Influencers vs Epidemiologists: Money & Fame vs Science

[@NutritionMadeSimple]

No great scientist tells you to "ignore" entire fields instead of seeking to understand them

[@_razzmatazz]

Are you seeking to understand why all these carnivores supposedly feel so much better on the carnivore diet? Or are you just writing it off as 'oh, yeah it's an elimination diet, of course they'll feel better short term?' Maybe with some mutual understanding we could find an actionable way forward that works for the most people possible. Like idk, 4-6months carnivore/keto to kickstart the process followed by a slow/sustainable transition to mediterranean but with a 2 month keto stint once a year or something. Nah, let's just ignore and not try to understand why people are flocking to carnivore. Let's just ostracize them and suggest that they're going to die soon from it despite them feeling physically much better, being able to come off meds, etc, etc. That'll be helpful, right?

[@Parker_Miller_M.S.]

@@_razzmatazz carnivore is a fad diet that's bad for health long term and the planet. Short term weight loss and curing out ultraprocessed foods explains the vast majority of why people feel better. Anectodes are not at all meaningful when attempting to inform broader nutrition recommendations for the population if looked at in isolation.

[@someguy2135]

​@@_razzmatazzthe short-term benefits of switching to an all meat diet maybe the result of cutting out processed foods. The short-term benefits do not justify the long-term consequences. The only scientific Studies have been on populations we basically nothing but animals and what comes out of them and they live much shorter lives than those who eat a more varied diet

[@LinusBerglund]

​@@_razzmatazzi think you might have some survivorship bias. I know three people who tried carnivore diets. Two of them had to stop because they felt like shit and were - literally - shitting their pants. The third person says he feels fantastic, but it is probably the fifth diet that he felt fantastic on. He did keto which was fantastic. Then pescetarian, which was also fantastic. Then the Mind diet which was, you guessed it, fantastic. Then he did low carb vegetarian and felt fantastic. Now he is a carnivore since a couple of months and he is already having trouble adhering to it. Whenever he finds a diet he can adhere to I am certain he will feel fantastic. I am vegan since 15 years and I feel like shit, but I blame that on my three kids.

[@NutritionMadeSimple]

​@ Stories of low carb success, high carb success, low carb disasters, avoiding all fruit, eating noting but fruit, drinking one´s own urine or staring directly into the Sun make up half of my comment section Once we give all anecdotes the same weight & don´t hand-pick it becomes obvious why public recs aren't based on them

[@barokokolo]

The results of your expensive retirement hobby are so appreciated - this was not just illuminating but is also very welcome on the internet of today!

[@sw6118]

❤❤❤

[@George-z4d]

Chris's videos are the gold standard for nutritional content on KZbin. Thanks Chris!

[@Physionic]

Chris, I’m supposed to be working, not addicted to your newest video… 😛 @24:10 - I'm covering that study on the channel soon. :)

[@roaringchicken4219]

Haha, it’s always dangerous when Chris uploads on a weekday. Looks like I won’t be working for the next 44 minutes!

[@4124V4TA-SNPCA-x]

It's a healthy addiction. One of the rare ones, Nic. 😊

[@Mohan-v1v]

Hahaha!!! I expect more videos from you, Dr.

[@zombi3lif3]

No more slacking! You need to step up your game, to get an interview with Chris

[@4124V4TA-SNPCA-x]

@@zombi3lif3 They should rather do a joint dissection of a study. In a point where they find an important new study that's a perfect fit for both of them.

[@weston.weston]

This is one of my favorite KZbin channels. I am grateful for Chris's passion and drive.

[@StancyTalk]

It’s wild that there’s been no consequences for all of the misinformation that has been spread by these influencers.

[@lowbarbillcraig3689]

The consequences are felt by the audience - people who willingly consume "content" based on "this content creator tells me to eat what I like and pretend it's healthy" And the most popular of these content creators are the most aggressive & insulting/dismissive ones - the Bart Kays and (to a lesser extent) Ken Berrys

[@michaelchristensen2786]

No consequences seems to be today's standard for high profile criminals.

[@keithdow8327]

At least they weren't elected President.

[@birdboxlive5191]

Hahaha what an ironic statement the mainstream dietary advice has been misleading for decades and has caused pain and suffering. All for profit this guy is an asshole

[@alexurn2843]

@@keithdow8327TDS, get help. 😂😂

[@prieten49]

It just boggles the mind that non-epidemiologist "influencers" are taken seriously on anything to do with health and nutrition. Unless they are citing real epidemiologists, they should be laughed off the Internet. This is another great video on what we know and don't know. It's just outrageous that these influencers have so much influence and are pushing products they are paid to push. I don't know if fact and truth can ever break through in a social media environment like that. But Chris MacAskill is fighting the good fight...

[@mattzilla331]

This videos should be getting MILLIONS of views. I know a lot of ppl who think BUTTER and full fat milk and marbled red meat are good for you. Meanwhile they have health problems like high cholesterol diabetes but then just blame their genes. It's a real problem and it's killing ppl

[@someguy2135]

A diet high in animal products not only shortens lifespan but also healthspan

[@jaymehatfield9540]

@@someguy2135 interesting since I have outlived my parents by 20years, and 3 sets of same age cousins.

[@iwnunn7999]

I always like your vids before I watch them because you're consistent with quality and factually accurate content. You're one of the best.

[@frunikol]

Me too ❤❤❤

[@VeridianBlues]

Amazing! A new video - just what I need. :) Edit: @2:11 Sir...your life is an inspiration. I remember listening you talk about your life, how you got into Uni, about your work, your wife etc. You have a very deep knowledge about so many fields. You invite experts because you know there is always someone who knows more and we can all have our biases. This channel and Nutrition Made Simple are one of the best ones. The editing makes your channel so special and unique. There is something about the colour palette, the way you talk and the humor that is in parallel with mine. I really love your work. Thank you!

[@dj.h7424]

yes his interview with simon hill was marvellous.

[@MarkSpohr]

The Internet trolls favorite meme is "correlation does not equal causation". Thank you for this perspective on the issue.

[@StephenMarkTurner]

Many years ago, Dr Garth Davis in a discussion said that no one knows these scientists doing great work, but everyone knows you (referring directly to the 'butter in coffee guy').

[@Parker_Miller_M.S.]

The distain for epidemiology I see by "influencers" I suspect comes from 2 main things: 1) ignorance of the methods used and body of evidence, simply they just do not understand the nuances of the methods to interpret the results in the broader evidence; 2) influencers will do anything to continue supporting their own current bias which is only strengthened when they sell products like supplements. Awesome video Chris! Been looking forward to the next long form essay type video and you never disappoint!

[@eleuron]

The best way to be a visible influencer is to dispute a visible authority. It's really easy to "refute" epidemiology with rhetoric that is founded on vapor but that is difficult for any normal person to check. People believe passion over actual detailed quality of research.

[@Viva-Longevity]

@eleuron Exactly.

[@Viva-Longevity]

@Parker_Miller_M.S. Thank you. Episodes like this take a long time... Good thing I don't need to monetize, or I'd have to bang out shorter, easier episodes to make ends meet.

[@someguy2135]

Their public disdain is also the result of confirmation bias

[@brucejensen3081]

It's the amount of misinformation that they fed up to allow toxic junk to be allowed, and to ban non toxic natural substances. They are part of the problem of the synthetic world. Of course people want to bring them off their high horses and bring them down to their knees. When money talks, they are the bullshit that walks.

[@GreggBennett-j3p]

Back in the late 80’s when I was in grad school studying statistics in hopes of becoming an actuary, I stumbled upon a magical source of clear, applied explanations of a range of statistical testing techniques. The name of this magical source of clarity? The Journal of Epidemiology. Oh, the hours I spent photo copying and then studying those articles in the back of the Baruch College library. I have a warm spot in my heart for the data analytic mindset of epidemiologists. Great episode!

[@carmadefries3729]

Thank you for reference Dr. Greger’s work. 💚

[@brendasears9650]

It's great to be among "my people" here on your channel.. Much gratitude for your dedication!

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

Once again, love your videos and greatly appreciate them. 👏 I was happy to hear you mention Dr Knobbe. I have heard his lectures several times but I have always struggled with so many of his claims… I read studies on macular degeneration all the time and ..if anything, the research shows the opposite of what he tries to sell. The largest data sets on macular degeneration shows saturated fat is more strongly associated with advanced macular disease and only a nominal association with linoleic acid (seed oils).

[@Viva-Longevity]

Nice to see you here again! I'm not as good a source for this as Simon, but I'm a little bit stunned at the studies that look for circulating and tissue levels of linoleic acid, an essential fatty acid we must get from diet, and lower levels of CHD risk. I would have thought that it's such a marker of junk food, that to have high levels you must be eating chips and fries. But here's one of the papers: www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.038908

[@StickInMudd]

Your editing of these videos is impressive. Thank you for putting in the long hours to create this content.

[@hornsteinhof7592]

Thanks for pointing out the use of epidemiology in nutrition. As a nutritionist (and farmer) I believe it is often the strongest form of evidence we have, especially in fields where there's no monetary incentive to perform intervention studies.

[@Viva-Longevity]

Thanks. For the life of me, I can't understand the comments about epi being weak. I trust it more than interventional studies for food, although they complement each other and the combo beats either one alone.

[@BM1982.V2]

That, and it's near impossible to run interventional studies on diseases that take decades to develop. Intervention studies can show biomarkers changing in the short term, but only epidemiological studies can show long term effects. The thing is too, the intervention trials agree with the epidemiological data. Intervention studies show cause and effect on various foods for biomarkers such as ApoB, while the epidemiological studies show that this elevated Cholesterol and the same foods leads to higher rates of heart disease. Both data sets are important but neither can replace the other. They work best for different situations.

[@jayjaymcfly7475]

The USA has a problem with bad „health influencers“. Or maybe „bad health“ influencers. I am german and I have not at all found this many people giving wrong advice on nutrition here. Of course there is quacks over here giving stupid advice to the „alternative health“ community (the globuli crowd…) but the whole carnivore thing is just so American. We also don’t have this large crowd of flat earthers and creationists and so on. Maybe because we have still a somewhat functioning school system. The sheer amount of misinformation you guys have is unheard of over here

[@Rad6866]

My thoughts exactly

[@4124V4TA-SNPCA-x]

And politicians as well. If only it was exclusively American...

[@jamiepitcher2055]

Not just the US.. It's on the internet so it's spreading like wildfire

[@Aland12345]

Imagine a world with more people like Chris. Okay, now back to reality.

[@ToniMacAskill]

Chris thinks that perhaps 80% of nutrition consumed on the Internet comes from just 10 nutrition influencers (strangely, all men), much of it misinformation. He's working on the math.

[@JaredTeems]

This is a fantastic episode! One of my top 5 favorites on this channel! Keep up your expensive retirement hobby, I learn so much.

[@Viva-Longevity]

Thanks! I can't believe how much time I spent on it. 🫣 Oh well, elders like me need something to keep them occupied. 😁

[@keithdow8327]

@@Viva-Longevity I am glad your hobby is keeping you off the streets and out of trouble. Actually I guess it isn't.

[@yashtiwari_gi2ky]

Thank you so much! I've heard a lot from online influencers saying 'epidemiology is trash' and 'correlation doesn't equate causation.' I love how you point out the problems with interventional trials in nutrition studies. Interventional trials are absolutely good for drug testing, but for nutrition studies, they're not ideal. In my opinion, a long-term epidemiological study well-controlled for confounding variables should be just as valuable, or even more valuable, than interventional studies.

[@mayammink]

ugh even just seeing eric berg (scientologist) on the thumbnail makes me cringe. I used to follow his advice many years ago and got really sick

[@peterfialka5315]

These folks are just something else. I heard a long debate with Ken Berry. I can’t stand hearing him anymore

[@rjaquaponics9266]

@@peterfialka5315 What about Dr. Steven Gundry??? Many people quote him daily. He's rich because you listen to him about your bad diet! It makes me sick! Ignorance is bliss!

[@peterfialka5315]

@ at him I laugh. Cause something about him is just comical. But this kind such as Berry, Chaffee those are the ones who make me angry for some reason

[@someguy2135]

There is a huge difference between a scientist and a Scientologist. I grew up in a religion known as Christian Science but it also has nothing to do with real science I am now an agnostic atheist and I believe in real science

[@misslayer999]

Berg is also a chiropractor, not a real doctor! His son has some very interesting things to say about him

[@michelle_cen]

Buckle your seatbelts, this is a wild one!

[@JaxObsessed]

Amen, sister!!! :D

[@charlesfleeman1765]

Chris’s videos always lead me to more educational videos and books. I can easily disregard any pop culture personality by limiting myself to educators and educational material, which I do. None of those pop public relations and marketing people in the lite-con business are educational. They are snake oil sellers, which is a business with a long tradition in US history.

[@perrydimes6915]

I'm enjoying the wide variety of topics on this channel recently, but the videos around these themes -- saturated fat, epidemiology, Mediterranean diet, Ancel Keys, etc -- were the ones that made a really significant impact on my lifestyle and made me a fan. No pun intended -- it's the bread and butter of this channel!

[@masher1042]

As usual, i can't resist watching your video around midnight my time. Super satisfying watching how you debunked misinformation. Many thanks!

[@chewiewins]

THE one video everyone looking for nutrition video online should watch first. Amazing, thank you

[@peterbedford2610]

I much prefer to listen to actual researchers doing the work. I don't need nor want a middleman.

[@TerriYeske]

"Influencers" are like religious zealots in that they pick and choose the "facts" that support their opinions. Please continue the fight against this atrocious misinformation.

[@TXDHC]

Not just their opinion! They choose their facts based upon their bank accounts as well! 🤑🤑🤑

[@visi7891]

influencers r just unpaid+confused lobbyists

[@birdboxlive5191]

Calling Doctors influencers haha. What dismissive crap

[@carmen4plants]

Another fantastic and well researched video. I still am shocked that this is not the main stream way to eat or at least recommended

[@jeff01922]

Once again, thanks for another great video. It takes a passionate person to work on their videos during a family vacation. Keep up the great work but do try to enjoy your vacations lol.

[@devonthorson5944]

It’s hard not to be cynical, but it seems like a certain Upton Sinclair quote applies to many of the carnivore enthusiast influencers when they beat the drum that epidemiological studies have no relevance on establishing cause.

[@brianrcVids]

Brilliant esposide, Chris. Thanks for all you do!

[@breft3416]

Excellent, as usual! The last segment on the dough and who makes it is, for lack of a better term, pure gold.

[@Viva-Longevity]

Actually, that term made me laugh out loud! 😅

[@christophervann]

Great! I was really glad to see you call out Peter Attia. I was a big fan of Sam Harris' app Waking Up, but when he presented Peter Attia as a health expert who recommends 2-3 times the daily amount of protein intake as the dietary guidelines, and deer jerky, I wrote to Sam and complained. I guess Sam was too busy rubbing elbows to reply, and so I canceled my subscription; I guess bro science and bro spirituality go hand in hand.

[@michelle_cen]

Glad you wrote to Sam about it! We need more people calling out Attia

[@christophervann]

​@@michelle_cen Thanks Michelle, it's nice to have a reply from you; I've watched a couple of your interviews with Dr. Peter Rogers. Thanks for your work.

[@michelle_cen]

@ You’re welcome 🙏🤗

[@XeniaAidonopoulou]

Yeah, I didn't like either of those two.... both seemed to be saying mucb of nothing at all...

[@vegangames3468]

Ewwww. Peter Attia. Greasy salesman.

[@SALVATl0N]

Anyone who uses the word "foolishness" in their argument is automatically disqualified 😂

[@thespiritualistoslo]

Such a good episode - LOVE it!

[@JesseStLouis]

Thank you for your well crafted video

[@soniashapiro4827]

You've added years to our life and life to our years, from blood donations to dietary changes made because of your well explained arguments. Thank you. and thanks to your charming family for not discouraging you.

[@SALVATl0N]

Fantastic video Chris! One of your best.

[@bill2292]

I love your channel Chris, Thank you!! It's such a breath of fresh air to listen to you bring clarity to the noise of nutrition science.

[@thomas6502]

Thank you so much Chris et al. Please never stop never stopping! Viva longevity.

[@bethanyfenton2822]

I appreciate the work you guys’ do! Thank you!

[@iwnunn7999]

Anecdote... I stopped eating animal protein about 12 years ago and tho I've cut back, I still eat sugar and some processed food. All of my labs are consistently good. After abusing sugar over the holidays, i expected my labs in January to be dismal. They weren't. All good. For me I think meat is the villain. Meat plus sugar is a toxic concoction. That being said, I'm still working on cutting sugar and processed food out of my diet.

[@carinaekstrom1]

I'd say anything without fiber is a missed opportunity to eat something better.

[@moestietabarnak]

Yet, Human eat meat since forever... sugar is a VERY RECENT invention! and Diabetes is too much SUGAR in the blood, not too much meat !

[@michellea55]

I think sugar is like the seed oils. If it's in junk food then yeah it's bad for you. But in fruit it's not. Cutting the meat and processed food makes your labs look better.

[@Ben-ts7ut]

Thanks for taking the time to make these videos!

[@teri2466]

Brilliant! Thank you so much for explaining this in clear terms. ❤

[@miken1463]

Thanks for putting this out there. I appreciate your work and excellent honest delivery. No agenda just trying to inform.

[@ananavarrete7218]

You are a light in this crazy world Chris please don’t stop this wonderful job!!!

[@ElizabethHarlow-j1w]

I’m not usually a commenter but I always “like” the videos. Thank you so much for your work!!! I need to comment more for the algorithm if nothing else.

[@Viva-Longevity]

Thank you, Elizabeth. 🙂

[@sittingfrogleg]

Excellent video again, offering clear information about a complex topic and entertaining to watch. Much needed, thank you!

[@Psychophski]

Best video of 2025!

[@WFPB_4_Life]

👏👏👏

[@DobrinWorld]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you very much! ❤

[@JohnMoseley]

The timing of this is crazy for me. Yesterday I was out with a friend, a meat eater but not into fad diets, who vigorously disputed my nutritional reasons - most derived from watching this channel - for being vegan. His line: almost nothing is really known with any certainty about nutrition. His main argument: 'Correlation is not causation.' Has Walter Benjamin's Angel of the Library migrated to the internet? Well prepared by my immersion in this channel, I made my case on the spot: yes, you can and must infer causality if the data sets are large enough, cover enough time and space and take account of other possible causal factors. Glad to see it backed up here with such rigor and authority. I'll try to report back if my friend has any response

[@Viva-Longevity]

Thank you. I think David Michaels' amazing book, The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception, explains 90% of how Americans came to believe nothing is known about nutrition.

[@JohnMoseley]

@@Viva-Longevity Thanks, Chris. I'll try to look that up at some point. The idea of philosophical 'doubt' has been so grotesquely instrumentalised and distorted - as in fact has 'correlation is not causation,' a much trickier and less blunt instrument when it made its first appearance - that I know of - in David Hume's philosophy. My friend is an always interesting and sometimes very instructive contrarian who worked on some government nutritional guidelines in the country where I live. Some of what he said reminded me of your description of how the EU worked out its official (and misleading) definition of 'wholemeal/whole wheat/wholegrain'. I can well imagine how working in that field could lead one to kind of throw up one's hands and say, 'Nobody knows anything and no information is trustworthy.'

[@Viva-Longevity]

You reminded me of Jacob (Yak) Yerushalmy, the (in)famous bio statistics professor at UC Berkeley, who was the lead author of the very famous 22 country paper the low carb community cites often. He denied a causal link between smoking and lung cancer until the day he died in 1973.

[@JohnMoseley]

@ Wow! Funny how that doesn't come up when people are using that study to try to claim Ansel Keys distorted the data.

[@JohnMoseley]

@@Viva-Longevity Just to note: I replied to this, not saying much more than 'Wow!' and the comment's gone. KZbin's gotten really funny like that. Anyway, I appreciate that little nugget on Yerushalmy.

[@chrisi4517]

Thank you so much for your work. So informative and interesting. If only more people could take the time to watch what you produce.

[@mcanultymichelle]

I can’t believe I believed some of those quacks. Thanks for showing me the truth.👍👍👍

[@Viva-Longevity]

Thank you. Unfortunately, I think 80% of nutrition-related views on KZbin are from ~10 men, and their stuff mostly doesn't survive fact checking.

[@mcanultymichelle]

@@Viva-Longevity just to let you know I’ve changed to plant based with a little bit of fish👍

[@alexurn2843]

@@mcanultymichelle Pescatarians are one of the longest living people!!

[@TangoMasterclassCom]

Thanks for this great video and all the wonderful work you do! Love the new name of the channel as well.

[@blairbabylon8504]

LOL "There is guy who tracks them down and asks them questions to their face!" LOL

[@krista9835]

So thankful for you, Chris!!😊

[@HaveaGreatDayEveryone]

Reminder: Your doing KZbin to actually help people instead of marketing to them. Also, Karma! So, thank you from me, a subscriber.

[@Viva-Longevity]

Thank you. Love your name. It would actually be more fun to make videos on AI, space, etc., but I do feel this is so important and other people can cover those topics better than I can.

[@eg7647]

Wow Chris! Great info, the scenery was amazing too! As far as national treasures go you are right up there with Marion!

[@Viva-Longevity]

Thanks! But I am not worthy. She did blog about my episodes, though. That was nice.

[@cgillit]

Great video as always. I've also noticed that the "correlation does not equal causation" mantra is uh .... selectively apllied in the health influencer sphere. They definitely don't mind correlative evidence when it's confirming their priors or fits their brand.

[@thelaststylebender1678]

There is no aspect in medicine where you using correlation wish weak effect sizes from observational studies to make causal inferences. The effect size for cigarette smoking for cancer is about 30-fold. The effect size for anything these vegans claim isn’t even 2. That’s the difference. And when we actually do experiments between low carb and health, we see many benefits.

[@cgillit]

@@thelaststylebender1678 Ugh, yeah, that's addressed in the video. It's an old talking point. They used effect sizes below 2 to determine trans fats were causative to heart disease (along with many other pieces of supporting evidence).

[@Viva-Longevity]

@thelaststylebender1678 👆 Didn't watch the episode.

[@philhunt168]

Fantastic stuff, I learned so much, and so entertaining too

[@Rendasd]

I swear sir, you and your channel are saving lives by the work that you do! God bless you, your family and your team for doing this for us viewers.

[@whyabadi]

Your videos are always the highlight of my day. You are a treasure.

[@johnholland294]

Hi Chris Been following you for nearly 3 years now from downtown Brisbane. Love your scientific drilling down to expose the superficial BS. Mixing dry humour is the "desert" following the "meal". Please keep it up. Fond regards and thanks.

[@Viva-Longevity]

Oh, Brisbane! Love that city. ♥️

[@rjaquaponics9266]

The fact of killing an animal to steal their flesh is disgusting to me. I am ashamed I worked as a sous chef when I was young. I didn't learn "flesh is not food" until I was 49 years old where I went vegan over night after watching Gary Yourofsky's video on YT. Too late though, I was only a few years away from a stroke due to sleep Apnea and high blood pressure. I lost so much, but I lived because I went vegan. Every test wanted to prove heart disease. I was clean because I went vegan! I wish I could have learned my lesson earlier! I was a "meatasorass" which nearly ended by life! Blood lusting is nearly impossible to defeat! It's the tongue's fault!

[@eleuron]

This comment is not helping the cause of scientific discourse.

[@rjaquaponics9266]

@@eleuron truth isn't always convenient!

[@thriving_mjn]

Would you apply the shame and disgust also to ants, lions, dogs, cats, owls and similar? Or do you think its only immoral for humans to do it, somehow?

[@zombi3lif3]

Thanks Chris! 🥦

[@masucci61]

We need you Chris, keep ‘em coming !

[@amp9672]

*See Chris’s video on my feed* “Ooooooh this is gonna be so goood”

[@Hollysuzette33]

You are such a treasure. Much love

[@ade1963]

Thank you, Chris. Your hard work is always appreciated.

[@XeniaAidonopoulou]

Awesome Chris... No wonder we all love you... ❤ PS I loved the part about 3 of the epidemiologists living to such advanced ages.... ❤

[@michellea55]

I'm thankful for your hobby! As usual I am entertained while learning something, my favorite combination.

[@robertbrown6531]

Riveting stuff Chris, I'll keep coming back to this when I feel the tug of the dark side!

[@user-hr8ed9qy1f]

Thank yoy Chris and your dear wife for sharing your retirement hobby with the world and bringing truth to combat greed and misinformation.

[@frunikol]

💚🌱🌱🌱🌱 love love LOVE this 💚. Keep up the good work 💪🏼

[@maxwelljacob3002]

Great video as always, you do such a good job in these types of videos breaking down how science is being purposely misinterpreted by influencers. I’d like to hear your take on how the mistrust in establishment science and medicine is in part due to predatory capitalism-health insurance especially, but also how the publish or perish model in academic science holds back our scientists. Easy to be conned by snake oil salesmen when the system doesn’t look out for the average person just trying to get by.

[@Viva-Longevity]

You know, I couldn't make episodes like this if I had to make a living at it. It takes too much time. I'd have to bang out shorter, less well fact-checked episodes more often. And that's the situation with most scientists. Unless they have truly impressive funding from the NIH like Harvard and Framingham have, they have to bang out inferior, less expensive studies frequently and accept funding from conflicted sources. Gah. That's why I feel it's so important to focus on the landmark studies and thoroughly understand them. Which means, you're not reading thousands of studies as Nina claims she does, you're deep diving on the great ones.

[@WFPB_4_Life]

WOW! What a fantastic video! Thank you so much for all of the time and expense you put into your amazing YT channel.💚💚💚💚 And thanks for recommending Scott Carney channel...I haven't heard of him prior to seeing him in your video, but I just subscribed and I'm going to binge!

[@ThylakoidsRGo]

Beautiful gag with the cigarette smoke, Chris 😂

[@Viva-Longevity]

Thanks! I wondered what people would think who just listen and not watch. Did they think I have a cough?

[@Avianthro]

Meat-eating influencers: "We have a preconceived notion that red meat is good for you. Therefore any study suggesting otherwise must be pure foolishness."

[@bubkabubka]

Chris is an American treasure. Thank you so much for all you do.❤

[@woodlandfairy5270]

This is really and excellent overview of how to find truth. I don't know why so many people aren't interested in doing that....

[@Viva-Longevity]

You know, I think ~10 nutrition influencers on KZbin are responsible for ~80% of views, and to be charitable, they are not the pinnacle of accuracy. We must really want to believe we don't have to eat our veggies. 🤷‍♂️

[@philhunt168]

Great to see Scott Carney make a cameo too

[@brucejensen3081]

For me, the part of how food is grown just seems to be dismissed. Like meat grown on 50% legume, 30% herb, 10% tree, 10% grass is lumped in with the grain or grass fed junk. Like if you are going study the effect of meat, study meat coming from healthy animals. Same with flora, plants grown in soil in a regenerative style where old plants roots feed the life down there, plenty of habitat for preditors, permaculture, etc compared to people eating hydroponic shit are going to give vastly different results. When people are eating maccas cause it tastes better than what appears to be real food, but clearly it isnt, there is a problem. Agronomists are the problem, its why there is no real food, then real food is not being used in these studies. Then you expect us to trust the results. No way

[@TheSuperDoum]

Great video as always, thank you so much

[@elpretender1357]

Best part of your videos besides the great quality information is the random exotic locations. I swear one of these days we will see you recording from the north pole

[@pavolhorvath7850]

Just when I thought of stoping procrastinating, the work has to wait for another 44 minutes.

[@Viva-Longevity]

😅

[@plants_and_wellness1574]

More videos like this 🎉 thank you 🙏 ❤

[@markmorgan8416]

This is so good! It is super helpful.

[@stevef6523]

Keep up the good fight Chris! You've changed my life and opened my eyes using my favorite topic, science! All of it, not just the sexy, headline grabbing stuff.

[@marktest7266]

Good job on that one 👍 Missed your interesting and knowledgeable videos. Thank you 🙂

[@dg8828]

Great episode - Thanks for the reference to Scott Carney - I will be checking him out.

[@michelaustin7792]

Nice one Chris again … thank you! Xxxm👍💋❤️🍒

[@nicholashariades4611]

Another really informative video. Thanks.

[@haroldpierre1726]

Wow. I didn't know you were involved with NEXT. I remembered using it in college. It was revolutionary. Our modern computers are based on some innovations from NEXT like their browser, GUI, etc. Very impressive!!

[@Viva-Longevity]

Yeah, do I ever have some stories to tell!!

[@XeniaAidonopoulou]

We would love to hear them.... As long as we could be helped to sonewhat understand them of course ...

[@haroldpierre1726]

@ The enginerd in me wants to hear it all!

[@Galahad_Augevit]

Chris, I made some cool nutrition history finds at the vintage book store. Do you have an office address to ship them to..?

[@Viva-Longevity]

Awesome! Can you email me? chris at vivalongevity , com at the end.

[@ifyousayso4526]

Thank you for everything!