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May 2021
16m 47s

Controversial Thoughts: How broccoli cou...

PAUL SALADINO, MD
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What if vegetables aren’t good for you, after all?
 
What if that spinach is causing your joint pain?
 
What if that kale is causing your stomach issues?
 
What if that broccoli is messing up your digestion and your thyroid? 
 

If you think about things from the perspective of plants, the idea of plant toxicity makes much more sense.

 
Plants don’t want to be eaten, but they can’t run away like animals. This makes them very vulnerable to predation- thus, they have had to develop many defense chemicals.
 
In this week’s episode of Controversial Thoughts I discuss how broccoli might just be bad for you and how I think we’ve gone wrong in our thinking about vegetables...
 
I’d you’re new to the idea of #animalbased diets this video is for you!
 
#theremembering 
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