Rhonda Patrick· PhD
I eat a mostly plant-based diet based for health reasons because I'm trying to get all these micronutrients and fiber
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I eat a mostly plant-based diet based for health reasons because I'm trying to get all these micronutrients and fiber
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And that is the health aspects of meat and do we need to eat this much meat? And I think based on the science, I don't think we need to focus on eating so much meat. We need to focus on getting the plants and getting all the right micronutrients and getting the fiber.