The Biggest Danger of Eating Fake Meat is NOT Canola Oil, it’s This | Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Explains

I always love listening to Dr. Lyon break things down. Thank you both.

I can speak from experience of being a meat eater and shifting to a pescatarian diet, not a vegan. I also eat eggs, cheese, dairy and a wide variety of seafood, always wild caught, just no land born creatures. At the beginning of my journey Beyond was a gap filler when I craved meat but I quickly realized I never felt good after eating this stuff. I thought why would I become a pescatarian to eat vegetables that have been turned into junk food and stopped. Thomas, your channel and Doctor Berg's helped me round the bend in totally cleaning up my diet. I am now a clean keto pescatarian, mixing in some intermittent and prolonged fasting. I never felt better. When I eat something that is out of my normal diet, I notice how it effects me more than ever. Thanks

### Key Takeaways: 1. **Inherent Differences Between Fake and Real Meat:** - Fake meat significantly differs from real meat in terms of nutrient composition and metabolites. Despite similar protein levels, the byproducts of their digestion and their overall nutrient profiles are not the same. 2. **Misconception of Interchangeability:** - There is a common misconception that fake meat can fully replace real meat. However, due to their different nutrient profiles and effects on the body, they are not interchangeable. 3. **Nutritional Complexity Beyond Protein:** - The focus on protein content alone is overly simplistic. Real meat contains unique nutrients like carnitine, creatine, and anserine, which are absent in fake meat. These elements play crucial roles in health and are not replicated in plant-based meat alternatives. 4. **Long-Term Health Effects Are Unclear:** - The long-term health implications of consuming fake meat are unknown. This is particularly concerning regarding nutrients typically found in real meat but missing in fake meat, which could lead to deficiencies over time. 5. **Processed Foods and Economic Considerations:** - The rise of fake meat raises questions about the increasing preference for processed foods and the economic and sustainability aspects of its production. 6. **Recommendations for Plant-Based Diets:** - For those on plant-based diets, Dr. Lyon suggests focusing on combining different plant proteins or using protein powders rather than relying on fake meat products. 7. **Importance of a Balanced Diet:** - The discussion highlights the importance of a balanced diet that includes a variety of nutrients, some of which are unique to animal-based foods and not present in fake meat products.

This is an issue we have to think about and reconsider. Thank you for the info 😊😊😊

Please people lets share this all over social media. Thank You.

I like these kind if conversations. Very informative.

Great discussion, thank you ❤

What could be a more processed food than something that was never food?

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I’m so thankful for your advice on healthy food now my weight has dropped so much I feel like a totally normal human again .with so much energy and all my healthy markers have changed ,so many changes from fasting correctly at 145# an 73 years young down 121 pounds 48 hr fasting, a kidney stone has vanished,leaving the doctors wondering ,good food an the fat melts away eating early day proteins has changed me to lose the last 15 pounds in just 30 days