Ben Greenfield

I think it was written in the 60s originally.

I found it fascinating when I first picked it up at the library.

It's called Biochemical Individuality.

And as the name implies, it kind of goes into how we humans have such biochemical diversity, such genetic diversity, different sizes of our stomach and pancreas and liver and different vitamin D excretion rates and different abilities to digest oxalates that we're

A few things to think about is, first of all, there's this book I read.

We can't say that there's one perfect diet for all of humankind.

I think it was written in the 60s originally.

I found it fascinating when I first picked it up at the library.

We can, of course, look at Dan Buettner's work and say, okay, well, we know that no matter what diet you're eating, you should have meals with families and not eat a lot of processed foods and have a good amount of dietary diversity in plants and herbs and spices.

It's called Biochemical Individuality.

And as the name implies, it kind of goes into how we humans have such biochemical diversity, such genetic diversity, different sizes of our stomach and pancreas and liver and different vitamin D excretion rates and different abilities to digest oxalates that we're

But the first thing to get out of the way is there's not going to be one perfect diet for everybody.

The second thing is that when it comes to meat consumption, there can be a lot of issues with the research on the health aspects, especially regarding red meat because

We can't say that there's one perfect diet for all of humankind.

We can, of course, look at Dan Buettner's work and say, okay, well, we know that no matter what diet you're eating, you should have meals with families and not eat a lot of processed foods and have a good amount of dietary diversity in plants and herbs and spices.

Often, the source of the meat is not taken into consideration with these studies.

But the first thing to get out of the way is there's not going to be one perfect diet for everybody.

The demographics of the population consuming the meat and what else they're consuming along with it is often not taken into account.

The second thing is that when it comes to meat consumption, there can be a lot of issues with the research on the health aspects, especially regarding red meat because

And the amount is also important to bear in mind, and I'll explain why briefly.