This Is Your Body On Vegetables

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This Is Your Body On Vegetables
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In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the anatomy of plant-based diets, how the evolutionary process has influenced it over the years, and whether or not humans are supposed to be eating more plants than animal protein.
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Video Timeline
00:00 - 00:41 Intro
00:42 - 01:12 Why Focus on Plant-Based Diets?
01:13 - 06:29 Only Meat Eaters Have Canine Teeth?
06:30 - 07:40 Vitamins, Minerals, and More!
07:41 - 10:18 Plants Cause Tooth Decay?
10:19 - 13:48 Plants Don't Want You to Eat Them?
13:49 - 15:27 Human Intestines Are Too Long?
15:28 - 19:37 What Does Justin Think?
19:38 - 20:22 Do You Disagree?
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[@theanatomylab]

Go to athleticgreens.com/humananatomy to get started on your first purchase and receive a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3+K2 and 5 travel packs. Thanks to Athletic Greens for sponsoring today's video!

[@michaelmore]

For a follow up video, I recommend a collaboration with Dr. Gil Carvhalo of Nutrition Made Simple, who has a similar "you're free to make your own choices" attitude, while actually having some credentials in nutrition and the health consequences of different nutritional choices. kzbin.info

[@pedriuskii]

Could you please provide a link to the studies that you mentioned throught this video! Thanks!

[@kingchris1233]

Is athletic greens highly processed food?

[@christianhansen3292]

no thanks taste horrible. and it cost a fortune! slash it by 50 percent and i might consider... I doubt it.

[@jd01665]

Might be worth covering food allergies.

[@flawlix]

My digestive system was super messed up until I stopped taking certain kinds of nutrition advice. For example, “you need more leafy greens” turned out to be bad advice for my particular digestive system, which treats leafy greens like a dangerous poison that must be purged immediately. But I could eat other types of vegetables in large quantities with no problems. I started paying attention to what made me sick and what didn’t and shaped my diet around that.

[@dacisky]

I had to do the same thing for the same reasons. My nit picking drives other people nuts,which I see as a bonus.

[@wildwoman9314]

@@dacisky the emoji is so cute!

[@ElizabethMillerTX]

Word.

[@godspeed2145]

Fiber is a killer agent. Lots of veggies have it

[@sheerluckholmes7720]

@@godspeed2145 Is that so ? 😰🤔.....🤣

[@elisam.r.9960]

I'd like to see a sequel where "processed" foods are discussed in more detail given the variety of processes that exist. For example, how does confit compare/contrast to chips? And are there some food storage steps that are potentially more beneficial to the body (such as flash freezing produce)? I feel using the word "processed" tries to give a very narrow connotation to a wide variety of practices (some of which are needed to reduce food inequities around the globe). I feel this channel is in a good position to tackle this topic.

[@theanatomylab]

Good thoughts.

[@apurvashyam620]

​@@theanatomylab yes please I also request that

[@meganhirschi6248]

I watched this while eating some French toast made with my homemade whole wheat bread. What is processed?

[@laurayates3955]

Ditto

[@gabsfairchild]

Yes, I would suuuper love that. This video was great and made me feel clearer about my current diet.

[@raleighsbartendingschool3535]

"Do vegetables help or hurt or make no real difference......but first a word from our sponsor Athletic Greens" HAHAHAHA! Must admit the timing was perfect 😂😇

[@sirclarkmarz]

Athletic greens is a scam a16oz bag cost $99.00 . A sucker is born every minute.

[@Jizzlewobbwtfcus]

ye. This channel lost a few points of respect from me when they started promoting sponsors who contribute to the _"ORDER-NOW_STAY-AT-HOME-FORVER"_ mentality.

[@askarielad]

Exactly

[@ratface071394]

Yeah I'm not a hardcore carnivore that fears veggies, but this exact moment made me click off lol.

[@tcsovereignpleb4492]

LOL, everyone plays to where their incentives lie.

[@bellywood7688]

"Did humans evolve to eat a primarily plant based diet?" is a very different question to "are veggies bad for you?"

[@comfysituations3566]

"Did dolphins evolve to live primarily in the ocean" is a very different question from "is it unhealthy to leave them out in the sun to dry out?"

[@Paraclef]

Wisdom teeth have left the chat.

[@TheCuratorIsHere]

Yes this guy is a muppet.

[@robertchmielecki2580]

Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."

[@Paraclef]

Wisdom teeth@@robertchmielecki2580

[@jadehobson751]

On the subject of dental caries. I gave up soda 43 years ago. I haven't needed a filling in 45 years. Yes, I saw my dentist 6 months ago 😁. If you are considering deleting anything from your diet. Soda is a good place to start.

[@godnyx117]

Bread can also be a great place to start!

[@osirusj275]

So what food and drinks u take?u brush your teeth 1 or 2 times daily? Fluoride or non Fluoride toothpaste, do u brush right after eating? How much sunlight u have daily, are u Caucasian, male or female? It would mean a lot if u replied🧡Thanks

[@jadehobson751]

No fluoride in water. Rain water tanks. Lots of sunlight. Lots of dairy, fruit, vegetables, grains, cereals, eggs, meat. Some of everything. Very little take away or processed foods. Clean my teeth every morning. At night if I've had something sweet like biscuits with my cup of tea before bed. No special products or tips. Probably a more 1950's type of diet that's all.

[@amarug]

True, my wife chugs liters of soda and a big part of our combined yearly salaries goes straight to the dentist. I Only drink water and brush my teeth well and I average 100 bucks a year for dental hygiene... so even just for your bank account its worth staying away from soda

[@Trazynn]

It's the oxalates in vegetables that ruin your teeth, but not all vegetables have high oxalates.

[@ChristophersMum]

My forebears came mostly from Skye and Lewis (islands on the west of Scotland)... they survived on what they grew...which were a mix of barley, corn (European corn, not maize), wheat and oats...they also grew a wide variety of root vegetables which made up at least 2/3rds of a main meal...and 100% of breakfast and other meals...meat was quite a luxury, and they had sheep, cattle and hens which were everywhere... they also had fish which was plentiful in the cold waters around them...my grandfather was a fisherman (amongst all the rest to do)...most of the adults lived well into their 90s, one even to 108...most had their own teeth and none of them obese...don't get me wrong, their lives were hard won...but in all their lives were happy along with the rest of the village...and yes...they brewed and distilled their own drink 🍺🥃😁 Greetings from Scotland 😁

[@domesticterrorist483]

No deep fried mars bars up there so. Similar on the Irish Islands up untill recenty.

[@user-md3wm7vu1f]

by european corn do you mean peas/beans? what are all the vegetables you recall them eating?

[@jsun3117]

Very inspirational. I've always thought most of the world consume a majority plant based foods and yet still live extended lives.

[@Kelhedros]

Do you know European corn by any other names?

[@ChristophersMum]

@@Kelhedros Around these neck of the woods Einkorn was the oldest www.slowfood.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/einkorn-wheat1-e1351782668239.jpg 😁

[@brightmoon7132]

One of the best videos on diet I have ever seen, on youtube or anywhere else. There is no one size fits all. Eat what works for you and let others do the same. And the advice to stop eating processed food cannot possibly be repeated enough. I have known since childhood that raw vegetables of any kind just don't agree with me, leafy or not. They bloat me something awful. Same with the cuciferous vegetables, cooked or not. As a young adult when I began looking into nutrition, the first sentence of the first book I read was, "Don't eat food that makes you sick." (This advice has never failed me, btw.) And shortly after that I discovered a sort of mindfulness practice. That's when the nutrition advice really clicked into place for me. It's very simple, pay attention to how what you eat makes you feel. What I eventually landed on is a modified version of what they are now calling the "paleo diet." Little to no grain. No soy. I do eat dairy, but only the fermented stuff, buttermilk, yogurt, kefir, etc. All the meat, eggs, fish and fowl I want. No vegetable oils. All the fruit and (certain) vegetables I want. And most of all- NO PROCESSED FOOD. I actually cook my meals and if I want a snack it's fruit or an egg or a baby baked potato, etc. It works for me, I feel great, my weight is good, and I'm healthy. I hope everyone has the success I have had in discovering what diet works best for them. 😊🌻

[@karlhungus5436]

Fer shure dawg. I hear what is that you sayin. Ima bout that message too right now. Can i ask if you mean all veggie oils to include olive, sunflower, avocado and more? What is bout dem nut oils, peanut etc? Have you discrimminated bertween the fat categories of mono/poly/ satuo fatisimos as to how they make you feel? Any observos on them lines hmm?

[@lawrencetrujillo7365]

Saying not all humans should eat the same thing is like saying not all lions should eat the same thing or not all cows should eat the same thing…… all lions eat meat all great apes eat plants…. Plain and simple.

[@AmariKhumalo]

i havent hadded any veggies sense i was like a kid and my parents tryed to force feed me them i just quit eating until they gave in and got me chicken nuggets and stuff sorry but no thanks on broccoli one time they cooked broccoli and put cheese and bacon bits in it for me but i just picked the broccoli out and threw it away lol only good veggies are french fries and that is just how it is

[@siegi4561]

Hey, thank you for another great video. No pitchfork sharped at this point lol. I appreciate the honest and open take you guys always have. You acknowledge the factors people have from their diverse backgrounds and environments, but stick to what evidence has been tried and tested while admitting the vast amount that we’re learning and discovering.

[@VikVaughnMISC]

His video is terrible and he's wrong about everything he said in it. Did you even bother looking into anything he discussed? Carbs create cavities. It doesn't matter if you're eating low pH fruit or alkaline vegetables. Cavities are formed from bacteria in your mouth interacting with sugar. He doesn't even know about the glucose-fatty acid cycle when he recommends eating veg alongside meat. He thinks that the 'carcinogens' from cooked meat are even worth worrying about when they're so low it's unreal. There is no causal link between red meat and heart disease or cancer. He denies the impact of antinutrients like oxalates and phytic acid on our health, despite them being linked to kidney stones, cavities from nutrient malabsorption, etc. Even vegans will tell you not to drink the water you cook your vegetables in. Antinutrients are part of the reason why vegetable nutrition is barely absorbed by our bodies. He also thinks that we can do anything with fiber or fibrous foods when we don't even have a cecum to host bacteria capable of breaking through the cellulose wall. This video is bad.

[@nerd26373]

It’s cool seeing you guys discussing these types of topics. Human anatomy is something that all of should know about. We all appreciate your effort and hard work.

[@theanatomylab]

Thank you! We couldn't agree more!

[@mercamia]

amogus

[@xeokym223]

I guess they don't teach this stuff in school anymore?

[@elisam.r.9960]

@@xeokym223 Not always in great depth, and even at the high school level anatomy classes are not always open to everyone.

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

AMONGUS

[@dkrt8664]

I am an ethical vegan and really appreciate the term opportunivore. It makes a lot of sense considering how defensive everyone gets about their dietary choices!

[@bassjace]

so you ethically shorten your life to save an unknown animals life? sounds as logical as praying to god to win the lotto!

[@elizabete6327]

Good luck

[@adityasalunkhe1288]

@@bassjace but it isn't just one animal at this point Like of course you won't understand the pain until it happens to you as well Again don't attack me as i am a non-vegetarian as well

[@Kojitsu]

@@bassjace A straw man and a false equivalence? Sounds as logical as...wait, it's not. I'm not even a vegan/plant based or w/e they call it but that was just poor argumentation. Quit making non-vegans look bad.

[@characterized_tony]

Same here, I'm an ethical vegan 🐷🐮🐔

[@justalittlesersy5678]

After being sick most of my life, I found that I am sensitive to salicylates and sulfites, found in many fruits and vegetables. The healthier I tried to eat, the sicker I got. Doctors told me it was IBS and all in my head. I finally feel so much better now that I avoid most plant-based foods but I sure missed out on a lot of life before I figured this out.

[@AnthonyBolognese710]

Exactly. If you’re eating veggies, make sure to cook them first.

[@Tarie3988]

I am going through the same thing. I keep trying to “heal” my gut so I can eat more diverse foods again but after nearly 10 years it seems a meat based diet just works better for my body. It kind of sucks but oh well.

[@willcook403]

@@Tarie3988 Perhaps not for every person, but in general the carnivore diet gives amazing health benefits and alleviation of multiple conditions including but not limited to irritable bowel, autoimmune issues, eczema, and other inflammatory conditions. Also clears up brain fog, helps metabolism, the list is kind of long.

[@theradiantone415]

​@@willcook403 do you think a meat only diet is sustainable ecologically if a large percentage of the human population were to switch to it ? I am just concernerd that it just isn't sustainable long term

[@unassailable6138]

cooking doesnt destroy salycilates, oxalates or lectins dummie@@AnthonyBolognese710

[@kamran6533]

Amazing video! Informative without talking sides, presenting facts and logical reasoning. Keep up the good work!

[@goodolddoug889]

I've always viewed humans as opportunistic omnivores, much like you said near the end of the video. The greater the variety in the diet, the higher the chances of getting all the vitamins and nutrients. And when times get tough, you eat what you can and get the most out of it by creative preparation/cooking.

[@FindYourFree]

i like the way you put this

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

@Louis Tea Enjoyer In quite low quantities, as they all originate from plants so the animal has to first find them from plants. Even all the proteins are form plants, as plants are the only ones capable of synthesizing all the essential amino acids. And the essential fats, Omega 6 and Omega 3 originate from plants. Expect B12 that is only synthetized by microbes.

[@danepher]

@@Nobody-Nowhere Depending on which animal, some can have very vast amount of quantity in them either of several or 1-3, some don't have much and plants are far better. However The amount of some plants you'll have to eat to get what you need daily, can be very large. Only animal products provide sufficient B12 like liver and mackerel. Based on that a mix of animal and vegetable and fruits is best

[@bittersweet4074]

The one that's easier to digest and rich nutrition would be usually the one human would prefer most of the times if given choices. And what's easy to digest and is rich in nutrients? meat, and if there's none we pretty much eat anything that's edible since meat is luxury thing in the past. There's a reason many people failed tried vegan diet or something similar to it, their body simply screaming in tiredness of processing those hard to digest plants based diet.

[@godnyx117]

Well, if you want to be sure you get all of them, then you must make your research and create the "perfect" diet for YOU (because even twins are not 100% the same and don't have the same needs)! Oh and you will also have to constantly make tests because the RDA maybe be far apart of you. And don't forget that you have to either have the same level of activity (in/out) or you have to adjust your diet EVERY day. And because we don't care about simply calories, you will also have to learn which activities uses what nutrient and adjust your diet accordingly. Of course, I don't recommend to that that. If anything, I recommend AGAINST it as I have make it and it was one of the most stressful (if not the most stressful) periods of my life. I'm just trying to say that there is no real logic on "guessing" thing if you really care about it (which you should not after one point).

[@StrikeforceJedi]

This is the most fair, level headed, non biased video on nutrition I've seen. Well done! 👍

[@spencerg6974]

seriously

[@jonathandewitt4564]

its full of conjecture and unfounded hypothesis. What a junk video.

[@WLF0X]

You clearly do not go out too much

[@changingme1412]

Well, you need to learn a great deal more to realise that he is quite biased on certain points.

[@bobbyhempel1513]

​@@changingme1412 such as?

[@lindabirmingham603]

In order to properly address this question, more functional details of the digestive tract needs to be included. An herbivore's teeth are flatter and wider and their jaw moves side to side in a grinding motion. I never do that... Our stomach has a very low pH of 1.4 similar to animals that eat carrion. This suggests an ability to eat meat which may have been scavenged and harbors bacteria. I avoid doing that though... The small intestine is very long with a smaller diameter compared to the large intestine. The inner lining has tightly packed, dense, velvety folds. This organ is designed for food to be completely digested and absorbed along its' very long length. The large intestine is much shorter with a larger diameter at the very small cecum and getting smaller in diameter as it approaches the exit (sigmoid colon and rectum). Our colon is not designed to handle a lot of residue (fiber). That is like putting fewer lanes at the end of the Interstate: the traffic jams up. The lining has sparse, shallow folds with a smoother texture. We do not have a functional fermentation chamber and our appendix doesn't appear to be of any use. Herbivores have the metabolic machinery to ferment cellulose to short chain fatty acids and use it for fuel, we can't. What other animal eats a lot of foods that they can't digest? . Fiber is also abrasive to the mucosal lining and can cause diverticulosis; fecal debris getting stuck between the folds of the cecum and causing pain and inflammation, and sometimes perforates the colon wall. This is more prevalent near the exit where the lumen is smaller. As far as the microbiome is concerned, as your diet changes so does the bacteria that live there. If you don't eat plants, you don't need the bacteria that do. I no longer eat plants and my microbiome seems quite content. I also no longer suffer from constipation, IBS, gas, and hemorrhoids. The dietary fats make my stool soft and it passes with ease every day for the first time in my life of 60 years. We also have 4 organs designed to digest a lot of fat: the liver makes bile and stores it in the gallbladder, the pancreas makes lipase to digest it, and the small intestine is lined with goblet cells that absorb fat and it also is pumped into the thoracic duct (as chylomicrons). We are very well designed for using animal fat for fuel. Not a lot of fat in plants. The topic of plant toxins was quickly dismissed as irrelevant without even mentioning the major offenders such as oxalates and lectins (includes gluten). Oxalates in spinach, nuts, beets, tea, cocoa, blackberries, soy, grains, kiwi, etc. prevent the absorption of minerals such as iron, magnesium, and calcium. Oxalates also accumulate in the tissues as we do not have the enzyme to break them down. These crystalize around joints, in the urinary tract, and in other organs. They are the most common urinary tract stone and often the cause for what people think is gout (instead of uric acid). When I quit eating spinach, almond flour, and other high oxalate foods, my 30 year history of fibromyalgia and bladder pain went away. Also, for the first time in my adult life I was not borderline anemic and my iron (ferritin) was normal. I would like to know the oxalate content of the Athletic Greens... Lectins cause leaky gut, inflammation and autoimmune conditions. A handful of kidney beans that aren't sufficiently soaked and cooked will send you to the hospital. There are several more plant toxins... Dr Kiltz has a nice summary of them under the topic "plant toxins". After decades of 'eating the rainbow', I was shocked to learn that the beta-carotene in plants is not converted as needed to vitamin A. Only a very small percentage is (about 3%). About 40% of people lack the gene to convert any. I thought I had that covered... Same with iron from veg. - not bioavailable. So I would argue that we aren't designed to eat plants, though we certainly can. Besides small amounts of blueberries and my residual addiction to coffee and dark chocolate, I will eat plants as a survival food if I am starving. Otherwise I'm done with them.

[@TheSilverBullet.]

Wow, this reply was better than the actual video! Linda you should make a KZbin channel.

[@AmariKhumalo]

so eat meat humans are carnivores and we NEED MEAT

[@StuePitt]

As an ovo-lacto vegetarian who had iron deficiency even years before I started to become a vegetarian (16 years ago), I always made the same statement: humans are omnivores. I think discussing whether we were made to only eat meat or only eat plants is just ridiculous, obviously our body is capable of digesting both. Thank you for clarifying this from a very neutral standpoint. 👏👏👏

[@sliipknoot]

Question should be about nutrient density and which foods promote the best overall health.

[@StuePitt]

@@sliipknoot exactly! which is why I advice to get regular check ups and see what is good for you (as well as what you enjoy).

[@talion5974]

​@@sliipknoot organic vegetarian diet has saved some people from cancer, it's true. But living as vegetarian isn't possible so i would reacomend a natural diet. Eat whatever nature offers us without processed by human hand.

[@goku445]

Deers can eat meat. Does that make them omnivores?

[@raw7504]

@@goku445right, just because humans are capable of eating meat doesn’t mean they should and there is countless studies of how increases consumption of meat is correlated to weight gain and other diseases

[@michaelow-yong7908]

Hey doc, I like the way you presented this topic. Very unbiased and helps the audience understand diets from every viewpoint. Great job. Thnx.

[@solvjans5988]

Great video, as a human biology student your videos are a fun, entertaining way to repeat what I heard in lectures. The one thing that was too fast for me in this video was the "cut out processed foods" part. As some other comments suggested, a video on what defines processed food and why they're not good for you would be wonderful. Thanks a lot for your work!

[@theanatomylab]

Good points. Thanks for the feedback!

[@bryant475]

Whole Food Plant Based (WFPB) Nutrition, is optimal for prevention and reversal of almost all chronic disease. So much so, that it's not taught in medical schools since they want us to be drug pushers and not healers (I'm a health coach and future physician). I recommend checking out Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Dr. Michael Greger, Dr. Neal Barnard, Dr. Brooke Goldner, Dr. Saray Stancic, just to name a few. Also, the documentary and website, "Forks Over Knives", "Plant Pure Nation", "Game Changers", etc.

[@tim1398]

And is cooking in any form considered processing?

[@bryant475]

@@tim1398 Yes, but to a certain extent. Cooking without oil is ideal, but it's still good to have a nice mix of raw and cooked foods. Check out the resources I put above :)

[@gb.510]

is pfp from bojack horseman?

[@damionryancollins9010]

The best video on this topic I have EVER come across. Brilliant!

[@jhamisoncarvalho2635]

That was great. The word is balance. Whatever culture you might belong to, always be mindful of the reaspect you give other's habbits. My grandpa was half Guarani, a Brazilian and amazonian ancient tribe. He would always tell us to respect the food he brought us. He never took more than we needed and we should not waste anything. In a few years government forbid hunting and I remember him kinda losing a part of his self. "Respect the life this creature gave in order to sustain yours by not wasting none." It was rather nice to see the way everyone gathered around him to hear his hunting tales and watch his skills with the preparation of the game ❤️

[@brucehall3214]

I eat a balanced diet of meat and other meat. It works great as long as I stick to meat.

[@lawrencetrujillo7365]

@@brucehall3214 humans are the only great apes on earth that eat more than 2% meat we are like a retarded species of feline who eat 50% plants.

[@TV-ob1if]

@@brucehall3214 same here.

[@mitchellraymond9744]

Do you think your team could ever do a video on the subject of the various types of fasting and what happens to the physiology of our bodies when we fast? I would love to see your interpretation of the evidence on this subject area.

[@Handles_Are_Bad.Phuk-them-off]

second

[@Siliecany]

Autophagy, basically cells begin eating themselves. Really interesting

[@mitchellraymond9744]

@@Siliecany , yes I know this but I would like to see evidence of the pros and cons of fasting from the point of view of The Institute of Human Anatomy.

[@surelywoo]

I'm also interested in this. I started intermittent fasting, eating all my calories in a 6 hour window, to increase my energy level during the day. I'm much more focused, but I'd like to know how it affects my body and long-term health.

[@alinaschlawinaa]

Yes pleaaaase. I do intermittierend fasting

[@ruesamz]

I agree we can eat anything, mostly because a lot of factors play a role in what we eat as you called it we are "opportunivores".. its quite fascinating really. Great video as always🙌

[@egidijus6973]

Yet people still eat animal products even though they're bad for our health.

[@MrBilld75]

"Cookivores" nowadays, would be more accurate. lol.

[@ruesamz]

@@MrBilld75 🤣🤣

[@mato4334]

just because we can eat SOMEONE doesnt mean we should. leave animals off your plate.

[@MrBilld75]

@@mato4334 Go eat your Rabbit food, Vegan. Nobody cares what your deluded, dishonest, uneducated and vile cult thinks.

[@louiseshields4394]

Very interesting, thank you. I was vegan for over 4 years and to cut a long story short I ended up in hospital with a very inflamed colon being then told I could only have high pigeon, no fibre. Total opposite of before. So now I’ve had to eat meat because soy upsets my guts and no vegetables. I do worry about my gut biome… But I’m following doctors advice and have been for 8 months 🤷‍♀️. I don’t know what the answer is… x

[@yokkabai]

This is my personal rule - Take note of how you feel 3 hours after your meal. If you feel mentally clear with clear eyesight and no stomach discomfort or other pain then what you’re eating is probably good for you. Same for dinner and waking up - do you wake up effortlessly? If not, try examining your dietary habits, and try eating different foods instead. (I am a fan of super nutrient dense satiating foods.) Anyway, it’s a personal journey. You have to investigate what works for you.

[@itsbeyondme5560]

Thanks. I just found out that I can't drink milk because I'm bloating and flaunting. I try that method

[@imjoeimjoe]

Wow simple but yeah you are right !

[@isagoldfield7393]

That’s a great analogy. I feel so much better when I consume meat, veggies makes my stomach bloated, gassy & brain fog & gives me acid reflux.

[@martinmuldoon603]

@@isagoldfield7393 try to cut out veg oils and margarine or any products containing veg oils(used in most packet processes foods to increase shelf life). Sugar is also extremely bad for health. Next Wheat and bread. I found if I stay clear from them I feel much better and don't have acid reflux. Stay away from cakes or biscuits etc if you value your health at all. Also try staying off dairy for a while to see if that has any benefit.

[@manuelacurulli7531]

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[@Borimira]

"If you're hungry enough, you will eat meat, fruit and even Twinkies!" 🤣🤣🤣👍 Love your channel: it's so educational and yet so funny!

[@Opin10n]

Nah, maybe the Twinkie though 😂😂

[@rollzolo]

Hog jowls.. Archie Bunker

[@Meloniraelewis]

yes exactly just like if we are thirsty enough we will drink water with lead in it...well actually we don't even have to be "thirsty enough" because we are incapable of detecting "poisons" in our food/water....this was an ok video but i've seen way better and WHY would these guys not address the fact that the UN's WHO listed "processed meats" (just means cooked meat and could be cooked in a variety of ways like only salted/microwaved/grilled/baked/etc) on the 1a carcinogen list right beside tobacco smoke and nuclear radiation! (sure this is not the WHO saying that cooked meat necessarily causes AS MUCH cancer as nuclear radiation it's just that they're saying there's enough scientific evidence for them to know that it most definitely causes cancer) in some other video these guys put out about the microbiome they talked about a tribe and how "healthy" the tribe members were(even tho this tribe is not the MOST healthy group of humans alive/or thats ever lived) and during that video they mentioned how when the tribe killed an animal(which he said happens on a routine basis but cleverly never defined "routine") the hunter smeared himself in the animals feces and immediately ate the animal(at least part of the animal) raw...so at least by the tribe eating the animal raw or at least part of the animal they were avoiding some of the carcinogens BUT not all of the carcinogenicity of animal products comes from the cooking process. there's evidence how heme iron is carcinogenic. estrogen in carcinogenic! there are molecules like foreign meat molecule Neu5Gc that's a carcinogen or how eating meat regularly creates a different layer of bacteria(than a plant based diet does) and these bacteria produce carcinogens!!...not sure why these guys ignored the WHO finding?? they WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION made that finding clear back in 2015!! so it's not like it was a "recent'' finding... sure it's difficult to be "unpopular" and this channel is pretty popular! but it still shouldn't stop well meaning scientists/doctors from telling the truth, whole truth, and nothing but the truth... sure i guess as much as they know it themselves BUT to make a video like this you'd think they would have had to come across that type of info while doing their own research!!??...MAYBE they were just unaware of governments like canada who have completely removed industry influence from their dietary guidelines have suggested a completely plant based diet as THE healthiest recommendation not only to promote health but reverse disease??? maybe these guys are unaware that our own usa medicare program ONLY pays for a plant based diet training program NOT a high fat/high protein/low carb one! maybe these guys are unaware the amount of "nutrition training" our med student/doctors are required to take during their training is completely inadequate/inefficient/filled with inaccurate info/zero in many cases! maybe these guys are unaware the science around the plant based athletes who outperform other athletes? maybe these guys are just unaware of pubmed.gov ??(there's also a website where anyone can access any/all scientific research papers for free but of course the websites name has to change every so often because "they"(those with $) will take it down because even tho we've ALL already paid for most of the scientific research the journals make billions so they certainly don't want it all out there for free and they have the money to try to keep removing it from the internet where all info SHOULD be free! it's not like the scientists who did the actual research are harmed by everyone being able to access their work no! they support the free access too!)...BUT if these guys are soooo unaware of all this necessary and relevant info how or why should they think they're qualified to make a video like this at all!?

[@kirkjohnson6638]

Twinkies may be all we have after the nuclear winter and cockroaches. We'll have massive hoards, herds, schools, gangs, congresses, or whatever groups of cockroaches are called. And those cockroaches will be carnivorous, fast moving, and will clean a man to the bone in mere seconds. But maybe we can adapt to hunt and eat them.

[@purplezlla]

I love your explanations. I especially love listening to them at 2x the normal speed really helps me lock in that info weirdly enough😅

[@Cris-sx4ib]

Very informative! Would love to hear more about what processed foods do to the body and how they are digested or lack of lol

[@User_92020]

Is that you in your profile pic?

[@DaveIrish66]

Diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver. Atherosclerosis, auto-immune diseases. Ultra process foods are at the root of all these issues.

[@danielw95]

Finally a KZbin video about nutrition that takes a fact based common sense approach rather than descending into the cult aspect of specific "diets" 👏👏👏

[@theanatomylab]

Appreciate that!

[@egidijus6973]

A whole-food plant-based diet is proven to be healthier than animal based diet.

[@B.L.S.]

He has no facts. This is vegan propaganda and advertising. He's a retard.

[@NBnNC]

I’m a clinical dietitian and I approve your message 😊

[@Mentocthemindtaker]

-Honestly I'm just so happy to see a US-based channel discussing diet and nutrition using the word nuanced and not trying to take a black and white approach to the topic. M children ask about whether certain foods are good for them and I always tell them that a little bit of everything is good for you, but to have less processed food and more different types of vegetables than meat.

[@Tom-ct6dy]

Can you guys make a video on understanding processed foods? There are so many different types. Preservatives, refined foods, emulsifiers, additives, etc.

[@Fatman311]

This is a good idea for a follow up.

[@kialuvsyoo]

Yeeesss these are my people!

[@T-aka-T]

I recently saw a great name for the diet you ref to -- "Boxatarian" .😁

[@leighm]

@@T-aka-T 😂 I’ve never heard “boxatarian”. Thanks for the comment! Some people’s diets actually comprise mostly from products in a bag in a box. Or a takeout box, or burger in a box 😂. Just cause it says vegan on the box still makes you a boxaterian.😅 If I open a food product in a box and in a bag I know it’s a special “treat” and shouldn’t be a staple in my diet. Even if it is vegan chicken less nuggets 😅

[@singularity6761]

Don't have to understand them, just avoid them.

[@vonsassy]

Thanks for the great presentation and delivery. It's a pleasure to watch your videos.

[@fnanfne]

Because of this channel, I gave up smoking, drinking and vaping and have never been more miserable in my life. I will now give up eating vegetables, and I'm sure I will feel a tad better :)

[@nickgregoris]

What about this video makes it seem like a good idea to give up vegetables?

[@fnanfne]

Mainly three things@@nickgregoris .... 1) Thumbnail 2) Title 3) Knowing the nature of this channel

[@nickgregoris]

@@fnanfne so you make important life decisions off clickbait thumbnails and titles, good to know.

[@fnanfne]

@@nickgregoris Have you ever considered I'm just having a laugh? That means I'm just joking mate.

[@lingling21100]

​@@nickgregorisyou make a dumb joke that is not funny and except us to understand your logic? Most of us don't have 80 iq and don't think that way. A jokes are pose to be funny.

[@elizabethburchat318]

Your opinion on nutrition makes a great deal of sense. You are an amazing teacher. Thank you for all of your work and time on these videos.

[@MrKuhistani]

so much information is packed in this video and thank you for the balanced presentation. It seems that our microbiome is the product of our food environment and if we learn to listen to our body, I think we could learn what food category works for us....

[@thayishere]

This was highly informative! Opportunity-vores is a great way to put it!! I just tend to follow a highly varied and a predominantly plant-based (veggies, legumes, mushrooms (I know, I know, these are not plants), fruits, nuts, etc.) diet with 60 grams of animal protein (eggs, red meat or fatty fish) and some animal fat (greek yogurt, cheese, butter, etc.) thrown in it every single day. And I feel better (and look better, skin and gut-wise) than we I don’t eat either meats or veggies. I try to avoid any type of cereals, though. I don't process them particularly well (get diarrhea and/or migraines).

[@lawrencetrujillo7365]

You could just eat eggs instead of meat like a vegetarian and get more benefits than eating meat without killing a animal.

[@gonzisme]

It's worth considering external fermentation as well; human tolerance for alcohol is suspected to be a key factor in our ancestors' descent from the trees, as rotting fruit on the ground became a viable food source. Also as we don't need nearly as much food mass as large herbivores, we can prioritize nutrient-rich, easily digestible parts of plants and avoid tougher stuff that requires gut fermentation.

[@DerDoMeN]

Opportuniivore... I'll use this one :) This video hasn't told me much what I didn't already know from the food/biology point of view but I really find it great to hear such a condensed and impartial presentation of the topic so I've definitely learned a lot on how to present this topic when I debate it. Great presentation as always on this channel!

[@dev6591]

This was some real food for thought ;-) but seriously-really fascinating conclusion at the end, and, given the diversity of diets observed across cultures and history, it would make sense that a more apt descriptor of our nutritional needs/digestive capacity is “opportunivore”. Thanks again for a great video!

[@theanatomylab]

Appreciate it!

[@growskull]

haha "food for though" nice one

[@professorjphillips]

I see what you did there

[@edmundgennings3025]

And there are mild evolutionary adaptations to different diets in different places. Lactase persistence is the most famous, but there are a lot of other more boring ones.

[@ArifAli-hg1eq]

A diverse, sensible, and great talk. I highly agree and appreciate your efforts here.

[@roadtoscratchgolf3481]

I love the idea of humans being "opportunivores." We will eat anything if we're hungry enough. Ask anyone who was lost or stuck in an environment where there was or is not much food, you will eat whatever you can find to survive. If this means eatiing plants, flowers, leaves and tree bark; insects, rodents of all kinds, and four legged creatures; seafood and fish; and even other human beings. The will to survive is that great. Besides, all of these restrictive diets don't last long and you go back to eating other types of food. I think the key is to eat a variety of food types, eat them in moderation, eat only when you're physicially hungry and not mentally humgry, eat the junk food, i.e., processed foods, in very sall amounts nd not too frequently. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

[@zannejae196]

Thank you soooo much for hammering in how important nuance is in scientific papers. I really appreciate it and that was my reason for choosing to subscribe 🙂

[@RamaYusvana]

Your channel is just awesome, always well said and always well done. My ten cent addition to eating whole food (majority over processed food) is their relative amount and their timing. Our circadian clock for digesting food seems to be primarily during the DAY time for 6-8 hours window (for solid food) but water can come in any time during the 24 hour period. Often called time-restricted diet. If we include low-carb (high fiber) diet into this window, the health effects is more significant

[@jameslefleur1970]

Loved this video! it reinforces what I have been thinking lately - thank you

[@gasmith7486]

Yup, me too!!

[@Henry30065]

Absolutely the most sensible comment on human eating habits and preferences that I have ever seen. Thank goodness for some common sense.

[@reinotsurugi]

I've tried the whole spectrum. I've landed on a high protein diet and favor good meats but also incorporate some veggies too. Intermittent fasting is key to making it all work for me.

[@mark2073]

I've moved this way too. Today all I had to eat was a small handful of cashews and raisins mid morning, then I didn't eat anything until I got home from work, felt fine, wasn't even hungry.

[@reinotsurugi]

@@mark2073 so glad that's working for you. Thanks for sharing!

[@spinelessdevil]

I need the mix of everything and it's not like I don't like eating, I do enjoy munching on tomatoes and bell peppers

[@DJPacoRamirez]

Yes fasting is the healer. Try organic alkaline foods only. That's a great awakening diet

[@prichardgs]

Me as well!!!!

[@danielalexander8402]

This was a well rounded discussion in the topic. I’d love to see more of this in the world.

[@Johny40Se7en]

18:02 that's a very down to Earth and humble way of looking at it, gotta say 👍 As always, you make these videos so interesting, so cheers.

[@benjaming7325]

Ive watches a lot of videos on this subject, and i think this is the best take on this subject

[@metabolicrevolution]

I'd have to say I agree with most of it. The only thing I'd add is that there is a difference between survive and thrive

[@LauraDora124]

I have most of my large intestine removed as a baby, so I find it amusing that anatomically, my digestive track is closer to carnivores than most….but I’ve been vegan since around 16 and I’m 26 now (veggie at 13 and slowly transitioned after a couple of years). It ironically works better for me /because/ of my bowel issue. I think my main issue was dairy though. I’ve had someone who specialises in my particular bowel condition be really glad that I went vegan, and my fiancés old personal trainer said it was good (he isn’t vegan though 😂). I’ve never had tooth issues, only a tiny bit of staining in a couple crevices that isn’t obvious, but that’s from green tea over many years 🫢 it’s merely cosmetic and isn’t harmful (I went to the dentist recently). PS - I love broccoli, so don’t go saying it’s bad; I’ll defend my broccoli 😂

[@kazzagreen84]

Do you have hirschsprungs?

[@Cricket2731]

Broccoli is *great*!!!

[@logical_lb3059]

has your period stopped?

[@LauraDora124]

@@kazzagreen84 yes! 😁

[@LauraDora124]

@@logical_lb3059 No

[@christianmanning8746]

Best content I've ever seen covering the topic of diet and nutrition in all my 10 years of youtube university. Well done 🙏

[@darkstarunderground]

I experienced a similar situation with my gut. Perforated colon and sepsis almost took me out. Much better now after a long 1.5 year recovery period. I have found that an animal based diet with lots of pastured eggs and grass fed beef works well for me. I also eat most fruits and certain vegetables daily.

[@ASMRkiddo]

Nice to see a fair and balanced video on this emotive topic thanks

[@rolfvanderbijl1972]

I love your disclaimers! Nothing is set in stone becaue, we don't know yet, we're not knowledgable enough yet. Nothing wrong with that, what would be wrong is forcing a conclusion which isn't quite right. It gave me some new brainfood on food, thank you :)

[@temitopetalabi9246]

Personally I enjoy grass fed beef, Chicken, Turkey eggs, Raw fermented dairy and some cooked vegetables. I have tried many plant based diet in the past none have given the ability heal and thrive as much as the diet I currently on. It's so amazing how much progress I have made with gut issues and overall health.

[@roots4x]

Grass fed meat is probably healthier, but grain finished beef is so much tastier.

[@AnthonyBolognese710]

This sounds like an optimal diet.

[@silviasirbu1863]

Me too

[@snehagiri2463]

Best video on nutrition and diet out there,kudos to the creators!

[@rishabh6523]

I love how neutral you were throughout the video. Thanks for this video.

[@benstanfill363]

Hey guys, my girlfriend had the amniotic band wrap around her arm in the womb so it never developed past about her elbow, but you can see where the thumb would have formed, and what looks like a line of the palm. We'd both be super interested in seeing what that looks like if you could get access to a cadavar like that. Awesome stuff as always, been binging a ton of your videos!

[@sherryware]

My son was born with that same thing. His left arm stops just below the elbow with a tiny paddle of a hand. He is a twin, but his twin has two full arms. His stopped developing at 5 weeks when the heart started beating. Children's hospital in Seattle told us it was the most common birth defect of the upper arms. Just FYI.

[@benstanfill363]

@@sherryware interesting to know. Hope your twins are doing well.

[@Erik_Swiger]

My childhood was spent eating sugar, and I spent the next 50 years of my life undoing that damage. I would suggest that people listen to their bodies. Eat what your body tells you to eat.

[@Magical_DoReMi]

Interesting! Heh ..What if our body tells us to eat junk all the time or anything else which is not really good for our health. Well, in case of junk it's a no brainer but in certain cases, one doesn't necessarily "know" if it's really beneficial or not until you start seeing negative symptoms if it's the latter!

[@marky5493]

i did. when i was young my body said only eat things with sugar in them!LOL

[@decatria]

As for my teeth, I have a very acidic saliva, but I'm 30 and I don't have a single tooth decay. I had caries in my childhood on milk teeth, I had caries on a wisdom tooth that was removed (it was covered with a piece of gum and I could not clean it). At the same time, my teeth fit very tightly, and deep fissures. Sometimes I can feel pain when eating sour food or when eating something hard, but no cavities. But sometimes those feelings don't exist at all. I decided to just tell you about my interesting feature. I have been a vegan for over 3 years.

[@ExcaliburPaladin]

Amazing video, thank you for sharing knowledge

[@annarborthenorris5455]

Loved your conclusion,"It may not work for everyone, though it works for you". Such a spot on statement! I Love this channel.

[@LaNoir.]

I want to tattoo this on every doctors forehead

[@heatherduttonfittoconquer8079]

No raging here 😉 I love how you teach practically “one size does not fit all.” I have also heard a lot about staying away from plants due to their defense system being harmful to us. But your explanation of our micro biome being able to adapt makes perfect sense. Thanks, bro! You guys are awesome!

[@egidijus6973]

It may not fit in some extreme cases, but mostly we should consume only plants and fungi.

[@mirandat00]

Wow, so glad I'm hearing about this! Never understood why everytime I eat veggies and probiotics I get super sick.. no one can explain to me why .. can't eat greasy food either. I feel like I'm running out of foods to eat!

[@superfluityme]

@@mirandat00 Perhaps you might like to look into plants that are medicine. For my health I eat very small amounts of vegetables and only a small amount of fat. I grow my own medicinal herbs or purchase organic freshly dried herbs to help with my health.

[@mattmcg0verndotcom]

@@egidijus6973 maybe you should 😂

[@bryant475]

Whole Food Plant Based (WFPB) Nutrition, is optimal for prevention and reversal of almost all chronic disease. So much so, that it's not taught in medical schools since they want us to be drug pushers and not healers (I'm a health coach and future physician). I recommend checking out Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Dr. Michael Greger, Dr. Neal Barnard, Dr. Brooke Goldner, Dr. Saray Stancic, just to name a few. Also, the documentary and website, "Forks Over Knives", "Plant Pure Nation", "Game Changers", etc.

[@Tolya1979]

I am a 43-year old male who has been vegan or mostly vegan for the past 10 years. My cholesterol is normal, my A1C is normal, my fasting glucose is normal, my HDL, LDL, and triglycerides are all normal, my blood pressure, pulse, and spot oxygen are all normal or excellent, my psychiatric symptoms are getting better every year, and I have plenty of energy to exercise throughout the day. After I eat meat or dairy products, I can feel my bones and muscles getting weaker when lifting weights, which is why I try to avoid that. I do have a recently diagnosed autoimmune condition (unspecified, as of current), which is a major disadvantage to a plant-based diet. If someone is chronically ill or has a lot of health problems, I would highly look into a plant-based diet. But, it's not for every body type.

[@wildmansamurai3663]

😂🤡

[@stephan5673]

Going carnivore basically cured me Autoimmune disease .

[@DaveIrish66]

So, you developed auto-immune issues on the plant based diet, but you recommend this way of eating chronically, I'll people? Hmmmm?

[@rikirex2162]

your input is as balanced as the diet I wish I had during my all existence.

[@elijahself6440]

This video is fantastic!! Thank you for settling into the gray area and being honest and open minded!! “There are no definitive answers” is what I come back to over and over and over despite a constant barrage of ppl saying one thing is perfect and everything else is garbage. Much appreciated

[@pascm564]

SUCH AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU BOTH FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE WORLD.

[@jedielder7970]

OK, finally you came to "the point," is that humans are opportunist, very intelligent, and ate whatever would sustain them (survival). Personally, I'm an omnivore and believe early humans obtained their nutrition from multiple sources. I also agree that processed foods are not great for us (especially junk food)... we did not evolve to eat those (yet?) Lastly, Chimpanzees, our closest primate relatives, do eat meat. It is well documented that they organize in groups to hunt and eat other animals... and of course insects (they seem to be mostly vegetarian but are omnivores). Thanks for the video.

[@pamelabrignac1680]

The comparison between vegetarians to tooth decay has to be related to refined carbs more likely than acidic foods being on the enamel long enough for decay to happen. The only times I've ever heard of that being an issue is during an ACV cleanse that involved sipping it diluted rather than in preferred quick doses (if the esophagus isn't compromised and can handle straight acetic acid- if not, AloeLife can restore that)

[@Dodgerzden]

I spend a lot of my spare time putting out cameras, bait food, and traps to find lost cats and this made me think about my experience of other kinds of animals eating the bait food and has surprised me with how many other animals are omnivores or opptunivores. Of course, an occasional dog will come along and scarf up all the cat food. But I've had more problems with rabbits, toads, multiple species of birds, and ground squirrels which are like a miniature version of a prairie dog. Toads are of course carnivores since they eat bugs. But the ground squirrel surprised me the most because a whole team of them will come along and demolish the cat food before the cats have a chance to get there. I also found out that when one gets hit by a car, others will come along, take away the body and eat it.

[@emilysmith2784]

No rage only appreciation. Loved every aspect of this video, thank you.

[@lj823]

Excellent video! My take away: (with processed food alert in mind) eat what makes sense to you, and let others do the same.

[@N4sir98]

Excellent video sharing, what I feel, is a very practical perspective of the human diet. And yes, I am an opportunivore.

[@pele220]

this is truly a unique channel that actually gives us real knowledge i love it

[@FilipNikodinovski]

I really appreciate the realism and honesty in these videos! Based on facts and research- not on generalizations and falling for cognitive dissonance.

[@Dank_Lulu]

Neighbour invited me for dinner and offered this "amazing home-made cheese". I didn't want any but decided to take a bite to stop the pestering. Turns-out the guy who made the cheese decided to not pasteurise the sheep's milk and have it ferment warm of the nip. It was to "preserve the nutrients like in the old days". Said preserved nutrients got me food poisoning and half a year later, after two different antibiotics for anaerobic germs, my waste is still pale/discolored on occasion and my gut health is not good. This can lead to some nightmarish complications down the line. So my advice is to stay away from processed and "home-made from a guy I know, he's really good" types of foods. Your health choices are way more important than avoiding a bit of social discomfort, try and avoid my mistakes instead.

[@PickledShark]

I’m not sure why we have to pretend it’s a great mystery. Why look at lions and Hippopotamuses when we can just look at Chimpanzees? Our closest living relatives are the other Great Apes, who are heavily herbivorous with some omnivorous tendencies. Their canine teeth are even larger than ours and their intestines are very similar. Everything about our physiology seems to suggest that we are pretty much the same while our archaeology suggests we went more heavily omnivorous later in our evolution, particularly as we spread out of Africa into a world that was still largely covered by ice sheets. Meat became necessary for survival, but still played a back seat role once urban civilization hit the scene, with grain production being one of the largest predictors of civilizational success in the stone, copper, bronze and iron ages.

[@ClassicJukeboxBand]

Except great apes have long cecums for digesting plant material to turn it into protein and fat. In humans, the cecum has deteriorated into a near useless appendix...we evolved away our ability to digest plants completely millions of years ago.

[@anitabeija7690]

Thank you, super interesting topic! I have to add that my case with teeth was totally different. When I was an dairy-carb oriented omnivore, my teeth were falling apart, I had 3 new cavities a year! I was so horrified, both of my parents started loosing their theeth in their 30ies I was blaming the gens. When I switched to ovo-vegan diet with Oranges every morning and lemons in my salads, but reduced procesed sugars and cut the crazy amounts of dairy, I improved to 3 cavities in a decade! My dentist, who is a professor in TAU didn't seem to bee surprised. He did say, that if I were to reduce also tomatoes and citrus, I might've not even had these 3, but I would probably have less naturaly bio available iron/ferritin (which absobtion they increase). I do agree about context, also just because I've seen some vegan people simply not taking good care of their teeth, no cleaning, smoking, using doubtable toothpaste and even avoiding regular visits to the dentist. So my take from my personal experience is that the more sugar, especially processed sugar (lactose being one of them) the more decay there is gonna be.

[@janeg6759]

My dad was a butcher, so I grew up eating mostly meat. I rarely had a balanced meal and had a lot of bowel issues/IBS. I went vegetarian around age 19 when I moved out (the opportunity was more available). It was difficult at first because I craved meat and I was having blood sugar crashes. But over time I felt healthier than ever. I ate meat again after 1 yr and it made me nauseous at first. Now I only eat meat when I get a craving for it and I try to make sure I eat a lot of veggies with it for a balanced meal. This is such an awesome, informative video. Thanks 😁

[@theanatomylab]

Thanks for the support and for sharing!

[@tizianomarelli9818]

Do you take supplements ?

[@janeg6759]

@@tizianomarelli9818 I only take Vitamin D3 that my doctor prescribed for my deficiency. No supplements.

[@egidijus6973]

So you only pay for killing animals when you have the urge?

[@gloriamaryhaywood2217]

My experience has been quite the Opposite! Grew up eating both meat and veggies, but mostly meat, beans, and rice dishes all my life. Got cancer 7 years ago and recovered and starting eating much healthier, with eliminating processed foods and sugar and adding a lot of veggies like broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower. Bad Move for me! Tore my digestion Up!😬 Especially bad when I consumed my new Favorite veggie, Broccoli!??😬 And I notice that when I consume mostly meat, (and red-meat in particular!), that not only is my digestion vastly improved but my energy level is much better as well!! #GoFigure?😉

[@omg_wtf]

Spent a year as a vegan. I felt good. In the end, I just could not be arsed. Also spent 3 months as a carnivore. My skin cleared up a lot, no gut issues, hardly any farting. but it was very expensive. Now i just eat a balanced diet and also feel good.

[@aquachonk]

Really? I save so much time and money on carnivore. Bonus: My household generates about 75% less waste, so far fewer trips down to the curb with the garbage bin.

[@notjustforme8857]

@@aquachonk Same here. Going full Carnivore saved me so much money and time, I will never go back. Also, I've heard that grassy hill pastures versus crops and monocultures, there isn't even a debate on what's better for animals in general. A 100% beef diet kills fewer animals per kg of protein than a plant-based diet, making it MORE VEGAN. Sounds... strange... but the math checks out. A full beef carnivore is more vegan than a modern vegan.

[@TC-yx1qt]

carnivore is cheaper than vegan and balanced. just eat ground beef and eggs

[@mortyc137a2]

So what your findings indicate, is the very thing that the vast majority of healthcare professionals all agree on; and that is to eat a varied and balanced diet? Shocking! (PS I'm sorry for the sarcasm)

[@Talismantra]

@@TC-yx1qt it doesn't get more balanced than eating only what nutrients you need, in a form your body's heritage has been tuned by to utilise, and with minimal waste and optimal regenerative optionality in procurement

[@HealthHacksDaily01]

Thank you for this insightful video on the impact of vegetables on the human body. It's refreshing to see a balanced approach that encourages understanding rather than dictating dietary choices

[@jessev2197]

It's just basics. Always strive for balance in everything, food, society etc.

[@frederikspudnik1792]

I like how he reframed the question in terms of "but fire " Because that really does change EVERYTHING He's so right that it changes the importance of what we evolved for. In a sense, it all comes down to, like so many other aspects of human existence, we have the ability to choose. Choosivores

[@EmsEms81]

Love that. Choosivores is going into my vocabulary!

[@MrSergayfgtxd]

Most down to earth video about the topic on youtube.

[@ironrose888]

Thank you for a great video. We are all different and we need to find out what works best for us. I’m vegetarian but I still crave meat, especially salmon and chicken. I eat eggs and dairy. I found out that I don’t handle carbs well but I can handle a little bit of rice but breads makes my blood sugar spike. I’m doing intermittent fasting with my low carb. I’m finally feeling better.

[@ArifAli-hg1eq]

Is it safe to go low carb and vegetarian together? I am also Diabetic T2 and trying to control it with food.

[@CARNIVORE-RN]

You’re craving meat for a reason!

[@JoeZyzyx]

A pound of uncooked rice has 1650 calories. Before cooking (boiled, not fried), a one raw pound potato has only 350 calories. Potato also has fiber, rice has almost none. Both are starch, which assimilates slower after eating than consuming pure sugar. A cup of rice before cooking (makes 3 cups cooked) is 700 calories. Eat potatoes instead of rice. If protein is added to rice, it does slow absorption and conversion of starch in rice to dextrose, which is a double glucose molecule. Avoid fructose since it doesn't register as a blood sugar reading on typical glucose monitoring meter, but it's still just as "sticky" in the blood stream.

[@ArifAli-hg1eq]

Thx for explaining.@@JoeZyzyx

[@danmarjenka6361]

@@ArifAli-hg1eqThe problem you will run into with being both low carb and vegetarian is you will not get enough calories. You will be hungry or feel shaky most of the time. It sounds like at least trying a Keto diet for a few months would be your best next step. Carnivore diet would fix your Type 2 the quickest, plus you would not be hungry.

[@miask]

I learn so much from these videos! You cover such diverse and interesting concepts! Thank you.

[@nooby8828]

This helps me so much, your videos get down to the point and are so interesting at the same time! 💯💯💯

[@danspencer4235]

I have tried a full spectrum from Vegan to Carnivore. Every plant produces chemicals that make some animals not want to eat them. I found that an Exclusionary diet, starting from Carnivore and then testing adding vegetables and fruits one or two at a time allowed me to find which things were most beneficial. Everyone is slightly different. Test things for yourself. I feel better on a Carnivore diet, but it gets boring. I like fruits and vegetables, too. What I have found is that manufactured/processed foods are the worst for me. You decide what works best for you.

[@olgaiushkova2454]

18:25 when you ARE in Siberia )) where in summer one portion of meat a week seems enough, given nuts, berries, fruit and veggies are penty to thrive, but winter makes you wisely consume far more proteins to heat up your body

[@SidharthGat]

Great points made! -Once a specie is able to manipulate the food to the form they want (different from the form it naturally occurs) like cooking is something we do, is the question of what we were meant to eat even relevant. -We are opportunivores. Thanks a lot, man, for adding to my knowledge! ❤

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

What is relevant is what is beneficial to us. Aka; what leads to the best health outcomes. We are no longer merely trying to survive, so we can choose what we eat.

[@SidharthGat]

@@Nobody-Nowhere Any specie that has attained food security engages in activities beyond what is obviously merely for survival.

[@ldolan4051]

What is ME/CFS?

[@FriedRice3519]

you're acting as if there are other species cooking skills we can even compare to

[@SidharthGat]

@@FriedRice3519 wdym? elaborate.

[@annetteboettner3435]

That was a well rounded explanation. Thanks!

[@alessandromorraco7420]

Fascinating! Incredible presentation!

[@laarnisadain3372]

Thanks so much for your well informative essential video.... Please do study more, that's the key, to know which is better, as in my ordinary and narrow knowledge, of being a vegetarian, eating raw, to benefit nutrients, as personally believing any nutrients is damaged by cooking, which I think leads most to decide being vegetarians, not carnivore, by eating mostly raw veges.... Personally I lack knowledge with this aspect, and hoping you can share some enlightenment with this... More power to You! ❤

[@metaspherz]

I like your rational approach to eating. Knowing which diet is best isn't easy because it's all subjective. Sometimes what's best for one person is unacceptable to another. Most of us have been consuming the same kinds of foods since childhood without much deviation. It's good to know that we don't need to make drastic changes in our diets if we are healthy, but we should be aware of the dangers of eating processed foods since they are not natural, do us no good nutritionally, and actually have been proven to do us harm than good. At 74 I have let myself go. My diet has had its ups and downs, mostly downs with potato chips, hot dogs, pizza, sausages, etc. so I've developed T2 diabetes and high blood pressure. At my age, it's a test of my willpower to avoid all the foods that damage my health since they taste so good and I've been eating them all of my life. So, I've been on the Keto diet for a week now. I started by eating only chicken, pork, and beef for the first 3 days and after my blood sugar went down to normal I added steamed and/or baked broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots. My blood sugar has remained between 95 and 110 so I know that my new diet is working. I have not checked my weight but my pants have loosened a bit so perhaps that is a good indication that I am losing some of my excess weight too. Thanks for your support and keep up the good work! It helps us to keep positive that what we are doing is for the long term and not just a fad.

[@karencollins5287]

Just remember the largest study in the world on food "The China Study" recommended not to eat more than a palm size amt of meat per day as it turned on the cancer forming genes. This was the longest and most intensely informed research on diets of people and where they lived. Too much meat causes cancer in humans and the WHO confirms this on their website. Going for more beans and peas etc might be a better option!

[@donutcare9680]

@@karencollins5287the China Study is not a good example, it is a study people with an agenda use because it is biased and limited to the person picking responses they wanted to see. Perfect for picking apart.

[@karencollins5287]

@@donutcare9680 I don’t understand why it’s not a good example? It’s a monumental survey of diet and death rates from cancer in more than 2,400 counties and the monumental efforts to explore significance and implications for nutrition and health. The science is conclusive, with peer reviewed studies and overwhelming statistics. I especially noted the fact that when people moved from the country and moved to the city how their eating and lives changed so much. Not for the better…Fascinating. I liked chapter 14 - Scientific Reduciinism. Also how they could turn cancer on and off !!! I don’t know why u would discount this terrific study

[@bdarecords_]

@@donutcare9680 The "agenda" is imaginary. The real agenda comes from reactionares and conservatives, being in big networks, sponsored by oil billionaires misinforming the public. Eating a vegan whole foods diet is by far the healthiest diet for humans, scientifically proven. Additionally, comparative studies have also proven this for dogs. Comparing barf, omnivore and vegan diets for dogs, the vegan diets had the biggest lifespan and best health. What you and others do, you repeat slogans because it makes you defensive to hear about veganism and why it is illogical not being vegan. Also, morally or ethically speaking, not being vegan is wrong aswell. Altruism and logical thinking are deeply rooted in our dna, it is what makes us human and sets us apart from other animals. It is illogical to harm animals if it is unneccesary. Eating animals is unneccesary, on average bad for health, extremely bad for climate, biodiversity, zoonosis risks and various other things. Proven beyond a doubt. If you as in everyone is not vegan or at least plant based by now, as a famous german science communicator and biologist Dr. Benecke said, you are either ignorant or 3vil.

[@bahaar2825]

@@karencollins5287 Sometimes I question WHO and if they are hiding something for their own financial gain.

[@stalwartcoleopteran8716]

It's really great that we get to see videos like this being made by people who know what they are talking about.

[@claudiaarjangi4914]

💯 An 'Oportunivore'.. Best word.. Makes the most sense out of all the categories ive heard of.. Due to the luck of our particular evolution, we are able to eat nearly anything.. Thats probably 1 of the things that set us on our way to 🏆top of the food chain 🏆 ( next to luck of tool using hands & an "oversee-er" type of brain consciousness "programming") 😁☮️🌏

[@sandrafrancis3631]

A good balanced view point. Seems to me extremes are usually bad. What we need is a balanced diet with not too much of anything, especially not too much food itself! Excessive food intake, is also damaging , along with ultra processed foods. They are the two most harmful things you can do regarding diet.

[@rico2251]

can you guys do a video on different blood types and the rhesus factor please I just don't understand it and you guys always make it so much more understandable it would be greatly appreciated thank you !!

[@imjoeimjoe]

Read the books from Peter J. D'Adamo very fascinating stuff, he goes into not just blood type but also body type, for example asians have meat eating incisors teeth that have scoops, and a slew of other stuff. If you want to keep it simple though, no processed foods and eat a variety of fresh meats and vegetables, can't really go wrong, the main problem we have especially in America is that we keep killing our nutrition with the processes we use to make food interesting and especially to extend shelf life. Buy and cook your own food, organic if you can.

[@Spiritof48]

I agree. The best diet advice these days - the less processed and especially hyper processed products the better (that includes sugar and seed oils ) We actually know a lot about our hunter-gatherer ancestors diet here in Northern Europe . We have found quite a lot of their kitchen middings . We also know that they used toothpicks and chewing gum made from birch wood resin .

[@Toymuseumpenang]

❤ really extraordinary insightful and helpful knowledge acquired today