Thinking of changing my diet
Anyone here turn to a more plant based diet, after watching the game changers doc on Netflix seems to make a good argument for both physical and mental wellbeing.
46-50, M
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Tatsumi · 31-35, M
From my perspective, plant based diets aren't particularly healthy. Plants adapt over time, right, and they don't like to be eaten, so they adapt anti-nutrients and toxins to prevent themselves from being desirable food. The reason pineapple or kiwi will tear your tongue apart sometimes, it lets out an enzyme that is literally trying to eat you for eating it.
Animals can't do that as well for obvious reasons. Ideally, a fat-based mostly meat diet with some fruits and veggies and moderate protein is the healthiest.
That said, there are a lot of beneficial nutrients in plants, especially cruciferous veggies like broccoli and cauliflower. Especially components in broccoli like sulforophane which basically helps everything. Supplements are all shit there, but its found in broccoli sprouts, the most.
But, plants also lack full amino acid profiles, much of the time, with some exceptions like quinoa. Anyways, never seen Game Changers, but if you wanna see the health benefits of a mostly plant-based diet, look at vegans and vegetarians. They often have serious health issues due to lacking important nutrients like b12 and non-heme iron.
Vegetarians and vegans may be healthier than high meat eaters for awhile, but that's namely because they're more likely to be health conscious. When corrected for health conscious eaters, meat diets and plant diets show little difference, and meat-based diets may be healthier.
Animals can't do that as well for obvious reasons. Ideally, a fat-based mostly meat diet with some fruits and veggies and moderate protein is the healthiest.
That said, there are a lot of beneficial nutrients in plants, especially cruciferous veggies like broccoli and cauliflower. Especially components in broccoli like sulforophane which basically helps everything. Supplements are all shit there, but its found in broccoli sprouts, the most.
But, plants also lack full amino acid profiles, much of the time, with some exceptions like quinoa. Anyways, never seen Game Changers, but if you wanna see the health benefits of a mostly plant-based diet, look at vegans and vegetarians. They often have serious health issues due to lacking important nutrients like b12 and non-heme iron.
Vegetarians and vegans may be healthier than high meat eaters for awhile, but that's namely because they're more likely to be health conscious. When corrected for health conscious eaters, meat diets and plant diets show little difference, and meat-based diets may be healthier.