or processed foods and added sugars--which also cause heart disease). We know numerous mechanisms by which diets high in animal fat cause moe disease, one of which is raising LDL/apoB levels, and another of which is because toxic agricultural and industrial chemicals naturally accumulate in the fat of animals. Third, despite the confusion she creates, it is very clear from the literature that diets higher in fiber are healthier and that fiber itself is part of the reason for that. Fiber helps bind and remove from the body toxic and mutagenic/carcinogenic compounds from the body, serves as a fuel for gut bacteria who eat it and churn out short-chain fatty acids in return, and leads to much lower or zero levels of digestive diseases such as diverticulitis. However, to understand the issue, you must escape the western delusion that 30g of fiber a day is a "high-fiber" diet: IN historical terms for humans, that is a low-fiber diet--many traditional diets in Africa and elsewhere had and have up to 120+ g of plant food fiber per day. Fourth, at 15:19, after asking “where do you get those essential proteins,” she says “well, the only food that provides complete protein comes from animals.” These statements are factually false and unscientifically misleading. First, quinoa is a complete protein. Second, “essential proteins” does NOT mean “complete proteins,” it means the nine essential aminos acids (and she should know that), and your body couldn’t care less whether you get those all from one food or from nine different foods, as long as you get enough of each one. Third, we know from recent research that vegan athletes build muscle just as easily as omnivorous ones, proving that you can get all the essential amino acids you need without ever eating animal foods. Fifth, EPA/DHA. Vegans can either get all of it they need either from foods or from vegan EPA/DHA supplements, and studies have found both omnivores and vegans to have similar levels of deficiency in these but a couple of months of a vegan EPA/DHA supplement fixed it for both groups. Sixth, micronutrients. Too many misleading issues to cover in the time I have, but “the form the body wants” is an unscientific way of framing the issue. Studies have generally found vegans to have the same number of micronutrient deficiencies as omnivores or fewer deficiencies. And no, the body is very happy with the form of vitamin C found in plant foods and plant foods have far more phytonutrients and antioxidants than do animal foods. Carotene? Ever heard of sweet potatoes or carrots? Calcium? Higher dairy consumption actually doesn’t build stronger bones because while you ARE getting lots of calcium from milk etc., the galactose in the milk makes you pee more of that calcium right back out again. Women in Africa who don’t consume dairy and get their calcium from leafy greens have LOWER rates of hip fractures than do western women who get their calcium more from dairy. I skipped ahead and haven’t heard her third principle, but one of the principles better be that the foods don’t contain things that worsen your long-term health outcomes compared to healthier alternatives. That alone rules out eating lots of red meat. 29:16 She is talking about when early human ancestors first started walking upright and then mentions cave paintings and says they weren’t of them cooking up an all-legume diet (they were often of hunting big animals). This is an unscientific train wreck of a comment on multiple levels. First, we know that the earliest human ancestors were nearly vegan. Second, those earliest ancestors who first walked upright were hundreds of thousands of years ago and the cave paintings are just tens of thousands of years ago, so those are totally different time periods she has smushed together. Third, people will obviously create art about things that were dramatic to them, and the routine of digging up tubers isn’t-even though we know that humans have eaten lots of plant foods in most places and most points in their history. Fourth, what early humans ate to survive is utterly irrelevant to what is HEALTHIEST for humans to eat today. All those foods have changed, we have changed, and we can now choose to eat whatever we want. That’s almost two pages of de-bunking from just 15 minutes and one later comment from a 107-minute video. I gotta’ grade papers, so I can’t document all the misleading things she says, but this gives a taste of the problems in her claims. Zoe sounds convincing to people who don’t know enough science to see through her claims, but she is totally misleading the public. Take care.

[@sventheroadgod6662]

brilliant

[@regmcnallynally8879]

👏 I enjoyed her but found her a bit flippant

[@theresaleong3147]

A very powerful debunking of some of Dr. Zoe's arguments.so we have to be careful n well balanced. I particularly drawn to this writer's argument that we actually do not have long term studies ( 50 - 70 years) of this low carb - high carnivore diet folks, to be able to tell whether this animal based foods eaters will still be healthy n the long run eating all those fatty meats, ..cooked in tallow, butter etc with little or no fiber to absorb n pull out those chemical toxins , carcinogens etc accumulated in the fatty portions of meat. Long term studies is required before we can be sure.

[@antjee]

I think you got it all wrong, just look how sick longtime vegans are

[@lekdavies]

i had 10 years of constipation piles and appendicites, changed to high roughage diet, no problems for the past 50 years, go to the toilet easily every morning. QED.

[@claravanderzouwen5640]

So glad you did this for us!!! Part of the Tribe!❤

[@cynthiasmith1457]

Wow this Dr. Harcombe is AMAZING!!! One of the best....thank you!!! Keep fighting for us!!!

[@Ceciliaseg64]

Woke science has been around for decades. The sad thing is that it's taken forever for people to realise that. Love your work, Zoe.

[@Dex619]

You don’t understand what woke is. You also don’t understand what science is.

[@Ceciliaseg64]

@@Dex619 well, animal fats have being discriminated for so long. It's the product of fake science.

[@rebeccacarraway480]

@@Dex619it’s trash. That’s all anyone needs to know lol.

[@Dex619]

@@rebeccacarraway480 So you disagree with me so I’m trash. What an immature response to my comment. Please tell me why I’m trash. I can’t wait to debate you. This is going to be fun.

[@rebeccacarraway480]

@@Dex619 I didn’t say YOU were trash. I said wokism is trash. Calm down dork.

[@dsonyay]

28:50. Exactly. I really liked this point she makes.. and the next couple of minutes of commentary. So good to hear this.

[@maryannehill8821]

What an amazing conversation, I love being part of the tribe and so grateful for what you both do for us 🙏🫶👍💕.

[@reddon1969]

Great video, thanks for the information!

[@pcfrivera6023]

So glad I saw this! Masterful explanations.