Diet Myths: Raw Vegan Diet, Seaweed, Long-Term Fasting
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 22 September 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Neal Barnard and Dr. Jim Loomis, two leading voices in plant-based nutrition, answer popular questions about vegan diets!
They join "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to address nutrition myths and new studies about eliminating meat and dairy from the diet.
Among the questions answered:
- How healthy is an all-raw vegan diet?
- Is seaweed a healthy source of iodine or is there concern about heavy metal contamination?
- Do coffee and tea block iron absorption?
- Is long-term fasting safe for someone with type 2 diabetes?
- What blood tests should vegans get?
- And many more!
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Best Cities for Vegans
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Chuck Carroll
Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC
IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Dr. Neal Barnard
Twitter: @drnealbarnard
IG: @drnealbarnard
Facebook: http://bit.ly/DrBarnardFB
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Dr. Jim Loomis
IG: @jfloomismd
Game Changers: https://gamechangersmovie.com
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Physicians Committee
Twitter: @PCRM
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook
YouTube: https://bit.ly/PCRMYouTube
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Barnard Medical Center Telemedicine
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | this question comes to us from Tracy. |
| 0:02.1 | How healthy is a raw, all vegan diet? |
| 0:05.4 | This question comes up a lot. |
| 0:06.6 | The fundamental question, when you cook food, |
| 0:09.5 | does that somehow diminish the nutritional value |
| 0:12.5 | and or if you eat just raw food, |
| 0:15.0 | are you missing out on certain things? |
| 0:17.0 | And it's very interesting that both are true, actually. |
| 0:20.1 | Well, hello there. |
| 0:30.7 | And welcome to the Exam Room Podcast, |
| 0:32.7 | brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:34.6 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:37.6 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen, |
| 0:40.4 | or a view, or a download, |
| 0:43.1 | wherever it is in the world that you are. |
| 0:45.9 | We appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:50.2 | And you are here for a big old jam pack, |
| 0:54.5 | chalk to the brim, plate full of information, |
| 0:57.8 | information overload, sure to raise your nutrition |
| 1:01.3 | and health IQ by at least two points, kind of show. |
| 1:06.1 | Indeed, it is a big show, because we have doctors, |
| 1:09.1 | Neil Barnard, and Jim Lumis doing a big, big, |
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