FoundMyFitness · 2016-01-23 · Rhonda Patrick (host), Rich Roll

Rhonda Patrick interviews Rich Roll on the Environmental Impact of Food, and a Plant-Based Diet

37 claims checked against research: 1 contradicted 4 overstated 4 needing context 21 supported 3 corroborated online 4 unverified

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0:00:00Rhonda Patrick (host)unverifiedvery low

Rich Roll was the first person to complete five Ironman-distance triathlons on five different Hawaiian Islands in under a week.

"he's also the first man to have completed running five Ironman-like triathlons in under a week on five different Hawaiian Islands" (said at 0:00:00)

No published record matching the claim that Rich Roll was the first person to complete five Ironman-distance triathlons on five Hawaiian Islands in under a week was located; this does not prove the claim false.

0:28:09Rich Rollunverifiedvery low

Vegan strongman Patrik Baboumian set a Guinness World Record by carrying a 550 kg (approximately 1,200 lb) yoke for 10 meters.

"this friend of mine named Patrik Baboumian, who is a strongman athlete, a vegan strongman athlete who lives in Germany. He set a Guinness Book of World Records in Toronto about two years ago. I was there, I witnessed it, it was incredible. It's called the yoke, and he carried 550 kg, which is like 1,200 lb, for 10 m." (said at 0:28:09)

No published record matching the claim that vegan strongman Patrik Baboumian set a Guinness World Record by carrying a 550 kg yoke for 10 meters was located in the indexed biomedical literature; this does not prove the claim false.

0:47:15Rich Rollunverifiedvery low

Approximately 70% of people in the United States are overweight or obese.

"You know, you look at the health statistics, like 70% of people are obese or overweight" (said at 0:47:15)

No published record matching the claim that approximately 70% of people in the United States are overweight or obese was located; this does not prove the claim false.

0:53:40Rhonda Patrick (host)unverifiedvery low

Approximately 90% of antibiotic use in the United States occurs in agriculture.

"They're given antibiotics prophylactically. I mean, it's like 90% of the antibiotic use in the United States is agriculture." (said at 0:53:40)

No published record matching the claim that approximately 90% of antibiotic use in the United States occurs in agriculture was located; this does not prove the claim false.

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