The Plant Based Riot

Children on vegan diets may have a healthier cardiovascular profile, less body fat, and surpass the exact same growth milestones as their meat-eating counterparts. Over the past few decades, vegans were informed that a meat-free diet could result in growth defects, bone mineral issues, and concerns about micronutrient status.

In the past 30 years, vegan research was not a hot topic, and as a result, very few studies were conducted on the issue. Today, with veganism exploding in popularity, the diet is being evaluated more critically and research is showing us that the old folklore surrounding a vegan diet may have nothing more than more nutritional nonsense with no bases in science.

Join the Plant-Based Riot as they revoke the folklore and discuss emerging research about children and veganism!

Join the Plant-Based Riot in welcoming very special guests from across the pond to discuss if eating meat promotes toxic masculinity. This week, the Riot talks with two plant-based blokes valiantly raising the vegan banner in England! We warmly welcome Kofi Smiles, host of the BBC's Humberside radio show, and Jordan Matfin, a founding member of The Vegan Man Club, to debate the ends and outs of diet and gender on a transatlantic scale!

Episode 23- Is Eating Meat Manly?

What is the definition of “manly?” What defines "a man? "Does the food we choose to eat, or perhaps not eat, have an implication on our masculinity? Well, in our current climate, it appears that ordering kale salad over cheesesteak sandwiches instantly knocks you down a few pegs on the masculinity scale.

According to Google Dictionary, a manly man is one “having or denoting those good qualities traditionally associated with men, such as courage, strength, and spirit” or “befitting a man”.

Sounds wonderful, doesn't it? It would seem that google dictionary recognizes a "man" as someone compassionate, epithetic and sympathetic. But in today's age of over branding, over marketing, and deceptive advertising, the simple act of eating has become a marketing tool used to appoint gender to a diet! And if you are a man that openly eats a plant-based diet, you can be assured that manhood will constantly be called into question.

For far too long, vegans, especially vegan men, have been ridiculed for their dietary preferences, lifestyles, and choices to show compassion. If we look back to googles description of men, it would seem those vegan males, more so than their meat-eating counterparts, demonstrate "good qualities", "courage", "strength" and "spirit" simply by defying the American Man's traditional diet ladened with meat, cheese, bacon eggs, and dairy. It is obvious that eating mounds of meat have no bearing on anyone's masculinity. This notion is a campaign that has been constructed by advertisers, marketing agencies, and the meat industry in an effort to drive more units in the male demographic. If we are being 100% transparent, this industry-generated narrative should also include an amendment that informs "manly men" that they will also obtain obesity, cancer, and heart disease with such a "manly diet."

The companies that promote these masculine directives are brainwashing men into believing that they are feminine for choosing more plants and less meat. This is a deceitful narrative supported by millions of dollars in the fictitious advertisement. However, these efforts appear to be failing as veganism is now growing faster than ever. Globally, veganism has skyrocketed and the same companies that were aggressively glorifying masculinity in meat-eating are now offering plant-based alternatives by the dozen simply because it is becoming more profitable! So I leave you with this: How can the same industries that exploited toxic masculinity through meat-eating for so many decades also simultaneously promote healthy plant-based eating simply because it is building momentum?

What's really going on here?

For the past 40 years, our nation’s health, wellness and quality of life has been battling against the misinformation, deceit and million dollar add campaigns funded by the egg, dairy and meat industry over cholesterol. At one time, the mere mention of cholesterol struck sudden fear into the heart of so many middle-agers. As a result, the sales, units moved and shareholder profits all plummeted within these industries. In an effort to upsurge the sales of cholesterol containing products, Agribusiness rolled up its sleeves, regrouped and located a kink in the armor of the American consciousness. The most direct and precise way to get cholesterol back on the national plate without causing too much alarm concerning heart disease was to aggressively manipulate the agencies that regulate and recommend the national dietary guidelines. As current guidelines demonstrate, the design was successful and cholesterol is back, better and “healthier “than ever, or that’s what they want you to believe.

Within in the span of two short decades, cholesterol has been fully rebranded. It has undergone a full makeover, that has transformed this once dreaded foe into an embraced and non-life-threatening comrade. As confusing as this may sound, it is important to establish that this cholesterol rebirth is not driven by recommendations of the medical and scientific community, but rather it is a result of the combined efforts of the USDA and food industry. That’s right, your own government have brought the wolves to your family’s steps, opened the front door and sat them at your kitchen table.

Why would the agency designated to promote good health and recommend national nutritional advice do such a thing you ask? Well, the USDA unfortunately serves two very dissimilar masters. First and foremost, the USDA was created solely to safeguard the economic wellness of the egg, dairy and meat industry during times of economic turbulence. This was the primary role of the agency at its conception. Later, the USDA was tasked with the responsibility of designing, assigning and revising nutritional recommendations that would feed this nation. It is at this point all of you should feel perplexed about the dual roles of the USDA. You might even be thinking, “how in the hell does an agency that is dedicated to supporting the financial wellbeing of animal centered food industries also have the authority to advise Americans of how much animal products we should or shouldn’t eat?” Insane, right?

It is also imperative that I mention that cholesterol is only found in animal products. Not in plants, not in beans, not in avocados, not in coconut oils. Only in animal products! I hope by this point you are also thinking about how cholesterol, a fatty waxy substance that has been correlated with every chronic illness under the sun, has been resurrected within modern dietary guidelines that have lifted all restrictions on how much cholesterol we should be eating. That’s right, let me help you digest this. Under the current US dietary guidelines, the USDA has decided, independent of the Department of Human Health Services recommendation’s, that cholesterol should be eaten at liberty because it seems that the medical research surrounding cholesterol conducted over the past 30 years has been wrong and not creditable. This is the USDA’s rational for revising cholesterol intake from eating less than 300 mg a day, about two eggs, to eat as much as you want.

Have you ever stopped and thought for a moment about the direction that food production is moving in this country? Of course, most of you will undoubtedly say "no" while proudly proclaiming that you continue to "not consider" how food is being produced in the future either. But that is ok because the Plant Base Riot has your back. We are here to inform you of the almost Orwellian methodology the modern industry is using to grow your meat!

That's right, I did say grow..... your.... meat. Cellular agriculture has shoved its way into the food production floor and is beginning to gain notice and momentum. So what is cellular agriculture? Well, I am glad we now have your attention! This food production method seems to fuse sea monkey cultivation, plant biopsies, and the reprogramming of animal stem cells to create a meaty medley within a single petri dish. But, all kidding aside, cellular agriculture produces animal-sourced foods (like milk, meat, eggs, and butter) that can be made without animals. Cellular engineers can replicate these products and other( Faux leather) by using a microbe like yeast or bacteria, stem cells, and growth media from bovine and the essential cellular components from plants. Ultimately, cellular agriculture will ensure that fast food goers will continue to wrap enormous lines around chain drive-throughs worldwide, as the cost of animal faux animal flesh will be cheaper than the real thing in due time. I'm looking in your direction In-and-out Burgar, don't think we have noticed your eternal lines and congestion that often interrupt traffic patterns throughout California. I have never seen so many people so damn eager to accelerate their progression to coronary heart disease than the staunch In and out patron.

So what does all this mean? There are so many variables to consider with this never-before-seen food production procedure? For starters, lab-grown and 3D printed beef would give mother earth a long-overdue rest. We have been battering mother nature, our air quality, soil, and water supplies with unsustainable cattle production methods over the past 70 years. So lab-grown meat could be the answer we have been looking for to shut down the cattle, chicken, and pork cartels once and for all, Thus ultimately ending animal suffering while simultaneously reducing carbon footprints.

On the other end, how might lab-grown meat impact human health? This product essentially transmits similar tones of issues surrounding genetically modified seeds that have been debated for nearly a decade now. Will cellular agriculture companies share space with other genetic puppet masters like Monsanto? Further, if lab-grown meat can successfully be produced on a monumental scale, will that droop the cost of animal abuse products on supermarket shelves worldwide, making it more accessible, affordable, and desirable. Can you imagine the health implications this new market would have on wellness? Americans are already fighting chronic disease on every conceivable front. We have cancer attacking us in the trenches, diabetes trying to flank us, Cardiovascular disease overhead providing air support for enemy forces, and chronic inflammation perched in the sniper's nest just waiting to pick its perfect shot. Is more meat, cheese, eggs, and mayo, all grown in a petri dish, really the best option in the ailing United States? Lastly, if no animals are harmed in lab-based meat production, how might this impact vegan and vegetarian lifestyles? Can we reenter the wild and eat "meat" once again?

Follow the mettlesome trio as they examine the current but limited science surrounding Cellular Agriculture.

Join Dan, Brian, and Mike as they peek behind this curtain of secrecy and decode the dietary deceptions to arm listeners with more information concerning their diet and health.

Strength in numbers

Brian Riot

Sustaina, a small business platform and seed to sale marketplace! They have had the honor of launching their beta release with Mike Wood of Huarache Farms, an urban farm collective in Northeast Los Angeles.

Hear all about Sustaina's tails, tribulations and growing pains as they deliver a powerful all-in-one platform that allows local businesses, hobbyists, and community members to create, plan, manage, and maintain their business or projects associated with back yard farming in Los Angles, California.

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Episode 23: I Don't Like Your KETone: Keto Diets or Keto Krazy.

Ketones over here,

Ketones over there,

Ketones and asparagus spears?

Ketones are currently everywhere!

The Plant-Based Riot welcomes Dr. Jacob Mey, RD, Ph.D., to explore ketone diets in vegans and non-vegans. Dr. Mey is a post-doc fellow with the world-renowned Pennington Biomedical Research Center, where he researches ketones, diet, and disease.

It is inevitable, and people simply can't help themselves. If you are on a ketone diet, chances are you have probability annoyed a few friends by continually and publicly profess your undying allegiance to this fad diet.

Whether attending social gatherings, visiting your favorite health food store, or interacting on social media, you probably heard about the keto diet and have been tempted by its promises.

In fact, the keto diet was the most searched weight loss diet in 2018 & 2019. But is this diet the weight loss solution we've all been waiting for, right? Or is this simply another fad diet that promises more than it can deliver

Likewise, the vegan world has also begun to dip its toe in the ketone diet pool. So what gives, should a keto diet be a serious consideration as a viable, long-term diet, or should we send this dies packing with the likes of the Carnivore, Atkin, and the Lectin free diet? Further, what does a vegan keto diet even look like?

So Ketones, friend, or a foe?

Join us with Dr. Jake Mey, registered dietitian, researcher & nutritionist, as he tells us about the risks and benefits

associated with the keto diet.

Join Dan and Brian and Dr. Jake Mey as they peek behind this curtain of secrecy and decode the dietary deceptions to arm listeners with more information concerning their diet and health.

If you want to contact Dr. Jake Mey, you can find him on the following platforms.

1.https://twitter.com/CakeNutrition

2.https://www.pbrc.edu/research-and-faculty/postdocs/mey-jacob-phd.aspx

Episode 20 is up! A Raw Diet, Or A Raw Deal?

Though the raw vegan diet isn’t new, it has been regaining popularity recently. A Raw diet merges the principles of veganism with those of raw foodism. While some people may prefer to follow it for ethical or environmental, and spiritual reasons, most do it for its incredible health benefits. These include weight loss, improved heart health, and a lower risk of diabetes. However, a fully raw vegan diet may also pose some health risks — especially when it’s not well planned, and it is followed with commercially produced agriculture.

So, is a raw diet truly more healthy than a vegan diet where cooking food is commonly cooked!

Furthermore, should we reconsider a purely raw diet when examining the chemical stranglehold agrochemical companies hold on American Agriculture? Pesticides are used on fruits, vegetables, wheat, rice, olives, and canola pressed into oil, grass, and flowers. The OP pesticide chlorpyrifos developed by the DOW chemical company is commonly used on all fruits, vegetables, and wheat produced in the United States and impose severe implications on human health.

So are these plants pure or purely dangerous?

Join Dan and Brian as they peek behind this curtain of secrecy and decode the dietary deceptions to arm listeners with more information concerning their diet and health.

Plant-Based Riot proudly welcomes PETA to the podcast studio!!!!

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the largest animal rights organization globally, with more than 6.5 million members and supporters.

PETA opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview, and focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: in laboratories, in the food industry, in the clothing trade, and the entertainment industry. We also work on various other issues, including the cruel killing of rodents, birds, and other animals who are often considered “pests,” as well as cruelty to domesticated animals.

PETA works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.

Join the Riot as wee explore a different side of plant-based eating: showing compassion for other living creatures through dietary choices

Mindfulness suggests focusing on the present moment while peacefully acknowledging and accepting your feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations." These tenets of mindfulness also apply to mindful eating, and the concept of mindful eating goes beyond the individual. It encompasses how what you eat affects your health, your family's health, and the world around you.

In essence, mindful eating means being fully attentive to your food—as you buy, prepare, serve, and consume it.

Our relationship to food is a central one that reflects our attitudes toward our environment and ourselves. As a practice, mindful eating can bring us awareness of our actions, thoughts, feelings and motivations, and insight into the roots of health and contentment.

Follow the mettlesome trio as they examine the current science surrounding how a mindful diet and mindfulness in eating habits reverse disease and reduce inflammation.

Join Dan, Brian, and very special guest Carl Buehl as they peek behind this curtain of secrecy and decode the dietary deceptions to arm listeners with more information concerning their diet and health.

You can follow Carl Buehl @ http://lifeandlovcontinues.com.

There’s a lot of incredibly useful intermittent fasting (IF) research conducted on fat rodents. They lose weight, their blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugars improve, but they’re rats. Studies in humans, almost across the board, have shown that IF is safe and incredibly effective, but really no more effective than any other diet. In addition, many people find it difficult to fast. So why should we fast, undergo long periods of starvations and when a long term plant-based diest appears to accomplish the same health goals. In this episode, we put the two diets head to head and get some extra help from a steller researcher from Auburn University, Dr. Austin Robinson.

Follow the mettlesome trio as they examine the current science surrounding how various fasting diets measure up against a plant-based diet.

Join Dan, Brian, and Austin as they peek behind this curtain of secrecy and decode the dietary deceptions to arm listeners with more information concerning their diet and health.