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• Is Vegan Food Always Healthy? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-vegan-food-always-healthy/)
• Plant-Based Eating Score Put to the Test (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant-based-eating-score-put-to-the-test)
• The Negative Effects and Benefits of Plant-Based Diets (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-negative-effects-and-benefits-of-plant-based-diets)<
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Yes!!! Humans are animals too! Vegans love animals…to spread the word the best you need to take care of yourself! You would ever feed a cow or pig or chicken junk food??? No! That’s abuse! Then why eat it yourself??? Stay healthy to be a good example for others thinking about being vegan and live longer to spread the word!
What if I'm already 100% plant based? Is it possible to reach 120% plant based?
Thank you and congratulations for your first million followers!
👍👍👍
Always a great pod cast …just making my poka bowl …loaded with plant based foods and tofu
The title should probably be changed to "Why Vegans Should Eat More Whole Foods," as we already eat a plant-based diet by definition, and the title you're using is guaranteed to confuse the non-vegans watching. Thanks for posting!
Someone needs to warn Sophia about eggs so she can come down from that psychedelic disaster she created. ❤️
When I offer my coworkers help on switching to a Whole Foods plant based diet they act like I’m trying to poison them. No amount of good will, politeness and babying work because they’re so closed minded they automatically shut down when they consider a change. I don’t even like these people and I want them to be healthy 🤷♂️ I’ll just keep eating my overnight oats…
So vegans should eat negative amounts of meat.
So eegz is bad?
Wrong title
Why Vegans Should Eat More..WHOLE FOODS (Plant-Based is a given)
Inflation means 100% is no longer good enough.
Nice!… but why did you leave us hanging at the end?
I must admit, I have a tendency to go to the pub as a British man and eat a vegan burger and chips with a side of cauliflower bites. It may seem healthy but those patty's have gone through an insane amount of processes
Truth well put!
Live it to stay away from hospitals and the prison nursing home!
indeed, lets stop the bread and flour(bread) use also. there is so many better whole grains to make food from.
Excellent information in this video! Thank you dr. Greger for this excellent video. One thing though, I think the title maybe should be "Why Vegans Should eat More Whole Food".
You guys need to change the title. How can an already vegan eat more plant-based if being vegan means you eat nothing but plants…….sounds like you need to change from plant-based to whole-food plant-based.
Of course….as long as 'Plant-based' means to truly exclude (not just reduce) all animal products, including red meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and dairy products…and not just 'Flexitarian' in disguise?
Great video
Eggs are unhealthy? LOL #PlantBasedBias
2:16 That's right.
We are coming up with new varients of junk food everyday.
What the f@#k is kulladh pizza by the way?
We are inventing 100 new dishes daily to become sick like Americans. Every dish in market is overloaded with oil, cheese, paneer, butter, sugar, refined flour and what not. Every where I see cancer – diabetes, cancer – diabetes, & cancer – diabetes. We hear no dialogue on WPBD in any mainstream media in India.
May god bless us..
There are now thousands of carnivore dieters in the comment sections of nutritional videos extolling the miraculous health improvements they've experienced by kicking plants out of the diet. Conversely, there are thousands of ex-vegans reporting that when they went vegan, their health improved for a little while, but the deficiencies inherent in veganism finally caught up with them and their health took a giant dump.
Problem is “plants” people still think of lettuce. How would someone survive
Duh 🙂
Im not vegan or vegetarian. But I ever wondered why vegeterians eat so much junk.
My diet is 90% whole food plant based. I just dont like processed food
I love this channel!
theere needs to be a video on what "prossessing" makes food bad. like what if i dry some strawberries, or boil vrocolly instead of eating it raw or fry something? what about satain, wich is gluten thats stemed and fried?
some of these prossessed foods contain stuff that looks fine and natral like TVP or like some bean burgers. what is it in the impossible burger that makes it bad? the ingredents themselves dont look harmfull
Comparing vegetarian and vegan with whole food plant based is not like for like, because vegetarian includes eggs which, you just said yourself, are the worst health-wise.
For a fair comparison it should be vegan versus whole-food vegan.
Vegans are the OG's and someone comes along with a new name called "plant based" and now its better to be "based" in plants, (implies not exclusively plants) than being 100% plants (vegan)? I'll stick to the vegan label.
If vegans really want to reduce animal cruelty, rather than just trying to shame people, they should set an example by proving that veganism is super healthy.
That means, not just being vegan, but being whole food vegan. Instead off picking on others, they should pick on themselves. Then the statistics would speak for themselves.
Even if people don’t really care about animals or the planet, most people do care about their own health, and the health of their children.
"healthy animal foods"? lol they just never get it
I used to think vegetarians and vegans were weirdos. Really. I just didn't understand what they were all about. But my wife and I are big-time gardeners and grow all our own fruits and vegetables, so we somehow, slowly, moved away from eating much meat. Now, meat is just an occasional thing. The good news: we feel better, our doctor is very impressed with our health and we take no pharmaceutical drugs of any kind. I don't know a single person my age (mid sixties) who isn't taking three, four, five drugs every day for their maladies.
I make my own whole plant based burgers (legumes+a bunch of spices) with no frying and my family, non-vegans too, love them. :- ) Whole Plant Based Food is my favorite!
Sweet potatoes, especially japanese and hawaiian sweet potatoes ARE vegan donuts.
Vegans already eat plant exclusive diets. I think you meant Whole Food Plant Based. ✌️🍉
I'm confused.
How much more plant-based does it get than vegan❓
Avoid Legumes, the Lectins will not be destroyed while cooking.
For the algorithm
Vegans should eat more meat if they care about there health.
Thank you for the reminder! It's not a huge problem for me, but I know I can always do better. Munching on raw broccoli now.
'More Whole Foods' is what the title should be, it's a mistake.
Missing a noun at the end of the title? And do vegans eat anything else but plant-based [noun]? Junk vegan food is still plant-based.
It's too hard. A purely whole-food diet is just far too dull to contemplate making that the norm for the rest of my life. I love a lot of whole foods, but they just can't compete with modern food on experience. It's like if we all found out today that iPhones cause cancer, but Nokia 3310s don't. Would the world revert to Nokia 3310s? No, they'd re-engineer the iPhone so it doesn't cause cancer, because nobody would be willing to forgo an iPhone despite the huge cancer risk. It's the same with food. How can we produce a vaccine using novel technology for a virus nobody has heard of before within a year, but we can't make processed foods healthy, or make whole plant foods taste like processed foods?
I know it's all economics, and the companies have no incentive to spend the R&D money when they already have us hooked on the current evolution of processed foods, but the truth is that's how things are going to remain until somebody breaks through with a discovered that makes whole foods competitive with processed foods without the risk, or de-risks processed foods.
If I can get my stomach stapled, why can't I also have a diverter valve attached so I can eat bad foods and have it bypass the digestive system, while only whole-food meals go into my gut?
I was a whole grain, plant based eater for 15 years. I avoided refined sugar and saturated fat. 2,000 calories per day. I became pre-diabetic and stage 2 hypertensive in my early fifties. I went to see a new doctor and she said to switch to a meat diet for six months. If this didn't work she'd have to put me on meds.
I've eaten nothing but meat for 7 months, now. 2,000 calories per day. I weigh 20 pounds less. Beef, bison, fish, sausage, bacon, salami, pork……..My blood pressure is now 126/82 most times. ALL of my blood numbers are within healthy normal range now. The doctor said to keep doing whatever I'm doing. My vitamin D was a little, just a little low.
Please explain.
OK……a little common sense reminder here!!
I’m 62 and vegan for 7 years. I’m too old to be eating junk food . But I can understand that a lot of younger people who are vegan will probably be eating vegan junk food. But I look at it as the lesser of 2 evils. Vegan junk food is not the best for health but it will eliminate death from clogged arteries from animal fat and protein built up in the arteries over time. At least those who are eating vegan junk food aren’t harming animals. Also, whatever health problems emerge from eating vegan junk food, these problems are more easily corrected than having to have bypass, stents, etc. due to arteriosclerosis. I was a caregiver for 17 years to my elderly parents and grandmother all of whom suffered strokes and congestive heart failure. Clogged arteries are no joke.
👍 Plant based for the environment, whole food plant based for health, vegan for the victims!
Just ate my bowl of hot cereal (whole rye berries, whole wheat berries, whole oats, walnuts, flaxseed, banana, and blueberries). Delicious!
53 yr old Scotland wfpb here , 8 years , perfect health ,
Every day I count my blessings to have found dr Gregor & others.
this is the secret to a very healthy life .
Oh and no ‘safe & effective’ experimental jabs for me 🙏
Thank you <3
How about animal based Collagen. Do collagen supplements increase levels in the body ?
I'm eating a frozen forks over knives WFPB meal on my lunch break! I'm vegan and I try to eat lots of whole foods, but chocolate is my weakness.
Unless epidemiological studies can show a significant difference (in the range of 30% change or greater), and that this change is repeatable with subsequent studies on different groups of people, they aren't worth the paper they are written on.
What about the research showing plant sterols imitate cholesterol (which is why they reduce it) but don't carry out the same function in the body which can actually cause a heart attack? LDL cholesterol seals up blood clots very effectively. If plant sterols get involved that cap goes from being strong to guaranteeing its going to fail, causing cardiac arrest.
Plant based junk is defined as containing cheap solvent polluted oil.
LOL!, I love that line… "junk is a food group".
The title confused me. Every vegan is on a plant based diet. I think you meant Vegans should eat more whole foods. And i agree.
Every one of my vegetarian and vegan friends has the worse diet. They consume more processed sugary products than my omnivore friend. The bad thing is they still think its better than eating meat product. They stuff themselves with pasta and bread in every meal.
Vegans eat plants only diet, not plant based lol
I don't eat chips, but I'm guilty of eating a lot of sugar and imitation meats. I can clearly see the difference in my energy and auto-immune diseases when I'm not around sugar for a while. It's so hard to quit 😪
When you vegans figure out the same bacteria that rot your teeth from a diet foundation of starch and sugar in over abundance promotes proliferation of bad bacteria also attack your arteries at high stress points that the cholesterol is just trying to fix you think you will still be so adamant about your diets.
Too many carbs!
Not enough protein in plants….animal foods better
There are nice informatons; But you talk about loose of weight. Maybe people don't eat enough proteins and they loose lean mass so it's not good. And remember, when you loose weight, it improves all biology markers 😉
Two raw eggs a day keeps the Vegan away
i knew a woman who claimed to be vegan, nevertheless she was obese. i suppose the vegan foods she was eating were heavily processed and refined, and even eating a lot of same.
of course, she might be a secret cheater: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vh-DHbdK_nE?feature=share
India has health issues with vegetarian diet because they eat lot of butter and milk daily. It’s the animal
Products ruining their health
Vegans have the best health and bmi among all
Dietary groups.
What bullshit! He is lumping together vegans and vegetarians! It’s the butter eggs meat and fish and milk that’s the harm
Here. This was a poorly done video
the real problem in Oxford studies (and aslo women adventist in truth) Is high prevalence underweight incidence in vegan especially vegan women. Being underweight, aslo if consume only "healthy whole plant food" Is a GIANT risk factor not only for fractures but aslo neurologic, cardiovascolar diseases, cancer mortality and all cause mortality. Indian vegetarians are anyway healthier than indian omnivorous both that stay in India that migrate in western countries
should the title not read "Why Vegans Should Eat More Whole food" ?vegan can't help but eat plant-based…
Fake news: Poultry and dairy are healthy. 🤔
Tattoo this on your forehead: Association is not causation!
The first. 17 seconds along give me such pause!! I've sent this video to everyone I know.
Reducing Heme, Methionine, Neu5Gc, AGEs and inflammatory compounds in meat may mean eating vegan processed food still extends lifespan.
(n=1 anecdote warning)
My mom is 90 & has been vegetarian since the Carter Administration, snacking mostly on peanut butter and crackers all day, and subway sandwiches.
She's been smoking cigarettes since the Eisenhower administration, and yet still doing great. Both her parents ate lots of meat, didn't smoke, and died in their 60s.
Animal based* you mean
Animal based you mean
Nine years vegan. Went whole food plant based in February. Weight down and all bad markers corrected. It’s easier to do than I thought. Love it. I went from being a healthy vegan to a junk food vegan when the fake meat and cheeses came out. They are delicious, but not good for health. Glad I’m back!
What is it with all your scaremongering?
Our grandparents and grand grand parents ate what they wanted, meat, eggs, butter, milk, lard and of course vegetables, too, and became 90+ years old.
I think the main problem is the excessive carbohydrate consumption especially the consumption of simple sugars like glucose, sucrose and corn syrup etc.
Another problem might be the use of antibiotics, pesticides, vitamins and minerals which was much less a hundred years ago.
Maybe the term "Whole Food Plant-Based", which can be confused with meaning that some animal products are allowed, should be simplified to "Whole food vegan" or "Whole plant food" way of eating
Congratulations on one million dollars. People want the whole truth!
American diet is a plant based food one. So much wheat and potatoes.
I can't find a good NF video on ginseng, anybody got any advice? Genseng… yay or nay?? Thanks!
It's the most ridiculous title I have ever seen. Vegans eat basically ony plants (and some artificial add ons). Also a burger, fries and crisps are made of plants.
Is it okay to remove the yolk from an egg and eat it?
Are dairy products unhealthy?
“May” but actually doesn’t
trying to bulk with whole foods plants based is hard. i can’t only eat so much lentils , rice , and avocado!
Tldw eat a meatless whole food starch based diet and workout regularly
The Blue Zones do eat animal protein (even if many “experts” want us to believe they are mainly vegan) and they live a very long and healthy life.
I don’t manage to copy the photos from the official website, of the amount of animal protein of each blue zone in here, but this is a summary of how much animal protein, on average each Blue Zone eats.
Nicoya 31%
Okinawa 2%
Sardinia 31%
Loma linda 16%
IKaria 11%
Any thoughts?
This is a really important topic and will help so many people focus in more on their nutrition. Thanks so much for covering this topic specifically!
Spirulina is the staple to use
Humans originally ate only fruit. Look it up.