For this week’s Article of The Week, we review the debate from Paul Saladino’s podcast between him and Joel Fuhrman. Paul Saladino is a firm believer in the healing properties of an animal based diet while Joel Fuhrman is an advocate of a plant based diet. Both of these men had a friendly debate in which they presented their ideas. However, we felt like relying on various deeply flawed epidemiological studies like Joel Fuhrman did, showed the weak position he is in trying to promote a plant based diet as the healthiest diet possible.
If you’ve listened to our podcast in the past, then you should know that we sided with Paul Saladino and his views on an animal based diet. The fact of the matter is there are simply too many nutritional deficiencies on a plant based diet for it to be truly healthy. No study needs to be referenced, no test needs to be performed. It’s a fact that plants can’t provide all the nutritional requirements for humans to thrive. For example here’s a brief list of just some of the nutrients either only found in animal foods or found in animal foods in their most bioavailable forms:
- Heme Iron
- Zinc
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin D3
- Vitamin K2
- Vitamin B12
All of these vitamins and minerals are lacking in a plant based diet. To find out more information about the nutritional deficiencies of a plant based diet, I recommend you listen to episode 55 of our podcast in which we outline every deficiency, and if you want to learn more about what we thought of the debate and why we agreed Paul Saladino, listen to this week’s podcast.
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