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Part 217 - Stephan van Vliet on the Hidden Health Benefits of Red Meat

May 9, 2024·1 hr 17 min·5 clips
Stephan reveals why people overeat on ultra-processed diets even when calories are matched.
Brian Sanders interviews Stephan van Vliet on the health impacts of regenerative agriculture, exploring how meat from biodiverse pastures contains more phytochemicals and nutrients. They discuss the limitations of epidemiological studies, the benefits of whole foods over ultra-processed diets, and the complexity of food metabolites that influence satiety and health.

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A meat-and-milk episode linking grazing, flavor, and metabolites to a case for more nourishing food.

Peak Human makes a direct case for meat and milk as foods shaped by how animals are raised, with Brian Sanders and Stefan von Vliet, PhD, moving through metabolomics, mass spectrometry, and the claim that pasture diversity changes the compounds in beef, fat, and milk.

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If red-meat warnings feel too tidy, this gives you a lab-backed take on regenerative grazing, metabolomics, and why meat complexity might matter.

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