Part 1: How Weight Loss and Nutrition Books Confuse Us

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How best-selling nutrition & weight loss books use emotion as a weapon.
0:00 The American problem
2:37 I read 200 diet & nutrition books
4:12 Spreadsheet of best sellers
5:04 What makes non fiction sell
8:38 Strong protagonist
10:22 Creative non fiction
11:30 Fiction posing as non fiction
15:55 What makes the Obesity code sell?
21:04 Keto diets and Jimmy Moore
22:44 Trends in nutrition and weight loss books
25:05 Big money
26:05 Emotion is where the power is
28:30 A scientist schools me
Best selling weight loss & nutrition books:
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THE BIG FAT SURPRISE: A CRITICAL REVIEW; PART 1 by Seth Yoder
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THE BIG FAT SURPRISE: A CRITICAL REVIEW; PART 2 by Seth Yoder
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The Case for Keto by Gary Taubes: A Critical Review
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Review of Big Fat Surprise should have questioned author's claims
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Nina Teicholz "Corrects" The Big Fat Surprise ~ Digs Hole Deeper
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Vindicating Gary Taubes: A Smackdown of Seth Yoder
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GARY TAUBES EVISCERATES SETH YODER
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GOOD CALORIES, BAD CALORIES by Gary Taubes: A CRITICAL REVIEW (PART 1)
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Ancel Keys: The legacy of a giant in physiology, nutrition, and public health
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Ancel Keys and the Seven Countries Study: An Evidence-based Response to Revisionist Histories
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Fat In The Diet And Mortality From Heart Diseaese | Yerushalmy and Hilleboe 1957
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Weight Loss with a Low-Carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or Low-Fat Diet
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Four-Year Follow-up after Two-Year Dietary Interventions
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Long-Term Effects of a Novel Continuous Remote Care Intervention Including Nutritional Ketosis for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A 2-Year Non-randomized Clinical Trial | Virta Health
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Letter on Corpulence Addressed to the Public | William Banting
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Health's Improvement, Or RULES Comprizing and Difcovering the NATURE , METHOD and MANNER Of PREPARING all forts of FOODS Used in this Nation. Written by that ever Famous THOMAS MOFFET, Doctor in Phyfick
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@sophiekarnak3936 Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@Xaloxulu Жыл бұрын

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

@kattenihatten Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@patriziagiammaria3541 Жыл бұрын

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

@marianopadreda6804 Жыл бұрын

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

@Hertz2laugh Жыл бұрын

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

@gma2four Жыл бұрын

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

@obelixpfeifenreiniger2863 Жыл бұрын

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

@ahimsa6791 Жыл бұрын

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

@Hertz2laugh Жыл бұрын

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

@beepbeepnj2658 Жыл бұрын

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

@hulabiker21 11 ай бұрын

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

@melanykahn3295 Жыл бұрын

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

@peter5.056 Жыл бұрын

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

@andrewcavanagh3946 Жыл бұрын

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

@jackschitt6235 Жыл бұрын

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

@peter5.056 Жыл бұрын

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

@jackschitt6235 Жыл бұрын

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

@peter5.056 Жыл бұрын

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

@Alex-qb2es Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@plants_and_wellness1574 Жыл бұрын

@@PlantChompers I always wished your videos were longer 😅

@RXP91 Жыл бұрын

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

@nourishedbyscience Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@4862cjc Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@iamdebmiller Жыл бұрын

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

@spectatrix5003 Жыл бұрын

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

@terkfranks1538 Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@buckeyeborn65 Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@playpianotoday6223 8 ай бұрын

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

@MKstudiovideo Жыл бұрын

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

@Michelleamicheal Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@vhs10907 Жыл бұрын

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

@stevef6523 Жыл бұрын

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

@jfrancis Жыл бұрын

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

@Rose_Ou Жыл бұрын

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

@Joseph1NJ Жыл бұрын

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

@bruced2346 Жыл бұрын

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

@keefejassoy Жыл бұрын

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

@gregorysavage7527 Жыл бұрын

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

@fabish22 Жыл бұрын

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

@tamcon72 Жыл бұрын

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

@marcusvaldes 10 ай бұрын

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

@henrituhola 5 ай бұрын

How is it going?

@manuelahrasky8472 Жыл бұрын

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

@PattiAnn507 Жыл бұрын

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

@brianrcVids Жыл бұрын

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

@nathanielg.m.888 Жыл бұрын

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

@hildaayala2838 Жыл бұрын

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

@jannessorensen8053 Жыл бұрын

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

@katechadwick8880 Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@janerose1945 Жыл бұрын

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

@weston.weston Жыл бұрын

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

@LaRa-youknowit Жыл бұрын

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

@theodora_pilates Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@theodora_pilates Жыл бұрын

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

@sw6118 Жыл бұрын

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

@andrewcavanagh3946 Жыл бұрын

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

@theodora_pilates Жыл бұрын

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

@universalsoldier2293 Жыл бұрын

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

@jackschitt6235 Жыл бұрын

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

@andrewcavanagh3946 Жыл бұрын

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

@Runner466 Жыл бұрын

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

@jackschitt6235 Жыл бұрын

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

@jackschitt6235 Жыл бұрын

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

@eg7647 Жыл бұрын

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

@byggerEttSlott Жыл бұрын

Finally! A new video from my favorite plant based KZfaqr

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@mikebernier5705 Жыл бұрын

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

@seitanbeatsyourmeat666 Жыл бұрын

Yes, weight loss will improve health

@zencat55 Жыл бұрын

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

@lynb1668 4 ай бұрын

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

@BowenUSA Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@carl13579 Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

Oh, sorry! Yikes. Fixed.

@kellysolar1467 Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@austryelia Жыл бұрын

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

@fatcat220 Жыл бұрын

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

@iralell Жыл бұрын

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

@AngieMeadKing Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@sheri_LA_native Жыл бұрын

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

@joe1071 Жыл бұрын

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

@panes840 Жыл бұрын

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

@ricardamaier8462 Жыл бұрын

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

@joanowens7941 Жыл бұрын

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

@peter5.056 Жыл бұрын

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

@peter5.056 Жыл бұрын

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

@glennbishopbishthemagish Жыл бұрын

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

@andrewcavanagh3946 Жыл бұрын

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

@peter5.056 Жыл бұрын

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

@austincrain4919 Жыл бұрын

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

@Nobody-Nowhere Жыл бұрын

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

@michelle_cen Жыл бұрын

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

@dorothyjohnstone9618 Жыл бұрын

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

@nonolaura Жыл бұрын

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

@lars1684 Жыл бұрын

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

@antoniettaesp7776 Жыл бұрын

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

@j-sm4554 Жыл бұрын

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

@herrgado Жыл бұрын

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

@beedubs3356 Жыл бұрын

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

@spectatrix5003 Жыл бұрын

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

@Jessica-jm7ql 2 ай бұрын

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

@stevenfrew9301 Жыл бұрын

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

@benjaminhasselberg1329 11 ай бұрын

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

@dickmacgurn590 3 ай бұрын

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

@11235Aodh Жыл бұрын

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

@ashy812a Жыл бұрын

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

@1940sExperiment Жыл бұрын

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

@sharpedance 11 ай бұрын

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

@djdollase 11 ай бұрын

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

@ladybrooks3885 Жыл бұрын

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

@donaldmcpherson3226 2 ай бұрын

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

@markbrown2749 Жыл бұрын

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

@evageliap6880 Жыл бұрын

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

@Jordy-927 Жыл бұрын

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

@jaymayhoi Жыл бұрын

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

@pixievincent2478 Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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

@NiranjanBendre Жыл бұрын

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

@lisaclausen8304 Жыл бұрын

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

@Shoot4AlarmFire Жыл бұрын

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

@dort5436 Жыл бұрын

After years of being vegetarian and low fat, I read "good calories bad. After years of health issues, I started eating meat, healthy fats, and low carb vegetables. I've kept off 60 + lbs for over 30 years with no hunger. I can't believe most diet studies are for a short 6 months or less. Long-term health and weight maintenance without any problems is the most important to me. 68 and healthy.

@partlysimpson5154 4 ай бұрын

So vegan u had health issues?

@dort5436 4 ай бұрын

@partlysimpson5154 my skin was dry and cracked so bad my hand bleed going gardening

@negenreider 4 ай бұрын

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

@emmanueltrejo3531 10 ай бұрын

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

@livingsmart Жыл бұрын

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

@NiranjanBendre Жыл бұрын

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

@seitanbeatsyourmeat666 Жыл бұрын

I agree, write a book

@daffyduck1486 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Your videos are a great service to me and others.

@quazilion Жыл бұрын

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

@actyrrel Жыл бұрын

This is one of your best videos! Thank you.

@kimberlyreece3647 Жыл бұрын

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

@evanpalmer2202 Жыл бұрын

Another excellent video. Thanks for sharing your spreadsheet data as well. Do you have a system for remembering which claims came from which book, or just generally remembering what you read? I imagine that revisiting them while making these videos helps.

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I buy a kindle copy of each book I can so I can search. The hardest thing are all the clips I use. Currently I download KZfaqs and upload them to a transcription service to make them searchable by location in a particular video. Still time consuming tho.

@agentdarkboote Жыл бұрын

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

@sebastienleblanc5217 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making these!

@HidingFromFate Жыл бұрын

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

@Marcel-et6sk Жыл бұрын

Please keep up the great work! In a recent video, you briefly recommend a book on opinion or belief formation, but now I can't find it. Can you help me out?

@jonnickerson8459 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Chris - that was very informative and I am now going to purchase Dr Li's book.

@SwethaSivakumar Жыл бұрын

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

@johnk3390 Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantChompers Жыл бұрын

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