This episode is a conversation with Stephan Van Vliet. He earned his PhD in Kinesiology and Community Health & received post-doctoral training at the Center for Human Nutrition in the Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine. Dr. van Vliet also holds a Masters in Nutrition Science. He performs clinical and translational studies to evaluate the effects of whole food ingestion and physical activity interventions on body composition, physical function, inflammation, insulin action, and intracellular signaling pathways involved in regulating muscle mass with advancing age. His work has been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the Journal of Nutrition, and the Journal of Physiology. Currently, his newest research studies the impact of agricultural production systems on nutrient density, and metabolic health of consumers as well as animals.Overview:

• The complexity of whole food sources
• Metabolomics as a research technique & metabolites in food
• Emerging research about phytonutrients in meat, fat and organs
• Phytonutrient difference in Grainfed vs Grassfed cows
• The impact that cattle grazing on biodiverse pastures vs monospecies pastures has on the level of phytonutrients in the meat
• Research on how animal and crop management practices could impact ecosystem health and nutrient-density of the animal meat
• Why it is difficult to navigate the discussion around red meat consumption and human health
• Study on meat in the context of a standard American diet vs traditional American diet
• Study that compared the nutrient quality of plant-based meat vs meat from real animals
• Study that compared the consumption of whole eggs vs. egg whites for maximum muscle synthesis in humans

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