Nutrition, Videos

How To Change Your Food Cravings (+ Artificial Sweetener and Low Fat Food Effects on Cravings)

I go over studies on how what we crave and what tastes good to us actually depend a lot on what happens to us AFTER we eat! And how we can use this information to change what we crave and how much we eat.

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A Cause of Acne That No Oneโ€™s Talking About (Adult Acne and Hormonal Acne)

I share studies on a potential cause of acne (and hormone disruption) that you’ve probably never heard of–along with a bunch of ways to avoid it.

As mentioned in the video–recommendations I’ve used and love:

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You Can Lose (or Gain) Weight by Changing Your Eating Speed + How You Eat

I go over meta-analyses on how eating rate predicts weight and changes how much you eat. I also talk about concrete ways you can implement these results to help regulate your weight!

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Are Beans Bad for You? Health, Inflammation and Lifespan Effects of Legumes (+ Lectins and Phytates)

I go over studies on how adding beans to your diet affects your health (cholesterol, diabetes markers, heart disease risk), inflammation, oxidative stress, longevity, and all-cause mortality. I also cover studies on whether you should be concerned about lectins and phytates in beans.

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How Effective are Beans and Lentils for Weight Loss? + do Calories or Macros Matter?

I go over studies on the weight, waist size, and satiety effects of just adding legumes to your diet! I also talk about *how* exactly they do what they do, and answer viewers’ questions on specific implementation.

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Studies: Only Some Types of Junkfood Cause Depression: Fast food vs Pastries vs Processed Food (+ Role of Exercise)

Today I’m sharing studies on how diet affects depression, specifically looking at fast food, pastries / baked goods, and processed foods. Only some of these categories actually seem to contribute to depression, whereas others don’t! I also talk about findings showing exercise plays a big role in how these foods contribute to depression.ย 

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Research: The Healthiest Grain for Vegans | 14 Grains, Ranked

In today’s video, I’m answering a question that quite a few of you have asked: what’s the healthiest grain? There is of course no single straightforward answer to that, but I used my scientific expertise from getting my PhD and publishing studies to create a metric that scores grains in terms of how much they help fill in vegans’ micronutrient categories that tend to be lowest (especially wfpb vegans). See the details in the video!

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Nutrient table

GrainMy scoreIronMagnesiumSeleniumZincFiberProtein
Grits / Polenta389717569
Millet439203111113
White rice4610621919
Brown rice565201714710
Bulgur5813253172716
Sorghum70113214131014
Buckwheat768419181515
Barley7781539152212
Quinoa8114359231216
Oats88122428241315
Amaranth10523441820916
Farro138112680211917
Kamut153122588281719
Table: the percent daily value provided by each grain in each category in 200 calories (for average height 5’6″ woman), and my score for each grain. Note that it’s all relative, so it doesn’t matter how tall you are or how much you eat, or anything like that! For the nutrients, the winner in each category is bolded.
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Studies: Will Soy Give you Manboobs? Feminizing effects of soy in men

You’ve probably heard–especially if you’re male–that soy is bad for male hormones, will give you man boobs, etc. There’s been a lot of back and forth on it, but a new meta-analysis came out just recently to get to the bottom of all the research.

And in today’s video, I go over it to find out if soy actually has feminizing or hormone effects on men!

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Studies: Is your Healthy Diet Actually Giving you Cancer? + How to Avoid it

Today I’m going over studies and data on a danger that’s lurking in some of our favorite, otherwise healthy foods. And, more importantly, I go over a bunch of ways to avoid it while still eating what you love!

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Studies: High Carb vs High Protein Diets for Mood, Depression, and Anxiety | Serotonin + Tryptophan

Today I’m sharing studies on how diet affects your mood, through tryptophan and serotonin. Specifically, I’m talking about how eating a high protein vs high carb diet affects your serotonin levels, and therefore mood, depression, and anxiety! (This is a follow up to my last video on dietary tryptophan & mood)

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