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In a most people come to an animal-based diet and assume the goal is to eliminate
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Every plant from the plate and honestly, I get it when you've spent
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Years being told that Kaley's a superfood and you finally learned it
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It's loaded with oxalates and goitrachens the pendulum can swing pretty hard and now it did for me
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But that's not the full picture, you know, and today I want to give you
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The nuanced version because the reality is that not all plants are created equal and the blankets
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Plants or baths take leaves a lot on the table now. This is not a pro plant episode
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But it's also not an anti-plant episode. It's a it's a framework episode how to think about plants strategically
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And hopefully by the end you'll know which plants earn a place on your plate
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Which ones to treat with caution and which ones to mostly leave behind?
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Welcome to the Primarchive podcast
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The thing here is there is a lot of nuance. There is a lot of personal or individual sensitivities
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There is a there are preparation methods to take into account. There are a lot of
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things that don't easily fit in a framework or in a in a rigid framework that is at least so
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My goal with this episode is to paint a somewhat flexible framework
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One that you can use to get started, but one that allows you to
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modify and change things as you go as you learn more about how your body responds to individual plants
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And I'm gonna give you some specific example of plants that are that fall into the good category that I don't tolerate very well
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And some plants that fall into the absolute the not so good category that I seem to be tolerating significantly better
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Talking about a framework having a framework a starting point is very useful if you're new to animal-based eating or if you
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Realize that whatever you're doing right now isn't working and you need to change something, but you don't quite know
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Before we get into all of that, you know, let's just make one thing clear, you know plants aren't health foods
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Plants don't want to be eaten, you know, that's really the starting point. That's the realization you need to have
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It's also true that animals don't want to be eaten
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But unlike animals plants typically don't run or have teeth to defend themselves
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You know, they cannot run from the predator that is the human being or another animal
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So they evolved using chemical defenses like toxins, antonutrients, enzyme inhibitors, inflammatory proteins, etc
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And those aren't in plants in trace amounts in some cases or in some plants there is significant enough
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To cause real physiological harm
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And some of the key compounds that I'm sure you've heard about but just to reiterate it so we all on the same page are
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Oxylates, you know, they bind minerals like calcium and magnesium and they can accumulate in kidneys and soft tissue
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So if you have kidney stones or you know, joint
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Those could be caused by oxylates
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Lactins is another great example and they can damage the gut lining they can contribute to leaky gut
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They interfere with nutrient absorption
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Phytates is another one that blocks the absorption of zinc iron and magnesium. So another
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Anti-nutrient literally then they have goitrogens they interfere with thyroid hormone production
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And they are specifically found in kale and spinach and brassicas like broccoli
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And there are a lot of them in those specific plants
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And then there are protease inhibitors
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So they as the name implies disrupt protein digestion
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what I want to three four five out of
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Antenuitrient and plant toxins that we know that might be even some that we don't know yet
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And if you have the things or if you have the factors that are important are dosing obviously
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And your individual tolerance and that can be different you know for anybody and so
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some people might respond incredibly
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Negatively to oxylates while others respond more to lectins. So it again that goes back to
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You know make a trusting the framework to make it work for you
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Another thing that's
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Fair to say is that someone with a healthy gut and the robust metabolic function can likely handle plants
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Better or a specific plant load better than someone with a leaky gut and autoimmune issues
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Now that doesn't necessarily mean if you're metabolically healthy and I have a healthy gut that you should be eating a lot of plants
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But it likely means that you can get away with significantly more than someone else
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Which is likely the reason why I tend to be able to get away with certain things that someone else cannot
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Not just because you can get away with something doesn't necessarily mean you should and you have to
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That's another nuance to keep into to keeping consideration now
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I think about plants and toxicity
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Because and not all plants repeat not all what I mean by that is that not all plants sit in the same category
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So I like to think of a think of plants of a I put them in a four tier system roughly
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Once that I can eat freely once that I can eat the moderation once the one category for plants that I eat occasionally
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And then others to completely avoid now again my
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The way I categorize those plants might be different to how you do so in this episode
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I'm going to share with you my starting point
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That's how I started and then I point out where and how I modified and why that is the key variables that determine
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Where plant where plant lands in those four categories is the concentration of
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Antenutrients and seeds and the skin usually carry the most
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Antenutrients so by deceating and removing the skin or peeling the plant
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You remove in many cases a lot of the Antenutrients
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The second category is whether or the second factor is whether
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Preparation can neutralize the worst offender so can I soak ferment
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To remove a lot of the Antenutrients
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Metabolic health and gut health we talked about this already
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And then how much you're eating and how often that's also a major factor
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I can get away with eating
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sourdough once a week and not even notice if I eat it every day
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I noticed a negative impact that you know the grains in the sourdough have on my overall health
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and so the general hierarchy
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Number one on the top of it
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A ripe low seed fruits like berries, avocados, olives, coconut ash and the last couple day
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Sound like veggies but they are technically fruits
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Step in the hierarchy would be the peeled and deseeded veggies
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So those include all the squashes like cucumber, zucchini, classic squash, pumpkins etc
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All of those would fall into that category
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Then there are tubers like potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams
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Especially when properly prepared and we'll talk about preparation methods
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What I mean in the context of tubers
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Then there are fermentable vegetables like cabbage, onion, garlic
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It's very context-dependent so those are not usually the ones that
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You know that I would recommend you eat a lot
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But the fermentation can make a meaningful difference
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And then there are leafy greens and brassicas like kale, spinach, broccoli, you know the health foods that aren't really
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And then in the last bucket are grains, legumes, seeds and nuts
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Now here is the nuance
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I tend to tolerate some of those much better
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Potatoes even when prepared properly
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I can eat more sourdough bread and potatoes without noticing the negative impact
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Or their negative impact
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And so let's dive right into it and talk about each of those buckets and what they specifically entail and why
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And so the past the best plans arguably for an animal-based diet are sweet
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And I would say that berries are probably very much on top of that
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You know strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries
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They have a fairly low, a glycemic index meaning they are low in sugar
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And they have a fairly low anti-nutrient content
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They have antioxidants, you know if you're into that
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The caveat is that raspberries do have oxalates, you know
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To varying degrees so if you're
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Dealing with oxalates, with kidney stones, et cetera, kidney issues, leaky gut, et cetera
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I would probably not
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indulge in raspberries too much
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Blueberries, you know, might be the better option for your strawberries rather than raspberries
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Next one up are avocados, olives, you know coconut, those, you know, fruits that don't sound like fruits
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They are very high in fat typically they are relatively low in sugar or no sugar at all
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And they have minimal toxin loads
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Obviously don't eat the seed of the avocado but nobody does anyway or the peel
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You know, those would be still fairly high in toxins
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But the flesh itself is relatively low in toxins
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Low in in carbs and those are generally
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Some of the best fruits that don't sound like fruits that you can have on an animal-based diet
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I really love avocados even though they are not grown here in Georgia
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I like coconuts and I like olives as well
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Sweet fruits, you know, are also fine
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Typically the sweetness of a fruit is an indication that the plants want you to eat it
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You know, that's why they are sweet, they look delicious
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The plant really wants you to eat them and then poop out the seeds somewhere else so that the plant can proliferate
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That's the purpose of sweet fruits
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And most people do fairly well with them
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You know, I can have apples and oranges and all of those things without any negative impact
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Now they might raise your blood sugar
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They might cause a spike in blood sugar
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That is true so if you're, you know, diabetic or prediabetic
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Maybe the sweetest of the fruits are not necessarily ideal
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But if you consume the whole fruit, rather drinking just the juice
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You know, you still get some of the fiber that slows down
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The conversion from the carbs in the fruit
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You know, to glucose and then cause a lower relatively speaking blood sugar spike
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Not that, you know, you need fiber for digestion
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But fiber does slow down that conversion that can be beneficial
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If you want to consume sweet fruits
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Now with bananas there is one caveat that I should point out is
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ripe bananas are fine
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Bananas that have not ripe and yet contain higher amounts of lectins
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You know, that anti-nutrient that can cause issues
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So ripe is generally better
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One thing that doesn't really fall into either the animal or plant-based category per se
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Is raw honey, you know, that's an entirely different category
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But since we're talking about sweet stuff raw honey is typically fine
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Even if you're, if you have blood sugar issues based on the studies I've seen
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raw honey can actually be quite beneficial
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And it doesn't mean you should be eating a gallon of honey every day
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You know, instead of protein and fat
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But you can have honey
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Even if you have blood sugar issues
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And because it's not only the sugar in the honey
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The love trace minerals and other elements that are beneficial overall
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I like honey, we have our own bees
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So we produce our own honey and we do eat it quite a bit
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Next up are peeled and deseeded veggies
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So your cucumbers, your zokinis, your squashes, etc
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If you remove the skin and the seeds
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Then you remove also most of the toxin load
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And you know, we have pumpkins, we have zokinis
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We have you know, there are, you know, tools out there
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Especially if you're into zokini or cucumbers, etc
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That you can deseed them like with, you know, one step
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You know, seeds are gone, fairly easy
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Peeling obviously is relatively easy as well
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And then you just slice them or do whatever with it
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And you know, they're not, not a source of nutrients per se
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But they're flavor, you know, they're aside
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They, you know, can fill you up
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You know, if you maybe want to, you know
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Reduce the amount of food you eat overall
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Like I'm a big eater, you know
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And I don't always need, you know, all of the food that I eat
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And if you fall into that category, you know, having some of those
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Harmless plants as a side can be beneficial
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Next one up are tubers
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And tier of preparation is incredibly important, you know
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Potatoes specifically have most of their
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Antenutrients in the skin
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Because that's the part that protects
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The tube, the inside of it
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From the elements because tubers are in the ground
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So they need a very very good barrier
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And that is the skin
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And that has a lot of those
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Antenutrients, you absolutely, there is no reason you should never, ever
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Consume potatoes with the skin on
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Or most other tubers peel them, you know
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Get rid of those antenutrients, there's no benefit in eating that stuff
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And then they're always also best when cooked, you know
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Don't eat raw tubers
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Specifically potatoes, I mean, you probably notice eating a raw potato
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So cooking them, I would cook all of the tubers
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You know carrots or
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You know, beets obviously and parsnips, you know, cook them properly
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That reduces their antenutrient load even further
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You know, with potatoes in particular
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And with most other things really
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A tubers as well, you can ferment them
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You know, just in a simple saline solution
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2.5% saline solution, ferment them
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For a couple of days
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And that further reduces the glycemic index
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As well as their antenutrient count
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And when combined with peeling them
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They can be quite compatible with an animal-based diet
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Now, not as a daily staple necessarily
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But as a useful tool
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I mentioned before, I alluded to it
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That if I eat too many potatoes
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My stomach doesn't feel right
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And so, I can have them in moderation on occasion
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But not as a daily staple
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You know, white rice is maybe something
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That's not a tuber, obviously
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It's more of a grain
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But white rice can also be
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Some people tolerate it well
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In moderation, I cannot have too much white rice
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But if you do consume rice
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Soaking, white rice is better than brown rice
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That comes with the brand
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Because that's where most of the antenutrients live
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So I don't buy into the brown rice is better
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Because it has fiber
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It also has a lot of the antenutrients
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That cause more damage than the fiber does good
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If fiber does any good at all
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So white rice soaked properly overnight
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And then cook it in clean water
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That's something that you can do
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Again, test it out, see how you tolerate it
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I don't tolerate it in greater amount
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Mushrooms, you know, they are technically fungi and are not plants
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But worse, including
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You know, that's also something
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You have to test it
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And see how you respond to it
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I do find with most mushrooms
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You know, when properly cooked, et cetera
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But I wouldn't eat it as a daily staple
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They are toxins and they are
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Other toxins and you would find in regular
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In vegetables but nonetheless
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It really depends on your individual tolerance and sensitivities
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Now let's talk about some of the worst plants
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We've talked about the good ones
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Now we talk about some of the likely not so good ones
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You know, are the sacred cows of the wellness world
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But they are really for the most part
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Some of the worst plants you can eat
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Now there are some exceptions
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So the things that I would absolutely not eat
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Our kale, spinach and chart
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You know, I now consistently push the superfoods
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But there are some of the worst offenders
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There are some of the worst oxalates levels
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And oxalates you cannot mitigate
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That's the one new antonutrient
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That there is no way known to human
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Meaning to remove by cooking, by fermenting, by sprouting
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Whatever oxalates won't go away
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Maybe at some point in the future we'll find a way
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But as of right now
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They, you know, they accumulate
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They bind minerals and they contribute to kidney stones
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And so if you've kidney stones already or someone in the family with kidney stones
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Chances are they got them from oxalates in your food
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And not from, you know, eating meat and a lot of salt
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So those, I would just, you know, avoid
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You know, same goes with, you know, with brusicas
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Like broccoli and cauliflower
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They are usually, you know, nothing good comes with them
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You know, they're full of quadrotrans
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They compete with iodine uptake, uptake
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And they can suppress thyroid function
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And this is especially relevant for anyone already dealing with thyroid issues
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The good news is that cooking significantly reduces at least the quadrotrans
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But if you eat broccoli
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Cook it, you know, never ever eat that crap raw
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Or put it in the juice in a raw juice or whatever
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You just get the full toxic load
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And as a rule of thumb, I stay away from leafy greens
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Now, lettuce is somewhat of an exception to that
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Not that I'm a huge fan of lettuce
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But lettuce is arguably among the leafy greens the least problematic ones
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If you like, you know, spring lettuce or whatever
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And some, you know, I don't know, with meat on top or shrimp on top
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Or salmon or whatever you, by all means, you know, have your lettuce
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Just don't make it spinach kale
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And, you know, those type of leafy greens that are full of oxalates
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Nitrates is another example of
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likely problematic plants and nitrates include, you know, tomatoes, peppers,
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eggplants, they're, they contain a lot of lectins
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Solanine and other alkaloids that are gut irritating
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For a meaningful subset of people
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You know, this is not just all, you know, one in a million is sensitive to those
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No, most people I would argue are
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And you really have to pay attention
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Now, solanine, if you have never heard about this, is a naturopesticide
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And that's concentrated
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So often as other anti-nutrients as well
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Or toxin as well in the skin and in the seeds
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So if you make, if you grow tomatoes like we do, you know, removing the seeds
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Removes a lot of the problems
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Now, if you remove the skin and the seeds from a tomato
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There's not really anything left
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So we typically, when we eat tomatoes, we remove the skin
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Sorry, we remove the seeds, but we leave the skin on
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Again, that works based on our sensitivity and tolerance
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It might not work for you, but that's what's experimenting with at least
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Generally speaking, I've noticed that I do well, really well with peppers
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Surprisingly, I can have peppers every day
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I really like, I've come to like jalapenos, we grow them ourselves
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Even with the seeds of the jalapenos now
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True, we don't eat the jalapenos every single day
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With every single meal, they are seasonal
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So, you know, it's somewhat limited
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Even though we can or we, you know, we can them
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So we have them for longer
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But it's not something that we eat in huge amounts
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But the amounts that we do eat, we seem to be doing fairly well
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Even though I should say the part that's spicy of the jalapeno, the seeds
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That's really the plant telling you don't eat me
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You know, so if you think about that, you know, it makes a whole lot of sense
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And if you're sensitive, if you're not in top metabolic health
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If your gut tells you it's not top notch
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Maybe removing nitrates altogether is probably a very smart idea
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Next up are grains, I mean, those are really the crop tonight of most
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Healthy diets, including paleo and obviously carnivore, also animal-based
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So grains are very problematic
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And that includes, you know, the wheat oats, corn, rye, barley, rice
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For that matter, which we talked about before
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And the reason, or the, some of the main issues with grains are the lectins
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You know, particularly what's called wheat-term glutinine
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Phytates and gluten, obviously
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And gluten isn't just a problem or a celiac issue
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It's an intestinal permeability issue
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For much of the broader population
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So even if you don't have celiac disease
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And you don't get a full-blown immune system response to eating
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Or being exposed to gluten
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Your gut is likely going to respond
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Now the good news is, or the bad news is where, you know, the brand
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Of that seed is where most of the anti-nutrients live
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And so that's one of the examples where white rice is lower risk than brown rice
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Also fermentation, so if you do sourdough properly
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It degrades a significant portion of the gluten and phytates
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The problem is that most commercial sourdough
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Isn't fermented long enough to matter
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So if you buy a sourdough bread in the store
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It's likely going to be as problematic as regular bread
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But if you make it at home, like, you know, casitas
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Where she doubles ferment sourdough over several days
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Then there is a good chance that it's significantly more compatible
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With your health in your dietary framework than otherwise
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Now that doesn't mean eating bread every day is a good idea
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But you can probably have some without negative impact
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And I've noticed that having sourdough maybe once a week, maybe twice a week
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I can handle without noticing any negative side effects
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If I have more, I do notice it
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And so, you know, gotta play with it
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But processing preparation matters a lot for those highly problematic
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Legumes is another great example, you know, beans, lentils, soy, peanuts, chickpeas, etc
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They're also very high in lectins and high in phytates
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And soy in particular, you know, is also an endocrine disruptor
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It's a phytoestrochense as you might have heard already
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If you've been following me for a while
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Mimic the sex hormone estrogen in the body
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And that's not a good thing
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That's especially relevant for man and for kids
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You know, you don't need fake estrogen in your body
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Coming from plants, you know
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If, but if you soak
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And if you cook the grains that reduces lectins significantly
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But it doesn't eliminate them
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Fermenting reduces lectins and gluten
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But it doesn't completely eliminate them
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What I, the way I see it is
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I categorically exclude soy from our, we all do
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We seem to be doing fine with peanuts in certain amounts
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And with peanut butter
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The rest we don't really eat
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Once a year for Costa Rica National Day
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We eat a dish that contains beans
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That we grow in our garden
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That our daughter grows
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So that's a one a year
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You know, our currents
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Celebrating Costa Rica National Day
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Or Independence Day
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Soy is completely off limits
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Mostly because of the phytoestrochense
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You know, we seem to be doing fine in limited amounts
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Same goes for nuts and seeds
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You know, with nut trees now on our property
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And we'll probably eat some of that
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We eat some, you know, nuts occasionally
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Like, you know, just a handful of mixed nuts or whatever
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But it's not something
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That most people do well with
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And there is really no need
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There is nothing in nuts that you particularly need
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You know, if you have it for a snack ever's off
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I mean, it's probably fine
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But listen to your body
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If you feel like, you know, digestive system
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Changes after eating nuts
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Like it does for our little one
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There is your telltale, you know
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Now, let's talk about preparation a little bit
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Because that's one nuance
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That most people skip
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And it's super important
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If you want to make certain plants a part of your diet
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If you say, you know what?
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Don't care for them, don't bother
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They want to eat certain plants
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And they ought to learn how to process them
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More compatible with the physiology
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And the six methods
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I think that matter
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That you gotta learn
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And some of them are super easy
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Because you've probably done it already
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And number one is peeling and deceiving
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You know, just remove the most toxic parts of the plant
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You know, tomato remove the seeds at least
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You know, if you make a squash
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You know, peel the squash
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I mean, you probably don't eat the skin of a squash anyway
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And remove the skins
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You know, that's something that takes longer
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That requires some expertise
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Some learning has a learning curve to it
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But it's significant
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It decrates the phytates
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It improves mineral absorption
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Or the mineral blocking
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And it reduces the glycemic index
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And all of this is a good thing
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So we ferment sourdough
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We ferment potatoes
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And it takes a little bit
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But fast food isn't good anyway
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But it's better food at the end of the day
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Doesn't mean healthy but healthier
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Soaking is another thing
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And we do it with rice in particular
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You know, if you have beans or whatever
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Same applies to beans
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You know, soak them overnight
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And then cook them with fresh water
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That's super useful for all types of legumes
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And you know, grains as well
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You know, that again, segregates certain
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Like phytates and proteas inhibitors
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You know, if you're into
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In like eating, you know, grains or whatever
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And you sprout them
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Or even beans and sprout them first
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Your way ahead of the game
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And you could potentially make them part of your diet
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Heating and cooking
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But not for everyone
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You know, eating raw veggies
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Is it a terrible idea?
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Because those veggies contain
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The most amount of antonutrients
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If you cook and heat them
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Specifically tubers
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You remove and destroy a lot of those
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Heat-sensitive antonutrients
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And including the goitrotrans in Brasica
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You know, cook them first properly
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You know, you're not a cow
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And you're not a rabbit
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Milling is another example
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That you know, for example, removes the brand layer
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Where most of the grain
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Antonutrients are concentrated
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And so that's also, again, why
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White rice is better than brown rice
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The caveat with all of those processing methods is
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Remove or eliminate 100% of plant toxins
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They reduce the load
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But they don't remove them completely
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The goal should be, in my opinion,
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To reduce the toxic load down to a level
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That matches your metabolic health
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So down to a level that your body can handle
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If you choose to include certain plants
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On your animal-based diet
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If you're currently dealing with gut issues
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With auto-immunity, with metabolic disease, etc
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You know, the preparation method
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Doesn't change my recommendation
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In the sense of, you know, minimized plants
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Remove plants from your diet
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Until you're in a position
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Where you can handle some of the toxic load
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Just because you can handle a toxic load
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Doesn't necessarily mean you have to
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Because if you think about it
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We get exposed to so many toxins
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Environmental toxins from the air
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From, you know, skin care products
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From laundry detergent
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There is toxicity that our body
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Has to handle and deal with
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Is the one thing that we have
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Much more under control than the air that we breathe
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You know, maybe the environment we live in
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It's easier to cut out
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Or reduce your toxic load from there
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You know, doing something else
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What I'm trying to say here is that
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Nutrition is a very powerful level
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You know, if you're not in
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Maybe I trust your diet first
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But before trying to tackle
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You know, air quality issues
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You know, it's a fairly low hanging
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And another thing that I want to point out
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And reiterate is that
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You know, can be fine for one person
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And problematic for another
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And I give you one example from the animal-based world
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You know, if you're in an animal-based diet
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Chances are you consume raw dairy maybe
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Or you've heard that raw dairy is so good
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Because a lot of influences in us
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I cannot have raw dairy
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I cannot have any dairy
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Only in very small amounts
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And I notice that if I drink milk
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And it can be that best A2A2
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You know, regenerative racists
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My body odor changes
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And not for the better
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You know, if I cut out dairy
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I don't have to use the odor
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Now one could argue
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Well, maybe, you know, human should
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Should stink to a degree
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I don't know that to be true
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I kind of lean towards not smelling bad
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Also from an ancestor perspective
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Doesn't attract predators quite as much
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You know, then if I don't smell
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I mean, I smell always
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But if it's more neutral
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It's probably better
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For overall survival in the wild
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And smelling, you know
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And so that's an example of
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That raw dairy might work for many
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On the other hand, nitrates
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And tomatoes and peppers in particular
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I mean, I'm not eating, you know, a
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A pound of peppers every day
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But the, you know, smaller amounts that I have
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During growing season
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Almost on a daily basis
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I seem to be doing fine
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Again, personal, you know
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Differences, nuance, tolerances
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You have to experiment
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Listen to your body
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And find out what works for you
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Now, if you want to
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If you want to have some sort of a
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Practical self-testing protocol
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Eliminate as a suspected food for three to four weeks
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You know, because some reactions
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Really take a while to clear
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If I stop drinking dairy
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It takes me a while to stop smelling
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And it also takes me a while to start smelling
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When I start drinking dairy again
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You have to give it some time
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And then, you know, reduce
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Whatever you've eliminated on its own
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And pay attention for the next 48 to 72 hours
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Not just the immediate symptoms
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And pay specific attention to
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You know, digestive systems
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Maybe shifts in energy levels
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Skin changes, sleep quality, mood
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Don't rely on how something tastes
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Or how healthy you've been told it is
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Really listen to your body
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And to wrap this episode up
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Because it's been long enough already
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The bottom line here really is
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You know, the question
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Should I eat plants or not
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You can build your own foundation
31:54
Hopefully what I told you today
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Can be your general framework
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You kind of, you know, experiment
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Just keep in mind that
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The foundation always tastes the same
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Wild-cooked seafood
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You know, animal fats
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And then plants play as a porting role
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Cultural connection
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And then tear your choices
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By toxin load, you know, the fruit
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And peel vegetables
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Before leafy greens and legumes, etc
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And figure out how to prepare
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Some of those things that are more on the toxic side
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To see if you can make them
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A part of your diet without any negative impact
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Now if you found this episode useful
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Who still thinks case movies
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And if you want to download
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My animal-based diet guide
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You know, I leave a link down in the show notes
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It's a PDF that goes through all of those categories
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With all of the details I've mentioned
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Even more so than what I could cover in this episode
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So download it, check it out
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And use it as a framework
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How it's been working for you
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If you're watching this
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Or listening to this on a platform
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Supporting comments
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Others find this episode as well
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And I'll see you in the next one
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Thanks for watching