+Alex Farrell Worth remembering: eating animal products kill *way* more plants, than just eating plants. The plants argument is a classic false equivalence. The argument implies "you have to kill something, so it's all the same."
This lady just inspired me to make an all natural smoothie! I'm going to use a tub of REAL butter , FULL FAT milk, some cod fish oil, and half a banana (I don't want to put too much sugar in there because I don't want to get fat). Yummmm 😁👍🏼
***** I suspect you're attempting humor at my expense, but to be honest, I'm not getting the punchline here. Of course, it could be I actually am lacking oxygen as you pointed out.
I found you from part one of this video. It's soo refreshing to see a vegan youtuber be so calm and collective. Im starting to slowly change my vegitairian diet to vegan with in the next few weeks! You give me so much inspiration!
+Adrianna dcafango Good luck! I'm also changing from vegetarian to vegan. 2 weeks so far, (8years vegetarian) but with lots of slip ups! I have been maintaining a vegan home, but when I go out or buy packaged food, that's when they get me!
great video. I am annoyed by people who ignore the scientific community when it comes to cholesterol and saturated fat, yet they worry about gluten and soy. bite size vegan actualy recommends b12 now. that video was a long time ago.
+Diego Magana [great video.] Probably not if it was as bad as Part 1. [people who ignore the scientific community] Actually it's the experts who make nutritional recommendations that have been ignoring the scientific community since Senator McGovern's committee on diet in the 70's. [when it comes to cholesterol and saturated fat] Where have you been? That ship has sailed. Even the experts can't ignore the science any more. Here's one on cholesterol. It doesn't matter. What matters is the lipid triad. Research it. www.theverge.com/2015/2/11/8018253/us-dietary-guidelines-drop-cholesterol-warning The science is being heard after being silenced for fifty years. openheart.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000196.full Never mind, they did again and ignored the science in 2010. rawfoodsos.com/2011/02/04/the-new-usda-dietary-guideline/ But the tide is turning. Even the MSM is getting into the act. www.dietdoctor.com/headlines-world-fear-fat-mistake-beginning Even the Unnatural Vegan is eating more fat! LOL. It seems like the people most in the dark about the science are the high-carb vegans.
Today, on a vegan diet, I got 320% of the RDA for iron without even paying attention to it. P.S. The guidelines suggest vegans need to get 180% of the normal RDA so technically I only got 177% of the RDA. I will update my target in cronometer to the higher number.
Whenever I eat a diet that includes animal products, I only get about half my iron needs. I always had low levels of hemoglobin in my blood growing up. Now that I'm vegan I easily get over 100%.
Hey! I just wanted to tell you that while I was already vegan when I found your channel, you totally helped me stay vegan. My biggest problem with the vegan community was never how militant and uncompromising they are, which is mostly fine in my book, but how prevalent ideas of pseudo-science and "natural is always better"-dogmatism are in parts of the community. Seeing you debunk all of the bs that is floating around both from within the community and outside has really helped me. You are totally my vegan rolemodel, so to speak. :) Also, your videos are always really amazing, very well researched and extremely eloquently put.
on the iron deficiency: I was a omnivore when my doctor scolded me im not supposed to cut all meat out of my diet before consulting a doc. fact was I ate meat and all and I still had an iron deficiency like i actively avoided all foods with iron. says to me that it is in fact NOT a question of diet. when she gave me the iron shots it was like someone turned to color back on IRL. that was awesome.
I have a friend who is a naturopath and encourages many patients to adopt the GAPS diet by claiming how healthy and healing it is. I've tried many times to convince her otherwise and to instead promote a whole foods plant based diet but she brings up all the arguments you mentioned in your video. Sometimes we just have to let go. Thank you for your hard work and keep it up because I love to be reminded that i'm not alone.
Your message at the end, that's exactly how I feel! I wish people would stop feeling the need to promote and defend animal "products." Meat eaters complain about vegans pushing their beliefs and being extreme, but wow the intent behind this whole article was to trash veganism and push her beliefs of what is more nutritious and healthy on others .
Exactly. Most of us in western countries have spent decades having animal products pushed on us as "healthy" and "natural", even if we never particularly liked them in the first place.
As a chronically ill and severely disabled person, I find it virtually impossible to meet my nutritional needs. I can't eat gluten, soy, legumes or cruciferous vegetables; only very little nuts and seeds and very small quantities of food overall. And I can't even take supplements because I get the worst nosebleeds and haematomas from them (which no doctor was able to explain). Sometimes I don't know what to do anymore... It's really hard for me to be vegan (I still am, though) :(
+Brooke That wouldn't work for me. As I said, I can only eat small quantities of food (because of impaired deglutition and abdominal adhesions). And you have to eat so much on a raw foods diet, even more than on a cooked diet. But thank you for your answer anyway :)
+ashley 5827 Thanks for your answer :) I'm allergic to fish and seafood. That was one of the reasons why I became a vegan in the first place. Btw, I' heard somewhere that shellfish consumption was even worse for the environment than eating fish. I don't know whether that's true, though!?
+PancakeTutu well if you can't eat legumes or soy then you should probably eat meat to meet your nutritional needs. And shellfish are generally better for the environment actually. Farming oysters and mussels for example is actually even beneficial for the ecosystem.
LOL i love how you debunk every point of that article. you bring up so many great points. it's so tastefully and intelligently done but with the funniest sense of dry humour at times. such a great video once again!
Could you make a video about the science behind antinutrients (specifically nuts and whether it is advisable to soak them and why)? Patreonic greetings from Slovenia :)
I wouldn't recommend soaking since some nuts can release toxic gasses when they are soaked and ferment. Usually, there's no need to soak most nuts that are commonly eaten. Antinutrients are mostly overhyped by the Paleo/WPF crowd. If you eat a variety of foods, they aren't an issue.
I play it up like I care and say thats why im vegan. I love plants and I want less of them to die. vegan kills less plants. *shows evidence* SAVE THE PLANTS!!!!!
A friend told me today that I NEED cholesterol so I need to eat more fats. He didn't seem to realize that cholesterol is exclusive to animal products, so I didn't even engage. I'm vegan for the animals, not health.
Glad to see that you're back to hard hitting, factual reporting. The attempts to stir controversy got me down for a while. But I'm glad to be following your work again.
Hey there, so you are taking cyanocobalamin? I do too, but I am a bit confused as so many people say methylcobalamin is a better choice. Do you have an opinion on that?
When people say "Plants feel pain, too!!!" What the HELL are they trying to say? That they are going to stop eating animals AND plants, and live 100% on water on powdered minerals from caves????
Great info as always. 11'45: what is pyridoxi....? 13'20: dietary cholesterol does not raise... levels when cholesterol is already within risk. 17': you give Lauryn way too much credit. She's not just misinformed but consciously and willfully disseminates misinformation.
Hey Swayze, great video. Could you look into Leanne Vogel of Healthful Pursuit and give some opinions and insight into her story. I found her when I was low carbing and learned that she went from fully vegan (I think even raw) to a low carb high fat diet...and is a holistic nutritionist and is making it her mission to share nutritional keto with the world. I find it odd for a vegan to go keto...I can see it the other way around as I was a LCHF who made the connection. But to go back to contributing to the death and suffering...I don't get it. She has a book called The Keto Beginning as well and has been on tv and in magazines with it. Thanks for all your hard work!
Wow wait. What was that I can eat my autism away?! Do I have to stay away from certain foods now, so I can stay the way I was born??? Not that my brain changes accidentally....
I haven't watched the video yet but I know it'll be great! I know in your last video you said you weren't going to comment on the China Study and Denise Minger's critique, but I really would love if you would.
I was eating meat and had iron defficancy but went vegan and now my iron is higher. I took Iron supplements on both diets but it worked better for me on the vegan diet.
~Attention Swayze~ Hello, this is Ted, your liaison with Meatluminati Industries. The Grand Meatlord has personally asked me to express to you his concerns that this 2 part series of videos has been some of the worst shilling for the Meat Industry that we have ever witnessed. There seems to be some confusion on your part as to what it is, exactly, that we are paying you to do.
Can you please make a video of books and other resources (etc documentaries) that you recommend both on the ethical and dietary front? I personally have a long list of books I want to read regarding to veganism and nutrition but I am hesitant because I don't want to waste my time on pseudoscience books and I don't have the time to do the research on what is actually science.
Notice how Happy Healthy Vegan, Vegan Gains, Freelee, Durianrider and the rest of the insane asylum don't give you any credit for calling out non-vegans and promoting veganism with rational arguments and not just emotional ones. You are the best vegan youtuber and I am glad that you are passing on these great messages.
A good counterpoint to the argument at 12:26 (about EPA and DHA only being found in animals) - you can absolutely find EPA in non-animal sources. Wakame seaweed has LARGE amount of EPA, for one.
Argument #8: eating anything or producing any food will harm some lives in some way, therefore it’s pointless to try to limit any suffering and we may as well exploit other living beings as much as possible
Given Lauren's platform, I understand why it upset you that she shared her personal story as "evidence" but I also think it's equally harmful for vegans in similar positions to generalize and assume that everyone can be healthy on a well planned vegan diet. Lauren had a severe digestive disorder, so it's quite possible (although I can't know for sure) that she couldn't tolerate most supplements and certain processed foods without significant gastrointestinal upset. I'm frustrated by vegans, who pride themselves on being compassionate, judging people with health issues that they usually have no personal experience with. This is not to say that there aren't people with Colitis who can be helped significantly by eating a vegan diet. I'm sure there are and I'm also sure that there are people with Colitis who are made worse by a well planned vegan diet but see much improvement on a plant based paleo diet that includes some animal products. We are all unique. If you or any vegan for that matter could only find relief from a severe, chronic illness by eating a diet similar to Lauren's (I didn't read the original article so I don't know exactly what she eats), you might change your tune. However, perhaps you advocate suicide or prolonged suffering for everyone who can not sustain life/regain health on a well planned (which is only possible if the person can tolerate certain foods) vegan diet. That being said, I know many people can eat a vegan diet and achieve optimal health or at least maintain their level of functionality and in that case, it's the moral thing to do. I often encourage people to do just that. However, if you wish to truly be compassionate, you should recognize that this is not a viable option for everyone and no it's not always because we don't have the willpower to give up animal products. That's certainly not the case for me and I find that assumption disrespectful. FYI, I will not be replying to any comments with detailed explanations of the chronic illnesses I have or what foods I can and can not eat. I've done that in previous comments and it usually wasn't productive. In general, I've been quite shocked by the lack of compassion towards humans in the TH-cam vegan community. Of course there are exceptions but sadly not enough. I hope that will change because I would like to see the vegan message reach as many people as possible.
Christina ugh yet another misconstrued comment from you... It takes very little critical thinking to understand that not everyone can be vegan but its OBVIOUSLY a generalized statement because most people don't have diseases that limit what they eat. Health recommendations are usually generalized to the general public??? Do you go to a website about vitamin D and see "recommended daily amount is so and so but it's THIS amount for people with x disease and this amount for this other disease and also this for another disease" NO because that's what you go to the doctor for. like come on... Stop nitpicking about obvious things. She doesn't need to add a disclaimer for like 5% of the population.
These people taking about curing their UC with diet are on both sides- Durian saying he cured his chrons with veganisn. This woman being discussed with “natural”. It’s so frustrating as someone with UC to hear. I’m currently mostly symptom free as a vegetarian but that’s not why I am. That’s because it is a disease which fluctuates with periods of remission and flares. Also differed diets work for different people, with different foods/emotional stresses causing flares. When people promote a diet to cure IBD or IBS it is so irresponsible. Thank you for making this video to put people right
I need some help. I started being vegetarian about a month ago (I plan on being mostly vegan or "plant based", but do not want to transition too quickly). I started by removing milk, meat, and then eggs but occasionally have cheese and things with by products in them. my question is what is one of the first resources (books) you recommend for helping transition and nutrition.
Starch Solution is a good basic starting point. Also Proteinaholic I found interesting. Dr Greger has a new book out "How not to die" which would help you. I also recommend getting some blood work done just to see where you need to focus. My husband and I eat the same way and he has issues with some things I don't and vice versa. Happy reading.
I just wanted to let you know I am referencing your videos in a video I am putting out this week :) I loved this article you covered so I did a comparison of a Weston Price Breakfast VS Vegan Breakfast and just skimmed through the nutrients so people can come to their own conclusions about deficiencies on a Vegan diet :)
Nissi Goerge Yes! Absolutely tell someone about bivalves as an optimal source of omega 3s DHA and EPA, as well as iron, zinc, selenium, magnesium and B12. It's important to mention about the bivalves being harvested in an ethical manner. I consider myself sentientist, and bivalves are insentient thus there is no moral concern whatsoever about eating them, because they are not individuals.
Only partway through, but I wish you'd mentioned that there are vegan meats and cheeses that aren't based on any weird ingredients. From what I understand of it, artisan vegan cheese making uses much the same process as dairy cheese making. Ingredients can be as simple as water, nuts, and bacterial cultures. Homemade vegan meats will have more flavouring added, but they can all be "normal" ingredients that people otherwise use like soy sauce/tamari, herbs and spices, salt, etc.
I'd like to point out that although eggs do contain high amounts of cholesterol, that actually has a very minimal effect on your body's cholesterol levels (its saturated fats that have an impact). Just a bit of info I have seen a lot of vegans misrepresent! :-)
my mom is a lot like lauren. she always says you need butter to absorb the nutrients in vegetables. and her reason for eating cholesterol is "we need cholesterol".
She is kind of right. Some fat is helpful with greens to promote absorption of fat soluble vitamins. But it doesn't have to be butter. I eat a handful of seeds with my salad for example and that does the same job without suffering.
"Butter is a saturated fat, but canola oil is a freak of nature". That's ironic considering that butter is a processed food, especially in the modern context when all dairy milk is reduced to fat, whey, and water at some point in the process of making dairy products. Have these people seen dairies? They look almost as complex as nuclear reactors or oil rigs. Also, both iron and B-12 are found in plant foods in adequate amounts for most people. B-12 is actually known to be present and biovailable in chlorella and duckweed. Duckweed is eaten by poor people in southeast Asian countries like Thailand, and Europeans are expressing interest in its use as a biomass food source because of its nutritional profile (it's high in protein, omega 3 fat, as well as containing B-12). Zinc is also not that hard to get if your diet has foods like whole grains, nuts, yeast, or seaweed. I agree that people eating alot of processed foods or living with a limited diet should be taking a multivitamin as the easiest way to avoid deficiency. I just don't think a supplement should be relied on to compensate for a poor diet. That isn't particularly healthy in the long term.
Some people might say, I am sure this young gal is well intentioned and isn't leading people astray on purpose however I doubt she has a medical degree and has never read Dr Weston Prices book cover to cover. She wants to help people however the problem is people are fat,sick,and more stupid these days. We have been misinformed and lied to for profit ( Ansel Keys was wrong about fat)( do your research on the KETO diet). Our ancestors were hunter- gatherers, which means they were omnivores. This means they ate a variety of meats, vegetables, roots, nuts, flower petals, grubs, insects and worms as well. To remove high quality proteins (meat) for long periods of time is less than optimal. Veganism as well fasting was a practiced lifestyle sometimes to cleanse the body of yeasts or parasites or other diseases or because of a lack of resources .Our ancestors did do this, and doing either for long periods of time can be sub optimal. Our bodies need fat and in fact run best on it these includes some saturated fat. Are leaves bad for elephants? Are Dolphins adversely affected by some fats found in the fish they eat?...Not likely.. If you don't want to hurt or eat animals, I understand, just know it will cost you your health. here are more tips for you readers understand the power of Vit. C- ( Dr. Linus Pauling Dr Fredrick Klenner Dr Robert Cathcart).... Discover Iodine- ( Dr Brownstein Dr. Ken Berry Dr Erick Berg) Seek the light and know about EZ water( Dr Gerald Pollack the 4th phase water) and vitamin D3and K2 MK7 also "The hidden messages in water "by Dr. Masaru Emoto ( the Mayo Clinic Renal disease and Vit. D ) Avoid mold exposure like its the plague it can destroy you and your family and all you own . Be aware of the hazards of heavy metals- (amalgam fillings)and root canals-( dentists believe leaving something dead in the body is a good idea ?) and improper tooth extractions(not removing the dental ligament Dr. Hal Huggins)
Your videos continue to be a source for great information and support for my transition from a mostly vegetarian to a well-planned vegan diet. Thanks, Swayze!
You might not read this, but I'm gonna write it anyways because it's really important to me. Since we're talking about people promoting bullshit on the internet (or in general): Most (if not all) people have certain biases/set beliefs around food and weight which they are not even aware of/which they are not questioning. For example, most people believe that your BMI is a good way to determine how healthy you are, that being overweight automatically means being unhealthy, that 2000 kcal is the maximum of what we should eat in a day and that people become obese because they overeat. And almost everybody still believes that we can control our weight (without damaging our body). I believe that this is all false. And I have studies that back this up, too. My "journey" on this topic started on YourEatopia.com, which is a website about eating disorder recovery but also offers a ton of basic information about weight, being overweight and stuff like that. And what Gwyneth (form YourEatopia) convinced me of is that the average woman actually needs around 2500 kcal a day, your BMI doesn't say anything about your health, being fat does not mean beaning unhealthy and also is not a result of simply overeating and - most importantly - we all have a weight set point, whenever we lower our weight (by restricting and excercising), we damage our body. I would love it if you could do some research on that (with an open mind). A good starting point (maybe?) would be this: www.youreatopia.com/blog/2013/12/4/basic-weight-and-obesity-facts.html I respect you and I like you videos. I'm vegan, too, so your videos are really informative. You get angry and frustrated when people spread false information about veganism, I get angry and frustrated when people repeat all the false information about weight and obesity. So, anyways, this turned into a super long comment. I'm sorry. This probably comes off a little weird and confrontational, I'm also sorry about that. And you probably won't even read it. But maybe somebody else will :-) Have a nice day anyways!
Interestingly enough, plant-based diets can both treat and cure some autoimmune diseases. I don't think it's uncommon now for rheumatologists to recommend a vegan diet for rheumatoid arthritis, for instance.
Paul Stamets has some really good lectures about the group consciousness of mushrooms, who really knows about plants. The problem is that in the history of mankind many times well established scientific theory's have been completely turned upside down even after many years of peer reviewed approval.( I like to keep an open mind as much as possible) Young people fail to understand this. Its easy for some to say there is little evidence about anything just because it isn't studied doesn't mean it isn't true. Realize and consider who would benefit from the deception. The older you get the more bs you hear. This comes from salesmen,contractors,lawyers,politicians,bankers and large corporations and the list only gets longer the older you get(if you are still paying attention as you get older ).
If plants did feel pain, then your argument for eating them anyway would be dependent upon utilitarianism. It's fairly irrelevant because plants don't feel pain, but I'm not personally convinced by utilitarian ethics.
Interesting 2 videos, but humans are not omnivors( pigs, dogs, chickens and bears) or herbivours( cows, sheep, goats, rabbits) by species. We are frugivours like primates. This is first seen in the Creation story of the first two humans. We do eat like omnivours and herbivours mostly out of a need to survive. Fruit is the most satisfying food for humans to consume.
as far as i know b12 is from a microb in animlas digestiv system wemake b12 in are intesties but pooh it out. its in meat cause thers lots of ficulmater in it. but im looking it up now to learn more. is are food to clean?
+Noah Cowper ok so i have done b12 reasersh. and. it. is. from to clean.animal like cows should get it from eating grass right from dirt and most from water well. and spring lake. but. evry thing is so starile now thet even the animals for consumption are being given b12 supliment. so if you eat all organic no pesticieds and un filtered spring or well water you are geting b12. if your not dink and eat fortifid foods. i dink silk almondmilk that got 50 percent of you daly needs in one cup.
Well done Swayze, I just googled Lauren Geertsen and she's clearly a Paleo supporter. Vegan butter or even veganaise, might be vegan it's still filled with oil and therefor still a health risk, best is to avoid all things that contain free oils. I still consume peanuts, but I stopped using peanut butter, cause they add palm oil.
I have now been on an 80-90% Vegan diet for the last 2-3 months. My Cholesterol overall went down. The bad Cholesterol went down and the good Cholesterol went a little bit up. I must say, that a Vegan diet seems to work :-)
Swayze, you completely misrepresented Dr. Willett's information concerning cholesterol. He does take exception to how the NY Times article derived at their conclusions but not that dietary cholesterol is linked to heart disease or we should cease consumption of dietary cholesterol. If you are going to cite an opinion, please accept his full opinion and that is that dietary cholesterol and fat does very little to contribute to heart disease risk factors. Sorry for the long post but it correctly represents Dr. Willett's statement about the NY Times article and his ascertains.1. Cholesterol has long been considered a “bad” thing to eat. Even the first edition of the guidelines says avoid foods with too much cholesterol, because “eating extra saturated fat and cholesterol will increase blood cholesterol levels in most people.” How did this recommendation come about? The theory that cholesterol is a major factor in heart disease was attractive, but it turns out it was oversimplified. There was no direct evidence to support the link between egg consumption, for example, and heart disease.2. Does that mean cholesterol-laden foods like cheese, red meat and eggs were wrongly vilified, or should people still limit consumption? Should we still care about cholesterol amounts in our food? Some of those foods are definitely important to limit, but not simply because they have cholesterol in them. Poultry, for example, has a moderate amount of cholesterol, and so does fish - in fact all animal products do. Poultry and fish seem to be relatively healthy foods, and fish provides essential omega-3 fatty acids. That’s the problem with just looking at something as simple as one dietary factor like cholesterol; it doesn’t tell us the overall health impact of a food, and so we should be focusing more on the foods.3. Even if dietary cholesterol doesn’t raise blood cholesterol levels, is it possible that other foods - like refined carbohydrates - might raise cholesterol levels? Dietary cholesterol doesn’t raise blood cholesterol levels very much. It’s not that there’s no effect on blood cholesterol levels; there’s a small effect. It can raise both good and bad cholesterol in the blood so that makes it more complicated, and that’s why we need to look at the whole food, not just cholesterol content. The other main factor that increases blood cholesterol levels is saturated fat in the diet, and that actually has more of an impact than cholesterol in the diet. Then there are other aspects of the diet that can reduce cholesterol levels, specifically the bad cholesterol levels - for example unsaturated fat reduces blood cholesterol, and fiber can reduce blood cholesterol levels. Refined starches don’t have a major effect on bad cholesterol but they drop the good cholesterol. There are other aspects of diet that affect blood cholesterol, both the good and the bad parts of it.5. As we see nutrition messages change over time - for example, fat used to be considered bad before we realized the health benefits of certain types of fats - and now the recommendation on cholesterol is changing, what should the general public take away from these kinds of shifts in dietary recommendations? What would you say in response to the recent New York Times article entitled “The Government’s Bad Diet Advice?”The important point is to have the best possible evidence, and we shouldn’t be basing dietary guidance on just guesses or beliefs. In the case of both the egg issue and the total fat issue we were basically starting with virtually no direct evidence. When the evidence did start to come in - and there were different lines of evidence from our studies based on large cohorts and also short term studies investigating metabolic changes - it showed that people who consume more eggs did not have a higher risk of heart disease even after adjusting for any other factors, and that total fat in the diet was not related to heart disease risk or cancer risk. So it took those long term studies to show that those were not important factors, and that allowed us to modify the recommendations. We were really in a state 35 years ago in which we had very little direct evidence and we were basing guidelines on guesses and indirect evidence from very small, short term studies.
Great video! I remember I was once trying to explain to someone how veganism was healthy, (in the TH-cam comments section of a video) and he brought up that bullshit article. Worst. Come Back. Ever.
I have leaky gut and its awful. I do suffer from Lupus, and RA, as well as a gluten allergy. I have hated meat as a child and adult. now vegan, its not any better, and I take extra supplements ( namely vitamin d, magnesium, vitamin c and b12) but I feel like shit every day and my joints swell, along with rashes all over my chest and down my spine.
Aw I really like you. I especially love how you ended the video. As much as I love snarky videos of vegans destroying meat eaters (and I really frickn love them hehe), cute little endings like yours can make a person more receptive to the information rather than get offended, which is super great. 10 out of 10 Kiwedin's would recommend these videos woo.
Egg part: Who said that we need fiber in every food we eat? Actually, too much fiber is not good. Protein are not equal, because of different amino acids density and composition. Somethimes "less is more". There's no real proof that saturated fats are unhealthy. In fact, MCT fatty acids shows to be extremely healthy. We simply do not absorb most of dietary cholesterol because we can't effectively absorb steroid alcohols with estrified site chain. Dietary cholesterol from food mainly goes out with the rest of waste we leave in toilet. Butter part: Butter contains (by mass): ◘ 3% of C4 fatty acid (Butyric acid), short chain fatty acid which is know for it's regenerative properties on colon mainly intestinal villi. In fact, there are clinical tests in advanced level that are aiming for utilization butyric acid in treating chronic colon diseases. ◘ 2% of C6 (MCT faminy -> read about health properties of MCT fatty acids + easily absorbed without liver bile) ◘ 1% of C8 (another MCT) ◘ 2,5% of C10 (still MCT) ◘ 2,5% of C12 (its between MCT and long chain triglycerides -> often seen as MCT, but not quite in reality) ◘ 7,5% of C14 (long chained triglycerides, but still quite easy to digest) ◘ 21,5% of C16 (long chained, quite in the middle of the pack) ◘ 10% of C18 (might be slighlty harder to digest, but not a very problem) It has about 50% of saturated fatty acids by mass. About 21% are monounsaturated fatty acids (like in olive oil) and 3% of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Cholesterol content is irrelevant, because as I said - we don't digest dietary cholesterol because of it's chemical structure (only 1% of dietary cholesterol might have impact on our internal cholesterol level). So, yeah. Butter is the winner in my opinion. Canola isn't bad though. I know canola has EFA but... so does fish, eggs, and even livers. Even chicken meat has some and it's all EPA / DHA types, not inferior ALA. Immune autoagression part: It's fact that plant based diet usually don't work well with chronic intestines diseases and low fiber paleo meat based diet often stop symptoms and can help with healing. This is what my doctor recommended my for my SIBO (low-FODMAPs paleo diet) and it works. People with that kind of chronic diseases can't consume many types of fiber like GOS in beans or fructans in many vegetables, FOS etc. You need to be on very low fiber diet. Nearly all fruits are forbidden. Many grains also. Animals still will eat their plants regardless we kill them for food or not. And some of animals will eat those animals who eat plants. That's how nature works. Suffering is nature law. And I bet, if You happen to be on the way of carnivorous animal - it will kill You if has a chance. Pretty sure, animals are not sentient enough to empathize with my suffering when (if have a chance) they will tear me alive. Should I care about life of beeings that don't care about mine?
"Should I care about life of beeings that don't care about mine?" I don't know. Should you care about the life of a toddler that would kill you, if given the chance, to get something it wants just because it can't comprehend the impact this has? (And please don't "this would never happen!" me.... It's a thought experiment.) Also the argument that I can kill and eat animals, because a carnivorous animal would eat me if it had the chance... 1. A carnivorous animal needs meat to survive. Most humans, who are opportunistic omnivores, don't. 2. Is it okay for me to rape people because animals rape other animals? No. Why? Because it's incredibly dangerous to direct our moral code by looking at creatures who don't have any understanding of ethics at all.
I just want to say that your channel has quickly become one of my favorite channels (and my very fav vegan channel). Having been mostly exposed to the raw/HCLF community for a very long time, i found myself overwhelmed by the dogma and didn't stay vegan (i did stay vegetarian). You're calm, rational, scientific, non black and white, non dogma/purity based approach really normalizes veganism and makes it seem accessible and doable. I appreciate that you often take the "unpopular" stance on subjects like GMOs, soy, and bivalves, because, you know, science. You're emphasis on reducing suffering, and thus your acknowledgement of the validity of every step a person takes toward reducing their consumption of animal products is especially important. I find there is often a great lack of positive enforcement in the community, which leads to the "why bother" mentality. This is the type of advocacy that resonates with me and many people i know and the type i carry with me in my transition to veganism. whenever i want to recommend videos to someone, vegans and non vegans alike, i find myself sending them your way. anyway, thanks for being awesome, the world needs more people like you.
I have been vegan since December 28th, and I did a ton of research before easing into this lifestyle. It actually has been very easy, and I feel fantastic! I switched purely for weightloss (100 pounds overweight), but it now makes perfect sense to me to be vegan. I finally get it. And you were my tipping point. So thank you. Keep up the great videos!
Lol??? Ingredient in butter: butter? So wrong. There's ton of ingredient in butter. To name few, palmitic, oleic, myristic, stearic acids, lactones, methyl ketones, diacetyl, dimethyl sulfide, etc.
I will (probably) never go vegan, I don't agree with you on the inherent immorality of it (I'm not educated on the nutritional, if you get me, that is where it will happen) and I'm not totally sure how I ended up on your channel to begin with. However, I really like your videos. I've been watching for a few weeks as they pop up in my feed (and it's so often. lol I'm not even subscribed, I guess I'll do that) and I just wanted to say that you're making great content.
Wow, the bash at Bite Size Vegan was not necessary. Emily is a lovely person and you aren't 'above' her just because you don't think her advice on one single topic is good.
Great series Swayze. She'll probably never respond. I know your views on Gary Yourofsky but you and him share a similar conclusion when dealing with people like Weston Pricer'ers and that is, guilt. Ultimately, the guilt you and Gary present to people, though you both do it in different ways, makes you win the argument. And I did see your video on oil but I challenge you to prove that polyunsaturated oils are healthy as you stated in this video. Dr. Esselstyn's entire other half of advice besides avoid all animal foods is "No Oil!!!." He's adamant about that. To me, it's no surprise that heart disease etc., are so rampant because besides animal foods and yes, saturated fat (dairy fat mostly), we also consume extreme amounts of polyunsaturated fat. Monounsaturated, not so much unless you love olive and avocados and/or their oils. But here is where we consume the most PUFA: Sources of PUFA: Mayonaise Salad dressings (the first ingredient in salad dressing and mayo is pure oil), Condiments, "dipping" sauces All snack foods like Cheetos and Doritos and potato chips (but it's not the potatoes that are the problem, its the oil they are cooked in, same thing with "fried" rice, its the oil, not the rice) Fried food like onion rings and donuts Baked goods like pastries and cakes have huge amounts of PUFA Restaurant food Pizza dough is made with oil Soups from restaurants are made with lots of oil (and homemade soups too, by people who think oil is good for them) All of those foods are made with the following oils: Sunflowers are the source of Sunflower oil.These oils account for a significant fraction of world-wide edible oil production. All are also used as fuel oils. Corn oil, a common cooking oil with little odor or taste. Cottonseed oil, used in manufacturing potato chips and other snack foods. Canola oil (a variety of rapeseed oil), one of the most widely used cooking oils, from a (trademarked) cultivar of rapeseed. Olive oil, used in cooking, cosmetics, soaps, and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps. Palm oil, the most widely produced tropical oil. Also used to make biofuel. (I do use some palm oil for natural vitamin E occasionally, and for fun) Peanut oil (Ground nut oil), a clear oil used for dressing salads and, due to its high smoke point, especially used for frying. Safflower oil, produced for export for over 50 years, first for use in paint industry, now mostly as a cooking oil. Sesame oil, cold pressed as light cooking oil, hot pressed for a darker and stronger flavor. Soybean oil, produced as a byproduct of processing soy meal. Sunflower oil, a common cooking oil, also used to make biodiesel. Rice bran oil And these following supplements are big business in health food stores and even mainstream supermarkets today, pushed everywhere: Fish Oil Salmon Oil Cod Liver Oil Fermented Cod Liver Oil Krill Oil Arctic Krill Oil Hempseed Oil Borage Oil Evening Primrose Oil Black Currant Seed Oil Flaxseed Oil Sea Buckthorn Oil These are also taken as supplements: Nut oils: Hazelnuts from the Common Hazel, used to make Hazelnut oil. Nut oils are generally used in cooking, for their flavor. They are also quite costly, because of the difficulty of extracting the oil. Almond oil, used as an edible oil, but primarily in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals. Hazelnut oil, mainly used for its flavor. Also used in skin care, because of its slight astringent nature. Macadamia oil, strongly flavored, a good balance of omega-3 and omega-6. Pecan oil, valued as a food oil, but requiring fresh pecans for good quality oil. Pistachio oil, strongly flavored oil, particularly for use in salads. Walnut oil, used for its flavor, also used by Renaissance painters in oil paints. Whole-food sources of PUFA are most nuts and seeds, caviar, chicken skin, and cold-water fish. There is a small amount of PUFA in everything, even the most saturated food on Earth, Coconut, has about 2% of it's fat as PUFA.
It's not controversial now days that Omega 6 fatty acids are eaten in excess, and are mostly found in processed foods. The issue is that they aren't nearly as problematic as saturated fats like tallow, lard, or tropical oils. It's a bit of majoring in minors for otherwise healthy people to worry about a little soybean oil in their diet, especially if their diet has a variety of foods.
IDK, it seems like vegans are the worst at acting like they know it all. "Holier than thou" and "Self-righteous" to the extreme I was once vegan. Everyone has a different body hence some diets will work for some but not everyone. People shouldnt be shamed for eating a whole foods diet, just cause it includes meat. And likewise, vegans shouldnt be shamed either, but... like i stated above... its just that vegan are the worst at coming off with that attitude
Hi everyone! I have been vegan for half a year now and lately i have not been feeling very well. I am at university and i have been struggling to focus while stuying, also i have been losing a lot of hair. Of course i went to my doctor and he told me to eat meat again but i am not willing to, any tips?
+Emma Fabe I've heard a few vegans mentioned that they lost a bit of hair and just tried increasing their fats like avocados, almonds etc. and they noticed an improvement. And what exactly do you mean by "not feeling well"? Like headaches or tired or stomach aches?
+Emma Fabe Use a food tracker like cronometer to input all your daily food consumption for a few days to see if you are regularly missing out on any particular vitamins. Or take a multivitamin, it doesn't do any harm and helps you to not worry as much about eating all the right stuff :)
+Emma Fabe Find a doctor that isn't an idiot and get full blood work done before you change anything. Sounds like either iron anemia or b complex deficiencies. You can cover most b vitamins and iron with: beans/lentils, nuts (peanuts/almonds/walnuts), sweet potatoes, potatoes, and leafy greens. Consider iron supplements and a b complex supplement or a multivitamin. Try to find supplements without gelatin, which is made from animal bone by-products. They're super easy to find on amazon.
+Emma Fabe You are malnutrished. You need to eat more calories. Do you supplement B12? Do you eat enough iron? Do you eat a lot of green vegetables? What is and what is not in your typical diet?
I wish you had a debunking video regarding every question I've had in my life lollll praise thee swayze, I hope to be as smart and motivated as you at some point. also I wish I knew if you believed in God and stuff I'm just really curious..anyway fan girl out, peace be with you. Keep going, you're winning; In a purely forward thinking, integrity dense, kind, and necessary way. 🌎🌞🎉💕💫
Hahaha... I can sense the cognitive dissonance each time she swears. 0:45 "Nothing natural about pasturalism which is only a few thousand years old". That's the wrong comparison. It's eating animal food which is millions of years since we broke off from other primates. 2:00 This girl needs to do some homework on cholesterol and saturated fats. And I don't mean the useless observational studies. And yes, an egg is way better than a smart burger. Throw both out in the backyard and see which one gets recognized as food by animals in the wild. For the vegan under the age of 50, here's a little historical perspective on why you think saturated fat is bad. th-cam.com/video/KzPnnDDCIjo/w-d-xo.html Rebuttal to #7 was pure ad hominem. And why are vegans so accepting of anecdotal evidence FOR a vegan diet but in total denial of all the sick vegans around them? 5:00 Perhaps some people don't want to subsist? Or don't think a vegan diet (only possible in the last 100 years) is healthy? 8:00 What a terrible straw man argument. LOL. 9:20 Opinion stated as fact backed up by vegan theology and not science. 9:40 Hmmm... Admission that a vegan diet might be sub-optimal? 10:50 I doubt this girl ever ate liver. Would have solved her problem the natural way as people did before supplements. 14:50 LMAO. Walter Willitt was one of the researchers on the study she just bashed. He is one of those "unbiased" scientists who is now changing course in front of the tidal wave. 15:50 There's no overwhelming evidence to limit red meat. Just bureaucrats making recommendations based on conventional wisdom. 16:00 What a great argument supporting Geersten's position on why she is not vegan. And why most people (who don't bother to learn about nutrition) should not be vegan either. 17:15 What's unfortunate is that the U.V. is too wrapped up in her own other aspects of veganism to recognize that Geersten is making strictly a nutritional argument for including animal product in the diet. Geersten has no more desire to torture Bambi than she does. Yes, a "snarky" video b/c the science is on the other side.
There is nothing Unnatural about the Culture of Pastoralism, the milking of a cow, a butter churn, nor a clean hunt. None of these very natural and functional anthropological developments are either related to animal torture, or artificial factory farming. A diet rich in animal products is sustainable. We are Omnivores, and the Human Race has not propagated under any Vegan (i.e. emotionally dysfunctional based) "diet." The anthropomorphic psychologically based projections that would humanize animals is the true dysfunction and aberration from what it means to be sensitive and reverent to life. This is a very naive young woman whom misses the mark, but seems to have a good heart. The road to hell is paved by such good intentions. Eat what you want!
I totally agree with Lauren on this one. I have the same disease as she does and veganism is a terrible way to manage it. I've done much better on a paleo diet like she does instead of a vegan diet.
Thank you for having the courage to share your experience. I also have a chronic illness that significantly affects my gastrointestinal function and after trying every diet imaginable, I found the most relief from a plant based, low carb diet that's rich in "healthy" fats. I know our experiences are just anecdotal and not scientific evidence but we deserve to be respected and treated with compassion, not looked down on and belittled (oh, look at that poor idiot experiencing a placebo effect). We are not all identical and what works for one person may harm another. I am not advocating that everyone with my illness eat exactly like I do or that this is the healthiest way to eat for all people. It's what works best for me. For some reason, people on both sides of the aisle mistakenly think they know what's best for everyone and this can be detrimental.
Christina yes, I agree. it's wrong of Swayze to assume that a disease that she does not suffer with is easily managed by a vegan diet. I'm sure lauren has tried it before as most of us with gastro diseases attempt every diet imaginable until they find one that works. I also do best with low carb and find high carb very inflammatory for me.
+Joannabanana1989 Exactly! When you're dealing with something like this you could care less about giving up certain foods. You just want to be functional and not constantly feeling horrible. High carb diets make me feel terrible... increased pain, brain fog from hell, chronic exhaustion, etc. It's not like I was eating unhealthy carbs either. I'm talking about fruits and whole grains. Until someone has walked in our shoes, they just can't understand. That's why it's best not to judge. You never know someone's situation.
Facepalmed so hard when she used the 'plants have feelings' argument. She lost all credibility after that.
+Alex Farrell Worth remembering: eating animal products kill *way* more plants, than just eating plants.
The plants argument is a classic false equivalence. The argument implies "you have to kill something, so it's all the same."
Was there actually any credibility in the first place? xD
She lost credibility with her lack of credentials
They do react to stimuli, regular house plants dol turn towards the light source. Some plants close their leaves when you glichy z m mb m them
This lady just inspired me to make an all natural smoothie!
I'm going to use a tub of REAL butter , FULL FAT milk, some cod fish oil, and half a banana (I don't want to put too much sugar in there because I don't want to get fat). Yummmm 😁👍🏼
Don't forget to add lots of bacon! It's natural and can cure your ulcerative colitis!
+Natasha Paletta I was terrified for a second, before my brain started to work again XD
+Morfeus Same, haha.
+Natasha Paletta Make sure it's fermented cod oil!
We had the same first reaction :D
If plants start screaming in pain, I don't know what I'll do.
+JennyBMoon The thought if really quite horrifying though...
+JennyBMoon I have a bad feeling about this...
+Bissen I know. Can you imagine??? That's a whole different type of nightmare.
+Herr X do you suggest I shave?
***** I suspect you're attempting humor at my expense, but to be honest, I'm not getting the punchline here. Of course, it could be I actually am lacking oxygen as you pointed out.
I found you from part one of this video. It's soo refreshing to see a vegan youtuber be so calm and collective. Im starting to slowly change my vegitairian diet to vegan with in the next few weeks! You give me so much inspiration!
+Adrianna dcafango Good luck :) how long have you been vegetarian?
+Georgia Lucia Its been a year and 4 months! and thank you!
Oh awesome :) I love hearing about people like you who've been doing it for ages! Keep it up x
+Adrianna dcafango Good luck! I'm also changing from vegetarian to vegan. 2 weeks so far, (8years vegetarian) but with lots of slip ups! I have been maintaining a vegan home, but when I go out or buy packaged food, that's when they get me!
great video.
I am annoyed by people who ignore the scientific community when it comes to cholesterol and saturated fat, yet they worry about gluten and soy.
bite size vegan actualy recommends b12 now. that video was a long time ago.
she even put an update in the description.
+Diego Magana Let's not forget people who are GMO phobic and still eat GMO fed meats... lol
I was going to say that as well. I think she started recommending it after the interview with Dr. Greger.
+Nicole Castillo Perhaps she should take the referenced one down then.
+Diego Magana
[great video.]
Probably not if it was as bad as Part 1.
[people who ignore the scientific community]
Actually it's the experts who make nutritional recommendations that have been ignoring the scientific community since Senator McGovern's committee on diet in the 70's.
[when it comes to cholesterol and saturated fat]
Where have you been? That ship has sailed. Even the experts can't ignore the science any more. Here's one on cholesterol. It doesn't matter. What matters is the lipid triad. Research it.
www.theverge.com/2015/2/11/8018253/us-dietary-guidelines-drop-cholesterol-warning
The science is being heard after being silenced for fifty years.
openheart.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000196.full
Never mind, they did again and ignored the science in 2010.
rawfoodsos.com/2011/02/04/the-new-usda-dietary-guideline/
But the tide is turning. Even the MSM is getting into the act.
www.dietdoctor.com/headlines-world-fear-fat-mistake-beginning
Even the Unnatural Vegan is eating more fat! LOL. It seems like the people most in the dark about the science are the high-carb vegans.
Today, on a vegan diet, I got 320% of the RDA for iron without even paying attention to it.
P.S. The guidelines suggest vegans need to get 180% of the normal RDA so technically I only got 177% of the RDA. I will update my target in cronometer to the higher number.
It's so easy to get iron as a vegan!
Whenever I eat a diet that includes animal products, I only get about half my iron needs. I always had low levels of hemoglobin in my blood growing up. Now that I'm vegan I easily get over 100%.
+NoExitLoveNow This... I was iron deficient as a meat eater
+Jenny Welsh S A M E. All my life
+NoExitLoveNow Nice, let me guess, lots of beans and dark leafy greens? :-) Beans ftw!
Swayze after these vids you are officially one of my vegan heroes!!!
+The Vegan Brunette I thought just about the same.
+The Vegan Brunette I like her as well :)
I am impressed that you took so much time to counter-argue the 'but what about plants!' bullshit. My god, I wouldn't have the patience. You rock.
Hey! I just wanted to tell you that while I was already vegan when I found your channel, you totally helped me stay vegan. My biggest problem with the vegan community was never how militant and uncompromising they are, which is mostly fine in my book, but how prevalent ideas of pseudo-science and "natural is always better"-dogmatism are in parts of the community. Seeing you debunk all of the bs that is floating around both from within the community and outside has really helped me. You are totally my vegan rolemodel, so to speak. :) Also, your videos are always really amazing, very well researched and extremely eloquently put.
on the iron deficiency: I was a omnivore when my doctor scolded me im not supposed to cut all meat out of my diet before consulting a doc. fact was I ate meat and all and I still had an iron deficiency like i actively avoided all foods with iron. says to me that it is in fact NOT a question of diet.
when she gave me the iron shots it was like someone turned to color back on IRL. that was awesome.
"I want vegans to go vegan"
- Vegans
I have a friend who is a naturopath and encourages many patients to adopt the GAPS diet by claiming how healthy and healing it is. I've tried many times to convince her otherwise and to instead promote a whole foods plant based diet but she brings up all the arguments you mentioned in your video. Sometimes we just have to let go. Thank you for your hard work and keep it up because I love to be reminded that i'm not alone.
That moment when you realize that this channel is actually amazing
Your message at the end, that's exactly how I feel! I wish people would stop feeling the need to promote and defend animal "products."
Meat eaters complain about vegans pushing their beliefs and being extreme, but wow the intent behind this whole article was to trash veganism and push her beliefs of what is more nutritious and healthy on others .
Exactly. Most of us in western countries have spent decades having animal products pushed on us as "healthy" and "natural", even if we never particularly liked them in the first place.
As a chronically ill and severely disabled person, I find it virtually impossible to meet my nutritional needs. I can't eat gluten, soy, legumes or cruciferous vegetables; only very little nuts and seeds and very small quantities of food overall. And I can't even take supplements because I get the worst nosebleeds and haematomas from them (which no doctor was able to explain). Sometimes I don't know what to do anymore... It's really hard for me to be vegan (I still am, though) :(
Maybe try raw? I know that can be hard to do though.
Try eating shellfish.. They are nutrient rich and not sentient
+Brooke That wouldn't work for me. As I said, I can only eat small quantities of food (because of impaired deglutition and abdominal adhesions). And you have to eat so much on a raw foods diet, even more than on a cooked diet. But thank you for your answer anyway :)
+ashley 5827 Thanks for your answer :) I'm allergic to fish and seafood. That was one of the reasons why I became a vegan in the first place.
Btw, I' heard somewhere that shellfish consumption was even worse for the environment than eating fish. I don't know whether that's true, though!?
+PancakeTutu well if you can't eat legumes or soy then you should probably eat meat to meet your nutritional needs. And shellfish are generally better for the environment actually. Farming oysters and mussels for example is actually even beneficial for the ecosystem.
LOL i love how you debunk every point of that article. you bring up so many great points. it's so tastefully and intelligently done but with the funniest sense of dry humour at times. such a great video once again!
your absolute best videos are the ones like this debunking BS articles. we need more of these!
nothing is debunked here
Could you make a video about the science behind antinutrients (specifically nuts and whether it is advisable to soak them and why)?
Patreonic greetings from Slovenia :)
I wouldn't recommend soaking since some nuts can release toxic gasses when they are soaked and ferment. Usually, there's no need to soak most nuts that are commonly eaten.
Antinutrients are mostly overhyped by the Paleo/WPF crowd. If you eat a variety of foods, they aren't an issue.
Its funny how you keep saying "and you guessed it...." followed by a name. I never guess it
Yeah, I don't even bother with the plants suffer too statement. It is NEVER an honest argument.
I play it up like I care and say thats why im vegan. I love plants and I want less of them to die. vegan kills less plants. *shows evidence* SAVE THE PLANTS!!!!!
+Jackie Laila As I said, It is NEVER an honest argument. When trolling, you also might want to tighten up your prose.
A friend told me today that I NEED cholesterol so I need to eat more fats. He didn't seem to realize that cholesterol is exclusive to animal products, so I didn't even engage. I'm vegan for the animals, not health.
Your body makes enough cholesterol for your whole life. You well never need to eat any source of cholesterol!
***** This is what I wanted to say but he's such a bitch about debates. I've finally learned when to pick my battles :p Took 23 years.
+Brittni Kristine That makes you unbelievably successfull. Some people never learn to choose their battles
+Adrianna dcafango ⬆
Glad to see that you're back to hard hitting, factual reporting. The attempts to stir controversy got me down for a while. But I'm glad to be following your work again.
Hey there, so you are taking cyanocobalamin? I do too, but I am a bit confused as so many people say methylcobalamin is a better choice. Do you have an opinion on that?
When people say "Plants feel pain, too!!!" What the HELL are they trying to say? That they are going to stop eating animals AND plants, and live 100% on water on powdered minerals from caves????
Great info as always.
11'45: what is pyridoxi....?
13'20: dietary cholesterol does not raise... levels when cholesterol is already within risk.
17': you give Lauryn way too much credit. She's not just misinformed but consciously and willfully disseminates misinformation.
Hey Swayze, great video. Could you look into Leanne Vogel of Healthful Pursuit and give some opinions and insight into her story. I found her when I was low carbing and learned that she went from fully vegan (I think even raw) to a low carb high fat diet...and is a holistic nutritionist and is making it her mission to share nutritional keto with the world. I find it odd for a vegan to go keto...I can see it the other way around as I was a LCHF who made the connection. But to go back to contributing to the death and suffering...I don't get it. She has a book called The Keto Beginning as well and has been on tv and in magazines with it. Thanks for all your hard work!
Wow wait. What was that I can eat my autism away?! Do I have to stay away from certain foods now, so I can stay the way I was born??? Not that my brain changes accidentally....
I haven't watched the video yet but I know it'll be great! I know in your last video you said you weren't going to comment on the China Study and Denise Minger's critique, but I really would love if you would.
I was eating meat and had iron defficancy but went vegan and now my iron is higher. I took Iron supplements on both diets but it worked better for me on the vegan diet.
~Attention Swayze~
Hello,
this is Ted, your liaison with Meatluminati Industries.
The Grand Meatlord has personally asked me to express to you
his concerns that this 2 part series of videos has been some of the worst shilling for the Meat Industry
that we have ever witnessed.
There seems to be some confusion on your part as to what it is, exactly, that we are paying you to do.
Can you please make a video of books and other resources (etc documentaries) that you recommend both on the ethical and dietary front? I personally have a long list of books I want to read regarding to veganism and nutrition but I am hesitant because I don't want to waste my time on pseudoscience books and I don't have the time to do the research on what is actually science.
Notice how Happy Healthy Vegan, Vegan Gains, Freelee, Durianrider and the rest of the insane asylum don't give you any credit for calling out non-vegans and promoting veganism with rational arguments and not just emotional ones. You are the best vegan youtuber and I am glad that you are passing on these great messages.
A good counterpoint to the argument at 12:26 (about EPA and DHA only being found in animals) - you can absolutely find EPA in non-animal sources. Wakame seaweed has LARGE amount of EPA, for one.
Argument #8: eating anything or producing any food will harm some lives in some way, therefore it’s pointless to try to limit any suffering and we may as well exploit other living beings as much as possible
Given Lauren's platform, I understand why it upset you that she shared her personal story as "evidence" but I also think it's equally harmful for vegans in similar positions to generalize and assume that everyone can be healthy on a well planned vegan diet.
Lauren had a severe digestive disorder, so it's quite possible (although I can't know for sure) that she couldn't tolerate most supplements and certain processed foods without significant gastrointestinal upset. I'm frustrated by vegans, who pride themselves on being compassionate, judging people with health issues that they usually have no personal experience with. This is not to say that there aren't people with Colitis who can be helped significantly by eating a vegan diet. I'm sure there are and I'm also sure that there are people with Colitis who are made worse by a well planned vegan diet but see much improvement on a plant based paleo diet that includes some animal products. We are all unique. If you or any vegan for that matter could only find relief from a severe, chronic illness by eating a diet similar to Lauren's (I didn't read the original article so I don't know exactly what she eats), you might change your tune. However, perhaps you advocate suicide or prolonged suffering for everyone who can not sustain life/regain health on a well planned (which is only possible if the person can tolerate certain foods) vegan diet.
That being said, I know many people can eat a vegan diet and achieve optimal health or at least maintain their level of functionality and in that case, it's the moral thing to do. I often encourage people to do just that. However, if you wish to truly be compassionate, you should recognize that this is not a viable option for everyone and no it's not always because we don't have the willpower to give up animal products. That's certainly not the case for me and I find that assumption disrespectful.
FYI, I will not be replying to any comments with detailed explanations of the chronic illnesses I have or what foods I can and can not eat. I've done that in previous comments and it usually wasn't productive. In general, I've been quite shocked by the lack of compassion towards humans in the TH-cam vegan community. Of course there are exceptions but sadly not enough. I hope that will change because I would like to see the vegan message reach as many people as possible.
Christina ugh yet another misconstrued comment from you... It takes very little critical thinking to understand that not everyone can be vegan but its OBVIOUSLY a generalized statement because most people don't have diseases that limit what they eat. Health recommendations are usually generalized to the general public??? Do you go to a website about vitamin D and see "recommended daily amount is so and so but it's THIS amount for people with x disease and this amount for this other disease and also this for another disease" NO because that's what you go to the doctor for. like come on... Stop nitpicking about obvious things. She doesn't need to add a disclaimer for like 5% of the population.
"Mice were demolished"
That's a weird way to put it.
I swear you're my vegan hero! I love your videos and your rethoric overall! Keep going!
These people taking about curing their UC with diet are on both sides- Durian saying he cured his chrons with veganisn. This woman being discussed with “natural”. It’s so frustrating as someone with UC to hear. I’m currently mostly symptom free as a vegetarian but that’s not why I am. That’s because it is a disease which fluctuates with periods of remission and flares. Also differed diets work for different people, with different foods/emotional stresses causing flares. When people promote a diet to cure IBD or IBS it is so irresponsible. Thank you for making this video to put people right
I need some help. I started being vegetarian about a month ago (I plan on being mostly vegan or "plant based", but do not want to transition too quickly). I started by removing milk, meat, and then eggs but occasionally have cheese and things with by products in them. my question is what is one of the first resources (books) you recommend for helping transition and nutrition.
Starch Solution is a good basic starting point. Also Proteinaholic I found interesting. Dr Greger has a new book out "How not to die" which would help you. I also recommend getting some blood work done just to see where you need to focus. My husband and I eat the same way and he has issues with some things I don't and vice versa. Happy reading.
Would love to hear your opinion on BONE broth...My Doctor keep telling me I should eat this 3 times a week :/
I just wanted to let you know I am referencing your videos in a video I am putting out this week :) I loved this article you covered so I did a comparison of a Weston Price Breakfast VS Vegan Breakfast and just skimmed through the nutrients so people can come to their own conclusions about deficiencies on a Vegan diet :)
Do you have a list of all the vitamins and stuff that are usually harder for vegans to get and how to get them?
Could have mentioned bivalves for omega 3s DHA and EPA :)
+- Waterbearer95 People get really up in arms about that though.
Kanga Banga Well that's on them lol.
Nissi Goerge Yes! Absolutely tell someone about bivalves as an optimal source of omega 3s DHA and EPA, as well as iron, zinc, selenium, magnesium and B12. It's important to mention about the bivalves being harvested in an ethical manner. I consider myself sentientist, and bivalves are insentient thus there is no moral concern whatsoever about eating them, because they are not individuals.
Emillie Moon
That makes sense:)
This is your best video (previous one was awesome, too). Please more videos like this!
Only partway through, but I wish you'd mentioned that there are vegan meats and cheeses that aren't based on any weird ingredients.
From what I understand of it, artisan vegan cheese making uses much the same process as dairy cheese making. Ingredients can be as simple as water, nuts, and bacterial cultures.
Homemade vegan meats will have more flavouring added, but they can all be "normal" ingredients that people otherwise use like soy sauce/tamari, herbs and spices, salt, etc.
I'd like to point out that although eggs do contain high amounts of cholesterol, that actually has a very minimal effect on your body's cholesterol levels (its saturated fats that have an impact). Just a bit of info I have seen a lot of vegans misrepresent! :-)
Oh, You mentioned it! I'm sorry I doubted you!
my mom is a lot like lauren. she always says you need butter to absorb the nutrients in vegetables. and her reason for eating cholesterol is "we need cholesterol".
She is kind of right. Some fat is helpful with greens to promote absorption of fat soluble vitamins. But it doesn't have to be butter. I eat a handful of seeds with my salad for example and that does the same job without suffering.
"Butter is a saturated fat, but canola oil is a freak of nature". That's ironic considering that butter is a processed food, especially in the modern context when all dairy milk is reduced to fat, whey, and water at some point in the process of making dairy products. Have these people seen dairies? They look almost as complex as nuclear reactors or oil rigs.
Also, both iron and B-12 are found in plant foods in adequate amounts for most people. B-12 is actually known to be present and biovailable in chlorella and duckweed. Duckweed is eaten by poor people in southeast Asian countries like Thailand, and Europeans are expressing interest in its use as a biomass food source because of its nutritional profile (it's high in protein, omega 3 fat, as well as containing B-12).
Zinc is also not that hard to get if your diet has foods like whole grains, nuts, yeast, or seaweed.
I agree that people eating alot of processed foods or living with a limited diet should be taking a multivitamin as the easiest way to avoid deficiency. I just don't think a supplement should be relied on to compensate for a poor diet. That isn't particularly healthy in the long term.
Some people might say, I am sure this young gal is well intentioned and isn't leading people astray on purpose however I doubt she has a medical degree and has never read Dr Weston Prices book cover to cover. She wants to help people however the problem is people are fat,sick,and more stupid these days. We have been misinformed and lied to for profit ( Ansel Keys was wrong about fat)( do your research on the KETO diet). Our ancestors were hunter- gatherers, which means they were omnivores. This means they ate a variety of meats, vegetables, roots, nuts, flower petals, grubs, insects and worms as well. To remove high quality proteins (meat) for long periods of time is less than optimal. Veganism as well fasting was a practiced lifestyle sometimes to cleanse the body of yeasts or parasites or other diseases or because of a lack of resources .Our ancestors did do this, and doing either for long periods of time can be sub optimal. Our bodies need fat and in fact run best on it these includes some saturated fat. Are leaves bad for elephants? Are Dolphins adversely affected by some fats found in the fish they eat?...Not likely.. If you don't want to hurt or eat animals, I understand, just know it will cost you your health. here are more tips for you readers understand the power of Vit. C- ( Dr. Linus Pauling Dr Fredrick Klenner Dr Robert Cathcart).... Discover Iodine- ( Dr Brownstein Dr. Ken Berry Dr Erick Berg) Seek the light and know about EZ water( Dr Gerald Pollack the 4th phase water) and vitamin D3and K2 MK7 also "The hidden messages in water "by Dr. Masaru Emoto ( the Mayo Clinic Renal disease and Vit. D ) Avoid mold exposure like its the plague it can destroy you and your family and all you own . Be aware of the hazards of heavy metals- (amalgam fillings)and root canals-( dentists believe leaving something dead in the body is a good idea ?) and improper tooth extractions(not removing the dental ligament Dr. Hal Huggins)
A cow (or any other animal) is not an "it".
Your videos continue to be a source for great information and support for my transition from a mostly vegetarian to a well-planned vegan diet. Thanks, Swayze!
You might not read this, but I'm gonna write it anyways because it's really important to me.
Since we're talking about people promoting bullshit on the internet (or in general): Most (if not all) people have certain biases/set beliefs around food and weight which they are not even aware of/which they are not questioning. For example, most people believe that your BMI is a good way to determine how healthy you are, that being overweight automatically means being unhealthy, that 2000 kcal is the maximum of what we should eat in a day and that people become obese because they overeat. And almost everybody still believes that we can control our weight (without damaging our body).
I believe that this is all false. And I have studies that back this up, too. My "journey" on this topic started on YourEatopia.com, which is a website about eating disorder recovery but also offers a ton of basic information about weight, being overweight and stuff like that. And what Gwyneth (form YourEatopia) convinced me of is that the average woman actually needs around 2500 kcal a day, your BMI doesn't say anything about your health, being fat does not mean beaning unhealthy and also is not a result of simply overeating and - most importantly - we all have a weight set point, whenever we lower our weight (by restricting and excercising), we damage our body.
I would love it if you could do some research on that (with an open mind). A good starting point (maybe?) would be this: www.youreatopia.com/blog/2013/12/4/basic-weight-and-obesity-facts.html
I respect you and I like you videos. I'm vegan, too, so your videos are really informative. You get angry and frustrated when people spread false information about veganism, I get angry and frustrated when people repeat all the false information about weight and obesity.
So, anyways, this turned into a super long comment. I'm sorry. This probably comes off a little weird and confrontational, I'm also sorry about that. And you probably won't even read it. But maybe somebody else will :-)
Have a nice day anyways!
Interestingly enough, plant-based diets can both treat and cure some autoimmune diseases. I don't think it's uncommon now for rheumatologists to recommend a vegan diet for rheumatoid arthritis, for instance.
Paul Stamets has some really good lectures about the group consciousness of mushrooms, who really knows about plants. The problem is that in the history of mankind many times well established scientific theory's have been completely turned upside down even after many years of peer reviewed approval.( I like to keep an open mind as much as possible) Young people fail to understand this. Its easy for some to say there is little evidence about anything just because it isn't studied doesn't mean it isn't true. Realize and consider who would benefit from the deception. The older you get the more bs you hear. This comes from salesmen,contractors,lawyers,politicians,bankers and large corporations and the list only gets longer the older you get(if you are still paying attention as you get older ).
If plants did feel pain, then your argument for eating them anyway would be dependent upon utilitarianism.
It's fairly irrelevant because plants don't feel pain, but I'm not personally convinced by utilitarian ethics.
Interesting 2 videos, but humans are not omnivors( pigs, dogs, chickens and bears) or herbivours( cows, sheep, goats, rabbits) by species. We are frugivours like primates. This is first seen in the Creation story of the first two humans. We do eat like omnivours and herbivours mostly out of a need to survive. Fruit is the most satisfying food for humans to consume.
as far as i know b12 is from a microb in animlas digestiv system wemake b12 in are intesties but pooh it out. its in meat cause thers lots of ficulmater in it. but im looking it up now to learn more. is are food to clean?
+Noah Cowper ok so i have done b12 reasersh. and. it. is. from to clean.animal like cows should get it from eating grass right from dirt and most from water well. and spring lake. but. evry thing is so
starile now thet even the animals for consumption are being given b12 supliment.
so if you eat all organic no pesticieds and un filtered spring or well water you are geting b12. if your not dink and eat fortifid foods. i dink silk almondmilk that got 50 percent of you daly needs in one cup.
Well done Swayze, I just googled Lauren Geertsen and she's clearly a Paleo supporter. Vegan butter or even veganaise, might be vegan it's still filled with oil and therefor still a health risk, best is to avoid all things that contain free oils. I still consume peanuts, but I stopped using peanut butter, cause they add palm oil.
The feels at the end though. Great video(s) and so eloquently put on all points as usual.
What butter is she eating? Butter is not natural
+Tamara Ester (Fishi) Ever heard of *butter* -nut squash? it grows under the soil.
And it has feeling too
I have now been on an 80-90% Vegan diet for the last 2-3 months. My Cholesterol overall went down. The bad Cholesterol went down and the good Cholesterol went a little bit up. I must say, that a Vegan diet seems to work :-)
Can you do a video in response to the Whole30 movement?
Swayze, you completely misrepresented Dr. Willett's information concerning cholesterol. He does take exception to how the NY Times article derived at their conclusions but not that dietary cholesterol is linked to heart disease or we should cease consumption of dietary cholesterol. If you are going to cite an opinion, please accept his full opinion and that is that dietary cholesterol and fat does very little to contribute to heart disease risk factors. Sorry for the long post but it correctly represents Dr. Willett's statement about the NY Times article and his ascertains.1. Cholesterol has long been considered a “bad” thing to eat. Even the first edition of the guidelines says avoid foods with too much cholesterol, because “eating extra saturated fat and cholesterol will increase blood cholesterol levels in most people.” How did this recommendation come about? The theory that cholesterol is a major factor in heart disease was attractive, but it turns out it was oversimplified. There was no direct evidence to support the link between egg consumption, for example, and heart disease.2. Does that mean cholesterol-laden foods like cheese, red meat and eggs were wrongly vilified, or should people still limit consumption? Should we still care about cholesterol amounts in our food? Some of those foods are definitely important to limit, but not simply because they have cholesterol in them. Poultry, for example, has a moderate amount of cholesterol, and so does fish - in fact all animal products do. Poultry and fish seem to be relatively healthy foods, and fish provides essential omega-3 fatty acids. That’s the problem with just looking at something as simple as one dietary factor like cholesterol; it doesn’t tell us the overall health impact of a food, and so we should be focusing more on the foods.3. Even if dietary cholesterol doesn’t raise blood cholesterol levels, is it possible that other foods - like refined carbohydrates - might raise cholesterol levels? Dietary cholesterol doesn’t raise blood cholesterol levels very much. It’s not that there’s no effect on blood cholesterol levels; there’s a small effect. It can raise both good and bad cholesterol in the blood so that makes it more complicated, and that’s why we need to look at the whole food, not just cholesterol content. The other main factor that increases blood cholesterol levels is saturated fat in the diet, and that actually has more of an impact than cholesterol in the diet. Then there are other aspects of the diet that can reduce cholesterol levels, specifically the bad cholesterol levels - for example unsaturated fat reduces blood cholesterol, and fiber can reduce blood cholesterol levels. Refined starches don’t have a major effect on bad cholesterol but they drop the good cholesterol. There are other aspects of diet that affect blood cholesterol, both the good and the bad parts of it.5. As we see nutrition messages change over time - for example, fat used to be considered bad before we realized the health benefits of certain types of fats - and now the recommendation on cholesterol is changing, what should the general public take away from these kinds of shifts in dietary recommendations? What would you say in response to the recent New York Times article entitled “The Government’s Bad Diet Advice?”The important point is to have the best possible evidence, and we shouldn’t be basing dietary guidance on just guesses or beliefs. In the case of both the egg issue and the total fat issue we were basically starting with virtually no direct evidence. When the evidence did start to come in - and there were different lines of evidence from our studies based on large cohorts and also short term studies investigating metabolic changes - it showed that people who consume more eggs did not have a higher risk of heart disease even after adjusting for any other factors, and that total fat in the diet was not related to heart disease risk or cancer risk. So it took those long term studies to show that those were not important factors, and that allowed us to modify the recommendations. We were really in a state 35 years ago in which we had very little direct evidence and we were basing guidelines on guesses and indirect evidence from very small, short term studies.
Great video! I remember I was once trying to explain to someone how veganism was healthy, (in the TH-cam comments section of a video) and he brought up that bullshit article. Worst. Come Back. Ever.
I have leaky gut and its awful. I do suffer from Lupus, and RA, as well as a gluten allergy. I have hated meat as a child and adult. now vegan, its not any better, and I take extra supplements ( namely vitamin d, magnesium, vitamin c and b12) but I feel like shit every day and my joints swell, along with rashes all over my chest and down my spine.
Aw I really like you. I especially love how you ended the video. As much as I love snarky videos of vegans destroying meat eaters (and I really frickn love them hehe), cute little endings like yours can make a person more receptive to the information rather than get offended, which is super great. 10 out of 10 Kiwedin's would recommend these videos woo.
Egg part:
Who said that we need fiber in every food we eat? Actually, too much fiber is not good.
Protein are not equal, because of different amino acids density and composition. Somethimes "less is more".
There's no real proof that saturated fats are unhealthy. In fact, MCT fatty acids shows to be extremely healthy.
We simply do not absorb most of dietary cholesterol because we can't effectively absorb steroid alcohols with estrified site chain. Dietary cholesterol from food mainly goes out with the rest of waste we leave in toilet.
Butter part:
Butter contains (by mass):
◘ 3% of C4 fatty acid (Butyric acid), short chain fatty acid which is know for it's regenerative properties on colon mainly intestinal villi. In fact, there are clinical tests in advanced level that are aiming for utilization butyric acid in treating chronic colon diseases.
◘ 2% of C6 (MCT faminy -> read about health properties of MCT fatty acids + easily absorbed without liver bile)
◘ 1% of C8 (another MCT)
◘ 2,5% of C10 (still MCT)
◘ 2,5% of C12 (its between MCT and long chain triglycerides -> often seen as MCT, but not quite in reality)
◘ 7,5% of C14 (long chained triglycerides, but still quite easy to digest)
◘ 21,5% of C16 (long chained, quite in the middle of the pack)
◘ 10% of C18 (might be slighlty harder to digest, but not a very problem)
It has about 50% of saturated fatty acids by mass.
About 21% are monounsaturated fatty acids (like in olive oil) and 3% of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Cholesterol content is irrelevant, because as I said - we don't digest dietary cholesterol because of it's chemical structure (only 1% of dietary cholesterol might have impact on our internal cholesterol level).
So, yeah. Butter is the winner in my opinion. Canola isn't bad though. I know canola has EFA but... so does fish, eggs, and even livers. Even chicken meat has some and it's all EPA / DHA types, not inferior ALA.
Immune autoagression part:
It's fact that plant based diet usually don't work well with chronic intestines diseases and low fiber paleo meat based diet often stop symptoms and can help with healing. This is what my doctor recommended my for my SIBO (low-FODMAPs paleo diet) and it works. People with that kind of chronic diseases can't consume many types of fiber like GOS in beans or fructans in many vegetables, FOS etc. You need to be on very low fiber diet. Nearly all fruits are forbidden. Many grains also.
Animals still will eat their plants regardless we kill them for food or not. And some of animals will eat those animals who eat plants. That's how nature works. Suffering is nature law. And I bet, if You happen to be on the way of carnivorous animal - it will kill You if has a chance. Pretty sure, animals are not sentient enough to empathize with my suffering when (if have a chance) they will tear me alive. Should I care about life of beeings that don't care about mine?
"Should I care about life of beeings that don't care about mine?"
I don't know. Should you care about the life of a toddler that would kill you, if given the chance, to get something it wants just because it can't comprehend the impact this has?
(And please don't "this would never happen!" me.... It's a thought experiment.)
Also the argument that I can kill and eat animals, because a carnivorous animal would eat me if it had the chance...
1. A carnivorous animal needs meat to survive. Most humans, who are opportunistic omnivores, don't.
2. Is it okay for me to rape people because animals rape other animals?
No. Why? Because it's incredibly dangerous to direct our moral code by looking at creatures who don't have any understanding of ethics at all.
I just want to say that your channel has quickly become one of my favorite channels (and my very fav vegan channel). Having been mostly exposed to the raw/HCLF community for a very long time, i found myself overwhelmed by the dogma and didn't stay vegan (i did stay vegetarian). You're calm, rational, scientific, non black and white, non dogma/purity based approach really normalizes veganism and makes it seem accessible and doable. I appreciate that you often take the "unpopular" stance on subjects like GMOs, soy, and bivalves, because, you know, science.
You're emphasis on reducing suffering, and thus your acknowledgement of the validity of every step a person takes toward reducing their consumption of animal products is especially important. I find there is often a great lack of positive enforcement in the community, which leads to the "why bother" mentality. This is the type of advocacy that resonates with me and many people i know and the type i carry with me in my transition to veganism. whenever i want to recommend videos to someone, vegans and non vegans alike, i find myself sending them your way.
anyway, thanks for being awesome, the world needs more people like you.
I have been vegan since December 28th, and I did a ton of research before easing into this lifestyle. It actually has been very easy, and I feel fantastic! I switched purely for weightloss (100 pounds overweight), but it now makes perfect sense to me to be vegan. I finally get it. And you were my tipping point. So thank you. Keep up the great videos!
Lol??? Ingredient in butter: butter? So wrong. There's ton of ingredient in butter. To name few, palmitic, oleic, myristic, stearic acids, lactones, methyl ketones, diacetyl, dimethyl sulfide, etc.
I will (probably) never go vegan, I don't agree with you on the inherent immorality of it (I'm not educated on the nutritional, if you get me, that is where it will happen) and I'm not totally sure how I ended up on your channel to begin with. However, I really like your videos. I've been watching for a few weeks as they pop up in my feed (and it's so often. lol I'm not even subscribed, I guess I'll do that) and I just wanted to say that you're making great content.
Wow, the bash at Bite Size Vegan was not necessary. Emily is a lovely person and you aren't 'above' her just because you don't think her advice on one single topic is good.
Yeah I agree with you. That dig at Emily from Bite Size Vegan was uncalled for and not nice. I watch her videos too and I like her.
+Finding Fay She may be a nice person but her "advice" is dangerous and should be called out and corrected.
Great video, had to watch it again to discuss with a heckler who was giving me grief about becoming vegan
Love how someone was motivated to confirm that plants don't have telekinetic powers.
Great series Swayze. She'll probably never respond. I know your views on Gary Yourofsky but you and him share a similar conclusion when dealing with people like Weston Pricer'ers and that is, guilt. Ultimately, the guilt you and Gary present to people, though you both do it in different ways, makes you win the argument. And I did see your video on oil but I challenge you to prove that polyunsaturated oils are healthy as you stated in this video. Dr. Esselstyn's entire other half of advice besides avoid all animal foods is "No Oil!!!." He's adamant about that. To me, it's no surprise that heart disease etc., are so rampant because besides animal foods and yes, saturated fat (dairy fat mostly), we also consume extreme amounts of polyunsaturated fat. Monounsaturated, not so much unless you love olive and avocados and/or their oils. But here is where we consume the most PUFA:
Sources of PUFA:
Mayonaise
Salad dressings (the first ingredient in salad dressing and mayo is pure oil),
Condiments, "dipping" sauces
All snack foods like Cheetos and Doritos and potato chips (but it's not the potatoes that are the problem, its the oil they are cooked in, same thing with "fried" rice, its the oil, not the rice)
Fried food like onion rings and donuts
Baked goods like pastries and cakes have huge amounts of PUFA
Restaurant food
Pizza dough is made with oil
Soups from restaurants are made with lots of oil (and homemade soups too, by people who think oil is good for them)
All of those foods are made with the following oils:
Sunflowers are the source of Sunflower oil.These oils account for a significant fraction of world-wide edible oil production. All are also used as fuel oils.
Corn oil, a common cooking oil with little odor or taste.
Cottonseed oil, used in manufacturing potato chips and other snack foods.
Canola oil (a variety of rapeseed oil), one of the most widely used cooking oils, from a (trademarked) cultivar of rapeseed.
Olive oil, used in cooking, cosmetics, soaps, and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps.
Palm oil, the most widely produced tropical oil. Also used to make biofuel. (I do use some palm oil for natural vitamin E occasionally, and for fun)
Peanut oil (Ground nut oil), a clear oil used for dressing salads and, due to its high smoke point, especially used for frying.
Safflower oil, produced for export for over 50 years, first for use in paint industry, now mostly as a cooking oil.
Sesame oil, cold pressed as light cooking oil, hot pressed for a darker and stronger flavor.
Soybean oil, produced as a byproduct of processing soy meal.
Sunflower oil, a common cooking oil, also used to make biodiesel.
Rice bran oil
And these following supplements are big business in health food stores and even mainstream supermarkets today, pushed everywhere:
Fish Oil
Salmon Oil
Cod Liver Oil
Fermented Cod Liver Oil
Krill Oil
Arctic Krill Oil
Hempseed Oil
Borage Oil
Evening Primrose Oil
Black Currant Seed Oil
Flaxseed Oil
Sea Buckthorn Oil
These are also taken as supplements:
Nut oils:
Hazelnuts from the Common Hazel, used to make Hazelnut oil. Nut oils are generally used in cooking, for their flavor. They are also quite costly, because of the difficulty of extracting the oil.
Almond oil, used as an edible oil, but primarily in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.
Hazelnut oil, mainly used for its flavor. Also used in skin care, because of its slight astringent nature.
Macadamia oil, strongly flavored, a good balance of omega-3 and omega-6.
Pecan oil, valued as a food oil, but requiring fresh pecans for good quality oil.
Pistachio oil, strongly flavored oil, particularly for use in salads.
Walnut oil, used for its flavor, also used by Renaissance painters in oil paints.
Whole-food sources of PUFA are most nuts and seeds, caviar, chicken skin, and cold-water fish. There is a small amount of PUFA in everything, even the most saturated food on Earth, Coconut, has about 2% of it's fat as PUFA.
It's not controversial now days that Omega 6 fatty acids are eaten in excess, and are mostly found in processed foods. The issue is that they aren't nearly as problematic as saturated fats like tallow, lard, or tropical oils. It's a bit of majoring in minors for otherwise healthy people to worry about a little soybean oil in their diet, especially if their diet has a variety of foods.
THE VEGAN BROFESSOR LEARNS SO MUCH FROM THE UNNATURAL VEGAN CORRECTION MASTER SWAYZE!!!
IDK, it seems like vegans are the worst at acting like they know it all. "Holier than thou" and "Self-righteous" to the extreme
I was once vegan. Everyone has a different body hence some diets will work for some but not everyone. People shouldnt be shamed for eating a whole foods diet, just cause it includes meat. And likewise, vegans shouldnt be shamed either, but... like i stated above... its just that vegan are the worst at coming off with that attitude
Hi everyone! I have been vegan for half a year now and lately i have not been feeling very well. I am at university and i have been struggling to focus while stuying, also i have been losing a lot of hair. Of course i went to my doctor and he told me to eat meat again but i am not willing to, any tips?
+Emma Fabe I've heard a few vegans mentioned that they lost a bit of hair and just tried increasing their fats like avocados, almonds etc. and they noticed an improvement. And what exactly do you mean by "not feeling well"? Like headaches or tired or stomach aches?
+Emma Fabe Use a food tracker like cronometer to input all your daily food consumption for a few days to see if you are regularly missing out on any particular vitamins. Or take a multivitamin, it doesn't do any harm and helps you to not worry as much about eating all the right stuff :)
+Emma Fabe Find a doctor that isn't an idiot and get full blood work done before you change anything. Sounds like either iron anemia or b complex deficiencies. You can cover most b vitamins and iron with: beans/lentils, nuts (peanuts/almonds/walnuts), sweet potatoes, potatoes, and leafy greens. Consider iron supplements and a b complex supplement or a multivitamin. Try to find supplements without gelatin, which is made from animal bone by-products. They're super easy to find on amazon.
+Emma Fabe You are malnutrished. You need to eat more calories. Do you supplement B12? Do you eat enough iron? Do you eat a lot of green vegetables? What is and what is not in your typical diet?
I know I'm late on this, but your hair looks just darling.
I wish you had a debunking video regarding every question I've had in my life lollll praise thee swayze, I hope to be as smart and motivated as you at some point. also I wish I knew if you believed in God and stuff I'm just really curious..anyway fan girl out, peace be with you. Keep going, you're winning; In a purely forward thinking, integrity dense, kind, and necessary way. 🌎🌞🎉💕💫
Can you do a taste test of the Gardein Fishless Fillet??? I'm curious, but haven't heard anybody's opinion on them!
my omni sister loves them and she ate all of them before I could have one.
Great video. Especially for being sick 💛
That side ward mouth after she makes a point XD
Straight talking and no nonsense. Love your videos!
guess I would eat reptiles and amphibians,.. but it never comes up
Hahaha... I can sense the cognitive dissonance each time she swears.
0:45 "Nothing natural about pasturalism which is only a few thousand years old". That's the wrong comparison. It's eating animal food which is millions of years since we broke off from other primates.
2:00 This girl needs to do some homework on cholesterol and saturated fats. And I don't mean the useless observational studies. And yes, an egg is way better than a smart burger. Throw both out in the backyard and see which one gets recognized as food by animals in the wild.
For the vegan under the age of 50, here's a little historical perspective on why you think saturated fat is bad.
th-cam.com/video/KzPnnDDCIjo/w-d-xo.html
Rebuttal to #7 was pure ad hominem. And why are vegans so accepting of anecdotal evidence FOR a vegan diet but in total denial of all the sick vegans around them?
5:00 Perhaps some people don't want to subsist? Or don't think a vegan diet (only possible in the last 100 years) is healthy?
8:00 What a terrible straw man argument. LOL.
9:20 Opinion stated as fact backed up by vegan theology and not science.
9:40 Hmmm... Admission that a vegan diet might be sub-optimal?
10:50 I doubt this girl ever ate liver. Would have solved her problem the natural way as people did before supplements.
14:50 LMAO. Walter Willitt was one of the researchers on the study she just bashed. He is one of those "unbiased" scientists who is now changing course in front of the tidal wave.
15:50 There's no overwhelming evidence to limit red meat. Just bureaucrats making recommendations based on conventional wisdom.
16:00 What a great argument supporting Geersten's position on why she is not vegan. And why most people (who don't bother to learn about nutrition) should not be vegan either.
17:15 What's unfortunate is that the U.V. is too wrapped up in her own other aspects of veganism to recognize that Geersten is making strictly a nutritional argument for including animal product in the diet. Geersten has no more desire to torture Bambi than she does.
Yes, a "snarky" video b/c the science is on the other side.
There is nothing Unnatural about the Culture of Pastoralism, the milking of a cow, a butter churn, nor a clean hunt. None of these very natural and functional anthropological developments are either related to animal torture, or artificial factory farming. A diet rich in animal products is sustainable. We are Omnivores, and the Human Race has not propagated under any Vegan (i.e. emotionally dysfunctional based) "diet." The anthropomorphic psychologically based projections that would humanize animals is the true dysfunction and aberration from what it means to be sensitive and reverent to life. This is a very naive young woman whom misses the mark, but seems to have a good heart. The road to hell is paved by such good intentions. Eat what you want!
Why don't you have more followers?? You're awesome!
Are you a virgo? you seem like a very mercury type person... maybe a gemini, or even cappricorn?!!!!
Lauren is obviously just being one of many mouthpieces for Weston Price. It is great that you went point per point to discredit her claims though.
Bah I am a bird/fish/mollusk plant eater so far.. dont reallly eat a lot of eggs or cheese tbh,.... much more chicken and fish..... weird huh?
+spyralspyder started by going vegan for a month but I guess I wasn't ethical enough
+spyralspyder Canola oil is good for deep frying anything.
Holy shit. Go get your degree already if you don't already have one. You are super duper smart.
Why didn't you rescue the cow at 4:36? Poor thing
I think she meant an old cow with extreme suffering and no hopes of getting better. in other words, euthanasia.
Brilliant 2-part video.
You look radiant in this video.
You and Privilegded Vegan are my favourite vegan youtubers, keep up the good work!
Loved it! Great reply once again.
And I didn't knew 'DoNowLink' yet, great purpose :)
Plants don't have feeling? Say that to poison ivy.
Mind blown by ignorance!
I totally agree with Lauren on this one. I have the same disease as she does and veganism is a terrible way to manage it. I've done much better on a paleo diet like she does instead of a vegan diet.
Thank you for having the courage to share your experience. I also have a chronic illness that significantly affects my gastrointestinal function and after trying every diet imaginable, I found the most relief from a plant based, low carb diet that's rich in "healthy" fats. I know our experiences are just anecdotal and not scientific evidence but we deserve to be respected and treated with compassion, not looked down on and belittled (oh, look at that poor idiot experiencing a placebo effect). We are not all identical and what works for one person may harm another.
I am not advocating that everyone with my illness eat exactly like I do or that this is the healthiest way to eat for all people. It's what works best for me. For some reason, people on both sides of the aisle mistakenly think they know what's best for everyone and this can be detrimental.
Christina yes, I agree. it's wrong of Swayze to assume that a disease that she does not suffer with is easily managed by a vegan diet. I'm sure lauren has tried it before as most of us with gastro diseases attempt every diet imaginable until they find one that works. I also do best with low carb and find high carb very inflammatory for me.
+Joannabanana1989 Exactly! When you're dealing with something like this you could care less about giving up certain foods. You just want to be functional and not constantly feeling horrible. High carb diets make me feel terrible... increased pain, brain fog from hell, chronic exhaustion, etc. It's not like I was eating unhealthy carbs either. I'm talking about fruits and whole grains. Until someone has walked in our shoes, they just can't understand. That's why it's best not to judge. You never know someone's situation.