- How long were you vegan?
- Uh, since... I was vegan from 2013 'til 2019.
- So in 2019 what was the first thing that you ate?
- My... my ex-husband cooked me,
cooked me some fish on the grill.
- So the big news this week is Miley Cyrus
has ditched veganism
and we're all wondering why.
- So I'm actually right now in a very experimental period
that's actually fun to talk about with you
'cause I know that you kinda have probably
some good suggestions on that, but I'm experimenting
a lot with, like, my diet and my body and my routine
and my exercise right now.
- Isn't it interesting that Miley Cyrus ditched veganism
during an experimental phase?
What's crazier is the fact she's looking for nutrition
advice from Joe Rogan, who, if you don't know is a
glorified hunter, and regularly takes money from the
meat industry on his podcast.
He even tried the carnivore diet earlier in the year.
- I've watched every body builders' YouTube
about how they still-
- You can't pay attention to those guys.
- Train, that's what I'm saying-
- Yeah. - All of a sudden I'm like-
- All I eat is celery and like,
why are my thighs like, fuckin' huge?
- Those vegan bodybuilder guys, they're almost all
on steroids.
- It's, it's...
- It's, it's fake. - Yeah, I'm not on steroids.
- I don't know what she's talking about with celery
and thighs. I don't know what Joe Rogan's talking about
'cause I know loads of vegan bodybuilders that
aren't on steroids. Some might be, but the point is
you can do a healthy vegan diet healthfully.
- Everybody's different, you know.
We all have different ancestors
and our ancestors come from different parts of the world.
And you know, I don't know if the blood type thing
is accurate, but some people really believe that.
- So this is another thing that I like
about seeing the brain is I try to eat for my brain type,
and not my blood type.
- The brain type?
- My brain type.
- If you're watching this and thinking,
this sounds woo-woo, then you're not alone.
There's no such thing as a blood type diet.
There's no such thing as a brain type diet.
But let's get to the heart of the issue,
which is when Miley says her vegan diet
wasn't very good for her brain health.
- I've been... was vegan for a very long time
and I've had to introduce fish and omegas into my life
because my brain wasn't functioning properly.
- So let's break this down. What Miley's basically saying
is that omega threes are important for
brain health.
Which is true, but she seems think that vegans
can't obtain omega threes, which is untrue
because when vegans have flaxseeds for example,
they're able to convert the ALA from the flaxseed into
omega three, such as EPA and DHA.
So I don't know what she's saying
but it's completely untrue.
- But I do like, I like looking at my brain and going
"Okay, listen, like, someone cut my brakes," right,
on my brain and I have to take all the things...
Omega... I've been... was vegan for a very long time
and I've had to introduce fish and omegas into my life
because my brain wasn't functioning properly.
- Miley Cyrus is basically saying that she needs fish
in order to get omega threes which as I've said before,
it's completely untrue. Let's just say hypothetically,
vegans can't get omega threes from the ALA
and things like flaxseed, and they do need to supplement.
Well, you can get algae based supplementation
so it is possible to supplement without having fish.
- And I was like, so dry from having
none of these healthy fats in my diet.
I did what I could with like, as many fuckin' avocados
a day as I can- - It's hard.
- But it's hard to get the fat.
- I also think when somebody notices a massive improvement
in health from a very small dietary tweak,
this screams of the placebo effect.
As Dr. Matthew Nagra said, on a physiological level,
it's impossible for a few mil's of seafood
to drastically change omega three levels,
especially within the brain.
This becomes even more likely when a vegan is constantly
being told that their diet is deficient
by those who clearly have not seen the data.
We can start to believe it, that being said,
we have no clue what Miley was actually eating.
And another doctor, gynecologist Dr. Nitu said,
"Miley Cyrus is equating veganism, which is about ethics,
with healthy eating. We don't know what her diet was.
Miley has likely been misguided and it's a shame if she
didn't try and find help from evidence based
plant-based doctors and nutritionists who are vegan
but also know the science."
Anyway, we noticed Miley Cyrus unfollowed Plant Based News
on Instagram but we wish you all the best on your journey.
- I have 22 animals on my farm in Nashville,
I've got 22 in my house in Calabasas, like, I'm doing
what I need to do for the animals, okay?
The reason that I kind of started this was
because I had a fish that was highly intelligent.
When I would come through the door, and I'm also highly
stoned but I would come through the door
and this blowfish would go to the side and get excited
and I would you know, like my pig, my animals are very
food oriented. So the love comes from the food giving.