False "Facts" About a Vegan Diet | Dr. Matthew Nagra
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 28 December 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Clear up false food facts on the season finale of The Exam Room!
There is a dizzying amount of misinformation spread about plant-based diets on a daily basis. You need meat to survive. There is no way that you will get enough nutrients. Dairy is required in order to have strong bones. You won't live as long if you just eat plants.
When you first consider going vegan it can be nearly impossible to know what to believe and who to trust. However, the confusion ends today because the truth stops here.
Dr. Matthew Nagra joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to talk about five of the biggest "false facts" regarding what happens to your health by taking meat and dairy off the menu. Dr. Nagra is quickly becoming one of the most trusted nutrition advocates in his home country of Canada and worldwide thanks to a strong internet following.
He presents compelling and scientifically-backed arguments on the following claims:
- You can't get all the nutrients you need by eating a plant-based diet.
- Vegans are more likely to have brittle and broken bones.
- Plant sources of protein are inferior to animal proteins.
- It is hard to get enough iron without eating meat.
- Soy is unhealthy and causes a man's chest to become unsightly.
To that last point, wait until you hear the unexpected food that Dr. Nagra says is one of the biggest reasons men grow breast tissue.
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| 0:00.0 | When we actually compare nutrient intakes between vegans, vegetarians, |
| 0:04.1 | mediators, we actually see that the vegans do as well. |
| 0:07.6 | Or if in a slot of cases, even better than the mediators do for overall nutrition. |
| 0:12.6 | That's not to say that there aren't certain nutrients of focus. |
| 0:15.7 | Yes, vegans should be taken to be 12 supplement, but it's a shame that we always |
| 0:21.1 | think that you're eating McDonald's every day and nobody really seems to bat |
| 0:25.3 | and eye about deficiency when really we should maybe be worried about excess there. |
| 0:29.1 | But when you start digging the animal products and going more towards the plant-based side, |
| 0:33.9 | everyone becomes an nutrition expert. |
| 0:40.5 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:44.4 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:47.3 | Thank you so very much for racing your health IQ with us in more than 130 countries around the world |
| 0:52.4 | and healthy cities coast to coast in the US. |
| 0:55.5 | San Luis Obispo, California, Reno, Nevada, and my hometown of Norfolk, Virginia. |
| 1:01.7 | We appreciate you all helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 1:06.5 | This is episode 104 of season 4, number 299 overall. |
| 1:12.5 | And it is also our season finale and the final episode of the year. |
| 1:18.4 | And with that in mind, we will be continuing to prepare for a healthy you in 2022. |
| 1:25.0 | And we're doing that by laying out some facts. |
| 1:28.8 | I mean look, there are a million and one things that have been said about a vegan diet. |
| 1:34.5 | There is a lot of misinformation. |
| 1:37.6 | Not enough nutrients, not enough protein. |
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