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The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee

Why the Plant-Based Movement Is Stalling | Dr. Dean Sherzai

The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee

Physicians Committee

Carroll, Health & Fitness, Diabetes, Science, Nutrition, Vegan, Pcrm, Barnard, Weightloss, Food, Health, Recipes, Medicine, Diet

4.9 β€’ 3.3K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

What if the biggest threat to plant-based health isn’t meat β€” but misinformation?

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Dr. Dean Sherzai is calling for a revolution in how we advocate for vegan nutrition. Instead of relying on viral anecdotes or purity-based ideology, Sherzai makes a compelling case for data literacy, scientific integrity, and humility. He explains why dogmaβ€”even in the plant-based worldβ€”is hurting the movement and pushing people away.

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Learn what it takes to rebuild trust and grow a movement that lasts. Whether you're plant-curious, evidence-minded, or just tired of online nutrition wars, this episode of The Exam Room podcast is a refreshing take on what it takes to push whole foods plant based nutrition forward.

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0:00.0

Today, on the exam room.

0:04.2

The plant-based movement is frozen.

0:05.9

I'm sorry, this is going to be very unpopular and it's going to be difficult for people,

0:09.2

and people are going to go up on their chairs and yell that, no, we're growing with this.

0:12.5

And that's not the point.

0:14.3

The point is we are not doing much beyond our silos.

0:22.1

Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee.

0:26.3

Hi, I am the weight loss champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around

0:31.4

the world.

0:32.0

Hi to the exam room.

0:33.5

He's listening in Huntington Beach, California, Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Guadalajara, Mexico.

0:40.1

Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place.

0:43.9

This is episode 46 of season 8, number 645 overall.

0:50.8

You know, there are interviews, and then there are interviews, conversations that really make you pause and think.

0:59.8

And today definitely features the latter.

1:03.3

It's a spicy little chat with Dr. Dean Shurzai, who is a scientist, neurologist, and a man of very deep thought and conviction when it comes to the

1:13.9

evidence that is influencing the choices we make for our own health. You see, Dr. Scherzai is not

1:21.4

someone to rush to judgment because one study does not proof make. And that makes a lot of what we hear so obsolete and incomplete

1:31.6

in his estimation. And with that framework in mind, we're going to talk about some of the

1:37.4

recent data that has been making the rounds. Here are just a few of Dr. Scherzai's hot takes

1:42.6

that we're getting into. Olive oil, fish, Mediterranean diets, elitism in health,

1:49.5

and how to move forward and rebuild trust in science and the plant-based movement.

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