#98 – Vegetarian vs Carnivore: The Full Picture

Episode 98 of the Breaking Trail podcast, hosted by Balakhilya and Ruben, titled "#98 – Vegetarian vs Carnivore: The Full Picture" was published on April 5, 2026 and runs 63 minutes.

April 5, 2026 ·63m · Breaking Trail

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Summary

Today we get real about food, health, and spirituality. We dig into the biological reasons why humans are built for a vegetarian diet, the trouble meat and dairy cause our bodies, and how our choices affect our mind and consciousness. We also open up about karma, the spiritual effects of eating meat, and why compassionate living is key for going deeper spiritually. Let’s take a deep dive into how our diet shapes our wellbeing. Not just physically, but also mentally and spiritually. We explore why the human body is truly designed for plant-based foods, how what we eat affects our gut, our brain, even our state of mind.  We look at the karmic and ethical impacts of meat eating, and why going vegetarian or vegan aligns with a life of compassion and sustainability. If you want to optimize your health, uplift your consciousness, and move forward spiritually, what you put on your plate matters. This talk was inspired by “Carnivore vs Vegan Simplified” by Markus Rothkranz, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJdMRxYH0wA Highlights: (1:42) The human body is made for a vegetarian diet (10:04) Why meat gets putrid in the digestive channel (15:12) Look at the jaw: we’re herbivores by design (21:46) The yoga diet works (26:54) If you kill an animal, that animal will kill you in the future (30:41) Balakhilya’s younger years as a hunter: you can’t be soft-hearted and eat meat (45:29) “But I got to eat meat because I like that taste” (48:30) So what about milk and milk products? (57:40) Organic is definitely better from every angle Recorded on April 18, 2025. https://linktr.ee/breakingtrail

Episode Description

Let’s take a deep dive into how our diet shapes our wellbeing. Not just physically, but also mentally and spiritually. We explore why the human body is truly designed for plant-based foods, how what we eat affects our gut, our brain, even our state of mind.

We look at the karmic and ethical impacts of meat eating, and why going vegetarian or vegan aligns with a life of compassion and sustainability. If you want to optimize your health, uplift your consciousness, and move forward spiritually, what you put on your plate matters.

This talk was inspired by “Carnivore vs Vegan Simplified” by Markus Rothkranz, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJdMRxYH0wA

Highlights:

(1:42) The human body is made for a vegetarian diet
(10:04) Why meat gets putrid in the digestive channel
(15:12) Look at the jaw: we’re herbivores by design
(21:46) The yoga diet works
(26:54) If you kill an animal, that animal will kill you in the future
(30:41) Balakhilya’s younger years as a hunter: you can’t be soft-hearted and eat meat
(45:29) “But I got to eat meat because I like that taste”
(48:30) So what about milk and milk products?
(57:40) Organic is definitely better from every angle

Recorded on April 18, 2025.

https://linktr.ee/breakingtrail