"Groundbreaking": Ancient Mouth Biome Shows Ancestral Diet

[@crazypolishvegan7369]

The background is not important to me. What is important, is all that awesome informations you share with us my man 👏🙌🌱💪 Thank you!

[@terrorindu]

@Jfry it would be pretty funny

[@nodical802]

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[@ThisIsHolyJJ]

Thanks for yet another excellent video. The fact that you've read through so many pages of jargon filled literature and then summarized it in plain English for us viewers is greatly appreciated. Really glad that science is giving us clearer answers these days, and good people like yourself are spreading the awareness of scientific findings. Keep up the incredible work brother! 💪🙏

[@Cat_Woods]

Re: green screen - not necessarily, but definitely more wigs & costumes. Love that.

[@wamurya6463]

definitely more wigs & costumes xD true

[@Sambasic]

I strongly agree !

[@jannacoyote4246]

I "four" that. 😉💜😁

[@EarthtoRosita]

i honestly prefer this background you had

[@paulharrison5977]

As a vegan archaeological scientist myself, I endorse this message.

[@Viva-Longevity]

Earth scientist here. Seconded!

[@movement2contact]

A minimum-salary nobody here, I endorse it too! 🤓👍

[@bluejayjitsu4429]

I eat potatoes... and I fully endorse!

[@v.a.n.e.]

as a vegan archaeological scientist, what do δ14N and δ15N isotope ratios tell you about our ancestors' diet?

[@plantyourdestiny7616]

I also studied archaeology. Been saying this forever. Meat DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!

[@Reznic007]

Your puns ALWAYS get me. I’m a sucker for a good pun 😂 Also as for the green screen I like it but it’s not like its why I watch your videos so I’m fairly indifferent ☺️

[@ellielynn8219]

Me too 😂 so punny 😂

[@jannacoyote4246]

I like this background you have here. It feels natural & soothing. I never did care too much for green screens. 🤷🏻‍♀️💜🐚💜🤷🏻‍♂️

[@robotplant5260]

Awesome video as always ❤️

[@kathivy]

I read the book Catching Fire which was super interesting, and it’s cool to hear about this new piece of information about the strep bacteria and interaction with amylase. Thanks for passing along the info 😊👍

[@SavageHeliosOne]

Plant Based since 4/20/21, Mic your videos have helped me alot thank you for all you do!.

[@audiogarden21]

Since 4/20/15 here. =)

[@HardToBeAPoopGod]

420 ayy

[@audiogarden21]

@@HardToBeAPoopGod EasyToBeAPoopDog. ;D

[@jesuschrist5294]

everyone is plant based except some cultures in the far north where there are no plants only seals. nobody ever said humans are carnivores. we are omnivores. this includes plants too.

[@barbaraeskandary3941]

So after going vegan for a year I gave up all sugars after a visit to my dentist, as a celiac our dental enamel is not great. I was astonished and so was my dentist that after two years my gums basically regenerated. This was confirmed by a x-ray on a tooth which was of concern before and after. His believe was that it was the vegan / sugar free environment which had allowed my mouth bacteria to change, thus allowing remineralization.

[@tamcon72]

That's amazing!

[@meegy2]

Did you stop eating fruit too?

[@starcatcher3691]

Gums or teeth?

[@RedPillVegan]

Bro I swear it was 100% mammoth and ... whale blubber. Tubers and veggetables weren’t invented until 2001 when Y2K gave the soy gmo gene patent to microsoft

[@mrcocoloco7200]

Are you high bro.

[@Proct3rPlease]

This is so accurate that my sarcasm detector is malfunctioning.

[@RedPillVegan]

It’s sceince

[@SavageHeliosOne]

Bahahaha😂🤣

[@uhwhat4400]

Yup, early humans got all those broken bones from trying to lift cooking pots that were too heavy. Definitely not from hunting animals to extinction.

[@lotofbitsabout]

Leave the leaves! As always, informative and concise. I point anyone who questions nutrition and veganism to you. Thanks

[@adorable3817]

Yes!!!! You're my go-to 🙏🌈🌷💜

[@dustingleason5925]

Same

[@extraincomesuz]

I live in rural Malaysia and there are many Malays that know most of the edible plants in the jungle especially the tubers (ubi kayu = cassava) with many different varieties. The ubi kayu plant grows like a weed and is easily propagated by breaking off a branch and rooting in the soil. It's still a staple 600k years later.🙂

[@terryjackson9395]

And one assumes peoples evolving in Southeast Asia had year-round access to tons & tons of tropical fruits like Mango, Jackfruit, etc. Why would they have made eating difficult? Funny to think that 500,000 years ago, some hominid female probably yelled at her mate the equivalent of "Get the F away from me with that nasty durian!!"

[@GT-vs2fm]

As long as people make sure the casava is cooked before being eaten. It is toxic when eaten raw!www.healthline.com/nutrition/cassava#TOC_TITLE_HDR_7

[@josh.m3803]

The microbiome fascinates me I'm reading fiber feuled right now

[@adorable3817]

Me too!!! Bacteria is my new passion 😁 Dr. B says some things that are DEFINITELY not true and not good for us though. Gotta be careful - don't believe EVERYTHING in the book. Like, coffee is OK, refined sugar in moderation, drinking water with meals.... Shockingly incorrect. I think he has a strong coffee addiction and can't give up. None of the other respected doctors drink that garbage. But overall interesting. What do you think so far?

[@v.a.n.e.]

I've never heard anyone argue against the use of refined sugar in moderation unless you meant to say refined sugar should be avoided at all costs. @@adorable3817

[@adorable3817]

@@v.a.n.e. Yes, refined sugar should be avoided 😊 Refined sugar is more addictive than cocaine. Food additive addictions effect so many more people than we know. For those, moderation is just not possible. Just like an alcoholic can't do alcohol in moderation, or most smokers can't reduce from 2 Packs a day to just 1 cigarette a week. I was off sugar for nearly a year. For Christmas I made an exception, and had some Cookies....it took me 4 months to get back on the Wagon. Food additive addiction is not widely recognized yet. It will be in coming years though

[@v.a.n.e.]

yeah, I completely agree. sugars have such an intoxicating effect that it is really challenging to oppose them, which of course the food industry skillfully uses for decades. new generations of experts have already begun to emerge who recognize the harmful effects of refined sugar, particularly its effect on our pleasure centers. the two ytb channels I would single out are “Smart Diabetics Academy” and “Dr. Cywes the #CarbAddictionDoc” where a lot of useful information can be found. @@adorable3817

[@adorable3817]

@@v.a.n.e. Thank you for the tips👍🌞 I also highly H I G H L Y recommend "Salt Sugar Fat" (2013) by Michael Moss. Mind blowing! (Chapter 7, about Coca Cola company especially) His new book "Hooked" came out this year. Dr. Greger's book "How Not To Die" is also incredibly knowledge filled - with the most unique and interesting studies.

[@anushkarachelmendonce8893]

Your content is so engaging I don't need a green screen to be engaged!

[@samuelx5466]

I like the current background with no green screen

[@isaweesaw]

As a dietetics student and someone who's interested in human evolution, I was so happy seeing this article come out. Our brain growth is so much more consistent with high-starch diets than it is with animal foods.

[@tamcon72]

Maybe edit the part about "brown growth" as it could confuse people?

[@isaweesaw]

@@tamcon72 Missed that one. Sorted now ;)

[@Kiyarose3999]

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics say ‘’A Vegan diet is suitable for all stages of life including pregnancy’’

[@panchopuskas1]

...or high fat.....choose whichever suits your script......

[@isaweesaw]

@@panchopuskas1 The problem is that there is no physiological need for high fat diets, and saturated fat is incredibly unhealthy. Plus, they wouldn't have been consistently abundant to our ancestors(as the video explored). It would've been more boom-and-bust. Not only do we have physiological proof of our brain's dependence on carbs, we also have the fact that carbs were readily available and not competed for in the environment we evolved in.

[@cyc00000]

The really huge massive people in my peer group are the most scared of carbs, all carbs including the healthy kind are bad according to them. They all love their palo or lo carb diets, neither obviously doing them much good.

[@Kiyarose3999]

Well eventually they will notice your health being good/great, and they one by one will be getting sick. It’s horrible to witness, My best friend who uses blood pressure meds, and my nextdoor neighbour has severe Gout ( he had to call an ambulance yesterday as his feet have started turning black) and is Diabetic. It’s so frustrating knowing the cause/cure, when they don’t even want to hear what ive got to say. Ffs if I had one of those diseases I would be open to any ideas, especially from someone like myself who has the blood pressure of a 20 year old, etc, at age 60!.

[@TheHouseofFruits]

Definitely always the sickest humans around me who are always against plant diets. That’s one disadvantage of being vegan, you have to watch your family and friends get sicker and sicker and you can’t do anything about it. This morning again, I met a bird watcher at the reservoir and he was telling me about the long list of disease he had in the last few month, starting with sepsis in Vietnam last year...

[@fromeveryting29]

Well, it makes sense. I have thrived my entire 25 year long life on almost exclusively plants, and completely without meat. In my experience potatos are one of the most energy-giving amazing foods I can eat.

[@fromeveryting29]

@Asher Sommer And?

[@fromeveryting29]

@Asher Sommer I don't know? But it seems you are insinuating we should not eat potatoes. And my question then is why the fuck not? I know I feel amazing eating potatos, as do a large portion of people, and better still, I'm not hurting anyone eating them.

[@markaguilera493]

@Asher Sommer Yam, cassava, sweet potatoes, Taro...

[@markaguilera493]

@Asher Sommer There are starchy vegetables in Africa! The khoisan, the oldest tribe in Africa (50000 years) in the Kalahari desert dig up tubers. The Jarawas from the Andaman Islands, 50000 years as well have fruit as well. Sweet fruit has always existed in nature. Mangoes, guavas, jackfruit have not been invented by men. I know a group of paleos in Europe (instinctos) who hike deep into jungles to find fruits no-one has ever tasted or heard of and there are hundreds

[@markaguilera493]

@Asher Sommer Nope. I just saw them foraging.

[@mrcocoloco7200]

Nice video man.

[@mafro7702]

I LOVE your lame jokes!😻☀️🥳 you’re amazing

[@delevator8755]

"ur mom's abundant" caught me off-guard haha

[@lacha608]

Thanks for reading through all the tedious stuff and giving us a summary. That's a lot of work, but I think you actually enjoy it, so you are perfect for the job. You do a great job & service!

[@juliewake4585]

It’s great that we don’t have to read it isn’t it? 😂

[@tamcon72]

What will all those carni and Paleo diet people say about this, I wonder? This was a very intriguing, so TFP, Mic!

[@barry394139]

I refer people to your videos constantly saying "don't believe me ? Well watch this video if you want to inform yourself"! Thanks for making content always such great information!

[@DallasKillpack]

Awesome video I appreciate it!

[@jacobhendricks3556]

Thanks for all your research summerzation, I value you channel and its perspective. The starch stuff is super intriguing, more potatoes baby! And other roots ofcourse! Also no green screen was fine, also changing it up occasionally isn't bad.

[@keketayv1111]

So thankful for my biology background. This was great info! I actual can understand what I learned a little better when I can relate it directly to actual life things vs a book! #veganlife

[@dartfather]

Keke Tayv if you believe Mic's twist, your biology class failed you.

[@keketayv1111]

@@dartfather And who are you? And was I talk to you? NO, I WASNT. #youlostsoul

[@dartfather]

@@keketayv1111 This is the internet. Why are you here in the internet if you do not want to get bashed for your stupidity, do not comment. Limit yourself to emails and texts. In that way, you can choose who can comment on you! Your biology lesson was useless on you.

[@keketayv1111]

@@dartfather clearly you are not a grown up, that has to make such childish comments for attention. Get your own videos and stop trolling his followers. If you don't like what he or anyone else says here, then don't watch and leave. You are not welcome here. Your comments make you look stupid. #unbothered ✌🏾🤣

[@dartfather]

@@keketayv1111 As I said, this is the internet for everybody. If you want an exclusive forum for vegans only, go and create one. You can enjoy your privacy and, talk about how good veganism is, cheer each other, nobody will tell you about your foolishness.

[@asldfjkalsdfjasdf]

So McDougall gets his view supported again and again. Seems like he is right ... we are starchivores The background is fine. No need for the greenscreen unless it makes your life easier with the effects in the video. Thank you for your work!

[@freddistenbrain8287]

Yes, exactly my first thought. McDougal (and others) have been saying this for decades. There's plenty of evidence. Don't really need a fancy analysis of ancient oral biome, but it's nice confirmation.

[@robertusga]

So B12 from potatoes then? Or maybe our ancestors still ate some animal products like eggs to get it. Or they could have been eating a pound of feces a day, also possible.

[@freddistenbrain8287]

@@robertusga Sorry, but you misunderstand where B12 comes from. It is produced by certain bacteria that exist in soil. If you drank from natural water sources, like streams and springs, ate minimally washed root vegetables or grazed on pastures, you'd get all the B12 you need. This is where animals get their B12 from and where we got our B12 from as we evolved. This not so easy with today's sanitized water/food supply and depleted soils, but it is easy to take B12 supplements produced from the same bacteria. No need to eat animals.

[@robertusga]

@@freddistenbrain8287 I am sorry, but you misunderstand how much dirty water you need to drink to get a reliable source of B12. Just because I eat a predominantly plant based diet does not mean I need to make up some bs about how our ancestors got enough B12.

[@freddistenbrain8287]

@@robertusga Wow, getting through to you is proving to be quite a challenge. I said NOTHING about drinking dirty water. It's only in relatively recent times that the earth's waterways have become polluted. For many 100's of thousands years before then all natural water sources were safe to drink and a plentiful and reliable source of B12. Also, learning how our ancestors met their nutritional needs is not BS. It clearly illustrates what foods our bodies are "designed" to eat/drink and why. And it helps to inform us as to what constitutes healthy food choices for today. By the way, congrats on being predominantly plant based. Now complete the transition and make it 100%. There's no excuse.

[@roku3216]

Thanks for the starch digestion, Ancestors. Prehensile thumbs up to ya guys! (Also, green screen or not makes little difference to me. I come here for the data and the Mic, not the garnish)

[@fromeveryting29]

The leaves are great as a background. Looks more professional than greenscreen, but it doesn't matter THAT much, I guess. Great work!

[@allencrider]

Doctor McDougall knew!

[@andreawalker7138]

I prefer the background you are using right now, but I will watch your videos with whatever background you choose.

[@ta9143]

thanks for your videos, always helpful and interesting. (green screen: not needed, but keep creating whatever way you like best) However I do enjoy viewing the quoted materials, and being able to read the material in context as you quote it. This video was super interesting! Thanks for doing the heavy reading! 💕📚 🌻💪

[@veganvision3365]

9:10 carnivores fail their hunts upwards of 90% of the time, yet the mainstream belief is early hominids were such sophisticated hunters with their spears, slow speed, and unprotected delicate organs and gonads (and no EMTs on the African savannah; you get injured and you likely die). On top of that we're supposed to believe that fat and protein grew our glucose burning brains? Gatherer/hunter, not hunter/gatherer.

[@chrisbranciere9557]

7:01 "reduction in gut size would seemingly result in less - not more - nutrient availability to support a large brain" Thanks. I didn't think about this before but this is a powerful argument against brain growth and meat intake until it can be explained. I see this is on p. 47 if the supplementary material.

[@adorable3817]

What does that mean exactly? We need less (for example) potatoes for the same amount of energy that meat would have given us?

[@chrisbranciere9557]

@@adorable3817 It means that while human ancestors' brains were developing at the fastest rate between 2 million and 600,000 years ago, if higher nutrient intake were required for this, then the reduction in gut size which correlated doesn't make sense. The reduction in gut size was supposed to offset the metabolic needs of bigger brains as a version of the expensive tissue hypothesis, which is sometimes correlated in nature and sometimes not. But a shrinking intestines gives less absorption rates while a longer digestive tract increases absorption rates.

[@tomsawyer4321]

48 years old. Vegan for 5 years. Diagnosed with prostate cancer, pre- diabetes and hypertension. Post surgery been carnivore for 5 months my blood sugar is normal, hypertension is gone and I no longer use medication and my BMI is 24. Never felt this healthy in my entire life. I just beat my personal best squat and bench press which I set when I was 28.

[@HealingLifeKwikly]

"Vegan for 5 years. Diagnosed with prostate cancer, pre- diabetes and hypertension. " With all due respect, you weren't eating a very low fat whole food vegan diet. There are hundreds of variations on vegan diets, but you have to choose a balanced, low-fat, whole food one. There is excellent research evidence low-fat vegan diets are an effective treatment against prostate cancer. I wish you good health in the future.

[@HealingLifeKwikly]

To clarify, what I meant by the above is that the research is clear that low-fat whole food vegan diets don't cause high blood pressure and diabetes--they cure them. But if you eat lots of fat or salt or processed foods, then it doesn't go so well.

[@tomsawyer4321]

@@HealingLifeKwikly with all due respect you have no way of knowing whether I was eating a low fat or high fat vegan diet or whether I was eating processed or Whole Foods. I am truly sorry that my beating cancer and regaining my health through a diet you don’t advocate is so distressing to you. Health and happiness

[@HealingLifeKwikly]

@@tomsawyer4321 I'm THRILLED you are beating cancer. I am a sucker for a happy ending. However, I research and teach nutrition, and people don't develop high blood pressure or diabetes eating a balanced and very low fat whole food plant based diet. They just don't. Not "whole wheat flour" but intact grains, veggies, legumes, and fruit. Unfortunately, and this is why I am worried for you, diets high in meat ramp up rates of all sorts of diseases.

[@tomsawyer4321]

@@HealingLifeKwikly please name a study where this has been shown I am very happy to read it

[@veganfortheanimals6994]

"But meat = big brains tho!" Commenting before I crash out, will finish video tomorrow

[@RobertWadlow292]

Yes, no surprise you're "crashing out" with the constant blood sugar fluctuations vegans will experience with the carb load

[@markaguilera493]

@@gimp497 Look up former zero carbers Georgi Dinkov, Danny Roddy. And Frank Futano of course.

[@markaguilera493]

@@gimp497 As I said, talk to experienced ex zero carbers.

[@dartfather]

@veganfortheanimals6994 it is true though that meat is the only feasible source of food that jumpstarted our brains.

[@cefwyn7878]

I prefer the background you had today. Thanks for an informative vid.

[@Airoch4]

So did anybody else pause the video at 4:50 saying “Stop everything! Who the heck were Homo Paranthropus!?” and binge Wikipedia?

[@LeanAndMean44]

even though I were to a museum of human history just yesterday, I had to google it

[@Dribbles88]

Didn't notice the green screen, I'm here for the science and your view point that you thoroughly give. Thanks for keeping up with new research, love it!

[@emilienbialecki448]

Dude, do what you like with the background, don't ask us 😉 Your content is always amazing so personally I think the background as to be as minimalist as possible! Thanks Mic! Ps: I really like the capillo-pulled jokes 😁

[@CataNavarro]

Very interesting information! Thank you Mic

[@koshgam]

nice vid! green is nice - but really do more listening like a POD cast - thx mic

[@carolesea]

Thanks for the fascinating information! Makes perfect sense.

[@rlocatellidigital]

Thank you for these informative video. About green screen, it's not important. The images and data you show along the videos plus your explanation, this make your videos so interesting. And please, never, ever change the final music.

[@Ounceofdeception]

This background is great too. Thanks for the video, good info!

[@monis1552]

Thank you!

[@SikhiArt]

Leaves background is very fitting! It's classic Mic as well.

[@S0nder]

Leaf screen 🍃

[@Crowiferous]

Great video, thanks for sharing this research; very neat!

[@acelya414]

i’ve been vegan for just over 2 weeks now and yours and earthling ed’s videos have been so helpful with making the transition and debunking lots of anti vegan things i’ve been seeing so thank you :))

[@thegoaldrivenmale]

They are filled with lies and propaganda so they can make money. You've been conned

[@acelya414]

@@thegoaldrivenmale lmfao they’re literally not, they provide actual evidence and i’ve done plenty of my own research as well and my only regret is not going vegan sooner, i didn’t ask for your opinion so whether i’ve been ‘conned’ or not is none of your concern.

[@thegoaldrivenmale]

@@acelya414 damn, another indoctrinated human being sucked into the total lies of veganism. Did you know that livestock eat waste byproducts and in fact they only eat 13% edible grain? Did you know that plant agriculture kills billions of animals every single year? Animals are shot, electrocuted, trapped and poisoned with pesticides to stop them from eating plants? Did you know the pesticide industry destroys soil, kills beneficial insects and fertilizer creates dead zones which kill hundreds of millions of fish everysingle year? You were gullible to believe that eating plants were creulty free but they're not. You can eat grass fed beef from your local farm and save more animals compared to a vegan. Did you know that? Did you know farmers have reduced methane gas excreted by livestock by 80%? Google everything I've mentioned. It's time to do research outside of vegan propaganda. Otherwise you'll be doing damage to the environment and animals, but you'll be lead to believe you're doing good, but you're actually not. Veganism is hypocritical and ignorant. They don't care about animals.

[@acelya414]

@@thegoaldrivenmale do you actually have nothing better to do with your time than harass vegans in youtube comments pls get an actual hobby 🤦🏻‍♀️. like i said, i’ve done my own research from sources which aren’t funded by the animal agriculture industry and i’m not going to reverse the best lifestyle change i’ve made. it’s funny how you don’t question the propaganda fed to you by the animal agriculture industry. i’d rather trust peer reviewed studies such as this one www.ox.ac.uk/news/2019-10-29-plant-based-foods-are-good-both-health-and-environment which show just how harmful animal agriculture is to the environment and to our health. yes, some animals are (unintentionally) killed for the production of vegan foods such as soy, a large percentage of which is actually fed to livestock ( wwf.panda.org/discover/our_focus/food_practice/sustainable_production/soy/ ). however a non vegan diet includes the intentional exploitation of animals and nothing you can say will change my mind on that, it’s not a matter of ‘indoctrination’, it’s a matter of recognising that these animals are sentient beings (uk law is finally officially recognising animal sentience now so it’s really not refutable, although many omnivores still deny this) , they feel pain and i can’t justify taking the life of an animal which doesn’t want to die. if you can then that’s your prerogative. even if i did go back to eating meat i would only be partaking in the killing of MORE animals and that is a FACT, whether you’d like to believe that or not. i also have a deep hatred for the practices of the dairy industry, no anti-vegan propaganda you could spout will change that. many of you like to argue we’re not herbivores, i’m not going to get into that debate rn but we’re also definitely not carnivores. again, even if i did go back to eating meat i would still be contributing to plant agriculture because fruit and vegetables are an important part of our diet so, again, i would only be killing more animals. i’m not saying veganism is the perfect diet, in fact, it’s more than a diet, but veganism attempts to eliminate the suffering of animals as far as possible and it will only be more and more successful at that as time goes on and more people become vegan (and veganism is on the rise, not because of propaganda but because of actual scientific and ethical reasons). obviously plant agriculture isn’t completely cruelty free, but as forms of farming like vertical farming (which doesn’t use any pesticides) become more popular, plant agriculture will become more and more cruelty free, yet animal agriculture will always be fundamentally cruel.

[@acelya414]

@@thegoaldrivenmale here’s another study for you, again by researchers at the university of oxford which show just how detrimental animal farming is to the environment science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987 i’m sure, since it seems you like to lurk around on vegan channels, that you’ll have heard of it already. veganism simply is the best solution for the climate crisis. furthermore, it’s simply not realistic to feed our growing world population with the current diet most people have today, it’s not sustainable, it’s not healthy and it’s not even possible.

[@iubesc30]

Great job! Thanks for sharing!

[@wanderingbox7971]

for your background, maybe a book shelf with some of your books and also a few skulls of early humans etc. and a few oddities 👍🤙🥔🥔🥔🍠🍠🍠🥦🥦🍄🛸🤓

[@mdeli8215]

Amazing video! Thank you Mic ♥️

[@ChrisJWinn]

Is this why digging is do satisfying?

[@vjones2960]

Awesome video as always ❤️👏🙌🌱 Thank you!

[@Cat_Woods]

Thanks for this. Although archeology played no role in my becoming vegan, I have found it confusing since I first started seriously looking into it -- how what I'd been taught was human history seemed to contradict what I was learning about health and diet. It's been a long process of learning more about that history and unlearning some of what I thought I knew. I can't see making one's diet based on what people resorted to in order to survive an ice age, but it's good to be armed with some the rest of that history of human diet when negotiating the culture wars.

[@Mistral434]

That divergence, between what is taught and reality, is present in almost every part of Academia. History and science are actively gatekeepered like no others. It’s by design, sadly. We got lucky with veganism - TPTB, Davos Elite, etc. require it to become the global norm, in order to socially engineer the future society they have planned after their Great Reset.

[@Cat_Woods]

​@@Mistral434 You sound like you're trolling. No one's trying to enforce veganism by law or force. I didn't revise my view on the archeology to fit my veganism. I am fine with the idea that humans in the past needed to eat meat to survive. We don't need to now, and factory farms are neither natural nor pro-survival. It's just I later found out that the evidence actually supports the cooking of starches being crucial to survival of early humans as well. No conspiracy there. Plants don't fossilize as well as hunting tools, so it took the science some time to make that clear.

[@Cat_Woods]

@@Mistral434 You sound like you're trolling. No one's trying to enforce veganism by law or force. I didn't revise my view on the archeology to fit my veganism. I am fine with the idea that humans in the past needed to eat meat to survive. We don't need to now, and factory farms are neither natural nor pro-survival. It's just I later found out that the evidence actually supports the cooking of starches being crucial to survival of early humans as well. No conspiracy there. Plants don't fossilize as well as hunting tools, so it took the science some time to make that clear.

[@Mistral434]

@@Cat_Woods My comment related to veganism only so far as to suggest that promoting it in the mainstream agrees with overall agendas from people high up the foodchain who are quite evil by definition. Hence why we “got lucky”. Up until very recently, TPTB had no opinion on the matter, allowing the lobbying arm of the Meat and Dairy industries to dominate the public narrative. If veganism wasn’t convenient to powers above those industries, we likely would not be seeing such studies given much funding, or if they returned vegan-positive data, not given any mainstream attention beyond independent videos like this. The main point of my comment was to draw attention to a larger, relevant contextual framework that is often lost on most people, yet highly important for understanding why the system works the way it does.

[@Mistral434]

@@leonorsuescun3715 Big corporations are the very entities now promoting veganism. The same ones that have gained a well-deserved reputation as destroyers of the environment, people's health, and the wellfare of animals. The mainstream media is promoting it, despite being a mouthpiece of the megacorporations that own them, not to mention the Intelligence agencies that are tied into those corporations (Mockingbird). Why do you suppose that such evil entities all the sudden started promoting veganism?

[@danishguyinsweden]

Your background is fine, you don't need any fancy green screen. It's your message that is important.

[@obryana20]

I mostly listen instead of watch so any background is fine.

[@michaelhoile1369]

Me too

[@taekin9781]

Loved learning about this. Also good to know where to point people to if they make the "meat grew our brains" argument. Also it's just super interesting! Mate I did not appreciate your videos enough, now that I'm back at uni having to go through all the research and trying to find high quality unbiased and the process of vetting and trying to understand then translate the paper into concise easy to understand paragraphs is not an easy task. Cheers to you! Thank you! 🙏

[@dartfather]

You got fooled by Mic. Did you believe that human brain suddenly got big in 600,000 years? The homo erectus had already big brains by that time. Their big brains evolved from millions of years eating meat.

[@alangallart948]

Leaf wall is good

[@Ryansarcade9]

Thanks for bringing this science to life!!

[@amberdean7581]

I like the leaves. 😆

[@Azarilh]

I JUST had this question like two days ago. THANK YOU.

[@atomicyang6702]

Makes sense. Human body not equiped to take down or catch prey. Given how slow we are starch would be more ideal. Since it doesn't run away. Very good Mic. Good wook.

[@ma30k45]

That is completely wrong??

[@atomicyang6702]

@@ma30k45 Please show me. Show me how I'm wrong. I personally would have a very hard time taking down a cow, a pig and catching a chicken without weaponry/traps. Please show I very curious.

[@atomicyang6702]

@Linus We had weapons 600,000 years ago? Also going out hunting doesn't guarantee a kill. It does make sense that we would eat starch in place of not eating animals.

[@tamcon72]

@Linus Does not watch video but rides his kiddie hobby horse, whining about things dismissed by video, just the same. Pathetic.

[@mauriciomendoza7976]

I wonder how ancient humans got enough starchy food? Considering everything that we know of today does not in anyway exist in nature and what did exist was most likely smaller in size.

[@kcosgrove74]

I really enjoyed the puns de jour. Excellent video. Thank you.

[@svanteforsman8244]

”STARCH!!!” /John McDougall

[@kivzzzz]

I actually like this background. On topic - very informative as always 🌱

[@ProfessorTurnipAlpha]

Watching this video while eating a microwaved potato with my hands.

[@xeelaxiu9039]

you can microwave potatoes??

[@JEKYLLHYDE123]

Very interesting and informative

[@miketrebert7788]

I prefer the leaf BG. Let's get analogue, huh? Meat = blue pill. Fascinating video as always, many thanks.

[@AllanJPDK]

No need for green screen, love the information

[@theartificialsociety3373]

Dr McDougall is proven right again. A hero and genius. So much for the carnivore myth.

[@VoxBox1]

Excellent, Excellent, Excellent Video!!!!!

[@keepar]

What a wonderful video! I like the leaf background, tho. Keep using that instead of the green screen for now!

[@zantecarroll4448]

Thank you! Such valuable information.. could you interview a scientist on the subject to show the veracity ..it would be helpful against the naysayers and interesting for everyone else.

[@adorable3817]

Good point. Let me ask you this though. Do you think diet (personal beliefs) could in any way scew these finding? Let's say the scientist happens to be Keto fan? Do you think a meat-eating-loving scientist and a Vegan scientist come to the same conclussion about our ancient diets? I think they should all divulge their personal diets....so we know where they are coming from.

[@zantecarroll4448]

@@adorable3817 as a vegan i can say that its very unlikely a vegan wont mention they are vegan..everyone can agree on that

[@adorable3817]

@@zantecarroll4448 well, I just wonder if 2 scientists, one Vegan one meat eater - would come to different conclusions

[@zantecarroll4448]

@@adorable3817do you mean is there no truth? only perspective? Thats a very postmodernist idea, i agree with Chomsky on this... that postmodernism is so incoherent it isn't even wrong.

[@zantecarroll4448]

@@adorable3817 .anais nin famously said we see things as we are not as they Are, i believe she is referring to subjective experience not to factual truth such as 'fish swim in water' no matter how we like to look at it.

[@AngelaKayAustin]

Have you ever done a video comparing the nutritional benefits of frozen, canned v fresh veggies? Could you do one, if you haven't?

[@kindcounselor]

This was a ground breaking video with brand new evidence!

[@mikeskylark1594]

Fascinating stuff

[@paddywan]

Have you ever thought about collabing with "Nutrition made simple"? I think you would get along well and make many funny puns and jokes :)

[@krism6260]

Can i like this comment *100? NMS is my absolute nr 1 favourite plant based yt-er! He and Mic def have a few things in common! :-D

[@KatarinaTawiri]

Wow, how cool is that. Its great to have science confirm that what most ancient cultures ate (starch based diets), started all the way back during our brain growing phase 🌿💚🌿

[@leonsahasrara4396]

We are starchivoures... strange how root vegetables like potatoes are a complete food source. This is going to kill the Key-To-Sickness and the "man cave BBQ Paleo bunch" who think we sat in caves eating oil. Pfffttttt.

[@adorable3817]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 for sure!!!

[@abbreviatedalex2418]

It's not going to finish off that fad because the people who subscribe to it never cared about the actual science of ancient diets in the first place. No amount of evidence or reason will change their minds.

[@adorable3817]

@@abbreviatedalex2418 good point! I think you're exactly right. They're eating and buying into an idea, "based" on a true Story.

[@leonsahasrara4396]

@@abbreviatedalex2418 who...are you talking about the idiot meatards who claim humans are meat eaters?

[@ma30k45]

What are you guys talking about? Ofcourse humans are hunter gatherers, and as the name implies, they dont just gather plants, they hunt meat aswell. Just look at the study sourced in this video and it will tell you that we had ~50 % of our calories from meats.... The irony of your words goddamn

[@DamnTastyVegan]

PNAS: filling people up with great science

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

why u think our nails grow like a rats teeth.. diggin in dirt, wears em right down

[@ChrisHobson916]

When I watch I’m usually listening to this in the background while I cook. The difference between backgrounds doesn’t matter to me. I also never knew those were leaves until I read it in a comment today 😎

[@WiseandVegan]

We are apes! Such a surprise...

[@cyclist5000]

Very Interesting!!! Also, I think your backdrop in this video is great.

[@jtell723]

I swear everyone would be so healthy if they just ate potato’s/sweet potatoes topped with some spinach and a handful of berries

[@granddaddyofthemall6320]

That's a starvation diet!

[@granddaddyofthemall6320]

@Daniel Meyers Plant don't contain fats. Plants have oils.

[@stevebuss69]

And you believe that because…

[@daniellerobertson7989]

@Daniel Meyers Recently looking at You Tube Microbiome info...I believe they were saying good bugs in your bowel need resistant starch to create "fats" that line the whole digestive system to keep bad pathogenic bugs from invading the body...I regret not taking notes so I could use the proper terms, but I think this is an accurate but simple translation 😅

[@daniellerobertson7989]

Oh, and I wasn't disagreeing about the seed oils...I think the oils they were mentioning the bacteria make was Medium Chain Fatty Acids, similar to Coconut oil...or the oils from Mother's Milk...

[@iis.1989]

Interesting. Thank you.

[@deepakhiranandani6488]

Very interesting and well explained. Thanks. About the green screen: I watch the videos regularly but don't remember that. Will check now.

[@adorable3817]

I don't know what the green screen looks like 😅

[@deepakhiranandani6488]

@@adorable3817 me too, I looked after posting the comment but couldn't find.

[@The8BitPianist]

I don't think you should put the green screen back up, I do like your backround like it is in this video. The leaves are great! Maybe you can improve on the set in the future with a different wall colour, more things in the backround, maybe a little more wood to make it warmer and comforting, to make it even better overall.

[@elpretender1357]

Well yes, I'm on a paleo diet. Do you want some baked yam with a sweet potato topping?

[@VeganWellnessTribe]

I enjoy the leaves as well as the green screen. Perhaps a mixture of both?

[@charlione2955]

It would be really ground-breaking if they discovered cave paintings of people cooking potato soups. oh no they mainly show hunting? well that's strange... Not denying plant eating here but your pushing plant only is really sad.

[@SnazzyArcade]

Eh you have to think hunting would be a source of pride and a big event. You woudn't paint someone going to the bathroom. We were never vegan (otherwise there would be one society on earth that is/was vegan), but it's still interesting to get some insight into what our ancestors may have eaten.

[@bobsmith3931]

Or...cave paintings depicting hunting could suggest hunting was more of a cultural/social status conferring act rather than a matter of survival. That is the current theory as to why some chimps hunt--to confer status, not because chimps need meat (they don't).

[@charlione2955]

It's funny to watch how you all try to change evolution /history to justify your life style. If you don't want to eat meat then don't. People ate meat, they need it, they evolved on it, more on fat than protein to be precise. there are at least 10 to 15 essential nutrients that you can't get from plants. I eat meat and always will be but I'm not denying that people ate plants. you try to say that we didn't eat or need meat Don't do that..

[@charlione2955]

@Jonah Whale Oh yes we do need meat. and vegans do kill other animals when growing their plants, and their monocropping way of food production does harm environment. end of story. having said that you do have the right to stop eating meat of course, just don't tell me it's better for the world or that I am in dark ages for saying that I need it.

[@charlione2955]

@Jonah Whale as I said earlier funny to watch

[@tvtalkwithavi]

Yeah your jokes are giving me notes of " I've been hanging out alone for a long time" it's okay though, you're still one of my favorite KZbinrs lol

[@MegaGreencarebear]

Come for the vegan science, stay for the lame jokes! 🙂

[@1PaulG1]

Solid Underground info, I dig it 🤘😜

[@sidilicious11]

The fact that our tongues have evolved to love sweet tasting foods means to me that plant foods were very important to our evolution. And Mike your vegan diet shows through your natural glowing healthiness.

[@granddaddyofthemall6320]

And we love the taste of meat. A steak on the gill without seasoning is delicious, plain plants are not.

[@granddaddyofthemall6320]

@Daniel Meyers My point is a plain steak taste better than plain plants.

[@granddaddyofthemall6320]

@Daniel Meyers Some fruit my taste ok. But you can't eat enough to be satiated. A steak you can eat enough to satisfy and sustain you. If you try to eat enough fruit to sustain you it will taste disgusting real quick.

[@granddaddyofthemall6320]

@Daniel Meyers My point was in response to the other person. About starches tasting good, so it must be our natural diet. That's why I brought up meat tasting better than starches to show under his view meat must be our natural diet. And it is, that's why y'all vegans want to replicate dead animal parts, and animal secretions ETC.

[@granddaddyofthemall6320]

@Daniel Meyers They taste good because they are cooked in oil. Oil is a cheap replication of animal fats. Wedges taste much better cooked in animal fat.