The risk of contracting the brain parasite toxoplasma from kitty litter vs. meat.
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This is the last in a 4-video series. To catch up, check out Toxoplasmosis: A Manipulative Foodborne Brain Parasite (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/toxoplasmosis-a-manipulative-foodborne-brain-parasite), Long-Term Effects of Toxoplasmosis Brain Infection (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/long-term-effects-of-toxoplasmosis-brain-infection), and Does Toxoplasmosis Cause Schizophrenia? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-toxoplasmosis-cause-schizophrenia).
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• Is Meat Glue Safe? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-meat-glue-safe/)
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Stop eating at Chinese Food restaurants?
What is the prevalence of this infection in humans? 1 in 4 seems really high?
Are you paying attention Sv3rige!?! XD
but..but…some geniuses like VG rave about eating raw meat, including in third world countries. Inconceivable!
Dr. What do you advice a person with blisters in the back ( acne )
OMG! Sucking the folate out of your brains! (evil laugh)
this is gold as always
This toxoplasmoses video is a series, 473 more videos are planned lol.
This is scary. I love the recommendations of food to increase folic acid and B12.👍 I'll throw in some extra spinach to my smoothie today!
So any chance of vegans getting this from their food sources?
sv3rige 🤭
How intresting. Thank you.
So gross!!!
Thank you for sharing
how do you test for this? how do you treat this if you have it? also is that 3/4 cup cooked spinach measured before or after cooking? it takes a LOT of raw spinach to make 3/4 cup of cooked spinach.
Now I see there's a sprinkle of truth behind the cliche of the crazy cat lady.
Been around cats almost my entire life.
Probably I am a Toxiplasmosiman right now.
I don't want cats though, is that a sign I am still sane!?
More videos on how to get rid of it
I'm going to eat a handful of romaine!
Don't want to go catshitt crazy!
What's the risk of getting T. gondii from eating cat meat, though? Asking for a friend.
This series is absolutely terrifying. I know that "to be warned is to be forearmed," but I also know thousands of cat owners are freaking out now! TFP.
Can you be tested to see if you have it?
i feel our cat threatens me with this
0:20 3:14
The take home message here: Don't eat meat. 🌱
If 1/4 Americans are infected and it causes numerous problems, why don't companies and the government try hard to develop a cure? The parasite shouldn't be invincible… Have the scientists concluded that the parasites can never be removed?
Listen, if you're not immune suppressed or pregnant, or thinking about getting pregnant, you really don't Need to be worried about this. Just practice good hygeine like hand washing.
Noo, we wanna get rid of them, can't we just drink garlic juice or something?? :p
1:16
"and that r not fed raw meat"
mehh not gonna happen with my cat, he likes dead dinos :)))
from dry food even him got candida (dandruff, random excess weight, worse hair, dandruff, shackyness), no species is safe from starches!!! starches r nazis btw
I am feeding my cat a diet based on raw meat, should I stop then ?
So do we all need to be tested? And is there treatment?
Uncooked beef, like (raw) filet americain is a problem. It can be infected too and is popular in Yerp. In France a lot of infection is assumed. However, if you freeze this meat to -19ºC for 48 hours, the parasite is said to croak, according to an RIVM study.
Now that cats are villified in this matter is ridiculous. Millions of people have cats. Total hygiene and abstaining from meat raw or cooked should be highlighted. Dr Greger did not even mention blood transfusions and organ transplants as another reason which has been proven that it is on fact so.
He mentioned that this virus cannot be detected in raw meat before its packaged and sold on the market. Billions of animals are slaughtered for food yearly therefore an obvious reason this virus will be sold in meat undetected. Lets include backstreet butchers and sales. I think this problem has still not been fully investigated only the tip of the ice berg has been revealed
Well this explains why Sv3ridge is so crazy.
How bout killin it?
Well…at least we didn’t have to wait 2 years for the ending of this series! 😉
Toxoplasma eats B12 and folate. So eat more of it to make sure Toxoplasma really thrives. Doc you are a bright one NOT.
Okay. So how would a person get rid of the little buggers if they already have them?
Has anyone heard him speak of how to get rid of the toxoplasmosis protozoan parasite? If so, WHERE?
Toxoplasmosis goes away on its own in few weeks.
There was news in 2015 of a well-established hypertension drug, guanabenz, being effective at treating the latent cysts in mice (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26303803), but there do not seem to be any human trials as yet. Could one be crowdfunded?* It would need to be possible to check the cysts have diminished in live humans. I do not know if brain scans can see them.
*With the drug I guess being off-patent, it is very unlikely a pharmaceutical company will fund any such research. However, enough people are affected by this, that if some reasonable proportion of them chipped in, perhaps it could be done. Is there any way to crowdfund such research and feel empowered vs waiting in hope that something comes up? A pharmaceutical company would ideally develop a drug that does not cure the problem, but helps contain it, providing you keep taking the medication.
Finally, fuck 🤣
Can we just get a video where you mention what can be done to ELIMINATE/KILL the parasite if you're already infected?! These cliffhangers are brutal! Thanks.
I drink more than a cup and a half of spinach daily 😁 I knew popeye was real💪🏽
lol vegans need to supplement with b12? Organ meats have tons of b12 and are so delicious
What about raw spinach?
So, what tests are available to determine whether you have this or not, and if you should have it what can be done to eliminate the Toxoplasmosis?
Thank you for this!!!!
Thank you Dr. Greger I'll make sure we put our cats out for adoption. All this is so informative!
Wait, but can you please cover if there's ANY available treatment? My sister developed schizoaffective, I'm at high risk (two people in immediate family with schizophrenia/schizoaffective), and there's a strong chance we could have toxoplasmosis from having outdoor cats all our lives. You said in a previous video that common anti-parasitics don't work on toxo, so are there ANY treatments? Please help, Dr. Greger!
No more Chinese buffet .
how to cure it when you have it?
Just wow. I've been speculating about this for years. In Germany parasites are taken far more seriously. All my suspicions have been validated.
All Hail Brain Slug!!!
Raw pork is eaten a lot in Germany, it's called "Mett"
What do you think about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qDYl4zHmAg
Can you do a “what I eat in a day” video
No wonder the US uses folic acid in processed wheat, it reduces intelligence in the population by blocking real folate uptake from food.
Well, Neurologist know that you replace the toxo line for a variety of cerebral lesions and you ger the same curve of psyquiatric and cognitive decline as with toxoplasmosis. The dopamine and folate story is no more than a tale. There are better reasons to take good care of cats and to eat vegetables than this story.
How do you know if you are infected?
This is the last in a 4-video series. To catch up, check out Toxoplasmosis: A Manipulative Foodborne Brain Parasite (https://youtu.be/B3yNPBHR1Z8), Long-Term Effects of Toxoplasmosis Brain Infection (https://youtu.be/e3hu1Tpp4AU), and Does Toxoplasmosis Cause Schizophrenia? (https://youtu.be/0z1IHccbVi8) -NF Team
0:55 How are cats not food animals like other animals? When you eat cows, why should you not eat cats?
Why does this have to exist
So as it produces dopamine, what does it do to an Adhd patient?
KILL ALL CATS !!!!!!!!!
And there are some people following a raw meat diet.. cough sv3rige cough
Why do Americans use inaccurate, arbitrary, and impractical volumetric units of food measurement? Everything should be grams. If possible raw grams and cooked grams to be clear.
Not super related to this video, but in general this triggers me.
GAH! What's the safe cooking temp of pork and lamb? I eat a ton of undercooked pork and lamb
SOOOO WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU HAVE IT??????
how long does it live in the human body? :S
Howwwww do we safely kill and clear it??????
This is scary. Is there some sort of treatment for toxo if it is so widespread?
I feel like the info about stray cat infection rates was mis-characterized. The text of the paper seems to indicate that 6% were actively shedding during the study. I believe that leaves open the possibility that literally ALL the stray cats studied were infected.
Did toxcoplasma effect on married life ?
Hi! Neighbourhood cats about 6+ come to my baclyard and poop all over and in the front yard. How do i sterilize the soil after them? Can I pour diluted bleach on the spot? What proportions? Thanks
I love this channel!
Sadly most of us already have it, over 80% of us. Theres not much to stop haha
The speakers rising and falling intonation are incredible! The entire video is an example of perfect prosodic control in speech.
Also when I go to restaurants they ask if I want pork cooked?!?!??! Is it insanity? Do people not know??? Beef it’s what I thought it would be ok to have it not well done, but pork or veal?!?!