I still don’t understand how this channel hasn’t reached the millions mark. This is quality content with zero foul language. 😊

@@jamie86403 agree !

Bet your not vegan

Congratulations and good luck! You did it right! Maintaining is harder believe it or not. So keep at it! Good luck if you write a book!

WOW!!! 💪👏😍 What an achievement. I know it gets harder and harder as you get lighter, but it sounds like you're on a great track.

That's awesome! Keep up the great work 🍅🍄🍌🥬🫐

@Plant Chompers Thank you. It has been a rewarding experience at times, and other times, soul crushing. To quote one of my favorite novels: "A journey will have pain and failure. It is not only the steps forward that we must accept. It is the stumbles. The trials. The knowledge that we will fail. That we will hurt those around us. But if we stop, if we accept the person we are when we fall, the journey ends. That failure becomes our destination. To love the journey is to accept no such end. I have found, through painful experience, that the most important step a person can take is always the next one."

If the loss plateaus, look into fasting. People I know (and myself) after doing fasting for a while say they’re never going back (to eating so often) and they wondered how they used to eat all the time like they used to. For most of history humans ate one meal a day.

Thank you for this response!

Thats exactly what humans should be eating.

You can’t lump Americans or America into one category. We are a more diverse country than any in the world. There are many, many healthy Americans lady. Stop this typical European generalization stuff.

Don't you eat also lots of bread, pastry, chocolate and drink vine?

@@vlatkomarjanovic6594 Personally, I don't but Yes French people eat a lot of bread and pastries, chocolate occasionally, and wine also with meals.

I know, it really gets to me, as you can probably tell. Everyone I know who actually reads his stuff, not just me, seems to believe he was one of the truly great scientists of the last century, and so was his wife Margaret who contributed to his studies.

And when the science is garbage, well I suppose at least he has a side.

Thank you. I love that book and recommend it often.

You should read the 2018 book by Dr. Hiroshi Shibata MD, Ph.D called Malnutrition in Japan threatens longevity. Plant Chompers loved the book and Shibata has over 100 papers in Japan, a country with a non profit healthcare system so reason to mislead their own people unlike your Willcox brothers in a for profit USA system selling their books and products. Page 76 tells you everything you need to know.

@@beepbeepnj2658 so you have said elsewhere. You'd benefit from removing your partiality cap on this topic. The Wilcox brothers worked with the Okinawa Research Center for Longevity Science, which was established by Makoto Suzuki and funded originally by the Japanese government. This center liaises with multiple academic centers of excellence around the world. i.e. Okinawa International University, Department of Human Welfare [Okinawa, Japan] Tomishiro Central Hospital [Okinawa, Japan] Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology [Tokyo, Japan] Harvard University, T. H. Chan School of Public Health [Massachusetts, United States] Layton Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Oregon Health & Science University [Oregon, United States] Pacific Health Research Institute [Hawaii, United States] John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa [Hawaii, United States] 5-COOP (5-Country Oldest Old Project) Study [Denmark, France, Japan, Switzerland, and Sweden] Chample Study, University of the Ryukyus [Okinawa, Japan] KOCOA (Keys to Optimal Cognitive Aging) Study, University of the Ryukyus/Oregon Health & Science University [Okinawa, Japan/Oregon, United States] SONIC (Septuagenarian, Octogenarian, Nonagenarian Investigation with Centenarian) Study, Osaka University [Osaka, Japan] Kuakini HHP (Honolulu Heart Program), Kuakini Medical Center [Hawaii, United States] New England Centenarian Study, Boston University [Massachusetts, United States] Georgia Centenarian Study, University of Georgia [Georgia, United States] Health ABC (Aging and Body Composition) Study, National Institute on Aging, [United States] International Centenarian Consortium (ICC) That you imply the Wilcox brothers were third rate scientists and first rate hucksters pushing a plant based agenda, says more about your beliefs and character than theirs.

@@helicart Stick with exact facts as I never said what my belief is. Dr. Shibata is in Japan not an outsider selling heavily marketed books and products which is why you probably have never even heard or read Shibata non marketed book. Japan is the country with the highest life expectancy, the highest egg consumption rate, the highest IQ and one of the lowest cancer and obesity rates in the world. The law in Japan is you must have a waist for men under 33.5". Willcox brothers (spelled Willcox, not Wilcox) could care less about any law of waist size or anything to do with health as they are money makers with an agenda.

@@beepbeepnj2658 - And you deny the studies of Makoto Suzuki. - Hong Kong has the highest life expectancy. And this figure means little. It is more to do with a homogeneous culture that has tight migration laws, and an expensive cost of living that discourages residents from making poor life choices. - The Metabo 'law' is not a law with any serious consequences for individuals. The consequences of having an excessive waist are worse. - There you go again, hammering Makoto Suzuki and the Willcox brothers. Which other plant based diet advocates have you got it in for?

@@workhardplayharderx2 No, that is a false assumption. I and many others switched from a whole "food" plant-based diet to a whole food animal-based diet. Vegetables are toxic. Detoxing from oxalates almost killed me.

@@trentonharris7676 Were you diagnosed with something that caused you to change your eating habits?

@@jackschitt6235 No, I simply stopped eating the "foods" that were unnecessary (carbohydrates, anti-nutrients, and fiber) and replaced them with foods that actually satisfy my nutritional needs (pasture-raised meat, eggs, and dairy).

Tell Hong Kong. longest lives and largest per capita meat consumption

​@@trentonharris7676 interesting 🎉 These days rarely people watch a program in which they disagree with the bottom line. Almost everyone is listening to whatever that confirms their experience or beliefs.

I love watching a podcast with other rational people!

Thank you. Love the patience and kindness. I can't get David McRaney's book out of my head, How Minds Change, whenever I meet someone completely convinced of their easily disprovable beliefs. It's phenomenal.

Same! I'm thrilled with a new episode!

Thanks for letting me know that. I've tried transcription services but never get great accuracy, so I do it myself now. But I just noticed that from 20-24 minutes in the episode I had some typos. Gah! I must've had a distraction. Anyway, fixed now.

😂😂 that damn big Mediterranean

Too bad for you the ones that are right say mean things.

@@tonysmith1034 Your response is expected.

Bart, admitted he acts that way for views. He also said he has autism in a live Q&A. But the biggest problem with him is he's a hypocrite. Because his platform is that no study is controlled enough to be valid and that epidemiological studies aren't valid proof. But he uses this information when it suits his positions. He also complains about people using fallacies in debates while doing the same thing. He also supports some conspiracies that aren't supported by science. He considers himself an expert of many areas but the only record of his achievements are some studies containing his name. I would argue that to achieve a Phd you probably need to have some published studies.

Bart also is backwards in his science. He claims nothing is true without knowing the mechanism. He interrupts people sometimes by just repeating the word "mechanism" over and over. We usually don't know the mechanisms until long after we know the practical science. We noticed smokers dying at younger ages of cancer and cardiovascular disease. It was decades later we discovered mechanisms of how tobacco does this. Likewise, people knew about diseases being contagious over a thousand years before we understood the mechanisms of bacteria and viruses. We don't need to know mechanisms in order to make informed conclusions and decisions. In short, Bart Kay is a famous pseudoscientist.

@@tonysmith1034 Show me a study on such correlation. Mean things are said by mean people. Any truth can be said in a nice or a mean way. Truth has nothing to do with being mean.

Thanks! 😁 Some of our fast food and meat loving relatives are having tragic health problems, but otherwise we're good!

@@PlantChompers All you can do sometimes is be a good example of health! Thanks for everything you do 🙏

Glad you picked that up! They produced a second chart that actually showed a higher correlation and that was one of their criticisms of Keys - that maybe it was the protein, not the fat. Keys was so smart, though, he was always aware that heart disease is multi causal. Saturated fat turned out to be the biggest thing, but there were other contributors like animal protein, sugar, smoking, lack of exercise...

@@PlantChompers ah dang… sugar is my fave 😢 lol I’m doing a lot better at choosing fruit instead nowadays.

Thank you. 👏

I don't know how old you are, but remember that most chronic, deadly diseases don't become diagnosed until you are middle aged or older. Smoking, as well as a meat-heavy diet increase the chances of that happening.

Infotainment at its finest.

He is one of my greatest heroes. ❤️

WOW!!! First of all, congrats on your success. 👏💪🎉 Second, why didn't I know about Susan Pierce Thompson?! I've added her to my spreadsheet. I just listened to an interview she did and was very impressed. I might want to interview her for the channel. I'll read the book. Thank you.

@@PlantChompers Thank you. Like many she sells "camps" and workshops and recipe books, but she quit her job in education to pursue this full time and also has a staff. It is, however, quite possible to follow her approach with this very inexpensive book along with free online support groups, which is the approach I took. I would love to see a critique. It is not perfect, but after this worked for me, it worked for a daughter, and then she gave the book to a friend and it worked for them, and that one copy of the book is still making its way around. I think it very much has to do with the target audience . I was trained from an early age to snack and go to food for comfort and the wrong foods and foods that a person without these issues can eat in moderation, I cannot and The biggest realization that came on for me was that the JOY of being in a healthy lean body far outweighed any very transient pleasure of any morsel of food.

Hahaha, that's so awesome. It's a strange thing with scientists; many believe using emotion is wrong and the science should stand on its own. Allan told me he actually failed his PhD defense at Berkeley and that wrecked his dreams to go into academia, so he went to the USGS instead and spent a decade proving his thesis advisors wrong so he could eventually get hired as a professor. And in the process, he became legend.

I'd recommend looking up "Gojiman Oxalates". He's covered the topic a few times as it can be an issue when overconsumed.

@@Atypical_Chad Yeah I'm not so sold on Gojiman anymore, not since Nutrivore went over his vids. I also saw that video and after researching it, I feel he left a lot of stuff out.

i second this

I saw video other day how this woman started oxalate dumping so fast the crystals started coming through her skin when she quit oxalate foods.

As I'm no expert I'll cite what my country's dietary guidelines say on oxalates, as well as the kidney hospital here for thosewith kidney stones: Oxalate-rich foods are part of a varied diet and shouldn't be excluded on the basis of their oxalate level in general. If the kidney stones found have been classified as calcium oxalates, it is recommended to avoid oxalate-rich foods as much as possible.

Thanks! I stress over how long they are. This one was 40 minutes before I started throwing things overboard, trying to get it to 20-something.

@@PlantChompers don’t stress! I think I speak for everyone else here when I say we would watch an hour long video if you did it 🤗

@@PlantChompers Some of the best KZfaq content is long form. I regret to see the trend seems to be for the shorter videos to be the most popular.

Hahaha! A few have, but he has hair on top. 😁 I wish I resembled Harrison Ford, but I'll take Steve Martin.

Yes, huge factor. Health is so multi-causal...Exercise, happiness, weight, processed food.

You know, I am vegan for 6 reasons and only one is health. So I’d love to believe it’s healthiest, but honestly populations who eat a small amount of poultry, fish, and even a little dairy (especially fermented) seem to be just as healthy. Valter Longo, the respected longevity researcher, thinks people who eat fish twice a week are probably the healthiest of all.

I see. Thank you so much for the response! You and your videos have broadened my understanding of nutrition and made a difference in my life. Thank you for all that you do!

Oh cool! Just to be clear, I bought Computer Literacy but wasn't the founder.

Thank you. Yeah, sugar is a really bad actor... I ought to do an episode on that.

@@PlantChompers Looking forward to it!