Peter Rogers
MD. Physician and YouTube educator.
Of everyone in this guide, Rogers teaches the strictest low-fat vegan rules for weight loss, and an all-or-nothing approach to change.
Whose words we use: His own videos.
Evidence behind the weight-loss advice: No studies of his own; population and mechanism arguments.
Positions by topic
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Calorie density
Choosing foods with fewer calories per pound is the main way to lose weight without counting calories.
Partly agreesRogers does not count calories and has people eat vegetables first to stretch the stomach. His main explanation, though, is that dietary fat is stored as body fat, along with oils, hormone-like chemicals and stress.
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Nuts and seeds
Nuts and seeds should be cut out or strictly limited for weight loss.
AgreesNone at all while losing weight: no nuts, seeds, avocado or coconut, which he calls far too fatty.
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Oil
Added oil should be cut out completely for weight loss.
AgreesRogers bans every oil, olive and omega-3 included: “not one drop.” He also argues that cooking oils damage the brain's hunger center.