Healthy Diet at Home

john: this is john kohler with okraw.com.today we have another exciting episode for you and this one's very exciting for me andshould be for you guys too since i have a special guest on my show today. i'm here withdr. joel fuhram. he's one of the guys i look up to and i follow his dietary advice andwould encourage you guys also to follow his dietary advice as well. he has books on howto reverse diabetes and heart disease and how to get kids to eat healthy.one of the main things he teaches besides just eating a plant based diet or a starchedbased diet, which are important, he takes it to the next level, right and i want youguys to take your diet to the next level as well by eating a nutrient dense or what dr.fuhrman calls nutritarian diet. so in this episode we're going to ask dr. fuhrman whyit's important to not just eat a plant based diet, but to more importantly eat a nutrientdense diet or nutritarian diet. so dr. fuhrman, what would say?dr. fuhrman: thank you. in...

when i ask my vegan friends why they’revegan, they often say for health reasons. actually, they often say ohmygod, how canu eat meat you heartless savage?! and then they sometimes tack on ‘healthreasons’. but when i ask my other friends why they’remeat eaters, they also say for health reasons. most meats are high in iron, full of protein,and animal products contain things like zinc healthy vegetarian diet, and calcium. so is a vegan diet actually good for you? is a vegan diet healthier than a regular diet? [sciq intro] it doesn’t get much more extreme than avegan diet: well, there are fruitarians but that’s just like – crazy. whether for ethical reasons, religious reasonsor any other reason, the health aspects of any diet need to be fully understood beforetaking them on. so, are there any health benefits to beinga vegan? well yeah, there are actually a ton of healthbenefits, like healthier gut microbiota these microorganismslive in our intestines are are vital to digestio...