Diet Comparison: Mediterranean vs. Plant-Based — Which Is Healthier? | Dr. Neal Barnard Exam Room LIVE Q&A

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🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Is a plant-based diet healthier than the Mediterranean diet? Or is the Mediterranean diet superior?

Dr. Neal Barnard and “The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll examine both diets in depth on The Exam Room Live.

Dr. Barnard also talks about the research he led that compared the two diets for weight loss. The results left no doubt that one will help you lose more weight than the other.

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0:00.0	Coming up on the exam room.
0:03.4	This is a bit of a surprise, cholesterol does not drop very well on a Mediterranean diet.
0:08.1	But when it came to blood pressure, the people in the vegan group, their blood pressure
0:12.5	came down, but it came down even more in the Mediterranean group.
0:16.9	And that chuck is not a fluke.
0:19.2	And I got to tell you, Chuck, if I had to guess, it's not the low fat meal.
0:24.0	It's not the chicken, it's not the fish.
0:25.9	I think it's the polyphenols in the extra virgin olive oil.
0:31.1	I think that's what is actually doing it.
0:32.9	They seem to have a blood pressure lowering effect.
0:35.3	The reason olive oil has polyphenols is it comes from an olive, and olive is a fruit.
0:40.3	And all of its fruit cousins are loaded with polyphenols.
0:44.2	And the point about olive oil being a good source is just that they go to the factory
0:49.1	and they just really concentrated in a form that nature didn't really intend.
0:53.5	So they're concentrating in the polyphenols, they're concentrating in the calories and
0:56.5	all the fat things.
1:05.1	Welcome to the exam room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee.
1:09.2	Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll.
1:12.5	Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us coast to coast in the US and in
1:17.0	more than 150 countries.
1:19.5	Hi to everyone listening in West Jordan, Utah, Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Berlin,
1:26.5	Germany, wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place.
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