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What to Eat & What to Avoid, if You Eat Plants! | Dr. Ken Berry

2025-09-08 Education
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Jesse Chappus
Jesse Chappus
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Optimal Plant Consumption and Returning to the Original Human Diet

Discover specific plant parts to prioritize and essential preparation methods to eliminate inflammation, understanding why animal fats provide superior nutrition compared to even "healthy" plant oils.

Short Summary

  • Plants must be carefully prepared (cooking leaves, soaking/sprouting seeds) to neutralize natural defense mechanisms like oxalates and lectins.
  • A properly functioning body provides clear inflammatory feedback (like flu symptoms) toward foods that disagree with you, even those deemed "healthy."
  • The recommended ancestral diet (meat, fat, liver) is the oldest sustained human diet, dispelling myths that ketogenic or carnivore approaches are modern fads.

Dr. Ken Berry discusses strategic plant intake for those practicing a low-carb modification, emphasizing preparation techniques like soaking or roasting nuts and seeds. He explains how modern dietary changes allow the body to signal distress from inflammatory compounds, and he concludes by framing the recommended diet as humanity's original eating pattern, urging a 30-day trial.

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Watch the full interview with Dr. Ken Berry on YouTube 👉 https://youtu.be/n549QlvoRnc Dr. Ken Berry is a practicing family physician. He is a passionate advocate of health on his YouTube channel where he has over 3.5 million subscribers. Subscribe to The Jesse Chappus Show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JesseChappus (And be sure to hit the 🔔 to get notified when new videos are released!) Show notes: https://jessechappus.com/667 Listen & subscribe to The Jesse Chappus Show ✩ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id921854276 ✩ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5A1vpgPVZTSEs70d2KTpk1 Connect with The Jesse Chappus Show ✩ Website: https://jessechappus.com ✩ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessechappusshow #drkenberry #jessechappus #properhumandiet About the Podcast Jesse Chappus has in-depth conversations with health and wellness leaders from around the world. Topics include lifestyle, nutrition, fitness, self-help, sleep, meditation, spirituality and so much more. Tune in weekly to take your health to the next level!

Top Comments (10)

@Gladiator300-g3p 2025-09-08

At the end you eat what you can digest and make you feel good. I eat 80% of meat and the remaining 20% is low calorie carbs veggies for feeling and it work great for me.

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@MrTrippticket 2025-09-08

I ate a bunch of pistachios and honey last night, and I felt like I was coming down with the flu today too. 9 months in - first half keto/IF, lately more carnivore - I told my wife last night that I feel generally better every week, but it also makes me more aware of acute issues that aren't going as well. I was mentally hazy all day today at work, and my plantar fasciitis flared up worse than it has in a while. From nuts and honey. Dammit.

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@ellorasethi6866 2025-09-09

I love that you are friends and speak respectfully of Dr Paul Salandino. You all offer such sound advice with some variations. Its beautiful to see the respect and comradory in this community ❤

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@lyarrastark6254 2025-09-10

Dr. Berry is the best. Thank you, Jesse and Dr. Berry, for all your hard work.

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@JesseChappus 2025-09-08

Watch the full interview with Dr. Ken Berry on YouTube 👉 https://youtu.be/n549QlvoRnc Thanks for watching! If you're enjoying this clip, please click the LIKE button on the video and let me know. -Jesse 💙

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@williammorgan7769 2025-09-09

Arugula for nitrates. Low in anti-nutrients.

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@angelas.9717 2025-09-09

Pretty sure anyone's great-grandmother had zero clue about systemic inflammation caused by plants. A stomach-ache? Yes.

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@JacquelineHahn1 2025-09-09

in Australia we have locally made olive oils

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@yaddybowling1636 2025-09-16

Thank you for this great information I was carnivore for 7 months lost over 20 pounds and now I am introducing vegetables to my diet and I sure enjoy it. Thank you!!!

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@meganholmes-v9c 2026-01-16

Vegetable soup once a week. Home made

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