Diet Doctor Podcast #105:
Does healthy soil mean healthy humans?
Soil health is critical for our environment and for growing a diversity of crops. But does healthy soil also make healthier people?
David Montgomery, PhD, and Anne Biklé wrote a new book, What Your Food Ate, stating that, yes, healthy soil can lead to healthier people. And the research from Stephan Van Vliet, PhD, appears to support that claim.
Produce grown on healthier soil leads to healthier plants. Animals that eat these plants have more of the potentially healthful phytonutrients. Therefore, humans who eat the plants or animals will also potentially benefit from the greater nutrients.
Will this translate to better human health? We don’t know the answer yet. But it is a fascinating discussion and an important topic as we look to the future of agriculture and farming.
About the video
Virtual podcast recorded in June 2022, published in September 2022.
Host: Dr. Bret Scher
Producer: Hari Dewang
Table of contents
00:00 Introduction
01:56 The connection among soil, plants, and human health
08:23 Nutrient deficiency in modern “health” foods
18:40 About synthetic inputs, cost and production
30:02 The level of evidence needed for regenerative agriculture
30:02 A paradigm shift in feeding the world
39:23 Stephan Van Vilet, PhD
41:09 Stephan’s paper on animal-based phytonutrients
51:14 Animal vs plant-based phytonutrients
1:04:50 Findings from one of Stephan’s recent papers
1:09:57 About the nutritional content in plant-based protein
David Montgomery, PhD, and Anne Biklé wrote a new book, What Your Food Ate, stating that, yes, healthy soil can lead to healthier people. And the research from Stephan Van Vliet, PhD, appears to support that claim.
Produce grown on healthier soil leads to healthier plants. Animals that eat these plants have more of the potentially healthful phytonutrients. Therefore, humans who eat the plants or animals will also potentially benefit from the greater nutrients.
Will this translate to better human health? We don’t know the answer yet. But it is a fascinating discussion and an important topic as we look to the future of agriculture and farming.
About the video
Virtual podcast recorded in July 2022, published in August 2022.
Host: Dr. Bret Scher
Producer: Hari Dewang
