19. Recovering Vegan: Health Consequences and Psychology of a Vegan Diet

Giselle Bisson aka Recovering Vegan is California-based journalist who has risen to prominence publicly discusses her personal health journey eating vegan diet and then re-introducing animal foods.

In this episode we discuss her perspectives on veganism, veganism as a manifestation of childhood trauma, heath issues on a vegan diet including menstrual loss, hair greying, shrinking of breast tissue and much more...

TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Dr Max’s update 00:02:34 Podcast begins 00:00:50 Giselle’s backstory 00:08:44 Insight into the vegan culture and mindset 00:15:44 Childhood trauma and the personal drivers of veganism 00:24:13 Restrictive diets as manifestation of self harm 00:24:39 Animal foods are necessary for human thriving 00:27:40 Giselle’s health issues on a vegan diet 00:31:31 The contradiction in treating health issues arising from vegetarian/veganism with pharmaceutical drugs 00:37:34 Dr Max conjectures the link between vegan/vegetarianism and premature greying 00:41:29 The ethics of restricted diets during pregnancy and child rearing 00:44:09 Giselle’s shrinking breast tissue on vegan diet and putative mechanisms 00:48:37 Giselle’s journey re-introducing animal foods 00:56:51 Giselle’s advice for recovering vegans

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LINKS

Yardbird Dinner March 23rd in Albury, NSW - https://www.wolkifarm.com.au/product/food-farming-and-health/

Optimal Fertility Workshop, April 15th, Albury NSW - https://www.wolkifarm.com.au/product/optimal-fertility-workshop/

The evolution of the human trophic level during the Pleistocene, Ben Dor et al. - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33675083/

Real Food For Pregnancy by Lily Nichols – https://lilynicholsrdn.com/real-food-for-pregnancy/

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