Comments by "JLH" (@Kyarrix) on "What Does Professor Tim Spector Eat in a Day?" video.

  1. There are things that are helpful here but there is a lot that is not accurate. Most of us in this country eat far too much carbohydrate. There's no need to eat bread unless you really want it and do not have any issues with blood sugar. Second, the plant-based thing is fine but pasture raised eggs, for example, are a perfect protein. They're healthy, environmentally sound and if you get them from a farm where the animals are genuinely free to run around, they're also ethical. The idea that saturated fat is the source of overweight and unhealthy is wrong. Ansel Keys has a lot to answer for. The studies he did were cherry picked, excluded women and excluded countries that did not fit the correlation he was looking for. There's so much more to say on the topic of saturated fat but it would go beyond the scope of this comment. Suffice to say, saturated fat is not the problem we've been taught it is, sugars, processed carbs and processed oils are. Eat lots of healthy fats, eat good healthy protein, pasture raised eggs, grass-fed beef in reasonable moderation, wild caught salmon, plant-based proteins are fine but they are not equal to animal protein in terms of protein availability for us. Stay away from processed foods. This can't be emphasized enough. Stay away from processed foods, don't eat things like Crisco or sunflower or safflower oils, avoid added sugars were possible and this also includes so-called healthy alternatives like honey. Eat lots of vegetables, leafy greens, fermented foods, extra virgin olive oil, all of that is very good advice. Unsweetened full fat Greek yogurt from pasture raised cows is an excellent food, be sure it's from grass fed cows, otherwise you're not getting the same benefit at all. Cows that are fed corn, live in concentrated animal feeding operations, are frequently sick and fed antibiotics and growth hormones. You do not want to eat yogurt that is made from the milk of these cows. It's unhealthy for you, it's not healthy for the cows, it's unethical and cruel. We can grow food ethically without abusing animals and harming ourselves and the environment. You can go more plant-based or you can go with animal products, both work as long as you are getting enough healthy fat and good protein while staying away from processed foods, sugars, excess carbohydrates and unhealthy fats such as vegetable and seed oils. Also, eat what you enjoy as long as what you're eating is healthy. If you enjoy eating cauliflower then eat cauliflower. If you don't, then don't force yourself to eat things that you don't enjoy. I don't like cauliflower, so I will not eat it but I will eat brussel sprouts roasted in the oven. We have preferences and it's important to respect those. There's also a place in our diet for things that we enjoy. Celebratory foods can be eaten as long as they are eaten as celebratory foods, in other words have a piece of cake at a celebration but don't have a piece of cake everyday or every week. The problem was never eating special treats, but when the treats became what we ate at every meal, we started to become fat and sick. Our industrial food complex advertises things to us to try to get us to buy unhealthy cheap foods that are highly profitable. These foods also kill us. Stay away from them, it's better to fast than to eat a Pop-Tart or bowl of Captain Crunch. Edit: I appreciate the gentle approach, It's clear that this doctor embraces a plant-based approach but he doesn't proselytize for it. The low carb, high fat and keto communities have a lot in common with the plant-based approach in that both want people to eat real food and avoid processed foods, added sugars, unhealthy oils and other foods that create inflammation in the body. As the doctor says it's tremendously important to support your gut. I would subscribe heed a lot of the suggestions made here even while the approach differs slightly from mine. There is wisdom to be found here and I appreciate it.
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