Anytime something is called a "superfood" I automatically get suspicious. That term is banned in the EU for good reason. And it's always someone trying to sell you something. No thanks.
@Thunder Life that's hilarious since it's mostly Americans that believe in the benefits of well marketted pseudo science. But them what do you expect from a country that was founded by religious extremists.
@@cookeymonster83 America was not founded by religious extremists lmao. America was literally formed to ESCAPE religious extremism. Practically every last Founder was agnostic or expressly anti-religious.
@@vegahimsa The puritans left for many reasons, among them they believed that the church of england was to tolerant of chatolics. Oh and let's not forget almost all puritan clergy left the church of england and went over to the US because they really didn't like the reconstitution of the monarchy in 1660. They also was staunch supporters of stat mandated religion, but they didn't stop there they heavily promoted government to write morality laws joining such amazingly nice countries as Iran. Theaters in London were all on the south side of the thems which was bad since that were where all the prostitutes where, so no theaters in the colonies. Dancing was fine though, as long as it was folk dances where men and women were separate. Mixed dancing lead to fornication after all. Speaking of fornication they also thought enjoying sex was bad, but if your wife didn't sleep with you a beating was in order. But you are right on one thing they left because of religious persecution as literally every other form of reformed calvinism thought them to be extremists, and as the earlier mentioned reconstitution of the monarchy removed them from the power they had.
Me personally, the "Chinese restaurant syndrome" is entirely from overeating delicious Chinese food. 1,400 calories of deliciousness in one sitting usually leads to a nice nap lol
@Steven Zhou for sure. also the cheaper chinese restaurants are often oily, salty or sugary which increases calories. Sometimes a mix of multiple things.
I hate to tell you this but what you believe is “Chinese food” is probably not. Just like fortune cookies, stuff like Orange chicken, sesame chicken, general tso’s chicken are American inventions. The authentic Chinese food have 6-7 different styles depending on the region, try them out if you can.
Curiously, there is a real thing that resembles "Chinese restaurant syndrom". I forget the name, but it's basically "sodium salt overdose"... guess what else is a common sodium salt?
@@mailasun I use to waitress at a chinese takeaway restaurant and the chef always said the most popular dishes were not authentic Chinese food. They were greasy carb heavy UK versions.
@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd Yes, although the issue is that sensationalist media has grossly overstated it's effects. The typical inflamation reduction provided by turmeric is minor. Present, but minor.
@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd Bullshit~plain and simple. You very obviously didn't listen to the science. Olivia told you that you'd have to consume HUGE amounts of turmeric, like pounds a day, to receive any benefit. You either healed because that's what our bodies do~heal themselves. Or the obvious ~ it was the placebo effect. Nurse 40+years (retired). I studied these claims at length. They have no actual evidence, yet claim extraordinary benefits.
@@Aiel-Necromancer i don't know where you are from, but here in Germany it's called a thing. Often enough, it isn't called MSG but (artificial) flavor enhancer of something.
Funny how they complain about msg in chinese food giving them a headache, and yet don't think twice to eat chips - which are usually coated in the stuff. Lol. MSG is delicious!
It is bad for mental health. It imbalances gaba and glutamate which will cause manic behavior and annoying symptoms different for everyone. Some people don't experience any changes. It's the amount that restaurants use like sugar that causes problems. My own experience
I really want to thank scishow and sister channels for the hundreds of times y'all have helped me understand topics for school, daily life, or out of pure curiosity.
@@MaryAnnNytowl "amounts we are supposed to drink." That's also a trend. If you eat a balanced diet, you get almost all the water you need unless you're doing a bunch of sweating. The 8 glasses a day thing has a similar origin story of the myth that we only use 10% of our brains. The authors of those papers never actually said either of those things.
@@BadCookWhoJudgesChefs you think I can tell my dietitian that? Even though I don’t have a healthy diet and am nearly constantly dehydrated? No, dang I really do not want to ride the water train. What am I supposed to do in the 7-12 hours a day where I am not at home.
Worked at a vitamin shoppe and every 2 months some new food or supplement Trend would rise and fall. Still remember the coral calcium, and 97% cacao crazes.
Whoever invents an effective diet pill that _doesn't_ kill you will either get rich, or die from failing to do so. Or maybe both, if the customers are too insistent about "take my money!" Death by papercut is a bad way to go.
I must admit, eating 97% cacao chocolate bars was an interesting experience. The one square every couple of days that I usually managed to swallow removed any chocolate cravings, so probably had some health benefits just because I was consuming less fat and sugar than before. It also got me interested in how Central and South Americans originally prepared cacao, and how that became the decadent chocolatey pleasure we indulge in today. The funny thing is that there were also lots of non-food products, like lotions and bath oils, with "Aztec Chocolate". While they did make me feel nice, I doubt that they had any health benefits apart from that psychological boost.
Rats! We’re rats! We’re the rats! We prey at night, we stalk at night! We’re the rats! I’m the giant rat who makes all of da rules! Let’s see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into!
Reminds me of that Terry Pratchett novel "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents" where intelligent mice invent their own codes of law and writing system
As soon as you hit 30 you get confronted with the fact that there is new generation walking around and you now have a history. Therefor I always say/said: Think back but don't count back. ;-)
Tumeric has enormous benefits when added to your diet, which was not covered. IT WARDS OFF BLAND FOOD. It's been used in India for that purpose for thousands of years, and exported to other nations and cultures for similar purposes for hundreds of years.
Facts! This video was the first time I realized why so many people's cooking tastes bland. Turmeric is as essential as salt and pepper to make a good, hearty meal. Even a small pinch of it makes a big difference.
@@TonkarzOfSolSystem Loads of it in seaweed. That's how they use to make pure MSG. MSG is tasty. Sadly it still retains water so I still have to be mindful due to my liver and kidneys failing. Not good for Ascities.
I like turmeric, and I never gave credence to it as being a miracle food. It is a spice, and spices makes food very interesting, properly spiced food you eat less because you’re more satisfied, and in my case I eat slowly so I can savor the wonderful flavors.
THANK YOU for talking about the racism associated with MSG aversion! I've been saying that for years. There are some people who claim to be so sensitive to MSG that they can't possibly eat Chinese food, but will happily eat a bag of Doritos.
My understanding is that the US government pushed the narrative that MSG making Chinese food bad was directly related to the anti communist movement. Then they had to back pedal the Asian hate as most of our(america) top minds are being imported. Much love to all my fellow Asian humans ❤️
Yeah it always seems ridiculous when people are like "I had a huge chinese takeaway and now I feel manky, must be the MSG" and yet when they have a big pizza takeaway and feel manky they know they've jsut eaten too much, bizarre
I like how being suspicious of an ethnic food is considered racism now. It's funny to watch African tribesmen try a cheeseburger and fries and all the comments they make.
never heard about the chinese food thing, everyone i know who complains about msg is like "i cant eat mc donalds" or "doritos make me puke" but i also live in australia so this might be an american thing, also from what ive heard american chinese food and australian chinese food are kinda different
The MSG bit was super interesting. I'd heard the myth for so long that I'd begun to assume there was truth to it. Silly me letting society, not facts, dictate my beliefs. 🤦 Hooray for being redirected!
To be fair though, the amount of MSG added to food in most chinese buffets I've been to is ridiculous. It tastes terrible, and it stays in your mouth for hours. I'd take an "MSG-free" restaurant any time.
I'm allergic to salt, and MSG is a type of salt, so seeing this video call me a racist for not wanting to eat MSG pissed me off. Allergies are real. I'm tired of poorly researched videos like this just discounting them and making people think otherwise.
@@xzonia1 you're allergic to... salt? bro, you're obviously one of the extreme outliers that this video does not refer to. the vast majority of "MSG sensitive" people are not allergic to salt, or MSG, which is what this video was referring to.
I love how you relate msg to Asian racism everytime I talk about Asian racism people literally tell me “your making it up and seeing racism and issues where there are none” like I’m Asian so it feels like they’re just invalidating every experience of racism I’ve had
Between historical racism, the model minority myth, and the pandemic (just to start)...yes anti-Asian racism absolutely exists. I'm sorry you've had to meet such awful people. But just want to affirm you--it's not in your head and it's not right that you've experienced racism.
Frankly I find the treatment this country has directed towards people from Asia disgusts me. They're horribly racist, and then turn it into "positive racism" and tell people 'well actually it's good because it's positive right?' and then make a bunch of stereotypes to perpetuate it all while anti-asian racism is very much still in force, both concious and systemic.
Turmeric tastes great. We have a traditional "yellow rice" with turmeic and raisins. I cook with it and paprika for flavour. Putting it in coffee seems weird
MSG is awesome for folks like me who need to watch sodium intake. It contains only about 40% of the sodium of table salt, and one needs to use only a tiny amount to flavor a dish. It lets me cut the amount of salt I need down to about 1/4 of what I used to put in a dish. These days, half of that salt is potassium chloride (e,g. No-Salt) and half is table salt. Gotta keep my old ticker and viaducts (hemoducts?) happy, ya know? I buy MSG in bulk at my local Asian market, at about $2.49 for a 500g (~1.1 pound) bag. That's way better than spending $3.50 or more for a 4 oz can of Ac'cent! What's inside is the exact same stuff. That's enough MSG to last you a couple of years, if you're cooking for one, as I do.. :)
@@tuachixiong5232 Even in the Muggle world chocolate works wonders. Dementors are the manifestation of depression according to J K Rowling and chocolate contains chemicals that help. I've been on antidepressants for nearly 2 months and according to my daughter they've made me worse. Well, wouldn't you be depressed if your partner left you for their workmate after finding out your health conditions were only going to get worse?
@@sallyphilpin1104 true but a corporeal patronus is very hard to produce, especially for muggles. And that's why you should always have some emergency chocolate. Right next to your towel
A problem with bold claims regarding various dietary trends is that they tend to overshadow more reasonable benefits, and those benefits will then be completely overlooked. For example, turmeric. On one hand, I don't believe it cures cancer or anything, but on the other hand, I've been using it for years to treat my IBS and it has been by far the most effective way to relieve the symptoms (even compared to drugs prescribed by my doctor). I've recommended it to acquaintances who suffer from the same ailment and they've had good results. While I by no means want to imply that this is scientific proof, I also can't simply dismiss turmeric as a "hoax" or whatever.
Please be careful when using social media. It’s not filtered or controlled and can influence us in a very damaging way.❤️❤️ Don’t just always trust what you hear/see. That being said, do trust SciShow 😁
When I was younger, my father (who studied chemistry, but.....) explained that drinking vinegar when you have a cold helps because it makes your blood more acidic. Then, in chemistry class, we learned that blood has a buffer that prevents the pH from changing unless you dump in a *lot* of additional acid or alkaline.
Just shows that being good at one science doesnt mean you have much idea about the rest. Like you wouldn't call an electrician when your water pipes burst.
vinegar is just acetic acid, the most basic acid there is, so there could be some merit to it aiding the body when consumed (by increasing the base blocks of it within your body's internal system to be more readily available and used opposed to your body needing to use energy to breakdown/build the blocks itself - allowing your body to redirect that energy into the processes that allow it to get better) wouldn't say that your father is completely wrong, just, correlation isn't causation and there's likely a lot more involved than just a 1:1 drink the magic acid when sick to increase healing - that being said, you are correct in that the body has a buffer system/loop in place to help maintain pH balance in the blood, so it really wouldn't make your blood more acidic unless you dump in a lot of additional acid
It doesn't make the blood more acidic. Vinegar is fermented, fermented foods are full of good bacteria which in turn is good for the intestines and the intestines are the immune system.
In Japan, especially many older generations believe(d) that consuming vinegar makes your body more flexible. The reasoning was apparently "You see how soft a fish becomes when you put it into vinegar."🙄
A friend of mine from Japan insisted they had a "serious allergy" to MSG, and this made their childhood miserable as their mother used it on everything. I pointed out, they like Pringles. (Who doesn't! And yes, I'm using "they" because my friend is non-binary.) I explained, the chips have MSG. They panicked, like they thought learning this at age 30 meant INSTANT DEATH the next time they popped the top of a can. More than likely, their mom was a lousy cook who heard about the MSG thing and blamed that for nearly killing her child with bad food. (My friend also insists their husband is "deathly allergic" to GMO corn... but that's another story.)
@@rhov-anion I'm allergic to salt, and MSG is a type of salt. You still need salt to live, though, your friend included. I personally don't eat chips, but Pringles may have a significantly lower salt level than the amount of MSG their mom used when cooking. I refused to eat much of anything until I was 7, and my parents eventually figured out by tracking what I would and wouldn't eat that it was because I hated the taste of salt. Once they stopped salting all the food they made, I started eating. I was so skinny you could count my ribs until they finally changed how they cooked. Later in life I found out I have a salt allergy, which is why eating it made me so miserable. Your friend probably has a salt allergy. We still need small amounts of salt to live, but too much just makes life hell for us, which is why added salt is such a problem, including MSG.
I've been following Hank's advice and putting a grain of salt on every bite these last four days. My blood pressure scored higher than ever, i'm sure i'll have an A+ in no time
Gizelle Smith for calories take your ideal weight and add a zero. 150lb healthy adult would avg 1500. Try to eat more protein and fat than carbs, and try to eat whole food vs processed food. If you are trying to lose weight fast try intermittent fasting with calorie control.
@Ryan Struble I am not sure if you are talking about weight loss, but in the event that you are not: your daily calorie needs primarily varies on your weight, daily activity, and height. Someone who is 6 feet tall taking 1500 calories a day would be losing weight quickly, not even counting exercise. So this is not a good way to find out how many calories you need to maintain weight. The best way to figure this out is to find an average based on various TDEE calculators. If you wish to lose weight in general, it doesn't matter if intermittent fasting, keto, etc. All they do is put you at a calorie deficit. Find whatever method works for you as long as you're at a deficit. The bigger the deficit, the more weight is lost (faster loss). Exercise not required, but it's a huge boost not just to the rate but to your overall health.
So, in summary: The claims were oversimplified conclusions for the sake of making money from commissions, direct sales, and/or ad revenue and we still have little understanding of our own basic biological processes.
we do understand the basic processes but nutrition science is anything but basic given the complex path nutrients take through our bodies and how hard it is to study diets that cannot be carefully controlled in experiments on humans under modern ethics standards. I really recommend the scishow video on why nutrition science is difficult.
I mean I understand the most basic physiology, even "advanced basic" physiology if that isn't too much of an oxymoron. But the more I learn the more I realize that we're actually kinda clueless about so much. Even sliding filament theory is still just a best guess.
@@mark62891 The more you learn, the more you'll realize how little you know. That's pretty universal in science and leading-edge tech. When someone talks as though they know everything about their subject, it's clear they're either leaving something out (for any number of reasons), or they're too self-absorbed to realize where their knowledge is lacking. That's one of the best things about this channel - they admit there is a lot we still don't know.
Just learn the basics of the science behind it and read some labels. Balancing your macronutrients and making sure you're getting enough vitamins and minerals to handle any nasty health problems you have is the best way to make sure you're eating right
Uncle Roger is gratified by this affirmation of MSG, I’m sure. I had to cook for a while for someone losing weight and unwilling to eat. So I added MSG to the food. It helped.
Elderberry has actually been used in many cultures for years and it is amazing for colds and other immune system illnesses; you can make a syrup both from the berries and the flowers. BUT NEVER pick berries when they're red, they're poisonous then
@Nikola Wiśniewicz yes, all of the foods I listed have cultural significance (health-wise) in different places, but since they are gaining so much popularity in the US (where I'm located) right now, I figured I'd mention it. And thanks for the great tip about when to pick elderberries!
@@SwimsWithWhales31 be careful of the variety. You want black elderberry. Red elderberries are native to the Pacific Northwest and can cause stomach cramps and other GI symptoms, though it is possible to avoid this be removing the seeds. Luckily the fruit are different colours, so you don’t have to take a plant ID course to tell the difference.
I always heard the "problem" with MSG was that it was a salt and a preservative. (And of course all preservatives and salt are "bad" because of an unsupported study that some reporter wrote a story on in 1276 BC and that's been repeated ever since with nobody checking.) I might be a little bitter about the whole "wrote a story a long time ago on a study that wasn't peer reviewed and nobody bothered to check" thing.
Most people can handle moderate amounts of salt and MSG just fine. I have a salt allergy, though, so I avoid salt and MSG as much as possible. It occurs naturally in food, which is how I get the salt I need to live, but I never add salt to anything I eat and avoid pre-packaged foods as much as possible because they tend to add large amounts of salt to their foods. When I do end up eating salty food for whatever reason, I am miserable afterwards. However, most people can handle salt without issue.
I'm Iranian and we also use a loooot of turmeric in our traditional foods but this is the first time I'm hearing about adding it to any type of coffee and to me it's like someone telling me I add salt to my tea for an exotic taste and my answer to both is: Don't! What is wrong with people?!
And yeah, if turmeric could cure anything we'd be all disease-free over here and we are not. But it could be noninflammatory or something. Who knows. Same goes for cinnamon.
14:30 Did the studies control for quality of the diet in their control group? Could just be caused by a poor diet in the control group, making the intervention group look good.
Your blood usually does not come in contact with the acidic part of a tissue, which is either inside the cells or between cells inside the tissue, the blood is in blood vessels. In cases were there is contact specialized molecules transport protones or electrones from a to b to stop reactions and cells can produce buffering substances that even out the pH level. At least in a healthy body. If this does not work you very fast get health issues. Maybe you hyperventilated in the past? When you do this your pH level in your blood drops too fast for your body to compensate, because you breath out too much CO2. You will instantly develope a host of symptomes, from miscommunication of body functions, to muscle cramps, finally ending in coma if not treated. Any how. Because our body is super sensitiv to pH changes we have several mechanisms evolved to keep each tissue, each system in balance. Injury or illness can disturb those systems, and this is when we need medical treatment.
Anti-oxidant‘s: At about 10:00/11:00 I have a bowl of blueberries, pomegranate seeds, and Yogurt cheese. I eat it because I love it, it is refreshing, and it kills my appetite. I sometimes add spices and occasionally a good grade cocoa powder just to spice things up. Right now it is nutmeg, in very small quantities just enough to give a hint of a different flavor.
Yeah. Just... eating food because you like it. I love pomegranate seeds, whenever I see them at the store I'll buy one and spend a half hour getting the seeds out, and then chomp on a bunch all at once. Great fun, good texture, and a better dessert than a jolly rancher.
I agree, you should put ground dark chocolate in your coffee. But more because it cuts the bitterness without being too sweet than anything health related.
Every morning I add a couple of spoonfuls of hot cocoa powder to my coffee because it mellows the coffee and just plain tastes good. My cups of coffee are homemade and the cup size I use holds two cups worth.
can't stop thinking about how "pan assays molecules" sounds like pain in the ass molecules. ps: godness, Michael might not be chocolate but he does increase my heart rate.
Thanks for the vid. I have heard so much lately about how good cultured/fermented & sprouted foods are for our gut, but still dont totally understand WHY. I would love if you did a video on that!
3:08 - I don't know about all those other things, but turmeric/curcumin has been confirmed to help reduce inflammation (so does ginger), maybe not as much as a full-on NSAID, but certainly enough to help mild inflammation.
Alkaline water was actually causing reflux in me. What I found out was that my body wasn’t producing enough acid on its own to move food through in a timely manner. So adding alkaline water on top made the issue worse. What I actually needed to do was go the other direction and increase my stomach’s ability to quickly break down food by drinking hot lemon water before meals. This seemed to fix my reflux and I stopped drinking alkaline water.
baash abiib stomach acid has a ph of between 1.5-3.5 and lemon juice has a ph of approximately 2. While in the stomach the lemon juice increases the amount of acid available to digest food. The body alkalizes the lemon juice after digesting it, not before. While the lemon juice and stomach acid are inside of the stomach they break down the other foods you eat. Even stomach acid is alkalized through the digestive process, but not before. If you add alkaline water with a ph of 9 to the stomach, it raises the ph of the contents of the stomach (making a more neutral ph) but it doesn’t change the ph of the body once digested. It only has a direct impact on the contents of the stomach before digestion. Foods digest more slowly in a neutral ph environment. This can cause the stomach not to empty as quickly or efficiently as it normally would, and it stays full for longer. Undigested food can block the small intestine, slow down the metabolism, and reduce nutrient absorption among other things. It’s actually really bad to consume large quantities of alkaline water over a long period of time. Blood has a ph of 7.35-7.45. Your body creates this almost neutral ph after what you consume goes through a series of processes. There’s no way for alkaline water to bypass your liver, kidneys, etc in order to change the ph of your blood or other organs.
Ngl, back when I couldn't get medicine, I made milk teas with Tumeric and Ginger for my period cramps. Turmeric works more like an NSAID and Ginger works more like a pain killer. *This does not mean it's a replacement for these medications,* it's just an added benefit
I used MSG in just about everything I cooked up until it was declared a health hazard. I'm glad to hear I can start using it again as it sure made my food taste so much better.
"People, and even scientists..." so scientists aren't people. "Rats aren't people." Therefore scientists ARE rats. Can we experiment on them? What's the breeding protocol to prevent telomere mutation?
it's because of lactose intolerance. as you get older you lose the ability to digest lactose. some people never lose it some do and those who do are the ones who are lactose intolerant. that's what causes the inflammatory effects.
Funny, I've always heard the main benefit of turmeric is that it's anti-inflammatory. My sister takes it for that exact reason. But the video didn't address that benefit at all. Not even to debunk it. Or is that one health benefit that can't be debunked so that's why they left it out?
You need to do one on modern diets too! From what I've read low-carb diets are damaging to the body, since the body need carbs to function. But a friend of mine swears it's the best diet out there. We go back and forth all the time, but the studies we found contradicts each other, so the discussions end up becoming weird and awkward cause we contradict ourselves not each other.....
@@rampage3337 I didn't know that "woke" had the connotations that it does 2 years ago when I wrote that. I think I'll change it to something else. Thanks.
Yes, when i am in hospital, they said i have to take three infuse bottle of albumin because i lacks few things in my blood. One bottle for a day. You know what, its mean i have to stay there three more days. I said, wait for my brother decision. He is the one that pays the bill. While i grumble and mumble, here come the pretty dokter. And what she said was i just need to take two pinch of salt to fix the problem. After the lab result out, it turn out i no longer lacks anything in my body. Two pinch of salt fix the problem
19:30. I use baking soda whenever my heartburn gets too bad. I’m wondering if there’s any damage I might be doing to my systems by doing that. I take about a tablespoon with a half cup of water. It works faster and better then any over the counter stuff I’ve bought
I'm so sorry you're allergic to shellfish because shrimp, crab and lobster taste amazing to me. But it's not the shrimps fault. They did nothing wrong.
I'm allergic to shellfish. I'm also allergic to salt, and MSG is a type of salt. I hate videos like this that make people who have legit MSG allergies sound like it's all in their head. Allergies are real.
@@xzonia1 It’s the glutamate that causes the Umami flavour and it is commonly added to prepared foods in its non-salt forms. If you eaten anything with rosemary, yeast, or a handful of other extracts, you have eaten added glutamate. A salt allergy I am guessing is also extraordinarily rare that putting a disclaimer for it seems kind of silly.
25:56 "When you feel sick simply because of the belief you think you will." described the popular YT challenge a few years ago where people claimed they'd get sick to their stomach if they drank Sprite after eating a banana. I've eaten bananas and have had Sprite after eating them and most definitely did not get sick to my stomach. I'm sure the NOCEBO effect describes plenty of other so-called Tik Tok and YT trends and challenges throughout the years.
Olivia is very good at debunking stuff, I always feel like she's debunking things even when she isn't so I want her to do all the debunking videos She's like Adam Curtis, if he made a documentary about how much he loved beans you would be waiting for the catch
Very good look into the actual data behind these claims! Unfortunately claims are often taken too far by the public, considering the actual evidence present
Thank you for going into way more detail on the acid-alkaline diet theory. I have always been frustrated by the simple “but blood pH!!” rebuttal without addressing the actual claims of the theory. You are the first to really convince me of the clinical uselessness of this theory. Thank you, we need more of that.
I love how blonde Hank’s hair got in his antioxidant segment. Do you get blonde in the summer Hank? The reason I think it’s summer is the fish themed button down, it’s very July theme
You covered the flavonoid bit of chocolate, but what about theobromine, which ive heard (and had experience) that treats pain and generally boosts mood? It’s in coffee, too, isnt it?
I feel like the takeaway from this video could be interpreted as "eat whatever you want because it does not matter either way" which obviously is a bad idea. I'd love to see a video like this about dietary habits that do contribute to good health.
The issue with supplementing an antioxidant is that no antioxidant works alone. They are links in a network of reactions involving different types. Supplementing a single one won't solve the bottleneck elsewhere in the network. That's why combining multiple supplements has a tiiiiny effect and a diet a far more pronounced one. With the diet you ingest a far higher variety of antioxidants than most people are willing to take pills for.
Me: Has literally eaten a 100% cocoa chocolate bar, meant for baking, enjoys the ever loving hell out of the complex and bitter taste of it. Other people: I can't eat dark chocolate, Hershey's Special Dark is way too bitter. Me: Hersey's Special Dark is only 45% cocoa. There are better brands that have 48% and they still consider that as milk chocolate. Come talk to me after you've tried something higher than 60%.
yeah we got a dark chocolate brand here and they don't even offer under 60% standard product is 70% and 2nd is 80% then i think 60% is 3rd place most sold and then 90% is the least sold
Anytime something is called a "superfood" I automatically get suspicious. That term is banned in the EU for good reason.
And it's always someone trying to sell you something. No thanks.
Until a tomato flies into a burning building and rescues a baby, it's just food.
@Thunder Life that's hilarious since it's mostly Americans that believe in the benefits of well marketted pseudo science. But them what do you expect from a country that was founded by religious extremists.
@Thunder Life it's less about thinking people are too stupid rather than prohibiting false advertising/labelling.
@@cookeymonster83 America was not founded by religious extremists lmao. America was literally formed to ESCAPE religious extremism. Practically every last Founder was agnostic or expressly anti-religious.
@@vegahimsa The puritans left for many reasons, among them they believed that the church of england was to tolerant of chatolics. Oh and let's not forget almost all puritan clergy left the church of england and went over to the US because they really didn't like the reconstitution of the monarchy in 1660. They also was staunch supporters of stat mandated religion, but they didn't stop there they heavily promoted government to write morality laws joining such amazingly nice countries as Iran. Theaters in London were all on the south side of the thems which was bad since that were where all the prostitutes where, so no theaters in the colonies. Dancing was fine though, as long as it was folk dances where men and women were separate. Mixed dancing lead to fornication after all. Speaking of fornication they also thought enjoying sex was bad, but if your wife didn't sleep with you a beating was in order.
But you are right on one thing they left because of religious persecution as literally every other form of reformed calvinism thought them to be extremists, and as the earlier mentioned reconstitution of the monarchy removed them from the power they had.
Me personally, the "Chinese restaurant syndrome" is entirely from overeating delicious Chinese food. 1,400 calories of deliciousness in one sitting usually leads to a nice nap lol
@Steven Zhou for sure. also the cheaper chinese restaurants are often oily, salty or sugary which increases calories. Sometimes a mix of multiple things.
Carb fatigue and brain fog plus its combined with inflammatory fats
I hate to tell you this but what you believe is “Chinese food” is probably not. Just like fortune cookies, stuff like Orange chicken, sesame chicken, general tso’s chicken are American inventions. The authentic Chinese food have 6-7 different styles depending on the region, try them out if you can.
Curiously, there is a real thing that resembles "Chinese restaurant syndrom". I forget the name, but it's basically "sodium salt overdose"... guess what else is a common sodium salt?
@@mailasun I use to waitress at a chinese takeaway restaurant and the chef always said the most popular dishes were not authentic Chinese food. They were greasy carb heavy UK versions.
1. Turmeric - 00:35
2. Dark Chocolate - 6:00
3. Antioxidants - 9:04
4. Alkaline Water - 15:51
5. MSG - 21:18
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alkaline water is at 15:51
@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd Yes, although the issue is that sensationalist media has grossly overstated it's effects. The typical inflamation reduction provided by turmeric is minor. Present, but minor.
@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd
Bullshit~plain and simple. You very obviously didn't listen to the science. Olivia told you that you'd have to consume HUGE amounts of turmeric, like pounds a day, to receive any benefit.
You either healed because that's what our bodies do~heal themselves. Or the obvious ~ it was the placebo effect. Nurse 40+years (retired). I studied these claims at length. They have no actual evidence, yet claim extraordinary benefits.
Tempted to send this to all the RUclips and Instagram "health influencers" that tout all these!!
You’re asking for a million retorts of “he said, she said.” Good luck
For Ashley H - Not trying to troll the sensitive are we? Betcha get "flak".
You would probably have as much luck as trying to change the mind of a flat-earther or anti-vaxer.
Ahsley H
I wish that would do some good. Cognitive dissonance is strong in these people though. They'd just block you. *sigh*
Do it! Forget the 'no one will ever notice' idiots. Do nothing and wonder, or do something and KNOW.
God I'm so glad you're spreading the word on MSG, it's literally just a really tasty glutamate salt and I hate how everyone thinks it's bad
@@Aiel-Necromancer At the end of the day it is literally table salt but ummamy instead of salty
@@Aiel-Necromancer i don't know where you are from, but here in Germany it's called a thing. Often enough, it isn't called MSG but (artificial) flavor enhancer of something.
Funny how they complain about msg in chinese food giving them a headache, and yet don't think twice to eat chips - which are usually coated in the stuff. Lol. MSG is delicious!
It is bad for mental health. It imbalances gaba and glutamate which will cause manic behavior and annoying symptoms different for everyone. Some people don't experience any changes. It's the amount that restaurants use like sugar that causes problems. My own experience
My grandpa always said just eat a variety of foods and never too much of any one food. He's 91 so I trust him lol
and as my dad said once, too much of *anything* is bad!
the perfect portion is balance
@@jeremyalexander9761 oh absolutely, long lives run in my mom's family, I was just being cheeky. Guess it wasn't all that funny though, sorry :/
Im sure genes have nothing to do with that.
@@anthonyhewitt9397 then ur silly
91?! In that case I trust him too O.o
I really want to thank scishow and sister channels for the hundreds of times y'all have helped me understand topics for school, daily life, or out of pure curiosity.
MSG is added to a LOT of chips such as Doritos, Pringles etc. And they aren't asian brands.
But it explains why they are super delicious!
Is that what "natural/artificial flavors" means?
Omg the alkaline water ph thing is just ppl inventing the concept of the four humours all over again 😫
oh no
Alkaline water isn't even safe to drink in the amounts we are supposed to drink water every day, so...
I love that certain celebrities expound the benefits of alkaline water, and then they add lemon into it (which essentially makes the water, acidic).
@@MaryAnnNytowl "amounts we are supposed to drink." That's also a trend. If you eat a balanced diet, you get almost all the water you need unless you're doing a bunch of sweating. The 8 glasses a day thing has a similar origin story of the myth that we only use 10% of our brains. The authors of those papers never actually said either of those things.
@@BadCookWhoJudgesChefs you think I can tell my dietitian that? Even though I don’t have a healthy diet and am nearly constantly dehydrated? No, dang I really do not want to ride the water train. What am I supposed to do in the 7-12 hours a day where I am not at home.
Damn, "the best nutritional supplement is a grain of salt" may be the best science burn I've heard.
Bs
If you're low in electrolytes or blood pressure, you can take this advice literally
"At least you'll get a pretty yellow Instagram out of it"
I am definitely not Instagramming any yellow poos.
LOL! I think they were referring to the turmeric coffee picture! Though I don't really need to see that, either.
😂😂😂 They were talking about the latte!
That sounds like something someone who is Instagramming yellow poos would say...
Worked at a vitamin shoppe and every 2 months some new food or supplement Trend would rise and fall. Still remember the coral calcium, and 97% cacao crazes.
Whoever invents an effective diet pill that _doesn't_ kill you will either get rich, or die from failing to do so.
Or maybe both, if the customers are too insistent about "take my money!" Death by papercut is a bad way to go.
Coral calcium? For real, though? 🤔
Wow. Coral supplement sounds really horrible for the ocean ecosystem
I must admit, eating 97% cacao chocolate bars was an interesting experience. The one square every couple of days that I usually managed to swallow removed any chocolate cravings, so probably had some health benefits just because I was consuming less fat and sugar than before. It also got me interested in how Central and South Americans originally prepared cacao, and how that became the decadent chocolatey pleasure we indulge in today.
The funny thing is that there were also lots of non-food products, like lotions and bath oils, with "Aztec Chocolate". While they did make me feel nice, I doubt that they had any health benefits apart from that psychological boost.
Unless you worked in Medieval England, you worked in a Vitamin SHOP
Scishow: "rat's aren't people"
secret society of hyper-intelligent rats: "the day of reckoning is coming"
Arthur Dent: "You know what they say, the best laid plans of mice and men..."
Slartibartfast: "I don't see how men have anything to do with it."
Rats. You don’t need an apostrophe to pluralize a noun.
Rats! We’re rats! We’re the rats! We prey at night, we stalk at night! We’re the rats!
I’m the giant rat who makes all of da rules! Let’s see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into!
Pinky and the Brain
Reminds me of that Terry Pratchett novel "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents" where intelligent mice invent their own codes of law and writing system
Chocolate brings joy and that is a health benefit
PREACH
Basic
Er... I don’t really like chocolate.... I’m doomed!
So does meth
Yesss
I’m unhappy when Hank says “goes back a long time” and then references the 90s. Then I remember it’s 2020.
Back in the 90s I was in a very famous tv show.
Bojack the horseman. Bonack the horseman don't like you don't now🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
Try being from the 60’s. 🤣
I just had to math that and reminded myself that I’m already almost 30 lol. Thank you
As soon as you hit 30 you get confronted with the fact that there is new generation walking around and you now have a history. Therefor I always say/said: Think back but don't count back. ;-)
Tumeric has enormous benefits when added to your diet, which was not covered. IT WARDS OFF BLAND FOOD. It's been used in India for that purpose for thousands of years, and exported to other nations and cultures for similar purposes for hundreds of years.
There's an R in there. TuRmeric. And its pronounced as such.
😄👍🏼
Turmeric is also an NSAID.
Again, the statistically insignificant portion of these studies are still people who get horrendous diarrhea from too much turmeric.
Facts! This video was the first time I realized why so many people's cooking tastes bland. Turmeric is as essential as salt and pepper to make a good, hearty meal. Even a small pinch of it makes a big difference.
MSG is used in lots of fast food, not just Asian restaurants. It’s also in chips and other packaged snacks.
And tomato, onion, garlic and mushrooms.
@@TonkarzOfSolSystem Loads of it in seaweed. That's how they use to make pure MSG.
MSG is tasty. Sadly it still retains water so I still have to be mindful due to my liver and kidneys failing. Not good for Ascities.
did you finish the video
Msg makes me sick
@@debralittle1341 msg is just salt but ummami instead of salty, and salt is not that good in big quantities tbh
I like turmeric, and I never gave credence to it as being a miracle food. It is a spice, and spices makes food very interesting, properly spiced food you eat less because you’re more satisfied, and in my case I eat slowly so I can savor the wonderful flavors.
A sunshine latte looks good, and adding a little pepper, chilli and cinnamon can make it healthy.
It's definetely more healthy than coffee.
Odd. My experience is if food is bland, I eat less. If flavorful, I overeat because it's so enjoyable.
No single food is going to do squat. Anyone who thinks drinking an ounce of it is going to ward off whatever is an idiot.
@@CordeliaWagner That doesn't sound good at all haha. Love each ingredient but in a latte? I don't know. I shouldn't knock till I try it.
@@ergo4216 same. I can be full but my mouth wants more. Lol
THANK YOU for talking about the racism associated with MSG aversion! I've been saying that for years. There are some people who claim to be so sensitive to MSG that they can't possibly eat Chinese food, but will happily eat a bag of Doritos.
My understanding is that the US government pushed the narrative that MSG making Chinese food bad was directly related to the anti communist movement.
Then they had to back pedal the Asian hate as most of our(america) top minds are being imported.
Much love to all my fellow Asian humans ❤️
@@xzonia1 glad you corrected yourself. I was boutta go in on ya
Yeah it always seems ridiculous when people are like "I had a huge chinese takeaway and now I feel manky, must be the MSG" and yet when they have a big pizza takeaway and feel manky they know they've jsut eaten too much, bizarre
I like how being suspicious of an ethnic food is considered racism now. It's funny to watch African tribesmen try a cheeseburger and fries and all the comments they make.
never heard about the chinese food thing, everyone i know who complains about msg is like "i cant eat mc donalds" or "doritos make me puke" but i also live in australia so this might be an american thing, also from what ive heard american chinese food and australian chinese food are kinda different
The MSG bit was super interesting. I'd heard the myth for so long that I'd begun to assume there was truth to it. Silly me letting society, not facts, dictate my beliefs. 🤦 Hooray for being redirected!
It's true in the sense of "please don't eat 5 bags of chips in a day". Too much of anything is bad.
benedict co but that applies to everything, it’s not specific to MSG.
To be fair though, the amount of MSG added to food in most chinese buffets I've been to is ridiculous. It tastes terrible, and it stays in your mouth for hours. I'd take an "MSG-free" restaurant any time.
I'm allergic to salt, and MSG is a type of salt, so seeing this video call me a racist for not wanting to eat MSG pissed me off. Allergies are real. I'm tired of poorly researched videos like this just discounting them and making people think otherwise.
@@xzonia1 you're allergic to... salt? bro, you're obviously one of the extreme outliers that this video does not refer to. the vast majority of "MSG sensitive" people are not allergic to salt, or MSG, which is what this video was referring to.
I love how you relate msg to Asian racism everytime I talk about Asian racism people literally tell me “your making it up and seeing racism and issues where there are none” like I’m Asian so it feels like they’re just invalidating every experience of racism I’ve had
Between historical racism, the model minority myth, and the pandemic (just to start)...yes anti-Asian racism absolutely exists. I'm sorry you've had to meet such awful people. But just want to affirm you--it's not in your head and it's not right that you've experienced racism.
Yes... and add to this the fetishization in it's various forms and other sexual stereotypes...
Frankly I find the treatment this country has directed towards people from Asia disgusts me. They're horribly racist, and then turn it into "positive racism" and tell people 'well actually it's good because it's positive right?' and then make a bunch of stereotypes to perpetuate it all while anti-asian racism is very much still in force, both concious and systemic.
Id like to see you guys tackle the keto diet, intermittent fasting, and all the other diet trends.
Turmeric tastes great. We have a traditional "yellow rice" with turmeic and raisins. I cook with it and paprika for flavour. Putting it in coffee seems weird
Thought the same, we use it for savoury dishes.
MSG is awesome for folks like me who need to watch sodium intake. It contains only about 40% of the sodium of table salt, and one needs to use only a tiny amount to flavor a dish. It lets me cut the amount of salt I need down to about 1/4 of what I used to put in a dish. These days, half of that salt is potassium chloride (e,g. No-Salt) and half is table salt. Gotta keep my old ticker and viaducts (hemoducts?) happy, ya know?
I buy MSG in bulk at my local Asian market, at about $2.49 for a 500g (~1.1 pound) bag. That's way better than spending $3.50 or more for a 4 oz can of Ac'cent! What's inside is the exact same stuff. That's enough MSG to last you a couple of years, if you're cooking for one, as I do.. :)
Geeenius
They forgot the fact that Chocolate helps with going through Dementor attacks.
This made me smile out loud.
Expecto patronum works as well
@@sallyphilpin1104 expecto some chocolate works too
@@tuachixiong5232 Even in the Muggle world chocolate works wonders. Dementors are the manifestation of depression according to J K Rowling and chocolate contains chemicals that help. I've been on antidepressants for nearly 2 months and according to my daughter they've made me worse. Well, wouldn't you be depressed if your partner left you for their workmate after finding out your health conditions were only going to get worse?
@@sallyphilpin1104 true but a corporeal patronus is very hard to produce, especially for muggles. And that's why you should always have some emergency chocolate. Right next to your towel
Hank: Toomeric
Olivia: Turmeric
A problem with bold claims regarding various dietary trends is that they tend to overshadow more reasonable benefits, and those benefits will then be completely overlooked. For example, turmeric. On one hand, I don't believe it cures cancer or anything, but on the other hand, I've been using it for years to treat my IBS and it has been by far the most effective way to relieve the symptoms (even compared to drugs prescribed by my doctor). I've recommended it to acquaintances who suffer from the same ailment and they've had good results.
While I by no means want to imply that this is scientific proof, I also can't simply dismiss turmeric as a "hoax" or whatever.
I think ur comment should be on top
Please be careful when using social media. It’s not filtered or controlled and can influence us in a very damaging way.❤️❤️ Don’t just always trust what you hear/see. That being said, do trust SciShow 😁
Yep
As an Asian...
*laughs in MSG*
When I was younger, my father (who studied chemistry, but.....) explained that drinking vinegar when you have a cold helps because it makes your blood more acidic. Then, in chemistry class, we learned that blood has a buffer that prevents the pH from changing unless you dump in a *lot* of additional acid or alkaline.
Just shows that being good at one science doesnt mean you have much idea about the rest. Like you wouldn't call an electrician when your water pipes burst.
vinegar is just acetic acid, the most basic acid there is, so there could be some merit to it aiding the body when consumed (by increasing the base blocks of it within your body's internal system to be more readily available and used opposed to your body needing to use energy to breakdown/build the blocks itself - allowing your body to redirect that energy into the processes that allow it to get better)
wouldn't say that your father is completely wrong, just, correlation isn't causation and there's likely a lot more involved than just a 1:1 drink the magic acid when sick to increase healing - that being said, you are correct in that the body has a buffer system/loop in place to help maintain pH balance in the blood, so it really wouldn't make your blood more acidic unless you dump in a lot of additional acid
It doesn't make the blood more acidic. Vinegar is fermented, fermented foods are full of good bacteria which in turn is good for the intestines and the intestines are the immune system.
In Japan, especially many older generations believe(d) that consuming vinegar makes your body more flexible. The reasoning was apparently "You see how soft a fish becomes when you put it into vinegar."🙄
@@Courtney-dg9iq base blocks? Build blocks? You have no idea what you're talking about
Them: MSG is bad for you!
Me: Want chips?
Them: Yeah. Gimme.
* eats the chips
Them: As I was saying ...
Yep! Did you see that episode of Ugly Delicious on Netflix?
MSG is a sodium salt, and seems to have all the negatives that go along with that... which themselves _are_ overinflated, but still exist.
Its neither very good or very bad, but it does help taste.
A friend of mine from Japan insisted they had a "serious allergy" to MSG, and this made their childhood miserable as their mother used it on everything. I pointed out, they like Pringles. (Who doesn't! And yes, I'm using "they" because my friend is non-binary.) I explained, the chips have MSG. They panicked, like they thought learning this at age 30 meant INSTANT DEATH the next time they popped the top of a can. More than likely, their mom was a lousy cook who heard about the MSG thing and blamed that for nearly killing her child with bad food.
(My friend also insists their husband is "deathly allergic" to GMO corn... but that's another story.)
@@rhov-anion I'm allergic to salt, and MSG is a type of salt. You still need salt to live, though, your friend included. I personally don't eat chips, but Pringles may have a significantly lower salt level than the amount of MSG their mom used when cooking. I refused to eat much of anything until I was 7, and my parents eventually figured out by tracking what I would and wouldn't eat that it was because I hated the taste of salt. Once they stopped salting all the food they made, I started eating. I was so skinny you could count my ribs until they finally changed how they cooked. Later in life I found out I have a salt allergy, which is why eating it made me so miserable. Your friend probably has a salt allergy. We still need small amounts of salt to live, but too much just makes life hell for us, which is why added salt is such a problem, including MSG.
I've learned to avoid those foods that claim to be MSG-free. They are as tasty as cardboard.
After I learned the truth I started using MSG in a bunch of stuff. Really good for burgers.
MSG is a natural compound and adds flavor to many foods.
You don't need to add MSG into food and don't avoid it.
If a food doesn't taste good without added MSG, it's probably made of cardboard. I don't know about you, but my goal isn't to fool my taste buds.
While in Asia, I didn't avoiding MSG but also not add it when I was cooking, simply because I really can't tell the difference.....
You're not eating my chiffon cheesecake then :D
Snake Oil salesmen are still around to this day.
"This here thing can cure everything that ails you!"
The benefit of chocolate in modern life is its anti-stress property, which is it very important and effective when a break from reality is needed.
I've been following Hank's advice and putting a grain of salt on every bite these last four days. My blood pressure scored higher than ever, i'm sure i'll have an A+ in no time
People, just eat a balanced diet of what you like, in moderation of course. And exercise.
The loaded question is what is a "balanced diet?
Gizelle Smith for calories take your ideal weight and add a zero. 150lb healthy adult would avg 1500. Try to eat more protein and fat than carbs, and try to eat whole food vs processed food. If you are trying to lose weight fast try intermittent fasting with calorie control.
@@gizellesmith8763 basically eat more fruits and veggies (plants) and less stuff that's processed (made in a plant)
@Ryan Struble I am not sure if you are talking about weight loss, but in the event that you are not: your daily calorie needs primarily varies on your weight, daily activity, and height. Someone who is 6 feet tall taking 1500 calories a day would be losing weight quickly, not even counting exercise. So this is not a good way to find out how many calories you need to maintain weight. The best way to figure this out is to find an average based on various TDEE calculators.
If you wish to lose weight in general, it doesn't matter if intermittent fasting, keto, etc. All they do is put you at a calorie deficit. Find whatever method works for you as long as you're at a deficit. The bigger the deficit, the more weight is lost (faster loss). Exercise not required, but it's a huge boost not just to the rate but to your overall health.
And sleep! Pillar #3
So, in summary: The claims were oversimplified conclusions for the sake of making money from commissions, direct sales, and/or ad revenue and we still have little understanding of our own basic biological processes.
we do understand the basic processes but nutrition science is anything but basic given the complex path nutrients take through our bodies and how hard it is to study diets that cannot be carefully controlled in experiments on humans under modern ethics standards. I really recommend the scishow video on why nutrition science is difficult.
Yep
I mean I understand the most basic physiology, even "advanced basic" physiology if that isn't too much of an oxymoron. But the more I learn the more I realize that we're actually kinda clueless about so much. Even sliding filament theory is still just a best guess.
@@mark62891 The more you learn, the more you'll realize how little you know. That's pretty universal in science and leading-edge tech. When someone talks as though they know everything about their subject, it's clear they're either leaving something out (for any number of reasons), or they're too self-absorbed to realize where their knowledge is lacking.
That's one of the best things about this channel - they admit there is a lot we still don't know.
capitalism
I ignore any trends and just eat what I feel is good for me.
Just learn the basics of the science behind it and read some labels. Balancing your macronutrients and making sure you're getting enough vitamins and minerals to handle any nasty health problems you have is the best way to make sure you're eating right
@@zyaicob "read some labels" but... fruit and vegetables dont have labels ;)
in the times we live in, you practically deserve a nobel prize for common sense
As long as you get lots of fiber and a little protein, you're good.
"The best nutritional substance is a grain of salt." I love it!
Uncle Roger is gratified by this affirmation of MSG, I’m sure.
I had to cook for a while for someone losing weight and unwilling to eat. So I added MSG to the food. It helped.
I'm not surprised it helped. Uncle Roger knows the truth.
(I do think he's going to need some new jokes soon, though. It has become a bit repetitive.)
This was great. Now please discuss some of the newer food trends like mushroom coffee, sea moss and Elderberry
Elderberry has actually been used in many cultures for years and it is amazing for colds and other immune system illnesses; you can make a syrup both from the berries and the flowers. BUT NEVER pick berries when they're red, they're poisonous then
these aren't new.
@Nikola Wiśniewicz yes, all of the foods I listed have cultural significance (health-wise) in different places, but since they are gaining so much popularity in the US (where I'm located) right now, I figured I'd mention it. And thanks for the great tip about when to pick elderberries!
@@SwimsWithWhales31 be careful of the variety. You want black elderberry. Red elderberries are native to the Pacific Northwest and can cause stomach cramps and other GI symptoms, though it is possible to avoid this be removing the seeds. Luckily the fruit are different colours, so you don’t have to take a plant ID course to tell the difference.
@@LongForgottenJ good to know - thank you!
I always heard the "problem" with MSG was that it was a salt and a preservative. (And of course all preservatives and salt are "bad" because of an unsupported study that some reporter wrote a story on in 1276 BC and that's been repeated ever since with nobody checking.)
I might be a little bitter about the whole "wrote a story a long time ago on a study that wasn't peer reviewed and nobody bothered to check" thing.
Bitter? More like salty! 😜
Most people can handle moderate amounts of salt and MSG just fine. I have a salt allergy, though, so I avoid salt and MSG as much as possible. It occurs naturally in food, which is how I get the salt I need to live, but I never add salt to anything I eat and avoid pre-packaged foods as much as possible because they tend to add large amounts of salt to their foods. When I do end up eating salty food for whatever reason, I am miserable afterwards. However, most people can handle salt without issue.
I'm Iranian and we also use a loooot of turmeric in our traditional foods but this is the first time I'm hearing about adding it to any type of coffee and to me it's like someone telling me I add salt to my tea for an exotic taste and my answer to both is: Don't! What is wrong with people?!
And yeah, if turmeric could cure anything we'd be all disease-free over here and we are not. But it could be noninflammatory or something. Who knows. Same goes for cinnamon.
I add a tiny pinch of salt to my coffee sometimes if it's too bitter, it counteracts the bitterness without adding saltiness
14:30 Did the studies control for quality of the diet in their control group? Could just be caused by a poor diet in the control group, making the intervention group look good.
16:55 How does your body prevent a chemical reaction from taking place when you have alkaline blood coming into contact with acidic tissue?
Your blood usually does not come in contact with the acidic part of a tissue, which is either inside the cells or between cells inside the tissue, the blood is in blood vessels.
In cases were there is contact specialized molecules transport protones or electrones from a to b to stop reactions and cells can produce buffering substances that even out the pH level. At least in a healthy body. If this does not work you very fast get health issues. Maybe you hyperventilated in the past? When you do this your pH level in your blood drops too fast for your body to compensate, because you breath out too much CO2. You will instantly develope a host of symptomes, from miscommunication of body functions, to muscle cramps, finally ending in coma if not treated.
Any how. Because our body is super sensitiv to pH changes we have several mechanisms evolved to keep each tissue, each system in balance. Injury or illness can disturb those systems, and this is when we need medical treatment.
Anti-oxidant‘s: At about 10:00/11:00 I have a bowl of blueberries, pomegranate seeds, and Yogurt cheese. I eat it because I love it, it is refreshing, and it kills my appetite. I sometimes add spices and occasionally a good grade cocoa powder just to spice things up. Right now it is nutmeg, in very small quantities just enough to give a hint of a different flavor.
Yeah. Just... eating food because you like it. I love pomegranate seeds, whenever I see them at the store I'll buy one and spend a half hour getting the seeds out, and then chomp on a bunch all at once. Great fun, good texture, and a better dessert than a jolly rancher.
Actually, the video shows that eating antioxidant foods, does work.its the pills which are useless.
Scishow: reveals fake diets
Me: tries lasagna diet from the infection game
I agree, you should put ground dark chocolate in your coffee. But more because it cuts the bitterness without being too sweet than anything health related.
Every morning I add a couple of spoonfuls of hot cocoa powder to my coffee because it mellows the coffee and just plain tastes good. My cups of coffee are homemade and the cup size I use holds two cups worth.
can't stop thinking about how "pan assays molecules" sounds like pain in the ass molecules.
ps: godness, Michael might not be chocolate but he does increase my heart rate.
LOL 🤣 😅 🤣
“It turns your poop yellow...” Now I want to see.
This is a good one. Thank you for putting these videos in a compilation. Thanks, Scishow! You are all pretty smart in my book! ^_^
Thanks for the vid. I have heard so much lately about how good cultured/fermented & sprouted foods are for our gut, but still dont totally understand WHY. I would love if you did a video on that!
because those foods have ton of good bacteria on them that are good for your intestines and stuff :)
3:08 - I don't know about all those other things, but turmeric/curcumin has been confirmed to help reduce inflammation (so does ginger), maybe not as much as a full-on NSAID, but certainly enough to help mild inflammation.
Alkaline water was actually causing reflux in me. What I found out was that my body wasn’t producing enough acid on its own to move food through in a timely manner. So adding alkaline water on top made the issue worse. What I actually needed to do was go the other direction and increase my stomach’s ability to quickly break down food by drinking hot lemon water before meals. This seemed to fix my reflux and I stopped drinking alkaline water.
Wow thats really interesting! It always intrigues me when the seemingly obvious solution is actually the opposite of what you should do.
But lemon is turned in to alkaline when it reaches the stomach
baash abiib that’s not how chemistry works
baash abiib stomach acid has a ph of between 1.5-3.5 and lemon juice has a ph of approximately 2. While in the stomach the lemon juice increases the amount of acid available to digest food. The body alkalizes the lemon juice after digesting it, not before. While the lemon juice and stomach acid are inside of the stomach they break down the other foods you eat. Even stomach acid is alkalized through the digestive process, but not before.
If you add alkaline water with a ph of 9 to the stomach, it raises the ph of the contents of the stomach (making a more neutral ph) but it doesn’t change the ph of the body once digested. It only has a direct impact on the contents of the stomach before digestion. Foods digest more slowly in a neutral ph environment. This can cause the stomach not to empty as quickly or efficiently as it normally would, and it stays full for longer. Undigested food can block the small intestine, slow down the metabolism, and reduce nutrient absorption among other things. It’s actually really bad to consume large quantities of alkaline water over a long period of time.
Blood has a ph of 7.35-7.45. Your body creates this almost neutral ph after what you consume goes through a series of processes. There’s no way for alkaline water to bypass your liver, kidneys, etc in order to change the ph of your blood or other organs.
@@truthinyourface7345 no
I love golden milk, but I only use it for my bad coughs when I'm sick because it helps settle it for me
"The best nutritional supplement is a grain of salt"
I'm stealing this.
I love that graphic at 9:21. The wood paneling, the old Macintosh, the CRT TV. My grandma even had the same exercise bike.
So this is why turmeric is called curcuma in Portuguese! 😮
It also works in Polish "kurkuma". I always thought it's just weird "translation".
Curcuma in French too
And in German
Cúrcuma in Spanish.
Gurkemeje in Danish.
I love these's program's! Keep going ! Always looking forward to the next One! Thank yu.
Ngl, back when I couldn't get medicine, I made milk teas with Tumeric and Ginger for my period cramps. Turmeric works more like an NSAID and Ginger works more like a pain killer.
*This does not mean it's a replacement for these medications,* it's just an added benefit
I used MSG in just about everything I cooked up until it was declared a health hazard. I'm glad to hear I can start using it again as it sure made my food taste so much better.
"People, and even scientists..." so scientists aren't people.
"Rats aren't people." Therefore scientists ARE rats. Can we experiment on them? What's the breeding protocol to prevent telomere mutation?
$300 for an alkaline water treatment system?
Ha! I'll just drink more MILK!
"He needs some milk!"
Isn’t milk slightly acidic though?
@@yeetyeey5407 All animal products are
See, you just can't trust these 'health enthusiasts'. That's why I stick to a much healthier diet of pizza and donuts...
Pizza is a vegetable in some countries.
Your videos are actually really good. I'm surprised you don't have way more subscribers.
As long has the doughnut has chocolate icing, you’re good!
I think you just invented the Circular Diet :o
5:55, I left the video right here, and came back another time to this wonderful opening
What do a diet and social distancing have in common?
Both flatten the curve.
Great videos. Please do one about the supposed inflammatory effects of gluten and of dairy products. Thanks for considering it.
it's because of lactose intolerance. as you get older you lose the ability to digest lactose. some people never lose it some do and those who do are the ones who are lactose intolerant. that's what causes the inflammatory effects.
Funny, I've always heard the main benefit of turmeric is that it's anti-inflammatory. My sister takes it for that exact reason. But the video didn't address that benefit at all. Not even to debunk it. Or is that one health benefit that can't be debunked so that's why they left it out?
I love this format!
You need to do one on modern diets too! From what I've read low-carb diets are damaging to the body, since the body need carbs to function. But a friend of mine swears it's the best diet out there. We go back and forth all the time, but the studies we found contradicts each other, so the discussions end up becoming weird and awkward cause we contradict ourselves not each other.....
man I do love this channel
My Japanese grandma has been putting Ajinomoto in everything she’s ever cooked and she’s the best cook I’ve ever met
I got an ad in the middle of this video for a cure to bad eyesight. "Throw away your glasses and contacts!" Not right now, dude.
"The best nutritional supplement is a grain of salt," is probably the wittiest dietary advice I've ever heard.
So long as you only add ONE grain .... lol ...
not really woke just true though not true in a 1st world as everything is just caked with salt here and we already get to much
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I didn't know that "woke" had the connotations that it does 2 years ago when I wrote that. I think I'll change it to something else. Thanks.
Yes, when i am in hospital, they said i have to take three infuse bottle of albumin because i lacks few things in my blood.
One bottle for a day.
You know what, its mean i have to stay there three more days.
I said, wait for my brother decision. He is the one that pays the bill.
While i grumble and mumble, here come the pretty dokter.
And what she said was i just need to take two pinch of salt to fix the problem.
After the lab result out, it turn out i no longer lacks anything in my body.
Two pinch of salt fix the problem
This was very informative! Thanks for uploading! And I love long videos, too!
Needed something to listen to before martial arts, this was perfect , thanks as always guys!
This is my favorite topic from Sci-Show. Nutrition and exercise.
Wow, I was fooled into avoiding MSG for years...
19:30. I use baking soda whenever my heartburn gets too bad. I’m wondering if there’s any damage I might be doing to my systems by doing that. I take about a tablespoon with a half cup of water. It works faster and better then any over the counter stuff I’ve bought
It's a well known fact that chocolate keeps dementors at bay! 🤗
Nah, it just helps you recover after an attack 😂
Native people who added stuffs to their food because they taste good: *exist*
Fad settlers: "It's free real estate"
OH I have/had MSG/Chinese food disease. Yeah turns out I'm allergic to shellfish :P shrimp are bad and should feel bad.
That bbq pork though... yummy
I'm so sorry you're allergic to shellfish because shrimp, crab and lobster taste amazing to me. But it's not the shrimps fault. They did nothing wrong.
I'm allergic to shellfish. I'm also allergic to salt, and MSG is a type of salt. I hate videos like this that make people who have legit MSG allergies sound like it's all in their head. Allergies are real.
@@xzonia1Were you been diagnosed medically? If you’re allergic to salt, you’re also allergic to your own kidneys.
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It’s the glutamate that causes the Umami flavour and it is commonly added to prepared foods in its non-salt forms. If you eaten anything with rosemary, yeast, or a handful of other extracts, you have eaten added glutamate.
A salt allergy I am guessing is also extraordinarily rare that putting a disclaimer for it seems kind of silly.
@@EnigmaticLucas Yes, by multiple doctors. And yes, I've had kidney issues my whole life, thanks.
25:56 "When you feel sick simply because of the belief you think you will." described the popular YT challenge a few years ago where people claimed they'd get sick to their stomach if they drank Sprite after eating a banana. I've eaten bananas and have had Sprite after eating them and most definitely did not get sick to my stomach.
I'm sure the NOCEBO effect describes plenty of other so-called Tik Tok and YT trends and challenges throughout the years.
How about a video on what health food trends are actually legit?
That would be helpful
You had me at 'two large chocolate bars a day'. Done. Already on it.
It would be cool if you guys could talk about CBD and if that actually has any health benefits.
Thanks for not shying away from talking about the reason ppl hate MSG!
Olivia is very good at debunking stuff, I always feel like she's debunking things even when she isn't so I want her to do all the debunking videos
She's like Adam Curtis, if he made a documentary about how much he loved beans you would be waiting for the catch
Very good look into the actual data behind these claims! Unfortunately claims are often taken too far by the public, considering the actual evidence present
Marketing 101 "it cures cancer" job done.
Thank you for going into way more detail on the acid-alkaline diet theory. I have always been frustrated by the simple “but blood pH!!” rebuttal without addressing the actual claims of the theory. You are the first to really convince me of the clinical uselessness of this theory. Thank you, we need more of that.
At the beginning, I was like, yeah add Tylenol to your coffee, that'll get rid of inflammation.
I love how blonde Hank’s hair got in his antioxidant segment. Do you get blonde in the summer Hank?
The reason I think it’s summer is the fish themed button down, it’s very July theme
Garlic the only super food. That stuff is friggin delicious.
Onion is far superior, but garlic is fine too.
It makes social distancing easier too
@@DrCatdeJong lmaoo
Yeah, onion over garlic, but I can't live without either.
@@mattakudesu go with both! Onion and garlic go with everything.
You covered the flavonoid bit of chocolate, but what about theobromine, which ive heard (and had experience) that treats pain and generally boosts mood? It’s in coffee, too, isnt it?
I feel like the takeaway from this video could be interpreted as "eat whatever you want because it does not matter either way" which obviously is a bad idea. I'd love to see a video like this about dietary habits that do contribute to good health.
The issue with supplementing an antioxidant is that no antioxidant works alone. They are links in a network of reactions involving different types. Supplementing a single one won't solve the bottleneck elsewhere in the network. That's why combining multiple supplements has a tiiiiny effect and a diet a far more pronounced one. With the diet you ingest a far higher variety of antioxidants than most people are willing to take pills for.
Good comment. A very good quality diet, and also high quality coffee, tea...sounds like enough for me.
Me: Has literally eaten a 100% cocoa chocolate bar, meant for baking, enjoys the ever loving hell out of the complex and bitter taste of it.
Other people: I can't eat dark chocolate, Hershey's Special Dark is way too bitter.
Me: Hersey's Special Dark is only 45% cocoa. There are better brands that have 48% and they still consider that as milk chocolate. Come talk to me after you've tried something higher than 60%.
yeah we got a dark chocolate brand here and they don't even offer under 60% standard product is 70% and 2nd is 80% then i think 60% is 3rd place most sold and then 90% is the least sold
Everything below 50% is not chocolate, but an insult to Quetzalcoatl
Milk chocolate doesn't even taste like chocolate. It tastes like milk and sugar.
Always enjoyed these debunking videos from them.
Basically to be healthy we need to get a bit of every different vitamin, mineral, etc. Too much of anything is not the way to go