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Mar 2025
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578: Why I Stopped Being Vegan - The Nut...

HAL ELROD
About this episode

For over a decade, I ate a "mostly" organic vegan diet and believed that I was fueling my body with the most nutritious food available. I say mostly because I didn't believe in inconveniencing people to accommodate my dietary preferences, so I was pretty flexible when other people were involved. 

However, I experienced some health challenges including low energy and brain fog, and I realized that there were some vital nutrients that I was deficient in, which were missing from my vegan diet. Although I could supplement them, I wondered why they weren't prevalent in what I thought was the diet nature intended. That's when I started questioning everything I thought I knew about nutrition

In today's episode, I'm sharing my journey of transitioning from vegan to a more balanced diet loaded with organic fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and fats, as well as local pasture-raised, ethically sourced meats and eggs. 

To be clear, this is NOT to convince you to change your diet but rather to encourage you to consider what our bodies truly need to thrive. This episode isn't meant to be preachy. There's no one-size-fits-all diet. It's about listening to your body, questioning nutritional norms, and making informed decisions so that your diet contributes to optimizing your energy and lifespan. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • The role of vitamin B12 and why its absence in plant foods made me rethink my diet
  • The challenges of getting key nutrients like iron, protein, and vitamins from a vegan diet
  • How human history and evolution explain why meat has been a dietary staple
  • Nutrition isn't one-size-fits-all. Listen to your body and get your blood tested regularly

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