Telomeres - Cap It All Off with Diet

[@balderdashery1]

I would be completely lost trying to read all the science. It is great you do that for us and then break it down so even I can understand it. Thank you!

[@powerbound4162]

He brakes down only the things that support what he's saying, there's plenty of contradicting research also and these are not the only factors but as far as I can tell the research is somewhat true

[@nachisuper]

Power Bound can you provide one (yes, just one) example of studies contradicting what he states in this video?

[@VeganWalk]

The bottom line is Dr. Greger does offers us the most thorough, vastly covered, meta-analysis, everything else is just isolated garbage, kind of like isolated proteins... sort of...

[@thebody4746]

It is indeed a laborious task. I still read medical literature, but Nutritionfacts is an invaluable asset in this regard.

[@alcyonae]

Achaeos Salisbury I can’t hear you over the length of my telomeres 😂 we’ll see which group will have the longest life expectancy soon enough. Meanwhile, I’m happy if you linked me to an equally reputable and well sourced science communicator, I’ll be waiting 😜

[@thebudkellyfiles]

Dr. Michael Gregor is the Mozart of human nutrition.

[@ratfacekick]

How do we still get the "You need meat!" argument, with science like this out there. It's mind blowing.

[@SolitaryReaper666]

an easy argument for such people is - if this were true all the vegans would have died long ago ) while in fact they're doing much much better than omnivores

[@cruciferousvegetable]

That argument is brought to you by the same people who brought us cigarettes and global warming.

[@skillfuldabest]

cruciferousvegetable i'm a vegan, and sorry man, but man made global warming is a scam. The scientists who push this on us are only looking at the past 200 years, which is really nothing of a sample size. Also, plants love CO2 so the higher CO2 levels we have the better plants grow. Not to mention that CO2 levels and temperature used to be much higher in the past if you look back furtherr than the last 200 years. Also, just to blow your mind, there have been times where CO2 levels were much higher AND at the same time temperatures have been much lower than what we are experiencing right now. This whole climate change (climate is always changing regardless of humans) propaganda is to introduce new government regulations and inforce a carbon tax to squeeze us for even more money.

[@ethanc4603]

skillfuldabest Check out Gregg Braden - Deep Truth for real info about "global warming"

[@ShopCultureCouture]

skillfuldabest Are you serious? The amount of CO2 that is being released based on our fossil fuel consumption is higher than anything the earth has previously seen. And not all of that CO2 is released into the atmosphere, about half is sucked into the deep ocean when it acidifies the water, wrecking having on the ecosystem and calcifying the coral reefs. This creates a 'bottom up' ecological affect that is detrimental to biodiversity and coastal populations, among other issues.

[@TheJust22az]

Thanks to Dr Greger, I am vegetarian with occasional wild salmon but I am making my way to the plant based lifestyle. So all you vegans please do not be so judgemental of us who need some time to get to a total plant based diet.

[@darkmatters9163]

Michael, your video's, commitment to educating people about food and it's relation to disease etc., has changed my life and the lives of numerous, previously (through no fault of their own) ignorant individuals. You are a truly altruistic person and whenever I can I try to spread the word. Thank you so much for your continued efforts to help educate and, who knows, one day we may be able to reverse the damage we've done to our bodies and the planet through eating trash, junk food. Epic - food revolution has well and truly taken off, thanks to you and like-minded heroes.

[@ThisSaturatedMind]

One of the best videos yet, at least a highly shareable one.

[@1too3fore]

I was a meat eater, had terrible health issues, went low fat vegan, lost a bunch of weight, felt great. Then I switched back! Gained 30 lbs and problems returned. Now am low fat vegan again, lost the 30 lbs in 4 months and am now walking 7+ miles per day, feel great again. Wish I never fell off the wagon!

[@powerbound4162]

So I was a OMNIVORE never had any health issues because I instead of gaining fat exercised still am a omnivore still don't have any problems your problem wasn't the meat but the weight

[@walkingmonument]

I have a suspicion that eating whole food plant based gives you similar results that are being found in fast mimicking diets (FMD) because the food is calorically less dense while simultaneously, nutritionally more dense.

[@PrInCeSsuk8]

Veganism is fasting

[@gregoryskaff4718]

I am a really big follower of you and I am really surprised that you did not include the University of Chicago research that Telomeres grow while in a fasting state. I would be very interested in your thoughts either supporting or debunking the study. Thank you.

[@heindlwest]

This may explain the "spiritual" glow of youth I couldn't quite explain when I went to a mainly plant based diet while exercising. The telomeres certainly would effect every bodily system (skin and ect). My general moods were so much better while eating plant based foods as 90% or more of my diet. I only used veganism as a cleansing period, followed by a 10% or less animal/oil/sweetened foods allowance. This was a very interesting and important time of my mid life, as it demonstrated to me the way eating choices cross-impact the bigger scope of one's health and even one's feeling of one' own life force.

[@nachisuper]

“Starting a cocaine habit, getting tuberculosis” - lmao I always lose my shit with those comments.

[@MarcellaSmithVegan]

i was Vegetarian for 23 yrs, then Vegan the past 6 yrs, I'm sedentary and Obese, my Birth age is 59 yrs old... my Telemere age is 41 yrs!!! haha, Dr Greger is Right, Vegan is the way baby!

[@alessandrafarias6906]

obese people are not considered healthy.....some vegans eat processed sugar on a daily basis and think it is ok......but it is not....

[@catherinezuppero7609]

Excellent, Doc! Love all your lectures and share them to my social media / F.B. Grateful for your service to mankind! Love to you, your family and your staff.

[@LoveSeaNights]

your website and your channel really came from god! i´m so happy that i can watch your videos and finally know the truth...

[@SpiritualReform]

Nah, it was me that sent him down here, and without wings that is.

[@bangturden7070]

actually, it came from science, not god. ;)

[@kamalaji1008]

EXCELLENT VID. Thanks doc for investing so much time and energy into researching all of this. You are a global treasure.

[@dennisfink2619]

Excellent work as usual Dr. Greger!

[@wkorn89]

Hi Dr greger, can I add subtitle to this in Italian please? I would like to share it with my italian relatives...

[@BoratOsama]

Best health video ever!

[@EliasAlucard]

It's all about the telomeres ;) And raw food veganism is the best pro-telomere diet. Just eat a lot of shelled hemp seeds, wild blueberries, some kale, tomato and garlic.

[@EliasAlucard]

@Achaeos Salisbury They misrepresented the evidence in what way, and according to whom? It's not like NutritionFacts is alone in saying veganism is good for our telomeres. Forks Over Knives came to the same conclusion, based on the China study.

[@Joy-ym3mx]

Thank you for teaching this which is worth the weight in gold, if not more 🥰

[@profd65]

God bless that poor girl who lost her life to that disease.

[@Quasar502]

These are amazing results. Maybe I still have hope. lol

[@finallyawakened3350]

This was wonderful!

[@dronepilotcanadian6427]

I had no idea that this was affecting me in such a positive way I just wanted my energy levels to go up and get into shape so I changed my diet to 80 - 90 % plant based for that purpose . I thought I just had good genetics but it turns out there may be more to it . I have friends I haven't seen in a few years that say I look younger than when they last saw me and I didn't want to offend them but they seemed to age exponentially , I still said they looked great but that's just being proper . I looked back at pictures of myself and they look like future pics of myself, I'm not even kidding . It's got to be the food , I eat lots of broccoli every day cauliflower spinach all that good stuff and cut out the junk started drinking almond milk eating Greek yogurt and drinking green tea . I made a lot of other changes too but the list would be long . point is , I made a little change one step at a time and it did seem to have a profound effect on my esthetics and my general health . I accidentally stumbled onto something that actually works just by making better diet choices and I feel fulfilled not lacking in anything. This wasn't even my intention as I said I was just trying to get into shape and the diet changes came with that . This video just tells me I'm on the right track . thanks doc you rock !

[@karenpeace8679]

excellent information, thankyou : )

[@godemperormeow8591]

IMMORTALITY!

[@sauroman1]

Vegan is only moral and right way eat

[@konstantinkesper7387]

Killer video!

[@Ryansarcade9]

Thx

[@1156511]

Knocked it out of the park - again.

[@forisma]

Thank you!

[@Piggy8282]

Awesome!

[@Melanie____]

Great you tube! But it seems the study’s aren’t consistent. What caused the telomere difference in the twins? Excercise no diet. What causes the telomere difference in the last study? Diet no excercise.

[@WhatTheHeckTV]

can you do a study with ormuss,and monotonic gold

[@pedecia]

Thank you very much Doctor.

[@4gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt]

You capitalist pig!

[@mr.random8447]

I read that those with higher cholesterol actually live longer. Also vegetable oils are oxidized more easily. While saturated fats don’t. I’ll take saturated fats any day

[@RARA-kf2qw]

Its all so confusing bro

[@ilkerpazarbas1110]

Dean Ornish published his research in 2008 and Caitlin Mason published his research in 2013. As Dr. Greger said, when you put these two papers in front of you, it seems that diet is the major point. But we can't say this, because Ornish's article is about telomerase, Mason's article is about telomeres. Can we be sure that the diet is the point? And Ornish published another paper from the same study in 2013 (after 5 years) and yes, the telomeres lengthened! But it is 5 years! As a nutritionist, I wouldn't say the major point is diet...

[@AndrewPawley11]

I love this channel!

[@jenniferkurtisteacher5964]

Mind blowing. Ths

[@rr7firefly]

William Burroughs! He isn't dead after all. (Loved you in Laurie Anderson's "Sharkey's Night)

[@XxxX-wx3er]

So we can’t eat fish??

[@Jules_Affane]

The study includes 4 groups ! from where have you brought the 5th group ????????????!!!

[@amosk124]

little to no change in telomere length over a year? could that be a good thing? also why compare change in length over a year to activity increase over 3 months? im all for a plant based diet, these facts seem like they could be intentionally confusing and biased?

[@cassioam]

Is that why every low-carber I know starts to look 10 years older when they reach their early 40s?

[@wanashthegash]

Mathieu Gagné Then again the most long lived socities we have on this planet are predominatibly plant based :)

[@reformedknight7506]

No , it's seventh day adventist's in Loma Linda . Iceland isn't even in Blue Zones .

[@katzensindweich3505]

O M G thank you this is money in your pocket!

[@AstralS7orm]

So what's the estimated total extra years for a vegan diet? Anyone bothered to calculate that and then verify with epidemiology?

[@powerbound4162]

+Victor Crosswell dude everyone's more fit than most teens, as I say to most my pears run or I'll just have to attack you with a big stick until you do because you people have some major health issues

[@mandolinJo]

What about KETO ????

[@damonstoudamiree]

Interessante!

[@grandgamingexhilarating]

I eat after every 6 hrs a day not caring about fat or whatever except I almost always consume home-made food. My weight is stuck at 73 kg and BMI 22.53 an ideal for a height of 1.8m. Now I want to get ahead of the 40-45 lb weightlifting mark in the gym but strangely I can't as my weight remains stuck at 73 kg and does not increase denoting no increase in muscle mass. I know I need to take taurine. I'm trying red bull on alternate days. Hope it'll work but I'm skeptical about its risks. So should I continue drinking it?

[@Maxlump]

you should not take any animal products at all

[@grandgamingexhilarating]

max lump ok

[@grandgamingexhilarating]

ill remain away from redbull.

[@ahmadhadder874]

Advice: Do more veggies than fruits

[@powerbound4162]

Hey exercise and weight lose did get a better result,then the base

[@ev..]

It is not only the telomers but also DNA methylation.

[@caroline61804]

if they study palm oil and coconut oil vs meat

[@winterhell2002]

What about olive oil? Is that bad too?

[@Melanie____]

Olive oil is primarily unsaturated fat. And it’s fantastic for longevity. Most oil becomes carcinogenic at deep fry tempretures. Extra virgin olive oil is fairly heat resistant and fairly stable at these temperatures.

[@powerbound4162]

Well ok how much time does this exactly buy, because unless it at minimum buys me 100 years I'm not even going to consider giving up my meat, I always say it's more fun to live with no regrets a short life then a long life with regrets

[@powerbound4162]

+Melanie Willard nah dude aside from holidays only 30 % is meat what I meant by my comment is that this implies that you have to fully give up on meat or else the effects will be a lot less effective

[@Vunderbread]

Power Bound I hear ya, satisfaction is crucial. But at least in my experience, I used to love meat, but I get infinitely more satisfaction with my current vegan diet. Because it tastes just as good, but it makes you feel so much better in general. It's not just heart disease and cancer risk, that's far-down-the-road stuff for most people. There's dozens of little things too. Less inflammation, more energy, clearer head, faster workout recoveries, fewer headaches, cramps, I never get sick even when my friends/coworkers do, etc.

[@gf4353]

HAPPINESS IS A STATE OF MIND.

[@ilkerpazarbas1110]

how can we conclude that % 28 more telomerase activity after 3 months is better than % 0.1 shorter telomeres after one year?

[@Maxlump]

please take your negative influence away , some people may be considering improving there diet on the strength of this video and you are possibly making them think twice.

[@ilkerpazarbas1110]

Dean Ornish has published the second report of the same study in 2013 (the first was in 2008), and it was not only telomerase activity but also telomere length. but not as clear as telomerase activity. As a nutritionist and researcher, I think I can discuss that point. (Dear patients, I can claim that plant based diet works pretty well)

[@wellbeingpromotor1157]

I am working on a diet that increases telomerase, Glutathion level and HGH.I am sure that the three combinded work way better.

[@erzascarlet626]

So not a lot of coconut?

[@suzanned99]

Nah, no coconut oil.

[@thomasranjit7781]

In my place in India we use coconut oil for cooking, lot of people live about 85 to 90 years of age .

[@1983SMOGGY]

is shea butter good to cook with if not anyone have any good suggestions please

[@tamcon72]

I don't think shea butter is edible!

[@iwasborntobefly]

tamcon72 people have been cooking with the shea nut for years. cocoa butter is what makes up chocolate. but you would have to get one that is okay for consumption.

[@tamcon72]

iwasborntobefly Where? Shea has traditionally been used for cosmetics--as a hair moisturizer in sub-Saharan Africa, for example--but it has no culinary application. Unlike coconut oil, say. Cacao butter, which you inexplicably mention at the same time, is unrelated to the shea nut.

[@iwasborntobefly]

look it up. you don't know what you're talking about. shea has different applications - oil and leaves used internally for medicinal and culinary purposes. at least do a google search for crying out loud. i used cocoa butter as an example of another edible butter that we think of as a cosmetic but is used in cooking.

[@tamcon72]

iwasborntobefly I did do a Google search[though I already know about shea as I have bought the unrefined kind to use as moisturizer from an African immigrant for years]. Shea is not traditionally used for cooking because it is generally difficult to purify. Cocoa butter has been used for food primarily, and cosmetically only more recently. This is a stupid discussion, and we should both be saying to the op that, as culinary grade shea butter is hard to find, use coconut oil for cooking instead. Jeez.

[@superpierrot]

Thank you ! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere

[@PrInCeSsuk8]

Because veganism is same as fasting

[@FLOridany07]

You are what you eat.

[@alessandrafarias6906]

we are what our microbiome absorbs....if you don`t take care of your biome and create a symbiotic environment you might not absorb the nutrients

[@chrissychrissy2649]

But so... I eat a lot of veggies but also some meat. Like 3-6 ounces a day. Why do we have to go so extreme and be vegan just to get enough vegetables?

[@dalepackwood]

my mom is 93 eats oatmeal every morning but the rest of her meals are anything she wants, however she has digestive problems that would go away if she would go 100 % plant based--- it improves quality o life---when i eat 100% plant diet my psa test keeps going down and when i eat only 2 meals a month ( pizza or burgers extra) it starts going back up ---i learned to cook great tasting starch foods so i dont feel deprived--- dr mcdoughal makes a great point -- you have to enjoy your food or you wont stay on your diet.

[@ourmodernworldofficial]

1:11 Chromosones? Not telomeres?

[@Hisloyalservantslistenlove613c]

Sarcasm + bad words + mockery of other doctors

[@bijanfletcher3937]

lmao i just got done eating a SHIT ton of exactly what he said not to eat

[@robertstane5823]

When I observe vegan cultures like India, I see that they are very skinny and weak. But when I observe the dairy loving Scandinavian people they are strong and the longest living. I think this vegan presentation is bogus...

[@spliter227]

Blatantly ignorant comment, first of all India isn't a vegan culture, it's vegetarian and also many people eat meat just not cows. Also watch the movie about vegan athletes called The game changer and tell they are skinny and weak. No diet just gives you big muscles, you have to train to get them

[@the8thchurch461]

@@spliter227 Very true spliter. Many people think that Hindus are vegans Like I thought. Like you say, they infact eat meat, just not cows.

[@iwnunn7999]

No amount of scientific proof will convince my family. So close to giving up

[@iwnunn7999]

Ed thanks for the response. Love the family. Do hope it rubs off.

[@nathalie8438]

Saturated fat is good! look into book Grain brain!

[@rawstarmusic]

A vegetarian.. Now he claims progeria is caused by meat. Would be easy to cure them then would't it Mr genius.

[@bangturden7070]

he doesn't claim that progeria is caused by meat. he says that progeria is worsened by eating meat.

[@TFreshour08]

I forgot because people haven't been eating foods like this forever..... and die just like everyone else lol. Gotta be careful with scaling graphs to manipulate results. I'm guessing there is a product placement somewhere in here. That is usually how this works.

[@VeganWalk]

The product placement is the most natural thing that we evolved from. We started out frugivores, now we're omnivores and populations, like in the US, where they are the most omnivorous have the highest mortality rate. Sure, if you want to be a part of a statistical chart and live decades shorter than long as populations like in Sardinia, Okinawa, and Loma Linda (Blue Zones) then have at it. Personally, I'm all about quality and longevity.

What an annoying, fake voice. Sorry to be mean, but just be yourself. Get better acoustics for a more professional sound. Use foam, blankets, or some other acoustically absorbant material.

[@YTuberosity]

He sounds exactly the same in person.

[@4gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt]

This guy is such a quack!

[@Vunderbread]

Steve Allen Not an argument.

[@4gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt]

Richard Wilson just an observation

[@jackwilliamatkins1158]

rubbish