#31 - Dr. Matthew Nagra ND: Addressing the concerns of a plant-exclusive diet and making evidence-based food choices

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MIND BODY PLANTS - An evidence-based guide to optimal health

Health & Fitness


Dr. Matthew Nagra ND is a Naturopathic Doctor who is a passionate advocate for evidence-based nutrition. He adopted a plant-exclusive diet when he had health problems during his childhood and subsequently improved nearly every health concern he had. Matthew is incredibly knowledgeable within the scientific literature. Through social media, public speaking, his volunteer work with Nutritionfacts.org, and his clinical practice, he aims to educate people to help them gain control of their health through nutrition and lifestyle.This episode is jam-packed with information. Matthew talks us through nutritional concerns of the carnivorous diets like saturated fat. How much is too much? What is LDL? He also dispels some of the many myths surrounding the inadequacy of a plant-exclusive diet from iron and calcium to vitamin D3 and K2, as well as omega 3 fatty acids (ALA/EPA/DHA) and phytates, lectins, and oxalates.