Scientist fact-checks The Game Changers Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- The Game Changers is James Cameron's latest documentary, focusing on plant-based diets. The Game Changers became the focus of controversy before it even came out but few reviews have tried to unbiasedly evaluate its strengths and weaknesses so le'ts put ideology aside and fact-check The Game Changers!!
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Script:
the game changers dropped on Netflix few days ago and everyone’s talking about it
So this is the new big documentary on diet and its produced by James Cameron
animal protein comes with cholesterol and SFA, but also with pro-inflammatory and pro-oxidant molecules like heme iron, Neu5Gc and production of TMAO. All things we want to minimize.
animal products have a much bigger footprint as far as water and land use and GHG emissions. Which seems intuitive
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great review. Thanks. I've been vegetarian since I was 22 (that was 1973 so 47 years now). I have had excellent health and good energy levels but a couple of years ago I had an ulnar nerve problem and went to a top sports doctor. Tested for blood levels of vitamin D and B12 and found I was low in D and deficient in B12. Supplementing isn't difficult.
you make a very important point! that's why in the followup video on HOW to eat more plants safely I specifically covered vitamin needs: ruclips.net/video/AksLcCh8uh8/видео.html
Thats very important not just for plant based eaters but also meat eaters. Everyone is defficient in those nowadays
@Bruce T. Wayne Most of Americans are meat eaters. Most of Americans are massively deficient in essential nutrients. I'd like to find how many vegan/vegetarians died from covid. Let me know when you find that huge number. Considering most had diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and so on, you're going to have fun looking for that needle in a haystack. Just like anything else, not all vegetarians/vegans are healthy, however as a group are generally healthier, they exercise more and make better health choices overall. Health isn't as simple as eating meat or not. BTW... Joe Rogan supplements with all sorts of things, including 5000iu daily Vit D.
@@thehummermeister8992 And don't talk about a "natural" diet when you talk about meat, because most meat requires a lot of stabilizing chemicals like pork etc. Or else you will get sick and die. They do this in huge work places before they even sell it to stores for them to sell it to us. And besides, we are the only "omnivore" like any other herbivore that has the same brain part which is responsible for feeling guilt, having feelings for other beings etc. Which actual omnivores and carnivores miss. So they don't feel bad for their prey, if they also had that same brain part, they would die because their bodies absolutely need meat to survive (because their bodies can't synthesize missing aminoacids like creatine and l_carnitine etc; AND EVERY HERBIVORE just like us CAN) Also there are no typical omnivore or carnivore characteristics if you look at our intestines and organs or organ structure. Also our stomach acid PH is comparable to Herbivores and not omni and carnivores. And... we are the only ones that use a chemical reaction to get rid of most of the bacteria and diseases in meat by cooking it, which are harmless for actual omnivores and carnivores. But not herbivores, this partly has to do with our weak stomach acids. And you have to remember we only started controlling fire about 2 million years ago, and we have existed for over 800 million years if you believe evolution theory, meaning we could only have eaten meat without cooking it before that time. So how exactly is that natural? And besides, who the fuck even cares about something being natural or not, lets just do the things that are best for us and our health, instead of things that are natural. It's also natural to rape and kill but this also isn't automatically good. So I really don't see your point.
@@thehummermeister8992 Define natural?
Whether you eat meat or not, most people in the US don’t eat enough plant food and do eat too much processed food.
coudn't agree more
Processed food is not meat.. Most people in the US eat a grain based diet...
Most new 'plant based' foods made as alternatives to burgers, while being processed too. Its just a marketing push, lots of the vegan alternatives are filled with oil and other unhealthy stuff. Most vegans i know are fat, lol.
@@eliteviktor3 Yes, the vegans ARE fat. And the calorie restriction one's are so irritable and miserable they'd probably be better off fat. The government and big agriculture desperately want people to eat grains, especially corn products and wheat. And I guess big pharma likes us eating corn too. People have been watching, listening, reading nothing but propaganda (thank to Clinton's deregulation of the media..so that big money, like made-in-china General Electric, bought and control everything we see, hear, and read.) People think commentary garbage .. contains facts ... People think facts are opinions.. We're basically too stupid to survive much longer thanks to TV, the rest of the media, and unregulated pollution... And then there's the lead and fluoride in our water and food... and air.. Yes, we are too stupid.
Most processed food is made from plant food, namely, corn, soy, wheat or rice that has been genetically modified and soaked in round up. Even sodas are made of corn...
Regarding running 2 marathons a day, I will just say that I worked in an exercise physiology and human performance lab at a major university that was also a distance runner mecca. There was one of the most massive studies of running ever done there and there was an inverted U of health benefits from running that peaked at about 25-30 miles per week (over a 6 month period) and completely disappeared by 60 miles a week. These were elite runners. By the time they were averaging 60 miles a week their chance of a major negative health incident was equal to a completely sedentary person. These were measures of ACTUAL health incidents, not health hazard ratios. At 90 miles a week, the runners were 20% more likely to have a major negative health incident than a sedentary individual, and 40% more likely than a runner maintaining 30 mile a week average. Running greatly improves health, but 85% of the benefits occur at about 15 miles a week, and none occur above 30.
I recall reading a claim in an article recently about that. I forget how I came across it and didn't look for the source studies so I bet it was the study you mention. I vaguely remember reading if marathon runners have longer lifespan, and didn't get a clear answer, but something that was clear: runners in general definitely have higher lifespans.
I have been moderate walking with strength training and the benefit is pretty good, especially burning a large enough amount of calories like about 1100 per week.
That is fantastic news! I read it and other sources, but not in places where I had a chance to say how glad I was to know that I’ve not wasted my life by not becoming an elite runner. I wonder what is analogous in walking to 15 miles of running a week? Not willing to take that on.
I've read a few articles about this and that's why after training and running one marathon years ago I decided to never run more than a 10k event.
That's so interesting. Did the number of runs / length of each run matter as well?
@@aenab.4596 Most of the runners were 10K runners who ran 5-10 K almost every day and often ran twice a day.
hey man, a vegan here. Great video, a very calm, unbiased, rational dissection of the documentary. subbed!
thanks!!! and welcome!!! :)
Los Fromla you listen to shawn baker? You are very dumb. All the meat eaters I talk to even admit that guy doesn’t know anything 😂
@Los Fromla, Shawn “pre-diabetic” Baker?
@Los Fromla, his records aren’t particularly impressive. He is setting records in a category of “past their prime” men. Let me know when he starts setting records in the 18-29 range. The man has eaten himself into diabetes, as well as eating himself into disproportionately low levels of testosterone.
I’ve watched some of his review (what little I could see from all of the eye rolling) and I found it to be extremely biased. The majority of his debunking is not rooted within science. He’s not in the market of accuracy, he’s in the market of selling his diet.
@Los Fromla, that isn’t true in the slightest. You simply can’t make a claim and it be true. Some athletes featured have been vegan since birth, and continue to be vegan. There was also no noticeable drop in performance. No one has been able to corroborate that claim.
I watched the whole thing. It’s intellectually devoid, scientifically inaccurate, and self aggrandizement on Shawn’s behalf. He utterly fails to support the majority of what he says, and what little he does support, he uses biased sources. I will admit that he wasted 51 minutes of my time in order to defend his diet. The entire video is a desperate attempt to dismiss his competition, while literally making things up as he does along. You should be ashamed.
Being a trained physician too, I agree with everything you said and thought the angles you chose to give your "opinion" (which is pretty close to being an undisputable scientific statement at this point) were on point. Great video!
I'm not kidding, instant subscribe.
Such a neutral, kind and great review. Hitting all the key points, good and bad.
And bringing up the critical point of whole plants.
You, good sir, have done a great job..
thanks Robin!!
@Nasdaq trader I have one next to me in his 60ties, more than 30 years not eating meat, looks young for his age and is incredibly strong. But he stopped eating meat not because he read it somewhere, he just lost taste for it!
@Nasdaq trader Hmm, well there are plenty of vegetarians/vegan who dispose of your mummyhood theory.
Np matter what label we call ourselves or foods we eat, there is a staggering amount of ignorance about what nutrition the body requires and where to get it from.
It's just too much effort for most people to research, or they cant discern fact from fiction. So marketing and lobbyists win.
@Nasdaq trader that makes no sense lol my close and extended family are vegan and we look amazing, baby! 😆
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I know in the movie they did show some Vegan junk food, but on the game changers website there is a bunch of whole food recipes.
oh that's good to know!! :)
precisely! they were only showcasing the "vegan junk food" for the argument of "I would go vegan, but pizza/but donuts/but etc". They made it pretty clear throughout the whole documentary that an ideal diet is a whole-foods, plant-based diet. I already know, since going vegan, that whenever I have highly processed foods (the cheeses, meats, and ready-to-eat meals) I still feel so groggy and low on energy. I think these heavy meals for the athletes are their cheat days! haha Patrick goes all out!
@@koalsa4120 I love Jared Leto's definition of himself. A "cheagan". He is mainly plant based but sometimes cheats with vegan junk food. As a PB myself (I have been for years) I too find myself bloated and stuffed when I go processed. However the processed vegan food was what got my hubby on board. Today he has no doubts about preferring a lentil ragù to a tofu one. But that got him going. BTW hubby is 46 and an amateur boxer since 40.
Some vegan junk food🤣🤣🤣
This is all a waste of time and poor science study (from everyone, all sides of the food and diet aisle). We are no longer in the last century - lets speak about what we know today, this century, this decade; Humans make their own proteins and amino acids. All species do (plants, animals, bacteria, etc.). We are no different. It does not matter what u eat, so long as it can convert to glucose - and all whole foods, raw and fresh can do this - INCLUDING MEAT. All species, we are all, inherently, fundamentally, glucivores.
Wow. I think this is the only objective review of the movie I've seen on RUclips. Great job. I'm a subscriber.
@@wreagfe I don't understand the point your trying to make. So it's a shit documentary?
@@wreagfe What are your credentials? Did you do the research shown on this film?
@@marekzmazur2077 geat movie. Life is not only muscle. Watch and be happy bro
yeah, the other are like "buh this movie sucks, here's why" -
I just had to write this and give you a compliment for your jokes. I think that you are one of the very few nutritionists on YT that is legit, that I can learn from, but at the same time laugh my ass off. Good job buddy, keep it up!
Watched it tonight! Already knew most of this stuff and I’m currently about 80% plant based diet but this documentary made me want to bump it up to about 95%. This is coming from a guy who used to eat McDonald’s and Taco Bell 6 times a week. Plant based life has changed my life for the better 100%. That Sugar Film and Forks Over Knives were both a better watch in my opinion 🌱 ❤️
If eating taco bell and McDonald's is considered a meat diet than eating doritos is plant based.
you re a fool for thinking stopping mcdonalds and taco bells is making you feel better is because you dont eat meat anymore. you dont eat disgusting FAST FOOD anymore.THAT IS why you feel better. it doesnt matter if its vegan or meat. fast food is crap. dont feel too proud of yourself for cutting out the most obvious bullshit in your life. now, stop smoking, dont drink alcohol and you ll get an extra 25 years. thank me when you are 90. too silly.
if you eat junk food 6 times a week, just eating sand and grass will make you feel better. oh and you hydrate more. can you hear the masses clap for you?
@@wadeobryan4175 😐
@@Didier-cu6cb go ahead tell me how tacobell and McDonald's is representive of a balanced diet that includes meat.
Is meat bad. What about egg and fish.
One thing I noticed is that the only meat-based diet they mentioned in their studies is the traditional western diet. I understand that a large amount of Americans consume this diet, but it leads to skewed results. Obviously, if you switch from a diet that revolves around McDonald’s to a plant-based diet, you will see a large decrease in chronic diseases and an improvement in overall health. I would be more interested to see the results of somebody who practices a more healthy meat-based diet, such as the Mediterranean diet, which involves many vegetables and healthy fats, switching to a plant-based diet. It was definitely an interesting documentary either way.
check the adventist study. It's all there. Biggest formalised nutritional study ever.
Exactly. Most people are doing it wrong. I eat meat and a lot of plants. My biomarkers are as good as it gets along with energy, strength and performance
@Marc Hlavac You can get short-chain omega 3 from crushed some seeds, nuts and beans, which is then converted to long-chain omega 3. I read there's still a debate among nutritional scientists about whether you optimally need the long-chain omega 3's directly - but you can also get that from algae (supplements) like fish do. 1tbsp of grounded flax seeds per day is enough to get an abundance of short-chain omega 3 fatty acids - and then it's important to stay low on omega 6 - because the balance between them is what matters - I've read about ratios of 1:1 to 4:1 but it seems like it is oversimplifying. So case in point, it's not necessarily a problem - but definitely something vegans need to know.
@PickleRick Good point, just one correction: the Mediterranean diet (at least the one that's marketed as such) is generally considered a plant-based or plant-predominant diet, and definitely not a meat-based diet. Meat is supposed to constitute only a small percentage of the food in it.
"traditional western diet" who invented that term? I know what you are talking about, AKA Standard American Diet. But you might as well call it "I don't know how to boil water and never drank a glass of water in my life"-diet. To me a traditional (still super common and probably ubiquitous 20-30 years ago where I live) diet would be pretty much a plant based diet, a lot of white potatoes and bread, grains and various vegetables, with some modest amounts of meat and other more luxurious products like butter.
This guy looks like white abed from community
COOL COOL COOL
Does that make Abed "Brown This Guy?"
@@MrZilla if you wanna get racist about it
Bryce LongHere you go [ /s ] You dropped this.
What does that even mean
All this "documentary" showed is that you get really strong on a vegetarian diet as long as you're juiced.
YOU WERE THE BEST DEBUMKER SO FAR, THE MOST HONEST WITHOUT TAKING ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER
If everyone would be vegans then the big agriculture which is soy, wheat, corn will make more profits... and the chemical corporations... Bayer and Monsanto .. and processes foods corporations will make bigger profits.. and big pharma will make more profits from the resulting chronic diseases...and people will die around retirement age so the government can steal more social security money..
@@annberry8149 soy, wheat and corn producers' largest customers are animal farmers. What do you think the vast majority (literally 99%) of industrially grown animals eat?
@@GregVidua I've tried 4 times to respond... I give up. Eat your cancerous grains.
This is a very fair and balanced critique. I've watched the movie and I believe you were very fair.
We don't need a balanced critique. We need to know the truth about veganism and this pushed movie because it destroy our health! It is therefore advisable to listen to ex vegans like Bobby: ruclips.net/video/w2M8my9MW4c/видео.html
@@Freidenker888 that’s anecdotal evidence, if that’s the only thing you have to support your claim, then.. be ashamed
Listen to science, rather than influencers
There is a lot of good research done on plant based diets, and it shows that plants should make up a huge part of diets. But that documentary is an absolute abomination. They misrepresent so much data, cherry pick bad research, which isnt needed, and use deceit to push their point.
@@LeanAndMean44 fully agreed 👌🏾
Excellent critique! I completely agree that "whole plants" cannot be overstated and also that plant based junk food is not comparable. Funny, informative, and best of all you seem genuinely clear of the rabid emotional diet cling.
thanks Abdel! I have my preferences like everybody else but I do try to stay objective when stating my opinion in any public forum. Glad you liked it, man!
Yes! Well put!
Abdel Leon Cooper well put!
I am so grateful to have found your channel. I have experienced two gout attacks recently and still recovering from one. I decided to make diet changes to avoid it in the future. I searched for advice and found quite a few videos on YT about the carnivore diet and decided to give it a try. I started for two days, felt a bit funny about the rather radical approach, and started digging for more information. After binge-watching many of your reviews I gained much more science-based knowledge and recognized the recklessness of many of the diet suggestions in the other videos. I would have surely added risks to my health if I were to follow those advice. Thank you for your effort to provide well-researched and referenced information on health issues. And it amazes me how many so-called experts are willing to risk other's life to gain some internet traffic. Please keep up the good work. This will be the only channel that I follow concerning healthy diets.
Brilliantly done. Objective, non biased, and shows your absolute professionalism. Congratulations man. You should host your own documentary.
thanks brother!
We need more people like you in the world. Unbiased and truth seeking attitudes builds bridges instead of dividing us.
Keep it up!
Ash Mannerheim I’m voting for him for president!
Biased and fake seems to be the bridges in this movie... much like fox and the media
@@annberry8149 Well if you really think that you do the movie an astonishing amount of injustice. if you are interesstet and honest watch ruclips.net/video/ZTyGP5hCtBQ/видео.html and then make up your mind.
@@annberry8149 the majority of humans are biased from birth if you've ever stop to question why the majority of people habitually act upon what they've always seen and done.
@@YZ450f24 I agree. I am biased towards the diet of my great grand parents, my grand parent, and my parents. The diet was meat at every meal, vegetables, fruit.. milk. I don't remember ever eating beans or soy ... If we wanted to NOT be fat we didn't eat any kind of bread.. and we cut back on potatoes... and gave up pies, cakes, and candy... They might would have been considered under weight by today standards .. They didn't exercise, go to the gym, walk much or do heavy work.. We didn't have fortified or enriched food.. We didn't have corn oil or really any kind of vegetable oil.... we just had butter ..that we spread on bread and put on potatoes.
I've watched this documentary twice and I must say that your review is one of the best ones I've heard so far! Very honest and unbiased with a lot of common sense. I did notice when I watched the second time that they don't really use the word vegan just people eating a mostly plant-based diet. I don't eat red meat but I do eat chicken and I feel like most of my diet is pretty healthy. I understand what you say about the junk food but I must say that the food in the Tennessee Titans segment look absolutely delicious! I just subscribed to your channel and look forward to watching more of your videos. Thank you
thanks Scott!!! welcome!
7:30 Sir, you just win my respect.
This is the kind of content I’d like to see more of! Letting the science do the hard hitting, not beliefs, anecdotes or information displayed in a biased way!
Subscribed.
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Check out nutritionfacts.org if you like science supported information
That was not science. NEVER has it been proven that meat diets cause health problems... The only study that they base this on is one where the herbivore, rabbits, were force fed transfatty acids... and they got sick.. This movie is propaganda from big agriculture and processed foods.
Letta Mego
I appreciate your enthusiasm but unfortunately you obviously haven’t looked at anything on nutritionfacts.org
If you did, you wouldn’t have made the comment you just did.
@@andrewj3180 Generally, there is a LOT of misinformation out there. I don't need to be "educated" by big agriculture or the processed food industry. I've had enough biology and science to know fact from fiction. I appreciate that you didn't call me names or ridicule me... but you're implying that I don't know science or nutrition. You are wrong about that.
Letta Mego
Great we can continue a civil conversation then, kudos to you. I also am very experienced in nutrition. So if I were to ask you if you knew everything there is to know about nutrition would you say “yes” or “no”? Of course you’d say no. Only the fool would say yes. Even the greatest minds on any subject still have more to learn. And there will always be so much to learn. That’s how science works.
A wise man once said “Truth has nothing to fear from examination”
So have you looked at nutritionfacts.org?
First critique which I've seen which wasn't just "vEgAnS aRe GaY fUk U, mEaT LiOnS ThO". Gave you a thumbs up.
hahaha that's hilarious, thanks man!!
Are you still really skinny on your silly diet?
@@deslawson2662
Are you really stupid on your silly diet?
@@imrandma he's the next lion that wins a Nobel prize.
Deer eat meat
Thanks for the info Doc!! A while back I remember seen a documentary about a Russian 100+ year old men, during the interviews he was asked what was his secret when it came to nutrition, to which he replied, I have no secret diet, I eat everything and anything in moderation and eat just enough to calm my hunger, not to stuff my face.
I have watch many people online 100+ nd all hv different diet some r complete vegan, heavy bacon lover, some r even smokers n drinkers
Even my great grandma drank rice beer who was 95+ nd was totally fit
But the common thing they share was LESS STRESS
@@chaol7770 yes of course im 17 years old and I eat everything. You know my Mother know some her friend. And he did never drink never smoke, he even washed his hand everyday, he showered everyday. Well im showerung everyday to. But yes. But unfortunelly he died very Young 32 years he had because of cancer. Well maybe People really die when they finish their mission on earth. As the God said. When many peolple saw God in heaven he said to the when you finish your mission you Will Come here. But now you must go down there. Even ancestors said this in heaven. Well its Just a theory. I mean for you. But for me IS a truth. Am I right. Well answer me please. If you have something to comment to me.
The theory behind Gladiators being fed oats and beans prior to competition was that those foods thickened their blood so they could take some cuts and live to fight another day. Gladiators didn't need longevity. In fact, they had high stress hormone levels provoked in them.
I didn’t hear that the issue was about why they did it, but that it was a stretch to claim that that’s the way most of the gladiators ate, given the spotty evidence.
@@oolala53 It's a waste time to debate what gladiators ate regarding the movie, The Game Changers. James Wilks provided the anecdote to tell why he began studying nutrition. Period. It doesn't matter if it's true or false. He never made an argument that we need to eat like gladiators.
During Gladiators time, meat was a treat reserved to the rich, so it made sense for them to be vegetarian, since they were slaves
khryzbr they ate to get fat deliberately to reduce slash and cut injuries
Healthy young humans can tolerate a high carbohydrate diet for decades, so it really makes no point. I could eat anything in my 20's.
The chronic diseases related to high insulin levels don't usually manifest much before age 50 although they are starting younger now.
Billy97 oh youre one of those idiots that thinks high carbs are bad.
Billy97 my ex bf had a massive heart attack at age 26 and another at age 28. Age doesn’t matter. The point is you need to eat more plant food.
Ima Purnomo he has a weak ticker. No plants were going to help that.
I've been an athlete all my life, and workout 4-5 times a week for last 18 years. When I was younger it was all about eating a ton of meat with every meal. 7-8 years ago I started cutting back on my red meat and processed food before the vegan thing really took off. I did it mainly to family factors. High blood pressure, diabetes run in my family so as I get older I dont want to possibly have to deal with that stuff. I still enjoy a steak, burger from time to time but bulk of my meat intake is chicken or fish, and I eat a ton more veggies/fruit now. To me its about balance and it seems to be working for me
In the video it says that chicken and meat are almost the same when it comes to artery hardening
@@breadfan9 exactly. Chicken especially has almost identical levels of saturated fat as red meat.
But it’s not just the saturated fat at issue, as harmful as that is. It’s the actual animal PROTEIN that causes inflammation and disease.
Unprocessed meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, nuts, and a few carbs: is a great diet. With some indulgence foods just to keep the joy in life.
@@calisongbird It depends on the cuts of meat you are getting. I specifically eat the leanest cuts of chicken and red meat
Thank you so much! I have to analyse this documentary for a project in school and this is really helpful as it is a long documentary with a lot of facts to take in. I found the documentary really interesting, but it is also really cool to hear about the actual facts being proven and checked. You were not one-sided so its a lot easier to check your facts, without the bias. Thank you!
Of all the vegan documentaries, what I love about this one, is you are left with a feeling of hope and happiness. Unlike so many others, which are important, and welll done and have their place, you feel angry though, angry at the system. Not this movie.
great point! I agree positivity is more productive
@@NutritionMadeSimple I also felt a sense of pride in these athletes. I'm a big fan of Patrick Baboumian. He's an amazing human being. Damien Mander as well.
This film will help push people in the right direction. I know one guy who was a huge meat eater and is overweight. He has seen this movie 6 times, he and his wife went plant based as a result. I don't mind that people will eat some vegan junk food during their transition, because it helps them get away from an animal-based diet. Then they can slowly transition from that, to eating a Whole Foods plant-based diet. Charity Morgan admitted that she sneaks nutrition in her food! I love that! Those big strong athletes don't see boring health food, they enjoy fueling their bodies. Much love to them all!
The movie Unity (2015) ends with hope too!. It's the sequel to Earthlings but more about humanity and the whole planet in general, which veganism ties into.
You got this right! I am a vegetarian for over a year and 2020 is going to be the start of veganism. Already, I am just stoked. In the last two weeks, I ate more diverse and very tasty vegan dished as I normally do as a vegetarian. I like sporting more then ever and I feel more happy. I really didn’t thought that this diet or lifestyle could make life more happy in general.
@@elizabethelias1005 I wouldn't get your hopes up about athletes when it comes to the vegan diet. Many athletes don't start out as vegans, so they build their bodies while eating meat. Athletes are also known to use enhancing drugs in general, which skews the results of their diets. Some athletes that go vegan do experience one or two years of excellent results but often will fail after that. Veganism can be done by some people but it surely doesn't give someone superiour health, strength and stamina.
I've had a bad time looking for the facts of the documentary, this video was the first good source I've found. Great job!!!
I eat "whole food plant based". It was refreshing to see an unbiased review of the movie. Well done!
Really like the way you review, seems unbiased. Keep up the work.
WOW! That's the fairest, most honest critique of ANY video on nutrition I've ever seen. My hat's off to you sir!
I appreciate that!
I watched the movie in theater before the Netflix release and really liked it. I have always been am omnivore, and the movie didn't change that. However, it did cause me to reevaluate just how much meat I eat, and probably more importantly for me personally it prompted me to do more independent research and adapt my diet to be better overall, such as by dramatically reducing sugar intake and eating more whole foods as you suggest.
I thought you did a great job analyzing the pros and cons of the movie. Thanks for putting this out there!
i have myself cut back on beef about 90 percent and pork about 80 from what i used too. Im more chicken and veggies now days. I also have cut out sugar for the most part. I Ill have like a donuts every now and again, but its super rare. One thing i agree is that alot of us do eat too much meat.
Change your words from "cut back on meat" to "cut back on unessessarily killing animals in factories" research how animals are treated for your "meat" we don't need to eat animals, science proves this, selfishness keeps slaughterhouses in business.
You did an excellent job on this review. The points you made were on point. I agree the vegan junk food is not better. Not sure why this was not corrected and said you can start with these foods as transition foods but you should focus on whole foods. It might be because also Cameron is pro-environment and fewer animal products mean less carbon, and methane in the air.
Anecdotes from athletes I think were just to let people know that they too can kick butt in sports and maybe even feel better because of their diet.
I can say when I was eating Chipotle and Cliff bars a lot it lead to me getting higher triglycerides and higher AIC. So eating non-whole foods can cause unhealthy blood. I moved to mostly whole foods now and I def got healthier. This is important for anyone with a family history of heart disease, even on a plant-based diet.
One correction Arnold is not on a plant-based diet he just eats less meat and eats more plants.
right on! we're on the same page. and thanks for the Arnie correction, yeah that makes sense :)
@@NutritionMadeSimple
Also Cameron is heavily invested in his pea protein business, Arnie will sure as shit have shares in that one, since they are besties.
I feel this is just propaganda mainly, i would love to see a follow up in 10 years on the younger athletes, I feel using athletes to push a plant based diet on the average person is pretty lame tbh.
Myself, I eat local, I eat seasonal, both animal and plant, it supports my own community so my foot print is way less than flying in foods from all over the world which most vegans seem to support.
This comment is for OP and you as well as I guess Javier will see this as well.
Just my 2 cents.
I believe ‘plant based’ can also refer to those eating mostly plants with very minimal amounts of animal products.
@@takeoffyourblinkers Most vegans support flying food in the same way most meat eaters do too. Stop your generalisation.
Yes, as a vegan, I was also upset about them not putting enough focus on ‘whole-foods’ as that is really what eating vegan should be all about as there is a big difference between being a vegan and being a healthy vegan...but I see your point about people not getting with that and agree with it...overall amazing review, so happy it wasn’t bias, thank you!
Yep. Whole foods vegan is the way to go. Big difference from just not eating animal products to eating potatoes and lentils and whole grain stuff.
Great review! I am also a (molecular) biologist studying the microbiota and interested in food research, and some of the points you mention were exactly the ones I had in mind. The overall message of The Gamechangers is good: more whole plants, less animal products (for your health, for the planet and for the animals). Keep up the good work. I just subscribed.
I don’t think the argument anymore is “can you get strong off a plant based diet.” The question is now, is it really the superior way to eat. Most people in America don’t eat a “balanced diet” with enough fruits and whole plant vegetables to begin with. If someone does AND still eats some animal product, is it really that bad ??
Yes, it is almost undoubtedly the superior way to eat in regards to health.
To your point on the complexity of eating vs a simple "meat vs plants" argument, I did keep hearing a variety of the use of "vegan", "plant based" and "whole food plant based" throughout the movie. I feel they tried to brush over that complexity of not all plant based food is healthy just like not all meats are bad for you. this movie is certainly a good talking point and does get the point across of the benefits of transitioning to plant based. I am not 100% plant based as I do still love eggs, cheese and bacon but I have cut back significantly after more of these documentaries have come out. The appeal to me for switching is more towards the amount of resources required for livestock.
And that you don't have to kill to eat.
The biggest point of the doc was, for me just the fact that there could be top athletes in multiple sports that don’t need meat.
Has anyone ever claimed the contrary? Feel like it's a straw man argument. You can be a great athlete and a vegan but to put it down to the diet only that's where I'm parting company. Great unbias review by the way.
@@modernistmatt2658 People still ask this frequently in vegan and plant-based forums.
Modernist Matt no one said if you go vegan you will be the best athlete in the world. That is a straw man.
Modernist Matt yes people have. Insufficient protein is a common “reason”
none of the peopel interviewed actually do that well on a vegan diet. or rather, they were already doing well as athletes on a non vegan diet, but then go on a vegan diet and do not thrive as vegans. it doesn't mean they can no longer function as athletes. Only that the movie kind of suggests that the vegan diet is what leads to their prowess. Most of the people interviewed were already really successful on a non vegan diet, who go vegan after the fact. and if we look at their actual times and records most do worse after eating vegan diets.
This is not even necessarily proof that veganism is bad. Only that they are already halfway thorugh career before going on vegan diet. And their times do suffer. But their times may have already suffered as they are in the tail end of their career.
And yes, even processed vegan food should not be eaten; great video! I am a vegan who thinks the game changers reaches a good balance.
Daves ArtRoom is a Tofu organic processed food?
I watched it and will be going more plant based and eventually vegan. The only challenge will be ensuring I have adequate protein intake to help with recovery (I do crossfit so need to eat well for replenishment). The documentary was good but I agree it did show too much junk food. This is probably a tool to encourage non healthy people to adopt a diet which is more carbon footprint friendly. There is also some aspect regarding the psychology of food, in that if the food looks like meat but isn't, it is still appetising.
I really like your video, subscribed!
Can you do one based on the documentary " what the health" it gets more deep into why meat and dairy is bad.
Liked the review 😊 On a personal note going from meat eating to whole food plant based I could relate to the documentary as my cholesterol came down & I have amazing energy. If people are interested they will seek out further information themselves.
So I thought higher cholesterol was protective?
@@njsongwriter Dont know where you heard that but there are videos on this channel about cholesterol, recommend you to check these out! 😊
@@njsongwriter Your body makes all the cholesterol it needs. Excess from diet is counter protective
Here are a few of my thoughts on the game changers. It's way of pushing of a vegan diet was flawed. Firstly demonizing meat and implying that any plant food even if highly processed is healthier than lean meat eaten in moderation is problematic. For starters a perfectly managed vegan diet is still not as healthy as a Mediterranean diet or an Okinawan diet which both contain meat, albeit in small quantities. The documentary's claim that our ancestors got their B12 from stagnant ponds and botanical fruits covered in dirt (shit) is extremely dubious. Water from ponds festering with microbes might have contained B12 but they would also contain harmful microbes that would have made water from sources of moving water that is oxygenated and healthier and better tasting a lot more appealing. And same goes for botanical fruits covered in shit. Coprophagia might still be a part of life for the chimpanzee with whom humans share a common ancestor going back over 3 million years but in that time humans changed radically. For starters humans developed smaller less robust , less energy intensive digestive systems thanks to the shift to more nutrient dense foods including cooked meat. Getting B12 from meat eliminated the need for coprophagia and any other highly risky (as far as harmful microbes go) way of obtaining B12.
And as far as the sustainability argument goes industrial livestock agriculture is far from ideal. It has some we'll known problems but that doesn't make it ok to mislead by distorting information. For example the availability of B12 supplements doesn't mean they are fed to livestock indiscriminately. They are only fed/injected to animals that are B12 deficient on a case by case basis resulting from a veterinary diagnosis. And as far as the argument about crops being grown to feed cattle that's only partially true. In most parts of the world cattle are primarily allowed to graze on grass on the ranch because it's free and it occurs naturally and it's what cows would eat naturally. Even in the US which is the largest user of grain feeding for livestock grain feeding is left for finishing only to get the desired fat marbling with grazing being their primary feed before that. And it's also worth noting that livestock is raised on land that's not suitable for crops. So if livestock agriculture was magically stopped overnight it would not free up land to grow crops and only a small amount of grain would be freed up for other uses. And that's not even touching on regenerative agriculture, the fruit of Alan Savory's studies which mimics the natural herd migration of grazing mammals and is a carbon sink opening up tremendous financial opportunity for farmers who embrace this method when a price has been put on carbon pollution.
Thank you for sharing this.
I've recently gone on a plant based diet I used to gym 5 days a week. And I'm stronger and fitter. My recovery is quicker. I couldn't train Arms because of tendonitis. Can can now. My mood is better I'm sleeping better my eyesight is better my memory is better. And I haven't felt this great in a long time.. my diet was mainly chicken and rice steak rice. Sweet potato little bits and veg. Now it's pure meat and dairy-free. I've got bigger and stronger
You also stopped eating eggs?
Same. Been practicing parkour for 12 years. And vegan for 5. So I can definitely tell the difference between before and after.
One of the strongest shifts for me was to start juicing leaves. Read about it in a book on RAW veganism and it's another GAME CHANGER for sure.
Dean Grant In terms of actually putting TASTY meals together on a vegan diet, how do you go about it, because it’s very, very limited?
@@UsyksmashedFurytopieces It's not limited at all. Any basic cooking ingredient used for standard dishes like noodles, rice, potatoes are all available on a vegan diet. The only huge difference you have when cooking vegan is that you have to use different binding agents for sauces and similar things, since you have no more access to eggs or butter. But for that you have things like Tomato paste, or avocados, which can be used to great effect for similar function, depending what kind of 'taste' you're going for with your sauce. Alot of traditional cuisines also have a laundry list of classically vegan meals. Eastern European Vegetable soups, Asian Rice dishes, Nut based pastes, etc.
The taste profile for Vegan meals also isn't restricted. Sweet, sour, savory, whatever taste you tend to fancy you can achieve via vegan meals. If you like spicey food for example all your peperonis and anchovis and w/e are available. if you like Sweet and sour shit you can still use balsamico vinegar and honey.
And if you're on a rush, Vegan snacks are simple and plenty around aswell. Just grab two pieces of Fruit (You'll start even exploring more outlandish fruits you never tried like pomegranate and w/e), or buy a bag of unprocessed Nuts like Cashews. One package of 200g contains enough protein and calories to fill you up for almost an entire day.
@@Afura33 yes bro stop eating all dairy product and animal which include egg
Nice review! We have also got to look at these athletes DNA, some of them have a natural body type and training regiment to be strong, fast etc. Diet is an important influence but not the only influence.
the gladiators were not plant based but ate a variety of ALL foods as pointed out by scientists analyzing their bone compositions. Fact check the points in the movie.... they are not all accurate--but none the less a very helpful movie for a lot of people.
I'm not at the point in my life where I could or even really want to go full plant-based, but I almost never eat any red meat. If I do eat meat it is usually fish or chicken, and maybe once in a blue moon I'll have a burger.
I feel better doing that and chicken has never given me any problems, plus it's a cheap and easy way to get a ton of protein without having to eat a lot of calories or have to resort to using expensive powders and supplements.
Otherwise I really just stick to whole grains, a lot of whole grains actually! Plus fruits and vegetables, though I have to consciously make more of an effort to eat more veggies otherwise I'll often just have fruit and whole grain with some nuts.
Whole foods I think are really good and I love your point on Paleo diets. I've always seen them as missing the point or being dumb but you articulated it better than I could. It's true it doesn't matter what cavemen were eating, what matters is the effect the food has on people's health.
Lowering total cholesterol doesn’t imply a commensurate reduction in cardiovascular risk. It’s not even LDL-C, which is inaccurate in and of itself, let alone LDL-P or Lp(a). It’s just not a good biomarker.
(And conventional dietary guidelines that put olive and canola oil on the same plane are total crap!)
And the government that allowed corn oil to be added to olive oil without listing it as an ingredient is evil..
Wow! I was looking for an unbiased review and this was PERFECT! If anyone hasn't yet seen the movie, this encapsulated all the important points PLUS cleared some questions, such as were the Gladiators all, in fact, vegan...? You have a new subscriber! 👍
He didn't mention the ridiculously stupid battle ropes claim
@@DivineAtheistWannabe Are you denying James Wilkes did an hour plus on the ropes? I'm sure all the guys at his gym would call BS if it hadn't happened. The guy was literally on camera in front of a bunch of people ffs
My mother has lived on a plant base diet her whole life. Stayed fit never smoked moderate drinker. She's now in her 60s and and has cancer throughout her body
"I have so much energy when eating just plants." I have always seen this as your body saying "that wasn't enough" and then giving you all the energy it can so you can go catch some meat. You shouldn't feel "energised" after the last meal of the day. You should feel sated, relaxed, you've eaten, now let's do some repairs with what's been given.
Fully agree with this one. Once you experienced the difference with certain foods you actually know what your body is telling you. And you certainly should not be all hyped up after eating something. That is your body actually telling you that you ate something bad.
You popped up in my feed so I was curious and clicked in for a watch. I really appreciated your perspective. It was well-balanced and totally lacking in ad hominem attacks or other nonsense that, quite frankly, I'm seeing appear in vegan vids as well. So kudos! You also got yourself a new subscriber ...
at the very same time this movie came out, Arnold was on TV saying his favorite food to cook was steak and putting raw egg in his protein shake. Also Nate Diaz is not Vegan he is a pescatarian. Also Connor McGregor tried to add 20 lbs at the last minute, within 13 days to go up to a higher weight class to fight Diaz (after his previously scheduled fight was cancelled)...it's not surprising that he was a bit sluggish, and yet he beat Diaz in the rematch (but of course they don't tell you any of this in the movie. Also, why do you want to minimize heme iron when it is the form of iron that is absorbable and useful for human beings. Also that Australian 400m runner did pretty terrible in the Olympics getting smoked by all her omnivore competitors and her career has been all downhill ever since. Likewise the American olympic weightlifter they featured performed much worse after going vegan than he had previously as an omnivore.
I happened to stumble across the movie on Netflix and I am moving towards a plant-based diet. Amazing how much you can fix with just changing your diet! Thanks for also posting a follow-up, neutral response video.
10 days in and my back pain and tightness I've had for 15+ years is the best it's been since I can remember. My head is clearer and I already have more energy. Regardless of where someone sits, the American diet is not healthy. The wealthiest country in the world is the sickest for a reason.
I did Keto for 26 straight days, I was trying to make it to 30 and couldn't, I felt so much worse that I had to hang it up. How am I malnourishing myself? What in meat can't I get some other way? I'm not anti meat, I've eaten it my entire life and will probably work it back in to some degree at some point. Eat a raw goat for all I care, do what you're going to do.
And no I didn't do Keto wrong. I had several well known recipe books and followed it very closely.
Oh yeah listen to keto cycler, if he says veganism is bad it must be true 😂
@keto cycler so essential that there are people who've been vegan for 30 years and are still alive. I better go check the meaning of essential.
@keto cycler so you know all the vegans in the world? You do know life doesn't end on RUclips right? Most people don't feel the need to record their lives and share their story. How many healthy 30 year keto diet people are there?
Thank you that was nice and didn’t feel biased at all
He didn't mention the ridiculously stupid battle ropes scene
@@DivineAtheistWannabe explain how it was stupid?
@@ojdubz2 heh. If your brain was working you might be able to realise. But I guess you're vegan so I'll have to explain.
He claims that his battle ropes endurance increased from like a pitiful couple of minutes (or whatever it was) to over an hour and he could keep on going. And this was achieved solely by switching to a vegan diet. Lol. If you can't see anything ridiculously wrong with this, then I'll explain further.
He made like, a 1000% increase in performance just by changing diets. And this was a professional UFC fighter btw. A professional athlete.
Do you realise how much money is in sports? Players get paid $10million contracts. It's probably a trillion dollars industry.
And this guy is saying you can increase endurance by 1000% just by quitting meat? Like wow, don't you think players/athletes who are being paid $10million will be trying to get every edge that they can? You can achieve that by simply quitting meat? Why isn't every professional athlete quitting meat if it can improve performance by 1000%.
Oh wait, it's just a bunch of bullshit
Found this in recommended videos and I must say I was blown away with how unbiased this review was. Based on the title I thought it was gonna be a hit piece but it was excellent.
appreciate it, brother!
After watching Game Changer I have decided to cut down some of the dairy products and meat atleast for a month to see the results. Hope it works for me.
Hetal Patel it will! You got this!
Lol im doing the same, on day 4 right now and feeling good.
I switched to mostly whole plants 2 years ago - best decision for my health ever!
Reducing dairy is common sense. No need to remove
I have been vegan for 1 year now, al my blood levels are great, including b12 (I am using a suplement of course). The doctors don't believe how great my levels are.
Fast food meat really isn’t the best source of protein.
Eating animals sickened by corn is not a good idea. Their tissue is mostly made of Carbon 13. Most plants are made up of Carbon 12, except for corn, which is made of Carbon 13. Probably when one switches to a grain based diet, they too will be eating a lot more corn and soy and roundup.. yum.
@@annberry8149 if u look into Indian vegetarian dishes, they hardly ever use soya so if u do switch then u can easily get without even soya and corn products.
@@MrAceekidd Bill Clinton's administration mandated that all grains be "fortified" with made-in-China synthetic folic acid. Indian dishes have wheat-based dishes.. Wheat, in the United States, isn't fit for consumption by man or animal.. Indian dishes also contain millet, sorghum, barley, amaranth, and spelt. These are probably "enriched" with made-in-china synthetic folic acid too ...Since 1998, the government has required breads, cereals, pasta, flour, rice, cornmeal and other grain products, be fortified with folic acid. In a large percentage of people, are not able to metabolize that synthetic. It builds up and probably contributes to our cancer epidemic. I don't feel good on a vegetarian diet.. unless I'm needing a lot of sugar and starch... for quick energy... or unless I want to gain weight.
@@annberry8149 I'm from the UK, and we have a balanced diet here not only meat base. What's your diet like, because of your comment it seems it's mostly meat based.
Meat of pastured, humanly-raised beef is included in most meals. I try to get cuts that have the most fat. Low fat diets, I think, are bad for humans. It sounds like I eat mostly meat, but I don't I eat a lot of non-starchy vegetables, but I think just listening to people praise vegetarian diets makes my blood sugar spike. If the water is fluoridated where the vegetable are grown, you going to get fluoride. Fluoride is the most reactive element in the periodic table. It tears molecules apart. It can't be filtered out of water.. without a special filters...because it's smaller than a water molecule. Vegetables take up pollutant like fluoride and arsenic..
Thank u… my husband is a physician and when I talk to him about diet he always says “ I need a double blind study, randomized which has a preponderance of evidence.” I believe he will listen to u
As a 4th year nutrition student myself, I have to say that I have so much respect for you from watching this video.
As I watched I found myself saying "yup, yup, for sure". I agreed with literally every word you said in this video.
I felt like i was listening to myself talk. You really know your stuff my friend and i really appreciate for the first time in forever seeing somone who isnt agenda driven and actually makes sense on nutrition.
The fact that you have under 2k subscribers and a channel like Sv3rige has nearly 78k is depressing and baffling.
@Los Fromlashawn bakers a delusional pseudoscience promoting moron with testosterone of a 90yr old grandma that the whole medical community laughs at.
@@23100Battlefield agree with everything you said
Ive been thinking of becoming a vegan about 2 years ago, I had some vegetarian days but that was it..... After Gamechangers movie I am on my 11th day of being Vegan!!! Never felt better.... Mind, energy is at its tops :)
Same here my friend, my wife and I have been doing plant based for a few weeks now
come back in a year. good luck with your iron deficiency which will have fully developed by then. oh and look: just because you are a plant eater you get new friends. see thats what i mean. ideology. its just ideology to make yourself belong and feel superior towards others. see a therapist.
David Key.... You serious??? Ideology.... Iron deficiency??? How about he just called me a friend because that is nice way to call somebody like that.... How should he called me? Hi enemy? Even You are now a friend, You reminded me that I should do my blood tests more often and see how Im doing
Lol JK, Im doing that every month because of other issues ;)
Now Im thinking if I should do a google spreadsheet so I will give all my updates on it that everyone could see, and within a year You could check on me and mine blood tests and we will talk next year how did I do and do I consider it as a ideology and how many new friends Ive made
@@michalgalecki4109 yes i highly recommend getting blood analysis. unless you re a nutritionist, you ll fail in getting all the nutrients you need, if you dont put any thought and strategy into your vegan diet. good luck.
@gainz nowvegans w/out supps go out of business very quickly. especially females (period needs lots of readily available iron!). people put their ideology above their well being. you know what that is: fanatism.
ive been plant based for a fe months now ive noticed weight loss and a gain in endurance im a boxer and inspiring martial artist and since plant based i feel more alive
Thank you for staying objective.
I really enjoyed The Game Changers, it was engaging & fun to watch. That said, your review is on point!
I went plant based 4 years ago. I lost a bunch of weight, healed my non-alcoholic fatty liver, regulated my cholesterol, etc. After a few years, however, I became physically disabled. An old back injury became debilitating almost over night. After a lot of research & medical consults, i realized that many of my problems were related to my age (46,) hormonal changes & nutrient deficiencies for my specific needs! I needed more omega-3 & calcium. Supplements weren’t cutting it. I reintroduced salmon & full fat dairy, & all of my symptoms improved. I am still primarily plant based, and in the future I hope to go back to a fully plant based lifestyle; but for now, I am prioritizing my health. I’m stronger & I feel better❤
Dietary choices are very personalized.
at the end of the day everyone has to make there own decision , enjoyed your video , I'm plant based have been for 4 years
This is all a waste of time and poor science study (from everyone, all sides of the food and diet aisle). We are no longer in the last century - lets speak about what we know today, this century, this decade; Humans make their own proteins and amino acids. All species do (plants, animals, bacteria, etc.). We are no different. It does not matter what u eat, so long as it can convert to glucose - and all whole foods, raw and fresh can do this - INCLUDING MEAT. All species, we are all, inherently, fundamentally, glucivores.
@@oliverleslie7382 great go and eat your meat and be happy
@@researcher5528 way ahead of you 😎
@@oliverleslie7382 happy for you
"Plant based" is a meaningless word. Is a diet comprised of 50.01% foods derived from plants "plant based". The standard American diet is 70-80% plant based...is it a healthy diet?
my wife and I are almost 2 weeks in our vegan life style change!
Tommy Mosher how are you feeling being 2 weeks in?
@@jenevievevegandc hey Sarah! We are doing good. It's different but I've never been more confident in anything.
So easily swayed lol
@@kb8729 nope! I've had pizza, steak and other things placed in front of me! I've chosen plant based meals instead. It's amazing how easy it can be!!
Welcome to the plant based 🌎
Irony of a Mac and Cheese ad in this video. Where the kid says. "Im allergic to anything green!" Then mom gives him the mac. WTF!!
lol
This is a brother I love.
Your honesty is key man.
This video is Really amazing and really powerful.
My girlfriend and i just watched The Game Changer this weekend. I am not a vegan by any means, but i am 50 years old this year. i would like to hang around this place a bit longer and be healthier doing it. Great video to help me sort things out. I liked your unbiased presentation. Thank you!!
"You coulda done a whole documentary just on this guy's run. Seriously." 😂. Book and doc. Done!
I have changed from heavy meat & junk to plant based (not vegan or veggie) but mainly plants with chicken once in a while, When I decided to got mainly plant based, I did not want to replace meat with more processed junk because that is not solving the problem, which I think is more processed food than just meat. I now cook whole food meals by getting recipes on RUclips from different channels, it is so easy and does not take a load of time. Best of all they taste great, wish I had done this 20 years ago!
Hey man, carnivore over here. Share the thoughts of many vegans on this, it's a good unbiased review.
Dude, awesome job on this! I’m slowly making the transition and have cut meats. I guess dairy is next and that may be a bit more challenging for me as I eat a lot of eggs
Jason Stallworth That was my hardest part about transitioning! Kinda cliche but I highly recommend giving tofu scramble a try, it’s amazing. Also can replace eggs with chia/flax seeds or applesauce in recipes. Good luck, keep it up!
@@andrewmccool5923 Thank you! And I'm not 100% certain that I'll go full vegan. But I will at least give it a try.
If I decide to keep eggs in my diet, I'll make sure I get them from a local farmer who raises true free-roaming chickens specific for that purpose.
@@andrewmccool5923 I love applesauce and chia seeds. Definitely worth trying all you said.
Eggs are not dairy. Dairy products come from cows.
A well-balanced, intelligent review on RUclips. Game changing.
thanks!!
Nice to hear someone say, what cavemen ate thousands of years ago means relatively nothing.
The makers of Game Changers and other documentaries like this have a very difficult communication challenge. The majority of people can't relate to plain facts, which is why the anecdotes, top-end athletes and images of processed (read relatable) plant-based foods are so important. I would also have preferred a lot more 'heavy science', but the reality is that an approach such as that would have reached a narrower audience and those that are genuinely interested in the science obtain it from other sources anyway.
So I watched this documentary and yes it worked on me since their was a lot of science behind it. I however took it a step further to really see. I took a blood test and my colestrol was at 160 (yes veart scary) and it dropped down to 144 in just 2 weeks! After I started! That was enough for me. I do however keep chicken and beef stock in my plant based diet. I have not really seen much of the weight loss part but I am still looking into things :)
Sabriel Wood then its not much of a plant based diet isnt it
Try to use no oil, buy teflon pans (you can fry any plant based food in it without oil, tofu, stir fry vegetables, pancake), cut the sugar and use artificial sweeteners (at least in the beginning).
Becoming vegan is a very good step for yours and the planet's health, but how you eat definitely matters. There is a ton of vegan junk food, and quantity also matters when it comes to weight issues. Bread is vegan but what happens if you eat too much of it?
This is all a waste of time and poor science study (from everyone, all sides of the food and diet aisle). We are no longer in the last century - lets speak about what we know today, this century, this decade; Humans make their own proteins and amino acids. All species do (plants, animals, bacteria, etc.). We are no different. It does not matter what u eat, so long as it can convert to glucose - and all whole foods, raw and fresh can do this - INCLUDING MEAT. All species, we are all, inherently, fundamentally, glucivores.
In my mid-20s I dropped all added sugar. Stopped using sucrose altogether. Stuck to that for about a year. Had no benefits. Didn't feel healthier or have more energy. So I gave it up. Then I was vegetarian for a few years. Had no benefits, only downsides. I eventually admitted defeat and went back to eating meat. I've proven that for me omnivorous is what works.
I’m all about eating vegan with PED’s
With all seriousness: these studies,as represented, are all flawed in their lack of controls and categorizations. I’m not calling them biased nor would I claim “conspiracy.” The truth is all that has been proven is that the more organic or “clean” a diet is the healthier it is.....and the more processed and “factorized” a diet is the more unhealthy it becomes.
Marines, not Army guys. Before Game Changers I don't remember a meal that didn't have meat. Now I go days without it and feel much better.
Gratz! I was on blood pressure medication and no longer, and I almost needed to start on statins. I went whole food-plant based and now will never need blood pressure or cholesterol medication again. Also, I'm not embarrassed to be a fat ass because I am a healthy weight now. :-)
And I'm sure James Cameron having $140million investment in a plant protein company had absolutely nothing to do with him making this film? 🤔🤔🤔
You might want to ask yourself why it was delayed too
Wait seriously???? A vegan company funded a film showing the benefits of being a vegan
Yep
www.livekindly.co/james-cameron-invests-vegan-business/
I think you need to get your facts straight. Cameron doesn't have a PERSONAL investment of $140m in a pea protein company, he has founded and is an investor in Verdient Food, but the $140m figure is an investment from Ingredion INTO Cameron's company. BIG DIFFERENCE...
Re: vested interest, I'm sure Joe Rogan (sponsored by Butcher Box and BBQ Grill companies) and Chris Kresser (Paleo-fanboy and selling a ton of supplements on his website) have a vested interest in trashing veganism and promoting meat-eating yes?
Feel free to share the 'why the film was delayed' conspiracy as well while you're at it.
Honestly you didnt convince me!
Gonna try a plant based diet! Let’s see what happens!
certainly wasn't trying to talk you out of that!! :) in fact the very last video I posted 2-3 days ago covers exactly how to go in that direction in a healthy way
So a follow up, how did it go.. and we should be aware that one's current active probiotics and placebo (basically having a correspondence to non-constructive stress related Neuro reactions are a thing to consider...)
@@kilianlindberg I switched to a plant-based diet 2 months ago. Since I made the change I feel a bit better, I can focus more on my studies, and feel a bit more energy.
He didn't mention the ridiculously bullshit battleropes claim
I went vegetarian felt good for a year went vegan felt crap went back to meat must of done something wrong that was a few years ago going to try again I think
Picking athletes that thrive on plant based diet is so one sided. It all depends on the genes of a human beeing, some people have ancestors from the far north(alaska, norway etc.) they usually don't thrive on plant based diets or even develop health problems, but thrive on carnivore. Its not all black and white. If i only pick people who have ancestors from regions where plants und fruits were common of course they will thrive on plant based diets...None of the athletes was a nordic person. Not a single one. I had ancestors from finland, and since i went keto and mainly carnivore I'm more focused, have less bloating, less acid reflux and more energy overall. Does it mean that Afro Americans who lived in tropical regions go low carb? Not at all!
I can’t absorb iron properly from plant sources. My iron drops drastically if I don’t consume heme iron and that’s a fact. What’s good for some is bad for others. You are dead right about that.
Than take a supplement. There is no problem with taking a supplement especially when that supplements helps you not pay for morally atrocious products that involve animal abuse.
Great job👍 The gladiators weren’t called the meat men they were called the barely men for a reason. This documentary does a great service with respect to opening the eyes of those seeking self empowerment.
I realize that the movie “Game Changers”, dealt primarily with plant based foods versus animal based foods. There was no mention about raw food. If anyone has any doubts, I suggest you go on a raw food diet for at least 6 months to be able to see a difference. I went on a raw food diet for one year and a half. The problem is that I’m very thin already and on a raw food (primarily fruit) diet, I came down to 135 lbs. At 5’9”, I didn’t like how I looked in the mirror, so I went back to eating cooked food. Nonetheless, on a raw food diet, I had incredible energy, my allergies disappeared, all my body aches and pains went away. I fired the gardener and started doing my own yard. I jogged two miles in 14 minutes without even trying or getting tired. Clearly, my blood held more oxygen. The thing is that I was 55 years old at the time. Super athletes today use the ultimate fuel, which is “raw food “.
Best review I have heard so far!
tks!! wow that means a lot cuz I googled reviews yesterday and there were a ton hahaha :)
@@NutritionMadeSimple I have only wathched maybe 5-6, but still! :-)
@@carinaekstrom1 I'll take it :)
I’ve had no negative experiences since I cut meat out, felt incredible just weeks after in terms of energy actually.
That girl that died climbing mt everest to prove vegans were just as strong as meat eaters feels great too i bet..or not...cuz shes dead.
David Chaplin most Indians are vegans ! I don't see them dying of hunger
David Chaplin but not from hunger darling . It's from diseases and low quality of life. In addition to poor medical treatment.
David Chaplin partially agree with you
First medical doctor I've heard to be non-biased and completely objective,as a vegan I truely appreciate it.Gained a loyal subscriber.
I just overheard someone in my office criticising The Game Changers saying “all the doctors in that documentary where vegans and they only referenced 30 year old studies”.... basically suggesting the doctors were bias and the research outdated. Sounds like someone’s been listening to a little too much Kresser.
Well it's true, there's multiple facts skewered to paint veganism and the studies that they used as reference had flaws as in person background checks etc.
Sir Plux well it’s not true... because not all the doctors in the documentary are vegan and secondly many of the studies they cited were up to date and regardless - a study being 30 years old is irrelevant... what matters is whether the study methodology is sound.
Marines aren’t “Army members”. lol
No, they are in the Navy :p
I’ve become a vegan but mainly for moral issues i would have liked to hear your views on the subject
A lot of people in the comments didnt even watch the documentary, they just came here to argue. Pls watch it! It’s worth it
It was extremely biased towards veganism, painful watch.
That was great. Subbed
You mention how poignant the firefighter scene is and how important it is, however, what you didn’t mention or analyse is the fact that the average weight loss of the firefighters on the diet was quite large (something like 10lb)! As you know, weight loss, in any form, comes from taking in less calories than you’re burning. There is tonnes of research showing better cholesterol levels with a lower weight. So, basically the firefighters ate less calories and lost weight and therefore their cholesterol got better - but the documentary says it’s because the type of food they ate rather than the amount (which they don’t mention but you can infer from the weight loss). Had they ensured everyone ate their maintenance calories we may have been able to see the effect of eating plants. I personally thought it was one of the worst scenes in the documentary because it’s clearly highly deceptive. What do you think?
I agree with you, the weight loss probably accounts for part of the effect. We do know that lowering SFA intake alone will drop TC and LDLc (as per Hegsted equation) but in that scene you're right we can't say it's a direct effect of the plants, it's probably partly indirect via lower caloric density leading to weight loss. good point
Except you're wrong. The idea that weight loss comes from taking in less calories than you're burning is WRONG and outdated by about 40 years. Research shows over and over and over again that this just is NOT true.
People can eat WAY more calories in good fats than they expend, and still lose weight. It depends on the combinations used in your diet (like reduced-carb, lowering inflammatory oils, plant intake etc etc, yes, but the Calories IN vs Calories OUT MYTH has to DIE.
And so much weight gain is caused by inflammation and therefore water retention. (No, not all, but a huge amount of it.)
Ask any cardiologist who observes large weight gain in patients with CHF, even though their calories are reduced. It's water retention.
Evidence? Studies?
@@virtualkingdoms I'm not going to spend 15 minutes citing peer-reviewed studies every time someone wants to challenge facts.
Google "calories in calories out outdated" or "calories in calories out myth". And google "weight gain inflammation water retention".
It's all out there, endless reams of studies and information.
Just read up on it, for your own sake.
And, please, don't come back and say "If you can't cite studies, then you must be wrong". The studies are all out there. Look them up and read up.
I just have better things to do with my time than look up studies to provide to people who keep perpetuating these myths.
Believing that stuff hurts YOU because it's just wrong.
virtualkingdoms evidence or studies of what? They mention the weight loss in the documentary. Or do you really want evidence that you lose weight by going into a calorific deficit? 😂
They don't say vegan meat is healthy, they say it's healthier
Excellent. I was expecting some biased Keto doctor dismiss this documentary. Your critique is spot on.
I think what people fail to understand is diet is part of a group of lifestyle choices that influence your health. Stress, caffeine, lack of sleep, water , alcohol and so on are other components that massively affect your health .
Most people that take an interest in diet have a good lifestyle too. That is far more important than the intricacies of diet imo.