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184. The problem with eating plants

Paul Saladino MD podcast

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Is Black Pepper a Good Detoxifier?

There's a good amount of data to suggest that plant defense chemicals are actually negatively affecting human health. Black pepper caused mucosal micro bleeding in gastroenterology studies and also inhibits your body's ability to do glucuronidation. The absorption of zinc is essentially entirely abrogated when you give zinc with oysters along with something like tortillas and beans. This is the deep dark interesting rabbit hole of plant defense chemicals that very few are willing to look at.

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