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Hey. Hey there. Today

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I am excited to finally put

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to bed what the best

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diet is for every human being

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on the planet. But

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before I tell you that, let's take a

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look at every trendy diet there is right

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now. Now, there's a lot more than what I'm going to

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cover. Don't come at me. And if you want me to go over

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another one down the road, maybe on Instagram or in

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my newsletter, reach out, leave me a comment,

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or a speak pipe, and I will do that for you. But let's just

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start with the basics that are

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out there now and being pushed on us in every

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single direction. First up,

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let's talk plant based,

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vegan and vegetarian. Now, there actually

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is, and it was explained to me, vegan,

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vegetarian and plant based. They kind of do mean

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separate things, although I don't think the general

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pop understands that. So plant

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based is eating mostly

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plants, but also plant based products.

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Whether you're vegan, omnivorous, or

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vegetarian, you're eating all the

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products that are labeled plant

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based. Like your plant based

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butter, which I hate to break it to you,

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is basically margarine that you cut out your diet

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before. So let's just not go

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there. So plant based

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is incorporating products

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that are ultra processed. So plant based

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will stick to incorporates ultra processed fake meats. Plant based

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products that don't occur naturally. And when we talk about

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ultra processed, we are talking about things that you would

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not be able to concoct in your own kitchen.

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They require a lab, basically.

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Okay, whether you agree with me

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on eliminating ultra processed foods or not, that's

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not what we're talking about today. But that's where plant

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based lies. And then we have

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vegetarians. Vegetarians, like

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especially old school vegetarians,

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are people who eat some dairy. Sometimes

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they incorporate eggs, would be their only

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animal products, and then the rest is all coming

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from plant material. But whole

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foods, plants, they eat vegetables,

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nuts, seeds. One of the most things that you

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would, or the most processed things you would see them eating

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is tofu. But tofu is not really processed. It's

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mashed beans that's fermented. So

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we've got to take a look at the bigger picture there, that they're

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eating predominantly whole foods in the form

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of vegetables, nuts,

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seeds, a little dairy, a little eggs,

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depending on their scope of

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vegetarianism. And then we got the

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vegans. The vegans, old school

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vegans, eat plants, nuts and

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seeds. They're not eating

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the plant based alternative meat sources. They're not eating

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alternative dairy, they're not eating alternative

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spreads. They are sticking to things that they

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concoct out of whole foods. Hummus,

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bean pastes, tofu, those are all

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things. Like we could make tofu ourselves in our own

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kitchen with proper instructions. So

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they're eating whole foods,

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all coming from plant matter. That is a true

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vegan old school style. So plant

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based eating, vegans, vegetarians, there's

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also the fruitarians, there's also,

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those that are raw vegan. There's a lot of

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different splinters out just like any other

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diet. the biggest concern

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from those who aren't in those

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groups is the difficulty

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of getting in enough

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proteins and the full amino acid

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profiles unless you truly know what you're doing to balance

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out the nuts and seeds and different plant matter so that

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you're getting enough and getting the variety of amino

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acids we need and the lack of b

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twelve. Those are the two biggest talking

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points from the anti plant based

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vegan vegetarian, whatever you want to call it.

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however, those that are in the

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vegan vegetarian world have their

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own arguments. Science is never settled.

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They also don't think that we need as much protein as we think

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we need from a non vegan

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perspective. And I know I included myself. So you're probably already

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making guesses of what I think the best diet is. But we'll get

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there. We're not there yet. So m just take everything and

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understand that the vegans and

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vegetarians that are thriving are

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eating whole foods. They're also become very

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knowledgeable about what they're eating. So they combine things

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properly so that they do get the nutrients in the b

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twelve thing. I've heard it from way too many vegans that

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have struggled later on in life. It doesn't happen right

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away, but they start having some, neurodegenerative issues down the

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road. but I don't know how predominant that is

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in the vegan community. I have not studied it. But

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that is the cons to that. That is brought up

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in the arguments. Next we're going to talk about mediterranean

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diet, which is a diet that was written by an

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american and they called it the mediterranean diet.

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And it is a true diet in the sense

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of it's got rules, it's got regulations, and it may not

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exactly represent what people in the Mediterranean actually eat.

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It represents a portion of what they eat.

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but it is full of healthy olive oil,

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fish and produce. Again, it's

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mostly whole foods. There is some breads and pastas in there, but

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very little. So take that with a grain of salt either.

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But that is also eating a variety of things. And for some

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people, they will thrive on it. And other people,

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they may not, depending on their health. Their argument

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is, is you don't need what they say you need. You

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need other things. There's always going to be an argument for or

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against a diet. And then there's the dash diet,

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which I'm going to tell you I don't know much about, but it seems ultra

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restrictive and kind of weird. So I'm not even going to get into

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that. But it's got a lot of rules. And if you're into

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the dash diet and you could reach out to me, I would appreciate it,

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because I can't even understand it. Or maybe

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it just didn't pique my interest enough to learn. Then

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we got the, You can eat everything in moderation, or what I

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like to call the Weight watchers crowd, because that's

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basically what Weight watchers is. Eat everything in

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moderation and within your calories and points.

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Again, there's some pros to that because

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you can eat normally and go out and

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socialize, and there are some cons that you might be eating

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foods that aren't healthy for you or that make you sick

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or that cause your disease, that you have to get worse.

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Pros and cons to that, too. Eat everything in

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moderation. Doesn't work for those that have binge eating

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disorders. There is a lot of issues, pros and

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cons, with almost every diet so far that I've talked to,

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but this one, because it doesn't restrict

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you to whole foods. People like

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it because they can eat their cake or have their cake

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and eat it, too. but for a diabetic, that's

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probably not the best thing. You know, there's pros and

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cons to everything. Next we'll touch on is the Paleo diet. The

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Paleo diet originally was a whole

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foods approach to ancestral eating,

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which basically meant that you were eating

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like they thought your ancestors would. So you were

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eating all your vegetables, your

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fruits, but you weren't eating grains. And no

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dairy. Don't ask me where the dairy went

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from. I did a, paleo version where I still

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incorporated dairy, because I struggle giving up dairy. But

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that's my personal problem, not yours. But

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Paleo really was a way of eating

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clean. There wasn't all the packaged and processed

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foods when it was at its hype. So

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it was very successful because people were getting back to eating

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whole, natural foods. From Paleo, we'll go into the keto diet,

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which a lot of people think is trendy, but it has been

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around for years and years and years. I've talked about it

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before. There's lots of ways to keto.

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One is a whole foods approach, and one

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is a. If it fits my macros, I eat it,

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processed or not. Now, again, a lot

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of these diets, when they first started out and were at their height

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of success, didn't have the packaged,

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processed foods that are out there now. So

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people were eating vegetables, m meat, and

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healthy fats. In the case of paleo, they were adding

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in potatoes and some sweeteners,

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but natural sweeteners, honey and maple syrup.

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And before you come at me, since I am in the keto, I

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get it. Your body looks at glucose and fructose and

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sucrose all the same. However,

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they limited it to that ketogenic diet, took

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that out. but the ketogenic diet left in dairy,

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if you tolerate dairy, no grains, no sugars, no

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starches, is basically of the ketogenic diet,

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but without the processed foods, was original. Now, there's all

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these processed foods. So you can find all these different versions of it.

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And from the keto, when all these different versions of

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junk food came in, people were having trouble with it, so

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they started restricting more and more and more, and in comes

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the carnivore crowd. Now, the carnivore diet

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is really the ultimate elimination

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diet, because you're getting rid of all the plant

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matter and anything that would

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generally aggravate your digestive system, especially

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if you have leaky gut. So it is a version of an

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elimination diet. So it's probably been around a lot longer.

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However, now people live off of meat,

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salt, water. some

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of them do add in supplements. Some of them have

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started adding in fruit. There's lots of versions of

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the carnivore diet. And again, now that the carnivore

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is trendy, there's packaged foods coming out like carnivore

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crisps or carnivore flour, so you can make some kind

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of weird bread. Those against something like the

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ketogenic diet or the carnivore diet, say they're way too

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restrictive, they're too reliant on animal products, and in

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the case of a carnivore diet, they're saying

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they're not getting in the fiber. They need to feed the

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gut microbiome. And honestly, the science isn't there.

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We don't know what's going on with someone that has been

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long term on the carnivore diet and their microbiome,

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but that's to be found out later. Right now, they're

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living a perfectly healthy, thriving

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life. So are vegans, so are

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vegetarians. Are all of them? Nope. I find

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it interesting that with every diet I just

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spoke about, with the exception of weight

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watchers, and eat everything in moderation and

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to a little extent, plant based, and that was in air

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quotes, relies

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predominantly on whole foods. Foods,

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whether it be plant foods, animal foods, or

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a combination of both. With every

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single diet I have listed today, there

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are people who are thriving

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and they are metabolically healthy, and

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there are people who are not that just

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can't get over the hump. They get a little bit better, but

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not over that hump, or

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they don't get better at all. They don't

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reach their goals. Some people even start

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downsliding, and their health is deteriorating.

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It really depends on where you are

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in the health spectrum. So now, I promised you I was going to

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tell you what the best

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diet was for every human

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being. There is no best diet.

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The best diet out there

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consists of foods that

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nourish your unique body,

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that support your health,

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eliminates foods that make you

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personally sicker, and a diet you can

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sustain. Because any

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dietary changes you make, you need

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to keep them up. The minute you

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stop eating healthy and going

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back to what you're doing now that you're not healthy

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will end you right back here now where you're

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not healthy. Trust me, I've been on this yo

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yo diet circle. And when we talk about yo yo

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diet, we always talk about it in the scheme of weight

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loss, but it's also health gains

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and health loss. Now, there are

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lots of reasons why we do not sustain

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a diet. If you listen to last week's

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episode, I talked about self sabotaging and it as a form

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of hiding because we don't want to be seen.

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But beyond that, it could also be

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we don't want to be looked at as being different, that we have

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to eat differently. You are not going to

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tell an alcoholic they have to drink

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alcohol. You are not going

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to tell someone who has celiac

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disease to eat bread.

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You are not going to tell someone with a peanut

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allergy to eat peanuts. You

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see where I'm going with this? If your body

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cannot process the food you are putting

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inside of it and it is making you sicker,

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you should not be eating it, and you should

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not feel weird for avoiding

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it. So the best diet out there

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is one that makes you

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healthy, plain and simple. Not only

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that makes you healthy, one that you can sustain.

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And I know that it kind of sounds

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weird that I'm saying it has to be sustainable. And I'm

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also telling you that you might have to give up your favorite foods

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because they're making you sick. It's not really

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the same thing. Giving

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something up because your health depends on

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it is not the same as giving something

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up because you want to lose 20 pounds

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or because some Internet influencer

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told you to give it up. I see

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way, way too much fear mongering in the health and

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wellness space and too many blanket

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statements that just are not

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true. So to wrap it all up

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and put a pretty bow on it, the

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best diet ever out there is

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one that will make you the healthiest

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version of you and one

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that you can sustain the healthy habits you

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have built. The food will change.

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What nourishes you today

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may not be all you need down the road. What

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you eliminate today may get to get added back

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in, or more stuff needs to come out. Our

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bodies are constantly changing, with our environments,

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with our stress levels, with life. Our bodies

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are not stagnant. So one diet

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is never going to be the perfect diet

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for you. You're going to need to learn how to hear your

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body and listen to it when it's telling you

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that it needs something different, it needs a change

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up. One more thing that all of

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those diets I talked about have in common is they

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all need the same healthy habits,

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hydration, exercise,

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good sleep and reduce stress. So

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focus on the healthy habits, play around with the foods and

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you will become the healthiest version of you.

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And lastly, do not fall into the

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tribal trap of diet dogma.

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And on that note, friends, I, will see you next time.

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Bye. Thanks for listening in today. I

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