Another awesome video, thanks for all the work you put into these, Chris! It blows my mind that you don't have a million subscribers, but then I remember the quote attributed to Adlai Stevenson when he was told that every thinking person in America would vote for him: "That's not enough, I need a majority."

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha! I burst out in laughter when I read that Adlai Stevenson quote, which I had never heard, and read it to Toni. 😅 Thank you.

As an aspiring scientist and storyteller I find your videos truly inspiring, thank you! 🙏

@kattenihatten

Жыл бұрын

So.....when can we expect your first diet book? (Just kidding, but if you have one on the way, please tell!)

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's funny, what I once detested I came to love after I understood it better (storytelling).

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, no diet books from me! There are so many great ones and it pains me that they didn't make my spreadsheet because of the craziness that is the American book market.

@patriziagiammaria3541

Жыл бұрын

@@PlantChompers What are your top 3 favourite nutrition books?

There is another topic. It is easier to sell the "meat, butter, cheese and bacon are good for you story" than to sell the "broccoli story". The client buys the words that he wants to hear. It doesn't matter how scientific the writer is.

@Hertz2laugh

Жыл бұрын

Meat, butter, and bacon are good for you. Requiring science credentials is an appeal to authority fallacy - you can be a janitor and still write true and correct things. You can be a highly credentialed scientist and be dead wrong (like how Dr. Fauci told everyone that if they took the COVID injection, they wouldn't spread the virus).

@gma2four

Жыл бұрын

Actually, eat a piece of cheese or pat of butter...test your glucose an hour then 2 after....now next try a banana, then an apple ...see how you respond. I personally LOVE both broccoli and BBB and E.

@obelixpfeifenreiniger2863

Жыл бұрын

@@gma2four try brocolli in butter, followed by cheese. youll feel great.

@ahimsa6791

Жыл бұрын

@Barrow Girl It's normal for blood glucose to go up when you eat carbohydrates. Normally, the glucose would then be taken up by your muscle cells, and your blood glucose would go back down. But if your diet is high in saturated fats, your muscle cells begin to fill with fat droplets called intramyocellular lipids, which prevent glucose from entering your cells. This is how insulin resistance develops, and for many people, eventually, type 2 diabetes.

@Hertz2laugh

Жыл бұрын

@@ahimsa6791 Interesting theory but I don't think it accounts for the interactions between glucose, insulin, and (muscle) cells. Glucose is the critical negative factor related to diabetes; if you have proper glucose levels, you'll never get (non-genetic) diabetes. In other words, it's exogenous carbohydrates -- carbs that come from eating foods -- that are the *_ONLY_* thing that can cause (non-genetic) diabetes. If a person never eats carbs, their glucose will never be elevated enough to cause any negative effects. Unlike fatty acids and protein, exogenous carbohydrates are *_completely_* unnecessary for human health. Humans *_can_* eat them but they aren't *_required_*. As long as a human is eating protein and fat, they'll have all the fuel they need because of (a) ketogenesis and (b) gluconeogenesis. These two processes create ketones and glucose which fuel the body. In fact, some organs -- the heart in particular run almost entirely off of ketones and do not readily metabolize glucose. Similarly, the brain *_can_* use glucose for fuel but it is much more efficient at metabolizing ketones. To summarize: If you don't eat carbohydrates, your glucose will never raise to the point of being a problem; insulin levels will remain normal and you won't experience insulin resistance or hyperinsulinemia which are the precursors to diabetes. Don't eat carbs. Stick to protein and animal fat.

Well THAT was an amazing 32 minutes, Chris. Each episode gets more intricate and well researched. The amount of effort you put in to helping us everyday people decipher the world of nutrition is beyond exceptional. Thank you for all you are doing, really.

Dr. Walter Willett admitted in the 1980's he told his patients to use shortening and margarine instead of butter because it had no cholesterol or animal fats. What he forgot to tell them is those 2 industrial produced products were partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil which was loaded with trans fats which cause heart disease.

@hulabiker21

11 ай бұрын

I doubt he ‘forgot’ to tell them, at that point he wouldn’t have known. Having lived through the 1970’s and 80’s with a mother anxious to reduce the cholesterol potential of the food she fed us, particularly my dad….trans fats only became widely known as dangerous in the 1990’s onwards (after my dad had died of a heart attack!).

I can’t tell you how many hours of nutrition videos I have watched and how many nutrition books I have read! I was getting totally confused but now I have found Plant Chompers and I am so pleased. You are far and away the very very best nutrition channel on KZread and just what I have been searching for. Thank you so much for all of your videos, they are all brilliant 🤩 and you are a star 🌟 🙂🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍👌👌👏👏 PS I think that if you wrote a book it would be a best seller.

As a dietitian, I talk to people who are trying to lose weight all the time. And if they've read diet books, all have learned one thing in common - good news about one or more of their BAD HABITS.

@andrewcavanagh3946

Жыл бұрын

Yes they look for information that coincides with what they want to do instead of looking for information that will increase their chances of living a long healthy life. Telling people to fill half their plate with non starchy vegetables, drink water and get most of their fat from raw, unsalted nuts is not sexy unfortunately. What's really crazy is only a tiny percentage of the population go see a dietician like you. Yet over 60% of the population are overweight and are developing chronic disease problems related to diet. They should all be seeing dieticians as the default.

@jackschitt6235

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewcavanagh3946 I've been to dietitians because I've been living with diabetes since 1998. The last time I left with material that had the Novo Nordisk logo on it. They make the $350 a vial Fiasp insulin I was on. The eating plan included ice cream and apple pie and egg McMuffins and this is not a joke! It would be funny if it weren't so sad. I thought about suing them for malpractice but my lawyer brother said my chances of winning were slim to none.

@peter5.056

Жыл бұрын

@@jackschitt6235 JHC, that's quackery!!!!! I get solicitations by the dozen literally every day, in paper junk mail, as well as junk emails, and spam phone calls. Pharmaceutical and food companies market aggressively to dietitians, and offer compensation which amount to nothing more than good ol' fashioned kickbacks.

@jackschitt6235

Жыл бұрын

@@peter5.056 Most reasonably well informed diabetics are aware of the conflict of interest stuff if for example the American Diabetes Association accepts a big check from Pepsi for example.

@peter5.056

Жыл бұрын

@@jackschitt6235 Yes, but they see the diploma on the wall "RDN, MPH," yada yada yada....and they take what the dietitian says at face value. Or worse, if the patient doubts what the dietitian says, then they do half-measures, cherry picking the already mealy-mouthed advice they got.

Haven't seen any of your videos lately.. :/ I am 11 months and 1 day tobacco/nicotine free. I'm still in awe that after 46 years I was able to quit. I really didn't know if I could do it or not. It's nice seeing your video again. I hope you're well. :)

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

👏💪🎉!!!! Congratulations! Great achievement.

Congratulations, good grandpa! I have been waiting impatiently for a new video. I am impressed by the amount of work this one must have taken. Thank you.

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Michelle! Yeah, I got a little bogged down with this one and despaired. I threw much overboard, like a book's need to be controversial because the only real problem in life is to be ignored, but I just thought the episode had gotten too long and everyone would fall asleep. 😴

@vhs10907

Жыл бұрын

@@PlantChompers I never fall asleep with your videos! Longer and more would be fine. They are informative and well-made as well as entertaining.

Perfect timing, now I can do my cardio with another great video! 😃Thank you very much Chris 🙏 I've been watching videos on this platform since I was about 12 years old, but I've never been so consistently excited about a channel like this one and every video is a diamond!!! 🙌 Please don't ever stop, the videos are just way too entertaining, informative and funny all at the same time!!!! 🎉 ✨ You are the best! ✨ 💯

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I despaired a little on this one because it took so long and I was worried about the length. What goes in and out is always hard for me. For example, a key to a book's success is controversy and I had a great story to tell about that, but...

@plants_and_wellness1574

Жыл бұрын

@@PlantChompers I always wished your videos were longer 😅

@RXP91

Жыл бұрын

Ha - I usually save his videos for my next cardio session too! But this one I immediately ingested :)

@nourishedbyscience

Жыл бұрын

@@PlantChompers Maybe make a separate video about that? Personally, I really like Yuval Noah Harari's take that humans became the masters of the world because they could form tribes that believe in something big like money or religion, but that this very trait of seeking out tribes may be our downfall. This is relevant to the issue of controversy, because people within a tribe seem to identify with the tribe the most if the topic is controversial (us against them mentality). Once people are within a nutrition tribe, be it vegan or carnivore, it does seem very hard to reach them with scientific evidence.

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

Fascinating, Mario! I got a request that you and I do an episode together about nutrients of concern for vegans.

I must say that I was fairly taken in by Jason Fung. Generally speaking his advice will not hurt in my opinion. I have a huge bias however towards plant based nutrition and I am 95% sure it is the superior diet for the individual and the planet. It is so difficult though with a wallowing of misinformation. Keep up the good work. Your doing the work means I don't have to.

I watch an embarrassing amount of KZread and also have an advanced degree in learning and epistemology and I have to say this is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen on the topic. This would be a worthy premise for a full length documentary.

Yours is the single best KZread channel I've come across in a long, long while. I started on an 800 calorie/ day diet TODAY. 53 years old with Type 2 Diabetes and heart disease. THANK YOU!

@henrituhola

4 ай бұрын

How is it going?

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" (Sir Walter Scott, 1808) The confusion about diet is so convoluted. I think this video turned out very well, especially when considering the massive amount of information you were working to condense into such a short time frame. Excellent job!

@spectatrix5003

Жыл бұрын

@Deb Miller, I completely agree. And what a great quote- really perfectly spot on 👍🏼!!!

Hello Chris, First of all, congratulations of your new granddaughter! Welcome Natalie! Second, the fact that a book did not sell well is reason for me to give it creedence! For example, at 6:35, Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy! Haven’t read it myself, but I also know that what Dr.Caldwell Esselstyn said is true: “If you give people good news about their bad habits, you have got a best seller!”

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes, it kills me that Eat, Drink and be Healthy doesn't sell well. It's got such good content. But Walter doesn't do much storytelling or creative non fiction. He's the guy Lee Gutkind says just tells you things.

18 weeks going vegan here 🙃 After looking for recipe ideas, videos of nutrition started popping up and I have learned so much recently. Thank you for all your work.

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Any problems adjusting to all the fiber?

Two minutes in and I already love the intro! Ok, just back from the supermarket and I need to something to calm my sticker shock. Two of my favorite foods, oatmeal and frozen blueberries in shortages and experiencing double digit percentile price increases? Let me make my smoothie, come back, relax, and watch the rest.

@bruced2346

Жыл бұрын

Might wanna put some booze in it…and write a book!

In my humble opinion, MDs talk to their patients with a great certainty because they were educated that way. They were told everything as a fact and memorize it. They don't know how the science works. And that's not only problem of MDs. The education system usually works that way unless you're studying for PhD.

I'm eternally grateful for your YT channel, Chris. Your videos and videos by Dr. Gil Carvalho helped me make a U-turn from years on a low carbohydrate diet (which was a nightmare due to my meat aversion) to the lifestyle of abundance that gives hope. I can't believe I deprived myself of all the delicious fruits, vegetables, grains and pulses for such a long time. Thank you for what you're doing. Sending lots of love to you and your wife xxx

Congratulations on the new g'baby. She's beautiful. And thanks for all your hard work keeping us informed.

You make me tear up every time you share your story Chris, you make yourself vulnerable over and over and I feel you every time. I've learned so much from your videos, about health and nutrition, but also about humanity, critical thinking and much more. Thank you

Thanks, Chris. The story you tell here is a bleak one, but the fact that you tell it fills me with hope. (Not to mention admiration.)

Congrats on the new grandbaby! Long, healthy life to the wee one! This was a very good analysis in the types of nutrition books, who writes them, and why. I loved the anecdote about grad school near the end. Thanks for posting : )

Thank you Chris for fighting for truth! Unfortunately, debunking these quacks is very time consuming. Thank you so much for educating me ❤❤

Hahaha, this intro is the best! I have been grappling with this all for quite a while now. What I’ve concluded from all this confusion is that all of these protocols can be successful with consistency and discipline. What they all have in common is eliminating processed foods and eating Whole Foods. That’s the protocol. Whole food, not processed.

Oh, wow! Another brilliant video! Thank you so much for the time you put into these. It is so very much appreciated. And congratulations on the birth of granddaughter, Natalie!

I can listen to you all day. Well spoken, lots of info, backed by studied data. It amazes me you can read and study that much. Glad you do.

Oh my gosh. Chris, this may be your best ever. Surely right up there with the best of your amazing & exceptional story telling efforts. I am so moved & I hope many, many others pay careful attention to this video & all the stories you tell in it. Thank you.

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's getting quite a lot of traction on Twitter among people I've admired for a long time like Kevin Hall and Michael Moss. It was hard to create and I fussed over how long it was and once again threw some good stuff overboard, like why it's important for a book to be controversial (the only real problem in life is to be ignored). Maybe I'll do a short followup episode.

Alex got it right, every one of your videos is a diamond. Thanks Chris, all the best to your beautiful family.

Always great to see a new video from this channel. Watching it!

Ah, my source of sanity on the internet.... This video puts so much into perspective. The foods we eat have such a major impact on our lives and the intentional manipulation of consumers that are just trying to live their healthiest lives is so disheartening but your content proves that this dietary knot can indeed be untied! Congratulations on the granddaughter! Coolest grandpa ever.

These episodes are so well presented, Chris. So glad you're here! PS: Your spreadsheet is impressive!

This is the big dilemma, right? It's why I can argue with my diabetic co-workers with low kidney function about low carb (Fruit is bad! Getting a bunless Burger King burger is good!) over low-fat vegan. I usually just chalk it up to "do what's best for your body," but it's starting to get clearer and clearer that some things are just plain harmful.

@jackschitt6235

Жыл бұрын

Try not to be judgemental toward the overweight diabetics. Being one myself since 1998 the professional advice from many of the mainstream dietitians is so outdated it's a joke. The last time I saw a Diabetes educator/dietitian the paperwork I left with had the Novo Nordisk logo on them. They make the $350 a vial Fiasp insulin I was on. They had ice cream and apple pie and egg McMuffins on the list and were just promoting portion control measures. Overweight type 2 diabetics should be told to stop eating all that crap entirely so they don't end up insulin dependent. Also many of the dietitians are far from slim and fit themselves. It's a sad state of affairs in general. I see a psychiatrist who went to Harvard and he's obese. Thee end. Good luck

@andrewcavanagh3946

Жыл бұрын

With people like that it helps if you recommend filling half your plate with non starchy vegetables. There are no carbs in non starchy vegetables and if they do that they're half way there!

@Runner466

Жыл бұрын

That whole “everyone is different so there is no diet best for everyone”. That’s BS and drives me crazy. We’re all humans. You don’t see some grizzly bears eating low carb, some low fat. All grizzly bears eat the same diet. True, black and polar bears eat differently. But that’s like comparing human to baboons. Humans have one ideal diet. Period. And I argue that’s a plant based whole food starch based almost vegan diet. For every human. Everywhere.

@jackschitt6235

Жыл бұрын

@@Runner466 There are people who have just as much interest and knowledge as you who have reached the complete opposite conclusion.

@jackschitt6235

Жыл бұрын

@@Runner466 I'm not claiming to be Mr PhD but here's just one example. Dr Bernstein is famous in the diabetes world. He got type ONE diabetes at 11 and is now 88 and even still active here on KZread. He lives on ANIMAL protein with veggies. He doesn't eat grains or fruit. He wrote the following. There are essential amino acids and essential fatty acids. Your body needs protein and fat. There are no essential carbohydrates. All the bad things that are supposed to happen to people who consume lots of animal based foods have not happened to him. Many people around the world follow his plan. I follow all things diabetes related rather closely as I have been living with it since 1998. Nothing has surfaced yet about followers of Dr Bernstein having lots of health problems/premature death etc. If it was happening I would know about it. Now understand he is NOT an Atkins guy who lead people to believe that as long as you avoid carbs you can eat unlimited amounts of protein and fat. Dr Bernstein doesn't eat excessively period. He's slim as are most of his followers eventually and permanently if they stick with his approach. Lots of things become popular in the health world and then eventually are proven to have been wrong. The idea that a high fiber intake is good and lowers your risk of colon cancer for example. Now it looks like that really isn't the case. Many people have conditions that improve when they keep fiber intake low. The human body is complicated. Some people eat lots of cholesterol containing foods but never develop dangerously high cholesterol levels. For others they have the complete opposite scenario.

This is so good Chris! Dripping with fantastic insight. One of your very best videos. Thank you so much for what you do!

We found you from PBN 2 years ago and have watched all your videos! And get as many of the books you mention from our public library! Binged on your videos over xmas holidays! My 11 year old daughter, comes home from school and inquires, " Is there another Plant Chompers yet?" You are reaching all ages with your knowledge sharing and humour. This video does not disappoint. I encourage all my patients to view your videos for the health and nutrition comparisons. Can you investigate plant estrogens with regard to breast cancer? Some still think tofu is bad for breast cancer survivors. Eagerly waiting the next video!

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Your comment made my day. Our grandkids watch these episodes too, especially when they are in them, so I try to include a few scenes for them. 😁

Just discovered your channel. Thank you for your work! I’m a fellow Stanford alum who tries to use storytelling to promote plant-based messages. You are an incredible teacher ❤ Thank you

Oh, goodness. It's one of the best videos ever. I wish I could hop on a plane from the UK, meet you, buy you coffee, and THANK YOU for all you do. Such an underated channel. Chris people need to know this stuff.

I'm so cognisant now of how these people LOOK. Do they look red, swollen and/or aged? I want to emulate the diets of people who GLOW from the INSIDE and despite all the great storytelling or catchy-titles simply watching some these guys for a few minutes or more makes it really clear who is who in this dietary zoo. Congrats again Grandpa Chris from Australia!

Whoa didn’t know about the bookstore! That was impressive! Awesome! 👍

Truly inspired by your work and grateful for the effort and time you dedicate to make these videos.

Wow. This is an incredibly well-done video, and for someone who’s read a couple of hundred diet books covering the spectrum of approaches, extremely enlightening. Subscribed! Can’t wait to see more.

Your story amazes me. Your passion for truth inspires my own. 70 pounds off for 7 years now and I will continue to low-fat "beegan" (the power of honey in my life has represented wisdom). Thanks for distilling truth from our growing wild garden of ideas. Congratulations on your continued prosperity (posterity)!

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

70 pounds off for 7 years!!! 👏💪🎉 What an awesome achievement!

@carl13579

Жыл бұрын

@@PlantChompers 7 years. Careful with that typo. That can offend a woman.

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

Oh, sorry! Yikes. Fixed.

Thank you. This was packed with goodness and knowledge. And you are ALWAYS entertaining - great storytelling.

I'm a bit same as you, I've been devouring diet and nutrition books all my life. Our only difference (from what I can tell), is I actually did everything each book was saying. I followed every diet to see what would happen and have an informed opinion. I'm 44 now and I've been doing this since I was 20 (got my first calorie counting book when I was 12 in 1990 and that was the start). My takeaway: EVERY DIET WORKS. For 6 months to a year. Literally even the craziest one. All problems start after that. The worst combination of foods health wise that's not even in a diet book but a religious one is red meat and dairy. Please don't eat that. I grew up in a Mediterranean diet but have decided to go Vegan for the planet and the animals. I needed another reason to pick a way a eating. But I might be having fish eggs every now and then as per Ms Mosconi. But the fact that we live in a world where for every diet book/video/article that suggest plants as optimal for health there's one that suggests meat and butter just shows how messed up the circumstances we're living in are. And breaks my heart.

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

That sounds exactly right. Thanks for the great post (and for being a human guinea pig!).

@theodora_pilates

Жыл бұрын

@@PlantChompers haha thank you, finally I've been appreciated 🙏😁 Cause I really have been a human Guinea pig!! I really wanted to have an informed opinion whenever a client talked to me about diets. Hopefully I haven't done too much damage but the future will tell 🤞😊 Always grateful for your videos ❤️

@sw6118

Жыл бұрын

I think you’re correct every diet does work for awhile and weight loss probably does improve all the markers in your blood for the short-term. Sticking to something unhealthy will get increasingly difficult as your body will demand what it needs.

@andrewcavanagh3946

Жыл бұрын

"The worst combination of foods health wise that's not even in a diet book but a religious one is red meat and dairy." lol many people do worse than that by adding a pile of processed foods on top of it. It's a pretty accurate insight though.

@theodora_pilates

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewcavanagh3946 yes of course, you're right, most books though don't suggest processed foods so we all tend to agree on that. But a lot do suggest meat and dairy, and lots of it 😣 And thank you 😊

I've only recently discovered your videos Chris, but am so appreciative of the time and dedication you put into them, particularly in checking out the references listed by authors. I used to buy health-related books if they had a good list of references, but soon learned that didn't always make for a book based on solid science.

Chris I just want to say THANK YOU! Thanks for each and every one of your videos!

I like how Ken Berrys book titles is "lies my doctor told me" :)

Thank you so much for all your work and putting it all together in a “story” I can understand and enjoy watching. You have a great channel

Most undervalued channel on youtube! Thanks for the excellent information.

Thank you so very much for making this Video. I have been a nutrition information hound for many years and have read a couple books on your list. At 60 yrs old I evolved my diet to a whole food plant based diet and now I'm also a vegan. I've been wondering why so many smart people don't agree with my diet choice, but this video explains what I've been missing.

Thanks for this amazing episode and this again extremely detailled preparation!

I will never be a vegan or vegetarian but I agree with your point. I will stick with a mainly mediterranean diet (I'm Italian afterall...) and just removing most of the processed food did the trick for me.

We trust you Chris. You, Dr. Greger, Dr. Barnard, and my wife! It's a short list, but a good one 🙂

@jamesmcbeth4463

Ай бұрын

I almost added Dr. McDougal, too, but at this point, I don't trust the Kempner Study as much as he does.

My wife and I are in our 50s. We both work out 5-6 times a week as well as play sports and walk. We struggled to lose weight for years until we tried the Keto diet 2 years ago. We both lost close to 50 lbs in months, not years. We have since switched to a low-carb diet> we eat mainly vegetables along with grass-fed beef, fish, or pasture-raised chicken and eggs. My blood pressure is down to normal and my lipid profile is excellent. You may not agree with Gary, Nina, and Dr. Fung, but I believe they provide an excellent explanation of why our society is so fat and sick.

@seitanbeatsyourmeat666

Жыл бұрын

Yes, weight loss will improve health

@zencat55

Жыл бұрын

we all knew that to begin with, it's never been a secret

That was an outstandingly excellent video. Thank you for your work, Chris.

Finally! A new video from my favorite plant based KZreadr

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Sorry this one took so long. It was hard...so may clips to include, two weeks at Anne's houzz with the kidzz...

Wonderful video! I learned so much and was entertained along the way. Keep ‘em coming. 👍❤️👍

Love your videos!! They dpnt come fast enough to satisfy my curiosity and sens of humor :) keep up the great work!

I have been so confused about the different diets and have read (and believed) most of the books that you have shown in this video. Each book I read made me believe I was on the path to a new healthy life without questioning the facts. Your video has shown that it isn't the facts that make the book a best seller but the storyline. Thank you so much for making this video.

Thank you for summarizing everything, I love how much work you put into your videos! I need to learn how to create more suspense in my videos.

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

Oh my God, that Ferrari 458! ♥️😍👏💪 I want your life.

Love your channel and keep checking to see when you post a new episode. Please post more!!!

Fantastic video, I can't bear the noise we hear all the the latest diet/health trends. Done my fair share of nutrition books too and it is just overwhelming. C x

The work that you put into these videos is astounding. Thank you for all the hard work! 👍🏻 Also, vegan here 🤪

Spreasheets.....This is the nerdiest video I have seen in a while and I absolutely love it!!!

Thanks for another great video. I have a story involving vision loss, the death of a friend and accidentally stumbling in to a primarily WFPB diet that I started to write and got stuck. This reinvigorated my desire. Thank you. Oh.....also pondering a channel of my own but having trouble setting it up. Going to read some books referenced here

love the start! so funny in a way to see all the different opinions. The strong story narrative reminds me of the main message in the popular Sapiens book. Also congrats on the new born!

Excellently done, as usual, Chris. And congrats to the new mom who gamely let us see her and the brand new baby immediately upon arrival. As for diet books, health books, and the like, I used to read them voraciously. I got really fed up with the varying and poor advice given. You've showcased the reasons that I didn't even comprehend while reading them. No wonder I gave up on most of them long ago. I do enjoy your videos showing their up and downsides.

@PlantChompers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I believe there are many great ones, but it kills me to see them not make my spreadsheet...

oh, what an amazing presentation... so much here to think about... thank you Chris.

Bravo! Truth teller. You reveal it all in such a watchable fashion - a great story teller! I hope to see this hit a million views.

Congrats on the new grandbaby! And thanks for another great, easy to follow video. I reference you on repeat, especially when someone starts talking sh*t about Ancel Keys!

A personal story about storytelling. Amazing. Honestly it worked on me... I could be much better at this.

Simply brilliant- thank you so much for putting in the work!!!

Another awesome video! Thanks for all the work you do!

Who needs the science, when you can have a good story!;) Thanks again. Amazing video to watch again and forward to my sceptic friends.

Congrats on the new grandchild! My dad was the first baby born in South Bend that year (1936).

Dr. Peter Rogers has gotten me interested in learning more about cancer, and predominately how metabolic cancers work. Thank you for this half hour of excellent storytelling :).

Amazing video. Love these episodes. The information is plentiful and at times startling.

A compelling video yet again! And important on a number of levels. Bravo!

Thanks for this excellent content. Your coherence is refreshing. Saving this one.

Thanks! That was great research and storytelling! (and editing)

If you write a book then I’ll certainly buy it! Your research breadth is wide!

@seitanbeatsyourmeat666

Жыл бұрын

I agree, write a book

Another great one. Thank you for the dedication to truth and the sharing of knowledge!

Wow, great vid. Thx for doing the channel! Your vids are suoer duper great!

This might be the most important youtube channel I've come across. Thank you!

Wow...Such a brilliant video!! Enjoyed every minute of it!!

Really compelling! Love your work and your channel! Thank you for sharing your honesty and insight in navigating this internet swarm of mis-influencers!

Great video. Congrats on the newest addition to the family.

I always enjoy your presentations. They always seem well done.

You are one of the best on KZread! Thank you!

Absolutely love this video, which also helped me find your channel, now binging the rest of your vids so tysm!! Btw would you mind doing a vid on the soy isoflavones if you don’t mind? I couldn’t find it in your previous vids, apologies if I missed it!

I'll write a diet book right now. Two minutes. (I wonder how many copies I'll sell...) 1) Eat beans that you cook yourself from dry. 2) Eat intact grains you have cooked yourself in water only. 3) Eat green leafy veggies, a pound a day or more, raw or cooked. 4) Have all the root vegetables by the pound, please! 5) Fruit is nice;) (tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits, btw) 6) Add some spices to your taste. 7) Eat some fatty raw plants if you like them, but be careful not to gain weight from too much of it. 8) Of course all the other vegetables are great! Eat them raw or cooked. 9) Be super careful with added salt, oil, or refined sugar. A tiny bit is okay, but WATCH IT! 10) Avoid dairy 100% 11) Unprocessed animal foods can be eaten, but limit to about 6 ounces (raw weight) a week or less. In the case of any diseases, avoid animal foods 100% I was in a bit of a rush, so do comment if I missed anything, B12 of course...anyways, ignore the gurus!

@peter5.056

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@@otto3619 What you're doing there is straying from the simplicity of my 2 minute book. And I never said to exclude other items from "cooking in water." You sort of added that yourself, and then went completely off the rails saying that dairy can be a good thing.

@glennbishopbishthemagish

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@@peter5.056 Apparently only a simple minded person would take this advice. Laughing, science proves that all plants contain toxic chemicals that plants use to defend themselves. Period. You might want to let Happy Healthy Vegan know this.

@andrewcavanagh3946

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Love it! Now if you just add..."you can eat anything you want" somehow you should have a bestseller. I suppose you could tell them they can eat anything they want then put in tiny print...as long as it's less than one ounce a month.

@peter5.056

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@@andrewcavanagh3946 Ahhhhh.....delicious good news about bad habits...nomnomnomnom!!!

Love the first 20 seconds. I am sure it will be another awesome video. I didn’t read any of these books and I have lost 50lbs from my 240 since thanksgiving 21. Ok I gonna watch rest. My best from rainy Seattle.

@PlantChompers

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50!!! 💪👏🎉

Another great episode! I was distracted though because I lived in Salem for eight years and your walking shots made me feel nostalgic.

@PlantChompers

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Thanks! Isn’t Salem awesome?

@veganfortheanimals6994

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@@PlantChompers I was just in Salem on New Year's Day

Your grandchild is born and still makes a video...I hope when I'm older I have the sense of purpose and dedication you have 🙌

Thank you for this. I’m avoiding getting a PhD because of the writing. Your ending was inspirational.

Chris/Baldy, thank you for making these videos. Now in my mid-50s, I'm working my way through all of them in an effort to 1) keep up with my fit vegan wife; 2) pass along wellness engagement to my teenage son; 3) shift my fitness orientation from pure strength to longevity. I'm still sorry to have missed my chance to meet you at WestFest in 2007 but I'm happy to see that your family is doing well. Best wishes and thanks again. Sincerely, John/Jack90210

@PlantChompers

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Hey John! That's great! 👏💪 It's unusual for a motorcyclist, no? My reception on ADV about it is muted, I think, with a few people PMing me saying something about how horrible and wrong I am. 😁 Your vegan wife must be really happy about what you're doing.

Impressive research. I LOVED that spreadsheet of diet authors. As a fellow research nerd into the background of all these diet doctors and "experts", I love this level of in-depth research. I did another round of research last year, and it is so frustrating to see how many people are spreading arrant nonsense, and how many gullible consumers just gobble up all the misinformation that permeates the whole diet industry. I worked in a medical research lab in my younger years (I have a science background) and certainly learned about what should constitute a properly designed research project. So it annoys me that so many research studies on diet are badly designed. Or perhaps more accurately, designed to produce the "desirable" conclusions. Desirable to - and in fact expected by - the research funding body, that is. When the meat industry or dairy industry pays for your research, you'd damn well better come up with results they will like, or there won't be any more research grants in the future. Too many studies are tainted by such vested interests - and too often the researchers hide the identity of their funders. But sometimes flawed research seems to arise from lack of experience, making assumptions, poor design or limited funding that limits what can be done. Sometimes the methodology is almost worthless because it relies on people reporting accurately about their eating habits. Nevertheless, there is a clear trend among independent, credible researchers who are not in the pockets of big food corporations. And the sum total of research around the world comes to a clear conclusion: excess meat and the saturated fat in animal foods are detrimental to health, while whole, unprocessed or minimally processed plant foods are the most healthy foods around. Populations eating traditional diets were typically slim and healthy until Western junk foods and fast food chains invaded their country, and then the rates of obesity and chronic diseases shot up within only a decade or two. American fast food is the most deadly weapon of mass destruction the world has seen. But most people don't recognise this as the effects are insidious and invisible. Until someone keels over from their first heart attack. If they are lucky, they live long enough to have another one. If they are truly lucky, they will have the chance to give up that toxic food and start eating real food.

According to your faith will it be done to you. The stories are awesome and there is no one answer for everyone. That is why I try everything to figure out what works for me. My story is that my colon cancer was in 2010 but I did not eat any meat or butter.

The easy conversational nature of this video belies what I imagine to be the effort it took to pull it all together. Really impressive content. The only question now is, who will I share it with first.

I can understand why Mediterranean books sell well. When I was looking for the healthiest diet back in 2018, I saw so much conflicting info I had a hard time choosing which diet was best. Mediterranean was what I settled on (or at least my bastardized version of it. lol) for a year because everyone can agree a "balanced" diet sounds the most reasonable. I can see where my book is lacking in some of these areas. It's funny how I succeeded by accident in some, like having a story to capture the audience in the beginning. And since my cover isn't going to have some kind of mystery, it likely won't capture their attention right away. But I did make sure my cover has bright fast food colors so they'll definitely notice it. lol. I just ordered a proof copy of my book! I'm so excited! :D The union at my job begs me to join because I am a passionate speaker when it's a topic I'm passionate about. So if I do wind up in interviews then maybe that'll help. Or maybe people will label me a wacko. LOL Also, awwwwwww! For your story at the end. It's so relatable. I was in training for my current job and we had a little party. The instructor asked me to clean her crockpot. I noticed some water was inside the lid under the handle so I shook it a little bit and the handle broke off. I felt so terrible! I knew she'd had that crockpot many years. I thought she was going to be furious and fail me and I started crying. T_T She wasn't mad, though and gave me a hug.