Hey guys, I realize this is a lot of research and not a lot of real life examples - though there are a few. If you want me to do a day of slamming antioxidants video let me know!
Mic the Vegan you know fasting is the ultimate anti-oxidant and it will lower your trigs too. Now if you’d just eat some meat, eggs, and fish you could get your cholesterol to a healthy range. 😄
I'd like you to do a video on how poor people can get the most nutrition dense food on the cheap. This would help starving students, low-income seniors and the disabled, the unemployed, etc. I mean assuming they can only afford a few foods, which foods should they get that would give them the biggest bang for their bucks?
Funny how people are so concerned about getting enough protein but don't give one thought to antioxidants. Athletes assume they need to chug protein after a workout (turns out carbs post workout are more important) while antioxidants consumption has been shown to have a huge impact on recovery from exercise and no one ever talks about it.
Yes I am concerned with getting enough plant protein because I train real hard. But the nutrients I get from the ton of veg fruit and beans I eat I prioritise. The more colours in my food the better I feel.
Dylan Johnson because people take advice from newspapers and not actually from real research. I study biology on university and I am shocked how much, of basic things, newspapers get wrong🤦♀️. So I stop reading it 😀.
@@Reny2701 because newspapers do not just report it but spin it to their bias, having said that as long as you understand the bias in a report, you can find the correct facts of a scientific study as long as the report is not missing vital information from the study.
If you want to try carrot in the morning, I recommend grating it up and cooking it with your oatmeal! If you play your cards right with spices and sweetners (I like to add turmeric and cinnamon and raisins) it totally tastes like carrot cake!
I dont even know why anybody would ever say that healthy foods are expensive when two cans of beans are 60 cents and a steak with as much protein is at least 5$ while having less nutrients
@@Cin9999 I think they are referring to certain fruits that are quite expensive. VS cheap fast foods. I certainly think our over all food bill is less even though we do purchase of a lot of berries, nuts, and seeds for our diet.
@@egalitarianvegan8806 I wish kiwis were cheaper, I would eat like 3-5 a day if they were and they're great ! (I'm talking high quality and actually edible kiwis like the ones from Zespri)
My breakfast: oatmeal Cinnamon Nutmeg Ground ginger 100% dark cocoa powder Blueberries Blackberries Ground flax or chia seeds Hopefully that's a pretty good start. And if you want to eat carrots for breakfast, make a carrot cake oatmeal. XD
1.) You're hilarious 🤣 2.) Bulk buying herbs for tea is legit amazing. Amazon and iHerb both sell Frontier Organic dried herbs, usually in 16 ounce bags, which keep indefinitely in glass jars or plastic containers. Much more convenient, cheaper, and more eco-friendly than buying individual tea bags! Aaaannnd, if you have a little dirt, many herbs are literally weeds and grow very quickly. 3.) I'm inspired to go brew some hibiscus & lemon balm. Thanks for another great video, Mic!
Psilocybins i tend to drink more coffee during the semester for obvious reasons :’). But in general, I don’t get the hype. I thought I would understand when I “grew up”.
@@gallectee6032 is that black coffee? Could it be the added milk, have you got citation? My opinion on coffee is that it's equally good and bad, it has its positives and negatives, some experts say it's good others say its bad. Caffeine also gets a bad rap and it too has lots of health benefits.
@@123ChrisG If you're not a regular on Dr. Greger's channel, you're missing out. ua-cam.com/video/cw0rtjNHGTA/v-deo.html - Does Coffee Affect Cholesterol? ua-cam.com/video/dcbmdxdWljs/v-deo.html - Do the Health Benefits of Coffee Apply to Everyone? (Hyper responders)
I like that addition of tea throughout the day. Makes me wonder what drinking coffee throughout the day does regarding to the antioxidants vs oxidation stress.
Carl Baum Lol. This happens to me with my Riverford vegetable box, it’s had spring/summer greens in it every week for ages. I’ve ended up putting them in everything! 😂
I recently learned you can freeze kale (and other leafy greens) for smoothies if you drink those. It was one of those Oh Duh moments for me. 😅 I actually have been loving doing it and cutting down on food waste. I just wash, de-stem and tear up into pieces placing it all in a drawstring cloth produce bag in my freezer. I've also been putting sliced frozen zucchini in smoothies (can't taste it and a good way to up the variety of ingredients). 👍
Sorry about the time in answering... I went completely vegan, added about 10% raw to my diet, stopped any processed food, no alcohol and no oil. Pretty much followed what Mic said. My doctor was unhappy when I stopped taking carbimazole and prednisone but that stuff decimates gut health, plus the weight gain from prednisone was sucking my will to live. Now, I eat healthy, exercise regularly and avoid all junk. I also watch Pick Up Limes because she is a qualified dietician and Gojiman because he talks a lot about improving gut health. This worked for me, even if you continue with your meds, change your diet. It will help.
I put cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, ground clove, and allspice on my oatmeal every morning. It makes it taste like a cookie 🍪 and it has antioxidants. So it’s a win-win!
Amazing Vid and I am a fan as always.. I am sure you have thousands that tell you this, but it was your channel that finally convinced me to go vegan over 2 years ago and I am grateful. (went from a suicidal over medicated 270 lbs to my current 195 lbs drug free)
Bell peppers are fruits. I think the culinary understanding of vegetables is simply incorrect and unhelpful. A fruit is a fruit regardless of sugar content.
Great topic! Not enough is being said about even moderate alcohol consumption and the damage it causes. It's like the elephant in the room that nobody wants to talk about because it's so acceptable and ingrained in our culture but it is not a health food. Your example shown was of a person that had partied heavily, both smoking and drinking. Which gives most people the feeling that you're not talking about them and can be easily dismissed. What about the person that has a glass of wine or a beer or two each night? Death by moderation?
Agreed. All the evidence seems to be that low alcohol consumption doesn't appear to be unduely unhealthy. That doesn't mean alcoholic drinks are superfoods, or that people should start drinking to obtain some health benefit.
I just made a big batch of soup last night in a stock pot. I put in navy beans, edamame, broccoli slaw, sliced grape tomatoes, Onion, carrots, celery, curry powder (a lot), homemade veggie stock (made from veggie cuttings). I don't usually think about what is in most of my food when I fix it. I figure I'm getting whatever I need and my labs are perfect. For breakfast I put together old-fashion oats, chopped walnuts, Hemp seeds, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, fresh golden figs, kale, and douse it with almond milk, and warm it up it the microwave. Sometimes I may add some cinnamon and nutmeg. All very yummy! When I remember to, I also add some of my homemade "ground meat" which is made up of riced cauliflower, riced mushrooms, and ground walnuts, which has been mixed together, spread onto parchment paper in a baking pan, baked at 350 for 20 minutes, stirred and baked for another 20 minutes.
I eat a pile of steamed kale alongside oatmeal with ground flax, blueberries, and cinnamon in the morning. Plus a sheet of nori. A typical eating pattern excludes greens from breakfast, but a typical eating pattern also includes meat with every meal. Upbringing and habit. My meals don’t always go as planned though - I ate a bag of Cracker Jacks for lunch yesterday.
I am so impressed that you do SO much research on EVERY video!!! I took notes this time and I was exhausted by the end! Amazing! Really helpful information. I'm glad you included the helpful information on spices.
I also hear “antioxidants” in my head knowing I need to step it up, so you’re surely answering the collective😂 Thanks for the entertaining presentation of this vital info. Your channel mentored my researching, going and sustaining vegan a few years back when I found it. I’m not dead or malnourished so keep up the great work! ✌🏼🌿😍
Yes amla does taste horrible! I use it in a DIY face and hair mask. But lately I manage to add 1/4 of a teaspoon to my breakfast bowl and just try to hide that terrible bitterness behind raw cacao, coconut blossom sugar and tahini. After a while you get used to it and don't wanna miss it :-)
A shredded carrot cooked with oats does not change the taste, but adds texture. It's very enjoyable. It still can be eaten as sweet breakfast with fruit. I got the idea and recipe from Emma Lairds channel.
I mix amla powder and turmeric 50-50 and put a teaspoonful in whatever dish I'm making for my breakfast. With enough competing flavors the nastiness of the amla is masked. Not knowing its high yuck factor and attracted by the promise of an antioxidant megadose, I once attempted to swallow a whole teaspoon straight, no chaser. Big mistake. My mouth and sinuses burned for hours.
If we can get your hands on fresh amla, make chutneys with amla, ginger, onions, grated coconut, bunch of greens.. it's delicious. Doesn't taste anything like amla powder. 😊
I always have an antioxidant fruit smoothie in the morning (blueberries, strawberries and mango cause why not) so I hope that does it for my daily consumption
It's interesting that most measurements of lutein and zeaxanthin combine them, even though they play different roles in eye health. The leafy greens are mostly lutein, but orange bell peppers have lots of zeaxanthin. So kale salad with orange bell peppers, folks!
12:37 You can add a little bit of pumpkin to your oatmeal. Season with the pumpkin pie spices and maybe some date sugar, and you are good to go. I also put raisins in my pumpkin oatmeal too. You can probably also add in some nuts too. Also another good food with a diverse antioxidant profile are goji berries. Here's a paper detailing what they have: www.hindawi.com/journals/omcl/2019/2437397/
I’ve been drinking this tea that is called Millenia tea it’s basically picked and flash frozen so it retains an amazing amount of antioxidants since I’ve been drinking it my lupus has actually gone into remission I have to say I wholeheartedly agree that antioxidants are SO important!!
Speaking of spices, hope you can research and do a video on heavy metal contamination in spices, how bad is it, and how to avoid tainted products. Because I've heard there have been some bad cases.
I watched a video years back about antioxidants and it said that most dietary antioxidants can only react a few times but our antioxidant enzyme system produces catalysts that can prevent oxidative damage a million times over. And they require trace minerals to function properly, so it's very important to get those in.
I was also really fascinated by anti-oxidants. But I was more interested in why plants make antioxidants in the first place. Why do blueberries 🫐 have antioxidants? Is it because the blueberry plant loves us🌱❤️? No. . . Plants create antioxidants for themselves, not us. Turns out plants love light, but only visible spectrum light. They hate UV light, just like us. So they create antioxidants in response to UV damage.
Hi Mic, at around 8:48 you mention glaucoma as a common disease in the eye where the nerve deteriorates... to be more accurate glaucoma is a condition due to aqueous humor flow in the eye that does not flow properly which causes pressure that can then cause nerve damage. It is primarily a flow/pressure issue that secondarily affects the optic nerve. Otherwise love your information.
See you at the vegan camp :) Sooo excited!! Im working on 'The Peoples Meta Analysis for Vegan Validity', lots of science and references, maybe we could have a short chat about it? Or just get everyone's signatures for the front page to help motivate me in this immense undertaking :)
Thank you for your awesome content Mic. I appreciate these longer videos so packed with good info... I’m still super pumped for that mini-doc about pigs.
Amla isn't as bad-tasting as it's made out to be. But I also like Granny Smith apples and quince, so there is that. So if you like those kinds of tart foods, you'll likely be just fine with amla.
@@Melissa.Garrett Cholesterol in food does not increase serum cholesterol. Look it up. 100% fact. Your liver makes less of it. And even if it did, you could have a couple of eggs every now and then, and YOU WOULD NOT DIE.
@@rubygreta1 Nice misdirection there Eric. "100% fact" as in "we (industry-funded research) tested eggs on people so unhealthy already that extra eggs wouldn't show a negative effect." In one industry study the controls were given fast food breakfast sandwiches with even more CHO than eggs. Another showed eggs were healthy for starving babies when compared the control babies who continued starve! Immoral AF!
I read that matcha tea contains a toxic heavy metal. Ordinary tea that you brew doesnt, because it stays in the tea leaves and doesn't leach into the water.
My suggestion for amla is to blend it with frozen blueb, tea, and some ground ginger. I don't taste it it just makes the drink a LITTLE sour, but I like sour. Nowhere near like lemon sour. Just more sour than blueberries.
I've read a couple of articles online that claim that antioxidants in food only benefit those whose cells are already being damaged by one of more factors (red meat, smoking/pollutants, alcohol, sugar, etc.). Their theory is that, if you already live a healthy lifestyle, the antioxidant properties of certain vegetables will have no real effect, as there are no cells to fix (they didn't negate the fact that whole vegetables are still a good idea for several other reasons, just not for their antioxidants). I'm curious about the science behind these claims- I myself have no talent for science whatever.
Can you over do polyphenols and flavanoids? I am currently taking quercetin, fisetin, hesperidan, pterestilbine, sulphoraphane, and my diet consists of daily amounts of blackberries, walnuts, chocolate, raspberries, blueberries and avocado. Is this too much, or is there such a thing?
Mic, my objective is to get more antioxidants for breakfast than most Americans eat in a month. To that end l get lots of amla. I would not use the term “disgusting” for it. Rather, I just say it has no culinary value but it does 15:5315:53 have monumental nutritional value. As to carrots; I ordered amla powder from Amazon and they sent 🥕 powder instead. (Who knew there was such a thing?)🤔. I now just put carrot powder in my morning blueberry cherry strawberry fenugreek, spices and matcha smoothie.
Amla (Amalaki) is NOT disgusting xD. It's kinda sour, but it tastes fine. I just sweeten it til the sweet balances the sour at neutral or just slightly sweet, usually with some antioxidant rich molasses!
[looks for Bart Kay in comments . . . .coast appears clear!]Really enjoyed the science you posted here, to remind me to do better; I stockpile berries in the freezer and there they stay if I'm not looking directly at them. But I _have_ eaten my weight in low-fat purple cabbage & carrot coleslaw the last two days, so going in the right direction! TFP : )
That's why I'm getting carded at gas stations I'm getting younger because I eat a ton of berries and greens, thx mic, hope to see you at these events some day
I know this is an old video ... but your information is truly stella and well researched! Love your witty/ humour💚 Great work Mic 🍋🥦🌿🥕🥬🍓 I've been loving lemon ginger tea myself recently.. I recently added sibo training to my nutrition studies. Highly recommend ginger tea as a gentle prokenetic and with sibo/gut rebalance proticol of Allicin + oregano, or neem, along with tumeric and black pepper for gut repair and reduction of inflamation. Herbs are powerful medicinal tools.
adam Smith I always go wild on spices for oats. I load them up with clove, cinnamon, and a bit of nutmeg. Just a passive way to get some good antioxidants in the morning I often sneak in a 1/4 teaspoon of Amla without it being noticeable. Add in some walnuts and flax and it’s a killer breakfast
@@salmanalih95 I am already on it nutrabullet is mans best friend, i use it to get my kids to eat there nuts and seeds, chia,flax,walnuts,sunflower and brazil nuts it sounds over the top but tastes so good i get away without any type of sweetener you just need to add more water or the chia and flax turn it to wallpaper paste.✌
Great video Mic! I think that for the masses, just a general "eat more fruits, veggies and leafy greens" is a good enough directive since most people strike out on the basics. This stuff is for the more advanced health seekers (like me). One point to remember though is that if you're adding bell peppers to your cooked foods and thinking you're getting your vitamin C on, you'd be wrong. Vitamin C is the most heat sensitive vitamin and heat really destroys it. You would have very little to no vitamin C left, depending on the length of the cooking and the heat. Love your videos! ❤️
Hello Mic. Great video as ever. Would you consider researching the phytoestrogenic properties of plant foods? Some women of a certain age ( okay, me ) want to ingest more oestrogen to counter the distressing symptoms of the menopause. Thanks for reading and keep up the good work.
Costco sells a power greens mix of kale, spinach and swiss chard. We poke the bag of greens with small holes using an ice pick and press all the air out of the bag. Then we put the deflated bag of greens in the freezer under our 20-lb. bag of ice or something else heavy for 24 hours. When frozen, we pull the greens bag out of the freezer and gently crush it to a powder, taking care not to break the bag. (That's why you want to make small holes). Then pour the frozen green powder into a gallon zip lock freezer bag. You now have fresh power greens powder to add to any meal or smoothie you desire. The greens never get slimy and they disappear into what ever you're making.
Hi Mic , quite a few of us Vegans are struggling w digestive issues NOT BECAUSE OF PLANT BASED EATING... because of poor eating in the past . I watch goji( and you and Greger ) for the nutrition Info . But would u ever consider doing occasional recipes that are low histamine and GF and low candida ??? For ie: I just made sweet potato and oat flour pancakes . They were awesome.
You’re amazing mic! This videos is great. It gives me a lot of great ingredients to throw into some of my smoothies. You’re right! I always just thought of berries for antioxidants but dark leafy greens and gringer/ tumeric are great for it too. I was just thinking about antioxidants the other day too!
I always have cans of pumpkin puree on hand to put in my oatmeal. I also love making pumpkin puree, almond butter, and banana sandwiches when I'm not in the mood to cook in the morning.
Oxidative stress is required for cell signalling. Too many anti oxidants, can interfere with apoptosis. I think the compounds in the plants are not what they seem, some are pro oxidative in some tissues, but this might be why it is helpful. Green tea for example, has both anti and pro oxidative qualities. Same with curcumin. It is possible that fruits and veggies are good for us in ways we do not fully understand.
That's a pretty interesting topic. Do you have any good review papers or articles that can start me off with a lot of information on that? I'd love to read more and discuss with you later.
@@JohnnyCatFitz a logical assumption. But that is not how science works unfortunately. I wish things were as straightforward as most still believe. Plenty of info out there, a quick Google will reveal. On phone so can't be bothered to link. Sorry.
Greger Did some videos very early on i remember where he set out antioxidants by power and then by bang for buck. Purple cabbage won the cheapest one, it usually better to go for what you like, can afford and space it out over the day. I once tried calculating it, orrac (antioxidant score) v price over time. Life is too short.
@@halasimov1362 Its not actually worth doing the calculation to get optimal antioxidants no. Not for an extra few hundred ORAC points because there's no data that shows more is better, but prehaps the opposite. There is also sketchy to no data that antioxidants extend life. Best bet is a good amount from a cheap source constantly over time, teas seem to be best as you can fast at the same time.
Thank you for taking us to Positivity Land and for all your research rich videos. Do you have a video on the positive effects Veganism has on skin, hair, and nail health? Thanks
I eat oatmeal w/ pumpkin + cinnamon & nutmeg for breakfast. I also love eating sweet potato pie chia pudding for snack/dessert. Super yummy & nutritious, not to mention cheap to make. Kale chips made in airfryer also good for snack
We add amla to our smoothies and you can't taste it at all. Thanks Mic for another informative video. Would love to see you do a day of antioxidant eating.
Turmeric, cumin, paprika, fenugreek, asofetida are just a few of the spices I use in food all week long. Peaches, nectarines, apples, beetroot, watermelon, blueberries and cherries are usual must in my daily diet.
What kind of amla powder are you getting? I want something like that. The dry Amla powder that I have taste like bitter sand! It even ruins any smoothie I put it into, so I just chug it in plain water to get it over quickly.
Su Sun we could be tasting the same thing, but I could be interpreting it differently; Who knows. But to answer your question, I use Organic Traditions Amla Powder from Thrive Market
Hey guys, I realize this is a lot of research and not a lot of real life examples - though there are a few. If you want me to do a day of slamming antioxidants video let me know!
Mic the Vegan you know fasting is the ultimate anti-oxidant and it will lower your trigs too. Now if you’d just eat some meat, eggs, and fish you could get your cholesterol to a healthy range. 😄
I'd like you to do a video on how poor people can get the most nutrition dense food on the cheap. This would help starving students, low-income seniors and the disabled, the unemployed, etc. I mean assuming they can only afford a few foods, which foods should they get that would give them the biggest bang for their bucks?
Yes please !
Also saw you mentioned matcha tea having antioxidants!
That is very good news :) I live in Japan and there is matcha tea everywhere here!
That would be much appreciated please :)
Yes but show each one of the types of vegans getting antioxidants in their own way. It'll be hilarious and educational.
Funny how people are so concerned about getting enough protein but don't give one thought to antioxidants.
Athletes assume they need to chug protein after a workout (turns out carbs post workout are more important) while antioxidants consumption has been shown to have a huge impact on recovery from exercise and no one ever talks about it.
Yes I am concerned with getting enough plant protein because I train real hard. But the nutrients I get from the ton of veg fruit and beans I eat I prioritise. The more colours in my food the better I feel.
Dylan Johnson because people take advice from newspapers and not actually from real research. I study biology on university and I am shocked how much, of basic things, newspapers get wrong🤦♀️. So I stop reading it 😀.
@@Reny2701 because newspapers do not just report it but spin it to their bias, having said that as long as you understand the bias in a report, you can find the correct facts of a scientific study as long as the report is not missing vital information from the study.
Yes totally agree!
@@MrTrevisco Yes, if it isn't sensational, the media don't want to touch it.
If you want to try carrot in the morning, I recommend grating it up and cooking it with your oatmeal! If you play your cards right with spices and sweetners (I like to add turmeric and cinnamon and raisins) it totally tastes like carrot cake!
India Mitchell thanks. Will try.
Food hax!
@India Mitchell Be sure to add a few walnuts to absorb the beta-carotene
DANG JOS perhaps, if I wasn’t allergic to nuts! 😅😅
I put canned organic pumpkin in my oatmeal easy and delicious .
This is one of the most underrated channels on youtube.
This kind of information could benefit anyone.
The way I think about the cost of healthy foods. Even at their higher prices they are still the best kind of low cost health insurance.
Absolutely. But thank goodness they are the cheapest foods.
I dont even know why anybody would ever say that healthy foods are expensive when two cans of beans are 60 cents and a steak with as much protein is at least 5$ while having less nutrients
@@Cin9999 I think they are referring to certain fruits that are quite expensive. VS cheap fast foods. I certainly think our over all food bill is less even though we do purchase of a lot of berries, nuts, and seeds for our diet.
$20-$30 for healthy foods beats $10,000 + in medical bill.
@@egalitarianvegan8806 I wish kiwis were cheaper, I would eat like 3-5 a day if they were and they're great ! (I'm talking high quality and actually edible kiwis like the ones from Zespri)
My breakfast:
oatmeal
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Ground ginger
100% dark cocoa powder
Blueberries
Blackberries
Ground flax or chia seeds
Hopefully that's a pretty good start.
And if you want to eat carrots for breakfast, make a carrot cake oatmeal. XD
So funny, carrot cake oatmeal is one of my recent favs these past few weeks!
@@jeffreywp I haven't tried it myself yet but it sounds really good.
Instead of coco, how about cacao
@@LaTuya-che It's basically the same thing. I've had both.
Hey Mic-my husband is an expert in Raman spectroscopy! You showed a HORIBA instrument which is the company he works for! So cool man!
I just love Mic's sense of humour. I know that in each video I'll be treated to a dose.
1.) You're hilarious 🤣 2.) Bulk buying herbs for tea is legit amazing. Amazon and iHerb both sell Frontier Organic dried herbs, usually in 16 ounce bags, which keep indefinitely in glass jars or plastic containers. Much more convenient, cheaper, and more eco-friendly than buying individual tea bags! Aaaannnd, if you have a little dirt, many herbs are literally weeds and grow very quickly. 3.) I'm inspired to go brew some hibiscus & lemon balm. Thanks for another great video, Mic!
Stay rooted, my friends!
My favorite way to ensure I'm getting a bunch of antioxidants is to just eat as many different colors from vegan whole foods as possible. Simple.
Also get coffee. It has more than some foods and beverages. Mayne add cinnamon and alma for even more!
I drink green tea. I get bloated after coffee and also exhausted next day. 😏
Psilocybins i tend to drink more coffee during the semester for obvious reasons :’). But in general, I don’t get the hype. I thought I would understand when I “grew up”.
@@gallectee6032 is that black coffee? Could it be the added milk, have you got citation?
My opinion on coffee is that it's equally good and bad, it has its positives and negatives, some experts say it's good others say its bad. Caffeine also gets a bad rap and it too has lots of health benefits.
@@123ChrisG If you're not a regular on Dr. Greger's channel, you're missing out.
ua-cam.com/video/cw0rtjNHGTA/v-deo.html - Does Coffee Affect Cholesterol?
ua-cam.com/video/dcbmdxdWljs/v-deo.html - Do the Health Benefits of Coffee Apply to Everyone? (Hyper responders)
I like that addition of tea throughout the day. Makes me wonder what drinking coffee throughout the day does regarding to the antioxidants vs oxidation
stress.
If you buy a big bag of kale, you will find yourself finding ways to stick it in everything just so that you don't have to throw it away.
Carl Baum Lol. This happens to me with my Riverford vegetable box, it’s had spring/summer greens in it every week for ages. I’ve ended up putting them in everything! 😂
Kale chips baby
I recently learned you can freeze kale (and other leafy greens) for smoothies if you drink those. It was one of those Oh Duh moments for me. 😅 I actually have been loving doing it and cutting down on food waste. I just wash, de-stem and tear up into pieces placing it all in a drawstring cloth produce bag in my freezer. I've also been putting sliced frozen zucchini in smoothies (can't taste it and a good way to up the variety of ingredients). 👍
Too fucking true lmao
This is a fact
Gut health is really interesting as well. I cured my Graves disease by increasing my gut health, it's pretty incredible
Can you share how you did it?
@@christinefournier685 ... good question.
What’d you do?
A simple online search can tell you a bunch of info guys c’mon
Sorry about the time in answering...
I went completely vegan, added about 10% raw to my diet, stopped any processed food, no alcohol and no oil. Pretty much followed what Mic said. My doctor was unhappy when I stopped taking carbimazole and prednisone but that stuff decimates gut health, plus the weight gain from prednisone was sucking my will to live. Now, I eat healthy, exercise regularly and avoid all junk. I also watch Pick Up Limes because she is a qualified dietician and Gojiman because he talks a lot about improving gut health.
This worked for me, even if you continue with your meds, change your diet. It will help.
Plants are so underrated. They are the most amazing living things on this planet. We literally can't live without them. Praise to the plant world
Antioxidants are actually pro-oxidative stress over here in carnivore land, come joint us ...and you too can join #TeamConstipation
Damm u fast boii
RLG XIXV i was working and the notification popped up right as my thumb came down 😂
#TeamConstipation
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#Teamcoloncancer
#TeamSewageHairline
This sounds interesting!
So fast dude
Keep making your gainzzz
was that scripted? lol
@@SystemNutrition lol bruhh
@@SystemNutrition it is (wink wink)
I put cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, ground clove, and allspice on my oatmeal every morning. It makes it taste like a cookie 🍪 and it has antioxidants. So it’s a win-win!
What? No ginger?
Amazing Vid and I am a fan as always.. I am sure you have thousands that tell you this, but it was your channel that finally convinced me to go vegan over 2 years ago and I am grateful. (went from a suicidal over medicated 270 lbs to my current 195 lbs drug free)
Bell peppers are fruits. I think the culinary understanding of vegetables is simply incorrect and unhelpful. A fruit is a fruit regardless of sugar content.
just like a tomato
Bananas are technically berries
"This week on VeggieTales, Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber discover they are actually...fruits."
If it has seeds inside, it's a fruit
@@squarz everything has seeds..
Great topic! Not enough is being said about even moderate alcohol consumption and the damage it causes. It's like the elephant in the room that nobody wants to talk about because it's so acceptable and ingrained in our culture but it is not a health food.
Your example shown was of a person that had partied heavily, both smoking and drinking. Which gives most people the feeling that you're not talking about them and can be easily dismissed.
What about the person that has a glass of wine or a beer or two each night? Death by moderation?
red wine has antioxidants and the alcohol has oxidizing effect = total zero benefit
@@adrianavram4911
Don't think it works like that honestly
Agreed. All the evidence seems to be that low alcohol consumption doesn't appear to be unduely unhealthy. That doesn't mean alcoholic drinks are superfoods, or that people should start drinking to obtain some health benefit.
I just made a big batch of soup last night in a stock pot. I put in navy beans, edamame, broccoli slaw, sliced grape tomatoes, Onion, carrots, celery, curry powder (a lot), homemade veggie stock (made from veggie cuttings). I don't usually think about what is in most of my food when I fix it. I figure I'm getting whatever I need and my labs are perfect. For breakfast I put together old-fashion oats, chopped walnuts, Hemp seeds, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, fresh golden figs, kale, and douse it with almond milk, and warm it up it the microwave. Sometimes I may add some cinnamon and nutmeg. All very yummy! When I remember to, I also add some of my homemade "ground meat" which is made up of riced cauliflower, riced mushrooms, and ground walnuts, which has been mixed together, spread onto parchment paper in a baking pan, baked at 350 for 20 minutes, stirred and baked for another 20 minutes.
can you do a video on organic vs non-organic foods?
Raman as in Sir C.V. Raman. Indian physicist? Nobel prize winner? ANYONE?
I eat a pile of steamed kale alongside oatmeal with ground flax, blueberries, and cinnamon in the morning. Plus a sheet of nori. A typical eating pattern excludes greens from breakfast, but a typical eating pattern also includes meat with every meal. Upbringing and habit. My meals don’t always go as planned though - I ate a bag of Cracker Jacks for lunch yesterday.
This was super helpful! I eat a lot of antioxidant-rich foods, but never knew how much is really "enough"
I am so impressed that you do SO much research on EVERY video!!! I took notes this time and I was exhausted by the end! Amazing! Really helpful information. I'm glad you included the helpful information on spices.
Are you telling me being more healthy is more attractive ?! Id never guess...
Use Dr. Greger’s Vegeblast but I use kale instead of spinach plus add ginger, turmeric, parsley, beets and one date. Like sweet.
tea is almost the only thing I drink, since I don't like plain water
I also hear “antioxidants” in my head knowing I need to step it up, so you’re surely answering the collective😂
Thanks for the entertaining presentation of this vital info. Your channel mentored my researching, going and sustaining vegan a few years back when I found it. I’m not dead or malnourished so keep up the great work! ✌🏼🌿😍
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of amla powder with my frozen berries in the morning oatmeal, and I don't notice the sourness at all.
Plant Powered Pedal Pusher same here on amla for breakfast as well as a banana and 4 oz. blueberries and 1 oz. walnuts for Omega 3’s.
Yes amla does taste horrible! I use it in a DIY face and hair mask. But lately I manage to add 1/4 of a teaspoon to my breakfast bowl and just try to hide that terrible bitterness behind raw cacao, coconut blossom sugar and tahini. After a while you get used to it and don't wanna miss it :-)
A shredded carrot cooked with oats does not change the taste, but adds texture. It's very enjoyable. It still can be eaten as sweet breakfast with fruit.
I got the idea and recipe from Emma Lairds channel.
I out a lot of carrot in mine and use cloves, ginger and cinnamon. I call it carrot cake oatmeal.
@@joyceruddy584 Interesting! I'll try that one :)
Thank you for your work! You are my health sensei
I love turmeric I eat it with every meal put it in everything I'll be adding pepper now with it thank you.
Who else puts ginger powder in the morning porridge like i do?
Even in some green tea!!
I mix amla powder and turmeric 50-50 and put a teaspoonful in whatever dish I'm making for my breakfast. With enough competing flavors the nastiness of the amla is masked. Not knowing its high yuck factor and attracted by the promise of an antioxidant megadose, I once attempted to swallow a whole teaspoon straight, no chaser. Big mistake. My mouth and sinuses burned for hours.
If we can get your hands on fresh amla, make chutneys with amla, ginger, onions, grated coconut, bunch of greens.. it's delicious. Doesn't taste anything like amla powder. 😊
I always have an antioxidant fruit smoothie in the morning (blueberries, strawberries and mango cause why not) so I hope that does it for my daily consumption
It's interesting that most measurements of lutein and zeaxanthin combine them, even though they play different roles in eye health. The leafy greens are mostly lutein, but orange bell peppers have lots of zeaxanthin. So kale salad with orange bell peppers, folks!
12:37 You can add a little bit of pumpkin to your oatmeal. Season with the pumpkin pie spices and maybe some date sugar, and you are good to go. I also put raisins in my pumpkin oatmeal too. You can probably also add in some nuts too.
Also another good food with a diverse antioxidant profile are goji berries. Here's a paper detailing what they have: www.hindawi.com/journals/omcl/2019/2437397/
I’ve been drinking this tea that is called Millenia tea it’s basically picked and flash frozen so it retains an amazing amount of antioxidants since I’ve been drinking it my lupus has actually gone into remission I have to say I wholeheartedly agree that antioxidants are SO important!!
I will be sure to include the anti-oxidants!!!! Thanks Mike, such an amazing video
Speaking of spices, hope you can research and do a video on heavy metal contamination in spices, how bad is it, and how to avoid tainted products. Because I've heard there have been some bad cases.
I watched a video years back about antioxidants and it said that most dietary antioxidants can only react a few times but our antioxidant enzyme system produces catalysts that can prevent oxidative damage a million times over.
And they require trace minerals to function properly, so it's very important to get those in.
I was also really fascinated by anti-oxidants.
But I was more interested in why plants make antioxidants in the first place. Why do blueberries 🫐 have antioxidants? Is it because the blueberry plant loves us🌱❤️?
No. . .
Plants create antioxidants for themselves, not us. Turns out plants love light, but only visible spectrum light. They hate UV light, just like us.
So they create antioxidants in response to UV damage.
Another home run video! You educate, entertain and motivate like a boss! Thx Mic!
Are you telling me blueberries aren't suppositories? Shoot. I HAVE been eating antioxidants wrong.
Hi Mic, at around 8:48 you mention glaucoma as a common disease in the eye where the nerve deteriorates... to be more accurate glaucoma is a condition due to aqueous humor flow in the eye that does not flow properly which causes pressure that can then cause nerve damage. It is primarily a flow/pressure issue that secondarily affects the optic nerve. Otherwise love your information.
Thank you, this was like giving us a gift! I appreciate what you do!!
Ahhhhhh! You're coming to Nottinghamshire, yay looks like an awesome weekend!
See you at the vegan camp :) Sooo excited!! Im working on 'The Peoples Meta Analysis for Vegan Validity', lots of science and references, maybe we could have a short chat about it? Or just get everyone's signatures for the front page to help motivate me in this immense undertaking :)
Amla: put a half teaspoon Amla powder in your smoothie. You won’t taste it and it doesn’t change the texture either. Costs a few cents.
You're videos are amazing! thanks for educating the public
Thank you for your awesome content Mic. I appreciate these longer videos so packed with good info... I’m still super pumped for that mini-doc about pigs.
If you haven't tried shredded carrots in your oatmeal, I would highly recommend it!!
Amla isn't as bad-tasting as it's made out to be. But I also like Granny Smith apples and quince, so there is that. So if you like those kinds of tart foods, you'll likely be just fine with amla.
Will carnivore enthousiasts just deny the benefits of antioxidants now?
Will vegans deny the benefits of free-range eggs?
Eric K You mean like cholesterol?
@@Melissa.Garrett Cholesterol in food does not increase serum cholesterol. Look it up. 100% fact. Your liver makes less of it. And even if it did, you could have a couple of eggs every now and then, and YOU WOULD NOT DIE.
@Keyboard Warrior Clever reply. You got me!
@@rubygreta1 Nice misdirection there Eric. "100% fact" as in "we (industry-funded research) tested eggs on people so unhealthy already that extra eggs wouldn't show a negative effect." In one industry study the controls were given fast food breakfast sandwiches with even more CHO than eggs. Another showed eggs were healthy for starving babies when compared the control babies who continued starve! Immoral AF!
I read that matcha tea contains a toxic heavy metal. Ordinary tea that you brew doesnt, because it stays in the tea leaves and doesn't leach into the water.
My suggestion for amla is to blend it with frozen blueb, tea, and some ground ginger. I don't taste it it just makes the drink a LITTLE sour, but I like sour. Nowhere near like lemon sour. Just more sour than blueberries.
I've read a couple of articles online that claim that antioxidants in food only benefit those whose cells are already being damaged by one of more factors (red meat, smoking/pollutants, alcohol, sugar, etc.). Their theory is that, if you already live a healthy lifestyle, the antioxidant properties of certain vegetables will have no real effect, as there are no cells to fix (they didn't negate the fact that whole vegetables are still a good idea for several other reasons, just not for their antioxidants). I'm curious about the science behind these claims- I myself have no talent for science whatever.
Can you over do polyphenols and flavanoids? I am currently taking quercetin, fisetin, hesperidan, pterestilbine, sulphoraphane, and my diet consists of daily amounts of blackberries, walnuts, chocolate, raspberries, blueberries and avocado. Is this too much, or is there such a thing?
Also, in one of the artificial burgers, (impossible, or beyond) one of the ingredients is heme iron, and I agree with you that it should be avoided.
Mic, my objective is to get more antioxidants for breakfast than most Americans eat in a month. To that end l get lots of amla. I would not use the term “disgusting” for it. Rather, I just say it has no culinary value but it does 15:53 15:53 have monumental nutritional value.
As to carrots; I ordered amla powder from Amazon and they sent 🥕 powder instead. (Who knew there was such a thing?)🤔. I now just put carrot powder in my morning blueberry cherry strawberry fenugreek, spices and matcha smoothie.
Mushrooomsss!
Teaspoon of each in cup of hot water:
Reishi mushroom
Lemongrass
Cinnamon
Ginger
Squeeze of lemon
Amla (Amalaki) is NOT disgusting xD. It's kinda sour, but it tastes fine. I just sweeten it til the sweet balances the sour at neutral or just slightly sweet, usually with some antioxidant rich molasses!
[looks for Bart Kay in comments . . . .coast appears clear!]Really enjoyed the science you posted here, to remind me to do better; I stockpile berries in the freezer and there they stay if I'm not looking directly at them. But I _have_ eaten my weight in low-fat purple cabbage & carrot coleslaw the last two days, so going in the right direction! TFP : )
Try throwing them into your food processor with frozen banana and make 'nice cream', really great combo is banana and strawberries! SOO GOOD!
That's why I'm getting carded at gas stations I'm getting younger because I eat a ton of berries and greens, thx mic, hope to see you at these events some day
I know this is an old video ... but your information is truly stella and well researched! Love your witty/ humour💚 Great work Mic 🍋🥦🌿🥕🥬🍓
I've been loving lemon ginger tea myself recently.. I recently added sibo training to my nutrition studies.
Highly recommend ginger tea as a gentle prokenetic and with sibo/gut rebalance proticol of Allicin + oregano, or neem, along with tumeric and black pepper for gut repair and reduction of inflamation.
Herbs are powerful medicinal tools.
The dollar store has spices for $1.25
Put mixed spice on you're oats instead of just cinnamon tastes better, inless you use allspice while half asleep .
adam Smith I always go wild on spices for oats. I load them up with clove, cinnamon, and a bit of nutmeg. Just a passive way to get some good antioxidants in the morning I often sneak in a 1/4 teaspoon of Amla without it being noticeable. Add in some walnuts and flax and it’s a killer breakfast
I like to add chai spice to my porridge once in a while; it’s delicious!
@@salmanalih95 I am already on it nutrabullet is mans best friend, i use it to get my kids to eat there nuts and seeds, chia,flax,walnuts,sunflower and brazil nuts it sounds over the top but tastes so good i get away without any type of sweetener you just need to add more water or the chia and flax turn it to wallpaper paste.✌
@@jorgethecoach i am intrigued will have to try it
adam Smith yeah! That or pumpkin spice :)
Great video Mic! I think that for the masses, just a general "eat more fruits, veggies and leafy greens" is a good enough directive since most people strike out on the basics. This stuff is for the more advanced health seekers (like me). One point to remember though is that if you're adding bell peppers to your cooked foods and thinking you're getting your vitamin C on, you'd be wrong. Vitamin C is the most heat sensitive vitamin and heat really destroys it. You would have very little to no vitamin C left, depending on the length of the cooking and the heat. Love your videos! ❤️
Hello Mic. Great video as ever. Would you consider researching the phytoestrogenic properties of plant foods? Some women of a certain age ( okay, me ) want to ingest more oestrogen to counter the distressing symptoms of the menopause. Thanks for reading and keep up the good work.
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Costco sells a power greens mix of kale, spinach and swiss chard. We poke the bag of greens with small holes using an ice pick and press all the air out of the bag. Then we put the deflated bag of greens in the freezer under our 20-lb. bag of ice or something else heavy for 24 hours. When frozen, we pull the greens bag out of the freezer and gently crush it to a powder, taking care not to break the bag. (That's why you want to make small holes). Then pour the frozen green powder into a gallon zip lock freezer bag. You now have fresh power greens powder to add to any meal or smoothie you desire. The greens never get slimy and they disappear into what ever you're making.
Hello mic, love your videos!! Would love to see a video on diareia when switching to a plant based diet vegan diet.
Hey, that’s good to hear about lemon balm, I’ve got that stuff growing all over my yard!
you and your sarcasm (not necessarily in this video) remind me a lot of Hugh Laurie in House MD. makes me laugh a lot
So happy i’m not the only one that wants to know about this!
Hi Mic , quite a few of us Vegans are struggling w digestive issues NOT BECAUSE OF PLANT BASED EATING... because of poor eating in the past . I watch goji( and you and Greger ) for the nutrition Info . But would u ever consider doing occasional recipes that are low histamine and GF and low candida ??? For ie: I just made sweet potato and oat flour pancakes . They were awesome.
You’re amazing mic! This videos is great. It gives me a lot of great ingredients to throw into some of my smoothies. You’re right! I always just thought of berries for antioxidants but dark leafy greens and gringer/ tumeric are great for it too. I was just thinking about antioxidants the other day too!
9:47 'BOOM! Get out the way!' Thanks for posting!
Thanks for all the good work and getting the word out to us.
I always have cans of pumpkin puree on hand to put in my oatmeal. I also love making pumpkin puree, almond butter, and banana sandwiches when I'm not in the mood to cook in the morning.
Oxidative stress is required for cell signalling. Too many anti oxidants, can interfere with apoptosis. I think the compounds in the plants are not what they seem, some are pro oxidative in some tissues, but this might be why it is helpful. Green tea for example, has both anti and pro oxidative qualities. Same with curcumin. It is possible that fruits and veggies are good for us in ways we do not fully understand.
That's a pretty interesting topic. Do you have any good review papers or articles that can start me off with a lot of information on that? I'd love to read more and discuss with you later.
The modern world has no shortage of oxidative stressors
@@JohnnyCatFitz a logical assumption. But that is not how science works unfortunately. I wish things were as straightforward as most still believe.
Plenty of info out there, a quick Google will reveal. On phone so can't be bothered to link. Sorry.
@@lazerbut From memory, I think Dr Ristow has some decent material. Think most of his work is done in a Zurich lab, on cell metabolism etc.
Greger Did some videos very early on i remember where he set out antioxidants by power and then by bang for buck.
Purple cabbage won the cheapest one, it usually better to go for what you like, can afford and space it out over the day.
I once tried calculating it, orrac (antioxidant score) v price over time.
Life is too short.
As a person eating solo I am also amazed by how long my purple cabbage lasts -- yay
Life is too short to collect data to extend it? I wish computers were more helpful instead of just being spy devices
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Its not actually worth doing the calculation to get optimal antioxidants no.
Not for an extra few hundred ORAC points because there's no data that shows more is better, but prehaps the opposite.
There is also sketchy to no data that antioxidants extend life.
Best bet is a good amount from a cheap source constantly over time, teas seem to be best as you can fast at the same time.
You guys should look up the molecule sulforaphane from the superfood broccoli sprout.
Amla goes in smoothies, along with tons of kale and blueberries. 😁 Great video Mic!
Great overview, as always, master Mike! ;)
Amla is tasty when it’s ripe
Food combining, mono meals and the order to eat foods from breakfast to the last meal of night would be a cool video.
Red bell pepper also contains a lot of vitamin E which is very hard to get (at least for me).
Thank you for taking us to Positivity Land and for all your research rich videos. Do you have a video on the positive effects Veganism has on skin, hair, and nail health? Thanks
I eat oatmeal w/ pumpkin + cinnamon & nutmeg for breakfast. I also love eating sweet potato pie chia pudding for snack/dessert. Super yummy & nutritious, not to mention cheap to make. Kale chips made in airfryer also good for snack
It really is amazing the things you can do for your health just with diet. Thanks for doing the research for us Mike!
We add amla to our smoothies and you can't taste it at all. Thanks Mic for another informative video. Would love to see you do a day of antioxidant eating.
Mic good heads up on the eating disorder side of things. It's a very overlooked subject but very key when talking about eating.
Turmeric, cumin, paprika, fenugreek, asofetida are just a few of the spices I use in food all week long. Peaches, nectarines, apples, beetroot, watermelon, blueberries and cherries are usual must in my daily diet.
What! I love amla berry powder! It reminds me of tamarind but way tangier
What kind of amla powder are you getting? I want something like that. The dry Amla powder that I have taste like bitter sand! It even ruins any smoothie I put it into, so I just chug it in plain water to get it over quickly.
Su Sun we could be tasting the same thing, but I could be interpreting it differently; Who knows.
But to answer your question, I use Organic Traditions Amla Powder from Thrive Market