You can do both at the same time... In the Starch Solution by John McDougall the basis of the diet is eating: 1. Half a plate of non-starchy vegetables. 2. Half a plate of starchy foods from tubers like potatoes and sweet potatoes, from legumes and beans and/or from whole grains. And fruit as dessert...eating nuts infrequently. In Joel Fuhrman's nutritarian diet he recommends... 1. 2 pounds of vegetables, half cooked and half raw including greens and mushrooms. 2. 1-2 cups of beans And a variety of other foods in his GBOMBS - greens, beans, onions, mushorooms, berries, nuts and seeds Furhman's diet recommends 30%-60% of calories from vegetables (those vegetables can include sweet potatoes) 10%-40% of calories from fruit 10%-40% of calories from beans and legumes 20% or less of calories from whole grains and/or potatoes. 10%-40% of calories from seeds, nuts and/or avocados. So you could definitely follow a McDougall diet if you were following Fuhrman's nutritarian diet because McDougall classifies beans and legumes as a starch source. The only difference would be actively eating nuts and seeds as at least 10% of calories instead of eating them sporadically. To put that in context that's ensuring you eat around 7 walnuts a day on a 2,000 calorie diet. eg. half a plate of non starchy vegetables including some greens, mushrooms and raw onion 10%-30% of calories from sweet potato 20%-40% of calories from beans and legumes 20% of calories from potatoes fruit as dessert (10%-40% of calories) including some berries like blueberries or strawberries 10% of calories as nuts and seeds eg 7 whole walnuts a day.
My daughter was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma two months ago. She has had 3 rounds of chemo. Two days ago she had a PET Scan. She was initially was stage 4. The report stated that her body had a complete Response to the first three rounds of chemo. They automatically attribute the vast resolution of her inflamed lymph nodes to the chemo drugs alone. Little did they know that my daughter has been on a plant based diet since the original diagnosis. She drinks at least 6 eight ounce glasses of cold pressed green vegetable juice. She also cut out her love of garbage processed food. She has few side effects because of the anti-toxic effect of the plant based diet. This shit works!!!!
Dillion, you're a great interviewer. Why? Because unlike a lot of interviews I see by others, you keep quiet and let the person your interviewing talk. You also don't sit there saying yea, yea, right, right the whole time which can be distracting when you're trying to take in what the guest is saying. Great interview. Thanks.
Yes, great interviewer. But if I were being interviewed I'd be nervous with the interviewer gazing at me with barely even blinking. I guess it isn't me, so it's fine. Dr.Fuhrman it seems is not easily unnerved.
bollywoodahoy It’s actually a psychological technique which causes the person to over explain as they are getting no emotional feedback from the interviewer. Job interviewers use it often in order to determine if the person actually understands what they are talking about.
Joel Fuhrman is 65 years old here. His skin isn't saggy, the fat on his cheek bones are not falling and he looks really healthy and great! I am listening to this guy for sure!
I noticed the same thing! I never felt good on 'Starch Solution' or 'Forks Over Knives' - all those grains, carbs, cereals, potatoes, corn, bread, etc. I know that we need small amount of healthy omega 3 fats. We are not meant to eat zero-fat/low protein/high sugar starchy foods. The zero-fat doctors are aging so much faster than those who eat more greens than grains, etc. They look dramatically OLDER than Dr. Fuhrman. I like that Dr. Fuhrman leans more toward raw foods too, and diet strong in phytonutrients and anti-cancer/anti-heart/diabetes benefits.
I love the starch solution, I lost weight without being hungry but i could never understand why my depression and agoraphobia were not improving , meds weren't working etc... I started to put fat back into my diet with avocados and nuts...my mood improved immediately . I do believe we need some fats and i think the starch solution is a little restrictive on fats if you are prone to mood disorders. I think the nutritarian is the best way to go, even take a bit from both diets. The starch solution is definitely simpler and easier if you're a busy person. Nutritarian diet is a little more complex but definitely the more superior when it comes to getting every nutrient in nutrient. so my take is starch solution good for weight loss but not good for people with mood disorders. Nutritarian diet has it all but more time consuming.
Dr. Fuhrman's advice makes so much sense. I feel wonderful since I started eating the Nutritarian method about 12 years ago. It's too bad his advice is criticized by those tied to the dairy and meat industry. It confuses people.
Everything you mentioned except corn tortillas is great. The tortillas are made from GMO corn and pesticide laden, as well as the bad oils that thicken and clog arteries....I wouldn’t touch it
@@Livetoeat171 almost all food is genetically modified. Research fruit and vegetables and it’s all genetically modified. GMO isn’t as bad as people make it out.
what is going on with us people,rappers and basketball players are the Heros and role models ,nothing against anyway that makes it big but how many have heard of Dr.Fuhrman's work. he should be recognized by our president for his contribution to good health.we need the entire country to listen to him.
Thanks sounds good. On most days I take a large salad to work that I eat for both breakfast and lunch with many components including: kale, spinach, cilantro, shrooms, red onion, tomato, peppers, beans & chia or hemp seeds, with a homemade sunflower seed or nut based dressing. I need to completely cut out the sugar that I eat too often in the evenings. I'm still slowly losing weight though.
Black, red, and brown sprouted rice is not intact grain right? It's just something I already have prepared. OK, I get plenty of greens, veggies, legumes & seeds, but need more intact grains, berries & other fruit rather than too much Ezekiel bread, corn tortillas, chocolate & other processed stuff in the evenings. Thanks for the inspiration.
What a true hero. Always helping others and bringing logical thinking to the table. Eating to live and vegan for 6 years now. This guy is actually making a difference, these are the true celebrities.
Dr. Fuhrman is a man of EXCELLENCE. That dawned on me as I watched him speak. Everything he does, the knowledge he dispenses, even how he looks and dresses...everything ... bespeaks of a person who believes in excellence and lives it. The absolute best book I’ve ever read on fasting was written by him. I have hundreds of books, several on fasting, but his is the definitive book I pick up whenever I do a water fast. I’m toying with the idea of doing the Nutritarian diet. My concern is that it may be too restrictive for me, which is why (taste-wise) i chose Dr. McDougal’s high starch, low fat lifestyle a few years ago. I only stuck with it about 4-5 months. Not sure why I quit, because I liked it. In my heart of hearts, I believe the Nutritarian diet is probably the best one for overall health.
Wow! I have read two of Dr. Fuhrman’s books and have the Eat To Live Cookbook, but I learned SO much from this interview. (I want to register and take notes.) Thank you! I have been vegetarian for over 30 years. I gave up sugar at the same time. Gradually I began to give up the foods that I noticed weren’t making me feel as good as the others such as wheat and dairy. Bottom line is I feel GREAT when I eat a lot of low starch vegetables! I mean SUPER CHARGED like Popeye and his spinach! Grains and starchy veggies tend to make me feel more sluggish and slow so I eat less of them. It took me a while to wrap my head around oil free. It was a big paradigm shift. But you know, I DO feel the difference. It’s subtle but my blood feels “cleaner.” I am still learning and I need community because I don’t have ANY friends who eat this way so I’m grateful for the inspiration and ideas your channel provides.
Wow Fast Food Genocide has to be a must read for me as someone who was raised in an urban neighborhood with Puerto-Rican parents doing the best they could my only vegetable was ketchup and once in awhile iceburg lettuce and a can of corn..when I visited Puerto Rico I discovered the taste of fresh fruits like guava, pineapple,tamarind and lots of mangoes! I ate root vegetables like yucca, taro and plantains and Floridian avocados.. came back here but it wasn't until things got better and educated myself that things got better, I was lucky and definitely grateful
PR has alot of healthy foods like plantains and green bananas, and lots of fruits. Yuca, on the other hand, is not so great in terms of micronutrients (cassava is very poor nutritionally). I still eat it sometimes, as it's good for just getting raw caloric energy, and a bit of potassium, but otherwise I think a potato is better. I put tamarind pulp in smoothies all the time. Good stuff. As long as you stay away from fruit juices, fruits are good to eat.
Why not eat a nutritarian starchivore diet. Oats with flax in the morning. Sweet potatoes. Tons of beans, greens, fruit, and a handful of unsalted walnuts. No need for a division. 🙏🏼🌱
New subscriber! Dr Fuhrman's book, "Eat To Live" has changed my life. I was sort of doing mostly plant-based for 6 years but still struggling with weight loss. Though still working on it, it's much easier and I've lost the sugar cravings. Thanks for bringing us this video.
It's so important what he's pointing out here about detoxification. People try to eat healthy, feel horrible at day 3 and quit, saying I tried it and I felt terrible. They would do better to know from the outset and be prepared.
Dillon, I am new to your channel and just started, about 3 weeks ago in earnest, a plant based diet. I didn't want to overwhelm myself with data and was interested in the Fuhrman book but got started reading the Starch Solution by MacDougall. I do a lot of of what Fuhrman says and about 3/4's of what MacDougall says. I want to thank you for sharing this, it has been a huge help! Also to chime in with another comment below, you are an excellent interviewer. Thank you so, so much for having this great channel and fascinating and fun information. I am a new subscriber and relate very well to everything you've presented so far. You are brilliant! :-)
I'd love to hear Dr. Fuhrman and Dr. McDougall sit down together and debate this! While this sounds great, I've been eating high carb for almost 7 years and feel great. I understand that Dr. Fuhrman means "whole nuts" not peanut butter. I'm so glad you interviewed Dr. Fuhrman - he one healthy man - former figure skater with his sister!
they have debated a lot. I saved a you tube video where they are both on a panel and an audience member instigates a renewal. my conclusion is that it is like different sects of the same religion. I feel mcdougall is speaking to more people and will reach more whereas fuhrman will help the strict ones have more optimal health. but this is assuming stress of food is not part of it and rice eaters are eating brown rice on the other side. it gets pretty nit picky between them. bottom line is eat plantts, especially the super ones and don't eat animal products. ones health can always be more optimal and our differences will dictate who we follow more, but bottom line is the same.
Hi,yes I have to comment to this video again. I can't stop,I watch it over and over and over again. For example what he says about oils "that are absorbing the bloodstream very very rapidly and when foods are absorbed very rapidly basically they make crazy the body's hormones !!! I felt this many times eating oils !!! Really,really good interview ! Well your World,I would like to see pictures of you before and after,please ! Thank you.
We need some more gardens in economically depressed northern urban cities. Whatever condemned buildings can be torn down or gardened around if there are lots. Or the common grounds in the apartment complexes. There's lots of people, plenty of run off from hard surfaces - roofs / parking lots, plenty of protection - brick walls. Plenty of waste for composting. We could cram in a bunch. Definitely can do it in little houses with little lots - share with the neighborhood. Empower the people to take care of themselves health wise and financially then deal with education and job problems.
I discovered your channel via Eat To Live... I’ve read all of the books and I think you’re right that the two diets are more similar. People like me who are insulin resistant should put less emphasis on starches and more on beans, but they’re not off the table. They’re just limited because of their higher glycemic index
Outstanding video! Dr. Fuhrman is fantastic! To me, he is a REAL doctor. I would love to have a regular doctor exactly like Dr. Fuhrman, who can speak casually about what food does to the body and completely understand the role of good food,
Great interview. I'm going to flip the script, and start with a starch. Today I made a pot of mixed rices. Love including wild rice, then I add all sorts of wonderful vegis, greens, etc... yum!
I really like his approach of lower carbs, higher fat. I feel a lot more satisfied and almost no hunger. Very nutrient dense! What's not to love? And, my blood sugars stay in normal range by eating this way. 🙂🌱
Beside that Dr. Fuhrmann's diet makes perfectly sense I highly respect his passion and dedication (which seems to go far beyond his own economical interests) to transform society .
Balance between carbs/starches (potatoes, grains, etc.) and protein/fats (legumes/nuts/seeds) seems to be the best option + lots of fruit and veggies of course
So informative, Thank you! Maybe there should be a Senate hearing on the SAD, and how it's affecting so many aspects of our lives. Hearings on the high cost of pharmaceuticals miss the point. We wouldn't need pills if we ate right.
I’d like to make a video about that soon. I think the two diets are so so close. He makes them sound a lot more different than I feel they are but anyway...
I did Dr Fuhman 2 years before I did McDougall. I think they both fabulous. As a food addict. I enjoy the "full" feeling from a pound of potatoes. I dont know if that is good or bad. I feel that anything that helps me with my addiction and controls my weight is good.
I enjoy it as well. The problem is it takes a lot of potatoes/calories to give people that full feeling. I myself ended up eating atleast seven pounds of them. Steam or soup vegetables have been great right now and give me that full filling without the calories. I just wish Potatoes, corn and rice were lower in calories cause their so good.
I like both. I am however newly transitioning off of the SAD diet (i was legit eating KFC every day 😰) and so far the Starch Solution is the best thing i have found in helping me transition into plant based eating and at home cooking. I figure i will stick with Starch Solution until i am really used to and thriving on a plant based diet and then eventually I'll do more nutritarian. I think jumping from SAD to nutritarian is a bit overwhelming but if you have been whole plant foods for a while its much more doable. Both have their place and work together i think. But I'm just an average person not a doctor.
I find that the Fuhrman method of eating works the best for me. When I focus on starches I become sick and food obsessed. My body does much better with beans as the starch and lots of vegetables and fruits. I can't eat white potatoes as a main course. They just tip my blood sugar over and I'm falling apart in just a couple of hours. The more I study what Dr. Fuhrman is presenting the more I agree with his eating plan.
I totally believe in what the doctor is promoting and I’m trying hard to live my life that way. It’s just funny that the advertising in between the conversation is for Doritos chips!!!!!
If you really look into both Furhman & McDougall diets they are really very similar. Remember McDougall’s perfect dish is brown rice, beans and broccoli OR sweet potatoes and broccoli, it’s not just pure rice & potatoes. McDougall is just emphasizing that starch is our base and so is Furhman in a way (beans and grains are starch remember but his food pyramids base is Greens). I do like that Furhman is advocating for low glycemic index/load foods which is very smart and healthy recommendation. Furhman is just advocating for more wide varieties of nutrients like greens, nuts/seeds, raw onions, mushrooms etc which can only help you get more nutrients. My only advice would be to still watch you overall daily macronutrient content, especially fat. You really never want to go over 15% of your daily caloric intake in fat regardless the source. The one thing Furhman never says is a macronutrient level cutoff amount of daily fat, I’m curious to see his daily fat recommendation bc every video he has there seems to be no cap 🤔... aside from this his diet is A1+. Remember, if you eat quinoa for example or steel cut oats, they have a lot of natural fat, even a banana has fat. Foods have natural fat in them so you can naturally absorb the fat soluble vitamins/minerals, eating a couple nuts and seeds will/could help (especially vit E, omegas, DHA) but what’s the cutoff... my cutoff is around 15% total fat from total caloric intake for the day. If you really track your macros and look at the nutritional values of everything you eat you will see there’s not a lot of room for nuts and seeds anyways, so less fat is more. Not to mention, when you eat fatty carbs like some grains there’s really no room for extra added nuts/seed/avocados/coconut. Oil is deff deff definitely a no no (everyone agrees on this). I used to eat 2 kind bars a day 🤦♂️ that’s like a week worth of fat lol. This was before I tracked my macros, I understand that there’s fiber but why does my weight go up when I increase natural whole plant based fats like what Furhman suggests (not in the toilet). Does anyone know what Furhman’s suggested daily fat intake levels are... there must be a percentage?
It you want to eat more nuts, seeds, avocado, coconut you must counter that by eating less fatty grains and starches like rice and potatoes (they’re basically fatless starches/polysaccharides). Most other grains are fatty leaving no extra room for unregulated nuts and seeds. You must regulate and monitor your daily fat intake not just nuts, seeds, avocado, coconut... but everything you eat. If you want to eat nuts, seeds, avocado, coconut which you should you must counter by eating more lean grains. Don’t go over 15% of your daily caloric intake in fat. Mind you all of these doctors are advocating for the same thing... whole food plant/starch based with Low Fat no concentrates or processing. Furhman just seems to have no cap on fat 🧐 I just ate break-fast and it was raw grains cereal with frozen blueberries and soy milk. The grains had about 3 grams of fat and the soy milk had about 9 grams of fat, that’s 12 grams of fat... everything has fat, if I had added nuts and seeds it would be to fatty.... maybe almond milk would be better or another plant milk with lower fat if I wanted to add nuts and seeds. Hopefully you see where I’m getting at, fat adds up quick and it’s naturally in our plant based foods. Eat nuts, seeds, avocado, coconut sparingly - Allspeed!
At 2:35 he says that oils increases dopamine I was struggling with compulsions and some repetitive behaviours and became impossible to handle so much energy without in my came porn, cigar and food compulsions so, when i watched your video ate 2:35 my mind was: BOOOM, thats it, they sold this bulletproof coffee and whole coconut oil, i was using so much oil for the omegas, dhas, etc, and brain stuff and it was too much, i know i was wrong but two days ago i decided to cut the 90% of the oils. Well at least i can notice some changes in meditation. I discovered it throught youtube, videos like yours, this doctor and self enquiry meditation. Man, i would like to thank u! Keep doing it.
another thing that doesn't make sense to me here is that its not possible to be in a sustained state of energy deficiency. I guess what they mean instead is: stay at a low body fat percentage (breaking even at a low point) or: lower your energy expenditure, but that last one is like saying exercise is bad for your health...
if we could have a set of twins and everything was equal between them except one ate furhman and the other ate mcdougall, the furhman twin body would be slightly healthier and live 7 months longer while the mcdougall twin body would enjoy eating a little more as a pastime-slightly. both would live 13 to 14 years longer than a triplet eating moderate amounts of animal products, all else being equal. this is my guess...
Sounds close enough to me though I’m sure Fuhrman would disagree. I think Dr. Lisle would agree with you too. These docs don’t act like it, but I’d say they agree on just about everything.
If there is any question that we are addicted to high sugar, high fat and high salt fast foods, then try and quit for a week. It is FULL BLOWN Withdrawal symptoms. At least it is for me this week.
Where does Dr. Fuhrman propose that lower income people could get the money needed to purchase less processed food that he cites in the nutritarian diet? Many poor folks live in areas without a grocery store; just convenience type stores. What are they to do?
I have been Nutritarian for over 10 years. I would love to know if anyone has studied long-term nutritarians and what they typically die from if not from heart disease, cancer, nor diabetes. Anyone know the answer? Anyone have a link to a book or other resource?
Great interview. Dr Fuhrman can talk forever but he's such a wealth of information he kind of has to. He has a great perspective on health. Will you touch me on food deserts and minority population eating habits in another video? I found that incredibly fascinating. Is that discussed in his book?
Phenomenal interview, Dillan! I had been wondering what a Nutratarian was and how it was different from whole foods plant-based. Dr Fuhrman has a different twist on plant based eating that I find compelling. I’m going t get his book. My question is cholesterol. Mine is high when I eat nuts. But he is adamant that we need them. What are your thoughts? I just eat flax seed.
He only recommends an ounce or two of nuts per day. I would be surprised if that has much effect on your cholesterol if you're doing everything else right. But I am not a doctor. Glad you liked the interview!
Well Your World thanks for clarifying that. It thought he was recommending 1 oz with each meal. I am eating perfect but don’t always eat three servings of cruciferous vegetables every single day. I keep track and I eat the daily dozen using Dr Greger’s app. I’ve been eating 1oz. walnuts in my oatmeal in the morning. I quit nuts and avocados after I got my cholesterol results. I still eat 1T flaxseed. I lost 2 pounds, but seem to be holding steady. I’m underweight so I was thinking the nuts and avocados would help that. Now I’m wondering if BMI isn’t a good gauge and that we will be very thin if we eat right. I’m not hungry-very satisfied eating a whole food plant based diet.
Moderate chaloric restriction makes sence but not when you are chasing the rdi.. I eat all day long and struggle to get enough nutrients and I feel like if I slightly starved myself id be even further away.. make up your mind Fuhrman
Hi Dillon, new sub here, thanks so much for the great and informative video! I love nuts and seeds, but cannot eat them because of an allergy. Are there any other foods that provide the equal nutrients and life extending qualities that I could consume? Thanks again!
I think you’ll be fine. If you’re not working on weight then enjoy some overt fats like avocado or soy. And I would recommend a DHA supplement. I actually use Fuhrman’s.
I've read some studies that nutrient restriction(Methionine, sulfur, protein, ect) have the same benefits as calorie restriction. I'm sulfur sensitive and beans(sulfur) cause the fingers in my hands to swell when I eat them, which makes me not so sure about Dr Furhman.
I would also like to point out that Dr Mcdougall says to limit beans and recommends(by coincidence) low sulfur starches like sweet potatoes, white potatoes, rice, corn, ect. So far Dr. Mcdougall is right for me.
You can do both at the same time...
In the Starch Solution by John McDougall the basis of the diet is
eating:
1. Half a plate of non-starchy vegetables.
2. Half a plate of starchy foods from tubers like potatoes and sweet
potatoes, from legumes and beans and/or from whole grains.
And fruit as dessert...eating nuts infrequently.
In Joel Fuhrman's nutritarian diet he recommends...
1. 2 pounds of vegetables, half cooked and half raw including greens and
mushrooms.
2. 1-2 cups of beans
And a variety of other foods in his GBOMBS - greens, beans, onions,
mushorooms, berries, nuts and seeds
Furhman's diet recommends
30%-60% of calories from vegetables (those vegetables can include sweet
potatoes)
10%-40% of calories from fruit
10%-40% of calories from beans and legumes
20% or less of calories from whole grains and/or potatoes.
10%-40% of calories from seeds, nuts and/or avocados.
So you could definitely follow a McDougall diet if you were following
Fuhrman's nutritarian diet because McDougall classifies beans and
legumes as a starch source. The only difference would be actively eating
nuts and seeds as at least 10% of calories instead of eating them
sporadically. To put that in context that's ensuring you eat around 7
walnuts a day on a 2,000 calorie diet.
eg. half a plate of non starchy vegetables including some greens, mushrooms and raw onion
10%-30% of calories from sweet potato
20%-40% of calories from beans and legumes
20% of calories from potatoes
fruit as dessert (10%-40% of calories) including some berries like blueberries or strawberries
10% of calories as nuts and seeds eg 7 whole walnuts a day.
Thanks for this break down!
Dr Fuhrman was the MD who started me on my WFPB journey. So admire his know-how, dedication & endless enthusiasm. What a hero!
My daughter was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma two months ago. She has had 3 rounds of chemo. Two days ago she had a PET Scan. She was initially was stage 4. The report stated that her body had a complete Response to the first three rounds of chemo. They automatically attribute the vast resolution of her inflamed lymph nodes to the chemo drugs alone. Little did they know that my daughter has been on a plant based diet since the original diagnosis. She drinks at least 6 eight ounce glasses of cold pressed green vegetable juice. She also cut out her love of garbage processed food. She has few side effects because of the anti-toxic effect of the plant based diet. This shit works!!!!
Dillion, you're a great interviewer. Why? Because unlike a lot of interviews I see by others, you keep quiet and let the person your interviewing talk. You also don't sit there saying yea, yea, right, right the whole time which can be distracting when you're trying to take in what the guest is saying. Great interview. Thanks.
It’s no accident, thank you for noticing 😊
I concur!
Wendy M agreed! Thank you Dillon!
Yes, great interviewer. But if I were being interviewed I'd be nervous with the interviewer gazing at me with barely even blinking. I guess it isn't me, so it's fine. Dr.Fuhrman it seems is not easily unnerved.
bollywoodahoy
It’s actually a psychological technique which causes the person to over explain as they are getting no emotional feedback from the interviewer.
Job interviewers use it often in order to determine if the person actually understands what they are talking about.
Joel Fuhrman is 65 years old here. His skin isn't saggy, the fat on his cheek bones are not falling and he looks really healthy and great! I am listening to this guy for sure!
Yes he is extremely healthy and athletic.
He is 65 and looks 65.
I assure you he is doing a lot better than most 65 year olds. He has six pack abs and yes I have seen them.
I noticed the same thing! I never felt good on 'Starch Solution' or 'Forks Over Knives' - all those grains, carbs, cereals, potatoes, corn, bread, etc. I know that we need small amount of healthy omega 3 fats. We are not meant to eat zero-fat/low protein/high sugar starchy foods. The zero-fat doctors are aging so much faster than those who eat more greens than grains, etc. They look dramatically OLDER than Dr. Fuhrman. I like that Dr. Fuhrman leans more toward raw foods too, and diet strong in phytonutrients and anti-cancer/anti-heart/diabetes benefits.
lol
I love the starch solution, I lost weight without being hungry but i could never understand why my depression and agoraphobia were not improving , meds weren't working etc... I started to put fat back into my diet with avocados and nuts...my mood improved immediately . I do believe we need some fats and i think the starch solution is a little restrictive on fats if you are prone to mood disorders. I think the nutritarian is the best way to go, even take a bit from both diets. The starch solution is definitely simpler and easier if you're a busy person. Nutritarian diet is a little more complex but definitely the more superior when it comes to getting every nutrient in nutrient. so my take is starch solution good for weight loss but not good for people with mood disorders. Nutritarian diet has it all but more time consuming.
Dr. Fuhrman's advice makes so much sense. I feel wonderful since I started eating the Nutritarian method about 12 years ago. It's too bad his advice is criticized by those tied to the dairy and meat industry. It confuses people.
Organic broccoli, beans, chili peppers, corn tortilla, garlic, green leafy vegetables, mushrooms, onions, sweet fruit, whole grain _AND_ *_POTATO_* lover here!
Me too!
@@WellYourWorld me too
Everything you mentioned except corn tortillas is great. The tortillas are made from GMO corn and pesticide laden, as well as the bad oils that thicken and clog arteries....I wouldn’t touch it
@@Livetoeat171 almost all food is genetically modified. Research fruit and vegetables and it’s all genetically modified. GMO isn’t as bad as people make it out.
Corn tortillas and beans 🤤 😋
what is going on with us people,rappers and basketball players are the Heros and role models ,nothing against anyway that makes it big but how many have heard of Dr.Fuhrman's work.
he should be recognized by our president for his contribution to good health.we need the entire country
to listen to him.
Dr. Fuhrman always makes so much sense. I tell people I'm a wanna be nutritarian, but I'm getting there. Thanks for this interview.
Thanks sounds good. On most days I take a large salad to work that I eat for both breakfast and lunch with many components including: kale, spinach, cilantro, shrooms, red onion, tomato, peppers, beans & chia or hemp seeds, with a homemade sunflower seed or nut based dressing. I need to completely cut out the sugar that I eat too often in the evenings. I'm still slowly losing weight though.
Black, red, and brown sprouted rice is not intact grain right? It's just something I already have prepared. OK, I get plenty of greens, veggies, legumes & seeds, but need more intact grains, berries & other fruit rather than too much Ezekiel bread, corn tortillas, chocolate & other processed stuff in the evenings. Thanks for the inspiration.
What a true hero. Always helping others and bringing logical thinking to the table. Eating to live and vegan for 6 years now. This guy is actually making a difference, these are the true celebrities.
Dr. Fuhrman is a man of EXCELLENCE. That dawned on me as I watched him speak. Everything he does, the knowledge he dispenses, even how he looks and dresses...everything ... bespeaks of a person who believes in excellence and lives it. The absolute best book I’ve ever read on fasting was written by him. I have hundreds of books, several on fasting, but his is the definitive book I pick up whenever I do a water fast. I’m toying with the idea of doing the Nutritarian diet. My concern is that it may be too restrictive for me, which is why (taste-wise) i chose Dr. McDougal’s high starch, low fat lifestyle a few years ago. I only stuck with it about 4-5 months. Not sure why I quit, because I liked it. In my heart of hearts, I believe the Nutritarian diet is probably the best one for overall health.
Wow! I have read two of Dr. Fuhrman’s books and have the Eat To Live Cookbook, but I learned SO much from this interview. (I want to register and take notes.) Thank you! I have been vegetarian for over 30 years. I gave up sugar at the same time. Gradually I began to give up the foods that I noticed weren’t making me feel as good as the others such as wheat and dairy. Bottom line is I feel GREAT when I eat a lot of low starch vegetables! I mean SUPER CHARGED like Popeye and his spinach! Grains and starchy veggies tend to make me feel more sluggish and slow so I eat less of them. It took me a while to wrap my head around oil free. It was a big paradigm shift. But you know, I DO feel the difference. It’s subtle but my blood feels “cleaner.” I am still learning and I need community because I don’t have ANY friends who eat this way so I’m grateful for the inspiration and ideas your channel provides.
Wow Fast Food Genocide has to be a must read for me as someone who was raised in an urban neighborhood with Puerto-Rican parents doing the best they could my only vegetable was ketchup and once in awhile iceburg lettuce and a can of corn..when I visited Puerto Rico I discovered the taste of fresh fruits like guava, pineapple,tamarind and lots of mangoes! I ate root vegetables like yucca, taro and plantains and Floridian avocados.. came back here but it wasn't until things got better and educated myself that things got better, I was lucky and definitely grateful
Beautiful! It is so nice when good food opens your eyes! Keep it up.
PR has alot of healthy foods like plantains and green bananas, and lots of fruits. Yuca, on the other hand, is not so great in terms of micronutrients (cassava is very poor nutritionally). I still eat it sometimes, as it's good for just getting raw caloric energy, and a bit of potassium, but otherwise I think a potato is better.
I put tamarind pulp in smoothies all the time. Good stuff. As long as you stay away from fruit juices, fruits are good to eat.
Why not eat a nutritarian starchivore diet. Oats with flax in the morning. Sweet potatoes. Tons of beans, greens, fruit, and a handful of unsalted walnuts. No need for a division. 🙏🏼🌱
I totally agree! This is what I eat too! Nice
I agree. I think however we should eat those greens!
You’re right. I do a little bit of both.
Those are ok I believe - it’s the white, processed starches he is against
Tirtzah-תרצה He said greens
You are a GREAT interviewer. You ask good questions and then you reallyLISTEN! Thank you.
New subscriber! Dr Fuhrman's book, "Eat To Live" has changed my life. I was sort of doing mostly plant-based for 6 years but still struggling with weight loss. Though still working on it, it's much easier and I've lost the sugar cravings. Thanks for bringing us this video.
Thanks for being here! I appreciate the support!
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Food IS the issue....ultimately. Finally a doctor reveals the truth.
It's so important what he's pointing out here about detoxification. People try to eat healthy, feel horrible at day 3 and quit, saying I tried it and I felt terrible. They would do better to know from the outset and be prepared.
This is the BEST interview I have seen of this AMAZING physician! THANK YOU!
Love Dr. Joel Fuhrman interviews and will definitely be watching this soon, glad this popped up on my home screen and I’ll subscribe as well
Thank you! Hope you enjoy it!
Dillon, I am new to your channel and just started, about 3 weeks ago in earnest, a plant based diet. I didn't want to overwhelm myself with data and was interested in the Fuhrman book but got started reading the Starch Solution by MacDougall. I do a lot of of what Fuhrman says and about 3/4's of what MacDougall says. I want to thank you for sharing this, it has been a huge help! Also to chime in with another comment below, you are an excellent interviewer. Thank you so, so much for having this great channel and fascinating and fun information. I am a new subscriber and relate very well to everything you've presented so far. You are brilliant! :-)
I'd love to hear Dr. Fuhrman and Dr. McDougall sit down together and debate this! While this sounds great, I've been eating high carb for almost 7 years and feel great. I understand that Dr. Fuhrman means "whole nuts" not peanut butter. I'm so glad you interviewed Dr. Fuhrman - he one healthy man - former figure skater with his sister!
Ya both of them are pretty set in their ways. The two diets are generally practiced very similarly. I just need to eat more greens.
I went to his website and looked at his recipes - they are low in fat. I eat a ton of veggies, greens included. Yes, nuts need to be raw!
Fuhrmans is much more veggie heavy that McDougall. I get his point about nutritional values vs high starch-low nutrient.
they have debated a lot. I saved a you tube video where they are both on a panel and an audience member instigates a renewal. my conclusion is that it is like different sects of the same religion. I feel mcdougall is speaking to more people and will reach more whereas fuhrman will help the strict ones have more optimal health. but this is assuming stress of food is not part of it and rice eaters are eating brown rice on the other side. it gets pretty nit picky between them. bottom line is eat plantts, especially the super ones and don't eat animal products. ones health can always be more optimal and our differences will dictate who we follow more, but bottom line is the same.
Peter Rabitt
Fuhrman and McDougall already were in a debate it’s on RUclips few years back.
Hi,yes I have to comment to this video again. I can't stop,I watch it over and over and over again. For example what he says about oils "that are absorbing the bloodstream very very rapidly and when foods are absorbed very rapidly basically they make crazy the body's hormones !!! I felt this many times eating oils !!! Really,really good interview ! Well your World,I would like to see pictures of you before and after,please ! Thank you.
My very first video shows some before and after. I don't really want to be that youtuber that shows my body though...
I just watched it. Thank you and funny LOL. Regarding the pictures,this is what I can say PLUMED .........and not PLUMED......
We need some more gardens in economically depressed northern urban cities. Whatever condemned buildings can be torn down or gardened around if there are lots. Or the common grounds in the apartment complexes. There's lots of people, plenty of run off from hard surfaces - roofs / parking lots, plenty of protection - brick walls. Plenty of waste for composting. We could cram in a bunch. Definitely can do it in little houses with little lots - share with the neighborhood. Empower the people to take care of themselves health wise and financially then deal with education and job problems.
I discovered your channel via Eat To Live... I’ve read all of the books and I think you’re right that the two diets are more similar. People like me who are insulin resistant should put less emphasis on starches and more on beans, but they’re not off the table. They’re just limited because of their higher glycemic index
This is a really fantastic interview.
You have a great interviewing style
Dr. Furhman is great
Outstanding video! Dr. Fuhrman is fantastic! To me, he is a REAL doctor. I would love to have a regular doctor exactly like Dr. Fuhrman, who can speak casually about what food does to the body and completely understand the role of good food,
EXCELLENT EXCELLENT questions and interview. Thank you!!!
Great interview. I'm going to flip the script, and start with a starch. Today I made a pot of mixed rices. Love including wild rice, then I add all sorts of wonderful vegis, greens, etc... yum!
Brilliant Video! Thank you Dillon for providing such excellent interviews for us all!
Thank you for the support!
Take the best of both…I lean towards Fuhrman…nutrition excellence
This man is my hero
Yes, thank you for your work. My heart and my mind goes out to the world. We must do better and thank you for all you do. ❤❤❤
I've lost 62 pounds since July 9, 2018 doing th Eat To Live. Still have a few pounds to go but it's a lifestyle I'll lbe able to live with.
Wonderful!
As of February 8th, I've now lost 71 pounds. Love eating healthy.
Any progress updates? Inspiring story!
Dr. Fuhrman is one of my favorites! Great video. THANKS!
Glad you liked it, thank you!
Thank you, Dr. Fuhrman, for sharing your knowledge about nutrition, and for encouraging us all towards better health!
Thanks for doing it Dillon, This video is really valuable to me. I admire your attitude and clean flow of information especially in this video.
My Personal Doctor.....he doesn't let me slide, but we work to understand why I try to....it works....
I really like his approach of lower carbs, higher fat. I feel a lot more satisfied and almost no hunger. Very nutrient dense! What's not to love? And, my blood sugars stay in normal range by eating this way. 🙂🌱
Yes!
Beside that Dr. Fuhrmann's diet makes perfectly sense I highly respect his passion and dedication (which seems to go far beyond his own economical interests) to transform society .
Exactly.
Hats 🎩 off!!! Amazing guy. This is what you have when your career choice is fueled by passion.
Fuhrman is such a wealth of insightful information.
Thank you Dr.Fuhrman and Dillon for such an informative interview. The information is presented in a way to easily understand and very interesting.
Thank you!
Balance between carbs/starches (potatoes, grains, etc.) and protein/fats (legumes/nuts/seeds) seems to be the best option + lots of fruit and veggies of course
What a great interview, clear & easy to innerstand.
I combine both plus I closely follow everything Dr. Michael Greger puts out.
So informative, Thank you! Maybe there should be a Senate hearing on the SAD, and how it's affecting so many aspects of our lives. Hearings on the high cost of pharmaceuticals miss the point. We wouldn't need pills if we ate right.
Great interview Dillon. Would like to hear your thoughts on what he said.
I’d like to make a video about that soon. I think the two diets are so so close. He makes them sound a lot more different than I feel they are but anyway...
I did Dr Fuhman 2 years before I did McDougall. I think they both fabulous. As a food addict. I enjoy the "full" feeling from a pound of potatoes. I dont know if that is good or bad. I feel that anything that helps me with my addiction and controls my weight is good.
I enjoy it as well. The problem is it takes a lot of potatoes/calories to give people that full feeling. I myself ended up eating atleast seven pounds of them. Steam or soup vegetables have been great right now and give me that full filling without the calories. I just wish Potatoes, corn and rice were lower in calories cause their so good.
I like both. I am however newly transitioning off of the SAD diet (i was legit eating KFC every day 😰) and so far the Starch Solution is the best thing i have found in helping me transition into plant based eating and at home cooking. I figure i will stick with Starch Solution until i am really used to and thriving on a plant based diet and then eventually I'll do more nutritarian. I think jumping from SAD to nutritarian is a bit overwhelming but if you have been whole plant foods for a while its much more doable. Both have their place and work together i think. But I'm just an average person not a doctor.
My story exactly
I find that the Fuhrman method of eating works the best for me. When I focus on starches I become sick and food obsessed. My body does much better with beans as the starch and lots of vegetables and fruits. I can't eat white potatoes as a main course. They just tip my blood sugar over and I'm falling apart in just a couple of hours. The more I study what Dr. Fuhrman is presenting the more I agree with his eating plan.
Me too, just changed to beans as sole starch, felt better immediately
Excellent interview, very enlightening.
Thank you! 👏
I really wish schools would get more into this. But no. Pop tarts as a school breakfast. It's frightening.
Oh my I cannot imagine. I bought my lunch at school everyday growing up. The garbage I used to put in my body...
Do US schools REALLY sell pop tarts ?
LizzieDripping they’re not even sold...they’re given for free!
I totally believe in what the doctor is promoting and I’m trying hard to live my life that way. It’s just funny that the advertising in between the conversation is for Doritos chips!!!!!
Try to install AD blocker for Chrome. I hate these ads.
Great interview of Dr Fuhrman. Moderate caloric restriction. Daily intermittent fasting 14 hours daily. Repair & grow.
If you really look into both Furhman & McDougall diets they are really very similar. Remember McDougall’s perfect dish is brown rice, beans and broccoli OR sweet potatoes and broccoli, it’s not just pure rice & potatoes. McDougall is just emphasizing that starch is our base and so is Furhman in a way (beans and grains are starch remember but his food pyramids base is Greens). I do like that Furhman is advocating for low glycemic index/load foods which is very smart and healthy recommendation. Furhman is just advocating for more wide varieties of nutrients like greens, nuts/seeds, raw onions, mushrooms etc which can only help you get more nutrients. My only advice would be to still watch you overall daily macronutrient content, especially fat. You really never want to go over 15% of your daily caloric intake in fat regardless the source. The one thing Furhman never says is a macronutrient level cutoff amount of daily fat, I’m curious to see his daily fat recommendation bc every video he has there seems to be no cap 🤔... aside from this his diet is A1+. Remember, if you eat quinoa for example or steel cut oats, they have a lot of natural fat, even a banana has fat. Foods have natural fat in them so you can naturally absorb the fat soluble vitamins/minerals, eating a couple nuts and seeds will/could help (especially vit E, omegas, DHA) but what’s the cutoff... my cutoff is around 15% total fat from total caloric intake for the day. If you really track your macros and look at the nutritional values of everything you eat you will see there’s not a lot of room for nuts and seeds anyways, so less fat is more. Not to mention, when you eat fatty carbs like some grains there’s really no room for extra added nuts/seed/avocados/coconut. Oil is deff deff definitely a no no (everyone agrees on this). I used to eat 2 kind bars a day 🤦♂️ that’s like a week worth of fat lol. This was before I tracked my macros, I understand that there’s fiber but why does my weight go up when I increase natural whole plant based fats like what Furhman suggests (not in the toilet). Does anyone know what Furhman’s suggested daily fat intake levels are... there must be a percentage?
It you want to eat more nuts, seeds, avocado, coconut you must counter that by eating less fatty grains and starches like rice and potatoes (they’re basically fatless starches/polysaccharides). Most other grains are fatty leaving no extra room for unregulated nuts and seeds. You must regulate and monitor your daily fat intake not just nuts, seeds, avocado, coconut... but everything you eat. If you want to eat nuts, seeds, avocado, coconut which you should you must counter by eating more lean grains. Don’t go over 15% of your daily caloric intake in fat. Mind you all of these doctors are advocating for the same thing... whole food plant/starch based with Low Fat no concentrates or processing. Furhman just seems to have no cap on fat 🧐
I just ate break-fast and it was raw grains cereal with frozen blueberries and soy milk. The grains had about 3 grams of fat and the soy milk had about 9 grams of fat, that’s 12 grams of fat... everything has fat, if I had added nuts and seeds it would be to fatty.... maybe almond milk would be better or another plant milk with lower fat if I wanted to add nuts and seeds. Hopefully you see where I’m getting at, fat adds up quick and it’s naturally in our plant based foods. Eat nuts, seeds, avocado, coconut sparingly - Allspeed!
At 2:35 he says that oils increases dopamine I was struggling with compulsions and some repetitive behaviours and became impossible to handle so much energy without in my came porn, cigar and food compulsions so, when i watched your video ate 2:35 my mind was: BOOOM, thats it, they sold this bulletproof coffee and whole coconut oil, i was using so much oil for the omegas, dhas, etc, and brain stuff and it was too much, i know i was wrong but two days ago i decided to cut the 90% of the oils. Well at least i can notice some changes in meditation. I discovered it throught youtube, videos like yours, this doctor and self enquiry meditation. Man, i would like to thank u! Keep doing it.
Food banks these days are such poison for our community of people who need help and what is happening is they are getting sick. It’s so sad 😞
Food banks: once a month, an entire pan cake from Safeway, 3 loaves of bread, strange canned vegetables, cheese, bananas
another thing that doesn't make sense to me here is that its not possible to be in a sustained state of energy deficiency. I guess what they mean instead is: stay at a low body fat percentage (breaking even at a low point) or: lower your energy expenditure, but that last one is like saying exercise is bad for your health...
if we could have a set of twins and everything was equal between them except one ate furhman and the other ate mcdougall, the furhman twin body would be slightly healthier and live 7 months longer while the mcdougall twin body would enjoy eating a little more as a pastime-slightly. both would live 13 to 14 years longer than a triplet eating moderate amounts of animal products, all else being equal. this is my guess...
Sounds close enough to me though I’m sure Fuhrman would disagree. I think Dr. Lisle would agree with you too. These docs don’t act like it, but I’d say they agree on just about everything.
scott berger 😜😀😂
Thanks for the great interview!
Thank you!
Dr fuhrman is the best!
thank both of you!
Thank you for watching!
If there is any question that we are addicted to high sugar, high fat and high salt fast foods, then try and quit for a week. It is FULL BLOWN Withdrawal symptoms. At least it is for me this week.
This was great. I love his book.
Thank you!! Eye opening, confirmation of some of my thoughts.
Where does Dr. Fuhrman propose that lower income people could get the money needed to purchase less processed food that he cites in the nutritarian diet? Many poor folks live in areas without a grocery store; just convenience type stores. What are they to do?
If you are online now, sending this message, you can order food delivered to your door.
Some people criticize Dr. Fuhrman without understanding all the details of what he is saying.
Such a great interview! Thank you 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it!
Food for thought, I think I’ll listen
So much yes from this video. Thanks.
East coast baby he’s the best
Great interview. I subscribed.
Thank you!
Excellent!!! Thank you!
Love this video so much!
I don't see any links to the studies that Dr. Fuhrman discussed.
Hmm I am thin due to regular fasting. But I feel I overeat many times due to fear of not enough energy. I will work on this
I have been Nutritarian for over 10 years. I would love to know if anyone has studied long-term nutritarians and what they typically die from if not from heart disease, cancer, nor diabetes. Anyone know the answer? Anyone have a link to a book or other resource?
They die from the same thing as every other American - heart disease, cancer, etc. You'll just be older when they happen. Think 90 and not 65.
Great interview. Dr Fuhrman can talk forever but he's such a wealth of information he kind of has to. He has a great perspective on health.
Will you touch me on food deserts and minority population eating habits in another video? I found that incredibly fascinating. Is that discussed in his book?
Yes it is!
Great interview Luuuv this dr 👍
Thank you!
Thx much posting sharing
Phenomenal interview, Dillan! I had been wondering what a Nutratarian was and how it was different from whole foods plant-based. Dr Fuhrman has a different twist on plant based eating that I find compelling. I’m going t get his book. My question is cholesterol. Mine is high when I eat nuts. But he is adamant that we need them. What are your thoughts? I just eat flax seed.
He only recommends an ounce or two of nuts per day. I would be surprised if that has much effect on your cholesterol if you're doing everything else right. But I am not a doctor. Glad you liked the interview!
Well Your World thanks for clarifying that. It thought he was recommending 1 oz with each meal. I am eating perfect but don’t always eat three servings of cruciferous vegetables every single day. I keep track and I eat the daily dozen using Dr Greger’s app. I’ve been eating 1oz. walnuts in my oatmeal in the morning. I quit nuts and avocados after I got my cholesterol results. I still eat 1T flaxseed. I lost 2 pounds, but seem to be holding steady. I’m underweight so I was thinking the nuts and avocados would help that. Now I’m wondering if BMI isn’t a good gauge and that we will be very thin if we eat right. I’m not hungry-very satisfied eating a whole food plant based diet.
Moderate chaloric restriction makes sence but not when you are chasing the rdi.. I eat all day long and struggle to get enough nutrients and I feel like if I slightly starved myself id be even further away.. make up your mind Fuhrman
Hi Dillon, new sub here, thanks so much for the great and informative video! I love nuts and seeds, but cannot eat them because of an allergy. Are there any other foods that provide the equal nutrients and life extending qualities that I could consume? Thanks again!
I think you’ll be fine. If you’re not working on weight then enjoy some overt fats like avocado or soy. And I would recommend a DHA supplement. I actually use Fuhrman’s.
Awesome! Thanks so much for the recommendation!
The M in gbombs is for mushrooms. Is there an alternative because I don’t like mushrooms…I will not eat them or anything cooked with them.
Great convo
What if you hate nuts and seeds...and mushrooms...and uncooked greens?
Eat the things you like the way you like them. Cook your greens whatever. Have fun with it
Straight off the bat within the first minute the food he should talking about is organ meats.
Do the nuts and seeds need to be soaked to be absorbed
great interview
Where McDoughal at....
I wish whole grains were a part of the G bombs Greens, beans, onions, mushrooms, berries, seeds ... I love wholegrain oats, Rye, buckwheat, etc ...
I eat them and I always will.
I've read some studies that nutrient restriction(Methionine, sulfur, protein, ect) have the same benefits as calorie restriction. I'm sulfur sensitive and beans(sulfur) cause the fingers in my hands to swell when I eat them, which makes me not so sure about Dr Furhman.
I would also like to point out that Dr Mcdougall says to limit beans and recommends(by coincidence) low sulfur starches like sweet potatoes, white potatoes, rice, corn, ect. So far Dr. Mcdougall is right for me.
I would like to know if frozen vegetables are comparable to fresh
He looks much better than raw vegans and fruitarian
What about if your Diabetic? Please Answer?
Brilliant mind!
What kind of nuts and seeds