Knowing how my ancestors who didn't get to profit from industrialized society all died at the ripe age at 50-60 really doesn't make me wanna live like them at all. And we're talking great grandparents level of ancestors. Not to mention the 30% of people who died before 10 from preventable childhood diseases.
@Violett Fem so many of the so called Drs and experts are wrong even now. I'm a biologist myself and the most important science lesson I've learned is you don't have to trust anyone based on their title and reputation alone. That's why peer reviewed articles and double blind studies are such a big thing. I used to admire doctors a lot and then I went into science and I realized how publicly surprisingly a lot of them would share personal opinions as facts and expect us to believe them. And generally most MDs don't necessarily have a great deal of knowledge about nutrition especially as such an ever developing field. A good doctor will recognize their limits though and send you to a specialist.
@@arson3630 lmao. So true through. Like they also didn’t have couches and televisions or fast food. And maybe they would have gotten fat if they lived past the age of 25. I could eat Taco Bell every day when I was 25 with no consequences
Forever confused by these Paleo people who put insane amounts of expensive powders in everything, doesn’t really sound like something they would eat 10000 years ago...
I’m sure it’s because vegan diets are becoming much more popular and profitable right now, whereas vegetarianism reads as more early 2000’s. It seems like purely a marketing decision.
I totally understand why “food is medicine” can be a triggering mantra for some people. But I will say for me personally, as someone struggling with anorexia, I find it especially helpful to think of food in this way on difficult days where eating is otherwise associated with intense guilt, discomfort and anxiety. It reminds me that it’s okay to prioritize my own health, and that my body NEEDS the nourishment to function properly. Sometimes enjoyment just isn’t motivation enough in itself
I just want to say that this video was so validating for me... I was recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis after 7 years of seeking help and being told that I was sick because I didn’t restrict my diet to the extreme. What you said about the “food as medicine” mantra making sick people feel as if it’s their fault has definitely been my experience, but it also contributed to me suffering without medical intervention since I was in my mid teens. I even went to Dr. Hyman’s clinic at one point after my mom read his book, and I found that the diet and extensive supplements they put me on occupied 90% of my thoughts and only served to make me hate food and myself. Watching this video has been so cathartic for me so I want to sincerely thank you for what you do! Such important work and you are really helping people more than you probably know 💛
I feel your pain and I'm right with you on the cathartic element of this video! I suffered in silence for years with anorxia/bulimia, IBS and celiac disease... followed all types of nutrition enthusiasts and phoney "professionals", and I've never felt any better. Abbey's gentle nutrition approach and watching her take down these quacks is cathartic to me as well, and has done more for normalizing my eating habits than all of these pseudo science tricksters put together!
I'm with you there. I have Lupus and that was drilled into me by my doctor and my mom. I'm now learning to keep my proteins up and actually eat enough from a dietician. She's fantastic and my skins already clearing up (I have adult acne).
Dr. Hyman may be a little “out there” with his diet, but I do enjoy listening to his podcast and getting his perspective on whole health. He always makes a point on his podcast that he is NOT anti-medicine.. he just simply wants to look at the whole person and get to the root cause and use natural medicine if possible. It’s interesting to hear both sides 👍🏻
I noticed that she changed to that only recently, like half a year or so. Before that, you could almost always tell if it’s going to be a diet she approves of or not. Now I’m always confused 🤷🏼♀️😂
"Would you tell a cancer patient to forgo chemo and eat more chia seeds?" Sadly, some of these people do. When my stepdad was first getting treatments for stage 4 esophageal cancer, he was gifted a juicer and all these woo-woo diet books telling him about different foods to eat to beat cancer. This is unfortunately a real industry
Steve Jobs ended up in that conundrum too. He didn't go for chemo until it was too late. But I am all for a multi-pronged approach to something like cancer.
THANK YOU for pointing out that his moralizing, restriction and superiority is problematic. I went to his functional medicine center (which cost a pretty penny!) and the doctors were SO concerned with restricting my diet and giving me dozens upon dozens of supplements that they missed the fact that I have 2 progressive genetic diseases. When the diet/supplements didn't help me (food can't cure my particular genetic mutations)...they just accused me of being non-compliant because I "should" have gotten better on Hyman's regimen. It's incredibly demoralizing, even traumatic, for patients with very serious illnesses to go through this kind of gaslighting and invalidation when the "food is medicine" approach doesn't work.
Interesting! Thank you for sharing. I totally agree, it's important to downplay the rhetoric that we are FULLY in control of our health outcomes by what we eat
@@AbbeysKitchen, so true! When treatment for uncommon illnesses isn't as straightforward as limiting sugar for diabetics, allopathic doctors place almost NO importance on food (except for a few outdated references). Many functional/alternative/naturopathic doctors place almost ALL the emphasis on food and become dogmatic about restriction to the exclusion of genuine curiosity about their patients' unique bodies. Your channel brings some much needed balance into the idea of food as a component of wellness/well-being, and I'm so grateful for what you do. 💖
Dear. So sorry to know that you've been treated like that, hope you are better rn. But I want you to know that doctors aren't qualified in clinical nutrition. For your case, please see a registered dietitian who is specialized on your disease. Stay safe✨
I'm with Mark on this one. For him, food really IS the medicine that caused him to overcome his own serious health issues. As a person with serious health issues myself, I can completely relate! And don't discount the power of anecdotal evidence. This doctor has treated patients holistically for years; he has personally seen the effects of "healthy eating" (sorry but I don't know what else to call it) in thousands of people. Just because the science hasn't caught up doesn't mean it's not there.
This is exactly what I was going to say. And more and more studies are confirming that there are powerful compounds in food, especially fruits, veggies, spices, and herbs, that truly help the body heal. I experienced a health crash that all the conventional doctors I saw couldn't help with. Any pharmacueticals have just made me worse. I finally found answers through naturopathic and functional medicine doctors and am healing using food as one main component, along with other supportive treatments and supplements. Food is only one aspect of health but it is so powerful. I think it is empowering to have the information that Dr. Hyman spreads, and people can choose what they want from it. Feeling good can't be overrated for general quality of life and food is huge!
@@annatomlinson1529 I've had a similar experience. Changing my diet has helped me so much more than any medication I have ever taken. Do I miss ice cream and bread? Of course, but being on a restrictive diet is so much better than the debilitating episodes of illness I experience otherwise. You're right, food is POWERFUL.
Totally agree with you Amanda. During this pandemic isolation, I changed my diet. . . gluten free, eating more veggies, cut down on dairy, etc. One of my big problems dissipated, and I feel a bit better. Not saying avoid traditional medicine, but I do so appreciate functional medicine.
In Mark’s defense, I believe he is trying to bring more awareness to the fact that foods are indeed healing and we don’t need expensive man made pharmaceuticals to achieve health. He is a dr so it makes sense that he’s so into the whole, food is medicine thing. When I know the “medicinal” qualities of the foods I eat, it makes me so grateful and adds to the amazing experience of eating plants.
I think the point here is not going to extremes. Any way of eating that takes over your life creating obsession and anxiety negatively affects one’s mental health. Moralizing food negatively affects ppl’s relationship to food. Food is many things. It can be both medicinal and pleasurable and both are valid and needed for a good quality of life. Going to any extreme is not healthy for body nor mind.
What I love about you Abbey is that you bring healthy eating back down to a level that the people can understand it. I have followed Mark for years and have found him to be increasingly troublesome as he doesn’t seem to meet the average person where they’re at.
@@keylanoslokj1806 We are not machines. Humans don't go from 0-60 in the blink of an eye. Hayman's diet style is only attainable for the very privileged in society. The rest of us cannot meet him where he is at. Doctors and dieticians have to meet their patients at their economic and educational level to help people make meaningful changes to their health. His messages are not helpful for the majority of society. Also, you do not need to eat like he does to be healthy. There are much more affordable options for nutritious, healthy eating that everyone needs to know about.
He’s obsessed with looking young (despite being all wrinkly) and causes fear mongering. Having a balanced diet is the best. Extremes are not. Plenty of people in their 90’s who ate carbs, dairy, meat, and even drank or smoked. Genetics counts. Portion control too, instead of starving or overeating.
I love this dude (and Martha Stewart a couple weeks back) citing all the stuff "from the garden" as if they are out their growing their food from scratch, not paying professionals to manage their aesthetic AF foodscape of a garden. No one has time to be a full time farmer and a full time something else, yet they make it seem like you have to farm your own organic produce to be 'healthy.' It's such privilege on show.
What a pretentious comment. You know exactly what it means when someone says that they grow their own vegetables (in a contrary to buying them at a store). (Whould you say the same about parents getting help from nannies? That they don’t have children?)
Only Freelee and her partner Robin live in a fruit forest and actually grow, plant and take care of everything themselves. I think they don't have a job next to this apart from making UA-cam videos.
I don't get the hate in him. Am I missing something? Diet is personal. YMVV. He clearly loves the way he prepped his food. Remember that he's in 60s, it's non-negotiable for him to just follow any trends, and he knows his physiology more than any of us and the foods that's right for him. Meh
I got emotional when you started listing the reasons we eat food , for love, joy, culture. It's a beautiful experience we share with loved ones and I cherish that. Thanks for bringing that to light, you've helped me get rid of the remaining diet culture lies that I was told growing up. And with that said, I think you're doing a great thing Abbey! THANK YOU!
Your explanation of casein vs lactose made my day! I was born allergic to casein and most people assume I can take lactaid and be fine which sadly isn’t true so thank you because most people don’t explain the difference. Plus I am completely here for you being sassy more often because it is amazing
Whenever people talk about food as medicine I’m immediately skeptical. I’ve been chronically ill since adolescence and the amount of dietary changes and supplements I’ve tried to manage my symptoms is astounding and none of them have been even a quarter as effective as my actual medicine, but people still try and act like it’s a moral failing to not be able to manage health “naturally”
My mom's been chronically ill her whole life (and I'm on my way unfortunately) and I'm thankful that she raised me to understand that food and exercise has a supporting role in healthcare. Homeopathic and natural remedies are great! But take your ass to the doctor! 🤣 If the natural way works, cool! But you should always communicate with a medical professional in case you need more help and guidance. A good doctor will support you and do at least a little research to make sure you don't kill yourself on accident. Take your pills AND eat a good diet (that tastes good too, and have the cake). 👍🏾
I suffer with chronic migraines and there are a million and one foods that can trigger them for different people. I have driven myself crazy trying to exclude them from my diet - bananas, citrus, nuts, dairy, chocolate, nitrates, you name it! And nothing helped! If it were as “easy” as eliminating one thing, I would have been cured years ago!
I can tell that he has been studying a lot of different Asian ancient medicine. Immediately he talks about meditation, brown rice green tea, and that food is medicine. I understand why u were upset and the way he said it too makes me understand it more. But there’s an ancient Korean saying that says “if food can’t cure ur illness, no doctor can cure ur illness” (roughly translated) We believe that the earth has given us so many tools to help us bc we are- at the end of the day- organic. I think he’s sounding a bit uhhh intense tho. I haven’t heard Korean doctors and nutritionists be this intense. They just want u to try and incorporate certain foods to help with whatever ur “sick” with. We also use a lot of acupuncture and pressure points, but he’s taking the calm forgiving nature of ancient Asian medicines and throwing it in front of a bus...
Thank you for all of the info. I definitely agree with preventative medicine, I just don't think it means we need to think about food in such dichotomous terms
Thank you. I was thinking the same. He tends to be extreme but there is a lot of facts based on our ancient food philosophies. These do not include the powders he uses. Of course.
@@AbbeysKitchen definitely! I appreciate that he’s trying to be more in tune with with the beautiful ancient medicine practices out there, but you can’t just take that then dumb a load of restrictive and elitist diet culture mindset with it??
Agree with many of your points but diet and other lifestyle factors have proven to be the greatest forms of prevention for disease.... 70-90% of chronic diseases are NOT due to genetics, but environment and lifestyle factors.
I agree with that, I just wanted to pint out that we don't need to think about food in such dichotomous terms. And of course we want people to be empowered to make for choices about their diet to support their health. But I think it is important to downplay the rhetoric that we are FULLY in control of our health outcomes by what we eat. It is elitist and blames people for circumstances they can’t control (most notable SES)
Whenever I'm feeling crappy from seeing influencers on social media eat salads for every meal and eat no sugar or bread, I come to your videos to get a dose of reality and remind myself that it's just not fun (or realistic) to eat that way 100% of the time lol.
Influencers are not a good example to follow. Their morning routines, night routines, exercise, food is not realistic! Not to mention the concept of "Productive day" lol. Follow what makes you happy and disregard the perfection of social media!
As someone with an anthropology degree the name drives me crazy. Lol like yes all of these foods made possible through agricultural are totally paleo/caveman foods. Such a bad name
@@cutecheerfreak1 When I first heard about "paleo," my first thought was "pretty sure since time immemorial people have known how to mash grains together on a rock, add water, and make some sort of bread" - ugh I just can't
Actually, a modified Paleo plan worked for me. AND yes, I realize the name is something of a misnomer. But I get more upset about hearing everything someone thinks we "shouldn't" be eating as "chemicals", or hearing about a "plant-BASED" diet - I can eat a tomato-BASED soup and it has lots of things in it besides tomatoes! (I use the terms "plant-only" or "vegan" instead.) Oh, I do recognize that since there is now a legal meaning behind "organics", I can deal with using that term. I took a year of Organic Chemistry in college. A LOT of that stuff was mega-toxic! So at this point, I can deal with the term "Paleo", even if the word doesn't mean what (the generic) you think it means.... (Ok, closed with a bit of reference to Princess Bride, there.... LOL.)
My problem with this "pegan" diet is that you simply cannot call it vegan when animal products are included. It isn't a mixture of paleo and veganism, it is a mixture of paleo and plant based. I am not extremely strict when someone says she/he eats vegan, but when someone makes business out of it, without understanding that the word "vegan" includes many other things as clothes, cosmetics, etc., then I am kinda mad. he could have said plant-based, bc that's what it is, but not vegan... anyways, really like your videos abbey :)
Clicked so damn fast 😂 Gotta say thanks to Abbey for all these videos. I hadn't realised how much I'd let 'diet culture' get into my head and how much I was overthinking what I ate and inputting it all ritually into a tracker app. I'm now trying to eat more intuitively and to rely less on the tracker app. It's gonna take time but I can't wait 💜
'Mark's diet feels so righteous and restrictive - It reads to me like orthorexia 101... more grounded in morality than actual wellness... super elitist and exclusive' - hitting the nail on the head as always there Abbey 👏🏼
That's the best way to point out to people that "wellness" is an INDUSTRY. These people want to make MONEY. If they actually cared about helping the general population, they would give more accessible information. I make a living wage and even I couldn't afford that much sprouts, nuts, fancy mushrooms, and fish, let alone all the bullshit supplements and powders. Regular people gotta make some turkey burgers, ya feel me? THANK YOU ABBEY!
@Violett Fem the difference, IMO, is that Mark is doing it as more from an elitist health perspective, whereas Martha is just bougie in everything she does! 😂
Mark just puts out backed up information on factual topics. Even in his podcasts he mentions how he doesn’t expect people to never have dessert again or never touch pizza again. But it’s not a lie that eating clean like he does actually makes you feel amazing and function at its optimal level. So take what you want from that information. For me personally I enjoy everything he has to say and it taught me how the body works, in that I use whatever works for me, knowing the consequences when having beer and pizza, being cautious to not over do it and still live happy and healthy.
you wouldn't tell someone with cancer that its their fault but you would want to advise what the best foods are...this is 1000x more true if we're talking about something like heart disease.
classic psychological projection: Abbey said, “This [‘food is medicine’] mantra *aims* to reduce disease down to a form of well-deserved punishment that someone acquires when they fail to eat the right foods.” It is TO YOU, refracted thru your baggage. The “aim” of “Food is medicine” is a slogan, an succinct distillation of a valid idea, with the intention to prompt people to think hard about their choices in a society where the profit motive for big pharma’s medicine never includes healthy foods and lifestyles, which can often be just as efficacious to good health, disease prevention and even disease-reversal. Context matters. No, Hyman isn’t saying “eat my recommended foods to reverse your acute cancer” as you absurdly implied. He was talking about something totally different, of course.
This whole “I’m 63 but like a 43 year old” to me is linked to having a GF too young for him. Late mid-life crisis. He might be a healthy 63, but aging has its own tricks, no matter how healthy you eat.
I do feel the need to point out both as a healthcare professional and an Indigenous person that a similar diet to paleo is considered to be a beneficial diet for Indigenous people as it can help reduce risk and manage diabetes which has between a 5-8 times increased rate in Indigenous populations
Ana Swift+ I agree. And she makes no correlation to how indigenous people who once ate perfect , natural food - then are exposed to man's chemically altered "food"- suddenly get diseases! Her stupid argument about nature/ and man-made stuff is so pathetic. TALK ABOUT the 250,000 chemicals modern man is exposed to and all the useless food additives based on GREED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't wait to be able to go out to a restaurant again so that I can go out with a bunch of people, wait until food is on the table and everyone is talking thier first bite, and then ruin everyone's day with this.
This is a urban myth actually. While the beaver booty does have the ability to make a vanilla esq substitute, it’s hella expensive to produce and most vanilla is synthetic
"this is literally a made up diet" I get Abby's point but technically so is every other diet that exists. I'm not saying I support this way of eating but keto, paleo, and even vegetarian and vegan diets were all made up at one point. I say this as a vegetarian myself. So I think that while there are a lot of valid criticisms to be made about this diet, being a "made-up" diet isn't really one of them.
To my understanding when she said that she meant that this diet he called Pegan= Vegan+Paleo. In veganism you avoid animal products and paleo you eat a lot of lean meat, veggies and fruits, nuts, etc. Since this diet literally has nothing to do with the original diets its name is derived from its made up. The reason I came to this conclusion is cause she said that exactly after defining the two diets. 😅
I have to disagree on this one . His diet doesn't seem restrictive to me. I'm currently avoiding sugar and processed foods as well and I am faaaaar from being orthorexic. Also I don't drink alcohol. It's a choice based on how these foods make me feel afterwards physiologically not psychologically.
I agree --- unlike this arrogant woman -- I did months of research on keto diet by -- Dr Eric berg, Dr sten Ekberg , Thomas delauer, diet doctor, Dr boz , Mindy peltz, kenDberry , Daniel amen --- and I am 63 yr old guy lost a bit over 100 lbs , arthritis , type 2 diabetic, and now off all but 2 meds ( at lowest dose) arthritis near gone --- so I think this woman is delusional
Idk how to take this video that seriously either when she is placing eating for culture above eating for health - exactly the reason why so many are suffering every day. I stopped watching there. Eating for health doesn’t mean one wouldn’t learn to or couldn’t enjoy anything ever again. But hey she is sponsored by chocolate bar company 🤡 and everyone is free to choose what they prioritize on, lifelong health or instant gratification.
Abby, I think it’s important to note that people are driven to odd diets because they’re physically ill and desperate to find relief. For years I followed the standard health guidelines, and I wasn’t restrictive, but I only got more metabolic issues, even with seeing nutritionists and dietitians. When that didn’t work, I went through a whole host of restrictive diets in order to try to resolve the issues. I got some relief but it was only ever temporary, then worse again. And in all those diet circles I encountered so many people with similar stories. Once I decided to do a lot of self-experimentation and follow my own intuition, I found what’s right for me personally. But the point is that people follow these restrictive lifestyles because they’re so ill and they know intuitively that they’re not eating quite right. Maybe they’re moralizing elitists, promoting ridiculous standards and imposing them on others, yes. I agree! Lol but underneath they’re often just so ill.
Absolutely agree. Chronic illness leads people to seek help anywhere they can and oftentimes sends them down a disordered path. That's what happened to me. Unfortunately I was already predisposed to develop an eating disorder so I fell down a dark hole and now I'm clawing my way back out with the help of a HAES aligned intuitive eating dietitian, plus therapy lol
Thanks for adding this. I've actually found a lot of relief from eating an anti-inflammatory "superfood" diet, among other things. It's not just for fun but it sure beats not being able to function! Everyone has to find their own path and make sure they're caring for their mental health along the way, but it makes me sad to see people discount this approach so much.
The criticism on this type of approach to food and calling it “elitist” is counterproductive and divisive. I’m insulin resistant and I don’t have the luxury of enjoying carbs the way others do. Just because I’m not having “whole wheat toast with avocado slathered on it” with my eggs doesn’t make it a less- satiating meal. Abby, you can take these types of dietary concerns into consideration when penning your sassyness.
@@imadodgerfan2475 thank you. Some people aren't eating restrictive because they have a eating disorder. Maybe just maybe they have diabetes or dairy or gluten issues or graves or seizures.. I feel like Mark Hyman mentioned that he had a lot of health issues and food has helped. ( But I'm going off memory so I could be wrong).
I have two notes on the statements about Paleolithic life made in this video. Firstly: average life span. An average life span of 35 usually does not mean that people dropped like flies in their prime. Sure there were fatal injuries and diseases but mostly average life expectancies like that mean that more than half of people die before the age of 10. And it especially means high infant mortality. Once you were out of adolecense your chances of turning 70, 80 or even older were worse than they are today, but absolutely a common occurrence and plenty of people at least made it to 60. We know this because modern hunter gatherer societies still have these life expectancies. Also, and this really bugs me about paleo diets: hunter gatherer societies most certainly ate and still eat grains. They didn't/don't have farming. But grasses have always been growing and their fruits have always been a popular nutrition choice. And sure, they got amped up through selective breeding and we definitely use them more now than we did before settling down. But like, people ate grains. Always have and most likely always will.
I just found Abbey recently too. Her instruction and gentle manner is what is needed in the world, especially nowdays. Here in the U.S. there's endless BS we need to cut thru. Thank you Abbey!!
Abbey THANK YOU for addressing Dr. Hyman. Years ago during the height of my disordered eating, I was meticulously following this other dietitian on social media who was very much in his camp. She would talk about how he's a genius, and in her own content, it was always, "I never eat bread or grains." "I was addicted to sugar and now I never have any sugar at all." I know it's not their fault, but following those messages really kicked my disordered eating into overdrive, and I thought I was doing the right things because Dr. Hyman and this other dietitian said it was okay. Everything was always about losing weight with them! I'm fine now, but seeing you debunk this stuff has been such a healing thing for me, even years after the fact. You are making such a difference here.
What is interesting about our culture is that we are influenced by it, but if you decline dessert when at someone's house - they get all super offended. Frankly, I don't LIKE most desserts. (There are some exceptions, give me tiramisu any day...) I am happy to end most repasts with the great tastes from the main course servings!) "I usually go with , "I am full, I could not eat another bite!". Which is usually true anyway. But so many people don't understand that not everyone is a sweet-tooth!
PS, I will make exceptions for actual home-made creations if they don't contain my tree-nut allergens, but take a very small portion. Desserts do take a while to make.
too harsh judgement on Mark's intro, couldn't watch the rest. I treat food as medicine when I feel run down, but so what? I do same with sleep, mediation etc. and like it or not they all provide me with added boost when combined which I do consider as medicine.
I appreciate the rant on the whole “food is medicine” thing. This has been implied or outright stated to me my entire life as a chronically ill person. And while foods can and do affect my symptoms, eating the wrong foods did not give me type one diabetes or hereditary pancreatitis or POTS. If it was that simple, I think someone would have figured out how to cure this crap by now.
Yes!! When I make sure to eat enough during the day, I have more patience and kindness for myself and those around me. But eating enough or eating "good foods" doesn't get rid of my illness or my symptoms.
I find this video to be highly hypocritical and disingenuous. I don’t think Dr Hyman thinks that food can replace medicine and he didn’t say this at any time in the video. I listened to another interview with him and he was very gracious and said that everyone’s body is different and responds differently to diet. Changing diet and lifestyle could prevent the vast majority of preventable illness in North America. I have Graves’ disease and I take the medication that’s been prescribed by my endocrinologist but I’ve also changed my diet which has also made a huge difference in my symptoms. Although, I agree with some of her points especially on the powders, I find Abbey to be extremely moralizing and holier than thou in her videos. Does doing a once a month fast and eating foods which relieve my symptoms make me orthorexic? I think the the suggestion is very moralizing and hurtful-much more so than Dr Hyman appeared in this video or the other interview that I heard with him. But I guess you hate most in others in what you hate most in yourself. 🤷🏻♀️
So agree, I’m struggling with this channel as I’m sure it’s well intended but finding it a bit moralising, and then we get moralising on moralising and my brain can’t cope 😂 I don’t know this dude, but I think food as medicine is an exceptionally powerful idea (that’s certainly helped me, with 20 years of ED) find a great relationship with food. No one is suggesting food should be used in lieu of medicine, but wouldn’t the world be better if we all had a little of that approach. And not sure prepackaged built bars (although tbf I don’t know the product) are a great food addition when you’re hating on paleo etc, which if one uses in a fluid and realistic can be a way of embracing real food. I think I may be done here, and no idea why I’m ranting so much 😂
Vanilla extract isn't made from beaver secretions, vanilla scented perfume is. And only expensive perfume at that because the extraction process is so difficult and expensive.
Although there is very little chance that it is in our desserts, it has been used in the past. The FDA has labeled it as "generally recognized as safe” and companies are not required to disclose as to whether they use it or not. They often refer it to it as “natural flavoring”.
It is true. Food is medicine. My daughter had very bad acne that heal stop eating carbs and dairy. She tried 5 months with a lot of medicine with a dermatologist with no change. When she quit carbs and dairy, like magic, acne stopped.
@@Brasilmagic79 I did. A dermatologist and 2 endocrinologist. The accutane just dry the skin, but do not heal the origin of the problem. If you stop the medicine, the acne can come back, besides the bad side effects of the medicine.
“I’m not sure why we would want to emulate the life of our ancestors if they literally lived to an average of 35 years old” - Abbey, this is why we love you!!
@@Student4Life1975 Diet played a huge role in the early deaths of our Paleo ancestors, because attaining enough food was incredibly difficult. Lots of people died from starvation in colder climates from lack of food. Disease was also an issue because of the lack of fresh produce AND not having enough calories. Meat heavy diets are very difficult to survive on in the long term. The advent of agriculture and the ability to stock and preserve foods for leaner seasons increased our life spans exponentially and allowed human civilization to thrive.
I've been struggling with food, eating habits, and depression lately, and I just need to say your videos are so affirming with the common sense and no BS. Like I have a big sister confirming that NO, I'm NOT a disgusting failure for eating chicken wings and craving sugar =/= weakness. Thank you!
Also, Dr Mark Hyman doesn't have a "made up diet". He is a doctor of medicine and doctor of functional medicine. He has studied medicine and nutrition for decades. He studied nutritional science and came up with the best diet and lifestyle for health and healing.
Thank you so much for fighting against this type of food demoralization! Your videos have been instrumental in my recovery from disordered eating and I only wish I had found you sooner!!
Just gotta admit that I made a bowl of popcorn to eat while watching this. Way to go, Abbey. Intuitive eating has helped me reclaim a healthy body and a great relationship with food.
That is not what he is saying. He is saying that if we all start eating better than we will have less cancer. Not treating cancer with food. He is talking prevention. You are a dietitian this man in an expert in his field.
I am so very confused… Mark is not using a moralizing or fear mongering language.. The fact that he says food is medicine is true (he is not saying it’s the ONLY medicine) but it makes a huge difference! I think there are so many people that have highly improved their health and even cured physical and psychological conditions with their lifestyle.. Not relating the huge health crisis with our lifestyle and food in this country is flat out wrong. Yes it doesn’t mean we have to be very strict or not enjoy life. I personally believe in Finding a Balance between health and Enjoyment! 😌 But we deserve to have the knowledge that Huge “Healthy” companies like those massive producers of (bread, grains, milk) and Huge Fast food chains have done to our eating culture and health. I believe the food addiction that exists is a huge problem mainly caused by the American food industry.. They don’t tell us and promote that the best diet is Fruits, Veggies, Meats and Healthy fats. Because that is not what makes the most money.. We have learned to Enjoy the most the foods that are unhealthy for us… Just because we live longer does not mean we are living better. The fact that this is never analyzed and people that want to be eat healthy and influence in good ways is scrutinized like this, I’m sorry 😏 but very arrogant tone.. calling it all these names makes no sense to me.. Abbey is very knowledgeable and I would also maybe suggest diving a little deeper into topics like Intermittent Fasting/ Paleo or Keto/Low Carb and the effects Sugar, Processed Foods and Grains specially gluten Can have on your body gaining more knowledge on them, not so that you agree but maybe see people perspective on choosing healthier lifestyle and something that works better for their health with out this belittling tone.. Because if we care about not triggering people.. Some people that used to eat unhealthy and have changed to balanced healthy eating could find videos like this triggering. The comment about the Cancer woman was so unnecessary, also important to know that the second biggest cause of cancer after Smoking is Obesity (Our diet and the foods we eat) Saying someone is fear mongering, demonizing, moralizing, being elitist, exclusive calling their diet BS ONLY because they are taking about the diet that is healthy for them is kinda closed minded and mean.. So just like people shouldn’t make people feel bad for eating certain foods people shouldn’t be made to feel bad for not choosing certain foods and their choices should be respected and validated, specially if they are healthy choices Much love and respect 💕 and I wanted to offer a different point of view.
I dunno.... When I got a pair of cats back about 14 years ago, I bought them this expensive cat food that the breeder insisted I give them. A few days later we come to find that brand was laced with Chinese melamine, and people's pets were dying. I threw all that out.
Doctor Hyman helped me recover from my auto immune disease, so please, shout your mouth. Food is medicine! And he never said that only food contributes to a healthy lifestyle, or disease free lifestyles.
I think shes actually missing the mark (no pun intended). Of course he doesnt think that food is ONLY medicine, but you do have the power to "heal" yourself with food. if you change your diet you can greatly improve your health and well being. thats what he's saying by food is medicine. I think shes over analyzing that phrase into something its not
I'm an anthropologist and study what past people ate. I can confirm that our ancestors did in fact consume grains, even if they were initially gathered in the wild and largely unprocessed, rather than intentionally cultivated, once agriculture came about. We can deduce this from their teeth, which show wear from chewing hard, minimally processed or unprocessed grains, as well as the inevitable grit that sometimes accompanied their plant foods.
Surprisingly, this was a good review with some valid points. I love the info. that Dr. Hyman shares. It literally helped me recover from two significant health issues. His "FOOD, What the Heck Should I Eat Book" is incredible- it was my guide. I think Abbey is being a bit harsh. Not sure if she knew that Dr. Hyman also suffered some serious health problems- and he also used his food as thy medicine. That is partly why he is so passionate about it. I don't think he is elitist at all- he is actually quite generous with his knowledge. I believe that most people, like me, use this type of information like a GPS- that is to say, a general MAP or GUIDE but then we apply our own common sense. We layer in our own roadmaps based on our common sense. I do not follow everything strictly. I also listen to Dr. Gundry and read his excellent "Plant Paradox" book. It too is full of incredible info. about Lectins, avoiding Whole Grains. It is biased more towards what NOT to eat than just what TO eat. It is a great compliment to Dr. Hymans work. On top of this, I will consider and sprinkle in what Abbey has shared. She makes good sense as well. All three (3) professionals come from a good place and each has their own perspective. Whatever I am doing seems to be working- excellent recent blood test/physical. Even though I am older, survived a bad Gallbladder and a terrible mTBI, I still have plenty of energy (just hiked to the top of both Angels Landing- Zion, MP and Half Dome- 14 hours.) I attribute a lot to very high quality nutrition; quality and supportive relationships (less stress), regular exercise, good rest and time. Cheers!
There is literally nothing vegan about his diet, and he’s just using the term for the buzz. Pretty sure this is just plain paleo, but with the emphasis more on plants instead of meats.
I love Mark Hyman he’s a very good doctor. I’ve been following his content for over 10 years now and he has really changed my outlook on how taking charge of your own health ❤ eternally grateful 🙏🏻
wow wow wow. I am so glad I watched this. I am studying to be a dietitian and after seeing a lot of Dr. Hyman's content on social media and hearing it in podcasts, I have been completely confused on what is really "healthy" vs. "unhealthy" and it is soooo refreshing to hear your take on his diet, as an actual Dietitian !!!
Dr Hyman is one of the leading people in functional medicine…Just read his bio and why / how he came to do what he does. It is based on a modern approach to how certain foods can affect certain people bc of modern food manufacturing and climate influences to food and humans. He always talks about finding what works for you. He shares what works for him and his clients. Dietician’s if they are learning from an older food model, aren’t who I am listening to. I’m listening to Harvard scientists, longevity experts and people like Dr Hyman…
I dont think he was saying health is 100% up to what we eat in the beginning. I certainly don't think he would tell a cancer patient to avoid chemo. This doesn't have to be so black and white, girl.
He actually goes into nuances and say that you can use conventional medicines but diet and the microbiome plays a role on how we respond to medicine even cancer drugs, I don't remember the drug name but it is for chemo and it is shown that with an absence of the bacteria akkermansia the drug has little to no effect, he isn't against medicine at all but I feel this video painted him in a very bad light.
To be fair he never said food can cure cancer, a lot of his diet advice is for people with chronic diseases like auto immune diseases and works quite well for a lot of people. Don't think he suggests people don't take medication...
I watched this yesterday and had to figure out why every word you said resonated with me so deeply and why I had so much resistance. He used to be my authority/idol on total health. As sickly as he looks I wanted to achieve this level of perfectionism. He's one of the major influencers on the arthorexia I struggled with. Thank you for doing this and being the voice of balance I need in my life right now 🙏
Everything you said in response to Mark Hyman's saying "Food is medicine," is exactly what he himself says. He includes practices, medicine (if needed), operations (if needed) and scientific testing and monitoring. You are seriously misunderstanding Mark.
Thank you for acknowledging that ethical vegan does not mean restriction. I've been vegan for over 6 years and I eat all the burgers, sweets and ice cream that I want. My only condition is that no animals were used, and everything else is fair game.
Oh I really liked it when you listed all the other reasons we eat 🥰 so easy to get fixated on healthy Vs not healthy and overlook everything else! Thank you x
Both of my adult children stopped eating sugary food years ago because their face would get numb after eating sugary treats. There are so many reasons people restrict food and maybe we shouldn't judge them so harshly.
I gave up sugar 5 years ago because it’s the only thing that stopped my 20 year cystic acne struggle. If I accidentally consume sugar now, not only does the acne come back; but I also wake up completely soaked in sweat, get dizzy and feel low energy. No refined sugar has been a game changer for me. It took a lot of will power to do it, and I realize most people can’t commit to restricted diets. But some people can! On a side note, I think Dr Hyman said he avoids unnatural ingredients I think he means dextrose, malodextrose, etc. P.s. I loved the Foursigmatic Adaptogen coffee ☕️, I guess it’s not for everyone 😅
It’s important to note that Mark is also a trained professional. After looking into his claims does back it through research and his own practice of treating his patients. I encourage everyone to do their own research and consult their own physician. However in my findings I believe food to absolutely functions like a medicine (not a replacement). Our bodies are absolutely impacted by environment and what we eat. Look at how many diseases are onset after birth or later in life. While one can be genetically disposed to a disease, something can also trigger or activate it. There are studies of twins who are genetically the same and only one becomes chronically ill. Perhaps we do have some control in our own health - that’s not for me to decide. And compare the American health/diet to other countries. Diet plays a huge role. America is definitively overweight so there’s no surprise heart disease is a top killer - for which many medicine exist to regulate cholesterol, blood pressure etc… I can acknowledge exercise as an additional piece to helping here as well as foods. The cancer comparison was a bit excessive as I haven’t seen him make that claim. But anecdotally I’ve read about people who switched to a diet free of process foods (basically vegan) in which their cancer actually reduced in size. When medication was not as effective. In the end everyone is entitled to their opinion and own conclusion. If we can get their without mocking others for their research and science backed beliefs is how we make progress. :) stay healthy friends
What we ingest whether through food, drink, toxic environmental factors like gasoline, air fresheners and so on directly affects our internal systems- our organs - which solely determines our state of health. I am responding to your comment "the reality is, health is not as simple as what we eat." Of course it is this simple. What we put into our body is literally what creates our internal environment- which literally creates our state of health. Because we're exposed to so much toxic crap, we can put foods that are rich in nutrients to strengthen our organs. I know the majority are appealing to the divisive culture of "you do you' but the Reality is simple: when your internal environment is being fed nutrient rich foods, your body becomes stronger. What is nutrient rich? The simplest natural (meaning less processed) foods. Since I started eating more fruit, veggies, potatoes, and drinking more water, all my seemingly random symptoms have significantly decreased and some are gone.
My health and life have changed for the better since I am following the teachings of Dr. Hyman and Li. I understand that they can be elitist and unreachable for many, but that doesn’t make their knowledge and advice less valuable. Functional medicine is the medicine of the future. Get used to that.
Love your reviews!! I will say I eat about 80% paleo currently as I have been diagnosed with fistulising Crohn’s disease this year and I do have to say eating 80% like that has helped dramatically with my symptoms ☺️
Thank you for keeping it real and for calling out people who make wellness seem so unobtainable and expensive! Ugh it’s so easy to think that this is what you need to do to remain healthy (especially when struggling with health issues). Loved this Abbey thank you for this 🙌🏼💜
Yay! I always love getting a new Abbey notification. I am actually eating lunch right now and wanted an extra dollop of strawberry preserves to go with my turkey sandwich (yes, I said turkey sandwich, it's amazing,) and then almost told myself no until I heard your voice in my head saying "it's okay, eat the extra dollup." 😂 I actually need to focus on getting in MORE calories at the moment, but for some reason I still have restrictive thoughts, and your videos help to combat those (combined with therapy and self work of course.) P.S. I literally just rewatched your review of Sorrel last night, so it's funny that you mentioned her.
I have listened to a lot of Dr. Mark Hyman's podcast and videos and he doesn't just preach that food is medicine. He also talks about stress, environmental factors, lifestyle, family etc. and all other aspects of Health that comes into play. It's a holistic approach. There are foods that make you sick and there are foods that will heal you. And each person is individual and finding which foods work for you and which don't is the basis of his teachings. When you're sick AF that makes a lot of sense. And yes food is medicine and medicine is food. Doctors still follow the Hippocratic oath and this is one of Hippocrates most well-known phrases.
It sounds like you've never really listened to the guy. He absolutely does not suggest that food is all we need for good health! And his diet suggestions are very flexible.
I agree with Mark. Food is medicine. Since starting Keto I no longer take any medications. Depression gone. GERD controlled. Mark is not saying food replaces medicine but what you eat can help to prevent disease. Keto has been known to reverse type 2 diabetes and reduce or eliminate seizures for epileptics.
Someone can feel free to correct me, but I remember reading somewhere that the average life span of our ancestors was so low because of infant mortality. Once early humans survived childhood they usually lived long lives. Not making a comment on the Paleo diets efficacy, but thought it might be an interesting thing to put out there
I love the wholistic perspective on food you advocate for and have been working on remembering my joy of food... in both cooking/preparing and in eating it.... while also working on not overeating, which seems to be my biggest issue. Really enjoying your videos, thank you.
So nice to finally here Someone talk about the problems non lactose intolerant people can have with dairy products. This is literally me: I can’t have any cows, sheep or goat milk. The only dairy I can have is buffalo, but only in moderation etc. Many people don’t get the problem and I’d love to see a video of you aber that whole topic
So excited for this! I listen to his doctors farmacy podcasts all the time!!!!!!! @Abbeysharp you truly inspire me to look into dietetics as a career. Im an RHN but I'm thinking of returning to school. Thanks for all your hard work!
Just correcting something on the natural flavor thing. Yes, you're correct that natural flavors are indeed chemicals. They're not terribly different than artificial flavors. However, something labeled as vanilla extract on a package is going to come from actual vanilla beans (as long as the manufacturer isn't lying, which does happen). Natural vanilla flavor (NOT extract) doesn't ever come from vanilla beans, though it usually doesn't come from beaver anal glands anymore either. Most "natural vanilla flavor" comes from wood pulp these days.
He does use a lot of powders and it seems unnecessary, but I don't see how it contradicts the Paleo diet when the foods fit into the criteria and are grain free, low carb. Why does it matter if you take a healthy food and turn it into a powder or a smoothie? If it still works that's what matters. The Paleo diet rose to popularity because of the epidemic of diabetes, heart disease and obesity. Cutting out grains and moderating carbs and sugar, plus getting more fat, has helped a lot of people transform their health. It works great for me. I eat more carbs than the keto diet to make it easier to eat more and build muscle. And this works. For people with obesity and diabetes in their history, very low carb high fat works great either transitionally or longer term.
My favorite quote about diet is, "What you stop eating has far more impact on your health than what you start eating." By Dr Gundry. If it makes you feel bad, don't eat it. If it makes you feel good, eat it. It really is that simple. No need for fancy supplements, just a varied diet based on what foods work for you.
Binge watching your videos is the only thing keeping me from losing my mind while quarantining!!!!!!! Thank you for creating both educational and entertaining videos!🤍🤍
Starting at @20:06, epic takedown by Abbey! Science journalism, especially around nutrition, is usually pretty bad. Studies aren't put in context, not enough skepticism of people like Mark, etc. That is what makes this channel such a refreshing resource.
I went keto which is what he is known for promoting and I lost 40 lbs, reversed my diabetes and my fatty liver disease, healed an aggressive skin condition by about 90% and my mental clarity went through the roof. Not saying that everyone should eat like that but it was a miracle for me
I've begun supplementing my meals with protein powder too. Since we almost never cook meat at home, sometimes there's not as much protein in the meals so it helps make it more satiating while also making the protein powder go down easier with something tastier. And it's my lazy depression meal when I'm hungry but can't be bothered to make or get something.
our ancestors did eat a lot of grains, vegetables and fruits. And very little meat. Our grandparents had much less heart disease in the war years, so they rarely ate meat.
So you want to live like a hunter gatherer but also make a breakfast almost entirely of powders? Makes perfect sense...
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Wait those boxes dont grow in trees?
@@sintara8442 who knew?
Wait, didn’t she promote some kinda bars at the beginning of the video 🤔
@@seitanbeatsyourmeat666 yes but she doesnt follow a 'paleo' diet
This trend of "living like our ancestors" is so bizarre to me. I'm not trying to live in a cave while eating mammoth jerky.
LOL IKR the creator literally said something like “have u ever seen a fat caveman?” Like have YOU even seen a caveman PERIOD???
Knowing how my ancestors who didn't get to profit from industrialized society all died at the ripe age at 50-60 really doesn't make me wanna live like them at all. And we're talking great grandparents level of ancestors. Not to mention the 30% of people who died before 10 from preventable childhood diseases.
@Violett Fem so many of the so called Drs and experts are wrong even now. I'm a biologist myself and the most important science lesson I've learned is you don't have to trust anyone based on their title and reputation alone. That's why peer reviewed articles and double blind studies are such a big thing. I used to admire doctors a lot and then I went into science and I realized how publicly surprisingly a lot of them would share personal opinions as facts and expect us to believe them. And generally most MDs don't necessarily have a great deal of knowledge about nutrition especially as such an ever developing field. A good doctor will recognize their limits though and send you to a specialist.
There is a high chance cavemen were more "gatherer" than "hunter"
@@arson3630 lmao. So true through. Like they also didn’t have couches and televisions or fast food. And maybe they would have gotten fat if they lived past the age of 25. I could eat Taco Bell every day when I was 25 with no consequences
Forever confused by these Paleo people who put insane amounts of expensive powders in everything, doesn’t really sound like something they would eat 10000 years ago...
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right lmao
Most Paleo folk don't do those powders (although many will do those protein bars). (I don't use either.)
How can he even use the phrase “vegan” into this new diet catchphrase when it’s literally not vegan. It’s pescatarian.
Ya that confused me so much
I had to rewatch some clips so many times bc I was soooo confused
I think he is trolling. Imagine claiming to be a vegan who eats meat, it will just piss off real vegans.
I’m sure it’s because vegan diets are becoming much more popular and profitable right now, whereas vegetarianism reads as more early 2000’s. It seems like purely a marketing decision.
It’s marketing bullshit.
I totally understand why “food is medicine” can be a triggering mantra for some people.
But I will say for me personally, as someone struggling with anorexia, I find it especially helpful to think of food in this way on difficult days where eating is otherwise associated with intense guilt, discomfort and anxiety.
It reminds me that it’s okay to prioritize my own health, and that my body NEEDS the nourishment to function properly.
Sometimes enjoyment just isn’t motivation enough in itself
I just want to say that this video was so validating for me... I was recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis after 7 years of seeking help and being told that I was sick because I didn’t restrict my diet to the extreme. What you said about the “food as medicine” mantra making sick people feel as if it’s their fault has definitely been my experience, but it also contributed to me suffering without medical intervention since I was in my mid teens. I even went to Dr. Hyman’s clinic at one point after my mom read his book, and I found that the diet and extensive supplements they put me on occupied 90% of my thoughts and only served to make me hate food and myself. Watching this video has been so cathartic for me so I want to sincerely thank you for what you do! Such important work and you are really helping people more than you probably know 💛
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with this. I'm so glad that videos like these are helpful for you ❤️
I feel your pain and I'm right with you on the cathartic element of this video! I suffered in silence for years with anorxia/bulimia, IBS and celiac disease... followed all types of nutrition enthusiasts and phoney "professionals", and I've never felt any better. Abbey's gentle nutrition approach and watching her take down these quacks is cathartic to me as well, and has done more for normalizing my eating habits than all of these pseudo science tricksters put together!
Check this out - you tube search --- rhuematiod arthritis Dr Eric berg
Yeah why get better with clean foods
I'm with you there. I have Lupus and that was drilled into me by my doctor and my mom. I'm now learning to keep my proteins up and actually eat enough from a dietician. She's fantastic and my skins already clearing up (I have adult acne).
Dr. Hyman may be a little “out there” with his diet, but I do enjoy listening to his podcast and getting his perspective on whole health. He always makes a point on his podcast that he is NOT anti-medicine.. he just simply wants to look at the whole person and get to the root cause and use natural medicine if possible. It’s interesting to hear both sides 👍🏻
I'm glad you find both sides helpful!
Lol I’m living for Abbey’s confused and shocked face in every thumbnail despite what she actually thinks of the influencer/celebrity
I noticed that she changed to that only recently, like half a year or so. Before that, you could almost always tell if it’s going to be a diet she approves of or not. Now I’m always confused 🤷🏼♀️😂
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Reminds me of Hyram’s thumbnails 😆
Abbey is hilarious love her LOL
"Would you tell a cancer patient to forgo chemo and eat more chia seeds?"
Sadly, some of these people do. When my stepdad was first getting treatments for stage 4 esophageal cancer, he was gifted a juicer and all these woo-woo diet books telling him about different foods to eat to beat cancer. This is unfortunately a real industry
That makes me so mad!
Happened in my family too. Juicing and cleansing when toxic chemo wad exactly what was needed. Now she’s dying and filled with tumors :/
Wow. I'm sorry for your experience
Steve Jobs ended up in that conundrum too. He didn't go for chemo until it was too late. But I am all for a multi-pronged approach to something like cancer.
My sister was diagnosed with leukemia and someone said it happened because she’s overweight. People are actually vile.
THANK YOU for pointing out that his moralizing, restriction and superiority is problematic. I went to his functional medicine center (which cost a pretty penny!) and the doctors were SO concerned with restricting my diet and giving me dozens upon dozens of supplements that they missed the fact that I have 2 progressive genetic diseases. When the diet/supplements didn't help me (food can't cure my particular genetic mutations)...they just accused me of being non-compliant because I "should" have gotten better on Hyman's regimen. It's incredibly demoralizing, even traumatic, for patients with very serious illnesses to go through this kind of gaslighting and invalidation when the "food is medicine" approach doesn't work.
Oh my gosh I’m so sorry you went through that! 😞
Interesting! Thank you for sharing. I totally agree, it's important to downplay the rhetoric that we are FULLY in control of our health outcomes by what we eat
That is so sad to read.
@@AbbeysKitchen, so true! When treatment for uncommon illnesses isn't as straightforward as limiting sugar for diabetics, allopathic doctors place almost NO importance on food (except for a few outdated references). Many functional/alternative/naturopathic doctors place almost ALL the emphasis on food and become dogmatic about restriction to the exclusion of genuine curiosity about their patients' unique bodies. Your channel brings some much needed balance into the idea of food as a component of wellness/well-being, and I'm so grateful for what you do. 💖
Dear. So sorry to know that you've been treated like that, hope you are better rn. But I want you to know that doctors aren't qualified in clinical nutrition. For your case, please see a registered dietitian who is specialized on your disease. Stay safe✨
I'm with Mark on this one. For him, food really IS the medicine that caused him to overcome his own serious health issues. As a person with serious health issues myself, I can completely relate! And don't discount the power of anecdotal evidence. This doctor has treated patients holistically for years; he has personally seen the effects of "healthy eating" (sorry but I don't know what else to call it) in thousands of people. Just because the science hasn't caught up doesn't mean it's not there.
Absolutely agree! It’s always good to be ahead of the curve, but we can do it without the implication that health is solely in ones control
This is exactly what I was going to say. And more and more studies are confirming that there are powerful compounds in food, especially fruits, veggies, spices, and herbs, that truly help the body heal. I experienced a health crash that all the conventional doctors I saw couldn't help with. Any pharmacueticals have just made me worse. I finally found answers through naturopathic and functional medicine doctors and am healing using food as one main component, along with other supportive treatments and supplements. Food is only one aspect of health but it is so powerful. I think it is empowering to have the information that Dr. Hyman spreads, and people can choose what they want from it. Feeling good can't be overrated for general quality of life and food is huge!
Me too. I think this is the worst one she’s done
@@annatomlinson1529 I've had a similar experience. Changing my diet has helped me so much more than any medication I have ever taken. Do I miss ice cream and bread? Of course, but being on a restrictive diet is so much better than the debilitating episodes of illness I experience otherwise. You're right, food is POWERFUL.
Totally agree with you Amanda. During this pandemic isolation, I changed my diet. . . gluten free, eating more veggies, cut down on dairy, etc. One of my big problems dissipated, and I feel a bit better. Not saying avoid traditional medicine, but I do so appreciate functional medicine.
In Mark’s defense, I believe he is trying to bring more awareness to the fact that foods are indeed healing and we don’t need expensive man made pharmaceuticals to achieve health. He is a dr so it makes sense that he’s so into the whole, food is medicine thing. When I know the “medicinal” qualities of the foods I eat, it makes me so grateful and adds to the amazing experience of eating plants.
I think the point here is not going to extremes. Any way of eating that takes over your life creating obsession and anxiety negatively affects one’s mental health. Moralizing food negatively affects ppl’s relationship to food. Food is many things. It can be both medicinal and pleasurable and both are valid and needed for a good quality of life. Going to any extreme is not healthy for body nor mind.
What I love about you Abbey is that you bring healthy eating back down to a level that the people can understand it. I have followed Mark for years and have found him to be increasingly troublesome as he doesn’t seem to meet the average person where they’re at.
Thank you! I'm so glad that is helpful
The average person eats a a very unhealthy diet. And in our society an unhealthy diet is called the norm.
Then the average person must change where they are
@@keylanoslokj1806 We are not machines. Humans don't go from 0-60 in the blink of an eye. Hayman's diet style is only attainable for the very privileged in society. The rest of us cannot meet him where he is at. Doctors and dieticians have to meet their patients at their economic and educational level to help people make meaningful changes to their health. His messages are not helpful for the majority of society. Also, you do not need to eat like he does to be healthy. There are much more affordable options for nutritious, healthy eating that everyone needs to know about.
He’s obsessed with looking young (despite being all wrinkly) and causes fear mongering. Having a balanced diet is the best. Extremes are not. Plenty of people in their 90’s who ate carbs, dairy, meat, and even drank or smoked. Genetics counts. Portion control too, instead of starving or overeating.
I love this dude (and Martha Stewart a couple weeks back) citing all the stuff "from the garden" as if they are out their growing their food from scratch, not paying professionals to manage their aesthetic AF foodscape of a garden. No one has time to be a full time farmer and a full time something else, yet they make it seem like you have to farm your own organic produce to be 'healthy.' It's such privilege on show.
True!
My brother has a garden. And he goes there before and after work. But it's also his workout and hobby.
What a pretentious comment. You know exactly what it means when someone says that they grow their own vegetables (in a contrary to buying them at a store). (Whould you say the same about parents getting help from nannies? That they don’t have children?)
Only Freelee and her partner Robin live in a fruit forest and actually grow, plant and take care of everything themselves. I think they don't have a job next to this apart from making UA-cam videos.
@@aniadziedzic6177 most people don’t have Nannie’s. ThAts a pretentious rich person thing.
i love how you talk about food being way more than just about nutrition. culture, love and joy soooooo important too ❤️
Exactly! ❤️
I don't get the hate in him. Am I missing something? Diet is personal. YMVV. He clearly loves the way he prepped his food. Remember that he's in 60s, it's non-negotiable for him to just follow any trends, and he knows his physiology more than any of us and the foods that's right for him. Meh
It's not personal when you are selling the diet to people to cure literally every disease.
I got emotional when you started listing the reasons we eat food , for love, joy, culture. It's a beautiful experience we share with loved ones and I cherish that. Thanks for bringing that to light, you've helped me get rid of the remaining diet culture lies that I was told growing up. And with that said, I think you're doing a great thing Abbey! THANK YOU!
Of course! I'm so glad it was helpful!
Your explanation of casein vs lactose made my day! I was born allergic to casein and most people assume I can take lactaid and be fine which sadly isn’t true so thank you because most people don’t explain the difference. Plus I am completely here for you being sassy more often because it is amazing
Whenever people talk about food as medicine I’m immediately skeptical. I’ve been chronically ill since adolescence and the amount of dietary changes and supplements I’ve tried to manage my symptoms is astounding and none of them have been even a quarter as effective as my actual medicine, but people still try and act like it’s a moral failing to not be able to manage health “naturally”
My mom's been chronically ill her whole life (and I'm on my way unfortunately) and I'm thankful that she raised me to understand that food and exercise has a supporting role in healthcare. Homeopathic and natural remedies are great! But take your ass to the doctor! 🤣 If the natural way works, cool! But you should always communicate with a medical professional in case you need more help and guidance. A good doctor will support you and do at least a little research to make sure you don't kill yourself on accident. Take your pills AND eat a good diet (that tastes good too, and have the cake). 👍🏾
Same, having lean PCOS with crazy hurtful acne, my only remedy was taking the pill (ostreogen & anti androgen), and I tried everything (diet, sport)
Thank you for sharing. I totally understand, I hope you found my position helpful!
I suffer with chronic migraines and there are a million and one foods that can trigger them for different people. I have driven myself crazy trying to exclude them from my diet - bananas, citrus, nuts, dairy, chocolate, nitrates, you name it! And nothing helped! If it were as “easy” as eliminating one thing, I would have been cured years ago!
Mark Hyman never tried to sell me a peanut bar tho 😂
Food is medicine and so is our lifestyle. I enjoy Mark's knowledge . He is a functional medical Dr so therefore looks at lifestyle not just food.
I can tell that he has been studying a lot of different Asian ancient medicine. Immediately he talks about meditation, brown rice green tea, and that food is medicine. I understand why u were upset and the way he said it too makes me understand it more. But there’s an ancient Korean saying that says “if food can’t cure ur illness, no doctor can cure ur illness” (roughly translated)
We believe that the earth has given us so many tools to help us bc we are- at the end of the day- organic. I think he’s sounding a bit uhhh intense tho. I haven’t heard Korean doctors and nutritionists be this intense. They just want u to try and incorporate certain foods to help with whatever ur “sick” with. We also use a lot of acupuncture and pressure points, but he’s taking the calm forgiving nature of ancient Asian medicines and throwing it in front of a bus...
Okay I just got to the pegan part and I’m cringing so much. fuck that “diet” ugh
Thank you for all of the info. I definitely agree with preventative medicine, I just don't think it means we need to think about food in such dichotomous terms
Thank you. I was thinking the same. He tends to be extreme but there is a lot of facts based on our ancient food philosophies. These do not include the powders he uses. Of course.
@@AbbeysKitchen definitely! I appreciate that he’s trying to be more in tune with with the beautiful ancient medicine practices out there, but you can’t just take that then dumb a load of restrictive and elitist diet culture mindset with it??
I studied Chinese medicine. Chinese herbs are medicine. Food itself can be preventative but not cure
Agree with many of your points but diet and other lifestyle factors have proven to be the greatest forms of prevention for disease.... 70-90% of chronic diseases are NOT due to genetics, but environment and lifestyle factors.
I agree with that, I just wanted to pint out that we don't need to think about food in such dichotomous terms. And of course we want people to be empowered to make for choices about their diet to support their health. But I think it is important to downplay the rhetoric that we are FULLY in control of our health outcomes by what we eat. It is elitist and blames people for circumstances they can’t control (most notable SES)
Whenever I'm feeling crappy from seeing influencers on social media eat salads for every meal and eat no sugar or bread, I come to your videos to get a dose of reality and remind myself that it's just not fun (or realistic) to eat that way 100% of the time lol.
I'm so glad they are helpful for you!
Influencers are not a good example to follow. Their morning routines, night routines, exercise, food is not realistic! Not to mention the concept of "Productive day" lol. Follow what makes you happy and disregard the perfection of social media!
I think my new favorite thing is watching Abbey roast the paleo diet 😂 super satisfying as an anthro major
Love me some food anthropology
As someone with an anthropology degree the name drives me crazy. Lol like yes all of these foods made possible through agricultural are totally paleo/caveman foods. Such a bad name
@@cutecheerfreak1 When I first heard about "paleo," my first thought was "pretty sure since time immemorial people have known how to mash grains together on a rock, add water, and make some sort of bread" - ugh I just can't
@@chelsbells27 I watched a special about the history of bread and it was fascinating! It really has been around for millennia.
Actually, a modified Paleo plan worked for me. AND yes, I realize the name is something of a misnomer. But I get more upset about hearing everything someone thinks we "shouldn't" be eating as "chemicals", or hearing about a "plant-BASED" diet - I can eat a tomato-BASED soup and it has lots of things in it besides tomatoes! (I use the terms "plant-only" or "vegan" instead.) Oh, I do recognize that since there is now a legal meaning behind "organics", I can deal with using that term. I took a year of Organic Chemistry in college. A LOT of that stuff was mega-toxic! So at this point, I can deal with the term "Paleo", even if the word doesn't mean what (the generic) you think it means.... (Ok, closed with a bit of reference to Princess Bride, there.... LOL.)
My problem with this "pegan" diet is that you simply cannot call it vegan when animal products are included. It isn't a mixture of paleo and veganism, it is a mixture of paleo and plant based. I am not extremely strict when someone says she/he eats vegan, but when someone makes business out of it, without understanding that the word "vegan" includes many other things as clothes, cosmetics, etc., then I am kinda mad. he could have said plant-based, bc that's what it is, but not vegan... anyways, really like your videos abbey :)
Seriously, makes no sense
Maybe he is trying to make a new" trend " or new diet. .. Yeah I agree not a good name for a diet
Thanks for sharing your perspective. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Should have called it Pesca-Palean!
Vegan is a made up diet so just modify one made up diet and and make up more
Clicked so damn fast 😂 Gotta say thanks to Abbey for all these videos. I hadn't realised how much I'd let 'diet culture' get into my head and how much I was overthinking what I ate and inputting it all ritually into a tracker app. I'm now trying to eat more intuitively and to rely less on the tracker app. It's gonna take time but I can't wait 💜
Thank you for sharing! I'm so glad they're helpful for you ❤️
It's a process 😅but totally worth it! When did we decide to make food so complicated?? 🤦♀️
'Mark's diet feels so righteous and restrictive - It reads to me like orthorexia 101... more grounded in morality than actual wellness... super elitist and exclusive' - hitting the nail on the head as always there Abbey 👏🏼
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That's the best way to point out to people that "wellness" is an INDUSTRY. These people want to make MONEY. If they actually cared about helping the general population, they would give more accessible information. I make a living wage and even I couldn't afford that much sprouts, nuts, fancy mushrooms, and fish, let alone all the bullshit supplements and powders. Regular people gotta make some turkey burgers, ya feel me? THANK YOU ABBEY!
@Violett Fem the difference, IMO, is that Mark is doing it as more from an elitist health perspective, whereas Martha is just bougie in everything she does! 😂
It's not orthorexia
One of his books was the blueprint for my orthorexia
Mark just puts out backed up information on factual topics. Even in his podcasts he mentions how he doesn’t expect people to never have dessert again or never touch pizza again. But it’s not a lie that eating clean like he does actually makes you feel amazing and function at its optimal level. So take what you want from that information. For me personally I enjoy everything he has to say and it taught me how the body works, in that I use whatever works for me, knowing the consequences when having beer and pizza, being cautious to not over do it and still live happy and healthy.
Exactly...
you wouldn't tell someone with cancer that its their fault but you would want to advise what the best foods are...this is 1000x more true if we're talking about something like heart disease.
classic psychological projection: Abbey said, “This [‘food is medicine’] mantra *aims* to reduce disease down to a form of well-deserved punishment that someone acquires when they fail to eat the right foods.” It is TO YOU, refracted thru your baggage. The “aim” of “Food is medicine” is a slogan, an succinct distillation of a valid idea, with the intention to prompt people to think hard about their choices in a society where the profit motive for big pharma’s medicine never includes healthy foods and lifestyles, which can often be just as efficacious to good health, disease prevention and even disease-reversal. Context matters. No, Hyman isn’t saying “eat my recommended foods to reverse your acute cancer” as you absurdly implied. He was talking about something totally different, of course.
It seems to me like his food choices bring him joy.
He’s a dr. She’s an angry dietician.
@@hsingh4349 She’s not an “angry dietician”. She’s a woman with an informed opinion based on research and her own education and credentials.
@@hsingh4349 he talks about chemicals but eats powders for breakfast. he's a hack.
This whole “I’m 63 but like a 43 year old” to me is linked to having a GF too young for him. Late mid-life crisis. He might be a healthy 63, but aging has its own tricks, no matter how healthy you eat.
I do feel the need to point out both as a healthcare professional and an Indigenous person that a similar diet to paleo is considered to be a beneficial diet for Indigenous people as it can help reduce risk and manage diabetes which has between a 5-8 times increased rate in Indigenous populations
Thank you very much for sharing!
Paleo is beneficial for all people
@@annjames1837 "all people" 😂
Ana Swift+ I agree. And she makes no correlation to how indigenous people who once ate perfect , natural food - then are exposed to man's chemically altered "food"- suddenly get diseases! Her stupid argument about nature/ and man-made stuff is so pathetic.
TALK ABOUT the 250,000 chemicals modern man is exposed to and all the useless food additives based on GREED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love how you mentioned you’re an “indigenous person”. Give me a break. You’re not special
Wait! Who discovered that you can get vanilla from beaver butts? Let's have that conversation! LOL!
I can't wait to be able to go out to a restaurant again so that I can go out with a bunch of people, wait until food is on the table and everyone is talking thier first bite, and then ruin everyone's day with this.
@@glitterberserker1029 Can't wait. I'd make sure everyone is eating something vanilla flavoured before I tell them.
This is a urban myth actually. While the beaver booty does have the ability to make a vanilla esq substitute, it’s hella expensive to produce and most vanilla is synthetic
I feel like that was completely left there like I was supposed to somehow be okay with that lol
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"this is literally a made up diet" I get Abby's point but technically so is every other diet that exists. I'm not saying I support this way of eating but keto, paleo, and even vegetarian and vegan diets were all made up at one point. I say this as a vegetarian myself. So I think that while there are a lot of valid criticisms to be made about this diet, being a "made-up" diet isn't really one of them.
To my understanding when she said that she meant that this diet he called Pegan= Vegan+Paleo. In veganism you avoid animal products and paleo you eat a lot of lean meat, veggies and fruits, nuts, etc. Since this diet literally has nothing to do with the original diets its name is derived from its made up. The reason I came to this conclusion is cause she said that exactly after defining the two diets. 😅
@@rosa_lin yeah I agree with you actually! I see why she said it, I just don't see that being a valid reason to criticize it.
The talk at the beginning regarding "food is medicine" reminded me a lot about the recently released book Food Isn't Medicine by Dr Joshua Wolrich
I'll have a look at that!
I thought about that too!
He’s fantastic.
hes HAES 🤡
Food isn’t medicine, people that don’t understand genetics will likely say that
Every time you say your sponsor is Built Bar I think you're saying "Bill Burr." I think I need more coffee 😭🤣
Oh God now I can't unhear that! The thought of Bill Burr sponsoring anything makes me laugh endlessly.
@@TalkAsSoftAsChalk LMAO I absolutely love him
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Thought the same thing!! I was like SWEET I love him 😂
I have to disagree on this one .
His diet doesn't seem restrictive to me.
I'm currently avoiding sugar and processed foods as well and I am faaaaar from being orthorexic.
Also I don't drink alcohol. It's a choice based on how these foods make me feel afterwards physiologically not psychologically.
I agree --- unlike this arrogant woman -- I did months of research on keto diet by -- Dr Eric berg, Dr sten Ekberg , Thomas delauer, diet doctor, Dr boz , Mindy peltz, kenDberry , Daniel amen --- and I am 63 yr old guy lost a bit over 100 lbs , arthritis , type 2 diabetic, and now off all but 2 meds ( at lowest dose) arthritis near gone --- so I think this woman is delusional
Idk how to take this video that seriously either when she is placing eating for culture above eating for health - exactly the reason why so many are suffering every day. I stopped watching there. Eating for health doesn’t mean one wouldn’t learn to or couldn’t enjoy anything ever again. But hey she is sponsored by chocolate bar company 🤡 and everyone is free to choose what they prioritize on, lifelong health or instant gratification.
Abby, I think it’s important to note that people are driven to odd diets because they’re physically ill and desperate to find relief. For years I followed the standard health guidelines, and I wasn’t restrictive, but I only got more metabolic issues, even with seeing nutritionists and dietitians. When that didn’t work, I went through a whole host of restrictive diets in order to try to resolve the issues. I got some relief but it was only ever temporary, then worse again. And in all those diet circles I encountered so many people with similar stories. Once I decided to do a lot of self-experimentation and follow my own intuition, I found what’s right for me personally.
But the point is that people follow these restrictive lifestyles because they’re so ill and they know intuitively that they’re not eating quite right. Maybe they’re moralizing elitists, promoting ridiculous standards and imposing them on others, yes. I agree! Lol but underneath they’re often just so ill.
Beautifully said 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Absolutely agree. Chronic illness leads people to seek help anywhere they can and oftentimes sends them down a disordered path. That's what happened to me. Unfortunately I was already predisposed to develop an eating disorder so I fell down a dark hole and now I'm clawing my way back out with the help of a HAES aligned intuitive eating dietitian, plus therapy lol
Thanks for adding this. I've actually found a lot of relief from eating an anti-inflammatory "superfood" diet, among other things. It's not just for fun but it sure beats not being able to function! Everyone has to find their own path and make sure they're caring for their mental health along the way, but it makes me sad to see people discount this approach so much.
The criticism on this type of approach to food and calling it “elitist” is counterproductive and divisive. I’m insulin resistant and I don’t have the luxury of enjoying carbs the way others do. Just because I’m not having “whole wheat toast with avocado slathered on it” with my eggs doesn’t make it a less- satiating meal. Abby, you can take these types of dietary concerns into consideration when penning your sassyness.
@@imadodgerfan2475 thank you. Some people aren't eating restrictive because they have a eating disorder. Maybe just maybe they have diabetes or dairy or gluten issues or graves or seizures.. I feel like Mark Hyman mentioned that he had a lot of health issues and food has helped. ( But I'm going off memory so I could be wrong).
I have two notes on the statements about Paleolithic life made in this video. Firstly: average life span. An average life span of 35 usually does not mean that people dropped like flies in their prime. Sure there were fatal injuries and diseases but mostly average life expectancies like that mean that more than half of people die before the age of 10. And it especially means high infant mortality. Once you were out of adolecense your chances of turning 70, 80 or even older were worse than they are today, but absolutely a common occurrence and plenty of people at least made it to 60. We know this because modern hunter gatherer societies still have these life expectancies.
Also, and this really bugs me about paleo diets: hunter gatherer societies most certainly ate and still eat grains. They didn't/don't have farming. But grasses have always been growing and their fruits have always been a popular nutrition choice. And sure, they got amped up through selective breeding and we definitely use them more now than we did before settling down. But like, people ate grains. Always have and most likely always will.
I just found your channel a few weeks ago and I love it! Your no-BS/non-moralizing approach to nutrition is so refreshing! Thank you and be well!
Thank you! So glad you enjoy it!
I just found Abbey recently too. Her instruction and gentle manner is what is needed in the world, especially nowdays. Here in the U.S. there's endless BS we need to cut thru. Thank you Abbey!!
Abbey THANK YOU for addressing Dr. Hyman. Years ago during the height of my disordered eating, I was meticulously following this other dietitian on social media who was very much in his camp. She would talk about how he's a genius, and in her own content, it was always, "I never eat bread or grains." "I was addicted to sugar and now I never have any sugar at all." I know it's not their fault, but following those messages really kicked my disordered eating into overdrive, and I thought I was doing the right things because Dr. Hyman and this other dietitian said it was okay. Everything was always about losing weight with them!
I'm fine now, but seeing you debunk this stuff has been such a healing thing for me, even years after the fact. You are making such a difference here.
I'm so glad it's helpful. And I'm glad you are doing better now!
So glad I had a bowl of popcorn lying around to eat during this video.
Yum!
I love that you chimed in on saying how our diet is SOO influenced by our culture.
Totally!
What is interesting about our culture is that we are influenced by it, but if you decline dessert when at someone's house - they get all super offended. Frankly, I don't LIKE most desserts. (There are some exceptions, give me tiramisu any day...) I am happy to end most repasts with the great tastes from the main course servings!) "I usually go with , "I am full, I could not eat another bite!". Which is usually true anyway. But so many people don't understand that not everyone is a sweet-tooth!
PS, I will make exceptions for actual home-made creations if they don't contain my tree-nut allergens, but take a very small portion. Desserts do take a while to make.
too harsh judgement on Mark's intro, couldn't watch the rest. I treat food as medicine when I feel run down, but so what? I do same with sleep, mediation etc. and like it or not they all provide me with added boost when combined which I do consider as medicine.
Yes it's all medicine and what Mark endorses also
I appreciate the rant on the whole “food is medicine” thing. This has been implied or outright stated to me my entire life as a chronically ill person. And while foods can and do affect my symptoms, eating the wrong foods did not give me type one diabetes or hereditary pancreatitis or POTS. If it was that simple, I think someone would have figured out how to cure this crap by now.
Pots, that may be a b1 deficiency actually.
Yes!! When I make sure to eat enough during the day, I have more patience and kindness for myself and those around me. But eating enough or eating "good foods" doesn't get rid of my illness or my symptoms.
I find this video to be highly hypocritical and disingenuous.
I don’t think Dr Hyman thinks that food can replace medicine and he didn’t say this at any time in the video. I listened to another interview with him and he was very gracious and said that everyone’s body is different and responds differently to diet. Changing diet and lifestyle could prevent the vast majority of preventable illness in North America. I have Graves’ disease and I take the medication that’s been prescribed by my endocrinologist but I’ve also changed my diet which has also made a huge difference in my symptoms.
Although, I agree with some of her points especially on the powders, I find Abbey to be extremely moralizing and holier than thou in her videos. Does doing a once a month fast and eating foods which relieve my symptoms make me orthorexic? I think the the suggestion is very moralizing and hurtful-much more so than Dr Hyman appeared in this video or the other interview that I heard with him.
But I guess you hate most in others in what you hate most in yourself. 🤷🏻♀️
So agree, I’m struggling with this channel as I’m sure it’s well intended but finding it a bit moralising, and then we get moralising on moralising and my brain can’t cope 😂
I don’t know this dude, but I think food as medicine is an exceptionally powerful idea (that’s certainly helped me, with 20 years of ED) find a great relationship with food. No one is suggesting food should be used in lieu of medicine, but wouldn’t the world be better if we all had a little of that approach.
And not sure prepackaged built bars (although tbf I don’t know the product) are a great food addition when you’re hating on paleo etc, which if one uses in a fluid and realistic can be a way of embracing real food.
I think I may be done here, and no idea why I’m ranting so much 😂
Vanilla extract isn't made from beaver secretions, vanilla scented perfume is. And only expensive perfume at that because the extraction process is so difficult and expensive.
Although there is very little chance that it is in our desserts, it has been used in the past. The FDA has labeled it as "generally recognized as safe” and companies are not required to disclose as to whether they use it or not. They often refer it to it as “natural flavoring”.
It is true. Food is medicine. My daughter had very bad acne that heal stop eating carbs and dairy. She tried 5 months with a lot of medicine with a dermatologist with no change. When she quit carbs and dairy, like magic, acne stopped.
Diet doesn’t cure cystic acne. Only accutane does. Talk to any dermatologist.
@@Brasilmagic79 I did. A dermatologist and 2 endocrinologist. The accutane just dry the skin, but do not heal the origin of the problem. If you stop the medicine, the acne can come back, besides the bad side effects of the medicine.
“I’m not sure why we would want to emulate the life of our ancestors if they literally lived to an average of 35 years old” - Abbey, this is why we love you!!
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@@Student4Life1975 Diet played a huge role in the early deaths of our Paleo ancestors, because attaining enough food was incredibly difficult. Lots of people died from starvation in colder climates from lack of food. Disease was also an issue because of the lack of fresh produce AND not having enough calories. Meat heavy diets are very difficult to survive on in the long term. The advent of agriculture and the ability to stock and preserve foods for leaner seasons increased our life spans exponentially and allowed human civilization to thrive.
I've been struggling with food, eating habits, and depression lately, and I just need to say your videos are so affirming with the common sense and no BS. Like I have a big sister confirming that NO, I'm NOT a disgusting failure for eating chicken wings and craving sugar =/= weakness. Thank you!
Also, Dr Mark Hyman doesn't have a "made up diet". He is a doctor of medicine and doctor of functional medicine. He has studied medicine and nutrition for decades. He studied nutritional science and came up with the best diet and lifestyle for health and healing.
Thank you so much for fighting against this type of food demoralization! Your videos have been instrumental in my recovery from disordered eating and I only wish I had found you sooner!!
I'm so glad they are helpful for you!
Mark has said many times that he blames obesity not on the consumer, but the food industry.
Just gotta admit that I made a bowl of popcorn to eat while watching this. Way to go, Abbey. Intuitive eating has helped me reclaim a healthy body and a great relationship with food.
Thank you, I'm so glad!
That is not what he is saying. He is saying that if we all start eating better than we will have less cancer. Not treating cancer with food. He is talking prevention. You are a dietitian this man in an expert in his field.
I am so very confused… Mark is not using a moralizing or fear mongering language.. The fact that he says food is medicine is true (he is not saying it’s the ONLY medicine) but it makes a huge difference! I think there are so many people that have highly improved their health and even cured physical and psychological conditions with their lifestyle..
Not relating the huge health crisis with our lifestyle and food in this country is flat out wrong. Yes it doesn’t mean we have to be very strict or not enjoy life. I personally believe in Finding a Balance between health and Enjoyment! 😌
But we deserve to have the knowledge that Huge “Healthy” companies like those massive producers of (bread, grains, milk) and Huge Fast food chains have done to our eating culture and health. I believe the food addiction that exists is a huge problem mainly caused by the American food industry..
They don’t tell us and promote that the best diet is Fruits, Veggies, Meats and Healthy fats. Because that is not what makes the most money.. We have learned to Enjoy the most the foods that are unhealthy for us…
Just because we live longer does not mean we are living better.
The fact that this is never analyzed and people that want to be eat healthy and influence in good ways is scrutinized like this, I’m sorry 😏 but very arrogant tone.. calling it all these names makes no sense to me..
Abbey is very knowledgeable and I would also maybe suggest diving a little deeper into topics like Intermittent Fasting/ Paleo or Keto/Low Carb and the effects Sugar, Processed Foods and Grains specially gluten Can have on your body gaining more knowledge on them, not so that you agree but maybe see people perspective on choosing healthier lifestyle and something that works better for their health with out this belittling tone..
Because if we care about not triggering people.. Some people that used to eat unhealthy and have changed to balanced healthy eating could find videos like this triggering.
The comment about the Cancer woman was so unnecessary, also important to know that the second biggest cause of cancer after Smoking is Obesity (Our diet and the foods we eat)
Saying someone is fear mongering, demonizing, moralizing, being elitist, exclusive calling their diet BS ONLY because they are taking about the diet that is healthy for them is kinda closed minded and mean.. So just like people shouldn’t make people feel bad for eating certain foods people shouldn’t be made to feel bad for not choosing certain foods and their choices should be respected and validated, specially if they are healthy choices
Much love and respect 💕 and I wanted to offer a different point of view.
Abbey basically promotes SAD. Her channel is only for ED recovery apparently
This guy is out here trying to help people, and she's being mean and patronizing AF for no reason.
I also don’t eat anything that’s not food??? Pretty sure we all don’t. I love Abby’s reaction to his food philosophy!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I mean there are those people on My Strange Addiction that eat weird stuff, I guess, but I don't think that's what he was going for
I dunno.... When I got a pair of cats back about 14 years ago, I bought them this expensive cat food that the breeder insisted I give them. A few days later we come to find that brand was laced with Chinese melamine, and people's pets were dying. I threw all that out.
He means for example candy that has no nutritional value ‘not food’
You beat me to it lol
Doctor Hyman helped me recover from my auto immune disease, so please, shout your mouth. Food is medicine! And he never said that only food contributes to a healthy lifestyle, or disease free lifestyles.
I think shes actually missing the mark (no pun intended). Of course he doesnt think that food is ONLY medicine, but you do have the power to "heal" yourself with food. if you change your diet you can greatly improve your health and well being. thats what he's saying by food is medicine. I think shes over analyzing that phrase into something its not
After hearing about this vanilla and beaver thing, I am extra glad that beavers are protected in Europe :D
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I'm an anthropologist and study what past people ate. I can confirm that our ancestors did in fact consume grains, even if they were initially gathered in the wild and largely unprocessed, rather than intentionally cultivated, once agriculture came about. We can deduce this from their teeth, which show wear from chewing hard, minimally processed or unprocessed grains, as well as the inevitable grit that sometimes accompanied their plant foods.
Interesting, thank you for sharing!
Surprisingly, this was a good review with some valid points. I love the info. that Dr. Hyman shares. It literally helped me recover from two significant health issues. His "FOOD, What the Heck Should I Eat Book" is incredible- it was my guide.
I think Abbey is being a bit harsh. Not sure if she knew that Dr. Hyman also suffered some serious health problems- and he also used his food as thy medicine. That is partly why he is so passionate about it. I don't think he is elitist at all- he is actually quite generous with his knowledge. I believe that most people, like me, use this type of information like a GPS- that is to say, a general MAP or GUIDE but then we apply our own common sense. We layer in our own roadmaps based on our common sense. I do not follow everything strictly. I also listen to Dr. Gundry and read his excellent "Plant Paradox" book. It too is full of incredible info. about Lectins, avoiding Whole Grains. It is biased more towards what NOT to eat than just what TO eat. It is a great compliment to Dr. Hymans work.
On top of this, I will consider and sprinkle in what Abbey has shared. She makes good sense as well. All three (3) professionals come from a good place and each has their own perspective.
Whatever I am doing seems to be working- excellent recent blood test/physical. Even though I am older, survived a bad Gallbladder and a terrible mTBI, I still have plenty of energy (just hiked to the top of both Angels Landing- Zion, MP and Half Dome- 14 hours.) I attribute a lot to very high quality nutrition; quality and supportive relationships (less stress), regular exercise, good rest and time.
Cheers!
There is literally nothing vegan about his diet, and he’s just using the term for the buzz.
Pretty sure this is just plain paleo, but with the emphasis more on plants instead of meats.
Yes possibly
I love Mark Hyman he’s a very good doctor. I’ve been following his content for over 10 years now and he has really changed my outlook on how taking charge of your own health ❤ eternally grateful 🙏🏻
wow wow wow. I am so glad I watched this. I am studying to be a dietitian and after seeing a lot of Dr. Hyman's content on social media and hearing it in podcasts, I have been completely confused on what is really "healthy" vs. "unhealthy" and it is soooo refreshing to hear your take on his diet, as an actual Dietitian !!!
I'm so gad it was helpful!
Dr Hyman is one of the leading people in functional medicine…Just read his bio and why / how he came to do what he does. It is based on a modern approach to how certain foods can affect certain people bc of modern food manufacturing and climate influences to food and humans. He always talks about finding what works for you. He shares what works for him and his clients. Dietician’s if they are learning from an older food model, aren’t who I am listening to. I’m listening to Harvard scientists, longevity experts and people like Dr Hyman…
I dont think he was saying health is 100% up to what we eat in the beginning. I certainly don't think he would tell a cancer patient to avoid chemo. This doesn't have to be so black and white, girl.
He actually goes into nuances and say that you can use conventional medicines but diet and the microbiome plays a role on how we respond to medicine even cancer drugs, I don't remember the drug name but it is for chemo and it is shown that with an absence of the bacteria akkermansia the drug has little to no effect, he isn't against medicine at all but I feel this video painted him in a very bad light.
I agree. Have you really listened to him? I have spent a lot of time listening to him and reading his writing. You are misrepresenting.
To be fair he never said food can cure cancer, a lot of his diet advice is for people with chronic diseases like auto immune diseases and works quite well for a lot of people. Don't think he suggests people don't take medication...
I watched this yesterday and had to figure out why every word you said resonated with me so deeply and why I had so much resistance. He used to be my authority/idol on total health. As sickly as he looks I wanted to achieve this level of perfectionism. He's one of the major influencers on the arthorexia I struggled with. Thank you for doing this and being the voice of balance I need in my life right now 🙏
I'm so glad it was helpful for you!
Everything you said in response to Mark Hyman's saying "Food is medicine," is exactly what he himself says. He includes practices, medicine (if needed), operations (if needed) and scientific testing and monitoring. You are seriously misunderstanding Mark.
Thank you for acknowledging that ethical vegan does not mean restriction. I've been vegan for over 6 years and I eat all the burgers, sweets and ice cream that I want. My only condition is that no animals were used, and everything else is fair game.
Oh I really liked it when you listed all the other reasons we eat 🥰 so easy to get fixated on healthy Vs not healthy and overlook everything else! Thank you x
Totally!
Both of my adult children stopped eating sugary food years ago because their face would get numb after eating sugary treats. There are so many reasons people restrict food and maybe we shouldn't judge them so harshly.
Yes of course
I gave up sugar 5 years ago because it’s the only thing that stopped my 20 year cystic acne struggle. If I accidentally consume sugar now, not only does the acne come back; but I also wake up completely soaked in sweat, get dizzy and feel low energy. No refined sugar has been a game changer for me. It took a lot of will power to do it, and I realize most people can’t commit to restricted diets. But some people can!
On a side note, I think Dr Hyman said he avoids unnatural ingredients I think he means dextrose, malodextrose, etc.
P.s. I loved the Foursigmatic Adaptogen coffee ☕️, I guess it’s not for everyone 😅
She isn’t judging them. Your kids aren’t everyone in the world.
It’s important to note that Mark is also a trained professional. After looking into his claims does back it through research and his own practice of treating his patients. I encourage everyone to do their own research and consult their own physician. However in my findings I believe food to absolutely functions like a medicine (not a replacement). Our bodies are absolutely impacted by environment and what we eat. Look at how many diseases are onset after birth or later in life. While one can be genetically disposed to a disease, something can also trigger or activate it. There are studies of twins who are genetically the same and only one becomes chronically ill. Perhaps we do have some control in our own health - that’s not for me to decide.
And compare the American health/diet to other countries. Diet plays a huge role. America is definitively overweight so there’s no surprise heart disease is a top killer - for which many medicine exist to regulate cholesterol, blood pressure etc… I can acknowledge exercise as an additional piece to helping here as well as foods.
The cancer comparison was a bit excessive as I haven’t seen him make that claim. But anecdotally I’ve read about people who switched to a diet free of process foods (basically vegan) in which their cancer actually reduced in size. When medication was not as effective.
In the end everyone is entitled to their opinion and own conclusion. If we can get their without mocking others for their research and science backed beliefs is how we make progress. :) stay healthy friends
The parks and red clip was PERFECTLY placed 😂
So happy to see this! My boyfriends mom is obsessed with Hyman and has adapted his "higher than thou, food morality" attitude. Thanks Abbey!!
So glad it's helpful!
What we ingest whether through food, drink, toxic environmental factors like gasoline, air fresheners and so on directly affects our internal systems- our organs - which solely determines our state of health.
I am responding to your comment "the reality is, health is not as simple as what we eat."
Of course it is this simple. What we put into our body is literally what creates our internal environment- which literally creates our state of health. Because we're exposed to so much toxic crap, we can put foods that are rich in nutrients to strengthen our organs. I know the majority are appealing to the divisive culture of "you do you' but the Reality is simple: when your internal environment is being fed nutrient rich foods, your body becomes stronger. What is nutrient rich? The simplest natural (meaning less processed) foods. Since I started eating more fruit, veggies, potatoes, and drinking more water, all my seemingly random symptoms have significantly decreased and some are gone.
My health and life have changed for the better since I am following the teachings of Dr. Hyman and Li.
I understand that they can be elitist and unreachable for many, but that doesn’t make their knowledge and advice less valuable. Functional medicine is the medicine of the future. Get used to that.
Love your reviews!! I will say I eat about 80% paleo currently as I have been diagnosed with fistulising Crohn’s disease this year and I do have to say eating 80% like that has helped dramatically with my symptoms ☺️
I'm glad that works for you!
Thank you for keeping it real and for calling out people who make wellness seem so unobtainable and expensive! Ugh it’s so easy to think that this is what you need to do to remain healthy (especially when struggling with health issues). Loved this Abbey thank you for this 🙌🏼💜
I'm so glad it was helpful!
Yay! I always love getting a new Abbey notification. I am actually eating lunch right now and wanted an extra dollop of strawberry preserves to go with my turkey sandwich (yes, I said turkey sandwich, it's amazing,) and then almost told myself no until I heard your voice in my head saying "it's okay, eat the extra dollup." 😂 I actually need to focus on getting in MORE calories at the moment, but for some reason I still have restrictive thoughts, and your videos help to combat those (combined with therapy and self work of course.)
P.S. I literally just rewatched your review of Sorrel last night, so it's funny that you mentioned her.
That's great! Sounds like a delicious sandwich 😊
I have listened to a lot of Dr. Mark Hyman's podcast and videos and he doesn't just preach that food is medicine. He also talks about stress, environmental factors, lifestyle, family etc. and all other aspects of Health that comes into play. It's a holistic approach. There are foods that make you sick and there are foods that will heal you. And each person is individual and finding which foods work for you and which don't is the basis of his teachings. When you're sick AF that makes a lot of sense. And yes food is medicine and medicine is food. Doctors still follow the Hippocratic oath and this is one of Hippocrates most well-known phrases.
It sounds like you've never really listened to the guy. He absolutely does not suggest that food is all we need for good health! And his diet suggestions are very flexible.
I agree with Mark. Food is medicine. Since starting Keto I no longer take any medications. Depression gone. GERD controlled. Mark is not saying food replaces medicine but what you eat can help to prevent disease. Keto has been known to reverse type 2 diabetes and reduce or eliminate seizures for epileptics.
Someone can feel free to correct me, but I remember reading somewhere that the average life span of our ancestors was so low because of infant mortality. Once early humans survived childhood they usually lived long lives. Not making a comment on the Paleo diets efficacy, but thought it might be an interesting thing to put out there
Very interesting!
I love the wholistic perspective on food you advocate for and have been working on remembering my joy of food... in both cooking/preparing and in eating it.... while also working on not overeating, which seems to be my biggest issue. Really enjoying your videos, thank you.
So nice to finally here Someone talk about the problems non lactose intolerant people can have with dairy products. This is literally me: I can’t have any cows, sheep or goat milk. The only dairy I can have is buffalo, but only in moderation etc. Many people don’t get the problem and I’d love to see a video of you aber that whole topic
I can put this on the list!
So excited for this! I listen to his doctors farmacy podcasts all the time!!!!!!!
@Abbeysharp you truly inspire me to look into dietetics as a career. Im an RHN but I'm thinking of returning to school.
Thanks for all your hard work!
Thank you so much for sharing! Good luck!
Abbey😂😂 I'm loving ur editing style at the moment lol💗
So glad!
Mark Hyman is awesome. Thanks for leading me to his video
Just correcting something on the natural flavor thing. Yes, you're correct that natural flavors are indeed chemicals. They're not terribly different than artificial flavors. However, something labeled as vanilla extract on a package is going to come from actual vanilla beans (as long as the manufacturer isn't lying, which does happen). Natural vanilla flavor (NOT extract) doesn't ever come from vanilla beans, though it usually doesn't come from beaver anal glands anymore either. Most "natural vanilla flavor" comes from wood pulp these days.
Thank you for letting me know!
He does use a lot of powders and it seems unnecessary, but I don't see how it contradicts the Paleo diet when the foods fit into the criteria and are grain free, low carb. Why does it matter if you take a healthy food and turn it into a powder or a smoothie? If it still works that's what matters. The Paleo diet rose to popularity because of the epidemic of diabetes, heart disease and obesity. Cutting out grains and moderating carbs and sugar, plus getting more fat, has helped a lot of people transform their health. It works great for me. I eat more carbs than the keto diet to make it easier to eat more and build muscle. And this works. For people with obesity and diabetes in their history, very low carb high fat works great either transitionally or longer term.
I cannot attest to what Mark means by "food is medicine", but that has been a helpful mantra for me as I recover from anorexia.
For sure. Eat whatever works for you!
My favorite quote about diet is, "What you stop eating has far more impact on your health than what you start eating." By Dr Gundry. If it makes you feel bad, don't eat it. If it makes you feel good, eat it. It really is that simple. No need for fancy supplements, just a varied diet based on what foods work for you.
Binge watching your videos is the only thing keeping me from losing my mind while quarantining!!!!!!! Thank you for creating both educational and entertaining videos!🤍🤍
I'm so glad they're helpful for you!
Ok but can I just add this man is one beautiful creature lol
Are you serious? (lol)
Starting at @20:06, epic takedown by Abbey! Science journalism, especially around nutrition, is usually pretty bad. Studies aren't put in context, not enough skepticism of people like Mark, etc. That is what makes this channel such a refreshing resource.
I'm so glad you found it helpful!
I went keto which is what he is known for promoting and I lost 40 lbs, reversed my diabetes and my fatty liver disease, healed an aggressive skin condition by about 90% and my mental clarity went through the roof. Not saying that everyone should eat like that but it was a miracle for me
The only time I drink vegan protein powder is when I don’t have time to eat or feel nauseous some days, instead of skipping a meal I just drink that.
I'm glad that works for you!
I've begun supplementing my meals with protein powder too. Since we almost never cook meat at home, sometimes there's not as much protein in the meals so it helps make it more satiating while also making the protein powder go down easier with something tastier. And it's my lazy depression meal when I'm hungry but can't be bothered to make or get something.
our ancestors did eat a lot of grains, vegetables and fruits. And very little meat. Our grandparents had much less heart disease in the war years, so they rarely ate meat.
Um the average life expectancy around the world was so much lower back then so they were dying from diseases