Dr. Anthony Chaffee - 'Plants are trying to kill you!'
Summary
TLDRIn this provocative talk titled 'Plants are trying to kill you,' the speaker discusses the evolutionary arms race between plants and animals, highlighting how plants produce toxins and defense chemicals to deter consumption. The speaker argues that many common foods contain harmful substances, such as lectins, cyanide, and hormone disruptors, which can lead to chronic diseases. Emphasizing the importance of understanding plant toxins, the talk challenges the conventional wisdom of a plant-based diet and suggests that a diet focused on meat and water may offer significant health benefits, aligning with the natural diet of our ancestors.
Takeaways
- ๐ฟ Plants have developed a variety of chemical defenses to deter consumption, including toxins and anti-nutrients.
- ๐ฒ Many common vegetables and fruits contain natural carcinogens and other harmful substances intended to protect the plants from being eaten.
- ๐งฌ The evolutionary arms race between plants and animals has led to plants becoming more poisonous and animals developing specific adaptations to consume certain plants.
- ๐ฅ A diet consisting primarily of meat and water can provide all necessary nutrients without the need for plant-based foods, as evidenced by various populations and historical examples.
- โ ๏ธ Certain plant compounds, such as lectins, can have negative health effects, including binding to insulin and leptin receptors, potentially leading to overeating and weight gain.
- ๐ซ The consumption of plant-based foods can lead to various health issues, including autoimmune diseases, hormonal disruptions, and inflammation.
- ๐ฑ The bioavailability of nutrients in plants is often reduced by the presence of anti-nutrients like phytates, oxalates, and tannins, which can bind to minerals and prevent absorption.
- ๐ Some plants can cause photosensitivity, leading to skin damage when exposed to sunlight, as seen with furanocoumarins found in certain fruits and vegetables.
- ๐ Nightshade plants, including potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers, produce a toxin called solanine, which can be harmful if not properly prepared or consumed in large quantities.
- ๐ The script suggests that many chronic diseases treated with medications may actually be symptoms of plant toxicities and malnutrition, indicating a need to reconsider the role of plant-based foods in our diets.
Q & A
What is the provocative title of the speaker's talk and what does it imply?
-The title of the speaker's talk is 'Plants are trying to kill you'. It implies that plants have natural defenses, including toxins, to deter animals from eating them, which can be harmful to humans if consumed unknowingly.
Why do plants produce toxins and other defense chemicals?
-Plants produce toxins and other defense chemicals as a survival mechanism. They cannot run away or fight back like animals, so they use these chemicals to deter herbivores and pathogens from consuming them.
What is the evolutionary arms race mentioned in the context of plants and animals?
-The evolutionary arms race refers to the ongoing process where plants evolve to become more poisonous to deter animals, and animals, in turn, evolve to become more resistant to specific plant toxins, allowing them to eat those plants without harm.
How did the speaker's study of cancer biology influence their dietary choices?
-The speaker learned about the presence of numerous carcinogens in plants during a cancer biology course. This knowledge, along with the understanding that plants use defense chemicals to protect themselves, led the speaker to adopt a diet primarily consisting of meat and water.
What are some examples of plant defense chemicals mentioned in the talk?
-Examples of plant defense chemicals mentioned include lectins, cyanide, phytates, tannins, oxalates, hormone disruptors, nutrient blockers, and nightshades.
Why do some animals like pandas and koalas have a very specific diet?
-Pandas and koalas have a very specific diet because they have evolved to consume plants that are toxic to other animals. They have adapted to the specific poisons in their food, allowing them to survive and thrive on a limited range of plant species.
What is the significance of the research conducted by Professor Bruce Ames from Berkeley?
-Professor Bruce Ames conducted research that revealed the presence of thousands of natural toxins in plants, including carcinogens. His work highlighted that plants and vegetables contain significantly more natural pesticides and carcinogens than the industrial pesticides used on them.
How do lectins potentially contribute to health issues?
-Lectins can bind to carbohydrates on the surface of cells, potentially causing damage. They can also interfere with insulin and leptin receptors, leading to metabolic issues such as insulin resistance and obesity. Additionally, lectins are implicated in conditions like Parkinson's disease and autoimmune diseases.
What is the potential danger of cyanogenic glycosides found in certain plants like cassava and bitter almonds?
-Cyanogenic glycosides release cyanide when the plant tissue is damaged. Consuming these compounds can lead to acute cyanide poisoning, which can be lethal. Long-term exposure to even low levels of cyanide can cause serious thyroid and neurological damage.
What is the speaker's perspective on the role of plant toxins in modern diseases?
-The speaker suggests that many chronic diseases are actually a result of plant toxicities and malnutrition, rather than diseases per se. They argue that the focus should be on identifying and removing these toxins to allow the body to heal naturally, rather than treating the symptoms with medications.
Outlines
๐ฑ Plants' Defensive Mechanisms
The speaker introduces the topic by discussing how plants, like animals, have developed defenses to protect themselves from being eaten. While animals can physically escape or fight, plants use chemicals and toxins as their primary defense mechanisms. These chemicals can be harmful to humans and other animals, emphasizing that not all plants are safe to consume. The speaker aims to provoke thought on the hidden dangers in our food.
๐ Categories of Plant Defenses
The speaker lists various chemicals used by plants for defense, such as lectins, cyanide, phytates, tannins, oxalates, hormone disruptors, and nutrient blockers. He highlights that these chemicals can cause serious health issues, ranging from minor discomfort to severe diseases like cancer. The speaker stresses that understanding these plant defenses is crucial for making informed dietary choices.
๐ Evolutionary Arms Race
The speaker explains the evolutionary arms race between plants and animals. Plants have become more poisonous to deter predators, while animals have adapted to tolerate specific toxins. He shares his personal experience of adopting a meat-only diet for health reasons, influenced by his studies in cancer biology, which revealed numerous carcinogens in common vegetables.
๐ฆ Animal-Plant Symbiosis
The speaker elaborates on the symbiotic relationships between certain plants and animals, such as the cassowary bird and specific fruits. He describes how some plants have evolved to be consumed by specific animals, aiding in seed dispersal. The discussion includes examples of how various animals have highly specialized diets to avoid plant toxins.
๐ฟ Natural vs. Industrial Toxins
The speaker references Professor Bruce Ames' research, showing that natural plant toxins are significantly more abundant and carcinogenic than industrial pesticides. He argues that the misconception of vegetables being universally healthy needs to be challenged, as many contain harmful compounds that can affect human health severely.
๐ฅฆ Lectins and Health Issues
The speaker discusses lectins, a type of protein found in many plants that can bind to carbohydrates on cell surfaces, potentially causing various health issues. He mentions research and books highlighting the dangers of lectins, such as their role in obesity, insulin resistance, and autoimmune diseases. The speaker points out how removing lectins from the diet can lead to significant health improvements.
๐ฅ Cyanogenic Glycosides
The speaker talks about cyanogenic glycosides, which release cyanide when plant tissues are damaged. He highlights the dangers of consuming cassava root and bitter almonds, which contain these compounds. He emphasizes the need for proper processing to reduce toxicity and notes the serious health risks associated with long-term exposure to even low levels of cyanide.
๐ฅ Nutrient Blockers and Digestive Inhibitors
The speaker explains how certain compounds in plants can block nutrient absorption and inhibit digestive enzymes. He mentions protease inhibitors in soy and wheat, which hinder protein digestion, and phytates, which bind to minerals and prevent their absorption. The speaker argues that these factors should be considered when determining recommended daily allowances for nutrients.
๐ Photosensitivity and Plant Toxins
The speaker describes how some plant compounds, like furano coumarins in limes and celery, can cause photosensitivity, leading to severe skin burns upon exposure to sunlight. He provides examples of how these compounds have affected agricultural workers and livestock, illustrating the hidden dangers in commonly consumed plants.
๐ถ Nightshades and Traditional Knowledge
The speaker discusses nightshades, such as potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers, which contain solanine, a toxic compound. He highlights traditional practices for reducing toxicity, like peeling and cooking, and notes that many people are unaware of these risks. He warns about the dangers of consuming green or sprouted potatoes, which have higher solanine levels.
๐ผ The Poison Garden
The speaker shares a story about a garden in England that cultivates toxic plants, some of which can be lethal upon close contact. He uses this example to illustrate the potent defense mechanisms of plants and the potential risks they pose to humans, even in small quantities.
๐ Nutrient Bioavailability in Plants vs. Meat
The speaker argues that while plants contain nutrients, they are not as bioavailable as those in meat. He suggests revising dietary guidelines to reflect the differences in nutrient absorption and highlights historical and modern examples of populations thriving on meat-based diets. The speaker asserts that many chronic diseases are due to plant toxins and advocates for a reevaluation of our dietary habits.
๐ Reconsidering Chronic Diseases
The speaker concludes by proposing that many chronic diseases are not true diseases but toxicities caused by plant consumption. He criticizes the medical community for not recognizing this and emphasizes the need to treat the root causeโplant toxinsโrather than just managing symptoms. The speaker calls for a shift in dietary recommendations to reduce the burden of illness caused by plant toxins.
Mindmap
Keywords
๐กPlant Defenses
๐กLectins
๐กCyanide
๐กPhytates
๐กHormone Disruptors
๐กNutrient Blockers
๐กPhotosensitivity
๐กNightshades
๐กMitochondrial Damage
๐กToxin Theory of Modern Disease
Highlights
Plants have evolved various defense chemicals to deter consumption, including toxins.
Most plants in the world are inedible due to these defense chemicals.
Plants and animals are in an evolutionary arms race, with plants becoming more poisonous and animals adapting to specific poisons.
Lectins, which are proteins found in many plants, can have negative health effects, including binding to insulin and leptin receptors.
Certain plants contain high levels of carcinogens, such as Brussels sprouts with over 136 identified human carcinogens.
Plants use cyanide as a defense mechanism, which can be harmful or lethal to humans if consumed in large quantities.
Nightshades, including potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers, produce solanine, a toxin that can be harmful if not properly prepared.
Plants contain natural pesticides that can be more harmful than industrial pesticides.
Plants can cause a variety of adverse health effects, including acute poisoning and long-term damage to the immune, reproductive, or nervous systems.
Phytates in plants can bind to minerals, preventing their absorption and utilization by the body.
Fiber in plants can act as a barrier to the absorption of nutrients, potentially contributing to malnutrition.
Hormone disruptors found in plants, such as phytoestrogens, can mimic estrogen and disrupt hormonal balance.
Plants can cause photosensitivity, leading to skin damage when exposed to sunlight.
The speaker advocates for a diet primarily consisting of meat and water, citing personal health benefits and historical examples.
The speaker suggests that many chronic diseases may be a result of plant toxicities and malnutrition, rather than diseases themselves.
The speaker argues for a re-examination of recommended daily allowances (RDAs) due to the impact of plant toxins on nutrient absorption.
The speaker calls for a paradigm shift in medical practice, focusing on removing toxins and allowing the body to heal naturally, rather than treating symptoms.
Transcripts
[Music]
thank you
okay well thank you very much for that
kind introduction thank you all for
having me here the title of my talk is
uh plants are trying to kill you which
of course is a very provocative uh title
and and is meant to be but it's just
it's trying to make people think about
you know obviously this can this uh uh
this community knows full well about the
the danger of carbohydrates how this
changes us metabolically and physically
and biologically can cause a lot of harm
but we need to remember as well that
there are other chemicals and toxins
that exist in the food that we eat they
can also cause harm
so uh let's take a think about this okay
so just botany 101 plants are living
organisms and they like to stay living
organisms if you eat them they die and
so they have defenses just like any
other living organism and while animals
can run away or fight back plants can't
and so they use a lot of different
things but poison is one of their main
deterrents they use these defense
chemicals to poison the animals that are
trying to eat them and they have
hundreds of different ones geared
towards different animals insects and
pathogens that are trying to eat them
this is why most plants in the world are
inedible we sort of know this
intuitively if you got lost in the woods
here and you ran out of food you
wouldn't be able to eat any random plant
most of them would make you very sick I
don't think anyone is is going to be
able to spot the vegetables in this
picture right so you have to you have to
know exactly what to eat and the reason
is because there are these defense
chemicals
so here are just a just a few sort of
categories of the ways that plants
defend themselves or use lectins is
something people are gaining more uh
interest in there's tons of different
kinds of lectins uh they use there's
2500 different plants you use cyanide
that we know of there's different uh
various toxins phytates tannins oxalates
hormone disruptors nutrient blockers
things that make you very sensitive to
light and nightshades we've known about
for thousands of years and yet for some
reason we're still eating these things
so again just does botany biology 101 I
literally learned this in seventh grade
that plants and animals are in an
evolutionary arms race plants becoming
more and more poisonous so less and less
animals can eat them so that they can
survive and thrive and animals becoming
more and more uh adapted to the specific
poisons in specific plants so that they
can eat that plant and Survive and
Thrive and this is where they get their
dedicated food resources it's like uh
koalas and pandas they eat a very
specific diet they eat other plants they
will they will get very sick the way I
came to a the way of eating that I do
which is really just meat and water is
22 years ago when I was taking cancer
biology at the University of Washington
in Seattle we went over how plants use
defense chemicals in order to defend
themselves we were looking at this from
a cancer perspective so we were looking
at Carson carcinogens and we learned 20
years ago that brussels sprouts alone
had over 136 identified human
carcinogens in them and that just you
know white cat I'm telling you this is
why kids no one likes brussels sprouts
right you know and and that's why right
you know that bad taste that bitter
taste is is your your brain and your
tongue which are sophisticated machines
and they can tell you like hey this is
bad for you spit it out you know so if
you you know and that's what we would
normally naturally do uh as a kid so you
give an infant a piece of broccoli they
will hate you for it you know you give
them a piece of bacon you know and their
eyes light up right
so so yeah so we were learning that you
know white white cap mushrooms had over
100 known carcinogens but also spinach
kale lettuce celery cabbage cucumber
broccoli literally given pages and pages
of every plant that you've ever come
across in a grocery store and not a
single one had less than 60 known human
carcinogens in them they were quite
abundant we have research from Professor
Bruce Ames from Berkeley in the 1980s
that that actually went into this which
we'll go on to in a minute we were quite
taken aback by this obviously we were
very very shocked as some of you may be
right now and I remember thinking in my
head well but vegetables are still good
for you though right and our professor
must have just read our minds looked at
us like you guys aren't getting this and
he just said I don't need salads
I don't eat vegetables
I don't let my kids eat vegetables
plants are trying to kill you so I was
like right forget plants and I just
stopped and you go to the grocery store
and everything has plants right
everything's in I either is plants or
has plants in the ingredients and I just
walked around and I just came across
it's eggs and meat I'm like okay so I
just eat eggs and meat and that's what I
did for a number of years and had
massive health benefits I was I was
playing professional rugby while in
University and my athletic performance
as well as just my physical health just
increased dramatically it was just night
and day difference and and again still
feeling those positive results 22 years
later
so that's the thing is that most plants
will kill most animals so it's not that
some plants are poisonous some aren't
it's that all plants are poisonous it's
just that certain animals have have
evolved the ability to defend themselves
against specific plants but if they eat
other plants they will get sick or even
die
so you have pandas and and koalas right
they eat a very specific diet it's a
very very monotonous in nature they
don't have this big broad range of
things that they eat very specific
things you know there's 340 000 species
of plant in the world quality one pandas
eat one cows horses grazing animals eat
grasses and they only eat specific
grasses and then the the leaves of the
giraffe eats are different from the
leaves that a gorilla eats those are
different from the leaves of the deer
eats and so on and if you mix those
leaves around they all get sick or die
there are symbiosis between plants and
animals obviously this is an
evolutionary Trend in the ecosystem you
have animals co-evolving with plant
scale the Great Plains and grasslands
have evolved with the big grazing
animals they they work together
symbiotically but also you can look at
fruits with things like well fruit the
plant wants you to eat them like well
maybe maybe not they want something to
eat them but not necessarily you because
certain animals when they ingest these
seeds those seeds will germinate in
their intestine then that will uh on
this plant so a good example of that is
the cassowary bird here in Australia and
elsewhere and they eat about 150
different berries and fruits and those
will all kill you
and they will kill basically any other
animal that eats them because those
plants want the cassowary bird to eat
them because those seeds will not
germinate if they don't go through a
cassowary bird first and so if the
Castaway birds leave an area those those
plants and trees will die off
and you know we have this they say you
know like don't eat the red berries this
is this is something that that people
knew it identifies like the red berries
like don't eat those right so most
fruits are still actually going to be
toxic to humans
so this is the study from Professor
Bruce Ames from Berkeley this was
published in 1989 and he showed that
just the natural plants and vegetables
contain 10 000 times more naturally
occurring pesticides by weight than the
industrial pesticides that we were using
on them and that they were orders of
magnitude times more likely to cause
cancer than the industrial pesticides in
this case ALR which they were looking at
specifically they were trying to
actually get it banned and they were
saying we're not going to get rid of
this this is poison and it is
spinach is worse
so
he at that point identified 42 different
toxins that existed in just a plethora
of different uh plants like everything I
mean in the article you'll see it's just
every single plant that that would exist
in the in the produce aisle was there
and 42 toxins 20 of which were shown to
be carcinogenic in mice
fast forward 11 years later when I took
cancer biology we already know about 136
Justin brussels sprouts
so uh there's more so even though we've
talked about today about the who pushing
you know fake meat and lab meat and all
these sorts of things they still have a
page that you can look up
that all talks about all the natural
poisons that are in plants and these
this natural toxins in food as they call
it does not talk about anything that
exists in actual meat except for the um
the Aquatic biotoxins but this is from
algae you know the the the you know
shellfish and fish eat the algae and
that can uh make that toxic but you know
this is why you avoid things uh you know
uh that that are invested in that area
um they talk about all sorts of
different
um different things like uh that Cyanide
purana humorins lectins solanine
mycotoxins and much more they talk about
poisonous mushrooms as well think about
this we eat mushrooms but there are over
10 000 varieties of mushrooms in the
world how many of those don't kill you
on the spot or give you a religious
experience right
yeah there's like five right and yet we
think that because these five don't give
us an acute stage reaction of that
nature that not only are they safe but
good for you which I think is a bold
assumption to take with your health
see like the natural toxins can cause a
variety of adverse health effects and
pose a serious health threat to both
humans and livestock some of these
toxins are extremely potent these are
all things that we eat all the time they
give examples of these things adverse
health effects can be acute poisoning
ranging from allergic reactions to
severe stomach diarrhea stomach ache and
diarrhea and even death long-term
consequences include effects on the
immune reproductive or nervous systems
and also cancer So speaking earlier
today about the effects of the
mitochondria on cancer
all of those carcinogens
in in Plants damage your mitochondria
so going into some of the the specific
categories such as lectins lectins or
protein that exists in in many many many
different plants they have a bunch of
different functions you actually have
lectins in animal uh meat as well but
they don't seem to cause any harm
lectins these are probably developed
antipathnogenic they're very very very
old and so probably against pathogens
and insects but there's obviously a lot
of cross-reaction with other forms of
life These are proteins that can bind to
carbohydrates and so they can bind to
carbohydrates on the surface of your
cells and I mean and this is something
that's been researched more and more uh
you know Dr Paul Mason has has a really
really good lecture on just lectins that
he's done at previous low carb down
under
um
uh venue and then people like you know
Paul or Dr gundry wrote an entire book
called The Plant Paradox talking about
how toxic leptins are and then concluded
that you should eat a plant-based diet
which I don't think I would come to that
same conclusion
so you know we talk about we talk about
a lot of carbohydrates here how that can
affect insulin how insulin
hyperinsulinemia can cause all sorts of
different problems but what we don't
necessarily know about is that certain
lectins can actually bind to your
insulin receptors and bind them more
tightly than insulin and cause a greater
intelligent effect can also bind to
leptin receptors and leptin so this is
um leptin is obviously a satiety signal
so it'll release from your whole your
adipose tissue and your stretch
receptors when your stomach is full goes
to your brain says hey we're full we're
hungry or we're not hungry we we don't
need to eat we have enough energy so you
block that you block that off which
insulin will do as well then you're not
able to see your satiety signals and you
end up over eating and you overeat and
you overeat and this is why we overeat
so this is another reason why people on
a ketogenic diet often reduce the amount
that they will eat naturally but
sometimes you'll actually see that the
lectins are also having an effect and
when you draw drop those people actually
lose weight as well there was a study
looking at people with ISO caloric
intake and just one just removed lectins
and they all lost weight and the others
didn't and it lost a significant amount
of weight it's also implicated in things
like Parkinson's disease they actually
found that lectins can actually track up
the vagus nerve and get into the
substantia and damage your cells
there and are implicated and thought to
be a part of Parkinson's or at least a
contributing factor to Parkinson's
demonstrating this there was a study in
2015 out of Denmark where they looked at
all the people who had a vagotomy where
they cut the vagus nerve between the
1970s and 1990s sort of mid-mid and they
found that in this population there was
a 67 percent reduction in Parkinson's
rates interesting
going on with lectins there's wheat germ
of gluten in which I'm sure a lot of
people are familiar with this is another
lectin this combines to the
carbohydrates surface antigens on your
uh enterocytes in your in your
intestinal lining and this can damage
them it can destroy them it'll also
destroy these tight junctions where
these cells are literally stuck together
and giving barrier protection against
things getting in your body that aren't
supposed to get in your body so when you
damage those tight junctions now
bacteria and other chemicals that would
normally not get into your system like
lectins will now get into your system
and cause all sorts of problems like by
Nature insulin receptors
lipopolysaccharides are are are coming
from bacteria can also bind the toll
like receptors and this
causes an inflammatory Cascade
and and they can also through molecular
mimicry is now implicated in autoimmune
diseases so these lectins obviously are
foreign agents they get into your body
and your body doesn't like that and so
it attacks them with with antibodies
some people the genetically susceptible
sometimes they have surface antigens
that look similar to these lectins and
other other foreign objects and so now
this there's a spillover effect of these
um of these antibodies that now attack
your your normal cells and this can be
demonstrated as far back as the 1800s
with Dr J H Salisbury For Whom the
Salisbury steak was named after who did
a 30-year research project into optimal
nutrition for human beings and wrote an
entire book called the relation between
alimentation and disease basically
saying the relationship between disease
and what you eat which is my entire
argument this has been made before and
he found that people that this was long
before processed sugar that he found
that people that
stop the implants just a a pure meat and
water diet really you advocated red meat
and water we're reversing things like
rheumatoid arthritis Crohn's ulcerative
colitis this was a century before we had
any significant medications that would
that would help this was devastating
when you got this and he found that
people would reverse it people today are
doing this all over the world people may
know of Jordan Peterson his daughter
Michaela Peterson who had such severe
juvenile juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
and she had two joint Replacements of
her ankle I believe her hip when she was
16 years old she eliminated um she went
keto first and eliminated out a lot of
different toxins and nightshades in
particular and had had very very good
results then she dropped all the salads
as well just went to Pure meat and water
diet now she's off all medications and
she's having kids and she's healthy she
has not had a single flare-up she had
salad once and that gave her a flare-up
and she said right never doing that
again right so that's I think very
interesting as well so you have these
cyanogenic cyanogenic glycosides and
these exist in things like cassava root
which is a very important root which
we'll talk about also almonds and bitter
almonds they are they respond to damage
and so if you once you're chewing an
almond or a bitter almond or cassava
that will release this cyanide so it's
normally not in the tissue just when
it's being damaged right so this is this
is a defense mechanism uh the cassava
root there's there's bitter and there's
sweet
the sweet or both of them combined
account for the third most important
source of calories in the tropics and is
the primary source of calories for over
500 million people in the world so this
is this is a very important source of
calories and it contains cyanide the
bitter cassava will kill you if you eat
it the amount of cyanide that it has in
it so it has to be specially processed
and they and they make the they grow the
bitter cassava because if they have a
problem with herbivores coming around
eating their crops well they're not
going to eat this one because it'll kill
them right and so that has to be
specially processed but it doesn't get
rid of all the cyanide in it and so
long-term exposure to even low-grade
cyanide can cause serious thyroid and
neurological damage and quite seriously
and
so we don't have have that really as a
staple here but people do eat almonds
and people don't realize that 400 to 800
grams of almonds can be a lethal dose of
cyanide in an adult
and yet we give this stuff to kids and
sell them in grocery stores which I
think is wild right and then there's
bitter almonds you know which are just
the inside of like a peach pit or stone
you crack that open it looks like a
little shriveled up almond that's very
bitter because there's a lot of cyanide
in it and one or two of those chewed up
crushed up we'll release that cyanide
can be a lethal dose of cyanide in an
adult
there are things that cause direct
toxicity Hemlock is a very well known uh
toxic plant uh what it has is a Gaba
receptor antagonist where we'll block
your Gaba receptor and you'll have
intractable seizures and be dead within
minutes even half a leaf is enough to
kill an adult kids that have made little
whistles out of the stems in America
have been known to be poisoned or even
killed it's very very toxic
oxalates is something that people know a
bit about they cause inflammation and
damage in your body they also bind
minerals they uh are being associated
with kidney stones as well tannins they
can block digestive enzymes slow growth
and at high doses can even cause kidney
damage or liver necrosis at high enough
levels seed oils or just poison as soon
as the oil gets out of the plant it
becomes very unstable and is very
pro-inflammatory and oxidative and
there's a direct correlation with the
rise in seed oils and the rise in
cardiovascular disease sort of the
opposite with animal fats and there's
actually an interesting paper that I've
read coming from the 1970s where they
actually found that seed oils were a
very good immunosuppressant and they
were saying this works great for people
that are getting a kidney transplant
they're not rejecting their kidneys the
problem was they were all getting cancer
and so they had to stop that
so then you have hormone disruptors this
this sounds like what it is it disrupts
your hormones you have phytoestrogens
that can that can have an estrogenic
effect in your body uh I was speaking to
someone uh just last week and they said
that their doctor uh their oncologist
because they had breast cancer didn't
want them eating red meat because of all
the hormones that were in uh meat but
look at this the estrogen that's in uh
red meat for three ounces of lean red
meat is about three point for hormone
treated cows by the way 3.9 nanograms of
estrogen per three ounces whereas the
phytoestrogens in soy is over one
million nanograms per three ounces so
don't eat meat what do you replace it
with you place it with plants that have
even more phytoestrogens and you know
the birth control pill has about 35 000
nanograms you know a fertile woman will
make you know over a hundred thousand
nanograms of estrogen a day so you know
3.9 nanograms is really not doing
anything so this is taken out of content
and it really matters that it's taken
out of that context it's been shown soy
has been shown to reduce reproduction in
sheep lower sperm counts and can derange
your your sex hormone ratios
nutrient blockers these are like the
tannins and the oxalates which can bind
different minerals there are also
different things that will just stop
your own
enzymes from working and digesting your
food properly so soy and wheat both have
Proteus Inhibitors that block your
protease from your pancreas from
actually breaking down normally
bioavailable foods like meat the Protein
that's in plants is is not bioavailable
if you think about wheat for example 80
percent of the protein in wheat is
gluten and that is completely
unavailable to us to be used as protein
and then what little left over is
bioavailable and able to be digested is
now going to be hindered by this
protease inhibitor and that wheat
protease inhibitor actually also
stimulates the tolac receptor which
increases inflammation
phytase you have phytic acid they're in
some plants these will bind to minerals
making mineral salts and they will stop
your body from being able to absorb
these like calcium and magnesium and
then it's it's an unbreakable Bond we we
don't have the Machinery to break those
two apart so when we
eat these nutrients and we take in
things like oxalates and tannins and
phytase we are actually not able to
absorb and utilize those nutrients so
just because it says it on the packet or
this has this much of this nutrient
doesn't actually mean that that's
available and accessible to you and so I
think that we really do need to re
re-examine our recommended daily
allowances because it really does matter
whether or not you know what you're
eating is going to change what you
actually need to take in because you're
just not going to be absorbing certain
things and all of these rdas were
developed at a time when everyone was
eating a mixed diet
fiber there's a lot of there's a lot to
do with fiber but just quickly it can
actually be a physical barrier between
the enzymes
and your your food stuff that's come in
and so it can actually to get in the way
of that they won't break down as much
and then there's a physical barrier
between the breakdown products and the
Lumen of your intestine so you won't
digest and absorb as many nutrients when
you're eating fiber and this was touted
to be a good thing in the 1980s say oh
you eat more fiber this will actually
stop you from absorbing nutrients isn't
that great you'll lose weight right I
don't know I don't think that makes any
biological evolutionary sense anyway
certainly wouldn't wouldn't give you a
survival advantage to limit the amount
of nutrients you're getting from food
most animals are starving to death
rather than you know getting fat in the
wild
uh photosensitivity is is quite
interesting uh this is uh there's
different furana coumarins that I
mentioned before especially in the
Citrus and carrot family and so things
like limes just the juice of limes have
these ceramicumerins in them and then
when they get on your skin they react
with light and they are activated by
light and they will bind to proteins and
DNA and cause permanent damage and there
are cases of kids who have had
second-degree burns just from squeezing
limes in the sun
um
then you have celery and parsnips these
also have these foreign which will make
you photosensitive and
um and celery itself is there's actually
a a an ailment called celery dermatitis
where celery Pickers and handlers
they're picking a bunch of celery all
the time they actually get very
photosensitive to get these horrible
burns like you see here
and these are pictures of a couple of
sheep who have gotten into uh some some
plants that they normally wouldn't eat
normally you see this in pasture
pasture-raised animal livestock not not
wild animals they usually know what to
eat but this is when you're stuck in a
passenger sort of run out of the things
you want to eat you end up eating things
that you wouldn't normally and you end
up getting hurt and so this is this is
showing just the the burns that these uh
these animals can get
nightshades nice literally we've known
about these things being harmful for
thousands of years and yet we you know
just like Belladonna deadly nightshade
and tobacco they create they use a toxin
called solony among other things but we
regularly eat potatoes Tomatoes
eggplants Peppers capsicums all these
things are nightshades and they all
produce solenine
what we forgot when we adopted these uh
the use of these things from the new
world from in uh from North and South
America was that the people eating them
in those areas a were poor didn't really
have access to meat and so they sort of
had to for survival and B they process
these things in a very specific way the
tomatoes they you know when they're
green they have a lot more solony so you
have to wait for them to vine ripen then
they would blanch them take the skin off
take the seeds out that's where the you
know the the highest concentration of
these poisons were potatoes were used to
peel them now oh well that's all where
all the the nutrients and vitamins are
is in the skin like right that's where
all the poison is too it's a barrier
protection against something going in
and eating it you know I I think most
people would have grown up with one of
their parents telling them that when you
have to keep potatoes in a dark cupboard
and if it would turn green you have to
throw it out it's bad it's bad what does
that mean it means it's toxic it has a
toxic level of solanine in it or Sprouts
roots and that's bad too you have to cut
out the entire eye or throw away the
whole potato because it's bad
um
apparently some people's mothers didn't
tell them this and so if you look it up
70 people a year still die from eating
potatoes
potatoes right
so this is just a picture of a of a gate
of a of a garden in England that has
cultivated and brought together a lot of
these very very toxic plants so the to
the extent that if you get close enough
to these things they they can kill you
just by by some of the chemicals that
they're exuding and in fact some the
Hedge groundskeeper
um has actually actually succumbed to
that and died from one of the plants
there and and and you know just just to
jump back think about lectins Bryson is
another lectin right this is this is a
deadly deadly poison comes from the the
the
um sort of the skin of uh Castor beans
and even just a few milligrams of this
will kill you invariably
so
does it contain nutrients yes plants do
contain nutrients they're living things
they have things that are good for other
living things but this comes at a price
and they're also not as bioavailable as
we think this is why I think we need to
redo these rdas because it's a very
different story if you are excluding
these nutrient blockers and digestive
disruptors so I think rdas for someone
doing keto or or just meat is going to
be very very different than otherwise
does it have anything in vital essential
nutrients that you have to have that you
cannot get from meat well no it doesn't
and we have endless examples of this
going back through Antiquity but even
current examples today you know the the
Maasai the Inuit the Nanette and all of
our ancestors have lived through uh you
know previous ice ages and things like
that where we didn't have access to all
these different sorts of plants and they
and they really relied on a meat-based
diet they did fine I've been doing I've
been doing this for literally decades
you know and there are other people have
been doing it for longer than I have you
know coming from a Western European
background
and does it cause harm yes I think I
think that it does I hope that I've made
that point clear to you I mean there's
thousands and thousands of different
defense chemicals that these things use
and and have just sort of scratch at the
surface of these
um but they do and now why is this
important to to us as people and
specifically doctors well the fact is
that this these defense chemicals cause
a large burden of harm and illness in
the population and and we're not
treating it as such we're thinking oh
this is a disease we need to treat the
disease we're not recognizing this is a
toxicity we need to remove the toxin
okay and let the body heal naturally you
know and we're pacing over this and and
saying well here's all these treatments
not thinking what the root cause is I'm
pretty sure no one here would argue that
type 2 diabetes is caused by a metformin
deficiency right so we need to look at
what's causing this right and I think
that it's uh these these these toxins
um you know and in animal husbandry we
actually have known about this for a
long time there are a number of
different ailments that are directly
attributed to the animal eating the
wrong thing such as the blind staggers
the slobbers paralytic tongue big head
limp neck Crazy Cow syndrome and we
recognize these as coming from eating
the wrong thing I think now as doctors
we need to recognize that a lot of our
chronic diseases are actually plant
toxicities and what I would argue is
that the so-called chronic diseases that
we treat
are not diseases per se but toxicities
and malnutrition toxic buildup of
species inappropriate diet and a lack of
species-specific nutrition namely too
many plants not enough meat
and so that's what I call just the toxin
toxin theory of modern disease I think
we're looking at this incorrectly and
because we're looking at this
incorrectly we're going to get incorrect
treatments just you get the wrong
diagnosis in the hospital you start
someone on the wrong treatment that's
not going to help them it's going to
hurt them and I think that's what we're
doing and that's why we're not having as
very very good results even though we've
we've spent billions trying to treat
these diseases they're only getting
worse and so I think that that's because
we're looking at them incorrectly so as
every doctor's been saying the last 50
years make sure you eat your vegetables
I would say don't don't eat your veggies
and um and just at least something to
think about anyway thank you very much
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