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When it comes to nutrition, and especially
when it comes to vegan nutrition, we tend

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to focus on what we’re not getting enough
of, and the dire consequences of nutritional

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deficiencies. What about our protein? Iron?
Zinc? B12? Omegas? And on and on. And while

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these concerns are important, the truth is,
at least in America, it’s not what you’re

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not getting enough of that will kill you,
but what you’re getting too much of.

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Hi it’s Emily from Bite Size Vegan and welcome
to another vegan nugget. If you’re not familiar

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with my channel, you may not know that I have
an entire series covering all the nutritients

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of greatest concern to new vegans with the
incredibly knowledgeable Dr. Michael Greger

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of Nutritionfacts.org, which is linked up
there and down below.

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While I had the pleasure of talking to Dr.
Greger for that series, we branched off into

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some other topics. One of which is the state
of the field of nutrition and how Dr. Greger

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believes it's focus is completely off. I wanted
to share with you his fascinating look at

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the real nutritional dangers for which we
seem to have a collective blind spot.

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There's all sorts of ways your
body makes sure you get enough of stuff, right...maybe?

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Look, there wasn’t even a nutrition of science for the first couple millions years of our existence, right?. Our bodies

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had to figure it out on their own. The whole
field of nutrition was based…the foundation

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of nutrition, based, you know...back the first part
of the twentieth century on deficiency diseases.

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We discovered scurvy. We discovered beriberi, and pellagra.
So the whole mindset of nutrition is..."are we a deficiency

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disease", “are we not getting enough,”
right? But, I mean, when's the last time a friend

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of yours was diagnosed with pellagra or beriberi, or some of these actual...or scurvy. These deficiency diseases.

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Okay now, have you ever heard of anyone diagnosed with
the overnutrition symptom like heart disease or diabetes,

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or high blood pressure, or...I mean

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these are diseases of not under consumption - of over consumption. Cause overconsumption

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of saturated fat and cholesterol, and sodium,
etc. So, but still the field of nutrition is in

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this kind of deficiency mindset making sure everybody
gets enough. Whereas people are dying by the

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millions, not...at least in the developed world.
Not by what they’re not getting enough of

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but what they are getting way too much of. So, that's why...

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...there really needs to be this change in thinking.
The whole field of dietetics towards let's

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make sure you're not getting enough. And there's
something we really, you know, are concerned about, I mean,

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there are a few nutrients that ninety seven
percent of Americans don’t get enough of:

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Fiber! 3% of Americans get enough fiber. 98%
of Americans don’t reach the minimum for

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potassium right? Where is potassium found?
Greens, beans okay. So, I mean,

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you want a deficiency disease? That’s what
you should be going after but most of the

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diseases are caused by getting too much of
the bad stuff. And so, that's really where we

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need to think. I mean, that's what people are going
to die of. That’s what your family is going to die of.

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And of course I’m happy to talk
and assuage fears about not getting enough

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of these various, you know, wacky things. But
you should kind of have faith that your body kind of

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figured it out, and that if we eat a variety
of whole healthy plant foods, we should be

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fine unless our diets are just packed with
empty calories junk where we’re getting

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enough calories to walk around every day,
because we are eating candy bars, but we’re

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just not eating enough food. Well, then okay you
can run into, you know, deficiencies. But other than

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that you know, other than the B12 issue, I think you
should be comfortable, you're getting

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enough, and the most important thing is that
you’re not getting too much of the nutrients

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of concern that are killing people.

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I hope you enjoyed this bonus with Dr. Greger.
What are your thoughts on our collective focus

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on deficiencies while we’re dying of excess?
Do you feel the field of dietetics needs a

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makeover? I’d love to hear your thoughts
in the comments! And for any deficiency questions

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you have, be sure to check out my nutrition
series with Dr. Greger,

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again linked below, and in the sidebar.

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Now go live vegan, change your focus, and
I’ll see you soon.

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You’re vegan?

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Where do you get your...

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Omega 3s?

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Protein?

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Calcium?

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Protein?

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Iodine?

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Protein?

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Magnesium?

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Protein.

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Iron?

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Protein?

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Zinc?

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Vitamin D?

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Protein.

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B12?

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Protein.

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Protein?!

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Let's...ask a doctor.

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Protein..