What are the benefits of eating fermented foods?

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Could you elaborate on how fermented food and its consumption affect a person’s health positively?

Answer 1

I'm exactly the same when I travel. Never eat out. I find a store, buy healthy food and make up a meal in my hotel room or in a park. Always pack a cutlery pack, plate and bowl (you can get silicone ones ). Nice salads, cheese, nuts, boiled eggs, seeds, Greek yogurt berries and my travel foods.

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Then how do you experience cultures when food is a part of culture? You make your own sushi in Japan, your own paella in Spain, your own duck confit in France? Or don't you travel abroad?

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I’ve travelled to nearly 50 countries as a vegan, since 2010. A do a lot of cooking (I usually stay in places with kitchen). I also research local food that is naturally plant based. Nowadays, most countries, at least in big cities, have vegan restaurants. I don’t think I’m missing out the culture. Culture is more than food. Culture is to engage with the locals. Travel on public transport with them. Stay in non touristic places, shop in the supermarket, go for a drink in the local bar and chat to the locals. I don’t need to eat their food to live their culture. I’m Brazilian, and I’m not less Brazilian because I don’t eat Brazilian food which is heavy on animal products

Answer 2

Interesting to hear what Dr Gardner had to say about Beyond Meat! As a family, although we're not vegetarians, we started consciously swapping out a couple of meat-based meals per week for plant-based alternatives.

Answer 3

One big reason (not the whole story but a big part) for the response to wheat in the USA is that conventional growers spray the crop with glyophosate (Roundup) right before harvest as a desiccant to speed up drying/maturing of the grain heads for easy harvesting/processes. Roundup acts like an antibiotic in the gut, destroying healthy gut microbiome and gut lining. When you destroy the gut lining you begin having all kinds of food allergies and gut inflammation.

Answer 4

Dr. Christopher Gardner is brilliant - and if people listen to this whole podcast they’ll learn so much & debunks a whole lot of myths with real human evidence.  Amazing communicator & wise.  Thank you Andrew for a stunning interview.

Answer 5

Joel Salatin is the epitome of regenerative farming at a midsize scale. He is a huge champion of pastured animals. Every single one of his books give actionable information about how you can regeneratively farm at a small scale. He would be a great guest for this podcast.

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I came to the comment section to write this exact thought. Joel Saladin has spent decades proving the scalability of regenerative farming from small to large utilizing his practice of rotational grazing for both cattle and then followed by chickens on drastically reduced land requirements. This regenerates the soil as well as provides soil/compost (also enhanced with worm composting) that can be used for high nutrient dense vegetables. It’s all related. Another thought on the “lack of land” argument is by using these practices you are able to grow in all types of “non-traditional” environments. Big, Little Farm, a documentary on Amazon, documents a journey to regenerate a mono crop farm with dead soil into a vibrant ecosystem. Additionally many farms in other dry arid area (Las Damas Ranch in the Chihuahuan Desert for one) are restoring grasslands utilizing these methodologies. So the scarcity argument I just don’t feel holds much weight. I will concede that if food in general was more nutrient dense, that we would need less volume to be satiated, but the argument for quality protein due to lack of land (for traditional grazed animals yes) with these available techniques/practices- not buying it.

AND - I also think Joel would be an awesome guest as a follow up for this protein/availability discussion

Answer 6

The most helpful food science I've heard has been from Benjamin Bikman. Everything this guy says is the opposite. Please interview Dr. Bikman next?

Answer 7

I have to admit. I'm typically big on animal protein and listen to the high protein crowd. However, the conversation has me rethinking my own personal diet pattern. I may try lower meat consumption and upping the veggie, bean/lentil, soy consumption. I have no intention of going vegan, but the logic explained here makes perfect sense so I will give more plant filled plate options a go.

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I wouldn’t if I were you. We should listen to varying opinions, for sure, but use our own reasoning to figure out what makes more sense. Saying that a highly processed beyond meat burger is healthier makes no sense.

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Trust me I’m not talking about adding in fake meat imitation food products. I just have a feeling I’d benefit from more less processed plant foods in my diet such as beans, certain grains, fermented soy products such as tempeh, etc.

Answer 8

This content is changing my mind regarding how I've been eating for the past five years.

Answer 9

Does he not see any problem with the concept of "adherence" when he admits that the twins in the Twins study, who were chosen by producers before the study to be featured on the documentary, were also being couched by an ultra vegan personality? These are all huge influencing factors, which fails to see Andrew's point about adherence being very difficult for the average person (who won't have all that)

Answer 10

Everything is a "plant based diet." I prefer my plants in the form of a cow because they are designed to break down the plants they eat. Humans cannot break down plants fully.

Answer 11

I just want to thank you for what you do. Your podcast has given me the knowledge and jumping off point I needed to take back control over my life. I've struggled with mental health issues since I was a teen. This podcast had made me a better person and better mother. So I thank you.

Answer 12

Did any of those doctors you asked to put their hands up if anyone in their practice suffered from lack of protein and no hand went up, work in aged care? Not one saw a patient with sarcopenia? Unbelievable.

Answer 13

I’m halfway thru this conversation, and I have to take issue with Huberman’s sponsors, which DO NOT list all their ingredients on their labels. What’s up with that?

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Business is business sadly

Answer 14

What about the pesticides we use on the wheat? I thought that would have more to do with peoples sensitivities than the fact that we have monoculture or eat too much of it. I had an allergy test at 2 years old (my mom thought it was strange I always had a cold (also she smoked 3 packs a day in the house)) but my 3 main sensitivities besides mold and tobacco were CORN, WHEAT, PEANUTS. I was born in 84. Hasn't glyphosate been used widely and abundantly since 70s?

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But animals are injected with hormones and antibiotics. Besides, most farm animals are fed with soy and corn, which is full of pesticides. Animals also release cortisol and adrenaline hormones when they are stressed (for instance - during transportation to the slaughterhouse and before they are killed). Surely these things aren’t good for your health

Answer 15

Outstanding episode! Hit a lot of touch stones in my life.
*Culinary Institute of America alumni  1995. Before the internet, I did a lot of research about diets in that library and ultimately became vegetarian...that absolutely wasn't my goal. I was educating myself to combat my vegetarian friends.
* same age- born 1975. Like yourself, im still educating & exercising my mind and body. Continuing to grow mentally and physically.
*Tour managed a vegan band in the 1990s, and i opted to say i was vegetarian or "plant based" to distance myself from the extreme ones out there.
Keep up the great work!

Answer 16

Started feeling pretty bad in my later 20's. Went vegan. Read a bunch of documentaries, was outraged about what was happening to these animals, and stuck with it for 11 ish years. The last year or so I really started craving fish and eggs and not feeling too great. I decided I would allow myself to try fish and eggs again. Feel really good now. You know the saying sometimes you have to go a long way the wrong way to come back a short distance the right way? I think that is what I did. We are all learning and we are all just people. Love above all.

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are none, I've been vegan for a long time. As long as you get enough calories and protein, it's a great way of eating.

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Didn't expect much nutritional knowledge from a vegan, but claiming "as long as you get enough calories and protein, it's a great way of eating" is certainly a new low I didn't expect to hear xD ...Have you ever heard of micronutrients, or are you still in the little baby phase of nutritional knowledge where it's all about macros and calories? xD

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're just wrong, as you should have learned from this content.

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​@@Divinefapperthe ADA and the USDA say that a vegan diet is sufficient for all stages of life. What are your qualifications?

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Show me a study that shows vegans were deficient in micronutrients compared to omnivores. You can't, because vegans aren't deficient in micronutrients any more than omnivores are. Why don't you post a picture of yourself, I'd like to compare physiques of myself (vegan) versus a big meat eater like yourself.

Answer 17

Hello. can you please do a podcast on Presentation Techniques? Getting in the right state of mind, what to do when extremely nervous etc. And also talk about how you became the speaker and presenter you are today. Thank you!

Answer 18

Great episode! Dr. Christopher Gardner wasn't afraid to stand up to Huberman, which was refreshing! Great conversation. I love the Huberman Lab podcast and never miss an episode. Huberman often defends his meat-eating by stating his Argentine heritage, but I was pleasantly surprised when I traveled to Argentina to find 1,373 vegan-friendly restaurants. All around excellent episode!

Answer 19

These dietary episodes always offer a lot of food for thought.

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No pun intended

Answer 20

What about B12? Bio-available protein, vitamins & minerals, omega-3s? Following a plant based diet is great for pooping 5x a day, not for absorbing nutrients properly & building lean tissue

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Vegan for 10 years. Bloods are always perfect. And popping every day keeps bowel cancer away.