Same. I was starting to think this day would never come, but good ole Alan delivered!

You are a slave

Funny, I'm from the same camp. Vegan for years, train regularly and have followed Allan for years. This was a sensible portrayal of what a vegan eats I think. Not silly fake meat after fake meat after fake. Yes I do dabble in the fake meats from time to time, but not day in day out. In summary, great video Alan.

Same bro, 47 yr old vegan. Enjoy the videos. I’m 6’ 210 and powerlifting. I eat tofu and beans if I need protein… btw this protein thing is nonsense.. just eat what you need, your body tells you

@@Lettersandstuff EXACTLY!

actually a carnivore or keto diet will always be healthy if you are a human unless you are type 1 diabetic. it will help type 1 but you probably will still need insulin. that is the only exception.

​@@burritodog3634 That's very dumb

@@ApexRevolution its just over your head

@Burrito Dog Lol alright. I don't think there's any sense arguing with someone about nutrition who is clueless about it.

​@@ApexRevolution kid, you havent even said anything for me to argue against. is the lack of animal fat in your diet ruining your cognition or something? again, this is over your head if all you can come up with is "ur dum hehe"

Sounds gross. I'm going to go eat some pork bacon in honor of you!

@@jd9119 cringe

⁠@@jd9119I’m going to go eat some tofu and do some animal rights activism in honor of you

Pea soup is absolutely bussin fr fr on god

@@MedievalSolutions what in the zoomer shit

Oh yeah, I personally eat it as a split pea (if you're talking about the green peas) hummus, with garlic, olive oil, a lil bit of chilipepper, and most importantly thaï green curry (coriander, fenugreek, turmeric ...), and that's a nuclear bomb

also, lentil soup is staight fire

just because its on the label doesnt mean it is bioavailable. most plant nutrients arent. and calories are mostly bunk.

You are a slave

would you share some meals that you eat?

@@aaravshah9543 some of my go to meals are protein oatmeal - I do 300g frozen fruit (cherries, berries, mango, etc, whatever you like) and I heat that up with about 60-80g of instant oatmeal, and a scoop and a half of unflavored protein powder For lunches I do a lot of tofu - cubed and sautéed with onion and garlic, salt, pepper, paprika and turmeric in a non stick pan with a tbsp or so of oil and about 12-15 cherry tomatoes and a can of chickpeas. I just cook the tofu until it's starting to brown and then put the tomatoes and chickpeas in it. I also like red beans and rice, with onion, bell pepper and celery and a lot of creole seasoning. Protein pasta with marinara or a simple olive oil, garlic and basil instead of sauce. Tofu fried rice is amazing as well Baked potatoes and sweet potatoes are great in the air fryer as a side with any protein (lentils and potatoes are one of my favorite combinations)

@@AwkwardCheesecake those sound delicious

do you even lift with not even 3k calories? and youre a dude? sheesh man why do people do this to themselves

Vegan food slaps when its done well, Alan did a great job showing what it can be

I cook vegetarian or vegan most of the time, though I'm not strict about the latter, and I never touch any of the meat subs because when you look at the back they are almost always loaded with all kinds of chemicals like artifical sweeteners, thickeners, etc. But there is a plethora, not any less than for non-vegetarian, of vegetarian and vegan recipes that are just baller! Right now I'm kind of hooked on lentils and so I make a lentil bolognese which tastes amazing like once a week. Oh and homemade pizza is great: make the dough, slap some sauce, cheese and vegetables (I usually go for zucchini, bell peppers, mushrooms, onions and tomatoes) on top and you have a pizza that tastes better than any restaurant pizza and can be made without any extra fat than the fat in the ingredients itself. Just amazing.

@@kataklasm5621 I never touch actual meat/dairy because the contents of a slap of flesh aren't exactly very great either, natural or not. Most of the peristent organic pollutants (POPs) that people eat comes from fish/dairy for example. Animals are also injected full of hormones in order to help their growth. People worry so much about what exists in these replacements but they don't do a lot of research into the foods that are already part of their diet. I'm not saying that meat replacements are the healthiest thing you can eat, but what I am saying is that people overstate its problems and take for granted the issues with animal products.

@@dangernoodle2868 you did read the part where I said I mostly eat vegetarian/vegan, right? Maybe that's because I don't want to eat meats for example for their health effects?

@@kataklasm5621 hey, more power to you then. It's still a common issue though, meat alternatives simply aren't as bad as people think you just shouldnt necessarily stack your diet with them. But you know that there are a lot of people who say "oh yeah bro, I eat a mostly plant based diet" and what they mean is that they have 1 meal that's plant based p week? When you say "I'm mostly veggie" what I hear is this, I cant take that sentence seriously because too many people abuse it.

I’m sorry.

im glad you enjoy stuffing yourself with nutrient void plant material. i can eat a meal of some real superfoods like beef/bacon/eggs and have boundless energy for my day.

@@burritodog3634 plants tend to be some of the most nutrient rich foods, where do you think the animals get it from? Bacon is only "nutrient rich" if you want to max out on calories and protein and ignore everything else when most people are obese and aren't athletic at all. Also, think about your reaction, why are you so defensive?

@@dangernoodle2868 different animals get nutrients in their own unique way. worms get it from dirt, ruminants get it from grass, and humans get their nutrition primarily from meat, at least that's what we've been doing up until recently. basing your diet on what most other animals eat makes no sense. bacon isnt making anyone obese. meat leading to obesity hasnt been proven, but there is a correlation. this is because if you are eating meat in the US you are likely also eating it with french fries, soda, lots of carbs, and other junk. sorry youre upset about my comment? idk what to say to that last sentence.

@@burritodog3634 excess calories lead to obesity, it's CICO. I'm not saying that a proper diet can't work bacon in, what I'm saying is that most people aren't being intentional and so calorie rich foods exactly like bacon and other meats contribute to their poor health. No food is universally good and no food is universally bad as far as health is concerned. But people like you have this tunnel vision as if protein was the only nutrient that matters and as if most people aren't suffering from a massive excess of calories. Would eating a salad hurt people so much? If you know anything about nutrition, you'd know like Thrall does that it's perfectly fine to eat plant based, he did a whole day of eating reaching his goals. And yet you barge in saying things like "im glad you enjoy stuffing yourself with nutrient void plant material". What do you think youre contributing to the conversation? Do you think that "meat good, plants bad" is a smart comment? What was the impulse that made you say that?

A lot of asian recipes even contain tofu and meat together. I never thought of it as a meat substitute but I didn't try it until I went vegan - now I eat it almost every day!

I think the assumption more comes from that the meat substitutes which you can find in grocery stores usually are either tofu or seitan based. So when most people in the west think about tofu they probably dont imagine the traditional "bean cheese" but instead ground beef substitute which tastes like meat sauce without the meat.

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@@ValnirAesirsson I’m from England, and the only tofu we have here as far as I’m aware is whole blocks! Maybe the US is different so that makes sense.

@@marstokrom1872 seems like a tofu = soy assumption more than anything. TVP is used in a lot of stuff (not just vegan stuff either) and it's often soy based, as it is a byproduct of soybean oil production if I recall correctly, and is super gross. I'm not a huge fan of soy-based meat substitutes, but tofu is a top tier food

It seems like fatherhood has come very naturally to him.

just because you havent died doesnt mean you are suffering. there are people who drink soda every day and live long lives, although not full lives

I thought the same thing

I was seriously expecting Benji to say "Train Untamed!"

​@@jasonscheffler9813 it's coming eventually, for sure.

actually it is hard to stuff myself with plant material 3 times a day and still be hungry in between because most of the nutrients arent bioavailable for humans. im not convinced you vegans actually train that hard.

@@burritodog3634 Right, the old "I don't understand it so I'll jump to unwarranted conclusions" defense. Go with that if it works for you.

@@kuriosites not unwarrented, its personal anecdote fortified by real studies. the fact that you say "bad stuff" in real milk tells me you cant even identify any problem with it and just assume its bad. i guarentee i understand more about human nutrition that you, granted that you think humans are supposed to only eat plants

@@burritodog3634 I am not going to go into a book length explanation of nutrition in a comment section, but your original assertion was that vegans probably aren't capable of training hard. I know there is no evidence for that. I don't know how you would even test it. If it makes you feel better to believe it, go ahead.

@@kuriosites nah what makes me feel better is knowing I'm absorbing practically 100% of the nutrients in the superfood known as meat that I eat. Unless you're a herbivorous animal, which humans arent, this isn't the case with plants. You don't have to go into book-length anything, I can quickly defend any anti meat argument here

There's a reason it's called Satan.

@@matthewgonano636 I am replying to your previous comment of plants not having any absorbable protein. If that were true, all vegans would not get ANY protein in their diet and would die after a couple of months. So I disagree with your statement.

@@joshchaides So would elephants, rhinos, cows, and many of our primate cousins, which are about 98% vegan plus some insects.

@@kuriosites exactly

@@joshchaides no it's literally because their bodies are eating themselves. So when you quit eating meat fat and bone(which your body is made out of). Your body will literally start eating yourself

he just kept spiraling down the Gen Z lingo iceberg loll

@@jettaletta loved the video, but that was terrifying haha

I laughed out loud at "can't wait to eat it... and ass"

@@o-neil He said deadass lol

there is no intelligent or valid reason to go vegan lol.

Yeah, as much as rice, oat and almond milk are tasty, nutrition wise they're mostly carbs while soy milk is most balanced and most similar to typical cow's milk.

No doubt, if he added soy milk to breakfast and tempeh and some nooch to dinner, easy 30+ grams to his daily intake to take him to the upper eschelon of his daily recommendation of 105-155g. He did a great job though!

You literally don't get any protein all day because plants are indigestible. Also if you think you lost weight. It's literally your body eating itself alive

he's been losing fat for several years

reminder that most of that protein isnt bioavailable

@@burritodog3634 Blatantly wrong. Soy protein is only slightly less bioavailable than animal sources. The PDCAA score of soy is actually higher than beef. Source (because unlike you, I'm not just talking out of my a.ss): Protein - Which is Best? by Jay R. Hoffman and Michael J. Falvo

@@burritodog3634 absolutely wrong

Plants feel pain too

Tofu's not normally fermented. Maybe you're thinking tempeh? Fermented tofu is a thing but that's normally used to add flavor in smaller amounts.

Oh your strong? How much you squat?

@@char_lizard8440 maybe not by most people standards but my goal after a year of training was to squat double my own weight and I did it a few weeks ago! Now to keep moving upwards hehe

meat and eggs are whole foods are well. cheese is about as whole as tofu

I swear I got brain cancer listening to that

English is not my first language and I definitely noticed a difference a little late into his whole bit, made me laugh.

You are finally waking up

I can also recommend (peeled) hemp seeds if you havent tried them yet. Taste nice and nutty and hemp protein is a pretty high quality protein

If you use falx, don't buy ready ground variety. The fats peroxidize increasing linamarin which turns into cyanide in your body. This can be harmful especially if you have thyroid issues. Just buy and eat it whole or if you want to go through the trouble grind it yourself before consumption.

veganism wont save the planet btw. youve been lied to.

eating actual meat is a good way to bump the protein

You are a slave

🤘killin it

Except he clearly doesn't understand that he isn't getting those macro's post digestion. The bioavailability of the foods he ate, in the aggregate, don't exceed 60%. That means he only actually was able to absorb 60% of the nutrition he took in that day. The fiber content of the food he ate strips out and inhibits nutrient absorption as well so there's loss from that. Just right off the top he can cut 50g from his total protein intake. It's no wonder that as you progress longer and longer on a vegan diet that you have to eat more and more just to maintain what muscle you have and that as you get beyond the 6 year mark (where most people abandon veganism) that your body begins to waste away from the starvation you are putting it through.

@@charleshill1906 exactly

I would argue your body can't even absorb any plant protein. In fact it's completely toxic for humans

@@charleshill1906 LOLLLLLLLLLLLLL

@@charleshill1906 Most people abandon veganism due to social pressures, not health. If fiber inhibits nutrient uptakes it doesn't seem to show up in any health outcomes, so that is seemingly irrelevant if it does or not, unless you are already low in said nutrients.

I was thinking the same. Holy carbs, Batman. I guess not bad if you are lifting daily, but for normies, probably not the way to go.

No benefit over 1,6 g of protein per kilo

This is someone trying this for the first time, it's not hard to raise protein, lower calories/carbs, and get more balanced macros overall on a vegan diet with a more informed attempt

Good little slave

i really hope you dont feed that dog vegan

Generally less expensive too! Vegan for the animals is number 1 🐓🐄🐁🌱

Supplements aren’t replacement for food Inadequate diet cope

@@Assassin99584 Cringe

@@Matt-pb5pt You realize 77% of the crops grown are fed to animals that people eat right? the animal flesh/secretions only provide 18% of the calories. Source: Our World in Data. You're actually making a case FOR veganism with this braindead comment. If you are worried about the animals in crop fields, going vegan kills fewer of them...

@@Matt-pb5pt nice word salad. You don't need to hunt if the land i spoke about was rewilded. An animal not existing in the first place isnt immoral - if that was the case then we should all have as many children as possible. condoms/vasectomies are immoral! You can feed more people with a plant based food system. There is no evidence that Soy is toxic. if you have any please provide. A blog from Carnivore MD is not a source BTW.

That burger was epic man. Fuck yeah 🤙🏻

Get a pressure cooker, it will cut down cooking a lot. And make enough for several days.

If you're feeling lazy, just rice and black beans with tajin is really good. Not for every meal coz you'd get scurvy probably, but it's my go to lazy meal.

I have the same issue, stevia ruins food for me. I just recently started buying unflavored protein powder and adding in my own flavoring and I'm liking it way better.

he ate a bit of ice cream and used some oil

"I don't think *insert stupid statement factually debunked*"

It really is a slave diet

Yeah, most people have to work up to 35g, lol

Because fiber is completely indigestible and constipates humans. It's funny because they are slaves

Doctors are laughing to the bank

You body gets used to it

@@___Somebody___ Doesn’t work like that for everyone and our bodies function better at lower levels of fiber intake.

Those gardein ultimate falafel burgers are really good. Dr Pregers also has a really good one. I do protein oats too. I get the truenutrition vegan protein (80% pea, 10% rice, 10% hemp, but you can customize) as it mixes better than others that I've tried, is cheaper (around $14.50/lb vs $22+ for Vega), and also you can get it unflavored! I don't like the artificial flavorings in my oatmeal as they usually clash with the fruit and leave an aftertaste but they have flavoring options if you like it. Tofu is a great protein source too

How much do you weigh?

Lol. The perfect slave

>"you're missing out on essential amino acids only found in meat" Like what? >"you're missing out on vitamins and minerals only found in meat" examples? >"Then there's the bioavailability question that's never answered in combination with stripping of nutrients from the excessive fiber intake" Explain it.

@@frankchen4229 So you're just incapable of doing a google search for the things I stated and now I have to be your teacher....fine... B12 Creatine Carnosine D3 DHA Heme Iron Taurine EPA Carnitine Vitamin A (Retinol) Vitamin K2 (MK4) The above is a list of amino acids, vitamins and minerals only found in meat. Understand that Vitamin A is not the same in meat as found in plants and that Heme Iron is very much different from iron derived from plants as well. You can do the work and learn about those differences yourself. As for fiber...when you intake fiber as apart of your diet, know that there are differing types of fiber that the body has the ability to digest and doesn't. We call this soluble (digestible) and insoluble (indigestible). In order to digest these fibers we would require a functioning cecum like rumen animals (cows, sheep, etc.) where those fibers would be fermented and the carbohydrates extracted. What fermentation is conducted in our gut is only able to replenish the microbes in our gut needed to break down these fibers in the paltry amounts that we can handle. Otherwise we do not derive nutrition from fiber at all. It is simply used to create bulk in our stool. Bulk that is entirely pointless. As a side effect we also create gas which causes bloating. When we intake fiber, what is able to be broken down in the stomach is, while the rest is passed on to the intestines. In the intestines, fiber creates a physical barrier between cholesterol in the body that is attempting to bind to fat soluble vitamins and minerals so that they can be then carried to the intestinal wall and transported throughout the body. When scientific studies say "fiber lowers cholesterol" they are entirely correct. But because your average person and even doctors don't understand the function of cholesterol beyond "HDL good, LDL bad" a lot of people believe that eating fiber and lowering cholesterol is a good thing, when in fact, it is not. Cholesterol literally makes up every single cell in our body. Our brain is entirely made up of cholesterol. We build muscle not just because of protein but because of hormones our body produces from cholesterol. It is a building block as well as a nutrient transporter. Eliminating cholesterol from your diet is a bad thing. The amount of nutrient loss from fiber intake is unique to each individual but suffice it to say, when you lower your cholesterol through fiber intake, that cholesterol is essentially getting caught up in the fiber like a net and being carried out of the body...along with all of the other nutrients that the cholesterol has bound to to transfer to the intestinal wall. Bioavailability is how digestible and absorbable certain nutrients are in specific foods. So if a food is 50% bioavailable, that means whatever you ate, you were only able to actually absorb and utilize 50% of the nutrition within that food. Understand that meat of any kind does not have a bioavailability score below 90 (out of 100) and that the absolute best case for plant foods never gets above 80 and that's only reserved for highly processed protein powders. On average most plants have a 60% or lower bioavailability. Bioavailability also is typically used to assess the protein digestibility, so the figures do change somewhat depending on the source but not by much. So when Alan is stating he got "x" amount of protein from his food that day, know that he probably only got about 60% of that value at best overall. And no, there are no current apps which factor in the bioavailability of foods into their calculators.

@@charleshill1906 yOuRe iNcApAble oF uSiNg gOoGlE No, you made the claims so YOU have to back them up as part of the intellectual honesty protocol as practice; the request for your elaboration was to account for information may not have apparently been accounted for in your rationale. Also, "google search" results aren't so simple because a lot of surface level information might not account for nuances that will render them misleading, revolving back to my former point. But remaining intellectually honest by asking and scouting for what you think you know instead of asking for your rationale before assuming it means I want you to "be my teacher". 🤣🤣🤣🤡 Try to touch some grass. Anyway, onto the subject matter. B12 - this is the only one in this list that is remotely valid but too many items are fortified with it; the consumption of them ailing deficiencies + the fact that many farm animals' diets are fortified with b12 automatically means this one isn't even that strong of a case. Creatine - not essential. Carnosine - non essential D3 - non essential; made from the sun DHA - non essential; easily made from ALA and not even devoid in a plant based diet because it's found literally in seaweed and other algae Heme Iron - non essential; derived from non heme Iron which is readily absorbable in the presence of vit C Taurine - non essential (Jesus fk) EPA - non essential; also derived from ALA Carnitine - non essential Retinol - non essential; easily derived from beta carotene MK4 - non essential; easily derived from K1; MK7 (sourced from natto) is more bioavailable anyway so.... You literally parroted the EXACT SAME LIST in THE EXACT SAME ORDER from the EXACT SAME INTERNET MEME omfl.... You claimed these are essential when literally OVER HALF your list states they are non essential. Also, cholesterol is secreted from your liver so you DONT NEED DIETARY CHOLESTEROL; you cannot immediately conclude a given compound must be sourced from diet if it is required for some bodily function. Fiber is meant for your feeding your gut microbiome that secretes compounds into your bloodstream vital to your physiology, including immune and endocrine systems. It's also what facilitates regular bowel movement. So you can define bioavailability, but you cannot define "essential". But that's to be expected, because you're larping as some well-informed academic - hence, why you got mad at me for practicing intellectual honesty, unlike you, who just assumes and parrots whatever popular, cucksumerist internet opinion is trendy instead of simply asking for rationale to cover knowledge blind spots. 🤓🤡

@@frankchen4229 "You literally parroted the EXACT SAME LIST in THE EXACT SAME ORDER from the EXACT SAME INTERNET MEME omfl..." - Because it was an easy copy/paste instead of having to write out every single damn line. I'll go point by point to show you your ass because it's clear you don't know anything. Creatine is essential, it's so essential that you cannot build muscle without it. It is highly important in brain function which is apparently something you lack. So maybe up your creatine intake. Carnosine is neuroprotective and helps the body mitigate oxidative stress from sugar intake. Individuals low in carnosine have a greater chance of developing cataracts. Diabetics are also shown to be low in carnosine. D3 is essential for those who live above the equator and do not have access to sunlight due to overcast and bad weather 6+ months out of the year. It is also primarily used in the formation of bone cells as well as the absorption of calcium in the gut. Without D3 you could not absorb calcium or create new bone. It is highly essential and plays an important role in muscle building. DHA and ALA are not the same. You think they are because you don't know any better. This is like my point about Vitamin A and beta carotene. These things are not the same. The conversion rate of ALA to DHA and EPA is only a paltry 5% at best of what is taken in. Relying on ALA is a fools choice. Alpha-Linoleic acid is cancerous. "Contrary to the initial studies suggesting that CLA is anti-carcinogenic, some studies have shown that CLA has no effect on tumor inhibition, and a few have even shown that CLA promotes tumor progression." - Conjugated Linoleic Acid Effects on Cancer, Obesity, and Atherosclerosis: A Review of Pre-Clinical and Human Trials with Current Perspectives Non-heme iron is absorbed for shit in the human body. Heme iron is essential to maintain body temperature, proper metabolism, hormone secretion, and circadian rhythm. 95% of the blood cells in your body are made from heme iron. Many plants, if not all of them, contain phytates which block the uptake of heme iron in the body. Due to the nature of the PH levels in our body, non-heme iron is often not absorbable and thus insoluble. Meaning even if you intake inorganic iron from a potato, due to the PH levels in your stomach, it's simply evacuated and not absorbed because it cannot be broken down by the body. Taurine is essential to maintain healthy liver and heart function as deficiencies in Taurine lead to liver damage and heart disease. It is also neuroprotective as it can cross the blood brain barrier and affects neurotransmission and membrane stabilization. "Carnitine mediates the transport of medium/long-chain fatty acids across mitochondrial membranes, facilitating their oxidation with subsequent energy production; in addition, it facilitates the transport of intermediate toxic compounds out of the mitochondria preventing their accumulation. Because of these key functions, carnitine is concentrated in tissues that utilize fatty acids as their primary dietary fuel, such as skeletal and cardiac (heart) muscle." Carnitine is "conditionally essential," meaning if you have sufficient levels in your body you do not need to intake any extra as your body produces a set amount regardless, but as we know, most people are deficient in various vitamins and minerals due to their poor dietary choices. It also transports fatty acids into the mitochondria and acts as a cofactor for fatty acid oxidation which can aid in weight loss. Beta carotene, like non-heme iron, ALA and all of these other plant alternatives is poorly absorbed and poorly converted into essential amino acids and vitamins by the body. You're literally feeding yourself inferior materials and claiming it has the same outcome as the superior ones. They do not. Retinol derived from animal meat is 75% to 100% absorbed by the body. Beta carotene is 3% to 90% absorbed by the body and is highly dependent on preparation methods used. "Micellar retinol absorption efficiency was around 30% in 1 h, but less than 5% for micellar provitamin A carotenoids. This may be explained by the presence of an efficient specific transporter for retinol, whereas provitamin A carotenoids are absorbed via non-specific transporters" - Absorption of Vitamin A and Carotenoids by the Enterocyte: Focus on Transport Proteins Retinol and beta carotene are NOT the same. Stop making these false declarations that shitty plant derived nutrients are at all the same or better than those found in meat and organs. They are not. And now onto the biggest blunder of your post, B12...Look, pal, unlike you, I'm an actual farmer. Cows are NOT supplemented B12. They are supplemented Cobalt (cobalamin) and only in certain circumstances. By and large cattle do not get ANY degree of supplementation. They naturally produce B12 through their natural digestive process and microbes in their gut, cobalamin is absorbed by the cattle’s small intestines and bioconcentrated in their livers. Cattle are supplemented "blue blocks" very very very rarely. The B12 you get from algae is not bioactive. We do not have the ability to utilize the b12 (cobalamin) that plants contain. It must be converted by animals into Methylcobalamin otherwise we cannot utilize it. That vegan brain fog is very real due to b12 deficiencies. I'll say it again...these things you think are the same, are not. Plant derived nutrients are not identical to animal derived ones and are inferior. Unless you're eating freshly shit on soil as apart of your vegan diet, you are not getting bioactive B12. "Fiber is meant for your feeding your gut microbiome that secretes compounds into your bloodstream vital to your physiology, including immune and endocrine systems. It's also what facilitates regular bowel movement." No. Understand that your entire digestive system is lined with muscles which churn and move and flex. Fiber is entirely unnecessary in the movement of waste material in the body. Fat actually lubricates the intestinal walls allowing for smooth evacuations which is why if you have too much dietary fat in a set time frame you get diarrhea like symptoms. Meanwhile, fiber does not actually do anything for your stool other can create bulk and gas due to fermentation. Gas which forcefully expands the intestines which irritates them. What is the outcome of too little fiber in your diet? Normal bowel function? And what happens when you have too much fiber? It can literally create a fatal blockage in your gut. In every instance of bowel problems like IBS, Crohn's or other bowel diseases, doctors always prescribe low fiber or fiber elimination diets. Why? If fiber was essential for "regular bowel movements" as you claim then why with patients who have bowel diseases like Diverticulitis, do doctors advise their patients to cease consuming fiber to heal their damaged bowels as a solution to their problem and not an increase in fiber intake? "Also, cholesterol is secreted from your liver so you DONT NEED DIETARY CHOLESTEROL; you cannot immediately conclude a given compound must be sourced from diet if it is required for some bodily function." Do you know what cholesterolemia is? Do you know what causes it? Do you know how to prevent it? Wanna know why a lot of vegans have ED? Are depressed? Can't think clearly? This is a fitness channel and yet you're going to sit there and type absolute bullshit like "you don't need dietary cholesterol." If you want to build muscle efficiently, you need dietary cholesterol. The cholesterol that is produced by your body is for MAINTENANCE. It is to maintain the current state of your body. If you suddenly stopped consuming any source of cholesterol, eventually, just by taking a shit every day, you would deplete your stores of cholesterol on your body and you would cease creating it. Your body creates a certain amount of cholesterol from the fat cells on its body. This is a war of attrition. Without dietary cholesterol intake your body will quickly burn through the reserves it's built up over the years and you will wither away and die. Do you understand what a bulk and cut phase actually do biologically or do you think that just putting on pounds and then removing them somehow makes you bigger? In a bulk phase you add on fat mass. During your cut phase you remove fat mass. The cut phase tells the body to release the nutrients stored in fat cells to aid in greater muscle growth. Your cholesterol levels INCREASE in a cut phase because of all that fat you've stored up is now being accessed and used to create hormones necessary for growth. Protein is merely 1 part of a multipart equation and the fact that you think that you do not need dietary cholesterol is just retarded. You NEED dietary cholesterol. I'll stop here because this is becoming a fucking essay at this point. Go actually educate yourself and stop wasting my time. I know that research is hard and the studies take time to read and you have to actually exercise your brain to understand a lot of this nutrition and biology, but trust me, you'll be a lot better off if you stop being a useless tool and do the work yourself. All of the information I've posted is easily sourced if you just take the time and put in the effort. I won't be responding further to your nonsense.

@@charleshill1906 You fked up when you started misusing the word "essential" and lost all credibility when you admitted you just ended up copy and pasting. But I'll guess I'll spoonfeed you, because you actually missed the point 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡 NON ESSENTIAL in nutritional and dietary context does *NOT* mean unimportant for physiology processes; it means it can be sourced INDIRECTLY through means OUTSIDE of dietary intake. ESSENTIAL means necessary to be taken *IN DIRECT FORM THROUGH DIET*. If your physio can derive a certain compound THROUGH OTHER COMPOUNDS PRESENT then it considered a NON ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT by definition. Your whole explanation for the functions of the amino acids and vitamins literally don't matter because they're not relevant to your premise ie the claim that they are essential as you continued to babble and abuse the definition. 🤓🤡 But yea, I'm the one who needs to "research and educate" for myself 🤡 I've been relying on plant nutrients for the past 6 years. Gained muscle, lost fat, filled in prior deficiencies with my bloodwork ALL while following an animal product free diet. And no, cholesterol is SOURCED BY YOUR LIVER. Once again, DIETARY CHOLESTEROL is therefore unnecessary because YOUR LIVER PRODUCES IT IN ADEQUATE AMOUNTS. And on top of that you continue to strawman by trying to refute a point that I've never even made. When tf have I said that ALA and DHA are the same? You're not even hiding the fact you're misrepresenting the other party's argument 🤡🤡 >“Do you know why vegans get ED and depressed?" Where are your stats portraying this? 🤣😆 (The point: they don't; your premise is false) >“The b12 derived from algae..." Thats not where b12 is derived from 🤣🤡🤣🤡🤡 You even literally just said b12 is from the gut bacteria of the ruminants. And btw, are most farms following your model? No. AND...Not all farm animals are cows....So....You strawmanned again! Congratulations! You failed several times in a row! >“ALA is cancerous” Evidence needed >“If fiber was essential for regular bowel movements” I didn't say fiber was essential for regular bowel movements; I said it FACILITATES it as an extra benefit. Another strawman. 🤡 >“Do you know what a bulk and cut phase is” Whats the point of this paragraph? 🤣🤡 So not only have you misused definitions but also constructed several strawman arguments, blatantly misread arguments, and proposed several claims with no evidence. Totally not an epic failure. 🤡