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Matthew Nagra, ND
@drmatthewnagra.bsky.social
Let’s debunk some nutrition nonsense. 🌱

Comments are my personal opinions, and are not medical advice.

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Animal vs. Plant-Based Meat: A Hearty Debate

Check out our review in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology!

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#nutrition #plantbased
Animal vs Plant-Based Meat: A Hearty Debate
Plant-based meat alternatives (PBMAs) are highly processed food products that typically replace meat in the diet. In Canada, the growing demand for PBMAs coincides with public health recommendations t...
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I participated in @jubileemedia.bsky.social’s new debate on Ozempic and other GLP1 medications!

Here’s a link to the full video

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Pro-Ozempic vs Anti-Ozempic | Middle Ground
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November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Eat mostly whole foods, and enjoy the other stuff in moderation.

@drmatthewnagra.bsky.social helps shift the perspective on plant-based meats.

Episode 915✌🏼🌱

Watch and subscribe here: https://bit.ly/MatthewNagra915
June 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Reposted by Matthew Nagra, ND
An interesting thought experiment from @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social.

Would you choose Diet A or Diet B?

Episode 915✌🏼🌱

Watch and subscribe here: https://bit.ly/MatthewNagra915
June 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Listen to my conversation with @richroll.bsky.social!

We cover a host of common diet myths around seed oils, plant protein, soy, and more.

Like, comment, share!

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Dr. Matthew Nagra Makes The Ultimate Case For A Plant-Based Diet: Busting Nutrition Myths Around Seed Oils, Soy, Protein, & More
Rich is joined by Dr. Matthew Nagra, naturopathic doctor and researcher, to debunk nutrition's biggest myths, from seed oils to carnivore diets.
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June 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I co-authored a commentary on the recent keto study debacle, and it’s now live!

Read it there: osf.io/preprints/os...

#keto #lmhr #heartdisease
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April 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Would You Eat These CHEMICALS?!

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#maha
Would You Eat These CHEMICALS?!
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March 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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The most comprehensive review of dietary patterns ever done found that the healthiest dietary patterns were all dominated by plants, with a focus on whole foods.

Learn more with @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social: plantuniversity.ca/blog-post/be...

#plantbased #vegan 🌱
March 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
When you exclude cross-sectional studies (which previous reviews/meta-analyses included), meat-free diets are associated with LOWER risk of depression.

www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/17...

#vegan #vegetarian #meat #meatfree #mentalhealth #depression
Meat Consumption and Depression: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background: Several original studies have reported an inconsistent association between low meat consumption (e.g., vegetarian diets) and the risk of depression. The aim of this study was to quantify t...
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March 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Butter is OUT! Seed Oils are IN!
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March 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Another W for seed oils.

“Substituting butter with plant-based oils may confer substantial benefits for preventing premature deaths.”

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

#seedoils
Butter and Plant-Based Oils Intake and Mortality
This cohort study investigates associations of butter and plant-based oil intakes with risk of total and cause-specific mortality among US adults.
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March 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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New co-authored by @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social: Traditional Maasai Dietary Practices and Their Inapplicability to Modern Carnivore Diets: A Narrative Review #carnivorediet 1/3
www.cureus.com/articles/336...
Traditional Maasai Dietary Practices and Their Inapplicability to Modern Carnivore Diets: A Narrative Review
The traditional dietary practices of the Maasai people frequently are cited to support meat-based diets in industrialized populations, owing to the historically low prevalence of cardiovascular diseas...
www.cureus.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Shawn Baker (carnivore) is Wrong… Again!
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Shawn Baker is Wrong… Again!
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March 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The #MAHA Healthy Food Task Force is not doing well…

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MAHA Wants to Change the Food Pyramid!!! #maha
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March 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM
It was great contributing to this new chapter on plant-based diets in the latest edition of the Handbook of Public Health Nutrition!

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Plant-Based Diets: Nutritional Considerations and Public Health Implications
Plant-based diets are increasingly recognized for their substantial health and environmental benefits. These diets confer advantages for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, including car...
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February 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics latest position statement on vegetarian diets for adults!

"Vegetarian and vegan dietary patterns may improve cardiometabolic disease and risk factors and align with current population and disease-specific recommendations."

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39923894/
Vegetarian Dietary Patterns for Adults: A Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics - PubMed
It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that, in adults, appropriately planned vegetarian and vegan dietary patterns can be nutritionally adequate and can offer long-term health b...
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February 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I wasn’t expecting this review to be published in such quick succession after our previous review, but I’ll take it! This time we discuss some issues with referencing the Maasai as evidence for the healthfulness of a carnivore-style diet. Let me know what you learn!

www.cureus.com/articles/336...
Traditional Maasai Dietary Practices and Their Inapplicability to Modern Carnivore Diets: A Narrative Review
The traditional dietary practices of the Maasai people frequently are cited to support meat-based diets in industrialized populations, owing to the historically low prevalence of cardiovascular diseas...
www.cureus.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I'm pleased to announce the publication of a new review I worked on discussing the roles of the non-essential nutrients: retinol, vitamin K2, carnitine, and creatine in plant-based diets, and whether their absence or near-absence really is cause for concern.

www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/17...
January 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Reposted by Matthew Nagra, ND
A recent analysis of studies found that the potential cardiovascular benefit of replacing animal meat with plant-based meat outweighed the fact that the products were processed, said @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social, who led the review. Source: bit.ly/3WsXs0C
Animal vs Plant-Based Meat: A Hearty Debate
Plant-based meat alternatives (PBMAs) are highly processed food products that typically replace meat in the diet. In Canada, the growing demand for PBMAs coincides with public health recommendations t...
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January 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Let’s end the fear mongering around plant-based meats…

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Ultra-Processed Fake Meat VERSUS Real Meat!
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January 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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January 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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For 1 week ONLY

Get yours now 👉🏾 www.theboldbundle.com/a/2148017539...

#vegan #plantbased
Bold Bundle—The Best Wellness Resources for 99% Off!
The Bold Bundle is a collection of 120+ of the best wellness e-books on the internet—at one low price. Make this year is better and more fabulous than ever with meal plans, classes, and courses from w...
www.theboldbundle.com
December 26, 2024 at 9:31 PM
The problems with anecdotes…

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The Stories That Carnivores WON’T Tell You!
YouTube video by Dr. Matthew Nagra, ND
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December 21, 2024 at 4:16 PM
If you saw the headlines swirling around about seed oils and colorectal cancer, you’re going to want to watch this:

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Seed oils cause cancer?! (RESPONSE)
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December 16, 2024 at 7:12 PM
2025 is going to be a big year for the plant-based movement! Stay tuned…
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December 15, 2024 at 1:26 AM