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How To Follow The Pegan Diet


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You can exercise, meditate, sleep, and take all the supplements in the world, but unless you focus on high-quality, nutrient-dense whole foods personalized to your own needs and preferences, you will not achieve health or longevity. The Pegan Diet is an inclusive, flexible frame that is built on the principles of quality, food as medicine, and personalization. It is designed to be low glycemic (low in starch and sugar), rich in good fats, anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, hormone balancing, energy boosting, and gut healing. It is nutrient dense and rich in longevity phytochemicals, polyphenols, antioxidants, and microbiome-healing fibers. It is designed to regenerate both human and planetary health, which are inseparable.


In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I walk you through exactly how to follow the Pegan Diet.


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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

  • How I came to create the Pegan Diet (2:50 / 00:58) 
  • Key principles of eating well (4:11 / 1:45) 
  • Eat a lot of plants (7:12 / 5:25)) 
  • Foods with healthy fats (8:06 / 6:17) 
  • The benefits of eating meat (9:25 / 7:35) 
  • Getting adequate protein as a vegan (10:41 / 8:52)
  • Sourcing and selecting fish (11:05 / 9:13)
  • The best type of grains (11:47 / 9:55) 
  • Avoid refined sugar (12:57 / 11:05) 
  • Eliminate seed oils (13:15 / 11:24) 
  • Avoid or limit dairy (13:33 / 11:41) 

  • Mentioned in this episode

    Environmental Working Group 

    Monterey Bay Aquarium consumer guides

    NRDC Mercury Guide 

    Time to Question Everything You Know About Milk

    Young Forever



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