Paul Saladino· MD
I do not believe that there are any unique phytonutrients in plants that humans benefit from in a way that we cannot obtain from animals
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I do not believe that there are any unique phytonutrients in plants that humans benefit from in a way that we cannot obtain from animals
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so we're putting the flag in the sand right now like there are magical nutrients and animals for sure and unless we animals we won't get them
there's really nothing in plants that we need to get there's nothing in plants that you can't get in animals and I would argue there is plenty in animals that you can't get in plants
in terms of known vitamins and minerals there are none that occur in plants that humans cannot get in higher amounts in animal foods
there's no real detriment to removing them completely long term we can get all the nutrients we need
there are no nutrients in plants that you cannot get from animal Foods