1107: How Going Vegan Can Make You Fat & Sick

You can eat a healthy diet that's vegan, but I also want to be very clear that it takes much more planning to do that than it would to eat a healthy omnivore diet

What's best for the environment is what's best for our health. Healthy humans are what's going to be good for the environment because healthy humans make better decisions, they need less medicine, they're more productive, they're more efficient, and lead more meaningful lives.

I'm interested in the 98 percent, the average person who doesn't have the education, who doesn't have the understanding, but wants to make healthier choices. They're hearing this propaganda that the vegan diet is a healthier choice and that's just flat-out bullshit.

Processed foods encourage more food consumption. Fat people are sicker, require more medication, are less productive, and are generally worse for the environment. Unhealthy people are just generally worse for the world.

A poorly planned vegan diet is a recipe for disaster

Are there people that a vegan diet will work best for? Absolutely. But the problem is making it cool for everybody and pushing it as a widespread agenda because the average person is going to suffer from health issues and nutrient deficiencies. They're not going to do it right.

Don't subscribe to a diet... Even if it gave you the best results in the world, let's unpack why it made you feel that way. What was it inside the 'diet' that made you feel so great, or made you think that it was so great, and let's start to pick that apart.

Studies show consistently that when you give creatine to vegans, their cognitive function goes up and their IQ actually improves. That tells me they're not getting the amount of creatine that they need.

I think supplements are okay. I'm glad we have them. But if people can eat in a way that means that they don't need supplements, that's the way to eat.

Cod liver oil, organ meats, egg yolks... those are some of the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet

Malnutrition is going up during one of the most plentiful times in all of human history

There are certain nutrients that you can only get from animal products. When you eliminate meat and animal products, often times you have to fortify your diet with supplements in order to make up those differences.

The biggest risk that you can have for cancer in terms of your diet is obesity. Obesity contributes to something like 40% of all cancers.

It's just like the argument I tell parents when they say, 'I can't workout because it takes time away from my kids.' I tell them that if they're not healthy, they're not giving their kids good time. A healthy you is better for everything.

There's so many other ways that you can reduce your carbon footprint than simply just cutting out steak and meat. That's just dangerous to your health.

When the average American goes vegan, they're going to consume much more GMO products

I've run into a lot of people who want to do the right thing who have bought into the moral arguments of veganism... their health is suffering terribly