Our society has a toxic obsession with all things protein. We consume protein powders, protein bars, protein cookies, and protein-infused coffees. With the state of things, you'd think every American was suffering from extensive a protein deficiency! However, considering nearly 98% of Americans consume the daily recommended amount of protein, we are clearly overeating only one of the macronutrients necessary to maintain health.

But do you have any idea what essential nutrient we don't consume nearly enough of? Fiber. That's right, good-old fiber. Dietary fiber is considered an "essential nutrient," and concerningly, most Americans have a deficient intake of fiber, which is associated with countless health risks.

In opposition to the overconsumption of protein, Only 4% of Americans consume the daily recommended amount of fiber. And I am sure you can guess what dietary group is meeting their daily fiber needs. That's right, the damn vegans! Fiber, like protein, has an abundance of health benefits.

But did you know dear listeners that there is a war currently being waged surrounding fiber? And this war is nothing more than a campaign to get your hard-earned money out of your wallet and into food manufacturers' bank accounts. Many of the massive food producers know that the Americas are deficient in fiber intake. Therefore a market is created, and big food compies are more than happy to provide you the fiber you need in sugary chocolate energy bars that they can market as "healthy" because it contains fiber.

What horseshit. Something as uncomplicated as eating fiber naturally found in plants is being deconstructed, misused, and abused. The American food industry and the FDA are negotiating the use of added fibers and their role in the American diet. Food manufactures are isolating fiber from natural food sources and adding it to other foods. More alarming, they are also creating synthetic fiber and declaring it as natural dietary fiber on food labels only if they meet the "beneficial physiological effect to human health" criterion.

So here were are. Yet again, food-producing manufacturers have takin natural elements to laboratories and assembly lines merely as a means to make synthetic food for profit. Although they claim their food includes enriched essential fiber, is it healthy for you? Moreover, can't we just obtain fiber from our diets more easily and forgo the fiber assembled in a lab.

Follow the mettlesome duo as they examine the current science surrounding how fiber and how it is only now being regulated/defined by the FDA and corrupted by big food companies.

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.

While the population of bugs (microbes) in your gut is bestowed upon you at birth (thanks mom and dad), your diet has the most prominent impact on your gut bugs' nature, composition, and health. Sounds gross, right? But these bugs accomplish wonderful things for our bodies. If you are vegan, well, then these beneficial little bacilli will generate healthful harmony in your life for years to come! Good job, vegans!

Current researches point out that a plant-based diet reduces the development of chronic diseases such as cancer, metabolic syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and cardiovascular disease significantly. Mush of this resistance to disease stems from your bugs (thanks bugs!). And on this episode, we will tell you how these bugs got your back when you feed them lots of veggies!

Of course, eating fewer animal fats and proteins is also judged to be beneficial in avoiding the development of diseases. These products have been shown to negatively alter the microbiota.

It is becoming transparent that diet is an indispensable factor connected to microbiota and the health of your gut bugs. While the relationships between diet, microbiota, and human health are complicated, virtually all published literature on microbiota demonstrates that a vegan diet, above any other food, has a unique and significant influence on both the gut microbiota and all aspects of human health.

Follow the mettlesome trio as they examine the current science surrounding how a plant-based diet impacts your gut bugs!

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.

Sugar! We all crave it. We long for it. When we have a tough day at the office, we reach for it to comfort us and aid us in our time of need. How could we not? It's delicious and makes everything taste just a little better.

But, sugar is not good for us in any shape, form, or variant. More disturbingly, sugar, at least basic table sugar abundant in so much of our food, is not even vegan! That's right; you may have heard that regular white sugar is non-vegan because they filter it using animal bone char- that is, charred and powdered animal bone. But did you know the US, unlike so many other countries, still practices this ridiculous method of bleaching and "purifying" table sugar?

On average, Americans consume nearly 100 pounds of sugar per year, or 30 teaspoons a day. These quantities are disturbing because sugar is also a toxin. It contains no nutritional value and lacks essential proteins, minerals, and vitamins, making sugar one of the worst and most poisonous ingredients in the Western diet. It can have harmful effects on our metabolism and contribute to the development of numerous serious health conditions and diseases. Too much sugar is detrimental to the body and promotes inflammation and disease.

Follow the mettlesome trio as they examine the current science surrounding how a plant-based diet and a reduction in sugar consumption can help reduce the aging process, diminish the developing disease and increase your quality of life for years to come.

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.

Welcome To The First PBR Long Table Conversation; A RIOT AT THE TABLE!

Welcome to the first PBR Long Table Conversation! This episode is an experimental open public forum that is a hybrid performance-installation-roundtable-discussion-dinner-party designed to facilitate vegan dialogue through the gathering together of people with common interests in living a disease-free life.

Join the PBR for open conversion about diet, lifestyle, gardening, and the importance of farmers' markets and back yard gardening.

The PBR Long Table was designed to stage public conversations around difficult subjects concerning our health.

Episode 12. Welcome to The Future of Community Back Yard Gardens, welcome to Sustaina.

Powered by a software engineer, designer, and farmer, Sustaina is passionate about making an environmental, economical, and sustainable impact.

Sustiana is an online platform that will allow you to see where your sustainable, locally sourced food is coming from and how it was produced from start to finish.

This young and upcoming company is aiming to empower communities and bringing back transparency to our food system and food production. They are changing the Landscape of LA by expanding urban farms across the great city and creating a network of backyard farming communities and food sources. Sustaina believes that we can reconstruct LA into a more lush environment that makes a significant impact on our climate and weather. Their mission is to empower anyone to become a farmer. Whether you own the land or live down the street, you can connect to a local farm.

Follow the mettlesome trio as they interview Sustain's cofounder's Erika Hang and Isaac Qureshi to find out all about their new startup in a very special episode of the Plant-Based Riot!

http://www.sustaina.world/about.html

Episode 11. For Meat's Sake, Can't My Heart Just Get a Break?!

It's now abundantly clear that a plant-based diet is unequivocally associated with a lower risk of heart disease can cardiovascular complications. But an essential question we have to ask ourselves is if all plant-based diets have the same protective effects? For a heart-healthy protection plan, a diet should focus on high-quality plant foods and forgoing or curbing the consumption or real meat and the copious amount of vegan fake meats that are saturating the market. Furthermore, how might exercise further reduced the risk of heart disease? Could it be that a plant-based diet in combination with a consistent exercise regiment may the be the fountain of youth we have all be looking for?

When you explore the research, it appears that a Western diet coupled with sedentary behavior is the equivalent of purposefully taking a long-drawn tinkle in that fountain of youth. And this foolish tinkle only accelerates the aging process and can lead to the development of various diseases. Don't pee in the damn fountain. Love your heart's health so it can, in return, love others for many years to come!

Follow the mettlesome trio as they examine the current science surrounding how a plant-based diet and exercise can put the brakes on the aging process and increase your quality of life for years to come.

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.

Episode 10: “Double Double. Vegan Style, please!”

Should meat-producing industries and the fast-food chains that serve their goods "slay" in their own lane?

About 20 years ago, I distinctly remembered asking my vegetarian and vegan friends what they would do if every fast-food chain came up with vegan options. Back then, fast food vegan options consisted of bread and condiment sandwiches, packed with mounds of pickles, thick discs of onions, dry lettuce, and bright yellow mustard. ‘Hold the meat, and hold the cheese!’ Those were trying times, to say the least. Ohhhh, those were the days. As a vegan in the early ‘90's, the glorious condiment sandwich allowed every plant slayer the opportunity to break bread with our meat-eating counterparts and avoid being chastised by those that thought I was crazy for being plant-based.

Ohhh have the times have changed! Fast-forward 25 years, and now, vegans around the world have been freed! Stop hiding in the shadows and be placed in the spotlight. In this day and age, we are free to declare our proud lifestyle without fear of objection, judgment, or ridicule. More and more, people are converting to a vegan lifestyle, so much so that the food industry is paying attention. Close, close, close attention!

They are paying attention because now, there is money to make. A lot of money to make!

Imagine furthermore, if I said the meat-producing giants are now testing vegan meat products to roll out everywhere? Much like other fast-food chains such as Carl’s Jr., Del Taco, KFC, Burger King, even McDonald’s and Tyson foods are introducing a vegan burger in Tampere, Finland.

Vegans are a bit divided in their reactions concerning these moves by the food giants. Many applaud this initiative, while many others state that they will never eat anything at McDonald’s because one vegan burger cannot erase the many problematic aspects of the company.

But most importantly, how do we feel about the way these products are being marketed as "healthy”? I feel that the real question we should be asking is "Are these vegan options any healthier than the real meat?” because this is how fast food companies will capture both markets: by exaggerating the truth in marketing and trying to assure us that a Beyond/Impossible burger is way healthier than a meat burger. But is it really?

Follow the mettlesome trio as they examine the current science surrounding how faux meat and vegan products in fast food may be just another unhealthy product that takes your hard-earned dollar under the guise of good health.

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.

Episode 9 is here! DiaMEATes!!!

GET THIS!

Recent development in nutritional research has shown that the chronic intake of meat, dairy, and eggs is strongly correlated with a significantly increased risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), or more appropriately termed, Diameates! It appears, dear Rioteers, that the culprits responsible for thrusting our meat-eating counterparts into metabolic derangement are higher levels of heme iron, saturated fat, sodium (as found in preserved meats, sulfur-containing amino acids. All of these rascals are abundantly present in the products we take from the animal kingdom. Additionally, The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has categorized processed meat as a carcinogen.




So I ask you, Rioteers, what the hell are we doing? What are we eating, and why are people still consuming these poisons? While several studies have consistently shown that meat, dairy, and egg consumption should be moderated to avoid the development of chronic disease, most of the United States fails to adopt a healthy and balanced diet sufficient in varied protein sources, including tofu and legumes.




Follow the mettlesome trio as they examine the current science surrounding how animal products may be the primary catalyst for chronic diseases such as T2DM, both in America and internationally.




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.

If you thought the Anti-vaxers episode ruffled some feathers, wait until you get a load of episode 8 entitled, PLANT POWERED PETS!

Cats and dogs may be identified as carnivores, but that hasn't hindered an explosion of pet owners from fanatically wanting to switch their fluffy friends to a plant-based diet. With the increasing prevalence of vegan lifestyles has led some people to consider feeding vegan diets to their pets as a cruelty-free option to normal meat-based kibble. Due to clever marketing, people believe that their dog or cat can thrive on a meatless diet.

Pet owners also appear comfortable forcing their ethical views about eating animal products or the agriculture industry onto their pet’s lifestyle as well. However, this situation in which human morality not only does not apply to animals but also ends up being dangerously inhumane when expected to be ethical.

It seems that canine and feline bodies were not built to subsist singularly on plant matter; both cats and dogs evolved to subsist on a meat-based diet - dogs as opportunistic omnivores and cats as obligate carnivores. So are these plant-based pet owners making the right educated choices in converting their pets to broccoli and carrots, or will there be unfavorable physiological consequences that will injure their beloved animals?

Join the mettlesome trio as they examine the current science surrounding plant-based pet food and vegan pets!

Join Dan, Brian, and Mike as they peek behind this curtain of secrecy and decode the dietary deceptions to arm listeners with more information to allow their pets to live a disease-free life.

Are you Lectin or Lecout, that is the questions.

Lectins have become the latest opposition of healthful diets and more specifically, a vegan diet. Have you ever heard of lectins? Five years ago, you probably hadn’t heard of gluten either, but a “lectin-free” is now being primed by some medical professionals to become the next big thing in diet fads. Move over gluten, move over MSG, and move over soy, there is a new enemy on the chopping block, and lectin be thy name

But this diet, like so many others, appears more fad than factual. According to dietitians, you know, the people who have spent countless years training in nutritional biochemistry and researching human metabolism, propose that foods containing lectins such as grains, particularly whole wheat, beans and legumes, nuts, aubergines, tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers contain lectins and also possess countless health benefits. Addianlly, many people removing these plants form their dies and increasing their protein consumption to avoid lectins. Well guess what, lectins are everywhere including dairy products, and eggs and, meat which doesn’t leave an awful lot left to eat

So what the heck are lectins? Lectins are proteins found in around 30 percent of the foods you eat, such as legumes, peanuts, lentils, tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, fruits, and wheat. While there are some toxins in these foods (specifically in foods like raw kidney beans), the cooking process denatures the lectins, meaning they are harmless. There is no evidence to suggest that lectins are the cause of chronic disease or obesity.

Join the mettlesome trio as they examine the current science surrounding lectins and investigate the myth surround complications associated with eating lectins.

Join Dan, Brian, and Mike as they peek behind this curtain of secrecy and decode the dietary deceptions to arm listeners with more information to live a disease-free life.

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