19. Recovering Vegan: Health Consequences and Psychology of a Vegan Diet

Giselle Bisson aka Recovering Vegan is California-based journalist who has risen to prominence publicly discusses her personal health journey eating vegan diet and then re-introducing animal foods. In this episode we discuss her perspectives on veganism, veganism as a manifestation of childhood trauma, heath issues on a vegan diet including menstrual loss, hair greying, shrinking of breast tissue and much more... TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Dr Max’s update 00:02:34 Podcast begins 00:00:50 Giselle’s backstory  00:08:44 Insight into the vegan culture and mindset 00:15:44 Childhood trauma and the personal drivers of veganism 00:24:13 Restrictive diets as manifestation of self harm 00:24:39 Animal foods are necessary for human thriving 00:27:40 Giselle’s health issues on a vegan diet 00:31:31 The contradiction in treating health issues arising from vegetarian/veganism with pharmaceutical drugs 00:37:34 Dr Max conjectures the link between vegan/vegetarianism and premature greying 00:41:29 The ethics of restricted diets during pregnancy and child rearing 00:44:09 Giselle’s shrinking breast tissue on vegan diet and putative mechanisms 00:48:37 Giselle’s journey re-introducing animal foods 00:56:51 Giselle’s advice for recovering vegans ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINKS Yardbird Dinner March 23rd in Albury, NSW - https://www.wolkifarm.com.au/product/food-farming-and-health/ Optimal Fertility Workshop, April 15th, Albury NSW - https://www.wolkifarm.com.au/product/optimal-fertility-workshop/ The evolution of the human trophic level during the Pleistocene, Ben Dor et al. -  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33675083/ Real Food For Pregnancy by Lily Nichols – https://lilynicholsrdn.com/real-food-for-pregnancy/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Giselle aka RECOVERING VEGAN LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/recoveringvegan Twitter: https://twitter.com/veganrecovering Facebook:  http://facebook.com/recoveringvegan Instagram:  http://Instagram.com/therecoveringvegan TikTok: http://tiktok.com/therecoveringvegan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow DR MAX Twitter: @mgulhaneMD Instagram: @mgulhanemd Apple Podcasts: Regenerative Health Podcast Spotify: Regenerative Health Podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/maxgulhanemd Send us Fan Mail 🧡 HARDBLOCK Australia's Longest Running Bitcoin-only (₿) Exchange Use code REGENPOD for AUD 10 of bitcoin post account verification Support the show