Consuming a variety of plants provides micronutrients like magnesium and vitamin K1, and fermentable fibers beneficial for the gut microbiome and immune function.

“I think there's a lot of benefits and this is part of the reason why for so long I was skeptical of the ketogenic diet is because I think there's a lot of benefits in eating a variety of plants I think that there's a lot of various micronutrients that are much higher density in plants fully magnesium vitamin k1 but also there's a lot of fermentable fibers and and things that are really also really good for the gut microbiome which i think is very important for regulating immune function”