I didn't nail it, but I did fairly well. A year ago, I wouldn't have been able to answer any of these. Two trips to the ER, a drastic shift in dietary pattern and exercise, along with reading, and watching a lot of your videos has changed all that. My health has improved a lot! Thank you for for that.

Interesting and useful quiz, especially the question on how young people can have artery lesions. I think one way to engage students more is to debunk common misunderstandings, for example: 1. All fats and all carbs are bad. No, it's saturated fats and refined carbs we must worry about. 2. We need meat to have enough protein, especially for growing adolescents. 3. We need dairy for strong bones.

Nice quiz, I think it was just right in terms of difficulty, though unfortunately I think people that don't track nutrition science like your viewers would have a very difficult time with this quiz. Most people I talk to about nutrition don't even know the absolute basics. Glad to hear these kids are learning nutrition in High School, I had to learn all this stuff in adulthood.

That bit about earliest cardiovascular lesion age, was new to me. That's pretty crazy to think about. But I personally think these questions covers basic nutrition knowledge, that I feel should be mandatory to include in even grade school classes, as knowledge about healthy eating, can't be taught too early.....as one of the answers in Dr. Gil's quiz also revealed! 😉

@peanutnutter1

5 ай бұрын

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The cardiovascular lesion age was definitely an eye-opener! Crazy! Otherwise, I'm surprised at how well I did. I guess I have you and Simon Hill to thank for that!

If this is for a general high school audience, it’s way too difficult. For students taking a high school level nutrition class, a little tricky maybe, but in the ballpark.

Great job. How exciting for the students that you took the time to interact with them. Bravo.

Great quiz to get a baseline knowledge of the audience.

I called a "superfood" anything plant based with high nutrient density and I'm sticking to it 😉

@Annique

5 ай бұрын

That's my definition too, including exotic foods like hemp seed, but also plain o'le broccoli, pumpkin and blueberries.

I crushed it! I definitely wouldn't have if it weren't for watching your videos tho Gil. Thank you 🙏

I thought it was pitched at the right level. I went plant-based just over four years ago and I've been reading about nutrition and I've been a subscriber to your excellent channel for most of that time. I like to think I know a little bit about nutrition and what's good for me, but when push comes to shove and I have to give some definitions and explanations I realise I need to up my game! Thanks for all your hard work Gil; your videos are so well presented and informative. (I used to train teachers so I know about teaching, learning and explaining). Obrigado e Feliz Ano Novo.

I mostly nailed it, and I was actually having fun. Artety lesion was surprising and learned something new from that. I was most happy to nail the lipid vitamines.

Great quiz from a great source!🙂

I missed the last one and I’m really disappointed. You are so great, thanks for doing these videos, I really think you will have helped a lot of people including myself.X

great video. I think it was spot on for the difficulty

I nailed it except for the lesions thanks to Dr berg and a lot of reading and researches .Thank you for the quiz to refresh the memory.

I did get almost all correct, including bonus questions. I liked that at least some of the students seemed to be health-aware. Thanks ✌️

I just failed in three questions 1) earliest age for artery lessions And two in bonus questions 1) percentage of people die from cardiovascular disease 2) calories in 1g alcohol

Good level for students. But one question is too easy. You should require them to answer which vitamin K, 1, 2, 3, whatever. (Of course I know all fat soluble vitamins. I also selected C as something we can't live without. Did you know cats can synthesize C, but they still like to eat it? Plenty of them like foods with natural berries particularly.) I also define superfood as nutrient dense, off the charts antioxidants, or a long list of studies confirm tons of benefits. I mentioned eggs, blueberries and olive oil.

@stellasternchen

5 ай бұрын

Aren‘t humans one of the very few mammals that can‘t produce vitamin C. I never tried to give my cat some berries. Maybe worth a try🤔.

DO MORE OF THESE!

Got them all right except for the name essential fats one, and age of atherosclerosis. Think it was fair.

@joannam.6645

5 ай бұрын

Me too😂👍

I am pretty sure that some of my MD colleagues (I am looking at you, orthopedic surgeons) would do really bad on this one

Great video

That was fun and I learned a few things

Great quiz! Even as a nutrition 'buff', I still couldn't quite get all of them right. The one on lesions surprised me the most, shocking really.

Nailed it.

Cool concept, should make a part 2 thats more challenging for your viewers

Great quiz! I thought I would nail it, but I wasn’t certain about many of the answers. I just recently discovered your channel so I better keep watching. 😉

I did well and they were good questions. Would like to see those kinds of quizzes again

"Superfood" is a marketing term. Usually applied to a food which has a functional property or health-promoting constituent. Some foods have several constituents which may be health promoting; say Turmeric root, blueberries, or green tea. It's true that every food COULD be replaced in the diet, and there are probably no specific foods that are essential. On the other hand, you can't get curcumin from any other food- it's specific to Turmeric. This sort of does make Turmeric a "special" food.

Almost nailed it. Was guessing arterial lesions start at about 2 yo not in utero. Surprised myself I remember Calories in alcohol. Last time I heard that was in a nutrition class I took around 1980.

Lol...that's exactly what I blurted out in regard to your question on superfoods!

Another macronutrient i believe are ketones. There are apperently these ketone salts that people can buy, not sure if they're in food, but they're something you can get online and that contain 4 calories per gram just like carbs and protein.

Missed several, including age when atherosclerosis begins. But overall I think I did good

Wow, I did not get the age of lesion formation even close. I would have though 12ish. Also wrong about Kcal/g of alcohol. Thought is was the same as carbs and protein, but not really surprised that its higher given its use as a fuel. Edit: forgot to say, kudos to you for teaching nutrition to young people!

Did okay . . .Didn't know the essential fats. I knew alcohol had 7 calories per gram. Mind blown by the prenatal lesion detection. Love your channel - wish there weren't so much contradiction between all the degreed "experts" - all supporting their claims through peer-reviewed studies. Would love for you to interview someone (preferably not a knucklehead) who disagrees with you. But good quiz!

As a non-American, I am more familiar with kilojoules (kJ) with the figures cited typically 37 kJ, 29 kJ, 17 kJ, and 16 kJ respectively for fats/lipids, alcohol, protein, and carbohydrate. However, I have seen in the literature calories (cal) distinguished from kilocalories (Cal) with a capital C, with the values 9 Cal, 7 Cal, 4 Cal, and 4 Cal.

I love this quiz! I only missed question #5.

Well, being a bit of a nutrition nerd, I did pretty well. BUT I missed some I didn't expect to! For an essential fat, I said Omega 3 - not LA & ALA. And I knew heart disease begins at least at birth/infancy - but, I did not know there were studies showing it starting in utero!! Wow, great quiz! Muito obrigado! BTW, I know it's not the case - but I wish everyone knew these.

Thanks - In some older videos you were saying how people mis-use the "U" shape curve ie people in bad shape can be on lower side . I think body fat is so much more nuance than that - right level would vary by sex , age , fat type ( brown etc ) , genetics , where body stores fat - visceral vs a more even distribution - also fat has many good points and bad ( eg higher ldl , inflammation etc ) - I don't think the definitive answer is here yet - Probably makes sense for each person to find their own right level - given ongoing blood tests - but a more general take would be great - personally I will try for a slightly lower than average in healthy range - and try and keep triglycerides low as well as sugar spikes - that gives me fat's protection as I get older - ie as long as I boost immune system by exercise , sleep , nutrition - then other things than cardiac events are probably more concerning eg pneumonia , cancer etc -- Plus thoughts on Lipo A seems to be a big modifier of all research if you are unlucky enough to have high natural level . Most 100 year old people seem normal weight and normal body fat - so the U shape curve may have truth

Most fun I've ever had in a KZread video!! Question: the Ornish diet recommends ~10% calories from fat (very low)...is this enough to be able to absorb the fat soluble vitamins? If not, what is the minimum one should consume to ensure adequate absorption?

@Julottt

5 ай бұрын

This is a myth, Nutritionfacts have a video about this, we dont need to eat fat concentrated foods to absorbs anything. Esselstyn explains the only essential amount of fat we need to be healthy is few grams of omega 3 and 6 so 2-3% of calories coming from fat.

I nailed the amount of kcal ( metric all day long,baby) in alcohol for some reason and the rest of the question too . In heart disease I assumed 50% death rate lol. Well,maybe in 2050 it will be. Essential nutrient? Nailed and double nailed the bonus by giving myself an even harder question naming essencial amino acids( I think I only named 5 out of 9 on the spot,but still) not just an essential nutrient. For the superfood question I know it's pure marketing but I consider nutrient dense leafy green to be "superfoods" since they have little calories and lots of micronutrients. For omega 3 question I answered flax seeds for ALA and fish for DHA. The artery lesions question I think I equated it with heart disease and answered 7 since some conditions can make children to have heart disease,however somewhere in the back of my mind I remember hearing children being born with a streak of cholesterol lining their arteries. Didn't recognize the term I guess. For essential fats I named DHA and EPA( linolenic acid however totally slipped away from my mind oops) and I mostly stand by it since the conversion rate from ALA is pretty low,same idea as beta-carotene and retinol (vitamin A). Which means I consider ALA to be conditionally essential,not DHA and EPA,but that's a debate for another time same as a rabbit hole of what's impairing that conversion. Coagulation and fat-soluble vitamins? Yeah,nailed.

Gil, i just wanted to point out, that when you are talking to one of the students, you can see their name in the bottom left. Can be seen around 4:20 put pops up throughout the convo.

@NutritionMadeSimple

5 ай бұрын

oh that might be the name of the school or an admin who was running the call. good eye!!!! :)

The quiz made my day

I didn't get the baby one. Holy shit, I guessed early, but in utero? That's bad. I think I got every other one right, and most of the "bonus" questions.

Too easy for bachelor nutrition science students, as it should be :)

Did not nail it unfortunately. Off topic - While investigating help with osteoporosis, there was mention of magnesium (good for getting Ca to the bones) being good for CVD - removing calcium from the arteries and the speaker was very surprised cardiologists do not mention this. Would love to hear your perspective.

Heart disease lesions can be seen in utero?!??!!

Got pretty much all correct 😁

I failed because I missed on the superfood, although when someone makes videos about the benefits of individual food items or supplements, I tend to view with skepticism. There can be money / marketing at play. The question about when atherosclerosis can be detected, in fetuses, was extremely good. That information with stay with those students of that age, especially because it is shocking. Maybe it will make a difference in their lives

If atherosclerosis begins in utero, can it be that, even under the best conditions with optimal lifestyle and nutrition, our vascular systems are simply too fragile to not deteriorate as we age, no matter what we do? It's just instead of getting wrinkly skin (using skin as only one other physiological example of age-related deterioration) it just so happens our vascular system is directly linked to our mortality as it ages. Our vascular system is our weakest link and, for most, it's the link that breaks the continuity of life in the end.

I missed the "How early...?" one. I knew they found it in young soldiers that died in WW2. In utero? That seems like evidence of a vertically transmitted infection. I learned that omega 9 was also required, in addition to omega 3 and 6. It rarely ever needs supplemented, or any effort to insure it is in the diet, but is required. At least according to the nutrition class I had 17? years ago.

Nailed them all except the last! I am so disappointed in myself lol. Vitamin A was all I could come up with, for naming them. Totally bombed getting K.

Is it true that lesions come and go? Meaning they appear and then heal again? Until one day they don't heal anymore ofcourse and they develop into atherosclerosis?

I had all of them correct except for the age of artery lesion, in highschool i wouldn't have had any of those answers! i'm quite surprised how knowledgable were the students!

It should be noted that there are some alternatively correct answers. For example, not all fats, proteins, and carbs have 9/4/4 kcal, respectively.

I class some foods that could be considered weeds, but are highly beneficial nutritionally, a superfood. Such as Jerusalem artichoke, globe artichoke, plantain ribwort, wild raddish, purslane, prickly pear, asparagus, rocket, and others. Probably would put some things like liver in there too. Like you crap foods like lettice, anything on the the opposite side of the scale has to be a superfood.

haha. I think I got about half correct. Quizzes are fun (sometimes ;^)

Yay, I actually got them all right - and I'm only 60! 🙌🏼😆

The number one cause of death, doesn't old age coincide with a lot of underlying health conditions, where do you delineate between the two and say with confidence that it isn't natural causes but rather a specific disease and old age had nothing to do with it?

Too easy but I am adult who is subscribed to a nutrition channel

I’d say I did pretty good! The only one I didn’t’ get was the lesions algae. i said early childhood. Had no idea it started in utero.

Alcohol is classified by some in the "carbohydrates" macronutrient category.

Gil,if you were diagnosed with pre diabetes what would you do? When you post, I will review and comment. I have tried a lot of things and have mine under control.

@NutritionMadeSimple

5 ай бұрын

I´d focus on finding a dietary pattern that satisfies me within reasonable total calories so I could stick to it long-term and achieve/maintain ideal body weight. see kzread.info/dash/bejne/q2WjpaSvm9vRmpc.html (I´d also make it healthy overall to optimize long-term health not just short-term glucose levels)

@brucejensen3081

5 ай бұрын

I would cut out as much of hyperprocessed food that you can. I would also cut sugar and non resistant starch as possible. Eat a bit more fat, but don't go overboard on one type. Eat moderate amount of fat, not low fat. More nuts, avocardo, flaxseed, olive oil, eggs

I got them all right🗿

Those high school children where very knowledgeable. How many high school kids know they can get Omegas from chia seeds and algae?

Open questions are harder online. I've clearly been away from school too long.

I didn't know that water and alcohol are micronutrients, and I didn't know alcohol has 4 cals per gram.

God ate fish and lamb

I got questions 2 and 5 wrong. My "superfood" is blueberries and wrote 3 years old for heart lesions.

Was surprised to hear that heart disease can start in utero.

Despite having taught high school biology, I got one wrong! I had no idea fetuses were seen to have inchoate atherosclerotic lesions! Wow.

Didn’t nailed it but I saved my honour 😂

i thought it was good. I learned something. ( I'm 75)

Here were my answers: Essential Nutrient? Nutrients your body does not produce (enough) on its own eg. Omega3, Vitamin C Superfood? None, no scientific definition Source of Omega3s Fish, oysters, algae Source of ALA: linseeds, hemp seeds, walnuts 1 of DHA: fish Number 1 cause of death Heart disease: 10% (almost right) At what age can we see artery lesions? At birth (almost right) Macronutrient Carbs, protein, fat Which has more kcals in 1g of fat, protein or carbs? Fat Protein and carbs are 4, fat is 9 kcals Alcohol is 6? (almost right) Essential fats: Poly-unsaturated fat, mono-unsaturated fat Vitamin in coagulation Potassium (wrong) Good questions for high school students! Just the right level of difficulty, I think. I'd probably add a question about if fibre or carbs are essential vs if they are benefitial for health.

I had to keep pausing the video to think.....

I thought the number one reason for death in humans was old age.

I got all 😎😎😎 Fetuses with atherosclerosis was new though.. i guessed 2 year old

Go plant-based / vegan! 🌱

Teenagers, eh? How many of their zoom images were just a selfie of them sitting respectfully to hide that they are not paying attention? How many of their faces were reflecting multicolored lights indicating they were playing a computer game in another window? And how many times did someone act like a troll so you or the teacher had to make them stop?

@NutritionMadeSimple

5 ай бұрын

haha I also feared some of that when I was 1st asked but they were all gathered in a room at their school (my call was projected on a big screen), not on individual screens, and to my pleasant surprise they were just as attentive and interested as any adult audience! joke´s on me for underestimating them :)

@anathardayaldar

5 ай бұрын

@@NutritionMadeSimple Then there is hope for the future :D

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More single ingredient carbs and less fat is the answer.

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