210 Stephan van Vliet – The first randomised clinical trial comparing agro-ecological grown and supermarket food

A conversation with Stephan van Vliet, assistant professor of nutrition studies at the Center for Human Nutrition Studies at Utah State University, about nutrient density food, human health and the world’s first randomized clinical trial of 14 weeks comparing a whole diet of supermarket food vs food grown using agro-ecological and regenerative practices.

This episode is part of the Nutrient Density in Food series!
This series is supported by the A Team Foundation, who support food and land projects that are ecologically, economically and socially conscious. They contribute to the wider movement that envisions a future where real food is produced by enlightened agriculture and access to it is equal. The A Team are looking to make more investments and grants in the space of bionutrients. You can find out more on ateamfoundation.org.

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Chapters

• 1:45 Why are you doing what you are doing? Why Soil?
• 6:35 Why is there so little research healthy soils healthy humans?
• 10:40 Randomised clinical trial 14 weeks
• 19:14 The regen beef study
• 28:30 How have you changed your diet in the last years?
• 35:15 What about alternative proteins and cellular meat?
• 53:17 What should smart investors, who want to invest in reg ag and food look out for?
• 59:00 What would you do if you were in charge of a 1B investment portfolio tomorrow morning?
• 1:00:48 If you could wave a magic wand and change one thing in agriculture and food what would it be?