Ended up at the Doctors approx 6 weeks ago BP 195/125 feeling awful. He was already talking about possibility of BP medication becoming my new norm, which I didn't want. I Had a look around the web and kept seeing good things about whole food plant based diets so thought I would take the plunge. 6 weeks later weight is down by 18lbs and BP is now ranging from 118/75 to 120/80 max. Finding the diet unbelievably easy to stick to and enjoying my increased energy levels and general feeling of well being.
What did the Dr say about that? I hope he was pleased about your weight loss and blood pressure going down. Because some Doctors get mad when you work on your own to get things done,and don't take their poison.
U did a very hood job indeed! Whole plant based food is always benefits to everyone's health n not any forms of diets!! Especially the high meat n fat diet, the worse diet !! Keep it up n make yr plant based diet a whole long healthy forever young diet till old age, u will never regrets !! God bless u ❤➕
Every gut doctor that comes on this show has an unlimited amount of energy and passion for what they speak about. I am now extremely excited about the gut microbiome.
I’ve had Nigerian doctors, Indian doctors, Asian doctors. They are definitely more open even suggestive of alternative healing methods than my American doctors.
I'm 60 ate like I was trying to give myself a heart attack for decades. Now I am beginning to have chest pain. Not bad, but enough to get my attention. Started Plant-Based Diet four weeks ago and except for Christmas, Prime Rib, it has been a very easy transition for me.
Could we get links to these studies please!! My dad who's a MD eats so much meat and cheese, has high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and major digestive issues. I am trying to convince him to eat a WPBD but he wont listen to me. Im hoping if he sees the research himself, he will give it a shot.
I don't know if I have the links to his studies, but the NutritionFacts.org website has over 2000 videos on hundreds of health topics, all searchable alphabetically, and each 3-8-minute video summarizes the results from 3-20 research studies on some topic, and the full links to all the studies can be accessed under the Sources Cited tab under the video. I teach and research nutrition as part of my university work, and this may also help: For overall, long-term health, diets that are very low in fat (~7-15% of calories) and that are dominated by WHOLE plant foods (vegan or mostly vegan) have an unmatched track record that indicates they are the healthiest. And those diets generally had 70% of calories or more from WHOLE food carbs. OBESITY is related to a wide range of other diseases (diabetes, heart disease, cancers) and health problems (e.g., failing joints, low energy), and is an epidemic in America, with 70% of Americans being overweight or obese. So far, the all-you-can-eat diet that has achieved the best weight loss after one year in a randomized controlled study is a whole food plant-based diet with 7-15% calories from fat. Notice that this is a fraction of the fat intake found in diets that Americans commonly but misleadingly call “low-fat” diets. www.nature.com/articles/nutd20173 thebroadstudy.com/ Significantly, the original intervention only ran three months, but people who were on the diet during the experiment kept on the diet and kept losing weight from three to six month, and then maintained their weight loss from six to twelve months. DIABETES is a growing epidemic in America, with over one-third of Americans being pre-diabetic or diabetic. Very low carb, high-fat ketogenic diets have become popular, and these can achieve significant weight loss and improvement in biomarkers and blood glucose control. However, satisfying these short-term results may be, in the long run, people eating very low-carb diets have been found to have a wide variety of negative side effects, including much higher rates of Afib and higher rates of death from heart disease and all-cause mortality. The human body evolved to efficiently process large quantities of whole food carbohydrates, so the inability to process carbohydrates efficiently and safely is not normal or healthy. However, WHOLE food plant-based diets with 7-15% calories from fat (and most calories from WHOLE food carbs) have been repeatedly demonstrated to bring diabetics’ blood glucose levels under control while having numerous other side benefits for heart health, inflammation, etc. For example, here is a randomized controlled trial in which a WHOLE food plant-based diets with 7-15% calories from fat brought diabetics’ blood glucose levels under control and lowered their LDL levels by 39% in just three weeks and on a diet with 73% calories from carbohydrates. To see an overview of the results, see the 2:47 mark in nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-a-macrobiotic-diet-for-diabetes/ The direct link to the study is Soare A, Khazrai YM, Del Toro R, et al. The effect of the macrobiotic Ma-Pi 2 diet vs. the recommended diet in the management of type 2 diabetes: the randomized controlled MADIAB trial. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2014;11:39. Many people can’t believe a diet that is very high in carbs can cure diabetes for most people but that is because a) they never got their fat intake low enough (~10-15% of calories) to cure their insulin resistance, and b) the carbs they were eating were processed carbs that cause a faster rise in blood glucose levels than do WHOLE food carbs-especially when whole food carbs are eaten in the context of lots of vegetables and fiber. In reality, all large, slim, and relatively diabetes free populations have historically gotten most of their calories from whole food carbs-rice, wheat, barley, potatoes, farro, millet, sorghum, spelt, corn, etc. HEART DISEASE is the #1 killer of men and women in the western world, and although we usually only label someone as “having heart disease” after they have an incident, in reality, the vast majority of westerners have diseased coronary arteries and generally had plaque build-up in their arteries by the time they were ten years old. This is not normal or healthy as the impaired functioning or our arteries gives rise to a wide range of other conditions and diseases (angina, heart attacks, strokes, erectile dysfunction, some migraines, dementia, neuropathy, diabetic nerve pain, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, glaucoma, etc.). The only diet that has been shown to be able to stop even serious heart disease in its tracks and achieve some reversal of atherosclerosis in multiple multi-year studies-while dropping rates of major CVD events to zero or close to zero is a WHOLE food plant-based diets with 7-15% calories from fat. For example, see dresselstyn.com/JFP_06307_Article1.pdf www.dresselstyn.com/Esselstyn_Three-case-reports_Exp-Clin-Cardiol-July-2014.pdf Added sugars are NOT healthy, but in the context of the sugar-fat debate, it is worth noting that Dr. Esselstyn was able stop the progression of heart disease, achieve some plaque shrinkage, and avoid future major CVD events even in “death’s doorstep” heart disease patients who were compliant with his original diet-a diet which did NOT limit sugar. www.dresselstyn.com/site/study01/ www.dresselstyn.com/site/study02/ www.dresselstyn.com/site/study03/
CANCERS: In general, people eating a whole food plant-based diet have lower or much lower rates of various cancers and better cancer survival. Here is an ocean of related research: nutritionfacts.org/topics/cancer/ OXIDATIVE STRESS and INFLAMMATION are involved in most major chronic diseases. Significantly, the most anti-inflammatory diet you can eat is a whole food plant-based diet, and plant foods have on average, eight times as much antioxidant punch as does the average animal food. Carlsen MH, Halvorsen BL, Holte K, Bøhn SK, Dragland S, Sampson L, Willey C, Senoo H, Umezono Y, Sanada C, Barikmo I, Berhe N, Willett WC, Phillips KM, Jacobs DR Jr, Blomhoff R. The total antioxidant content of more than 3100 foods, beverages, spices, herbs and supplements used worldwide. Nutr J. 2010 Jan 22;9:3. nutritionfacts.org/video/antioxidant-power-of-plant-foods-versus-animal-foods/ TOXINS: Toxic industrial and agricultural chemicals naturally accumulate in the fat of animals, and these toxins include chemicals that are obesogenic, diabesogenic, atherogenic, mutagenic, carcinogenic, neurotoxins, and endocrine disruptors (which disrupt fertility and reproduction). These toxic chemicals naturally accumulate at high levels in animal fat through the processes of bioaccumulation and biomagnification. Bioaccumulation: A cow eats grass with trace amounts of toxic chemicals in it, and some of those chemicals wind up in their fat, and as they eat more and more grass, the levels of toxic chemicals build up. Biomagnification: A predator (wolf, eagle, tuna, human) that eats other animals that have toxic chemicals built up in their bodies can wind up with extremely high levels of toxins in their bodies. The general rule to avoid toxic chemicals in your food is to eat as low on the food chain as possible, which basically means eating plant foods-but avoiding those that are sprayed heavily (e.g., non-organic strawberries). One side benefit of eating lots of whole plant foods is that they boost your body’s ability to detoxify itself. As a result, people who eat vegetarian and vegan diets typically have much lower levels of toxic chemicals in their bodies than do those who eat meat or meat and dairy. For example, see the following short video summarizing the research on one class of pollutants (links to the studies summarized in the video can be found by clicking “Sources Cited” under the video). nutritionfacts.org/video/flame-retardant-pollutants-and-child-development/
Then there is a mountain of studies showing the benefits of low-fat whole food plant-based diets for pretty much every health condition under the sun. Wanna' get rates of gallstones and diverticulitis to zero? VLF WFPB diets can do that. Wanna' reduce or eliminate acne and improve osteoarthritis? They can do that to. Wanna' get your risk of dementia as low as possible even though you have the genetic marker that predisposes you to greater dementia risk? They can do that too. Etc. Etc. Meanwhile, more nuanced recent studies consistently show that replacing animal fat and protein with WHOLE plant foods/carbs consistently yields better biomarkers and health outcomes. Furthermore, reviews of the research on the thermic effect of food show that people burn more calories in the hours after a meal when eating a very low fat plant-based diet (9-16% more calories per hour). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31021710/ Population studies show the best overall long-term results on diets dominated by whole plant foods. And in case you need more official backup on going totally plant-based, the world’s largest organization of nutrition professionals (AND) says that a well-managed vegan diet is healthy for all stages of life. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27886704/ To be clear, the research isn't good enough to know whether TOTALLY PB is best for this or that person, or whether a little fish or dairy 3-8 times a month would be better. Also, if folks go totally PB, they MUST take B12 and find vegan sources for vitamin D, EPA/DHA, and possibly iodine. Many people fail on a PB diet because they don't know enough and think they can just eat anything and not pay attention to balance. BTW, I went VLF WFPB 8 years ago at age 52, and saw results in days. Take care.
@@karlwheatley1244 nutrition facts and esselstyn are hardly objective, unbiased sources to be getting information from. seeing as though you teach in university, you over anyone should be aware of that.
@@leangroundbeef2322 Thanks for your reply. "nutrition facts and esselstyn are hardly objective, unbiased sources to be getting information from? What's biased about Esselstyn? He followed the science and is the only person on Earth to have conducted multiple multi-year trials showing you can stop and achieve some reversal of even very serious heart disease using just diet. He's just advocating for what obviously works. I work in the Cleveland area, and two of my students have reported on how his diet saved their husband's lives. It works. As for nutrition facts, I'm guessing you haven't looked at many of their videos. There are over 2000 videos on hundreds of nutrition/health topics, with each video pulling together the findings of a few to 20 of more research studies. The videos largely consist of him reading the findings of this or that peer-reviewed research study, then describing the connection to the next research study. The actual pages, charts, quotes from the studies appear right on the screen, and much of the time, he is just telling you word-for-word what the study actually said. Complete references for each study appear under each video. To someone who doesn't know the research, Greger might appear biased, but while everyone has some bias, the research clearly indicates that diets dominated by whole plant foods are healthiest. That would be why Greger seems like an advocate for WFPB diets because they work best. We DON'T know whether the very best overall long-term outcomes would come for you or me from a vegan diet, vegetarian diet, or one with an occasional piece of fish, egg, or meat, but the best findings are at that end of the spectrum. (And we know lots of reasons why that is the case) Take care.
Buy the book Undo It! By Dean Ornish, MD and another good book is Eat for Life by Joel Fuhrman MD. Both are doctors who have ran studies and taught this way of eating for 40 years. Nothing new. Unfortunately this is not taught in medical school because who controls the medical schools? The pharmacy industry!. Hard for us to accept that we live in a corrupt world but we do! So much info out there on eating good and getting rid of all diseases and all meds!! Best wishes!
Another good show, thank you! When a show is this good I always wonder about the thumbs down- what on earth do these 34 people not like about this interesting and informative interview??
Excellent video and I have been vegan for 5 years but unfortunately not all the time has been 100% vegan whole plant foods based diet.More likely 90% vegan whole plant foods based diet and the 10% vegan junk foods so i am attempting to remove that 10%and make it 100% vegan whole plant foods based diet but i am vegan so I view it as a lifestyle not a diet and avoid other animal expoiltion products outside of food.
Thank you! Great as usual. This is the time legislation can pass because there is a sympathetic Congress and president coming. I am excited both for the future of the movement but also that I'm sure Dr. Barnard and his staff are very excited and motivated with this news. As far as spreading the message, when I communicate about my health improvements I make sure I say 'this works for me' or 'my opinion at least for my situation', so that I communicate I am accepting that people have different ways of doing things, even if I don't agree with them, but I found something I'm happy about. Still, I try to avoid speaking too much about it, if at all in many situations.
I know the second one omitted oil because he's talked about it before. There was another one where he specifically said "whole food plant based diet" that I would assume not have oil because wfpb doesn't have oil by design. Edit - the Mediterranean plant based diet on mental health probably used oil. Edit 2 - it's tough with sugar & salt to determine. For me personally, I don't worry about small amounts of either because I don't have health issues that would want me to not eat them like heart issues or food addiction.
Coconut oil is good. Avoid refine sugar. Honey is a good replacement. Some food turns to sugar, you want to make sugar exercise according to your body health. I am not a doctor, my journey taught me these life lessons. Always listen to your body eating and activities. Have great health journey🦋
Thanks for this information . I really enjoy eating this way. I even broke free (99%) of cheese addiction. Jeremiah 29:5 ‘Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Dr. Gregor just did a video on nutitrionfacts dot org about psoriasis. There's a search bar on his website or you can search "psoriasis nutrtion facts" hear on UA-cam
A friend of mine had psoriasis so bad that the doctors took biopsies fearing cancer. She started a whole foods plant based diet and her psoriasis cleared up completely within a couple of weeks. Vegetables, fruit, wholegrains, legumes and nuts and seeds.
Love your podcast! I wanted to ask if a vegan diet increases the risk for bone fractures in any way? Any specific suggestions to prevent osteoporosis? Also a family member is concerned that I'm not getting enough amino acids on my vegan diet, any suggestions to help with amino acids? Thanks!
There is limited data, but one study that is interesting is looking at bone fractures in vegans versus non-vegans, but it does not prove causation. "Comparative fracture risk in vegetarians and nonvegetarians in EPIC-Oxford" is the study, I believe. However they do not see an increased bone fracture risk in vegans with 525 mg daily of calcium. There is an increased bone fracture risk in those below it. Because it is a population study, it can only find associations, and not prove causation. Some population studies are a bit stronger if they account for confounding factors. I'm not sure this one does. Also, when examining diet, usually questionnaires are used for the participants and they can tend to be, on average, a little less accurate. I personally try for 525 mg daily, and I track my nutrients on cronometer, a food tracking site. I also take a vitamin supplement for iodine and it just so happens to have calcium also. Things that get me a lot of calcium are: black beans, of which I eat a lot; spinach, I eat a good deal of it. A couple oranges can get me 10% of the 525 mg. Whole wheat of which I eat a lot can have a good amount.
Exercise is a big part of the osteoporosis equation. Weight bearing exercise ( can be light weights to whatever you feel comfortable with ) is very important for keeping your bones strong. It is possible to get enough calcium on a whole food plant based diet. I have seen lectures where vitamin d and vitamin k2 have been advised as apparently they have an important role in guiding the calcium to correct place eg to your bones and not into heart tissue which causes calcification.
Dr. Gregor of Nutrition Facts dot org has done several videos on bone fractures. He has one regarding that recent bone fracture study. Definitely a good watch. The upshot is vegetarians and vegans weigh less so do less weight bearing exercise in their daily activities consisted compared to heavier omnivores so their bones may be weaker. It's not about the calcium. But I definitely suggest watching his video
I saw an ad for Women's College Hospital in Toronto Ontario to treat Bipolar disorder by improving their gut microbiome with fecal transplant. No information on changing their diet. Pretty interesting.
Alan Desmond continually uses the phrase whole food plant based as he knows this is what PCRM advocates. However he endorses and is part of programmes which use oils. He needs to be pressed on his opinions on the use of oil for transparency.
Depends. If baking look up "flax egg" recipe. Sometimes soy flour + water works in baked goods. For eating, I like tofu scrambles made with black salt and nutritional yeast, etc. I have also seen some recipes using besan (chickpea) flour cooked kind of like an omelette.
Q for Dr.: How can I heal my posterior anal fissure fast to avoid surgery? I use Nitro Bid ointment and preparation H, along with fiber (lots of prunes, that works better than Metamucil)
@@xxdrleek10 but it is ridiculous that you people that dont believe in God believe in something that is functions systematically exist through explosion. That takes more faith than just believing that some intelligent being created the system. You cannot even PROVE as well that ecosystem can be created through explosion. And who told you that God is in the SKY? LOL
Iv just went plant based diet, as I was told before Christmas I have an over active thyroid, within 2 weeks I feel much lighter healthier. Will see my next blood test if it has gone down the over active thyroid, hope so.truly believe plant based diet going forward will help. I was going go check out a homeopathic doctor if any one reading this is can recommend homeopathic good re over active thyroid?? Thank you 💗. 😊 💓 ☺ 💗
Lmao.. my fiance put King of the hill on the TV. Hank was at the Dr and the Dr said you can't eat a high fiber diet with little fat.. Just goes to show you that's the right diet we should be following. They always push what is not right for us. Just thought it was funny and wanted to share. Lol
@@herbevans2727 I've lived without a gallbladder for 12 years now and it hasn't been easy for me. I wish I wouldn't have removed it... At the time i was 20 and I didnt know you could get rid of them naturally. I suffered with the stones for 3 years and doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with me and they couldn't see the stones in the ultra sound and so many tests. Even a camera down my throat. For a while they thought the pain i was having was all in my head.. but after 3 years they finally saw them. They said I had mud/ sand in my gallbladder and because of that the stones weren't visible in the tests. After so many years I still I feel nauseous and get stomach pain every now and then.
@@setapartforHim Sorry to hear that. My example is the only person I know who had their gallbladder removed so I understand it doesn't prove everyone, or even most people, will have the same experience - just that some people do have a positive outcome. My mother would have a painful attack if she ate any dairy but otherwise she fared really well. I hope you can find some relief.
It is disappointed that we have doctors, both young that claim ignorance when it comes to Nutrition. You want to believe that doctors are seekers of knowledge and open minded but we find that is not the case. They will listen to and believe Pharma studies but aren’t open to the idea that Nutrition plays a part. It’s amazing.
Yeah, it´s unfortunate. Furthermore, doctors that dare to challenge the thought that "no diet is proved to cure diseases", are easily labelled as Big Pharma &Food Industry conspiracy theorists, which should not be listened to. Even if industry-university - partnerships are obvious.
Ended up at the Doctors approx 6 weeks ago BP 195/125 feeling awful. He was already talking about possibility of BP medication becoming my new norm, which I didn't want. I Had a look around the web and kept seeing good things about whole food plant based diets so thought I would take the plunge. 6 weeks later weight is down by 18lbs and BP is now ranging from 118/75 to 120/80 max. Finding the diet unbelievably easy to stick to and enjoying my increased energy levels and general feeling of well being.
What did the Dr say about that? I hope he was pleased about your weight loss and blood pressure going down. Because some Doctors get mad when you work on your own to get things done,and don't take their poison.
Congratulations. You found your way for your body. Veges all the way!!!
U did a very hood job indeed! Whole plant based food is always benefits to everyone's health n not any forms of diets!! Especially the high meat n fat diet, the worse diet !! Keep it up n make yr plant based diet a whole long healthy forever young diet till old age, u will never regrets !! God bless u ❤➕
what about your glucose level? tht didnt work?
@@cesarhernandez7108 she had no problems with blood sugar.
Every gut doctor that comes on this show has an unlimited amount of energy and passion for what they speak about. I am now extremely excited about the gut microbiome.
I’ve had Nigerian doctors, Indian doctors, Asian doctors. They are definitely more open even suggestive of alternative healing methods than my American doctors.
American doctors are just NPCs at this point. Very narrow minded and betrayers of Hippocrates they made oath to while becoming doctors.
@@kubasniak Love the use of NPCs to describe drs.
Dr. Desmond is the best! I can't wait for his book too
I wondered why after i started my wfpbno diet ... i felt so much happier....
Congratulations!
Thank you for another great and informative video!
I agree with all of what Dr. Desmond is saying. I have experienced it ALL!
Thanks
Thank you! I'm sure glad you guys do these videos.
I'm 60 ate like I was trying to give myself a heart attack for decades. Now I am beginning to have chest pain. Not bad, but enough to get my attention. Started Plant-Based Diet four weeks ago and except for Christmas, Prime Rib, it has been a very easy transition for me.
Could we get links to these studies please!!
My dad who's a MD eats so much meat and cheese, has high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and major digestive issues. I am trying to convince him to eat a WPBD but he wont listen to me. Im hoping if he sees the research himself, he will give it a shot.
I don't know if I have the links to his studies, but the NutritionFacts.org website has over 2000 videos on hundreds of health topics, all searchable alphabetically, and each 3-8-minute video summarizes the results from 3-20 research studies on some topic, and the full links to all the studies can be accessed under the Sources Cited tab under the video.
I teach and research nutrition as part of my university work, and this may also help:
For overall, long-term health, diets that are very low in fat (~7-15% of calories) and that are dominated by WHOLE plant foods (vegan or mostly vegan) have an unmatched track record that indicates they are the healthiest. And those diets generally had 70% of calories or more from WHOLE food carbs.
OBESITY is related to a wide range of other diseases (diabetes, heart disease, cancers) and health problems (e.g., failing joints, low energy), and is an epidemic in America, with 70% of Americans being overweight or obese. So far, the all-you-can-eat diet that has achieved the best weight loss after one year in a randomized controlled study is a whole food plant-based diet with 7-15% calories from fat. Notice that this is a fraction of the fat intake found in diets that Americans commonly but misleadingly call “low-fat” diets.
www.nature.com/articles/nutd20173
thebroadstudy.com/
Significantly, the original intervention only ran three months, but people who were on the diet during the experiment kept on the diet and kept losing weight from three to six month, and then maintained their weight loss from six to twelve months.
DIABETES is a growing epidemic in America, with over one-third of Americans being pre-diabetic or diabetic. Very low carb, high-fat ketogenic diets have become popular, and these can achieve significant weight loss and improvement in biomarkers and blood glucose control. However, satisfying these short-term results may be, in the long run, people eating very low-carb diets have been found to have a wide variety of negative side effects, including much higher rates of Afib and higher rates of death from heart disease and all-cause mortality.
The human body evolved to efficiently process large quantities of whole food carbohydrates, so the inability to process carbohydrates efficiently and safely is not normal or healthy.
However, WHOLE food plant-based diets with 7-15% calories from fat (and most calories from WHOLE food carbs) have been repeatedly demonstrated to bring diabetics’ blood glucose levels under control while having numerous other side benefits for heart health, inflammation, etc. For example, here is a randomized controlled trial in which a WHOLE food plant-based diets with 7-15% calories from fat brought diabetics’ blood glucose levels under control and lowered their LDL levels by 39% in just three weeks and on a diet with 73% calories from carbohydrates. To see an overview of the results, see the 2:47 mark in
nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-a-macrobiotic-diet-for-diabetes/
The direct link to the study is
Soare A, Khazrai YM, Del Toro R, et al. The effect of the macrobiotic Ma-Pi 2 diet vs. the recommended diet in the management of type 2 diabetes: the randomized controlled MADIAB trial. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2014;11:39.
Many people can’t believe a diet that is very high in carbs can cure diabetes for most people but that is because a) they never got their fat intake low enough (~10-15% of calories) to cure their insulin resistance, and b) the carbs they were eating were processed carbs that cause a faster rise in blood glucose levels than do WHOLE food carbs-especially when whole food carbs are eaten in the context of lots of vegetables and fiber. In reality, all large, slim, and relatively diabetes free populations have historically gotten most of their calories from whole food carbs-rice, wheat, barley, potatoes, farro, millet, sorghum, spelt, corn, etc.
HEART DISEASE is the #1 killer of men and women in the western world, and although we usually only label someone as “having heart disease” after they have an incident, in reality, the vast majority of westerners have diseased coronary arteries and generally had plaque build-up in their arteries by the time they were ten years old. This is not normal or healthy as the impaired functioning or our arteries gives rise to a wide range of other conditions and diseases (angina, heart attacks, strokes, erectile dysfunction, some migraines, dementia, neuropathy, diabetic nerve pain, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, glaucoma, etc.). The only diet that has been shown to be able to stop even serious heart disease in its tracks and achieve some reversal of atherosclerosis in multiple multi-year studies-while dropping rates of major CVD events to zero or close to zero is a WHOLE food plant-based diets with 7-15% calories from fat. For example, see
dresselstyn.com/JFP_06307_Article1.pdf
www.dresselstyn.com/Esselstyn_Three-case-reports_Exp-Clin-Cardiol-July-2014.pdf
Added sugars are NOT healthy, but in the context of the sugar-fat debate, it is worth noting that Dr. Esselstyn was able stop the progression of heart disease, achieve some plaque shrinkage, and avoid future major CVD events even in “death’s doorstep” heart disease patients who were compliant with his original diet-a diet which did NOT limit sugar.
www.dresselstyn.com/site/study01/
www.dresselstyn.com/site/study02/
www.dresselstyn.com/site/study03/
CANCERS: In general, people eating a whole food plant-based diet have lower or much lower rates of various cancers and better cancer survival. Here is an ocean of related research:
nutritionfacts.org/topics/cancer/
OXIDATIVE STRESS and INFLAMMATION are involved in most major chronic diseases. Significantly, the most anti-inflammatory diet you can eat is a whole food plant-based diet, and plant foods have on average, eight times as much antioxidant punch as does the average animal food.
Carlsen MH, Halvorsen BL, Holte K, Bøhn SK, Dragland S, Sampson L, Willey C, Senoo H, Umezono Y, Sanada C, Barikmo I, Berhe N, Willett WC, Phillips KM, Jacobs DR Jr, Blomhoff R. The total antioxidant content of more than 3100 foods, beverages, spices, herbs and supplements used worldwide. Nutr J. 2010 Jan 22;9:3.
nutritionfacts.org/video/antioxidant-power-of-plant-foods-versus-animal-foods/
TOXINS: Toxic industrial and agricultural chemicals naturally accumulate in the fat of animals, and these toxins include chemicals that are obesogenic, diabesogenic, atherogenic, mutagenic, carcinogenic, neurotoxins, and endocrine disruptors (which disrupt fertility and reproduction). These toxic chemicals naturally accumulate at high levels in animal fat through the processes of bioaccumulation and biomagnification.
Bioaccumulation: A cow eats grass with trace amounts of toxic chemicals in it, and some of those chemicals wind up in their fat, and as they eat more and more grass, the levels of toxic chemicals build up. Biomagnification: A predator (wolf, eagle, tuna, human) that eats other animals that have toxic chemicals built up in their bodies can wind up with extremely high levels of toxins in their bodies. The general rule to avoid toxic chemicals in your food is to eat as low on the food chain as possible, which basically means eating plant foods-but avoiding those that are sprayed heavily (e.g., non-organic strawberries). One side benefit of eating lots of whole plant foods is that they boost your body’s ability to detoxify itself. As a result, people who eat vegetarian and vegan diets typically have much lower levels of toxic chemicals in their bodies than do those who eat meat or meat and dairy. For example, see the following short video summarizing the research on one class of pollutants (links to the studies summarized in the video can be found by clicking “Sources Cited” under the video).
nutritionfacts.org/video/flame-retardant-pollutants-and-child-development/
Then there is a mountain of studies showing the benefits of low-fat whole food plant-based diets for pretty much every health condition under the sun. Wanna' get rates of gallstones and diverticulitis to zero? VLF WFPB diets can do that. Wanna' reduce or eliminate acne and improve osteoarthritis? They can do that to. Wanna' get your risk of dementia as low as possible even though you have the genetic marker that predisposes you to greater dementia risk? They can do that too. Etc. Etc.
Meanwhile, more nuanced recent studies consistently show that replacing animal fat and protein with WHOLE plant foods/carbs consistently yields better biomarkers and health outcomes.
Furthermore, reviews of the research on the thermic effect of food show that people burn more calories in the hours after a meal when eating a very low fat plant-based diet (9-16% more calories per hour). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31021710/
Population studies show the best overall long-term results on diets dominated by whole plant foods.
And in case you need more official backup on going totally plant-based, the world’s largest organization of nutrition professionals (AND) says that a well-managed vegan diet is healthy for all stages of life.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27886704/
To be clear, the research isn't good enough to know whether TOTALLY PB is best for this or that person, or whether a little fish or dairy 3-8 times a month would be better. Also, if folks go totally PB, they MUST take B12 and find vegan sources for vitamin D, EPA/DHA, and possibly iodine. Many people fail on a PB diet because they don't know enough and think they can just eat anything and not pay attention to balance.
BTW, I went VLF WFPB 8 years ago at age 52, and saw results in days.
Take care.
@@karlwheatley1244 nutrition facts and esselstyn are hardly objective, unbiased sources to be getting information from. seeing as though you teach in university, you over anyone should be aware of that.
@@leangroundbeef2322 Thanks for your reply.
"nutrition facts and esselstyn are hardly objective, unbiased sources to be getting information from?
What's biased about Esselstyn? He followed the science and is the only person on Earth to have conducted multiple multi-year trials showing you can stop and achieve some reversal of even very serious heart disease using just diet. He's just advocating for what obviously works. I work in the Cleveland area, and two of my students have reported on how his diet saved their husband's lives. It works.
As for nutrition facts, I'm guessing you haven't looked at many of their videos. There are over 2000 videos on hundreds of nutrition/health topics, with each video pulling together the findings of a few to 20 of more research studies. The videos largely consist of him reading the findings of this or that peer-reviewed research study, then describing the connection to the next research study. The actual pages, charts, quotes from the studies appear right on the screen, and much of the time, he is just telling you word-for-word what the study actually said. Complete references for each study appear under each video. To someone who doesn't know the research, Greger might appear biased, but while everyone has some bias, the research clearly indicates that diets dominated by whole plant foods are healthiest. That would be why Greger seems like an advocate for WFPB diets because they work best.
We DON'T know whether the very best overall long-term outcomes would come for you or me from a vegan diet, vegetarian diet, or one with an occasional piece of fish, egg, or meat, but the best findings are at that end of the spectrum. (And we know lots of reasons why that is the case)
Take care.
@@leangroundbeef2322 with a name like yours I wouldn’t talk bias😫
Buy the book Undo It! By Dean Ornish, MD and another good book is Eat for Life by Joel Fuhrman MD. Both are doctors who have ran studies and taught this way of eating for 40 years. Nothing new. Unfortunately this is not taught in medical school because who controls the medical schools? The pharmacy industry!. Hard for us to accept that we live in a corrupt world but we do! So much info out there on eating good and getting rid of all diseases and all meds!! Best wishes!
This Dr is smart...not mention good looking! BTW after watvhin game changers in Jan 2021 I've been plant based and haven't really missed meat!
Another good show, thank you! When a show is this good I always wonder about the thumbs down- what on earth do these 34 people not like about this interesting and informative interview??
What a great podcast!!! Intense amount of infor... 6 research ij 1 podcast.. Amazing thank you Dr. DESMOND for sharing
Love Dr Desmond!!
Could you please add citations of the 6 studies?
What does the exam room go live and where can I submit my questions ? ❤️😊
I am plant based, so what foods should I avoid for ankylosing spondylitis. Thanks Pete
THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL INFORMATIVE SHOW!
❤️Very Informative Thank You ❤️
Excellent video and I have been vegan for 5 years but unfortunately not all the time has been 100% vegan whole plant foods based diet.More likely 90% vegan whole plant foods based diet and the 10% vegan junk foods so i am attempting to remove that 10%and make it 100% vegan whole plant foods based diet but i am vegan so I view it as a lifestyle not a diet and avoid other animal expoiltion products outside of food.
eat the way God intended. Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. Read the bible. It is all there
I have slipped occasionally but more and more I’m getting better at it. Lays bbq chips are vegan! No fair.
Thank you! Great as usual. This is the time legislation can pass because there is a sympathetic Congress and president coming. I am excited both for the future of the movement but also that I'm sure Dr. Barnard and his staff are very excited and motivated with this news.
As far as spreading the message, when I communicate about my health improvements I make sure I say 'this works for me' or 'my opinion at least for my situation', so that I communicate I am accepting that people have different ways of doing things, even if I don't agree with them, but I found something I'm happy about. Still, I try to avoid speaking too much about it, if at all in many situations.
Good luck, you want to get a socialist congress involved in your Heath? Just heal yourself!
eat the way God intended. Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. Read the bible. It is all there
Would like to know if sugar, oil and salt were omitted from whole food plant based diets in all the studies. Good to hear study results!
I know the second one omitted oil because he's talked about it before. There was another one where he specifically said "whole food plant based diet" that I would assume not have oil because wfpb doesn't have oil by design.
Edit - the Mediterranean plant based diet on mental health probably used oil.
Edit 2 - it's tough with sugar & salt to determine. For me personally, I don't worry about small amounts of either because I don't have health issues that would want me to not eat them like heart issues or food addiction.
Coconut oil is good. Avoid refine sugar. Honey is a good replacement. Some food turns to sugar, you want to make sugar exercise according to your body health. I am not a doctor, my journey taught me these life lessons. Always listen to your body eating and activities. Have great health journey🦋
@@101York Coconut oil raises cholesterol and, like all oils is a highly refined substance. Honey is not plant based.
@@101York nope
What exactly was the study done in south korea? Thanks in advance!
Beans, greens, fruits, veggies, legumes, whole grain breads, nuts, seeds
No dairy, meat. Sorry but I love eggs🥚 can't go without my eggs
Thanks for this information . I really enjoy eating this way. I even broke free (99%) of cheese addiction.
Jeremiah 29:5
‘Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Great show!
This Dr. looks like he is in his early 20's. He represents well the plant based diet movement with his youthful looks and attitude.
Hope I could do it here in the Philippines cuz I found some veggies, fruits, seeds, legumes, lentils are hard to procure.
It's a great book!
I can’t find the link to the studies in your book?
Loovveeeee this Dr. 🙌💕💯
This Dr. is so handsome. I 100% believe him, totally not because of his looks and his accent. :3
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I thought he was good looking too!
Are there specific foods to eat or avoid for psoriasis? Thank you!
Dr. Gregor just did a video on nutitrionfacts dot org about psoriasis. There's a search bar on his website or you can search "psoriasis nutrtion facts" hear on UA-cam
@@debbietampasheher3682 thank you!
yes avoid gluten dairy and sugar
i tought bone broth was good. dr berg did too . its b3 deficiancy or something
A friend of mine had psoriasis so bad that the doctors took biopsies fearing cancer. She started a whole foods plant based diet and her psoriasis cleared up completely within a couple of weeks. Vegetables, fruit, wholegrains, legumes and nuts and seeds.
'Breaks it down in a digestible way'? I see what you did there.
Hi how can I join in yr diet
How will this help me with SIBO? Plant foods are my problem. Makes me crazy because I WANT to eat WFPB.
Where is the link for the South African vs black Americans re colorectal cancer?
Love your podcast! I wanted to ask if a vegan diet increases the risk for bone fractures in any way? Any specific suggestions to prevent osteoporosis? Also a family member is concerned that I'm not getting enough amino acids on my vegan diet, any suggestions to help with amino acids? Thanks!
There is limited data, but one study that is interesting is looking at bone fractures in vegans versus non-vegans, but it does not prove causation. "Comparative fracture risk in vegetarians and nonvegetarians in EPIC-Oxford" is the study, I believe.
However they do not see an increased bone fracture risk in vegans with 525 mg daily of calcium. There is an increased bone fracture risk in those below it.
Because it is a population study, it can only find associations, and not prove causation. Some population studies are a bit stronger if they account for confounding factors. I'm not sure this one does. Also, when examining diet, usually questionnaires are used for the participants and they can tend to be, on average, a little less accurate.
I personally try for 525 mg daily, and I track my nutrients on cronometer, a food tracking site. I also take a vitamin supplement for iodine and it just so happens to have calcium also.
Things that get me a lot of calcium are: black beans, of which I eat a lot; spinach, I eat a good deal of it. A couple oranges can get me 10% of the 525 mg. Whole wheat of which I eat a lot can have a good amount.
Exercise is a big part of the osteoporosis equation.
Weight bearing exercise ( can be light weights to whatever you feel comfortable with ) is very important for keeping your bones strong.
It is possible to get enough calcium on a whole food plant based diet.
I have seen lectures where vitamin d and vitamin k2 have been advised as apparently they have an important role in guiding the calcium to correct place eg to your bones and not into heart tissue which causes calcification.
Take vitamin D and eat enough WFPBD 🙂
Dr. Gregor of Nutrition Facts dot org has done several videos on bone fractures. He has one regarding that recent bone fracture study. Definitely a good watch.
The upshot is vegetarians and vegans weigh less so do less weight bearing exercise in their daily activities consisted compared to heavier omnivores so their bones may be weaker. It's not about the calcium. But I definitely suggest watching his video
@@RiDankulous Great informative answer.
I saw an ad for Women's College Hospital in Toronto Ontario to treat Bipolar disorder by improving their gut microbiome with fecal transplant. No information on changing their diet. Pretty interesting.
This will be as common as pills in 10 years
Alan Desmond continually uses the phrase whole food plant based as he knows this is what PCRM advocates. However he endorses and is part of programmes which use oils. He needs to be pressed on his opinions on the use of oil for transparency.
I have also questioned the use of oils, perhaps Chuck should have pressed him on that point.
@@ruthhorowitz7522 that isn’t what PCRM recommend though and Alan Desmond knows that
Yeah, oil is fine --- a little for this and that --- let's not get so strict that we aren't enjoying our delicious WFPB cuisine
@@ruthhorowitz7522 not if you have heart disease.
@@christinebadostain6887 oil is not a whole food, once you learn how to cook and bake without it food tastes infinitely better.
In the metabolic syndrome, dr. Desmond forgot diabetes 2.
Hello Dr what can I substitute for eggs
Depends. If baking look up "flax egg" recipe. Sometimes soy flour + water works in baked goods. For eating, I like tofu scrambles made with black salt and nutritional yeast, etc. I have also seen some recipes using besan (chickpea) flour cooked kind of like an omelette.
Q for Dr.: How can I heal my posterior anal fissure fast to avoid surgery? I use Nitro Bid ointment and preparation H, along with fiber (lots of prunes, that works better than Metamucil)
Eat canned pumpkin.
Not pumpkin pie filling, just plain canned pumpkin
@@gypsyscometotown Oh really? Did it work for you? I never heard of pumpkin for a fissure 👍
Get familiar with C. Esselstyn's videos about Nitric Oxide.
@@jani7th
Try it
eat the way God intended. Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. Read the bible. It is all there
Imaginary sky daddy in a fairytale.
@@xxdrleek10 How about we live in a hologram.
@@xxdrleek10 but it is ridiculous that you people that dont believe in God believe in something that is functions systematically exist through explosion. That takes more faith than just believing that some intelligent being created the system. You cannot even PROVE as well that ecosystem can be created through explosion. And who told you that God is in the SKY? LOL
liar . bible sais you can eat meat. and god is just a title.
God is real and you will kneel before Him on Judgment Day. If you die in your sins you will be cast into Hell.
Iv just went plant based diet, as I was told before Christmas I have an over active thyroid, within 2 weeks I feel much lighter healthier. Will see my next blood test if it has gone down the over active thyroid, hope so.truly believe plant based diet going forward will help. I was going go check out a homeopathic doctor if any one reading this is can recommend homeopathic good re over active thyroid?? Thank you 💗. 😊 💓 ☺ 💗
My mum has a over active thyroid but unfortunately she hasn't done what Paw Prints Jersey is doing going 100% plant based diet or vegan.
Lmao.. my fiance put King of the hill on the TV. Hank was at the Dr and the Dr said you can't eat a high fiber diet with little fat..
Just goes to show you that's the right diet we should be following. They always push what is not right for us. Just thought it was funny and wanted to share. Lol
Are we talking just friut veg salad only no meat or bread is this possible ?
How to be healthy without a gallbladder is my question.
As far as I know you should avoid greasy food, just that.
My mother lived a healthy happy life for many years without a gallbladder - she just avoided dairy and animal fats.
@@herbevans2727 I've lived without a gallbladder for 12 years now and it hasn't been easy for me. I wish I wouldn't have removed it... At the time i was 20 and I didnt know you could get rid of them naturally. I suffered with the stones for 3 years and doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with me and they couldn't see the stones in the ultra sound and so many tests. Even a camera down my throat. For a while they thought the pain i was having was all in my head.. but after 3 years they finally saw them. They said I had mud/ sand in my gallbladder and because of that the stones weren't visible in the tests. After so many years I still I feel nauseous and get stomach pain every now and then.
@@setapartforHim Sorry to hear that. My example is the only person I know who had their gallbladder removed so I understand it doesn't prove everyone, or even most people, will have the same experience - just that some people do have a positive outcome. My mother would have a painful attack if she ate any dairy but otherwise she fared really well. I hope you can find some relief.
@@herbevans2727 thank you
WHAT ABOUT FRUCTOSE ,INHERITED FROM OUR ANCESTORS IN CASE OF FAMINE.
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I am broke. I am eating oatmeal all day.
I eat rice, quinoa, and apples all day for the same reason and I feel sluggish.
My sister used the same excuse. She died. You can buy a bag of mixed greens for $3 Grow your own greens.
Potatoes are cheap and nutritious
I just bought one organic sweet potato in Denver CO. It cost $2.54🥵
meat is cheap too
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I was thinking that very same thing.
It is disappointed that we have doctors, both young that claim ignorance when it comes to Nutrition. You want to believe that doctors are seekers of knowledge and open minded but we find that is not the case. They will listen to and believe Pharma studies but aren’t open to the idea that Nutrition plays a part. It’s amazing.
Yeah, it´s unfortunate. Furthermore, doctors that dare to challenge the thought that "no diet is proved to cure diseases", are easily labelled as Big Pharma &Food Industry conspiracy theorists, which should not be listened to. Even if industry-university - partnerships are obvious.
Idid not have 3 dollars T THAWT POINT
Bullshit! Give me more meat.
I got Neil Barnards book on how to kick start vegan diet very disappointed cost £17 very few pages to few recipes awful don’t recommend ☹️
I check books out of the library or look carefully at them in the bookstore first before buying them. That way, I don't get stung.