What is the Mediterranean Diet and Why Does it Work?

I always felt that food quality, sun exposer and a overall relaxed lifestyle were the main drivers in certain Mediterranean populations have a high life expectancy. Many have gotten way too technical with the Mediterranean diet as the sole source of their longevity, and lost sight of the type of lives those people are living

The fact that although we have the data that those man made oils are poisonous in the long run, they are still allowed to be used in and sold for human consumption is a crime against humanity. It’s only cheaper to consume them instead of real fat in the short term cause in the long run we pay for it in the form of healthcare, lost productivity and lower quality of life.

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Great video!

Banger vid, as always 😎

Makes sense to me! Presumably, also the high seafood part helps since it is so nutrient dense and high in protein + the omega 3s (although ik you have mentioned even 3s can be inflammatory if consumed in excess, I think that is not happening here). Do y'all think that seed oils and grain fed livestock could be the main confounding variable behind the research saying saturated fat is bad because the omega 6s that come with it are so terrible? Also, interested if you really think its more so omega 6s that are causing insulin resistance over excess carbs and sugar. That is what it seemed based on the bitter truth video, but that seems odd to me as the amount of insulin people would be flooding into their body with modern carb consumption seems problematic. After the keto video, you mentioned having something between keto and the recommended amount of grains (which you mentioned was ridiculous). On the other hand, maybe you think the problem resulting from things like grains is also real, but results more so from antinutrients and constant rather than excess carbs (never getting into a fasted state). Also, would love to hear more about what y'all eat/your experience. Ik that was a lot, anyway, great video! :)

You from Jersey? You have a pretty distinct accent

So are peanuts bad then?

Just went to your patreon to see if you sat anything about your credentials, but it says nothing. Can you tell us what your background is?

Weren't there Egyptian mummies detected to have had atherosclerosis? Also Inuits dating back 500 years? It's hard to say what the Egyptians ate, but it's safe to assume the Inuits got plenty of Omega 3s, it makes sense they would face these problems from the pro-inflammatory model. Many populations might have had the same problem back then because they consumed plenty of unsaturated fats, seed oils are not the only source after all, the issue with identifying this is analyzing centuries old bodies for obvious reasons, but mummies made this possible. Maybe heart disease was unheard of because of lack of diagnosis? I see this info regurgitated way too much and honestly I can't believe it, even if I mostly agree with the people who mention it. Back then, when an old man died? "Whatever, he just died because he is old, even young people die for seemingly no reason". People died for trivial reasons from now easily treatable diseases, so I really find this point hard to believe, since heart disease if much more tenacious and we are plagued by it even with modern medicine to aid us. Ray Peat, with all due respect to him, unfortunately passed from a stroke it seems, but it's easy to dismiss that as "he was 86". 86 is pretty good and well above the average, he also retained pretty amazing cognition until his unfortunate demise, but still, a stroke is a stroke, it's part of the human condition to decay and naive to think heart disease can be avoided completely. IMO a bio-energetic approach helps quite a lot with healthspan and possibly to some extent lifespan, but people won't be making it to the 100s based on this approach alone, genetics have to be there (and might even outperform lifestyle choices).

Is what I always say. A whole foods diet low in omega-6 polyunsaturated fats is what's important. Plant based, or animal based doesn't matter, with a few caveats. Animal based is more nutrient dense, and more bio available. Plant based is more likely to have health issues, such as allergy and auto immunity due to plant toxins and sensitivity to plant proteins. But most could be perfectly healthy on a plant based diet. Just one could be a bit healthier if they incorporated some animal products. Another major concern of mine is the excess omega-6 found in farmed monogastric animals, which most are unaware. This originates from their poor diet of grains, seeds, and beans. The US population probably gets as much or more Linoleic acid from chicken and pork as they do vegetable oils. It's as bad as canola if I recall. This factor, which is avoidable, if not avoided, could tilt diets in favor of plant based, assuming it wasn't dominated by seeds and beans.

Fell for the kool-aid again...

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