It is Discernable®
It is Discernable®
Matt Wong
Simon Hill - The Proof Is In The Plants
1 hour 10 minutes Posted Feb 24, 2022 at 8:00 am.
Confusion: what is the ‘right’ diet?
The scientific approach: do not cherry pick your data
The polarised world of food
Plant dominant diets
Multi-variant analysis and healthy user bias
The demonisation of vegetable oils
Which oils are good or bad?
Should we demonise canola oil?
Are studies trustworthy?
The EPIC study and the need for multi-variant analyses
Simon’s journey to plant-based
Being aware of bias and avoiding echo chambers 
Long term solution to diet, not just short term
What about caloric reduction?  
Ancestral thinking Paleo wasn’t the only diet!
The rise of ultra-processed foods 
The ‘Halo’ effect hiding bad foods behind healthy catch phrases
Sustainable food production
Big corporates love profits more than saving the world
More transparency in food production
The future of nutrition
Animal welfare arguments
Ethical dilemma of eating animals
Would Simon change his view if evidence changed?
Simon’s future evolution
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Simon Hill is famous for his work in the plant-based lifestyle movement, his predilection for scientific evidence and his in-depth podcast where he interviews experts in nutrition, and other health disciplines.
We invited Simon to appear on Discernable as a ‘meta-analysis’ of all the studies he has read and reviewed, and all of the expert interviews he has conducted. Simon’s podcast is an excellent resource to dive deep into the details of a particular issue but we wanted to hear from him about the broad momentum of the plant based movement, healthy nutrition, and world agriculture.
As with all of our interviews, we were looking for the ‘why’ and explored Simon’s way of thinking, how to determine good science from bad, and whether he would hypothetically follow the science away from a plant-based lifestyle.
What we found was surprising and refreshing.
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