On sage, phytochemicals and dudes who won't eat plants

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2 ай бұрын

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@aragusea 2 ай бұрын

@nicoskefalas 2 ай бұрын

A video on Sage? F**k yeah! Love these kinds of topics!

@loraweems8712 2 ай бұрын

The microscope is truly cool!

@GodBlessCanada 2 ай бұрын

You should have mentioned salvia is a horrible time. You're basically guaranteed to lose contact with reality and experience really horrible visions that can feel like they go on for years. The reason it isn't all that regulated is because 99.99% of sane people would have no interest in it. This should really come up every time the stuff is discussed so someone doesn't go give themselves PTSD.

@chezmoi42 2 ай бұрын

@@GodBlessCanada He made it clear that he wasn't going into the subject, just as I, as an amateur mycologist, do not get into the properties of certain mushrooms with the general public.

@chezmoi42 2 ай бұрын

Adam, please block and report porn bots like KatiLiza; they are out in force, emerging every day like cicadas.

@ambythepubby 2 ай бұрын

Ok but herbs instead of flowers on a wedding table is genuinely smart and nice

@murunbuchstanzangur 2 ай бұрын

You can have flowering herbs and edible flowers if you like,

@alfonso365 2 ай бұрын

A very Italian thing

@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 ай бұрын

Yeah! I wish I had thought of that!

@BLTkitchen 2 ай бұрын

Isn't it! Such a low-waste solution I'm surprised more people don't do this.

@slothguy_ 2 ай бұрын

how about weed

@mrentity2210 2 ай бұрын

I think it was Lindybeige who did a video a while ago on the subject of "Why are only some plants poisonous?" and the answer was basically "Incorrect starting premise. They're all poisonous, we've just evolved to deal with certain varieties of poison so they no longer actively poison us". That's been an idea stuck in my head forever.

@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger 2 ай бұрын

Capsaicin. Plant evolves to deter mammals who would eat it and crush the seeds: we decide we like the pain and eat it anyways.

@lmpeters 2 ай бұрын

@@Your-Least-Favorite-StrangerNot just humans. Back in the early 2000's, I read a story about telecom companies coating long-distance cables with capsaicin to discourage rodents from chewing on them, only for some squirrels to develop a taste for spice and actively seek out spicy cables to chew on.

@yektaagra741 2 ай бұрын

Turnzs out Adam watches lindybeige too!

@user-ci7wn5im5i 2 ай бұрын

Another thing is that scurvy was caused more by sailors heavy diet of ship biscuits, rather than any deficiency of vit C in meat Not that I am a 'manly sigma'. I am actively reducing meat in my diet, though not vegan or even vegetarian, just wanted to say that

@user-bz3kd2mt3u 2 ай бұрын

whooooooaaa

@kidyuki1 2 ай бұрын

There's a very clear correlation between the decline in Chia Pet ownership and the rise in cyberbullying. This cannot be ignored.

@thesquishedelf1301 2 ай бұрын

It’s grass you can pet, of course the decline of it coincides with cyberbullying

@beezelbuzzel 2 ай бұрын

This channel has become oddly nostalgic. It's gone from my primary, "learning how to cook" channel, to my , "remember how you learned cool shit on PBS as a kid?" channel. I'm digging it.

@bv310 2 ай бұрын

Call it his Tom Scott era

@whitneywujkoayala8613 2 ай бұрын

Call it his *Late Middle Ages of the Tom Scott Era. Less computer science, variety of topics, some travel, Pre-roller coaster era haha

@werydan1878 2 ай бұрын

Well said

@Spencebot42 2 ай бұрын

Ethan Chlebowski has become my default for actual cooking content, but I enjoy Adam's random topics.

@taejaskudva2543 2 ай бұрын

Those PBS vids have always been my favorite. I love his old why is turkey called turkey video.

@Hendy5 2 ай бұрын

Post-retirement Adam videos don’t feel like content, they feel like information that is worth listening to. These recent videos have been so authentic

@miabussell0229 2 ай бұрын

That's the dividing line for me! Those last few months definitely felt like "this is Adam's job" but this feels like early Adam and are so charming and engaging and REAL!

@dreaziemobbins 2 ай бұрын

he is not retired he just read a Helix commercial for like 3 minutes. He works for Helix. You're a bot

@allanjmcpherson 2 ай бұрын

@@dreaziemobbins he did a video talking about how he's in semi-retirement. They may have been imprecise in their language, but that doesn't make them a bot. Your reaction, however, makes you an asshole.

@saifeldeenadel3491 2 ай бұрын

He's retired?

@microwaveman1234 2 ай бұрын

yeah i’ve enjoyed them so much

@laurasnow7822 2 ай бұрын

In perfumery we use “thujonic” to describe scents reminiscent of absinthe or wormwood. The more you know.

@aragusea 2 ай бұрын

Whoa!

@semjart 2 ай бұрын

That is so interesting!!

@espalier 2 ай бұрын

Is that a y/i sound? Or j/zh?

@MintyFreshCupcakes 2 ай бұрын

How does one get into Perfumery

@duyanhng8430 2 ай бұрын

@@MintyFreshCupcakesprobably some kind of chem degrees i think

@AdityaMehendale 2 ай бұрын

Funny story: I love fresh basil. I had a plant on my kitchen-windowsill. Kitchen smelled great, especially when you brushed against the basil. Silly me - "what is 10x better than a basil? I thought.. Well - 10 basils! Right? C'mon, am I right? three months later, large planter on the windowsill with 10 basil plants in full glory.. And I tell you, it smelled HORRIBLE. Like in a chemical factory. When a certain threshold is crossed, your nose apparent relabels it from "friend" to "enemy". Now I am back to one plant, sometimes two on the sill.

@pendlera2959 2 ай бұрын

That makes sense. All poisons have a threshold they can cross where they go from friend (or at least benign) to enemy.

@lordyhgm9266 2 ай бұрын

I bet you never had a problem with flies though lol

@AdityaMehendale 2 ай бұрын

@@lordyhgm9266 Basil-lice :( Even more evolved than I.

@fc-js3qj 2 ай бұрын

so true, this happened to me while extracting basil oil in the lab

@ringoffire0 2 ай бұрын

huh, nice to know

@tomhalla426 2 ай бұрын

The crucial thing with toxicity is dose. Very small amounts of sage are just a flavor or benefit to 70 KG persons, but poisonous to 70mg bugs.

@CleopatraKing 2 ай бұрын

In general yes, dose makes the poison but the fact that he didn't mention that, and the fact that some humans have adverse reactions to sage is more it more likely to be a specific tolerance we have built up. Similar to predators of poisonous animals, those of us who could eat those poisons without dying were more likely to live and breed, thus weeding out the genes that make thujones poisonous

@eclipseeffigy 2 ай бұрын

Sort of but also no. To quote another example from the video, a big onion portion for a human is tasty food, a small portion for a dog is dangerous poison.

@nunya___ 2 ай бұрын

Bugs should consider a more varied diet.

@elongated_muskrat_is_my_name 2 ай бұрын

also keeps the 70mg bugs from eating the food in storage

@DeltaEntropy 2 ай бұрын

That’s not entirely true, because you have to scale the portion accordingly based on the relative size of each. Otherwise yes, the amount of sage a human might regularly consume would kill a 70mg bug, because its organs would explode as it’s filled with seemingly endless amounts of sage. While dose is certainly super important, it’s not something that is comparable across species in the way you describe.

@incredimazing 2 ай бұрын

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@azyfloof 2 ай бұрын

I read this in their voices and it was amazing :D

@gabbonoo 2 ай бұрын

Infomercial Adam voice comes easy to the mind.

@therocknrollmillennial535 2 ай бұрын

11:18 Adam: “The nutlet has mucilage.” *DEMONITIZED*

@Nefermose 2 ай бұрын

As someone who is on a meat based, low FODMAP diet in order to deal with chronic digestive conditions, it frustrates me to see such radical thinking associated with nutrition - whether among carnivores, vegans or folks on any other diet. I feel very lucky to be able to eat the kinds of food I'm able to tolerate, and it's been a very difficult journey for me. Diet doesn't need more stress associated with it than it already does. There is no such thing as a universal diet. I wish that more people could understand that.

@cameronschyuder9034 2 ай бұрын

"'There is no such thing as a universal diet." THANK YOU. I'm actually sympathetic to veganism (the philosophy), tho am not currently on a strict plant-based diet myself. It's frustrating for me to see people who care about other animals to dismiss fellow human animals when they say they have a medical issue that prevents them from eating completely plant-based, like saying they haven't tried hard enough or "there has to be a way, it has worked for me." No such thing as a universal diet. People are different and the not understanding people's differences in body constitution, psychology, outlook, etc causes a lot of strife. Would I want more people to try plant-based? Sure. But not at the expense of their own well-being, ofc.

@exotic-gem 29 күн бұрын

The problem is that while meat may be helpful for some acute conditions, it has many really bad consequences long term, like cholesterol and colon cancer. Some types of meat are less likely to do so, but if my diet was centered in meat I would personally be very worried.

@williamshetler4954 2 ай бұрын

Im a city dweller, but manage to find space for some potted herbs. One planter is called Scarborough Fair. Yup. You guessed it, it has parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. Another one is called Olive Garden and has oregano, basil, cilantro, and am trying to grow some garlic. Fresh herbs are expensive and not always so great from the grocery store. From my little garden they couldnt be fresher nor cheaper!

@user-ci7wn5im5i 2 ай бұрын

I'm trying to grow garlic too I live in Malaysia, so my idea is to keep it in my bedroom with the AC so it doesn't overheat

@Sirmooshalot 2 ай бұрын

I've been living by the credo "The more things you can eat, the more powerful you are" for a while now. I'm happy to hear my mock alpha toxicity echoed. To the scavenger go the rest of the spoils.

@vaylonkenadell 2 ай бұрын

The scavengers will inherit the Earth.

@indyfan9845 2 ай бұрын

I knew someone in college who could only eat red meat due to allergies. At the cafeteria, he had to request a beef hamburger patty without cheese or a bun. That's all he could eat at school. He hated it so much. The school's food already sucked. I couldn't imagine having to only eat previously frozen, plain hamburgers for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

@PredictableEnigma 2 ай бұрын

I'd definately be learning to cook my own food if my diet had to be so limited. What a struggle

@taejaskudva2543 2 ай бұрын

Glass half full: in older times, he'd just be dead. But we live in a time where medical technology allows him to live and society, while not great, still accommodates him. I'm in kind of the same boat with allergies and asthma. Kind of sucky. But the only period of history where I can even be alive.

@zenaku666 2 ай бұрын

On the topic of evolution and how "survival of the fittest" is often misinterpreted by people as "survival of the strongest, smartest, biggest etc." I want to share a study I learned about in graduate school. I wish I could remember the authors, but I don't so will have to give a summary. Basically the researchers were studying this microscopic arthropod (I think it was a form of dust mite), there were two variants of the species: a big, well armored tank, and a smaller more slender less well armored one. The researchers planted a group of females of the species in the center of a dish, and the two different kinds at various different locations in the dish. The presence of a female group would ensure the two populations of males would not get along. Unsurprisingly the big strong well armored ones basically wiped out the smaller ones. Then the researchers changed the game: instead of having an open dish they segmented the dish with cut drinking straws. Now the females were behind a series of walls, and suddenly it was no longer a benefit to be so big because they couldn't slip under the walls as easily, and the researchers found the smaller mites were the ones who successfully mated, and survived. The moral, such that there is one, is that evolution doesn't work by what _you_ personally consider to be beneficial. It is always about how an adaptation interacts with the environment the organism finds itself in.

@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger 2 ай бұрын

We had a watered down version of this as a hands on demonstration in one of my high school science classes (back in like 2012). We covered the same topic, adaptation suiting or failing to suit the environment, but we used hand size as a determining factor. There was a hypothetical tree which had a hollow, within which was a deposit of resources - the first tree had a wide hollow which allowed larger handed individuals (myself included) to grab huge fistfuls of resources to bring back to the group. In this situation, being able to climb the tree and retrieve large fistfuls of resources was a beneficial adaptation. From there we traveled to an isolated island which also played host to the trees, but due to environmental factors the hollow was much smaller compared to the mainland equivalents - my hand could barely fit, let alone get resources from the tree. People with more slender hands were able to get their hands in easily enough as well as bring out a reasonable amount of resources per trip up the tree - in this setting, people with large hands were at a clear disadvantage. Obviously there are other factors to consider if this were a real scenario, but the essence is the same: traits which are beneficial to survival or benign in nature generally get passed on to the next generation. We benefit from the ability to eat a bunch of different plants and animals - if you're limited to only one or another plant, sorry but genetically speaking you're somewhere else than the majority of people. We live in a world where thats perfectly fine and we have workarounds to keep you happy and healthy, but that doesnt mean everyone else should follow your example.

@vaylonkenadell 2 ай бұрын

And this, children, is why genetic homogeneity -- whether of human society or of our food crops -- is bad.

@supremelordoftheuniverse5449 Ай бұрын

Nice story. Now look at human evolution and tell me. Did we become more or less intelligent the more we evolved?

@saoirsecameron Ай бұрын

@@supremelordoftheuniverse5449 there isn’t any one genetic or cognitive trait associated with “intelligence but I’ll accept the premise anyways and point out human brain to body mass ratios has be been remarkably stable for the last 60,00 years, and are actually lower than that of Neanderthals. Try again

@ryuhabdle9 Ай бұрын

@@supremelordoftheuniverse5449why don’t you share your opinion on the topic?

@nassercodes4873 2 ай бұрын

Something about this style of video is really cool. It's unmistakably Adam but with an extra dash of comedic timing. I like it! I don't really care about sage but I couldn't turn away! And now I learned something new!

@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 ай бұрын

@KatiLiza shut up bot

@BLTkitchen 2 ай бұрын

It was really hard to look away. 😄 The pacing was great!

@FORDNESS123456789 2 ай бұрын

Ha I just got done writing something similar.

@cosmologism3958 2 ай бұрын

One of the beautiful things about living in a time period when societies exist is that people who would not have survived otherwise are now able to survive, as long as their society is functional and does its job. That will almost certainly have an effect on genetic diversity of our species, preserving traits which may not be adapted to the present, but could be adapted to a future situation.

@nickmarsh4176 2 ай бұрын

Sidebar, holy shit your property is gorgeous. Flanked by woods, gentle slope, sign me up.

@aragusea 2 ай бұрын

East Tennessee is gorgeous and much of it is still very inexpensive don’t tell anyone.

@oxoniumgirl 2 ай бұрын

Yep! I lived in eastern TN during my early 20s, it's a truly gorgeous area. If the discriminatory politics don't target you then it's a lovely place to live, but the beauty of the land isn't worth putting up with the ugliness of most people's hearts there.

@flamingpi2245 2 ай бұрын

Appalachia in general is beautiful. A true hidden gem ravaged by the coal industry

@cool_scatter 2 ай бұрын

@@araguseaYou already own a house there, don’t you mean “tell everyone”? 😂

@nude_cat_ellie7417 Ай бұрын

@@oxoniumgirlwhat kind of discriminatory politics? I was thinking of moving there…

@Trahloc 2 ай бұрын

Your story of your brother's herb flower decorations reminds me of my father's funeral 'flower' arrangement. We had it based around fruits and vegetables because my father hated cut flowers (grew up in ww2, cut flowers = dead family). So, after the service we went home and made soup out of the arrangement. I'm 100% convinced my dad would have loved our idea. None of us talked about this beforehand but once we were talking to the funeral director, we all knew cut flowers was a no go.

@sepiaflux123 2 ай бұрын

Sage advice

@SummitBidTech 2 ай бұрын

Lolz!

@theyrecousins 2 ай бұрын

I'm really enjoying this mode of presentation. I know this isn't actually as off the cuff as it might present - there's lots of camera setups and interstitial bits, obviously it's tightly scripted (or ready to be riffed). But I'm really excited when Adam sets himself to "rip and run" mode. I dig the more walking paced stuff too, I love it all, but this was breathless in a way that I can really gobble up.

@DeanoFountino 2 ай бұрын

The Green brothers call this “The Format”

@eclipseeffigy 2 ай бұрын

Sage tea is quite nice too. A bit of an acquired taste, perhaps; particularly soothing for a slimy throat during a cold.

@nicoskefalas 2 ай бұрын

Yes we have it a lot in Cyprus! Especially when one gets down with a cold or the flu. It’s perfect with some honey! 😃

@tjord 2 ай бұрын

@@nicoskefalasOh this sounds lovely, I definitely gotta make some.

@georgejones5019 2 ай бұрын

Probably a little palatable if the flower is also used to make the tea.

@raraavis7782 2 ай бұрын

Herbal teas can be surprisingly tasty. I never thought I would like it, but then I did, when I tried.

@adamJKpunk 2 ай бұрын

@ 3:30 Haha. While I do miss the twice weekly food science videos and podcasts I am warming up to Adam’s DILLIGAF phase of his career lol.

@nicoskefalas 2 ай бұрын

I am here for all of it 😂

@flamingmonkeyuk 2 ай бұрын

Have a like for DILLIGAF

@chezmoi42 2 ай бұрын

I like the relaxed Adam, having a good time sharing stuff with us. He was getting visibly stressed in his delivery before he stepped back, and I find this far easier to absorb.

@user-vk5ld5uf8l 2 ай бұрын

I don't know, I kinda love herbs on a wedding table!

@FORDNESS123456789 2 ай бұрын

Just as a blanket statement, covering everything since he stopped doing his podcast, I like this version of Adam Ragusea a lot :) There's a delightful swagger to the way he carries himself. His cheeky quips are sharper than ever and I just plain like the flow. Well done and thank you for the awesome content!

@semjart 2 ай бұрын

I second this!! Well put

@Zyo117 23 күн бұрын

"How do you know what you think you know and why do you think you know it?" Man am I glad that I had that quote hammered into me by a fanfiction writing scientist as a late teen/young adult. It definitely makes me respect videos like this that call out misinformation all the more. Props to Adam for using his platform to inform rather than mislead.

@Mattheq 2 ай бұрын

Besides the fact that so many plants are delicious, eating plants that have serious defences against predation is kind of our super power as humans. It's weird to just write that off.

@user-ci7wn5im5i 2 ай бұрын

A hypothesis suggests that the very fact that it is poisonous is why we grew to like it so much. Herbs and spices could stop food from spoiling and eventually we adapted to the poison and started actively seeking it out

@donotlike4anonymus594 2 ай бұрын

Ok let me counter that argument... (while i sgree plants are delicious) on the other hand take koala's for example "Evolved" into freaks of nature... with such and incredible stomach They can breakdown and feed on one of the worst most toxic leafs known to man Now is that impressive by any means? Nope What we end up with are horrible bears with smooth tint brains (Cute... perhaps) but non the less horrible... The amount of energy they require to survice and thr smount they get from the eucalyptus plant leaves very little for the brain/anything but eating shitting and sleeping all day Some super power uh.... Can≠should/ideal

@Mattheq 2 ай бұрын

@@donotlike4anonymus594 Yeah but we don't have that one, we can just 3eat all the poisonous stuff as well as lots of other things

@Baulder13 2 ай бұрын

I always think about capsicum and how pissed off they'd be to find out they developed over how ever many hundreds of thousands of years only to get farmed by us by the bazillions for hot sauce and salsa etc.

@elinor8569 2 ай бұрын

@@Baulder13i think that was a double edge sword but in this case both edges hit the target they became unappealing to every animal except the one hominid who can aid and expand their reproduction massively

@r0cketm00se3 2 ай бұрын

I have to say, as someone who's always enjoyed the anthropology/food science videos more than the recipe videos, your new focus and interests are improving the quality of the content overall. Not to mention it feels like you found the perfect crossover between shooting outside garden shots and the more podcast format from your greenhouse, which is the visual style that pairs well with the information you're sharing. Glad this is the new direction, I definitely watch videos more consistently now than ever before. I'm sure I'm not alone in that.

@Zelmel 2 ай бұрын

"Basil's more like a salad green to me though." THANK YOU! Basil is one of the herbs I'd really like to have as part of a salad, sometimes more than it being a central part as a herb (obviously pesto is amazing and such). Sage is super underrated and we need to use it more in stuff.

@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger 2 ай бұрын

Thai basil is just a straight up snack - its perfect

@pixelspritevickysvarietych2365 2 ай бұрын

Yeahhh!! I eat this regularly with banh xeo

@franken_monkey9609 2 ай бұрын

Saw one particularly fascinating point of view from one of these carnivore people. Somebody suggested he use some seasoning on his meat, like paprika or chili flake to which he responded "those have Fibre and Fibre destroys your gut."

@dtemp132 2 ай бұрын

Imagine thinking that dietary fiber is bad for you...

@patcho7518 2 ай бұрын

@@dtemp132maybe for a small amount of people, right?

@wezzuh2482 2 ай бұрын

Seriously, if I subsisted only on meat and no veggies, I would get constipated beyond repair.

@rallekralle11 2 ай бұрын

meat has fibre lol. very little, but it's there.

@MintyFreshCupcakes 2 ай бұрын

@@rallekralle11Not enough fiber though. Most American adults are fiber deficient

@DarrienGlasser 2 ай бұрын

For fun from Italian - salve: hello! But also very close to salvare - to save (to help) And words you might know: salvatore - savior! And also the name

@wilsan806 2 ай бұрын

In danish sage is called "salvie"

@icewink7100 2 ай бұрын

You are making art about the botanical families. It's an incredible blend of science and aesthetics and love. Its incredible. This video made me cry. i am high tho

@some_shiptoster 2 ай бұрын

Isn't mint something you don't usually plant on the ground outside because is spreads like wildfire in a garden?

@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 ай бұрын

Yes, mint goes crazy!

@clintoncooper3427 2 ай бұрын

On April first I told my wife that I had fertilized the mint in the garden.

@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger 2 ай бұрын

So long as you regularly trim it back, you're good. Having a lot of mint means a lot of mint tea

@some_shiptoster 2 ай бұрын

@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger Ah. Good, good.

@whogavehimafork 2 ай бұрын

I explicitly recommend against planting mint for most gardeners unless they are the type of person who is extremely diligent and regularly maintains the garden. If you often forget about maintenance or are very busy (i am both) I wouldn't plant it at all. And I especially advise against planting it directly in the ground, you want it in a raised bed with a barrier or a planter.

@jameselliott2975 2 ай бұрын

Fun talk, Adam! I really like your videos when you keep it kinda conversational, but informative. I know you put a lot of work and effort in making it appear as such. Thank you bunches!

@-esox-3714 2 ай бұрын

I love to "slightly roast" sage in butter - it breaks the "strong flavor" and makes it taste absolutely delicious.

@letzte_maahsname 2 ай бұрын

It for sure does. For a more shelf stable version it's also possible to very slightly heat it with olive oil and garlic, this way you'll have a nice condiment to make every salad incredible!

@giacomoboffi9394 2 ай бұрын

Italy. Sage roasted in butter is the traditional condiment for "ravioli di magro", i.e., ravioli stuffed with ricotta and spinach.

@JAEVideogroup 2 ай бұрын

This is such a good video. Really loving this era!

@Tamajyn69 2 ай бұрын

I love how absolutely savage adam was in this one 😅

@Ottersauce 2 ай бұрын

Adam. This is a totally unrelated comment to the topic of this video, but i wanted to say your greenhouse and outdoor garden area are so lovely. Im so glad you feature them prominently, and i can see all the wonderful handwork that has produced such beautiful plants. One day it be cool if your could point out a couple of the plants you have but either way... i love seeing your greenhouse and the many new plants (atleast for my eyes). Great video as always.

@cheezewizard 2 ай бұрын

I was tripping about seven minutes into this video because the lighting outside makes your hair look very purple. Love the video, by far the most informative and entertaining video I've watched on sage and phytochemicals today.

@FishareFriendsNotFood972 2 ай бұрын

Love the impromptu 'Liver King protegee' roast

@fc-js3qj 2 ай бұрын

how can liver king still have followers after the steroid fiasco?

@starfthegreat 2 ай бұрын

@@fc-js3qjbecause he's super funny

@danielblank9917 2 ай бұрын

My favorite ragusea era - kinda like the pod, kinda like the videos. Laid back and various topics

@jortand 2 ай бұрын

I really like these cooking / health related learn explainer videos, ofc they are more relaxed in their nature now than about 2 years ago since the channel has become a bit more relaxed, but it works really well, just wanted to say I love these kinds of videos :)

@tinkergnomad 2 ай бұрын

I love all this cooking adjacent stuff. Always have. Also love all the plant stuff. I guess I just love everything you're doing in semi-retirement. Thank you!

@gingermcgingin4106 2 ай бұрын

To touch on the "why do we eat toxic things", one of the hypothesis for the ultimate (in evolutionary terms) reason is because they're toxic. That thing about some phytochemicals being antimicrobial? Turns out that still holds true inside the human body, so they can potentially treat your stomach bug or skin infection or whatever. We can actually observe this in nature: In the tropical grasslands of South America there's an animal call the maned wolf. This canid species is notable among it's kin for a very large part of it's diet consisting of plant, not animal, matter. Not just any plant matter, but almost entirely a fruit know as the wolf apple, so named because it's so bitter the maned wolf is the only thing willingly eats it. The reason the maned wolf goes out of its way to eat such a revolting thing is that the "apple" (not a real apple) has powerful antiparasitic properties, & the maned wolf happens to have a problem with parasitic worms.

@chezmoi42 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating, thank you.

@ScottKorin 2 ай бұрын

I do have a chiapet, Adam. It's shaped like John Green.

@thehousecat93 2 ай бұрын

Is it meant as a riff on his post-chemo curly hair? That would be pretty on brand for the Green’s media empire.

@drewharrison6433 2 ай бұрын

@@thehousecat93John didn't have cancer. That was Hank. As a side note, I always wanted the Chia Garcia (Jerry Garcia) and the Bob Ross version.

@cameronschyuder9034 2 ай бұрын

@@drewharrison6433 Nonono, John and Hank are clearly the same person!

@DuyNguyen-ks8dc 23 күн бұрын

mr Ragusea has this amazing ability to talk anywhere at any place and it's still so smooth and seamless like you are doing a sit-down podcast...

@hershmysson Ай бұрын

ridiculing people is generally really bad, but some people especially some groups are really asking for it, good job adam. I love to see it

@nicoskefalas 2 ай бұрын

Love sage! Especially in stuffing balls served with Sunday roast and beef gravy 🤤

@johnpienta4200 2 ай бұрын

There's so many threads here. Love the education, as always. The story behind warding off spirits is interesting. Did people who keep a lot of it around their house ward off fleas, ticks, mosquitoes that carried "bad humors"? We can only speculate. There's no doubt these plants can be both nutritious and delicious and the initial framing of the argument for just eating meat resonates quite a bit with me as one of those people who starts dying at (accelerated) speeds when eating various plants. In order of descending death acceleration... Sesame > Peanut > Tree Nut > Gluten > Nightshades > Oats... Eventually I gave up on essentially any plants although I'll have a GF Cupcake at my kids birthday etc. But yeah, the notion that some people tolerate plants much better than others is a great way to frame this, and hilariously, does represent a backslide in adaptations in the evolutionary sense. I too hate the militant one sized fits all arguments, but people who are really sick, or have auto immune issues do deserve to be offered a plant free diet, and see if it works out for them. Also, if you're really all meat you don't get scurvy, whether that's because you're scavenging vitamin C more due to ketosis, or not competing with sugars for its uptake in the GI tract, is all speculation. Love your videos and especially the freedom here you have in making you-do-you content. Validates my desire to have followed you in the first place. You're a curious person, and a delightful video essayist.

@whogavehimafork 2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately the one size fits all attitude with the carnivore bros is a really good grift that resonates with insecure young men. These kinds of dudes can make a lot of money from online content

@DeRien8 24 күн бұрын

He just looks so comfy on that bed! The little scoots and shuffles, like trying not to go full on rolling and playing on the mattress

@Barakon 2 ай бұрын

0:27 I had fresh sage when I was young, it makes for a nice bitter tea. It tastes bitter like rosemary, but with a slightly cool feeling sensation that I’m having a hard time describing. But hey, at least I can put it in some words, unlike with shiba or as you’d call it “mugwort”. Now that is a special kind of brewable herbage. An impeccable plant, a cousin of the main ingredient in absinthe, & 1 of my favorite herbs for tea of all time.

@Boborbot 2 ай бұрын

Im loving this new phase of Ragusea

@mavriksc 2 ай бұрын

Not growing yet but I did buy the one from pizzamas... it's called chizza john

@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 ай бұрын

Ah, another fan of the Green brothers!

@kianadavisrodell3300 2 ай бұрын

DFTBA :)

@beejusfingus 2 ай бұрын

The funny thing about Adam is i like his voice and manner of teaching so much i think id be interested in watching him go on about literally anything

@semjart 2 ай бұрын

That Hmmmm at the end was absolutely perfect

@petervanderwaart1138 2 ай бұрын

Ragusea: more science facts than any other cooking show.

@bensrandomshows1482 2 ай бұрын

The hallucinogen salvia divinorum is also in the sage family

@nunya___ 2 ай бұрын

I saw the fabric of the universe.

@chezmoi42 2 ай бұрын

That's what he's referring to.

@elsquisheeone 2 ай бұрын

this video covered so many topics while still centrally being about sage while ALSO being super interesting and funny the entire time

@fabricdragon 2 ай бұрын

potted herbs on a table for centerpieces sounds lovely! i grow a ton of herbs, although honestly more fr the pollinators and bumblebees and stuff than for me... and yes, they all have lovely flowers

@ohpotatoesandmolasses 2 ай бұрын

Can we get an Adam Ragusea x Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't crossover

@chezmoi42 2 ай бұрын

I don't know, he'd rip that lawn right out of there.

@gohabs9 2 ай бұрын

whuddyadoing there nice?

@revylokesh1783 2 ай бұрын

Sage is used in Saltimbocca, so there's that. Yay sage!!!

@gfhrtshergheghegewgewgew1730 2 ай бұрын

the amount of videography put into this one is great

@NotFlappy12 2 ай бұрын

Every time I see a shot of a person walking towards the camera, that is clearly not held by a person, I imagine them setting up the camera and awkwardly walking away from it

@GohTakeshita 2 ай бұрын

Adam rocking the Italofro...

@Hamza-B3 2 ай бұрын

Sage in cooking sounds weird, yet here I am sipping Sage Tea😂

@MagicTurtle643 2 ай бұрын

The dried stuff is really tasty. Like he said, with black pepper it makes things taste like breakfast sausage or at least has the same savory flavor profile.

@raraavis7782 2 ай бұрын

Try lightly frying some fresh sage leafs in butter. Serve over pasta or fish/chicken or such. It tastes soooo good and takes only a couple of minutes to prepare.

@TasteOfButterflies 2 ай бұрын

Try a little sage in split pea soup.

@chezmoi42 2 ай бұрын

@@raraavis7782 Yes! I just made a similar comment. It's soooo good.

@RealJonzuk 2 ай бұрын

I love to see your enthusiasm about sage i had the asme when i started using salvia from mexico

@flapjackfae 2 ай бұрын

I make a fabulous cocktail with brandy, grapefruit juice, honey, club soda, and fresh sage.

@mcuthbe 2 ай бұрын

Does Adam buy a new mattress each time he does a helix sleep ad? What does one person do with so many mattresses

@jimburton5592 2 ай бұрын

Have you seen him lately? I don't think he'd have ANY trouble putting each and every one of those mattresses to good use.

@intan4722 2 ай бұрын

He uses the same unboxing footage for all of them, though a few videos ago he got a new mattress to update that footage

@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger 2 ай бұрын

Why waste money on a licensed padded room full of strangers you probably wont even like, when you can build your own padded room complete with a garden full of nice smelling herbs?

@MrHideyHole 2 ай бұрын

The evolution critical hit. Love it.

@christophmorley7510 2 ай бұрын

This sure is a fascinating topic. As a pharmacist I love the perspective from which you illuminate these secondary plant compounds. There is a multitude of different compounds and many appear to have some sort of influence on us to which we adapt, if this influence remains as a selective pressure in the diet for generations. Others like the polyphenols and the flavonoids as examples for products of polyketide and shikimate pathways have already been the subject in previous videos of yours I enjoyed a lot. I am looking forward for more exciting content in the future! In the meantime I'll take delight in my symbiotic relationship with the lamiaceae by making a fresh pesto!

@AlInGaP_Diode 2 ай бұрын

feels a lil wrong to have a cliffhanger before an ad only for the answer to be 'idk'

@Freppey 2 ай бұрын

The dudes that eat exclusively red meat and talk about it on the internet shall henceforth be known as the Nutlets.

@FLPhotoCatcher 2 ай бұрын

What about the dudes who complain about dudes who eat exclusively red meat and talk about it on the internet, and talk about it on the internet?

@Nijht 2 ай бұрын

@@FLPhotoCatcher Obviously, they'll be called the Sages.

@raraavis7782 2 ай бұрын

@@Nijht Good comeback 😅

@semjart 2 ай бұрын

Im all for this

@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger 2 ай бұрын

The motion passes. "Nutlets" has entered standard vernacular.

@EdmundoMcBrundo 2 ай бұрын

Already know it's going to be a good day when you get on KZfaq and you see Adam posted 10 seconds ago

@nicoskefalas 2 ай бұрын

That’s my thoughts exactly 👏

@JohnSmith-us9fv 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for speaking out on this topic! 👍

@JanM457 2 ай бұрын

A friend gifted me a box of sage tea he made from his garden and I have been in love with it ever since!

@IWouldLikeToRemainAnonymous 2 ай бұрын

I freaking love Adam's videos! Such a well-spoken and well-adjusted role-model man. I aspire to be more like him by the year, while still being authentically me, of course! hahaha

@amicaniiya1576 2 ай бұрын

I've seriously seen a guy make the argument that men should only eat meat and women should only eat plants because back in prehistory men hunted and thus only ate meat, and women gathered so they only ate plants (saying that modern women had periods because they were eating meat unlike "their ancestors")... like, a) does this guy think hunters and gatherers just ate that stuff on the spot where they got it? they brought it back and shared it with the entire group, and b) does he know how sexual reproduction works? because it sounds like he thinks we use fucking mitosis or something

@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger 2 ай бұрын

"Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis."

@gabrielpeery 2 ай бұрын

Hey man, I just wanted to express to you that you've changed a lot of how I think. This is a weird video to put this on, but you've shifted the way I approach food, in particular the way I approach cooking for my family. Suffice it to say, I have been cooking more simple, delicious food because I am more worried about the family being happy and satisfied than I am about preparing an immaculate meal. Thank you for helping me realize that food is food, and "foodtube" necessarily makes food sound more complicated.

@boxCatalogue 2 ай бұрын

Some lovely clover in your lawn, Adam. Looks great.

@limsalalafells 2 ай бұрын

Tried deepfrying for the first time recently. Made some cornflake breaded onion rings. Dog decided 2 onions woth were for her.... Dog hospital trip was needed.

@ZeroPlayerGame 2 ай бұрын

damn humans hiding poisonous sulfur in their delicious corn treats!

@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger 2 ай бұрын

I hope she was ok. Dogs are big dumb babies - mine has pulled the root end of my prepped onion out of the trash and will growl at us when we go to take it away. She has also stolen a bag of grapes off the counter and chose to swallow them whole rather than chew them - doggy doctor visit to have her throw them up. Luckily her digestion is slow, we basically had a pile of perfectly intact grapes at the end (minus the stomach slime of course).

@limsalalafells 2 ай бұрын

@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger they really are big dumb toddlers. Smart but no understanding of the consequences.

@chezmoi42 2 ай бұрын

@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger I used to pick grapes for one of the local winemakers, and his dog trotted up and down the vines with us, nabbing a grape here and there. I never saw any ill result; perhaps it was more fully evolved than other dogs?

@ZeroPlayerGame 2 ай бұрын

@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger Jeez, you make it sound like she has a deathwish or something!

@HoNow222 2 ай бұрын

I am one of those people that get really tremendous flare ups of inflammation from certain plants :c

@matthewwright57 2 ай бұрын

I am one of the poor unfortunate souls with crazy autoimmune issues. Runs in my family. I was diagnosed with Chrones, IBS, Arthritis, celiac, even MS. Im 36 and not dead so likely not that. I have managed to almost eliminate symptoms with a diet of meat, cheese, eggs, spinach, and salt. God I miss pizza.

@mateussilva9477 2 ай бұрын

Retired ragusea vídeos are my favorite, really like this vibe.

@Poetofthefallen 2 ай бұрын

Weed people: I recognize some of your big words, Magic Man.

@firenter 2 ай бұрын

Huh, now it makes sense why I don't like basil, it's because I don't like mint!

@vsznry 2 ай бұрын

Cannabis: Makes trichomes to disorient & even trap pests . Humans: Fuck yes.

@jaguar36 2 ай бұрын

I’m amazed how much bigger your tomatoes are than mine up here in NJ.

@Eclyptical 2 ай бұрын

9:50 can't believe me, a vegan, is nitpicking this but technically you could get enough vitamin C from eating raw animal organs (beef liver, for instance) to prevent scurvy without supplements.

@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger 2 ай бұрын

Its good you're able to acknowledge information even when it conflicts with your personal beliefs - dogma is the enemy of healthy communication, so that's a really positive thing c:

@MagnumCarta Ай бұрын

This is true. The main reason sailors faced scurvy was because the bulk of their diet was tack (which is a hard biscuit that you'd soak in a soup to make it actually chewable). They were basically eating nothing but pure starch and some little bit of protein. Vitamin C is available in a myriad of places and by itself is kind of mid. Even its immune-boosting properties only are noticeable with zinc. Vitamin C can't even be the main hero in its own nutritional comic book origin story. Its best feature would probably be as a sidekick to non-heme iron (i.e. iron sourced from plants instead of animals) since it helps bind around the iron and protect it from stomach acid's high pH). Get good, ascorbic acid.

@oliver6287 2 ай бұрын

You should try salvia divinorum also in the lamiaceae family

@SoulAir 2 ай бұрын

It is great in a bowl 😊

@AelwynMr 2 ай бұрын

It in the same genus as sage, which is Salvia officinalis. Close relatives.

@ZeroPlayerGame 2 ай бұрын

he mentioned it in the video m'dude

@AelwynMr 2 ай бұрын

@@ZeroPlayerGame yep, but it was still running when I posted my comment 😅

@ZeroPlayerGame 2 ай бұрын

@@AelwynMr i understand, drug advice is urgent matter

@BLTkitchen 2 ай бұрын

Great video! I learned a lot about plant structure 🌿

@erikjakubec3292 2 ай бұрын

boi oh boi I’ve been watching your channel for years on end and this episode made me so damn happy. I’m a natural products chemist so I deal with photochemistry all the time and this was such a great breakdown and episode on the field I work in

@justinw4514 2 ай бұрын

I'm gonna go in the other direction and say that I'm not really a fan of new Adam. I liked the fishtank stuff a lot actually but these recent videos are not hitting. I'm not really interested in someone who will snarkily rephrase opinions that I already believe. It's like for two minutes a video he turns into the food version of moistcritikal. Generic white man shares the most uncontroversial opinion on the planet but he says it as if he's very brave for doing so. I hope we can go back to being focused on food and education, but if this keeps up for a couple more months I'll probably unsubscribe which will be a sad moment for me.

@Ace_of_Empires 2 ай бұрын

Some guys think they’re so tough from eating meat. They literally just buy it at the store like you can with vegetables. Even hunting with a gun or bow isn’t really tough. Also, being particularly tough isn’t some universal apex

@Wojtek.Gasperowicz 2 ай бұрын

they're not tough - they are afraid of broccoli, my man!

@Mote. Ай бұрын

I've been growing a sage plant in my garden since i saw this video when it came out. Its pretty big now. Ive never smelled fresh sage before.

@williamjenman6902 2 ай бұрын

try your sage leaves fried in olive oil until crisp - a few seconds in hot oil is enough. Very tasty and pretty garnish.

@loupax 2 ай бұрын

Post retirement Adam really vents his frustrations in a way I absolutely love

@theshermanator5156 2 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t say that humans “thrived” on plant-based diets, at least not with regards to their individual health. Archaeological evidence suggests Neolithic humans faced a lot of health issues in their transitions to a plant-based diet, most notably stunted height and severely rotted teeth from all the starch. But they were able to survive and reproduce more and that’s what gets selected for, so.