- 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.
