I've really appreciated Ellen introducing more foods into her diet. She even featured beyond burgers in a grocery haul about a year or so ago! She seems to have gotten a much better balance between whole foods and adding some 'processed' stuff into her diet. I eat similarly but with a bit more protein focus (trying to get 120-140g a day with mock meats, protein powder, etc at every meal). Also it is SO CUTE when your kid talks on camera. I understand you want to keep the privacy and totally respect it but Im glad you allow for a few peeps from them to come out- so so cute! and it is so sweet to watch you intereact with them

I love the commentary videos on other vegans. It's my crack.

I actually love eating higher fat foods. The fat phobia in plant based foods is just not my thing. I am glad to hear she actually is not scared about fat.

Ellen's diet does seem to have improved a lot recently. From the videos I've seen, she tends to eat protein at lunch and dinner and sometimes a bit with breakfast, when she has her granola, which has quite a bit of of quinoa. Kids also seem to be eating more protein overall. She seems more relaxed about processed stuff too. I even saw a video where they all ate the granola with some sort of store bought, fortified, plant milk! The shock!

the trick for making non-bitter quinoa is to soak it overnight, discard the water, then rinse again. Cook as usual, but cooking time will be reduced somewhat. It's never bitter when prepared this way. I discovered it when sprouting quinoa.

Toddler: Will the new baby love me? Uber Practical UV: We’ll just have to wait and see sweetie.

I don’t consume any of Ellen’s media anymore, but I’m happy to see she’s widening her scope of foods. It’s actually almost a realistic vegan diet now 😅

In regards to your comment about magnesium ("who on any sort of plant-based diet would be deficient in Mg?"), at the moment there is actually interesting evidence that points to magnesium being used up and excreted a lot faster during periods of intense stress or longer periods of chronic stress. Since Mg is quite important in a series of processes in the body, including sleep regulation and relaxation, having a higher intake of Mg can actually be helpful in reducing overall levels of stress. So according to its advantageous sodium-potassium ratio and high magnesium content, coconut water seems like a great drink to me to add to a varied diet :)

I recently had a baby and will say that I craved coconut water after labor and the first weeks after birth. I think it helped my milk supply and definitely made me feel better in my recovery.

I really appreciate that you also make it a point when you agree with the person in videos like this.

Electrolytes are super important for me when living in hot climates, especially when pregnant. Probably not an issue living in Portland lol

Hi professional gardener here. Your fruits should taste sweeter home grown - you may be picking them too early or late if they're not or they aren't being given the optimal growing conditions, particularly soil health. :)

What's standing out to me is how privileged she is! I don't know if she's even aware of this but eating avocados every day, sometimes twice a day? And fresh coconut water every day? Maybe that's affordable for her on Hawaii as an influencer that moved there but at other places? You have to be rich rich to be able to afford this kind of diet!

Pretty funny that in Finland they recommend to avoid all seeds during pregnancy because they may sometimes contain heavy metals 🤷🏼‍♀️ and seaweed too 😄 this is like opposite to the recommendations we get from healthcare lol

Congrats on the 3rd! Ours is definitely a ray of hilarious sunshine and he actually helps the other two be better buddies as well as being buddies with him. Can’t imagine life without him even though it seemed CRAZY when we first got pregnant with the 3rd.

People with a background of eating disorders should stop commenting on other people with eating disorders and they shouldn't try to give "diet advice" in general. This also applies to Ellen Fisher, Freelee, Durianrider etc., they're all in the ED club.

I'm infertile and I take a CRAPLOAD of B12. This is the one thing my mother drilled into me when I first decided to become vegetarian as a teenager over 20 years ago (and probably the only thing she knows about plant based diets and supplementation needs).

I don’t watch many of Ellen’s videos anymore (busy with my own littles) but I seem to remember them showing fortified milks they buy at Costco

I wish the awareness of our needs of Iodine would shift our recognition away from sea vegetables and get back to using just simple iodized salt. Seaweed/Kelp products just aren't regulated the same way. Good luck finding out where these things are grown or harvested. The Iodine content, as correctly stated in this video, ranges wildly. You can have modest amounts of seaweed containing 700%+ daily value or you can have some with only trace amounts. Like what was said, you really really do not want to be consuming too much iodine on a regular basis. Iodized salt is extremely cheap and highly regulated. You only need 1/4 tsp to get around 40% of your daily value. Another thing about seaweed, it's been known to absorb heavy metals which is very difficult for us consumers to really know how much is in there. Sea veggies are totally fine to eat if you like them, but don't delude yourself by trying to treat them as a supplement when we actually do have regulated sources you can trust as supplements.

I like the idea of a “Top 15 foods for health” video!

Really enjoyed this commentary!

Could you please do a video on the plant based toddlers book? I just bought it based on your recommendation, but I’d love to hear your thoughts on it.

Yes! Thank you for the call out on maple syrup. So many "healthy" recipes with like 1/4 to 1 cup of maple syrup in there. It's still sugar, man. It isn't magically not sugar when you make cookies with it. Spare me. 😂

Your reviews are great! Thank you. Very rational and fair. I am also glad Ellen Fisher is eating more varied and putting sunscreen on her children.

Yes, I would like a What I Eat in a Day video. 🌻

maybe try cooking quinua with veggie broth? I actually came from "eh" to really loving it that way

Loved hearing your babies voice 😊

Lol I was hospitalized with a heart arrhythmia. Turns out I just had low potassium 😂 so now I make sure to eat bananas and avocados everyday. Not sure how that happened but it did. Also I’m vegetarian, mostly vegan

Made the coconut ice cream. It was nice but effort. My local supermarket sells vegan ice cream for 80p (I’m in the uk). Would rather have that every now and again

"You are probably not going to be wanting to make a lot of bread" This is the moment where the four kids come in. She thought it through

I love Ellen and her perspective and lifestyle. ❤️

The "tell them to suck your..." comment at 6:17 killed me! haha

Hahaha I honestly watch your videos - almost exclusilvly - for your sarcasm!!!!!!!!!

Hell yea! Sourdough bread for life! Mash some avocado on there with some tajin and OMG. One of my favorite things to eat for breakfast this pregnancy.

I have never kept up with Ellen so I was actually so shocked to see them eating lentils and rice for dinner and bread wow hahahha😂

Yeah, I don't see enough people take iodine seriously and you need to be really really careful with it. I know this would be extreme example, but my mom was like 6 months pregnant with my brother when Chernobyl happened (and we live in a neighboring country) and at that time a 'prevention procedure' was taking iodine solution and the amount that was recommended...effed us up. We all have thyroid problems. My mom has, my brother has (and doctor's say it isn't common that men get thyroid problems), I have those problems even though I was born 8 years after him, and our doctor recommended my younger sister to monitor her hormones cos it is highly probably she will also suffer from this. So be mindful about your iodine cos it's usually really small doses that can tip the scale and cause a lot of damage, and let me tell you, thyroid problems aren't fun

Never comment on her videos, but here I am :) ❤️

Ok but I made the coconut ice cream and it was sooo freaking good- but I appreciate a good vanilla ice cream, for those who like different flavors it may be the best

With my first pregnancy I worked IA deli and everytime they brought out the saurkraut or the kimchi I had to leave the room the smell was so awful and I would start gagging even though it was on the other side of the room. Omg I can't imagine trying to eat that while pregnant

Coconut water tastes terrible to me. I just don't get it. (I love coconut flesh/milk/cream)

I don’t know if you’ll already addressed this already, but how are y’all managing/ plan to manage with the formula shortage? Do you stick with the soy formula by any means necessary or count this situation as a necessary consumption of animal products? I remember you mentioning you’ll try to breastfeed again (but I understand it’s difficult for you and many other mothers). I’ve also seen some sketchy formula recipes, I’d love to see you address.

Im not sure if this logic would make sense but since salt makes coffee less bitter, would salt help with quinoa too? Like salting the water during the cooking process 🧐

Dark greens (especially kale, sprouts etc) make me nauseous year round but flavored kale chips really seem to mask the taste

Hot vegan tips from someone who had 40 weeks of "morning sickness" (hyperemisis garvidarum)- lick a lemon before sipping water, it helps fight off nausea for 5 seconds at a time. Live in Canada so health care is free. Other than that just accept modern medicine and get all of your nutrients and meds from an IV. This is obviously just a joke but thought I would share my experience from my pregnancy. I'm so jealous of people who get to eat food while pregnant hahah.

Love green smoothies. It's been years since I had them. But my mum got a nutribullet when I was a teen. My favorite was green smoothie with or without banana, a literal couple of nuts(walnuts, almonds etc) Mum liked to stress not to use to many because of the nuts being "fattening" X3. Put anything else in and it was too much though. Mum would always give me shit saying putting just banana for flavour was too plain and surely I want more fruit and stuff... No thanks lol I mean I liked it without the banana and just the greens and some avocado and nuts. If you didnt notice I'm happier with less flavour sometimes.

Hi Swayze, could you do a vid talking about the supplements you take? Thx.

Hi Swayze, You may have to look into freelee’s recent video, and I am curious about your thoughts overall.

Thanks for kicking my ass and reminding me to stop slacking on my B12 supplements

Can't agree on the potassium. I have a potassium deficiency at least once a year which causes muscle cramps and chest pain. I do not find that I can easily hit 100% on the chronometer even though I eat a healthy amount of fruits and veg (unless I eat half a kg of potatoes that day). I have to supplement potassium. (On a vegan diet for 6 years do a blood test every six months. I am never ever low on iron, b12 etc- just potassium..)

Not relevant to the video, but I just wanted to ask your opinions on calcium supplements in pill form, as I've heard a lot of not so great stuff about them, or that they may be ineffective. I worry about my calcium intake but don't want to end up with issues down the line just from taking a supplement. I try really hard to eat a lot of kale and fortified things, but sometimes it's difficult. Also, loved the video as always. :)

I can't drink plain water too, but for some reason sparkling water works perfectly for me. I think it's the adhd that drinking plain water isn't enough of a stimulus.

Your commentary about stirring ice cream every hour 🤣

Hi I recently read The proof is in the plants by Simon Hill. I would be interested to hear your opinion about it.

I'm confused why being super active while pregnant is a bad thing? I do a strength workout everyday (Sydney Cummings) and usually a walk, run, or bike ride. Then usually a hike or a swim on the weekend. Makes me feel so much more energized!

4:45 I drink coconut water because I like the taste and I like to drink it specially while I'm at work, I don't like the taste of sugary drinks and I what something else than water, tea or coffee

I sweeeeaaaar by coconut water for hangovers.... but ya, that's relatively anecdotal.. and not the same as pregnancy, haha

I hate quinoa but I add it to my yummy lentil soup, so subtle 👌

Weird agreeing with Ellen Fisher for a change. I remember when she first started and was fully raw or close to it.

Have you tried cooking quinoa in broth instead of water? That works for me.

Naive question, not pregnancy related. It seems that many dairy and meat alternatives are fortified with b12 (ex beyond has 100% RDA). If you are eating these foods daily, do you still need a supplement? Just added assurance? Thanks!

lol i'm with you on stirring the coconut milk ice cream. i like to just use shea butter as a moisturizer, but it comes in chunks and you have to melt it, then stir it every 15 minutes until it hardens for it to take on a nice smooth texture. i have 1 toddler and i have been trying to find a convenient time to melt and stir my shea butter for months 🤣

We eat seaweed every day in Japan but the quantities are small. Kombu we use a bit to make vegan dashi for souses etc instead of chicken stock or similar. Would be easy to eat too much and overdo the iodine. Most commercial coconut water have too much sugar but coconut is better as you only eat a small amount to be full. A table spoon or so. Like avocado and quality peanut butter it’s not possible to eat a lot as you get full. Canola oil in a salad or similar is fine just don’t cook with it.

16:46 - Are any types of squash root vegetables?

The coconut water for “preconception” and “restoring your energy” just was phrased weird like you need to recharge from conceiving lol?? 😅😂

I literally just ate salted crackers and ginger tea for my first trimester

“Many people don’t get enough vitamin C” I thought that was the vitamin that is the easiest to get in? I get so much every day, probably more than I should

I pregnant with my second, week 26. Still eating medication for nausea and haven't been able to take supplements at all during this pregnancy. It sucks and I'm aware of it etc but I can't. My stomach can't handle it (same with legumes. Food aversions and fucked up stomach sucks). I hope my baby will be ok anyway. Videos like Ellen's makes me a bit sad lol, can't eat like that.

Fat in general, omega 3 fats, omega 6 fats, including a certain implied ~7% minimum percentage of saturated fat, is critical to human development for pregnant women, breastfeeding women (bio throughout, tbc), and children. The need for fat as a percentage of the diet drops over time as we age from gestational to adult, especially for men. 10-20 percent of calories from fat (about a minimum of 20 grams to 45 grams of fat per day for almost everyone) is enough for most adults (20+ grams for a 5 foot 4 inch man who needs 1800 calories per day to maintain body weight, 30+ grams for average 5 foot 4 inch height women who needs 1800 calories per day to maintain body weight, 25+ grams for a 5 foot 9 inch man who requires 2200 calories to maintain body weight, 36+ grams for a 5 foot 9 inch woman who requires a 2200 calories per day to maintain body weight, 30+ grams for a man who is 6 feet tall and requires 2450 calories per day to maintain bodyweight, or 45+ grams for a woman who is 6 feet tall and requires 2450 calories per day to maintain bodyweight). However, infants require over 25% of calories from fat, and over 12.5% of calories from saturated fat (50% and 25% is closer to ideal). This only drops to over 15%-20% of calories from fat for weaning 1-3 year olds (and likely more than 7.5% to 10% of calories from saturated fat), but closer to 30%-40% of calories and 15% to 20% from saturated fat is best. 4 year olds and pubescent tweens and teens require over 12.5% to 15% of calories from fat, depending mostly on age (25% to 30% is closer to ideal) and likely over 1.25% to 7.5% of calories from saturated fat (again depending mostly on age), but (2.5% to 15% is closer to ideal). Ordinarily, our intake of saturated fat would be more than 7% of or your overall fat requirement (1.4-3.5 grams for almost everyone), and your need for omega 3s should be about 7% or your overall fat requirement (1-4-3.2 grams, and your need for omega 6 is about 28% of your overall fat requirement (5.6-12.6). However, the upper limits for saturated fat are more than 5 times thins, about 5% to 10% of calories (the government recommendation is below 10, but below 7% is really where CVD risk starts to drop), or about half the fat minimums stated above (i.e. no more than 10 to 19.4 grams per day of saturate fat for almost all adults). So, its really a matter of getting enough fats in general, but not so much saturated fat that it is more than 5%-7% of calories (10 to 19.4 grams per day of saturate fat for almost all adults) overall. But eating say 100 calories of mature coconut, which provides 8.4 grams of saturated fat is on occasion or even every day is fine, especially for children and pregnant or nursing women. So, although the body produces the saturated fat needed by the fetus and nursing infant for the most part, for pregnant and nursing mothers, it is best to consume at least about 175% your minimum saturated fat needs of approximately 1.8% of your normal calorie requirement (or at least 3-4% of total calories). So, if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, you want to push this closer to or even exceed 5% of calories from saturated fats (10 to 19.4 grams per day of saturated fat for almost all adults), and also make sure omega 3s are as adequate. It would be OK to consume more than this much saturated fat because the understanding is that even if you were pregnant or breastfeeding constantly for a large part of your life, say 20 years even, there would be a period from about age 40 when you could eat much less saturated fat, and that is significant. Also, there are other reasons why if you want to live as long as possible, you shouldn't be pregnant or breastfeeding for 20 years. Electrolytes are an issue for most people, even vegans. Even vegan diets can me deficient in potassium. But also other minerals can be deficient on any diet, even vegan diets. High sweet fruit diets (>2/3 of calories from sweet fruit) are apt to be low in salt unless you add salt. If do not salt your food at all, for example if you eat almost nothing but sweet fruit, have a caloric deficit, or you exercise a lot or work outside in the heat, you may be deficient in salt. its just one of those issues where its much better to be vegan, but possibly not enough to be perfectly optimal. Eating a lot more fruit and veg is not usually bad advice for most people, starting from where most people are. However, if you are a fruitarian or low fat high carb raw or even raw til 4 person, probably the advice is going the opposite direction: add more fat and take any needed supplements at least.

Saturated fat is life.

Have you seen the allegations about Alice and fern. There’s strong evidence that fern has rickets and rotting teeth and she edits the pictures to hide it. There’s also videos about her husband threatening fern and her feeding toxic food to her rabbit.

Anti-sunscreen?!?!?! Also... I agree, I have one child and don't feel like I can do ALL the things. I wish, I am honestly a little envious lol.

She looks great! They must be doing something right. Her kids are really advanced in their education too. She puts her heart and soul into her family, always so energetic and happy.

You’re so obviously envious of her, it’s hilarious

One reason to cook dry beans: you can use iodized salt.

Have you done a video on the seed oil panic?

I'm usually eating like I was just released from prison... runs in the family. It's hard for me to eat slowly.

13:26 Does she mean just ice cream and not specifically coconut?

Where does Ellen live in that video? Last time when she was living in Bali she was making crazy claim. Being Indonesian i can confidently say no Indonesian pregnant woman drink a whole lot of coconut water.

Coconut water.. Stable energy because it stabilises blood sugar because it’s a starch maybe? Dunno

Would you be willing to do a response video to her pro life pro choice podcast episode?

“If it was up to me our entire yard would be fuckin’ rocks” I laughed so hard at this.

Can we talk about how Swayze is literally not aging

Im always low on magnesium in pregnancy, probably would need more than some coconut water mind.

i eat plant-based diet ... I have PCOS and I am low in magnesium zinc and manganese.

Have you done a video on Alice and baby Fern? Seems that Alice is pregnant again.

when I lived in India, any time I visited the doctor, the very first question I was immediately asked was always 'did you drink some coconut water?' for any and every ailment 😂 I quickly learned to buy one from a vendor on the way and chug it so I wouldn't be told to go drink one and come back if not better. they're just too used to white people not knowing how to keep their systems in balance over there 😅

An orange might not be a lot cheaper, depends where you live... I can only dream of apples and oranges - so expensive! Mangos, coconuts and papayas? those I grow in our garden...

Sourdough bread is not a health food? *cries in german* 😢

Does Ellen think that the good bacteria survive the baking and end up in sourdough bread? She says it’s good for gut health lol

My sister had potassium deficiency and it is a real thing.. so stop assuming things..

I wouldnt expect your raspberries or blueberries or strawberries to really start putting on until they've had a year or two in the dirt! just a heads up!

stir it every hour during four hours as a KZfaq with 5 homeschooled kids... 😩 Gosh I have 1 kid and I don't even stir my coffee lol.

Ayyyy team Fitbit 🥰

It's seems like tastewise I'm completely different from you. I love Quinoa and I also love ginger. Ginger tea, dark chocolate covered ginger bites even the pickled ginger that comes with sushi. I think you also mentioned in another video you don't like stevia(?) well I like it too or I don't mind it in protein powders and beverages except coffee but I hate sweet coffee in general. The only vegetable I really don't like that I can think of right now is eggplant. I think I get more offended by some foods textures.

I feel like freelee has taken a turn for the worse. I’ve always watched her out of fascination. But recently I can’t even get through her videos. She’s talking more and more nonsense and generally being even more disrespectful around topics like eating disorders. And to top it off her cult following seems even more obsessed and she’s really doing the most to keep them in the group. The culty parallels are getting scary and it’s not even a joke about her being a cult leader now…. I’ve had this on my mind a lot lately and didn’t know were to say it as there’s no point on commenting on her videos.

You lost me at having a gravel pit as a yard :P

if you are getting nauseous just drink some baking soda water that is cold. sip on it for a bit. after eating

When it first came out I was on board with coconut oil, even ate a Tablespoon a day as a health food. Then more science came out (Mic the Vegan for instance) stating it is NOT a healthy food. Saturated fat period. Now I see coconut oil in a lot of vegan foods, it's difficult to avoid. To me it seems to be the new version of cheap oils (soybean, corn etc) that used to be in everything. rant over.

I rarely eat fruit, unless you count tomato sauce or canned and diced tomatoes. Then again I don’t claim to be healthy, and my diet is certainly not a healthy one, though I’ve been vegan for at least 6 years (pretty long for a 23 year old if I do say so myself). The fruit around here tends to be really expensive and it’s awful in quality. Produce in general, really, aside from the blackberries I picked from the yard. A small bag of romaine lettuce costs about $3 here, which is borderline offensive. It’s hard to be a broke ass bitch in Alabama, but I make it by. Learning how to cook rice without burning it really helped, lmao. Lentils are my shit though. Like, literally, they make me shit.

"You're only as strong as your weakest link"... I like that