Deconstructing Dr. Steven Gundry

Thank God you did this so I don't have to. 👏 Great job. Now I can send the zillion questions I get about him to this episode. 🙏

"The real divide is between storytelling and scientific evidence-based content". Excellent explanation and dissection of the "story telling" phenomena. Once every school graduate would be able to define what is science and the scientific method, the world would be a much better place.

I think that you’re kinda a light that clears our path. Never seen on a social media this level of kindness mixed with professionality and crystal clear explanations, backed up by evidences. God bless you Man.

You hit the nail on the head with the grandiosity complex red flag. People should always be very suspicious of doctors who have solutions to every medical problem. Only those with a healthy dose of unhealthy narcissism, who are in it form themselves, the money and fame, make those claims.

I can't stop admiring how rigorous but also polite your approach is. Feels like people that aren't interested in nutrition at all will still benefit greatly from watching your videos like this one.

Gundry has always struck me as someone clearly driven by profit: 1. advocate a moderately healthy diet but give it some new “hooks” that make it appear unique to him and him alone, thereby solidifying an audience/customers; 2. advocate a complementary, “holistic” approach to supplementation that—surprise, surprise—he just so happens to sell himself. They may help, and they probably won’t hurt, so hey! what have you got to lose? Don’t you want to give your body the best chance to heal itself that it deserves? And to make it easy, we have a subscription plan!

Dr. Gundry, I have a wild idea on how to avoid lectins: don't eat raw uncooked dry beans....

Excellent video, as always, Gil. Humbled to be mentioned, but more importantly, I love your point about story telling - it’s absolutely spot on.

The fact Gundry has TV commercials is spooky. Health misinformation is running rampant

As a biochem graduate with a career in teaching chemistry, I heard a few of Dr Gundry's claims, saw your heading for the video and knew this was the place to come to. Excellent, as usual. I enjoyed that - thanks

"I had this thing on my back and it went away," If that doesn't sum up the nutrition advice out there, I don't know what does. Thank you for helping us all keep our cools in the midst of absolute insanity.

Dr. Gundry sells various "health" supplements on his website. That's what he is about. Critical thinking is so important in life. I remember when the "infomercial" was introduced. People in lab coats, calling everyone "doctor" (doctor of what? There are online programs to obtain doctorate degrees in useless subjects). Critical thinking SHOULD be taught in high school.

This is perfect. Dr Gundry will come and go, as all of us will. But his particular brand of storytelling will never go away.

I’m sorry - I had to laugh out loud when Gundry said that the Sardinian men live longer because they smoke. LOL😂

Many people are captivated by alternate facts these days.

On your last point, Plant Chompers talks it about that frequently, too. Plant Chompers talks about how the loudest, most contrarian and most sensationalistic diet books often seem to top the best seller list, while those that are less so, are very low on the sales list. For example, Walter Willett's book Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy got the highest score on Red Pen Reviews, yet didn't sell well, one main reason being because it's not sensationalistic, and just sticks to the science...Yet books like Gundry's, which scored way lower on Red Pen, had much higher sales. And btw, the lowest scored book on Red Pen: Paul Saladino's book, The Carnivore Code.... And this just doesn't apply to books, but of course, all over social media. On Youtube, people lIke Eric Berg have a huge amount of followers compared to your channel....that's a big problem! (It should be the other way around)

You are an exception Gil! You are a doctor who is science-based and knowledgeable, but also a good “story teller” who connects with your audience. Keep up the good work please! Your videos are always very informative.

You have some of the best content on YouTube - a clear way of explaining things, engaging, and you're never offensive, just matter of fact (IMO).

So glad to have my field represented by luminaries like Gundry and Malhotra (and BM Hegde for the Indians)

I like how he briefly pinpointed the flaw of influencers, stating something as good or bad as fact, then often times then seen as more knowledgeable or confident. That's such a big thing in social media communication. Kudos for throwing that nugget in there.