Yup, there's nothing quite like ham and peanut soup, because names (like legume) says everything that we need to know about anything. The plants and animals existed before the biological naming convention was invented. But we somehow managed to turn that on its head and made the naming convention into the driver of the origin of species.
Dr William Li in his book, “Eat to Beat Disease” cites a study where walnuts improved the survivability of Stage 3 Colon cancer patients during chemotherapy by 56%. The amounts of walnuts were small as you mention here to have that benefit. Pretty amazing. Thanks for this video.
I'm always curious about the ingredients when people talk about peanut butter. There is probably a pretty significant difference between jiff which is toxic junk with some peanuts, peanuts with added processed peanut oil, and organic single ingredient peanut butter.
In Germany we differntiate between (Pea)nut Butter and (Pea)nut "Mus" (it's 99% of the (Pea)Nut , Just blended , so much more Like a liquid , and often lightly salted) And there is a huge difference between just blended nuts and blended nuts with added sugar and saturated fat.
Chunky peanut butter contains solid peanuts. Therefore I declare that natural chunky peanut butter is healthy. At least, that's what I choose to believe, and I'm sticking to it (like that PB sticking to the roof of my mouth). 😁
Jiff does make a no sugar version with three ingredients. Peanuts, palm oil (not the dangerous palm seed oil) and salt. But it costs an awful lot for so few ingredients.
I can't eat regular peanut butter because of the usually high aflatoxin content (contributes to hives, excess mucous production etc). However, I can eat organic valencia peanut butter. Simply because valencia peanuts are typically grown in low to moderate humidity areas, whereas regular peanuts are almost always grown in very high humidity areas like the deep south, the tropics, and/or sub tropics. Mold loves moisture. I either buy it at Trader Joes or Costco.
I tried a plant base diet. Weakest I've ever felt in my life. 6 months. I also experienced more osteoarthritis than normal. Now meat/fruit only. Best I've ever felt! Love your videos!
Me too. I got the opposite. Felt more energized, gain muscle and took up running, mtb & kayaking. Did you get over 30 different veg a week and measure all your blood markers? I found that plant protein left me feeling lite and strong. I still hunt regularly but I give the meat to people like you lol.
That’s my story, too, when eating little to no animal products. I tried carnivore eating, and was way better in 3 days. By 2 weeks I was a different person, and healed 90% of my “diseases” including gout and depression. ❤️🍀
Peanuts are not nuts they are a legume that grows underground like potatoes. Since they also reduce all cause mortality it suggests the real factor is not in nuts but something else they both provide. For example the effect of their phytonutrients on the gut microbiome where they are known to influence bacteria that produce SFAs that are important in maintaining gut wall function.
years ago I had high inflammation, with associated dry-eyes... I was eating nuts fro dinner, two big handfulls of mixed nuts. I did develop a kidney cyst and kidney stones. Nuts have too high Omega-6 compared to Omega-3, Omega-6 are inflammatory. I stopped eating so many nuts, and my dry eyes and general inflammation went down. So how much we eat is important. While walnuts have highest O-3, the O-6 to O-3 ration is still quite high.
It depends on the nuts-they all have different ratios. Many nuts are actually higher in monounsaturated fat aka omega 9 than omega 6 (cashews, almonds, etc). Gets even more complex when you bring seeds into the picture too.
Thanks for this comment. I changed my diet to include more beans and whole grains and my eyes went dry. I was like what the heck I'm eating healthier than I have my whole life! but maybe I really am sensitive to oxalates (i don't think it's the omega 6 because i've eaten my fair share of fried foods with no dry eye)
@@TTR83 It depends on the person. But culturing is an excellent way to increase bioavailability of nutrients and ease of digestion, as well as decrease various anti-nutrients and mold. And, if you are used to the taste of cultured foods, also increases the tastiness. For example, I make cultured plant "cheese" with cashews, cauliflower, tapioca or cassava flour, nutritional yeast, etc. Sometimes I add plant based lactic acid after (if it is a briefer culture).
i think the conjecture that walnuts are the best is probably based on the fact that it has the highest ALA content compared to most other commonly consumed nuts (IIRC), which is a good precondition for omega 3 synthesis in the liver. (but that's just a potential mechanism)
Peanut butters differ massively in terms of the possible added ingredients and inclusion, or not, of the polyphenol and nutrient rich skins/pellicles. That’s what makes walnuts stand out as especially healthy too and largely because it’s so much more difficult to remove walnut pellicles.
@@AbsenceLacksNothing True. I wish I could find an organic unblanched peanut butter in a glass jar.. My peanut butter is blanched but I only eat it twice a week at 2 tbsp a serving.
I snack on mixed nuts every now and then and always have a jar in my house. I don't worry about oxalates or kidney stones at all since I ALWAYS add lemon juice to my water.
My morning breakfast consists of almonds, almond milk, oats, hemp seeds, flax seeds, and chia seeds. Looks like I'll be adding walnuts. With my morning coffee I'll have lion's mane, 100% dark chocolate powder, creatine, and vanilla flavored 10x collagen. This is in addition to a variety of supplements, daily exercise, and rigorous attempts at sleeping a full 8 hours, eating primarily chicken, fish, leafy greens, veggies, brown rice, black lentils, beans, eggs, olive oil, etc. I do everything I can to try and stay healthy because I've seen my grandparents grow up without really eating or exercising right and they just kept losing their abilities to do anything. I don't want to be like that if I live to be 90 years old. So if I can, early in my day, take care of everything my body needs to be healthy, then I can focus without regret on all the research and exploration I can do in this world.
Impressive. We need more people like you, who take responsibility for preventing disease. Some suggestions: hyaluronic acid, adaptogens (rhodiola, ashwagandha, ginseng, holy basil), carotenoids, green tea.
for people eating plant based, Green Tea could have diminishing returns in that regard. The proposed mechanism of action for Green Tea's longevity benefits is that Green Tea is iron-absorption blocking. Plant based diet will generally result in low-normal to normal iron anyways, thus Green Tea is less the silver bullet
@@terranblackbird6420 There are many identified phytochemicals such as polyphenols in green tea, and therefore several mechanisms by which it could promote longevity. Start with EGCG. Search pmc9231383.
@@presence5426 Personally, I'm giving the most potent anti-Death food award to Vinegar, and Tea, because both provide nearly zero calories. If I'm eating more tree nuts, I have to eat less bread or red meat. But I can just tack green tea on to my diet as a bonus. In that sense, tea and vinegar have a much higher efficacy:calorie ratio than tree nuts for increasing longevity, thus I think tea does deserve the spotlight. Similarly, algae-based omega-3 supplements are likely to have a higher efficacy:calorie ratio than tree nuts RE: prevention of dementia. Finally I'd like to point out that I'm not sure Brazil nuts are well studied for longevity - Brazil nuts may be more effective than walnuts for longevity, *BUT*, diminishing returns occur quicker with the Brazil Nuts. That is, 3 to 7 Brazil Nuts a month might be the golden gun, and a handful of walnuts a day is the silver bullet.
A serving of nuts seems to be 30 g (slightly more than 1 oz, or 28 g) The mortality graph minimum at 3 servings per week indicates that slightly less than 100 g per week is pretty optimal. So something like one serving (30 g) every other day would bee good!
There should be more research on macadamia nuts and sardines because the palmitoleate mimics the breakdown of adipose tissue and seems to be beneficial for insulin response, cardiac adaptation, but might increase risk of fatty liver.
I'm curious what kinds of peanut butter were used in the studies. The more popular "no-stir" peanut butters have added foreign oils. At one time, they even used partially-hydrogenated oils (very high in trans fats). As molecules that are not only consumed as fuel, but also incorporated as cellular building material, fully-hydrogenated oils are also suspect until proven otherwise.
There is an old 5 nation study comparing foods and longevity, and cooked dry beans were the winner by a large margin. Fish came in as a distant second. Unfortunately, it doesn't come up in a google search anymore.
something that I will never forget was watching a documentary of the Kalihari Bushmen, one of the elders of the tribe was in his 70s which was inspiring, all living man are descendants of this tribe/culture dating back to 100,000 years and these tribesmen currently get about 50% of their calories from the Mongongo Nut, they're getting over 1000kcal a day and 50 grams of protien a day just from this nut
The most potent antideath food must be raw eggs. 4 or 5 years ago the world's oldest person died at 119. At age 19 in Italy she was diagnosed with anemia. Her Dr rxd 2 or 3 raw eggs a day. She stayed on this plan the rest of her long life.
Jus eanted to let tou know that I have been vegan for the past 8 years. I’ve consumed variety of nuts of course. However, I’ve developed kidney stones for the first time in my life. Quite painful indeed and had to be hospitalized. However, once I’ve stick to walnuts only and eliminated all other nuts (almonds most of all) - I have not developed kidney stones ever again 😊 Taught that it would be useful to share my personal experience on this topic.
Wonder why my reply disappeared? Anyways, I eat plenty of almonds and cashews, am in my mid forties and I've never had kidney stones. But I do avoid spinach and rhubarb (and my coffee intake is relatively low, only one small cup a day, and only 5 days a week at max).
I’ve been mostly vegan aside from a period of raw fish that ended up in tapeworm hell since 1985. I’ve eaten enough macadamia nuts as my only favorite nut for decades and only eat nuts and seeds that have been soaked and sprouted first. That is the key! I’ve never had a kidney stone and I’m 56 and I drink black coffee daily since 1991!!
One wonders what type of peanut butter was being considered -- were the studies allowing typical name-brand peanut butter that contains significant amounts of sugar? or unsweetened peanut butter? There is also a question about salt, but that applies to all nuts -- it is likely that a lot of folks reporting nut consumption are including either salted or unsalted nuts, unless the studies explicitly asked about this.
This is kinda classic Dr. Greger. There is some truth to what he's saying, but he tends to be heavily biased towards plant foods, overexaggerates findings and benefits, sometimes prematurily jumps to conclusions, makes things look very definitive and mixes it up with some stuff seemingly not quite supported by the research. Great video, thanks!
He isn’t biased. He reviews all the nutrition science published in peer reviewed journals. He does in depth reviews that considers research design and the funding source for the research. He has a whole team of credentialed people who work on it. I suggest you look at the citations for his books and videos.
But if you don't choose walnuts - supposedly the best - could you eat more of the _other_ nuts for the same results? 🤔 Btw peanuts would be excluded just on semantics alone anyway. They're not nuts.
The answer is likely yes. Tree nuts and peanuts are consistently associated with health benefits. Other nuts, like walnuts, tend to be high in polyphenols and are associated with good health outcomes - (e.g., pecans, hazelnuts, almonds. ) Brazil Nut consumption should be limited to no more than 2 -3 Brazil Nuts per day due to the risk of getting too much selenium, which could be toxic. I eat walnuts, pecans, hazel nuts, Brazil nuts, and pumpkin seeds every day.
It also would be more helpful to see more detail on which types of nuts. If walnuts really are the healthiest, were there mortality studies showing walnuts compared to pistachios, almonds, cashews, pine nuts, and so forth and walnuts showed the greatest curve on the graph reducing mortality? Which nuts did worse?
I really don't like the "handful of nuts" designation as a legitimate measurement. What the heck does that mean? I can hold about 6 ounces of walnuts in my hand. I think "handful of nuts" should be outlawed as a measurement.
Same here!! Too many vague terms for measurement. Many, many content creators use terms for measurement. Subjective terms should never be used in science. This has always been my pet peeve!
@@brianrichards7006 I think handful is pretty good, it is not precise of course, it isn't meant to be, but it bears at least some dose correlation to body shape/size.
I can confirm the kidney stone risk... stupid me added nuts (a lot of them) to my daily meals without doing any research and i ended up with kidney stones...
If you look up the bioavailability of oxalates in oxalate rich food, most are in the 1 percentile. Almonds are the only ones that may need to be boiled as its oxalate content is more absorbable compared to the rest, but it is still usually around 10%. You can even consume foods with citric acid like lemon as this compound helps prevent oxalate crystal formation.
"If you eat or drink calcium-rich foods at the same time, they can help your body handle oxalate without turning it into a kidney stone. So pair your spinach salad with low-fat cheese. Or mix nuts or berries into yogurt. Drinking milk does not cause kidney stones. Salt. If you eat a lot of sodium, which is an ingredient in salt, that raises the amount of calcium in your urine. Once you finish eating, any extra oxalate “sticks” to calcium in the kidneys. That can produce stones. So limit canned foods, packaged meats, fast foods, and condiments in your diet."-webmd I wish i can give better sources but this is yt commenting...
The kidney stones were likely caused by animal products. You can also listen to the idiots talking about oxalates, but to your own detriment, because they haven't done their due diligence.
Peanuts are very high in lectins, and could be cause the for leaky gut. I buy almonds blanced and roast them myself. The skin causes osteoporosis. You are awesome!
Some of us who are whole food plant based want to know if too many nuts are detrimental- is it that more doesn’t add benefit or is it the case that too many nuts are harmful?
If you are at risk for kidney stones, too much is definitely too much. Also, because they're pretty high calorie foods, eating too many nuts may contribute to unwanted weight gain.
With Dr.Gregor's entire reason for choosing the profession he is in, I can understand his giddiness when any positive news comes out reinforcing his plant-based diet theory. I believe his heart is definitely in the right place, but as others in the comment section have mentioned, he does prematurely jump to conclusions, either with the belief that further research will end up proving him right, or he is just attempting to get people to eat healthier by semi-dubious means.
I really like how the color coming from the lower right matches the colors on the piece of art. Looks so good. I eat assorted nuts every day! I do wonder about oxalates though...
A 1/4 cup of walnuts contains 2.5 grams of ALA (Alpha-lipoic acid) more than eight times the amount found in the next highest nut which is good news for our heart health and in reducing inflammation.
I started making my nuts butters in order to soak the nuts( to get rid of the oxalates ),then rinse and toast to get rid of all the water. Got what seemed a very convenient coffee grinder but it only lasted to make about 50 jars due to its low power ..but the butters were absolutely awesome
"I'll take a pound of nuts, please." I eat peanuts regularly, but I'm allergic to "true" nuts. I'd like to know exactly what caused nut allergies, since they seem to have only existed for the past forty years.
The special thing about walnuts is that the omega 3 and 6 vitamins, linolenic and linoleic acids, are in good balance. Most nuts are high in O6 and therefor promote inflammation.
@@CharlieFader O3 is anti inflammatory and o6 is pro inflammatory. Hence the need to balance them. A certain amount of inflammation is normal for immune function and o6 helps makes that happen.
@@CharlieFader I've studied the linoleic/linolenic ratios of the nuts using the USDA Nutrient Database so I know that almost all all have high ratios compared to the 7:1 or less recommended by all the health gurus. English Walnuts (not black) have a ratio of 4.2, while almonds are 2000. Some nuts have such small amounts that they wouldn't alter the inflammation level. I also saw a study which documented that linoleic O6 raised the CD4 white cell count and that's a marker of inflammation. That was decades ago and I have no reference for it.
I feel like if you want to understand where we cites studies you have to look at the specific videos where he breaks the specific food in question down. He almost always cites studies in those videos. He has one where he explains his issues with peanut butter.
If you’re talking about Dr. Gregor, yeah he always site studies. And he seems to always ignore studies that either don’t support the claims or use other foods. I’d liked him for a long time, but when I started having blood glucose issues after over a year of nearly, all plant food, high fiber, whole food diet my A1c went up. I started looking at other stuff and found that they were completely different orientations and studies propounding very different programs. They’re probably biased too, but the point is everybody to some degree cherry picks.
@ I’m not certain what your particular grievance is, but if you have specific concerns about a study, I’d suggest addressing them directly with him during his weekly live conversations. It’s important not to conflate “cherry picking” with the critical discretion involved in setting aside lower-quality studies. He’s openly stated that not all research holds equal weight, and his choices reflect a reasoned commitment to rigor rather than selective omission.
Re: Walnuts and Pecans - you need to search for cancer studies. Unfortunately the one I am aware of is ex vivo, but this would be an excelling rabbit-hole to fall into.
Good stuff. I see Dr Greger’s work as a sort of cursory encyclopedic run through of the literature on plant based nutrition. He gets a lot of hate bc people hate vegans, but he’d be the first to tell you that he isn’t perfect, and he is very open to changing his mind, which he does so pretty openly. I think his work has value as an introduction, similar to Wikipedia.
Hate is a strong word. I do think that many people certainly would prefer to not get stuck sitting next to an obnoxious vegan activist though. Same goes for the fundamentalist Christians and the Amway/MLM folks. Live the way you want but leave me alone!!!
He gets push back because he's wrong and bases his advice on his ideology not human biochemistry. People in general don't hate vegans, I have zero issue with someone that chooses to not eat meat because of their personal morals. What they put in their bodies doesn't affect me and is none of my business. I take issue with vegans lying about health and nutrition especially in the "science" space in an effort to trick people in order to impose their ideology on them and causing them harm doing so.
@@jackschitt6235 He's not obnoxious just overenthusiastic. You are obviously one of those vegan haters. I'm not a vegan but I fail to understand the hate from carnivore/keto/paleo types. Possibly Greger is just the kid who pointed out the truth about the emperor's new clothes and that's why he gets all the hate?
Where do you get macadamias that aren’t half rancid? No matter which brand I buy and how far out the expiration date is, I always seem to get 25-50% rancid ones and if I eat even one it totally ruins my appetite and I can’t eat any more for weeks.
@@JesusGarcia-Digem the taste. When you bite into a rancid nut it tastes significantly different. They have almost a musty/moldy taste and smell like old cooking oil. I’ve heard some people don’t taste much difference, but I definitely do.
Their data on walnut has been out for a very long time, the father/son MD duo. Very clear and causal. It’s been a staple in the longevity community for awhile
I always have a few walnuts before a meal, as it reduces the sugar spike from carbs etc, ever since I was prediabetic 12 months ago. Along with reducing sugar/carbs, and eating more fruit and healthier fats, I am back to normal levels now 😊
Did you actually test your blood before and after and compare eating the walnuts and not eating walnuts? I just asked because I’ve been through a couple of years of testing different theories out there and found many of them are not reinforced in my body. It’s been frustrating. I know my age has something to do with it because I’m 71. But I honestly don’t believe anything from studies that look at general results. And I worry for people who make their eating choices that way after I’d say age 65.
@oolala53 i certainly did, which is why I mentioned it, usually eat a couple of walnut halves before a carb snack etc. Also before my MAIN meal of day, especially if it includes carbs, I often drink a pint of water with a tablespoon of white wine vinegar stirred in, before the meal, and that definitely reduces my spike afterwards when testing. Also helps to eat veg 1st followed by meat, then potatoes/ rice/ pasta after, this also means I can have a sweet desert safely after if so desire.
As others have mentioned peanuts are not actually nuts. They are legumes. Peanuts in particular also have problems with mycotoxins depending on how they're stored. But then again cashews are not nuts either. Our analysis of different groups of foods is complicated by the fact that we group foods inconsistently. For example, if you're asking people how many servings of vegetables they eat and they answer based on the assumption that the reading a lot of tomato sauce and ketchup, which aside from being very different from eating whole tomatoes is also not a vegetable it's a fruit. Cucumbers and squash are also fruits. Does it make sense from a research perspective to lump butternut squash in the same category that you do broccoli? The peanut butter paradox is not too much of a paradox. Most of what Americans consume as peanut butter is actually a processed food containing sugar and various cheap omega-6 rich oils if not hydrogenated oils containing trans fats that would likely offset to some degree if not entirely any health benefits.
Another thing that's never mentioned is raw vs soaked vs roasted nuts. Roasted nuts are probably the worst (but also the tastiest, unfortunately, as is anything roasted/baked), as is anything roasted/baked due to the formation of AGEs. As for soaking, does that reduce some of the oxalates and lectins? What form is the healthiest?
And while we're on the subject of oxalates, please do a video on oxalate intake and the effects it has. Is oxalates a "thing", do we have to watch level of consumption or can one basically throw caution to the wind for the amounts of oxalate consumption. It would be very interesting to get your take on this matter. Thanks
If your gut lining and mucous lining were tightly closed, would oxalates be getting into the bloodstream? Oxalates is supposed to get broken down in the gut by enzymes and bacteria. So in essence, it’s a gut issue/s
I see walnuts as ok sources of potassium, magnesium, protein, B6, ALA. However, I personally find nuts easy to overeat, not satiating for the calories consumed and cause me to gain weight. I wonder if there is something else to nuts besides the nutrients mentioned above that reduces all cause mortality. Otherwise for me, I think there are better sources for these nutrients.
Interesting given previous data suggested lowering sodium by replacing table salt with potassium chloride improved all cause mortality. Seems most people eat salted nuts. Presumably that is what studies we measuring?
Good question. Dr Greger does advise eating unsalted nuts. But if the studies were measuring salted nuts, and there was still a health benefit, just imagine how healthy unsalted nuts are.
Why are oils and fats, which are lubricates, considered bad for leaky gut while abrasive substances like nuts, seeds and grains are not? Phytic acid A plant substance found in the hulls of nuts, seeds, and grains, phytic acid binds to minerals like zinc, iron, calcium, magnesium, and copper, making them difficult for the body to absorb
Giving a percent in relative risk reduction is pretty meaningless to most people. Why don’t you convert that to total number of days of life expectancy. A similar game is played when relative risk is used for touting Statins. When you look at the average life expectancy increase for using a statin, it’s only about 2 days for each year of statin use. In other words it’s fairly meaningless.
It's a comparison between risk of dying if you eat nuts and if you don't, at different ages. That's an absolute risk, not a relative risk. I think it would be possible to give the difference in life expectancy from the same kind of data. But this was a meta-study. The individual studies can't have had enough data to do that. So the meta-study couldn't get that directly from them. If one had the data from all these studies in one study, it might be possible to get the difference in life expentency. But that's just my guess. A very rough guesstimate would be something like 80% of the absolute risk. Based on the slope of these curves I've seen. It's like having two curves wher you know the vertical difference between them, but like to know the horizontal difference, an the slope of them is more than 45°, therefore about 20% less.
I find any more than three small handsful of almonds per week drives inflammation. I can get away with more if they are blanched. Hazels similarly. Macadamias are fine. I eat a few daily. I can't say that Greger inspires as any picture of health, though, frankly.
Clear skin, few wrinkles, bright eyes, bubbly disposition, and walks on a treadmill during livestreams without getting even the least bit out of breath. Dr. Greger seems perfectly healthy to me.
Nuts and seeds contain phytic acid, and an enzyme removing it when soaked Soaking them for 8 - 24 hours removes most of it. The purpose of the phytic acid is to bind minerals, until the seed grows. I guess soaking the nuts makes them less agressive to the intestines, so less inflammatory. Maybe even more nutritious too. For the same reason dough should be fermented as long as it used to be with old-fashioned baking.
@@tarabooartarmy3654 he has pallid skin, is skinny-fat, & needs to be constantly gently strolling on a treadmill to mitigate his excessively carb laden diet (I'd hate to be dr Greger's treadmill technician). I've never seen him do anything to warrant a sedentary person get out of breath. He looks sickly & much older than his 50 or so yrs. He's probably aware he's on borrowed time after his mate mcgregor shuffled off recently, but he's too literally fiscally invested to back down. Did he even finish his internship?🤔
I think that the beneficial effect of peanuts will also depend vastly on if they are eaten with their skin or not since it's probably where most of the polyphenols are so you'd better be sure that the skin was preserved before you buy peanut butter. I suppose it's linked to the reason why Mr Greger pretends that peanut butter is less beneficial than peanuts. He also suggested that whole peanuts have a kind of prebiotic effect because they are digested more slowly but it didn't convince me at all especially considering that fibers and polyphenols from the skin also have a prebiotic effect.
I'm still left wondering what it is about nuts that give them their benefit. Are the components that provide nuts their benefit available elsewhere? Do they only work in combination as a nut? What about people with nut allergies? Their mortality rate eating nuts would be higher, yeah? Do the properties of nuts and their mortality benefits outweigh other protocols like multivitamins, exercise, or sleep? A cool video idea might be to make a list of the 25 most impactful variables of mortality and rank them based on their efficacy.
So I wonder if this is because of the fibre effect, the small particles of chewed nuts that act as a stiff broom through the digestive system … or if it is the fats, minerals, vitamins etc? Probably a combination effect. I reckon a wide mix of nuts, spreading strengths of each, is optimal, keeping walnuts highest quantity.
The claim was ‘the MOST potent compared to any other food groups and that wasn’t shown. The data just said that it’s associated with a reduction to all cause mortality. He/you didn’t compare it to other food groups.
Point of logic: The notion of 'all-cause mortality' with reference to eating walnuts would be more accurately expressed by 'all-cause mortality - W' where W = death by choking on walnuts.
Any thoughts on this study? Did you review this public med article and I missed it? Iron-(Fe3+)-Dependent Reactivation of Telomerase Drives Colorectal Cancers Raghuvaran Shanmugam et al. Cancer Discov. 2024
I have a sneaking suspicion he's hiding a speech impediment. His speech patterns would mimic stuttering if it weren't for his body moving, too. So, yeah, I think he's a stutterer.
Seems strange that the research on nut consumption does not distinguish between different types of nuts, or the form (salted, roasted, raw) of the nuts. For instance, a handful of brazil nuts every day will give you selenium poisoning, pistachios are high in B6 and melatonin, and cashew nuts are very high in AGEs.
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Peanuts aren't a nut. They are a legume. Rather than a pea nut, they are a nut pea. "Nutpeas" would be a more appropriate naming of them.
This is the most unexpectedly brilliant comment I've ever read today
Thank God, now I have to no longer worry about No Nut November
Yup, there's nothing quite like ham and peanut soup, because names (like legume) says everything that we need to know about anything.
The plants and animals existed before the biological naming convention was invented. But we somehow managed to turn that on its head and made the naming convention into the driver of the origin of species.
Pee is stored in the nuts, hence the name.
@HuFlungDung2 Shaolin Online say real Asian man have Pork & Szechuan soup because you are correct sir!
Please investigate if cheesecake is a super longevity food!!! 🍰
I sure hope so 😂
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Dr William Li in his book, “Eat to Beat Disease” cites a study where walnuts improved the survivability of Stage 3 Colon cancer patients during chemotherapy by 56%. The amounts of walnuts were small as you mention here to have that benefit. Pretty amazing. Thanks for this video.
I'm always curious about the ingredients when people talk about peanut butter. There is probably a pretty significant difference between jiff which is toxic junk with some peanuts, peanuts with added processed peanut oil, and organic single ingredient peanut butter.
In Germany we differntiate between (Pea)nut Butter and (Pea)nut "Mus" (it's 99% of the (Pea)Nut , Just blended , so much more Like a liquid , and often lightly salted)
And there is a huge difference between just blended nuts and blended nuts with added sugar and saturated fat.
Trader Joe's single ingredient organic Valencia peanut butter is the best. Valencia peanuts tend to not have the same mold toxins as other varieties.
Chunky peanut butter contains solid peanuts. Therefore I declare that natural chunky peanut butter is healthy. At least, that's what I choose to believe, and I'm sticking to it (like that PB sticking to the roof of my mouth). 😁
Jiff does make a no sugar version with three ingredients. Peanuts, palm oil (not the dangerous palm seed oil) and salt. But it costs an awful lot for so few ingredients.
I can't eat regular peanut butter because of the usually high aflatoxin content (contributes to hives, excess mucous production etc). However, I can eat organic valencia peanut butter. Simply because valencia peanuts are typically grown in low to moderate humidity areas, whereas regular peanuts are almost always grown in very high humidity areas like the deep south, the tropics, and/or sub tropics. Mold loves moisture.
I either buy it at Trader Joes or Costco.
I tried a plant base diet. Weakest I've ever felt in my life. 6 months. I also experienced more osteoarthritis than normal. Now meat/fruit only. Best I've ever felt! Love your videos!
Me too. I got the opposite. Felt more energized, gain muscle and took up running, mtb & kayaking. Did you get over 30 different veg a week and measure all your blood markers? I found that plant protein left me feeling lite and strong. I still hunt regularly but I give the meat to people like you lol.
That’s my story, too, when eating little to no animal products. I tried carnivore eating, and was way better in 3 days. By 2 weeks I was a different person, and healed 90% of my “diseases” including gout and depression.
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Me too. I was lethargic and had no energy. Now I am to eating meats but mostly fish. Still eat plenty of vegetables and fruits.
I love how people think keto and carnivore are anything more than an elimination diet. Oh the pain you will experience, if you do not learn soon.
@@Hyper-Linkman I'm sorry you're so ignorant.
Peanuts are not nuts they are a legume that grows underground like potatoes. Since they also reduce all cause mortality it suggests the real factor is not in nuts but something else they both provide. For example the effect of their phytonutrients on the gut microbiome where they are known to influence bacteria that produce SFAs that are important in maintaining gut wall function.
The healthy fats are probably a factor. Fiber too.
excellent comment
I tip my hat to you good sir
you're a gentleman as well as a scholar
I assume you mean they *negatively* influence those bacteria?
peanuts have resveratrol like dark chocolate or red wine, but mulberries have the most resveratrol
@@lennartjuhh no
years ago I had high inflammation, with associated dry-eyes... I was eating nuts fro dinner, two big handfulls of mixed nuts. I did develop a kidney cyst and kidney stones. Nuts have too high Omega-6 compared to Omega-3, Omega-6 are inflammatory. I stopped eating so many nuts, and my dry eyes and general inflammation went down. So how much we eat is important. While walnuts have highest O-3, the O-6 to O-3 ration is still quite high.
It depends on the nuts-they all have different ratios. Many nuts are actually higher in monounsaturated fat aka omega 9 than omega 6 (cashews, almonds, etc).
Gets even more complex when you bring seeds into the picture too.
More probable that they had mold toxins or you are sensitive to oxalstes etc than the omega ratio causing issues.
Do not eat nuts at all.
Thanks for this comment. I changed my diet to include more beans and whole grains and my eyes went dry. I was like what the heck I'm eating healthier than I have my whole life! but maybe I really am sensitive to oxalates (i don't think it's the omega 6 because i've eaten my fair share of fried foods with no dry eye)
@@TTR83 It depends on the person. But culturing is an excellent way to increase bioavailability of nutrients and ease of digestion, as well as decrease various anti-nutrients and mold. And, if you are used to the taste of cultured foods, also increases the tastiness.
For example, I make cultured plant "cheese" with cashews, cauliflower, tapioca or cassava flour, nutritional yeast, etc. Sometimes I add plant based lactic acid after (if it is a briefer culture).
i think the conjecture that walnuts are the best is probably based on the fact that it has the highest ALA content compared to most other commonly consumed nuts (IIRC), which is a good precondition for omega 3 synthesis in the liver. (but that's just a potential mechanism)
I always enjoy Dr Greger. I appreciate your videos Nick.
Peanut butters differ massively in terms of the possible added ingredients and inclusion, or not, of the polyphenol and nutrient rich skins/pellicles. That’s what makes walnuts stand out as especially healthy too and largely because it’s so much more difficult to remove walnut pellicles.
I would be curious what would be the outcome of a study that studied peanut butter made solely out of peanuts and salt.
@@jackbuaer3828 Me too. Or comparing the results from a group eating peanut butter from skinned versus unskinned.
@@AbsenceLacksNothing True. I wish I could find an organic unblanched peanut butter in a glass jar.. My peanut butter is blanched but I only eat it twice a week at 2 tbsp a serving.
Yet, nuts seem to make squirrels to run around frantically leading to an early death from playing in the road.
..or being eaten by rednecks
I feel dumber for reading this..
and don't forget, they seem to forget all the time were they buried the nuts ! So... for them, it's not good for your memory hehe
Thanks! I've been following Dr. Michael Gregor for a long time and it's great to see him factchecked by another great channel!
I snack on mixed nuts every now and then and always have a jar in my house. I don't worry about oxalates or kidney stones at all since I ALWAYS add lemon juice to my water.
My morning breakfast consists of almonds, almond milk, oats, hemp seeds, flax seeds, and chia seeds. Looks like I'll be adding walnuts. With my morning coffee I'll have lion's mane, 100% dark chocolate powder, creatine, and vanilla flavored 10x collagen. This is in addition to a variety of supplements, daily exercise, and rigorous attempts at sleeping a full 8 hours, eating primarily chicken, fish, leafy greens, veggies, brown rice, black lentils, beans, eggs, olive oil, etc. I do everything I can to try and stay healthy because I've seen my grandparents grow up without really eating or exercising right and they just kept losing their abilities to do anything. I don't want to be like that if I live to be 90 years old. So if I can, early in my day, take care of everything my body needs to be healthy, then I can focus without regret on all the research and exploration I can do in this world.
I hope you grind the flax and chia seeds for maximum benefit.
Absolutely beautiful diet and lifestyle, keep it up!
Let's hope this won't backfire for you 🙃
🤢🤢🤢🤮
Impressive. We need more people like you, who take responsibility for preventing disease. Some suggestions: hyaluronic acid, adaptogens (rhodiola, ashwagandha, ginseng, holy basil), carotenoids, green tea.
Were they adjusted for socio economic status? Nuts are expensive. Wealthier people tend to live longer.
Green Tea should be near the top of the list... yes, there are published studies showing decreases in all-cause mortality.
Yep! 🍵
for people eating plant based, Green Tea could have diminishing returns in that regard. The proposed mechanism of action for Green Tea's longevity benefits is that Green Tea is iron-absorption blocking. Plant based diet will generally result in low-normal to normal iron anyways, thus Green Tea is less the silver bullet
@@terranblackbird6420 There are several mechanisms by which green tea could promote longevity: PMC9231383
@@terranblackbird6420 There are many identified phytochemicals such as polyphenols in green tea, and therefore several mechanisms by which it could promote longevity. Start with EGCG. Search pmc9231383.
@@presence5426 Personally, I'm giving the most potent anti-Death food award to Vinegar, and Tea, because both provide nearly zero calories. If I'm eating more tree nuts, I have to eat less bread or red meat. But I can just tack green tea on to my diet as a bonus. In that sense, tea and vinegar have a much higher efficacy:calorie ratio than tree nuts for increasing longevity, thus I think tea does deserve the spotlight.
Similarly, algae-based omega-3 supplements are likely to have a higher efficacy:calorie ratio than tree nuts RE: prevention of dementia.
Finally I'd like to point out that I'm not sure Brazil nuts are well studied for longevity - Brazil nuts may be more effective than walnuts for longevity, *BUT*, diminishing returns occur quicker with the Brazil Nuts. That is, 3 to 7 Brazil Nuts a month might be the golden gun, and a handful of walnuts a day is the silver bullet.
A serving of nuts seems to be 30 g (slightly more than 1 oz, or 28 g) The mortality graph minimum at 3 servings per week indicates that slightly less than 100 g per week is pretty optimal.
So something like one serving (30 g) every other day would bee good!
There should be more research on macadamia nuts and sardines because the palmitoleate mimics the breakdown of adipose tissue and seems to be beneficial for insulin response, cardiac adaptation, but might increase risk of fatty liver.
I've been on a budget for the last year and peanuts were my saving grace. The humble peanut packs a punch make no misteak.😥
If I was on a budget, I'd also missteak 😜
Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer .. lived to 99. I wonder if he ate them all his life?
I love peanut butter. I eat Once Again only peanuts crunchy and just eat it with a teaspoon a few times a day.
I'm curious what kinds of peanut butter were used in the studies. The more popular "no-stir" peanut butters have added foreign oils. At one time, they even used partially-hydrogenated oils (very high in trans fats). As molecules that are not only consumed as fuel, but also incorporated as cellular building material, fully-hydrogenated oils are also suspect until proven otherwise.
There is an old 5 nation study comparing foods and longevity, and cooked dry beans were the winner by a large margin. Fish came in as a distant second. Unfortunately, it doesn't come up in a google search anymore.
@Physionic You remind me of a good friend I lost. I miss him so much.
Shoot - I'm really sorry, A. I've been in that situation before. It's always present. I'm sorry you lost someone you were close to.
something that I will never forget was watching a documentary of the Kalihari Bushmen, one of the elders of the tribe was in his 70s which was inspiring, all living man are descendants of this tribe/culture dating back to 100,000 years and these tribesmen currently get about 50% of their calories from the Mongongo Nut, they're getting over 1000kcal a day and 50 grams of protien a day just from this nut
Walnuts bought even in aluminated foils are always slightly oxidized, rancid. Same for hazelnuts, less so for cashew.
Congrats, DR. I do believe this is my first tube of you as a Ph.D. l do enjoy your lens......
Your channel grew tremendously. The first time I saw you was after a shout-out by Jerry Ward (RIP) years ago! Good luck buddy
I didn't realize Jerry had passed away. Thanks for the kind words, Dean.
The most potent antideath food must be raw eggs. 4 or 5 years ago the world's oldest person died at 119. At age 19 in Italy she was diagnosed with anemia. Her Dr rxd 2 or 3 raw eggs a day. She stayed on this plan the rest of her long life.
Specifically raw?
So the experience of one person is enough to make a claim. Seriously?
Jus eanted to let tou know that I have been vegan for the past 8 years. I’ve consumed variety of nuts of course. However, I’ve developed kidney stones for the first time in my life. Quite painful indeed and had to be hospitalized. However, once I’ve stick to walnuts only and eliminated all other nuts (almonds most of all) - I have not developed kidney stones ever again 😊 Taught that it would be useful to share my personal experience on this topic.
Could also be the leafy greens as there high in oxalates as well
Wonder why my reply disappeared?
Anyways, I eat plenty of almonds and cashews, am in my mid forties and I've never had kidney stones.
But I do avoid spinach and rhubarb (and my coffee intake is relatively low, only one small cup a day, and only 5 days a week at max).
I’ve been mostly vegan aside from a period of raw fish that ended up in tapeworm hell since 1985. I’ve eaten enough macadamia nuts as my only favorite nut for decades and only eat nuts and seeds that have been soaked and sprouted first. That is the key! I’ve never had a kidney stone and I’m 56 and I drink black coffee daily since 1991!!
Great video ! keep up the good work ⭐
One wonders what type of peanut butter was being considered -- were the studies allowing typical name-brand peanut butter that contains significant amounts of sugar? or unsweetened peanut butter? There is also a question about salt, but that applies to all nuts -- it is likely that a lot of folks reporting nut consumption are including either salted or unsalted nuts, unless the studies explicitly asked about this.
The lotr segment got me well done sir
I would have guessed : Dark leafy Greens.
Good guess.
Thought the same.
I read Gregor’s book. Leafy greens was top 3 along with berries and of course nuts.
Hard to go wrong with those. I love my smoothies with kale, celery, and parsley.
@@marty5627I love leafy greens with nuts and berries drenched in buttermilk and olive oil dressing.
This is kinda classic Dr. Greger. There is some truth to what he's saying, but he tends to be heavily biased towards plant foods, overexaggerates findings and benefits, sometimes prematurily jumps to conclusions, makes things look very definitive and mixes it up with some stuff seemingly not quite supported by the research.
Great video, thanks!
First sign he has bad teeth, pop bottle glasses and bald. Enough said.
Yeah that may be but he is probably not going to be biased against peanuts
@@steelzmb4262ha don't go by his personal looks. If he got a hair transplant people would say it was because of his diet 😅
@@steelzmb4262 And he'll probably outlive you by decades!
He isn’t biased. He reviews all the nutrition science published in peer reviewed journals. He does in depth reviews that considers research design and the funding source for the research. He has a whole team of credentialed people who work on it. I suggest you look at the citations for his books and videos.
But if you don't choose walnuts - supposedly the best - could you eat more of the _other_ nuts for the same results? 🤔
Btw peanuts would be excluded just on semantics alone anyway. They're not nuts.
The answer is likely yes. Tree nuts and peanuts are consistently associated with health benefits. Other nuts, like walnuts, tend to be high in polyphenols and are associated with good health outcomes - (e.g., pecans, hazelnuts, almonds. ) Brazil Nut consumption should be limited to no more than 2 -3 Brazil Nuts per day due to the risk of getting too much selenium, which could be toxic. I eat walnuts, pecans, hazel nuts, Brazil nuts, and pumpkin seeds every day.
Just eat 14 walnut halves 3 times a week. Problem solved.
Which problem? Death?
@@nottopcat5956 I wish… lol.. the problem of figuring out the serving size..
What about weight, age and sex?
Breaking news: we are here to report the tragic death of a man who only ate 13 walnut halves 3 times a week
@@TotallyAmSam Walnuts don’t have sexes and who cares how much they weigh..
It also would be more helpful to see more detail on which types of nuts. If walnuts really are the healthiest, were there mortality studies showing walnuts compared to pistachios, almonds, cashews, pine nuts, and so forth and walnuts showed the greatest curve on the graph reducing mortality? Which nuts did worse?
Good analysis, thanks
Your Nerd of the Walnuts analogy was great.
Thank you - it just felt like the right analogy 😋
@@Physionic If you're going to cover all 8 of Dr. Greger's recommended foods, it's going to be more than a trilogy. I just looked it up: Octology.
I really don't like the "handful of nuts" designation as a legitimate measurement. What the heck does that mean? I can hold about 6 ounces of walnuts in my hand. I think "handful of nuts" should be outlawed as a measurement.
Same here!! Too many vague terms for measurement. Many, many content creators use terms for measurement. Subjective terms should never be used in science. This has always been my pet peeve!
@@brianrichards7006 I think handful is pretty good, it is not precise of course, it isn't meant to be, but it bears at least some dose correlation to body shape/size.
It’s still less than the cup suggested as the maximum. So unless you have hands the size of trash can lids like Rubeus Hagrid, I think you’re good. 😅
IT'S ACTUALLY A MEASUREMENT OF ONE OUNCE IN A HANDFUL
GET A CHEAP SCALE FROM HARBOR FREIGHT AND EDUCATE YOURSELF
@@paulhailey2537 gee calm down
I can confirm the kidney stone risk... stupid me added nuts (a lot of them) to my daily meals without doing any research and i ended up with kidney stones...
If you look up the bioavailability of oxalates in oxalate rich food, most are in the 1 percentile. Almonds are the only ones that may need to be boiled as its oxalate content is more absorbable compared to the rest, but it is still usually around 10%. You can even consume foods with citric acid like lemon as this compound helps prevent oxalate crystal formation.
me too!
Apparantly calcium mitigates against oxalates and almonds are high in calcium
"If you eat or drink calcium-rich foods at the same time, they can help your body handle oxalate without turning it into a kidney stone. So pair your spinach salad with low-fat cheese. Or mix nuts or berries into yogurt. Drinking milk does not cause kidney stones.
Salt. If you eat a lot of sodium, which is an ingredient in salt, that raises the amount of calcium in your urine. Once you finish eating, any extra oxalate “sticks” to calcium in the kidneys. That can produce stones. So limit canned foods, packaged meats, fast foods, and condiments in your diet."-webmd
I wish i can give better sources but this is yt commenting...
The kidney stones were likely caused by animal products. You can also listen to the idiots talking about oxalates, but to your own detriment, because they haven't done their due diligence.
Peanuts are very high in lectins, and could be cause the for leaky gut. I buy almonds blanced and roast them myself. The skin causes osteoporosis. You are awesome!
That was such a humorous beginning to your video! I'm still laughing.
Laughter decreases mortality by 600000%
@@Physionic Hence the phrase "laugh in the face of death".
The entire video is about eating nuts. Their is nothing funny about that. NOTHING, AT ALL.
@@PhysionicOf course this number can change dramatically if you’re eating nuts at the same time!😀
With your reference to Lord of the Rings, I’m now ready for second breakfast.
Haha
Don't forget elevensies!
Some of us who are whole food plant based want to know if too many nuts are detrimental- is it that more doesn’t add benefit or is it the case that too many nuts are harmful?
If you are at risk for kidney stones, too much is definitely too much. Also, because they're pretty high calorie foods, eating too many nuts may contribute to unwanted weight gain.
I mean, if we are just looking for correlation I'm guessing something expensive like caviar would reduce all-cause mortality the most 😅
Almonds aren't nuts, but seeds.
None the less, I like almonds, and am happy they were included in this research :)
Aren't nuts seeds?
All nuts, grains, legumes, beans are seeds
With Dr.Gregor's entire reason for choosing the profession he is in, I can understand his giddiness when any positive news comes out reinforcing his plant-based diet theory. I believe his heart is definitely in the right place, but as others in the comment section have mentioned, he does prematurely jump to conclusions, either with the belief that further research will end up proving him right, or he is just attempting to get people to eat healthier by semi-dubious means.
I've followed dr greger many years. He's got a lot of good research. Thanks for confirming.
Dr Gregor rocks 🙌🏽
Peanut butter may be oxidized also it often has additives including salt and sometimes hydrogenated oils
I enjoy Dr Greger and have found his advice very helpful over the years
I really like how the color coming from the lower right matches the colors on the piece of art. Looks so good. I eat assorted nuts every day! I do wonder about oxalates though...
I thought I went a little overboard - I think I'm going to scale back a bit, otherwise I'll turn into a Jigglypuff.
@@PhysionicI absolutely love it, but I might be more deeply affected by visuals.
A 1/4 cup of walnuts contains 2.5 grams of ALA (Alpha-lipoic acid) more than eight times the amount found in the next highest nut which is good news for our heart health and in reducing inflammation.
I started making my nuts butters in order to soak the nuts( to get rid of the oxalates ),then rinse and toast to get rid of all the water. Got what seemed a very convenient coffee grinder but it only lasted to make about 50 jars due to its low power ..but the butters were absolutely awesome
You should keep of the analogies - they truly do enlighten or more so lighten up the discussion.
"I'll take a pound of nuts, please."
I eat peanuts regularly, but I'm allergic to "true" nuts. I'd like to know exactly what caused nut allergies, since they seem to have only existed for the past forty years.
Well I've heard one suggestion..
The special thing about walnuts is that the omega 3 and 6 vitamins, linolenic and linoleic acids, are in good balance. Most nuts are high in O6 and therefor promote inflammation.
Promote inflammation or are less anti-inflammatory?
@@CharlieFader O3 is anti inflammatory and o6 is pro inflammatory. Hence the need to balance them. A certain amount of inflammation is normal for immune function and o6 helps makes that happen.
@@autohypnotic6750 well that’s the theory, but which studies have shown that the rest of the nuts actually raise inflammation?
@@CharlieFader I've studied the linoleic/linolenic ratios of the nuts using the USDA Nutrient Database so I know that almost all all have high ratios compared to the 7:1 or less recommended by all the health gurus. English Walnuts (not black) have a ratio of 4.2, while almonds are 2000. Some nuts have such small amounts that they wouldn't alter the inflammation level. I also saw a study which documented that linoleic O6 raised the CD4 white cell count and that's a marker of inflammation. That was decades ago and I have no reference for it.
@@autohypnotic6750 I’m well aware of the ratios, but I don’t think there’s any paper showing higher inflammation in humans from consuming nuts.
Hemp seeds, wich are technically nuts as well, might be as good as walnuts, but less studied because if the ban on canabis products.
I feel like if you want to understand where we cites studies you have to look at the specific videos where he breaks the specific food in question down. He almost always cites studies in those videos. He has one where he explains his issues with peanut butter.
If you’re talking about Dr. Gregor, yeah he always site studies. And he seems to always ignore studies that either don’t support the claims or use other foods. I’d liked him for a long time, but when I started having blood glucose issues after over a year of nearly, all plant food, high fiber, whole food diet my A1c went up. I started looking at other stuff and found that they were completely different orientations and studies propounding very different programs. They’re probably biased too, but the point is everybody to some degree cherry picks.
@ I’m not certain what your particular grievance is, but if you have specific concerns about a study, I’d suggest addressing them directly with him during his weekly live conversations. It’s important not to conflate “cherry picking” with the critical discretion involved in setting aside lower-quality studies. He’s openly stated that not all research holds equal weight, and his choices reflect a reasoned commitment to rigor rather than selective omission.
Nuts are not processed - go organic. Go Organic with everything. Grow whatever you can.
Re: Walnuts and Pecans - you need to search for cancer studies. Unfortunately the one I am aware of is ex vivo, but this would be an excelling rabbit-hole to fall into.
Good stuff. I see Dr Greger’s work as a sort of cursory encyclopedic run through of the literature on plant based nutrition. He gets a lot of hate bc people hate vegans, but he’d be the first to tell you that he isn’t perfect, and he is very open to changing his mind, which he does so pretty openly.
I think his work has value as an introduction, similar to Wikipedia.
Hate is a strong word. I do think that many people certainly would prefer to not get stuck sitting next to an obnoxious vegan activist though. Same goes for the fundamentalist Christians and the Amway/MLM folks. Live the way you want but leave me alone!!!
@@jackschitt6235 Don't forget us carnivores can be annoying 😁
He gets push back because he's wrong and bases his advice on his ideology not human biochemistry. People in general don't hate vegans, I have zero issue with someone that chooses to not eat meat because of their personal morals. What they put in their bodies doesn't affect me and is none of my business. I take issue with vegans lying about health and nutrition especially in the "science" space in an effort to trick people in order to impose their ideology on them and causing them harm doing so.
@@jackschitt6235 He's not obnoxious just overenthusiastic. You are obviously one of those vegan haters. I'm not a vegan but I fail to understand the hate from carnivore/keto/paleo types. Possibly Greger is just the kid who pointed out the truth about the emperor's new clothes and that's why he gets all the hate?
@@tomgoff7887 I think it's more likely that he was the one who told the teacher who misbehaved while they were off doing something else.
Macadamia nuts are S tier and pistachios.
The only two nuts that I eat these days👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Where do you get macadamias that aren’t half rancid? No matter which brand I buy and how far out the expiration date is, I always seem to get 25-50% rancid ones and if I eat even one it totally ruins my appetite and I can’t eat any more for weeks.
@@tarabooartarmy3654 How do you know if their rancid? What's the sign?
@@JesusGarcia-Digem the taste. When you bite into a rancid nut it tastes significantly different. They have almost a musty/moldy taste and smell like old cooking oil. I’ve heard some people don’t taste much difference, but I definitely do.
Their data on walnut has been out for a very long time, the father/son MD duo. Very clear and causal. It’s been a staple in the longevity community for awhile
I always have a few walnuts before a meal, as it reduces the sugar spike from carbs etc, ever since I was prediabetic 12 months ago.
Along with reducing sugar/carbs, and eating more fruit and healthier fats, I am back to normal levels now 😊
Did you actually test your blood before and after and compare eating the walnuts and not eating walnuts? I just asked because I’ve been through a couple of years of testing different theories out there and found many of them are not reinforced in my body. It’s been frustrating. I know my age has something to do with it because I’m 71. But I honestly don’t believe anything from studies that look at general results. And I worry for people who make their eating choices that way after I’d say age 65.
@oolala53 i certainly did, which is why I mentioned it, usually eat a couple of walnut halves before a carb snack etc.
Also before my MAIN meal of day, especially if it includes carbs, I often drink a pint of water with a tablespoon of white wine vinegar stirred in, before the meal, and that definitely reduces my spike afterwards when testing.
Also helps to eat veg 1st followed by meat, then potatoes/ rice/ pasta after, this also means I can have a sweet desert safely after if so desire.
Note that the percentage of deaths for "tree nuts" is double that of "all nuts". Why? What are tree nuts, and which ones create 2x the death rate?
As others have mentioned peanuts are not actually nuts. They are legumes. Peanuts in particular also have problems with mycotoxins depending on how they're stored.
But then again cashews are not nuts either. Our analysis of different groups of foods is complicated by the fact that we group foods inconsistently. For example, if you're asking people how many servings of vegetables they eat and they answer based on the assumption that the reading a lot of tomato sauce and ketchup, which aside from being very different from eating whole tomatoes is also not a vegetable it's a fruit. Cucumbers and squash are also fruits. Does it make sense from a research perspective to lump butternut squash in the same category that you do broccoli?
The peanut butter paradox is not too much of a paradox. Most of what Americans consume as peanut butter is actually a processed food containing sugar and various cheap omega-6 rich oils if not hydrogenated oils containing trans fats that would likely offset to some degree if not entirely any health benefits.
Another thing that's never mentioned is raw vs soaked vs roasted nuts. Roasted nuts are probably the worst (but also the tastiest, unfortunately, as is anything roasted/baked), as is anything roasted/baked due to the formation of AGEs. As for soaking, does that reduce some of the oxalates and lectins? What form is the healthiest?
4:15 no adjustment for socioeconomic status?
Nope
Peanut butter? Pure peanut butter vs. corn syrup and hydrogenated oil Jiff Skippy and that sort of garbage?
Perhaps peanuts in their intact form are exposed to less oxidation (just the surface area)?
@ottomondo1368 update: Certain compounds like resveratrol and polyphenols which peanuts have are known to be fairly sensitive to oxygen and oxidation.
My mother ate almond butter and cashews a lot (but didn't overdo it). She lived to 90.
And while we're on the subject of oxalates, please do a video on oxalate intake and the effects it has. Is oxalates a "thing", do we have to watch level of consumption or can one basically throw caution to the wind for the amounts of oxalate consumption. It would be very interesting to get your take on this matter. Thanks
If your gut lining and mucous lining were tightly closed, would oxalates be getting into the bloodstream? Oxalates is supposed to get broken down in the gut by enzymes and bacteria. So in essence, it’s a gut issue/s
I see walnuts as ok sources of potassium, magnesium, protein, B6, ALA. However, I personally find nuts easy to overeat, not satiating for the calories consumed and cause me to gain weight. I wonder if there is something else to nuts besides the nutrients mentioned above that reduces all cause mortality. Otherwise for me, I think there are better sources for these nutrients.
Interesting given previous data suggested lowering sodium by replacing table salt with potassium chloride improved all cause mortality. Seems most people eat salted nuts. Presumably that is what studies we measuring?
Good question. Dr Greger does advise eating unsalted nuts. But if the studies were measuring salted nuts, and there was still a health benefit, just imagine how healthy unsalted nuts are.
Walnuts are typically eaten raw, not roasted right?
Yes, that is certainly how you're supposed to eat them. Avoid added salt as well.
@@k.h.6991see, most nuts are roasted and could be a factor (AGE's)
If Nut wasn't _the_ almighty food, why would it be part of the word Nutrition?!? 🤯 I think Dr Greger might be onto something
I guess there is a reason Planters has a product called NUT-rition. 😊
Why are oils and fats, which are lubricates, considered bad for leaky gut while abrasive substances like nuts, seeds and grains are not?
Phytic acid
A plant substance found in the hulls of nuts, seeds, and grains, phytic acid binds to minerals like zinc, iron, calcium, magnesium, and copper, making them difficult for the body to absorb
Giving a percent in relative risk reduction is pretty meaningless to most people. Why don’t you convert that to total number of days of life expectancy. A similar game is played when relative risk is used for touting Statins. When you look at the average life expectancy increase for using a statin, it’s only about 2 days for each year of statin use. In other words it’s fairly meaningless.
It's a comparison between risk of dying if you eat nuts and if you don't, at different ages.
That's an absolute risk, not a relative risk.
I think it would be possible to give the difference in life expectancy from the same kind of data.
But this was a meta-study. The individual studies can't have had enough data to do that. So the meta-study couldn't get that directly from them.
If one had the data from all these studies in one study, it might be possible to get the difference in life expentency.
But that's just my guess.
A very rough guesstimate would be something like 80% of the absolute risk. Based on the slope of these curves I've seen.
It's like having two curves wher you know the vertical difference between them, but like to know the horizontal difference, an the slope of them is more than 45°, therefore about 20% less.
I find any more than three small handsful of almonds per week drives inflammation. I can get away with more if they are blanched. Hazels similarly. Macadamias are fine. I eat a few daily. I can't say that Greger inspires as any picture of health, though, frankly.
Clear skin, few wrinkles, bright eyes, bubbly disposition, and walks on a treadmill during livestreams without getting even the least bit out of breath. Dr. Greger seems perfectly healthy to me.
Nuts and seeds contain phytic acid, and an enzyme removing it when soaked
Soaking them for 8 - 24 hours removes most of it.
The purpose of the phytic acid is to bind minerals, until the seed grows.
I guess soaking the nuts makes them less agressive to the intestines, so less inflammatory.
Maybe even more nutritious too.
For the same reason dough should be fermented as long as it used to be with old-fashioned baking.
@@tarabooartarmy3654 he has pallid skin, is skinny-fat, & needs to be constantly gently strolling on a treadmill to mitigate his excessively carb laden diet (I'd hate to be dr Greger's treadmill technician). I've never seen him do anything to warrant a sedentary person get out of breath. He looks sickly & much older than his 50 or so yrs. He's probably aware he's on borrowed time after his mate mcgregor shuffled off recently, but he's too literally fiscally invested to back down. Did he even finish his internship?🤔
@@larsnystrom6698 yes, those germination inhibitors inhibit our own enzymes, too!
One should control for income and net worth as nuts are expensive. This would also help to explain why peanuts are an exception as they are cheap.
And they are not nuts. They have much higher carbohydrate content, then authentic nuts for one thing.
I think that the beneficial effect of peanuts will also depend vastly on if they are eaten with their skin or not since it's probably where most of the polyphenols are so you'd better be sure that the skin was preserved before you buy peanut butter. I suppose it's linked to the reason why Mr Greger pretends that peanut butter is less beneficial than peanuts. He also suggested that whole peanuts have a kind of prebiotic effect because they are digested more slowly but it didn't convince me at all especially considering that fibers and polyphenols from the skin also have a prebiotic effect.
I'm still left wondering what it is about nuts that give them their benefit. Are the components that provide nuts their benefit available elsewhere? Do they only work in combination as a nut? What about people with nut allergies? Their mortality rate eating nuts would be higher, yeah? Do the properties of nuts and their mortality benefits outweigh other protocols like multivitamins, exercise, or sleep? A cool video idea might be to make a list of the 25 most impactful variables of mortality and rank them based on their efficacy.
I eat pistachios, macadamia Brazil and almond nuts most days
So I wonder if this is because of the fibre effect, the small particles of chewed nuts that act as a stiff broom through the digestive system … or if it is the fats, minerals, vitamins etc? Probably a combination effect.
I reckon a wide mix of nuts, spreading strengths of each, is optimal, keeping walnuts highest quantity.
Peas, beans, brassica, nuts, beets, and purple berries, you'll find.
I'm stocking up on anti-death food now 🤣
What if the addition of fat and fiber helps control insulin and providing those in similar amounts provides the same results.
2 of my favorite people talking about one of my favorite foods!
The claim was ‘the MOST potent compared to any other food groups and that wasn’t shown. The data just said that it’s associated with a reduction to all cause mortality. He/you didn’t compare it to other food groups.
I said that, too
Point of logic: The notion of 'all-cause mortality' with reference to eating walnuts would be more accurately expressed by 'all-cause mortality - W' where W = death by choking on walnuts.
Any thoughts on this study? Did you review this public med article and I missed it? Iron-(Fe3+)-Dependent
Reactivation of Telomerase
Drives Colorectal Cancers
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Pecans , pistachios, pine nuts, flax seeds , macadamia 💪🔥💪
My favourite
Huh?
You forgot the healthiest one. ….. walnuts.
Why compare nuts to peanut butter? Compare peanuts to other legumes!
Dr greger's speaking style always cracks me up 😅
I have a sneaking suspicion he's hiding a speech impediment. His speech patterns would mimic stuttering if it weren't for his body moving, too. So, yeah, I think he's a stutterer.
This research is nuts! 😆
Seems strange that the research on nut consumption does not distinguish between different types of nuts, or the form (salted, roasted, raw) of the nuts. For instance, a handful of brazil nuts every day will give you selenium poisoning, pistachios are high in B6 and melatonin, and cashew nuts are very high in AGEs.
Walnuts have the best omega 3/6 ratio
Red meat, liver, or eggs should be the real answer.
Many people I know who are chronic nut eaters are skinnyfat with diverticulitis.
Because nuts are fattening food. It doesn't make stronger but only fat.
What absolute carnivore diet crap.
Nuts are so delicious major risk factor: overeating. Make sure have discipline not to overeat before consumption 🎉
Nuts are consumed by wealthier people. This group lives longer lives.