you have to cook plant based proteins - unlike animal based ones that people consume raw? I feel a doctor shouldn’t be encouraging people to eat raw meat yet here we are…
In the context, he wasn’t debating or trying to put down plant based lifestyle, despite what this rage bait article is trying to do.
He was trying to educate on living healthy. So he said you can have a plant based diet, but here’s how to make sure it’s effective. It’s common for people to think that raw it’s always better for plant based nutrients, but now as a protein replacement is his point
It’s common for people to think that raw it’s always better for plant based nutrients
is it common tho?
Yes. And factual… Most vegetables are more nutritious raw, so it makes sense
https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-2023/best-ways-to-eat-vegetables-cooked-raw.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/10/well/eat/vegetable-healthy-raw-cooked.html
Maybe define vegetables before you go googling.
Attia just said “nutrient dense tho” without saying “nutrient dense”.
He seems like a light(er) grifter than the usual.
For context:
he puts that within context of how much more efficient animal protein is for humans to metabolize, that quote is a few words taken out of context of one sentence within an interview.
