@@HidingFromFate ok, so her data didn’t show it. Doesn’t mean there isn’t some relationship there still. I can only speak from personal experience. Changing my diet did improve my mood for a while, but a few months in the depression returned despite the good diet. But when I reached my weight goal and felt comfortable walking around shirtless again, that has improved my mood 10 fold. Feeling free and confident is huge. Although i’m sure it is highly individual as to what weight different people feel comfortable in. If you went on a healthy yet hypercaloric diet now and gained 50lbs of fat, I can pretty much guarantee that your mental health will get worse. It’s basic common sense. We simply feel better when we can move easily and perform better in bed, etc etc. Self confidence and a sense of ease are major antidotes to depression.
Most interesting! Different people can respond differently to the same diet, but having a framework which suits a good majority of the population is a good start
I started speaking and writing about using diet to reverse depression way back in the early 2000s. It's great to see the growing research in the field now. Back then almost no one was talking about it.
Ah! The photo of the plate you used at ~ the 4:57 mark is actually the Canada's Food Guide! Our most recent food guide was made by actual scientists without industry funding and it makes me so proud ❤😭 They even recommend water over all other beverages, preparing/eating with family or friends, and considering the environmental impact of your foods. I'm not always proud to be Canadian, but our Food Guide sure kicks butt!!
I've struggled with depression for more than 14 years now. Tried everything. Psychotherapy, both in and outside psychiatric hospitals, rehab, drugs, the whole thing. Only when I substantially changed my diet I finally came out of that black hole. I have more energy than ever, and I mean more than even before my depression, and my life has improved in every area. Yes, it takes a lot of organizing and discipline to keep my diet, but I wouldn't want to change it back for anything!
I think the most important thing Dr. Jacka said may be "it's not either-or". If psychotherapy, medication or other interventions are helping, there is no reason to give those up. Great video!
My diet is 90% vegan. I spend $5/day on food. I shop in cheep grocery stores where it takes a bit of patience to get quality produce but totally doable. I eat 2 oz of nuts a day, some EVOO, an apple, and an orange, grapes and whatever is in season. I make a smoothy with frozen cherries, blueberries mixed with ground flax seeds, soy milk powder, cocoa powder and nutritional yeast. Instead of water I use green tea. I also eat frozen mixed veggies. My main course is always some kind of legume: beans, chickpeas, lentils, buckwheat, etc. I used to be an omnivore and loved processed meats. But I also used to have pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, super high cholesterol and triglycerides, GERD, diverticulitis and Hemmaroids.
I am so pleased I discovered Dr Carvalho's channel. It is excellent. This chap is evidence-based and his presentation is charming and easy to understand. He seems so passionate about his subject. Thanks Doc!
My doctor said I had bipolar and adhd. But just by stopping alcohol, sugar, coffee and wheat and artificial low nutrient food, all that stresses the body and mind, made me balanced. My doctor almost laughed at me, he said you will be back. And I don't say that bipolar isn't a real problematic diagnose. It's just that I was wrongly diagnosed. My problem was prediabetic, hormonal issues and long stress. I lived on sandwiches, alcohol and no real food or sleep (not that I couldn't sleep, my days off work I over slept but I'm an night owl and an early job) , all that could support my body through the stress. Just by correcting my food and lifestyle, to adapt life to me and not my self to life improved my life drastically. My life isn't perfect. I happen to grief and bad days or weeks. But I know the reason and it's just cause and reaction that is very human. No one goes through struggles without effect. 10years off meds now. (Also why I was wrongly diagnosed, I never waisted any money, I never had any suicidal thoughts, I had control over my life except my panic attacks and depression, I loved life I just couldn't handle the stress and my mood was up and down. And that can have many, many reasons. They claimed it was an advanced test I did.. 😅 but it was just two forms to fill and anyone who googled the symptoms could have gotten a high score) I still have ADD symptoms. But no longer ADHD or Bipolar symptoms. Meds only made me more sick! I never been so sick in my whole life as that period in my early twenties when I took meds. (Side effects)
Most doctors are idiots. They aren't research scientists, they have no curiosity, they want to be trained like auto mechanics and do the same thing all the time. Glad to hear things worked out for you.
@@PalimpsestProd I would not necessary call them idiots, they are just (usually) very untrained in anything that goes beyond popping a pill. I am quite sure most doctors don't mean harm, they just don't know any better than to resort to their (insufficient) training regarding anything beyond medication. That's a systematic problem in training doctors, not a problem that is due to the lack of intelligence of doctors. They have to much on their plate to do research by the side. It's just not possible.
@@PalimpsestProd Not idiots. They just need to get in the habit of referring patients to a dietician. Their training in nutrition is at or near zero compared to a dietician (4+ years including multiple years practical work).
I’m psychologist, personal trainer and I studied sport nutrition too, I always check the diet and physical activity of my patients, I don’t work with severe mental illness as major depression but what it is said in this video is true for any situation as far I as know and experienced: people that take care of this esencial aspects -food exercise and lifestyle- improve fast and better than people who don’t. I just make the recommendations and people take it or leave it, usually they are willing to put attention in proportion to their struggling and suffering (yeah, human beings are like that 😅). I don’t remember how I first encounter this channel but that was a blessing, I love how you present information, how honest you are -something sadly not too common in the nutrition field or any other field in which there is money involve- please keep the good work, I recommend this channel and your videos as first option for nutritional info, you deserve millions followers. Thank you for the hard good and honest work, hugs and blessings from argentina 🙏❤️🙇🏻♂️
Robust social life and self confidence from making progress towards personal goals/the life I envision, are the two biggest contributors to my mental wellbeing. Diet quality, sleep and exercise are the secondary factors for me, but they certainly make a difference too. Thanks for the great discussion.
What's crazy to me is food isn't just fuel. It's literally everything under the car maintenance analogy. It's your tires, it's your oil change, it's your fuel injector cleaner, etc. Sure air intake is separate (and I believe air quality deserves its own emphasis of course), but seriously: garbage in, garbage out. Set your body up for success!
Very, very exciting topic, thank you for sharing this interview with us. You are being very considerate and letting us reap the benefits of her information by simply letting her talk, not interfering and trying to steer the interview. I've been looking for a good summary text/video of this topic to share with friends, you certainly provided that, thank you!!
Great content as always! The only flipside I will add is this kind of eating can impact your mental health due to the external factors i.e how society reacts. I'm a lifelong vegetarian who has tried eating healthier as time goes on. Yet my mental health steadily declined - I think its less to do with the food itself but rather how food impacts the other facets of life e.g. dating, social eating etc. Its sad how most people only want to be around people who follow the "norm". Not trying to put anyone off but just something to keep in mind as its been impacting me personally a lot lately
Congrats Gil, your presentations are improving. You started your vlog professionally with high quality unbiased data driven explanations and continue to reach higher levels. This was both entertaining and educational (cat videos may have added to the overall apeal). NUTRITIONALGOAT
Can you please make a video on seed oils? I’m curious to see your take on it, hearing a bunch of mixed opinions from different doctors on the internet some saying they’re making everybody sick and some saying they’re superior to grass fed butter, olive oil, and avocado oil. Thanks!
I quit sugar recently and cut down on coffee (from only 1-2 a day, to 1 every 2 days) among other things. This amplified my anxiety that I had over something and gave me headaches, but after a week my anxiety was better, and I feel I have more energy now. (I knew it was going to be like this so kept telling myself to put up with it). Dr Carvalho, 2 unrelated questions please : 1 - Why do you need to eat so much food when vegan? I've seen what is on your plate in other videos. I need to massively lower my cholesterol and have been cutting out what I need to, but I dont feel I need to eat so many carbs, I get full with a plate half your size and only have 2 meals + snack a day, am I getting enough nutrients? (I'm male, 180cm) Question 2 - Berry and peanut butter smoothie, what do you put in yours?! Thanks for the really helpful videos by the way.
@@Julottt Is there limit on how much nutrients / vitamins your body can process at same time putting so many plants on your plate? Just seems too good to be true to throw a load of colours down at the same time each meal to cover requirements. Especially the size of a vegan meal.
@@CC-hy6se I dont know but our infinitely intelligent body certainly does and manage everything, it is pertfectly normal to eat a high amount of whole plant foods for a primate (several kilos daily) which we are, others ones do the same in nature.
@@Julottt Was just thinking, in regards to your first reply, thats how you are able to eat more. I was wondering why you need to eat so much? There must be a load of good stuff in animal products if huge plates of food are needed to replace them? I'm nearly 100% plant based the last 2 weeks but I still dont need to eat the huge amounts vegans seem to eat.
@@CC-hy6se There are good stuff (but also a lof of harmfull stuff) but it is not well suited to our anatomy like there are a lot of good stuff in wood, blood and grass that some animal thrive on but this is not well suited to our anatomy and it will create problems especially long term.
On the subject of diversity; is it okay to eat mostly the same meals everyday as long as those meals satisfy the nutritional requriements of a healthy and 'diverse' diet? Or should you try to diversiy the meals / foods you eat throughout a given week or month?
For your gut microbiome you should aim for 30 different plants a week. Whether that's 30 a day, the same ones every day, or differently organised, is up to you.
I would suggest that in many cases mental illness which is often related to drug use is actually caused by malnutrition. In other words it becomes a viscous cycle with a feedback loop as in feeling bad due to malnutrition well easy fix is take that drug, the uncomfortable feeling is gone for a while at least however it's increasing the malnutrition at a steady rate. Speaking from personal experience and my drug of choice was a food also, alcohol. Now I am doing much better and drinking much less, however finding it difficult to more than double my food consumption and keeping it healthy. I am not going to switch one addiction for another, I could get plenty of calories with junk food of course but scared I would just become junk food addict. What amazes me when looking at it is how a Big Mac has the same amount of energy as 600gm or roughly a pound of potatoes. Eating a Bigg Mac is easy, all that baby like food with all the fat and sugar is really easy to eat, 600gm of potatoes as my example would be a big struggle for me, I would need to eat it over half an hour or something stuffing it down my throat until really full.
Did the SMILES study participants take antidepressant medication during the trial? If so they are testing diet as a an adjunct treatment not a primary one.
yes, adjunct. we go over it toward the end of the video. I don't think you can take them off the meds for a trial (wouldn't be approved by ethics board)
Is there a way I can contact professor Jacka? This is the field of study I want to go into but I don’t know where to start and ther are no programs for it where I live. I currently only have my associate in pre med and was thinking of doing consumer science as my bachelor but If there’s another route I’d like to know about it.
Please do an inteview with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz. He has a lot of interesting information (backed by science) about food intolerances and irritable bowel syndrome.
@@arvidlystnur4827 his infomation is. And I mention him because he gives the same recommendations as Prof. Felice Jacka: eat a wide variety of foods, mostly plants, mostly unprocessed (book: Fiber Fueled).
Great interview Gil! I love this sort of content, but I have a loved one and also a friend that would both benefit from the information contained in the interview but I know would not consume it in the form it is being presented. They would be much more likely watch and comprehend the type of video you have done in the past where you simplify and boil down the research into a presentation that is easy to watch, easy to understand the key takeaway points and contains some of the famous Gil dad jokes. 😂
this can be revisited in the future, but I want to intersperse these interview videos to 1) expose people directly to the scientists (that's sorely missing) 2) additional level of confirmation
@@NutritionMadeSimple Thanks! Like I said, I love this sort of content and eat it up (it is like the broccoli and brussel sprouts of my RUclips consumption). Keep up the great work!
If your blood shows a low level of omega 3 which I'm seeing expressed in other videos and Dr. Klaper no longer recommends supplementing them does magnesium offer a good substitute for brain health on a plant based diet?
@@Marr033 I've added Salmon once a week back in. I'm just not comfortable with fish oil or algae supplements long term. I started magnesium supplements a while back and I swear it seemed to improve my memory.
In theory, you can. However, in order to replace the same amount of EPA and DHA from fish or fish oil supplement, you will have to take a lot of algae oil pills since these algae pills are typically much less concentrated in DHA and EPA. Plant food like nuts and seeds can get you ALA, but our bodies are inefficient converting ALA into EPA and DHA (most estimated at less than 10%). ALA does different things to our bodies vs DHA and EPA. 90% of omega 3 in our brains is DHA and not ALA.
@@MT-sq3jo But isn't there data supporting that those who do not eat fish adapt and actually convert far more efficiently? I am sure I read a study about that at one point... o_o
@@andreasrylander I read a few related articles and I’ve yet to come across any estimate over 10% ALA to DHA/EPA conversion. I’d appreciate it if you can send me a link, I always try to learn the latest and have no problem of modifying my position as new evidence comes out over time. By the way, DHA and EPA are only conditional essential, since there is a biological pathway of ALA conversion. However, being able to survive on a limited amount of DHA/EPA is quite different from having an optimal (higher) dose of DHA/EPA for optimal cardio/mental health and maximizing health- and life- span. The Japanese has lower cardiovascular disease rate despite a higher smoking rate, and some attributed this partly to the protective effect of their higher blood EPA/DHA index.
Yes, if vegan or allergic you can get omegas from algae supplements, flaxseed, walnuts etc. If not vegan, fatty fish shows excellent health outcomes in the outcome based data from quality studies in humans. No need to eat it, but also no need to villify (toxins!) if you do consume fatty fish.
@@MT-sq3jo You can't just say the Japanese... without mentioning sex and also compared to where. Just remember Japan is a very patriarchal society and there's a big life expectancy gap and differences in behaviour by the sexes.
Very strange, that nutritional science can't measure the improvement of mental health by weight loss alone, as even cardiovascular and metabolic syndrome is improved by losing weight on a poor diet. I'm 64, have lost 95 pounds in 12 months starting at 284, but then lost another 20, My cognitive skills are sharpened massively and mood swings almost completely gone. Perhaps because I eat with advanced principles?
Surprised to hear - Inflammation is a big driver but being overweight is not a driver. I have been under the impression that visceral fat is a big driver of inflammation.
20 year mortality risk bw ppl with mental disorders, CVD is sadly concerning. A good lifestyle is not achievable to some ppl or respected by some who are privileged. Gratitude to Deakin University Mood and Food Centre, Prof Felice Jacka, future research and online FutureLearn Mood and Food.
Hi Mohammed, my 2 cents: as this video also suggests, there is not a useful specific prescription on how much of one certain food is healthy for everyone. It always depends. If you already have high cholesterol, then it's probably better to not eat eggs too much because they do contain cholesterol and can increase your blood levels. There is no problem with eating eggs once I a while though, certainly not if your blood cholesterol is low. The question is, why do you want to know? You want to eat many eggs a day? Then the question is, why do you think you need several eggs a day? 😊
Do bloodwork and you can see for yourself, i think one or 2 a day will have little effect on most people, as to why people want them, it makes salads far easy to palate and its a super cheap form of protein/fat.
@@jozefwoo8079 thanks sir But I watched some videos of famous doctor dr Eric berg on eggs. You can watch too. Where he gives different information about eggs. ❤️
@@mohammedsamsuddin5985 Gill has a video on fact checking Dr Berg. He also has other videos on cholesterol. Feel free to check them out, very good content. I can only recommend most videos on this channel. Most objective and non-sectarian channel I have found!
Since they kinda scimmed over the keto diet and are talking more about the gut (which we don't actually know much about) more than metabolism which i would argue has more of a role; I would also reccomend Chris Palmer (Harvard MD) if you want to hear some seriously shocking improvements even in schizophrenic patients. Warning: probably less RCT data than case studies in relation to keto effects on MH. -p.s. not a doctor
I'm not convinced. Most these people had depression-like symptoms from poor nutrition and no exercise. Of course, if you correct their nutrition, the symptoms will go away. I would guess 80% of people prescribed anti-depressants in the US do not actually have the disease of clinical depression. Exercise and nutrition has little effect on the actual disease of depression. Regardless, good nutrition and exercise still must be done even if it doesn't work because depession destroys your health. You need to combat that.
Can you elaborate? Based on what outcome based data from quality studies in humans do you make that statement? You certainly don't need oils (or fish, or beans) to survive, but adding them appears to improve health.
Stop calling depression and anxiety a mental disorder. For most people it's a very normal response to shitty life experiences....not a mental disorder.
Diet has everything to do with mood and mental health. The fish is unnecessary and I believe they could get even better results without it. You can get all the omegas you need from flax, walnuts, etc. and you can take an algae based DHA supplement if you are worried about those.
Might be true but that takes a lifestyle too far out of the norm and likely have a detremental affect for someone depressed, most people simply like eating fish/meat and dairy, and having some in low amounts likely allows them to continue a mostly healthy diet.
@@dj-fe4ck If we absolutely need something, it has do be abundant in nature, like oxygen, water and fruits and some leaves for our species especially in our natural habitat, the tropics and even fresh meat for carnivore species or grass for herbivore. Nuts and seeds are not abundant and are difficult to open to eat.
this video was fantastic infomation. Im from melbourne, and I love that you interviewed a fellow Aussie. the food and mood website is a great resource. so again, thank you so much !
Probably the most overlooked aspect of a healthy diet, way too much emphasis is placed upon weight loss or muscle gain.
I’d argue those outcomes have a lot to do with the improvement in mood and overall health.
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@@HidingFromFate ok, so her data didn’t show it. Doesn’t mean there isn’t some relationship there still. I can only speak from personal experience. Changing my diet did improve my mood for a while, but a few months in the depression returned despite the good diet. But when I reached my weight goal and felt comfortable walking around shirtless again, that has improved my mood 10 fold. Feeling free and confident is huge. Although i’m sure it is highly individual as to what weight different people feel comfortable in.
If you went on a healthy yet hypercaloric diet now and gained 50lbs of fat, I can pretty much guarantee that your mental health will get worse. It’s basic common sense. We simply feel better when we can move easily and perform better in bed, etc etc. Self confidence and a sense of ease are major antidotes to depression.
Agree
Most interesting! Different people can respond differently to the same diet, but having a framework which suits a good majority of the population is a good start
I started speaking and writing about using diet to reverse depression way back in the early 2000s. It's great to see the growing research in the field now. Back then almost no one was talking about it.
Ah! The photo of the plate you used at ~ the 4:57 mark is actually the Canada's Food Guide! Our most recent food guide was made by actual scientists without industry funding and it makes me so proud ❤😭 They even recommend water over all other beverages, preparing/eating with family or friends, and considering the environmental impact of your foods. I'm not always proud to be Canadian, but our Food Guide sure kicks butt!!
I don't want to eat with my friends. Only the television.
I've struggled with depression for more than 14 years now. Tried everything. Psychotherapy, both in and outside psychiatric hospitals, rehab, drugs, the whole thing. Only when I substantially changed my diet I finally came out of that black hole. I have more energy than ever, and I mean more than even before my depression, and my life has improved in every area. Yes, it takes a lot of organizing and discipline to keep my diet, but I wouldn't want to change it back for anything!
Don't forget exercise. Exercise does wonders for depression!
Sleep is the most important thing when it comes to mood.
I think the most important thing Dr. Jacka said may be "it's not either-or". If psychotherapy, medication or other interventions are helping, there is no reason to give those up.
Great video!
Diet alone is not an evidence based treatment for any psychiatric disorder.
@@FleurPillager Yet.
My diet is 90% vegan. I spend $5/day on food. I shop in cheep grocery stores where it takes a bit of patience to get quality produce but totally doable. I eat 2 oz of nuts a day, some EVOO, an apple, and an orange, grapes and whatever is in season. I make a smoothy with frozen cherries, blueberries mixed with ground flax seeds, soy milk powder, cocoa powder and nutritional yeast. Instead of water I use green tea. I also eat frozen mixed veggies. My main course is always some kind of legume: beans, chickpeas, lentils, buckwheat, etc. I used to be an omnivore and loved processed meats. But I also used to have pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, super high cholesterol and triglycerides, GERD, diverticulitis and Hemmaroids.
Should have eaten grass fed
I am so pleased I discovered Dr Carvalho's channel. It is excellent. This chap is evidence-based and his presentation is charming and easy to understand. He seems so passionate about his subject. Thanks Doc!
My doctor said I had bipolar and adhd. But just by stopping alcohol, sugar, coffee and wheat and artificial low nutrient food, all that stresses the body and mind, made me balanced. My doctor almost laughed at me, he said you will be back. And I don't say that bipolar isn't a real problematic diagnose. It's just that I was wrongly diagnosed. My problem was prediabetic, hormonal issues and long stress. I lived on sandwiches, alcohol and no real food or sleep (not that I couldn't sleep, my days off work I over slept but I'm an night owl and an early job) , all that could support my body through the stress. Just by correcting my food and lifestyle, to adapt life to me and not my self to life improved my life drastically. My life isn't perfect. I happen to grief and bad days or weeks. But I know the reason and it's just cause and reaction that is very human. No one goes through struggles without effect. 10years off meds now. (Also why I was wrongly diagnosed, I never waisted any money, I never had any suicidal thoughts, I had control over my life except my panic attacks and depression, I loved life I just couldn't handle the stress and my mood was up and down. And that can have many, many reasons. They claimed it was an advanced test I did.. 😅 but it was just two forms to fill and anyone who googled the symptoms could have gotten a high score) I still have ADD symptoms. But no longer ADHD or Bipolar symptoms. Meds only made me more sick! I never been so sick in my whole life as that period in my early twenties when I took meds. (Side effects)
Most doctors are idiots. They aren't research scientists, they have no curiosity, they want to be trained like auto mechanics and do the same thing all the time. Glad to hear things worked out for you.
@@PalimpsestProd I would not necessary call them idiots, they are just (usually) very untrained in anything that goes beyond popping a pill. I am quite sure most doctors don't mean harm, they just don't know any better than to resort to their (insufficient) training regarding anything beyond medication. That's a systematic problem in training doctors, not a problem that is due to the lack of intelligence of doctors. They have to much on their plate to do research by the side. It's just not possible.
@@PalimpsestProd Not idiots. They just need to get in the habit of referring patients to a dietician. Their training in nutrition is at or near zero compared to a dietician (4+ years including multiple years practical work).
Well done picking yourself up. And especially recognizing that reducing alcohol reduces mood problems
Amazing, congratulations! If I may, I recommend the book called Brain Energy, by Dr Chris Palmer. It discusses exactly what you mention.
I’m psychologist, personal trainer and I studied sport nutrition too, I always check the diet and physical activity of my patients, I don’t work with severe mental illness as major depression but what it is said in this video is true for any situation as far I as know and experienced: people that take care of this esencial aspects -food exercise and lifestyle- improve fast and better than people who don’t. I just make the recommendations and people take it or leave it, usually they are willing to put attention in proportion to their struggling and suffering (yeah, human beings are like that 😅).
I don’t remember how I first encounter this channel but that was a blessing, I love how you present information, how honest you are -something sadly not too common in the nutrition field or any other field in which there is money involve- please keep the good work, I recommend this channel and your videos as first option for nutritional info, you deserve millions followers.
Thank you for the hard good and honest work, hugs and blessings from argentina 🙏❤️🙇🏻♂️
gracias, hombre!
I would look I to Chris Palmer.
You're a psychologist but you don't treat people with the most common psychiatric condition? That's odd.
Robust social life and self confidence from making progress towards personal goals/the life I envision, are the two biggest contributors to my mental wellbeing. Diet quality, sleep and exercise are the secondary factors for me, but they certainly make a difference too.
Thanks for the great discussion.
Fantastic discussion. The future of managing mental disorders will hopefully evolve to benefit us immeasurably. She is doing amazing work.
Incredible interview. Fascinating topic. Prof. Jacka is an amazing communicator of information.
What's crazy to me is food isn't just fuel. It's literally everything under the car maintenance analogy. It's your tires, it's your oil change, it's your fuel injector cleaner, etc. Sure air intake is separate (and I believe air quality deserves its own emphasis of course), but seriously: garbage in, garbage out. Set your body up for success!
She is such an eloquent speaker! Absolutely wonderful, cogent explanations for everything!
Very, very exciting topic, thank you for sharing this interview with us. You are being very considerate and letting us reap the benefits of her information by simply letting her talk, not interfering and trying to steer the interview. I've been looking for a good summary text/video of this topic to share with friends, you certainly provided that, thank you!!
Great content as always! The only flipside I will add is this kind of eating can impact your mental health due to the external factors i.e how society reacts. I'm a lifelong vegetarian who has tried eating healthier as time goes on. Yet my mental health steadily declined - I think its less to do with the food itself but rather how food impacts the other facets of life e.g. dating, social eating etc. Its sad how most people only want to be around people who follow the "norm". Not trying to put anyone off but just something to keep in mind as its been impacting me personally a lot lately
Shared as I think this is incredibly important information. Thank-you for this fab video x
Congrats Gil, your presentations are improving. You started your vlog professionally with high quality unbiased data driven explanations and continue to reach higher levels. This was both entertaining and educational (cat videos may have added to the overall apeal). NUTRITIONALGOAT
Can you please make a video on seed oils? I’m curious to see your take on it, hearing a bunch of mixed opinions from different doctors on the internet some saying they’re making everybody sick and some saying they’re superior to grass fed butter, olive oil, and avocado oil. Thanks!
Theres a video by plantchompers that sites scientific evidence and no there not that bad
This is amazing. Thanks for this conversation (and resources etc) 🙏🏾
I eat a really good diet by those standards but have had problems since I was on two powerful antibiotics fore months for lyme disease in 2001.
Thank you
Very interesting conversation however inflammation doesn't cause obesity, an excessive caloric intake does
But can inflammation cause people to eat more, eating more causing high body fat and high body fat causing inflatmmation kinmd of vicious cycle?
Obesity does cause inflammation.
@@timsahkelebek5901 where's the evidence?
@@k.h.6991 Where's the evidence?
@@samvandervelden8243 do you not know how to read? I asked a question.
This was sooo interesting 🙏 it was much better than expected. I hang on every word she said. Thanks so much again💗
Absolute masterclass indeed! Thank you Gil
New subscriber here! Keep up the fantastic work and Thank You!!!
Great in depth interview, very interesting subject. Thanks for sharing it!
Very nice video. Looking forward to a video about diet and mental performance relationship
I quit sugar recently and cut down on coffee (from only 1-2 a day, to 1 every 2 days) among other things. This amplified my anxiety that I had over something and gave me headaches, but after a week my anxiety was better, and I feel I have more energy now. (I knew it was going to be like this so kept telling myself to put up with it).
Dr Carvalho, 2 unrelated questions please : 1 - Why do you need to eat so much food when vegan? I've seen what is on your plate in other videos. I need to massively lower my cholesterol and have been cutting out what I need to, but I dont feel I need to eat so many carbs, I get full with a plate half your size and only have 2 meals + snack a day, am I getting enough nutrients? (I'm male, 180cm)
Question 2 - Berry and peanut butter smoothie, what do you put in yours?!
Thanks for the really helpful videos by the way.
Simply because whole plant foods especially steam cooked or raw have a high water content and are diluted in calories, even more if low fat.
@@Julottt Is there limit on how much nutrients / vitamins your body can process at same time putting so many plants on your plate? Just seems too good to be true to throw a load of colours down at the same time each meal to cover requirements. Especially the size of a vegan meal.
@@CC-hy6se I dont know but our infinitely intelligent body certainly does and manage everything, it is pertfectly normal to eat a high amount of whole plant foods for a primate (several kilos daily) which we are, others ones do the same in nature.
@@Julottt Was just thinking, in regards to your first reply, thats how you are able to eat more. I was wondering why you need to eat so much? There must be a load of good stuff in animal products if huge plates of food are needed to replace them? I'm nearly 100% plant based the last 2 weeks but I still dont need to eat the huge amounts vegans seem to eat.
@@CC-hy6se There are good stuff (but also a lof of harmfull stuff) but it is not well suited to our anatomy like there are a lot of good stuff in wood, blood and grass that some animal thrive on but this is not well suited to our anatomy and it will create problems especially long term.
Did you ever do a part 2?
It doesn’t need to be a vegan diet. For sure but what’s optimum plants fibre microbiome
Thank you for the information
On the subject of diversity; is it okay to eat mostly the same meals everyday as long as those meals satisfy the nutritional requriements of a healthy and 'diverse' diet? Or should you try to diversiy the meals / foods you eat throughout a given week or month?
For your gut microbiome you should aim for 30 different plants a week. Whether that's 30 a day, the same ones every day, or differently organised, is up to you.
Perfect as always Gil 😊
Excellent
I would suggest that in many cases mental illness which is often related to drug use is actually caused by malnutrition. In other words it becomes a viscous cycle with a feedback loop as in feeling bad due to malnutrition well easy fix is take that drug, the uncomfortable feeling is gone for a while at least however it's increasing the malnutrition at a steady rate. Speaking from personal experience and my drug of choice was a food also, alcohol. Now I am doing much better and drinking much less, however finding it difficult to more than double my food consumption and keeping it healthy. I am not going to switch one addiction for another, I could get plenty of calories with junk food of course but scared I would just become junk food addict. What amazes me when looking at it is how a Big Mac has the same amount of energy as 600gm or roughly a pound of potatoes. Eating a Bigg Mac is easy, all that baby like food with all the fat and sugar is really easy to eat, 600gm of potatoes as my example would be a big struggle for me, I would need to eat it over half an hour or something stuffing it down my throat until really full.
really enjoyed this video, thanks for making it!
Great content and well done. Thankyou.
Fascinating video!
Did the SMILES study participants take antidepressant medication during the trial? If so they are testing diet as a an adjunct treatment not a primary one.
yes, adjunct. we go over it toward the end of the video. I don't think you can take them off the meds for a trial (wouldn't be approved by ethics board)
That was brilliant thank you so much.
Is there a way I can contact professor Jacka? This is the field of study I want to go into but I don’t know where to start and ther are no programs for it where I live. I currently only have my associate in pre med and was thinking of doing consumer science as my bachelor but If there’s another route I’d like to know about it.
Please do an inteview with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz. He has a lot of interesting information (backed by science) about food intolerances and irritable bowel syndrome.
I'm interested in that guy, but are you certain he's really " backed by science"?
@@arvidlystnur4827 his infomation is. And I mention him because he gives the same recommendations as Prof. Felice Jacka: eat a wide variety of foods, mostly plants, mostly unprocessed (book: Fiber Fueled).
@@TangoMasterclassCom ,
Yes,
I watched a video with him and he seemed pretty good.
I'll look more into his knowledge.
Great video.
Great interview Gil! I love this sort of content, but I have a loved one and also a friend that would both benefit from the information contained in the interview but I know would not consume it in the form it is being presented. They would be much more likely watch and comprehend the type of video you have done in the past where you simplify and boil down the research into a presentation that is easy to watch, easy to understand the key takeaway points and contains some of the famous Gil dad jokes. 😂
this can be revisited in the future, but I want to intersperse these interview videos to 1) expose people directly to the scientists (that's sorely missing) 2) additional level of confirmation
@@NutritionMadeSimple Thanks! Like I said, I love this sort of content and eat it up (it is like the broccoli and brussel sprouts of my RUclips consumption). Keep up the great work!
If your blood shows a low level of omega 3 which I'm seeing expressed in other videos and Dr. Klaper no longer recommends supplementing them does magnesium offer a good substitute for brain health on a plant based diet?
@@Marr033 I've added Salmon once a week back in. I'm just not comfortable with fish oil or algae supplements long term. I started magnesium supplements a while back and I swear it seemed to improve my memory.
Thanks, super interesting interview!
is that leanord's mon from big bang theory?
I assume the fish could be replaced with algal DHA/EPA supplements. Did the diet include foods high in ALA omega 3?
In theory, you can. However, in order to replace the same amount of EPA and DHA from fish or fish oil supplement, you will have to take a lot of algae oil pills since these algae pills are typically much less concentrated in DHA and EPA. Plant food like nuts and seeds can get you ALA, but our bodies are inefficient converting ALA into EPA and DHA (most estimated at less than 10%). ALA does different things to our bodies vs DHA and EPA. 90% of omega 3 in our brains is DHA and not ALA.
@@MT-sq3jo But isn't there data supporting that those who do not eat fish adapt and actually convert far more efficiently? I am sure I read a study about that at one point... o_o
@@andreasrylander I read a few related articles and I’ve yet to come across any estimate over 10% ALA to DHA/EPA conversion. I’d appreciate it if you can send me a link, I always try to learn the latest and have no problem of modifying my position as new evidence comes out over time.
By the way, DHA and EPA are only conditional essential, since there is a biological pathway of ALA conversion. However, being able to survive on a limited amount of DHA/EPA is quite different from having an optimal (higher) dose of DHA/EPA for optimal cardio/mental health and maximizing health- and life- span. The Japanese has lower cardiovascular disease rate despite a higher smoking rate, and some attributed this partly to the protective effect of their higher blood EPA/DHA index.
Yes, if vegan or allergic you can get omegas from algae supplements, flaxseed, walnuts etc. If not vegan, fatty fish shows excellent health outcomes in the outcome based data from quality studies in humans. No need to eat it, but also no need to villify (toxins!) if you do consume fatty fish.
@@MT-sq3jo You can't just say the Japanese... without mentioning sex and also compared to where. Just remember Japan is a very patriarchal society and there's a big life expectancy gap and differences in behaviour by the sexes.
Very strange, that nutritional science can't measure the improvement of mental health by weight loss alone, as even cardiovascular and metabolic syndrome is improved by losing weight on a poor diet.
I'm 64, have lost 95 pounds in 12 months starting at 284, but then lost another 20,
My cognitive skills are sharpened massively and mood swings almost completely gone.
Perhaps because I eat with advanced principles?
Dear Gil where ist part two?
ruclips.net/video/BnDUM0SScWo/видео.html
very good
Surprised to hear - Inflammation is a big driver but being overweight is not a driver. I have been under the impression that visceral fat is a big driver of inflammation.
Dr william Davis
Ibs / sibo
20 year mortality risk bw ppl with mental disorders, CVD is sadly concerning. A good lifestyle is not achievable to some ppl or respected by some who are privileged. Gratitude to Deakin University Mood and Food Centre, Prof Felice Jacka, future research and online FutureLearn Mood and Food.
Sir
How many whole eggs can we eat daily? Is it the yolk healthy?
Hi Mohammed, my 2 cents: as this video also suggests, there is not a useful specific prescription on how much of one certain food is healthy for everyone. It always depends. If you already have high cholesterol, then it's probably better to not eat eggs too much because they do contain cholesterol and can increase your blood levels. There is no problem with eating eggs once I a while though, certainly not if your blood cholesterol is low. The question is, why do you want to know? You want to eat many eggs a day? Then the question is, why do you think you need several eggs a day? 😊
Do bloodwork and you can see for yourself, i think one or 2 a day will have little effect on most people, as to why people want them, it makes salads far easy to palate and its a super cheap form of protein/fat.
@@jozefwoo8079 thanks sir
But I watched some videos of famous doctor dr Eric berg on eggs. You can watch too. Where he gives different information about eggs. ❤️
@@mohammedsamsuddin5985 Gill has a video on fact checking Dr Berg. He also has other videos on cholesterol. Feel free to check them out, very good content. I can only recommend most videos on this channel. Most objective and non-sectarian channel I have found!
@Sun Light what do you mean brother?
Since they kinda scimmed over the keto diet and are talking more about the gut (which we don't actually know much about) more than metabolism which i would argue has more of a role; I would also reccomend Chris Palmer (Harvard MD) if you want to hear some seriously shocking improvements even in schizophrenic patients. Warning: probably less RCT data than case studies in relation to keto effects on MH.
-p.s. not a doctor
Cute toasts! :)
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I'm not convinced. Most these people had depression-like symptoms from poor nutrition and no exercise. Of course, if you correct their nutrition, the symptoms will go away. I would guess 80% of people prescribed anti-depressants in the US do not actually have the disease of clinical depression. Exercise and nutrition has little effect on the actual disease of depression. Regardless, good nutrition and exercise still must be done even if it doesn't work because depession destroys your health. You need to combat that.
14:20 please tell where in the world you find quality olive oil that isn't reprocessed rancid oil.
Shops?
You don't need any oils either.
Can you elaborate? Based on what outcome based data from quality studies in humans do you make that statement? You certainly don't need oils (or fish, or beans) to survive, but adding them appears to improve health.
@@robertusga Vegan Stallion doesn’t need to provide data. His magnificence precludes the need to back up any of his proclamations.
Stop calling depression and anxiety a mental disorder. For most people it's a very normal response to shitty life experiences....not a mental disorder.
They should name the mood and anxiety disorders specifically instead of saying anxiety and depression. It confuses people.
It is not a normal response at all.
Diet has everything to do with mood and mental health. The fish is unnecessary and I believe they could get even better results without it. You can get all the omegas you need from flax, walnuts, etc. and you can take an algae based DHA supplement if you are worried about those.
Might be true but that takes a lifestyle too far out of the norm and likely have a detremental affect for someone depressed, most people simply like eating fish/meat and dairy, and having some in low amounts likely allows them to continue a mostly healthy diet.
Sure, if you insist on being vegan. For everyone else, just go for fatty fish. There is no data showing "better without it", only opposite.
You don't even need flax or walnuts
@@dj-fe4ck If we absolutely need something, it has do be abundant in nature, like oxygen, water and fruits and some leaves for our species especially in our natural habitat, the tropics and even fresh meat for carnivore species or grass for herbivore.
Nuts and seeds are not abundant and are difficult to open to eat.
@@Julottt but we do need grains
this video was fantastic infomation. Im from melbourne, and I love that you interviewed a fellow Aussie. the food and mood website is a great resource. so again, thank you so much !
Cheers mate. Go Aussie