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Matthew Nagra, ND

@drmatthewnagra.bsky.social
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Let’s debunk some nutrition nonsense. 🌱 Comments are my personal opinions, and are not medical advice. linktr.ee/dr.matthewnagra

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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This is fantastic coverage of our latest paper on seed oils by @eatingwell.com! www.eatingwell.com/large-seed-o...
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Scientists Debunk Seed Oil Myths in Major New Nutrition Review
Seed oils like canola and soybean are safe and may have health benefits, a new review shows. Experts address inflammation, heart health, and more.
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
🚨NEW PUBLICATION!🚨 We reviewed virtually every major claim behind the seed oil hysteria, and the evidence doesn’t support the fear. The controversy is largely social media-driven, built on ecological correlations, mechanistic speculation, and flawed trials...
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Concerns about the health effects of industrially produced seed oils are without scientific foundation: a scoping narrative review of the clinical and observational evidence
To reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, worldwide dietary guidelines emphasize limiting saturated fatty acid (SFA) intake, and replacing SFAs with unsaturated fatty acids, especially polyunsat...
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Well, I debated an anti-vegan who doesn't think you can reach "optimal health" on a plant-exclusive diet. It didn't go well for him... www.youtube.com/watch?v=No0A...
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The Vegan Diet Debate: Dr. Matthew Nagra Vs. Aman Duggal
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I participated in @jubileemedia.bsky.social’s new debate on Ozempic and other GLP1 medications! Here’s a link to the full video youtube.com/watch?v=Pi1y...
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Pro-Ozempic vs Anti-Ozempic | Middle Ground
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Rich Roll @richroll.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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: bit.ly/MatthewNagra915
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Rich Roll @richroll.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
An interesting thought experiment from @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social. Would you choose Diet A or Diet B? Episode 915✌🏼🌱 Watch and subscribe here: bit.ly/MatthewNagra915
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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! www.richroll.com/podcast/matt...
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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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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Would You Eat These CHEMICALS?! youtube.com/shorts/DDT8p... #maha
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Would You Eat These CHEMICALS?!
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Vancouver Humane Society @vancouverhumane.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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 🌱
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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
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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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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Butter is OUT! Seed Oils are IN! youtube.com/shorts/2FZeb... #butter #seedoils #oliveoil
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Butter is OUT! Seed Oils are IN!
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Another W for seed oils. “Substituting butter with plant-based oils may confer substantial benefits for preventing premature deaths.” jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #seedoils
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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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Peas & Potatoes Or Pills & Procedures? @peasorpills.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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...
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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...
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Shawn Baker (carnivore) is Wrong… Again! youtube.com/shorts/X0SLf...
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Shawn Baker is Wrong… Again!
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The #MAHA Healthy Food Task Force is not doing well… youtube.com/shorts/xCNtl...
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MAHA Wants to Change the Food Pyramid!!! #maha
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
It was great contributing to this new chapter on plant-based diets in the latest edition of the Handbook of Public Health Nutrition! link.springer.com/referencewor...
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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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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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/
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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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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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...
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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...
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
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...
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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 22/01/2025
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
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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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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Our work was featured in this new @nytimes.com piece! www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/c...
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Fake Meat Is Processed. What Does That Mean for Its Health Benefits.
After being targeted by the meat industry, swept up in the culture wars and pummeled in sales, two plant based meat companies are reinventing themselves.
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Let’s end the fear mongering around plant-based meats… youtube.com/shorts/AGcWR...
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Ultra-Processed Fake Meat VERSUS Real Meat!
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Today is your last chance to get the Bold Bundle for 99% off! 130+ health and wellness resources (cookbooks, meal plans, fitness programs, etc) from some of the top plant-based creators bundled together for just $50! Don’t miss out on this amazing deal 👇🏾 www.theboldbundle.com/a/2148017539...
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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...
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
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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...
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
The problems with anecdotes… youtube.com/shorts/vdH58...
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The Stories That Carnivores WON’T Tell You!
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
If you saw the headlines swirling around about seed oils and colorectal cancer, you’re going to want to watch this: youtube.com/shorts/aKTzD...
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Seed oils cause cancer?! (RESPONSE)
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
2025 is going to be a big year for the plant-based movement! Stay tuned…
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a man in a green elf costume is standing in a room with his mouth open .
ALT: a man in a green elf costume is standing in a room with his mouth open .
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Do statins only add 4 DAYS to your life?! youtube.com/shorts/Cm76o...
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Statins Only Add 4 DAYS to Your Life!? (RESPONSE)
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Barbaric
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
On behalf of everyone, please use soap… youtube.com/shorts/6_UZY...
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Ex-Carnivore MD Doesn’t Use Soap! 🤢
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Does blending fruits damage the fibre? Glucose Goddess seems to think so, but the answer may surprise you. Watch the video to find out! youtube.com/shorts/Y_c2B... #fruit #glucose #smoothie
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Glucose Goddess Says to AVOID Smoothies! (RESPONSE)
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Zachary Wenger @zwenger.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
One of the best papers addressing the “contradictory” evidence surrounding eggs and health outcomes. 🥚🫀 www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Jillian Michaels suggests weight loss is primarily an issue of willpower. Here are my thoughts. What do you think? youtube.com/shorts/EQfV4...
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Jillian Michaels Versus the Nadolsky Brothers on Why People Struggle to Lose Weight.
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I debated whether people actually do follow the dietary guidelines (and the merits of those guidelines) yesterday… it got heated… DEBATE: Do People Follow the Dietary Guidelines? youtu.be/gukX7jk0_-M
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DEBATE: Do People Follow the Dietary Guidelines?
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
It looks like science communicators won’t be running out of content to fact check any time soon…
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Not that there’s anything inherently wrong with indulging in some fast food, but Mr. “Make America Healthy Again” has been talking about how *toxic* this stuff is, yet is sitting down for what looks like 2 McDonald’s burgers, a soda, and French fries? At this point, it’s like he’s trolling.
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
“Seed oils tho” youtu.be/aHhCYq1JHGk?...
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RFK Jr. Claims Seed Oils Cause Inflammation on Fox News! (RESPONSE)
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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Animal vs. Plant-Based Meat: A Hearty Debate Check out our review in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology! onlinecjc.ca/article/S082... #nutrition #plantbased
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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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Matthew Nagra, ND @drmatthewnagra.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Seeing what this is all about.
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