This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens.\nYou can exercise, meditate, sleep, and take all the supplements in the world, but unless you focus on high-quality, nutrient-dense whole foods personalized to your own needs and preferences, you will not achieve health or longevity. The Pegan Diet is an inclusive, flexible frame that is built on the principles of quality, food as medicine, and personalization. It is designed to be low glycemic (low in starch and sugar), rich in good fats, anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, hormone balancing, energy boosting, and gut healing. It is nutrient dense and rich in longevity phytochemicals, polyphenols, antioxidants, and microbiome-healing fibers. It is designed to regenerate both human and planetary health, which are inseparable.\nIn today\u2019s episode of my series I\u2019m calling Health Bites, I walk you through exactly how to follow the Pegan Diet.\nThis episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens.\nRupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 35 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.\nAG1 contains 75 high-quality vitamins, minerals, whole-food sourced superfoods, probiotics, and adaptogens to support your entire body. Right now, Athletic Greens is offering 10 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/hyman.\nHere are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):\n\nHow I came to create the Pegan Diet (2:50 / 00:58)\xa0\n\nKey principles of eating well (4:11 / 1:45)\xa0\n\nEat a lot of plants (7:12 / 5:25))\xa0\n\nFoods with healthy fats (8:06 / 6:17)\xa0\n\nThe benefits of eating meat (9:25 / 7:35)\xa0\n\nGetting adequate protein as a vegan (10:41 / 8:52)\n\nSourcing and selecting fish (11:05 / 9:13)\n\nThe best type of grains (11:47 / 9:55)\xa0\n\nAvoid refined sugar (12:57 / 11:05)\xa0\n\nEliminate seed oils (13:15 / 11:24)\xa0\n\nAvoid or limit dairy (13:33 / 11:41)\xa0\n\n\nMentioned in this episode\nEnvironmental Working Group\xa0\nMonterey Bay Aquarium consumer guides\nNRDC Mercury Guide\xa0\nTime to Question Everything You Know About Milk\nYoung Forever\n\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices