In this episode, I talk with Dr. Stephan van Vliet, who is an assistant professor at the Center for Human Nutrition Studies at Utah State University. We talk about:

• Nutrition research and how it is funded
• A comparison of plant-based meat and grass-fed meat
• Phytonutrients in meat and plants
• RDA (recommended dietary allowance)
• And more...

 

• Find Stephan's research papers on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=L5KcySQAAAAJ
• Stephan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanvlietphd
• The beef nutrient density project: https://www.bionutrientinstitute.org/beef

 

• Studies that we discussed:
• Health-Promoting Phytonutrients Are Higher in Grass-Fed Meat and Milk: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2020.555426/full
• A metabolomics comparison of plant-based meat and grass-fed meat indicates large nutritional differences despite comparable Nutrition Facts panels: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-93100-3 

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Episode timing:   (00:00) Introduction (02:57) What is Stephan's job and how did he get into nutrition research (07:12) Who funds research? (13:16) A comparison of plant-based meat and grass-fed meat (19:30) Stephan's thoughts on lab-grown meat (23:03) Let's talk about phytonutrients (31:08) The beef nutrient density project (38:04) A closer look at RDA - recommended dietary allowance (45:08) Are nutrition facts panels missing information? (49:39) What is the optimal amount of protein? (52:16) Does the timing of consuming protein matter? (56:22) Can you go without protein, minerals and vitamins for a few days? (01:02:18) Can you take in too much protein? (01:08:19) Some practical tips to improve health (01:13:43) Outro and disclaimer