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To be fascinated by the "carnivore" diet

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CakeCrumbs44 · 01/08/2022 13:48

I've just discovered today that there is a diet called the carnivore diet which is basically anti-vegan. They ONLY eat meat, some of them eat animal products such as dairy, tallow, eggs.

Snack suggestions include "candy" made from frozen browned butter, eating solid tallow straight from the fridge, drinking bone broth and most recently chicken "pizza" where the base is made from blended chicken, cheese and eggs, the topping is cheese sauce without flour and then topped with cheese and dipped in more cheese sauce.

Anyone seen this, is it actually real or are these people just doing it for Instagram? What are the supposed health benefits?

instagram.com/itscourtneyluna?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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DdraigGoch · 02/08/2022 12:08

Plus, they are built differently! We wouldn’t expect to be able to eat grass like a cow or sheep, we don’t have the right digestive system, the same applies to a purely meat diet.

You do get vegans expecting to exist solely on plants and then wondering why they get fatigued and their hair falls out.

Everything in moderation is key. We eat an excessive amount of refined carbohydrates (not to mention sugar) which is undoubtedly why obesity rates are astronomical in the west.

PaperMonster · 02/08/2022 12:12

I’ve heard of it through being on diabetic forums as some people eat this way to keep blood sugars steady. There’s a lot of veg I can no longer eat but I’m not giving up the few I can!

Blondebakingmumma · 02/08/2022 12:19

My GP has been carnivore for 13 years. I follow other doctors and scientists who recommend being carnivore
Dr Anthony Chaffe
Dr Ken Berry
Dr Georgia Ede
Dr Zsofia Clemens
Dr Robert Cywes
Dr Sean Baker
i can go on because the science and medical profession are carnivore and promoting it

shinynewapple22 · 02/08/2022 16:07

ImAvingOops · 02/08/2022 08:43

Not rt whole ft but it isn't far which causes heart disease, it's sugar. Fat is able to pass through our arteries quite easily but when you also eat lots of sugar, it roughens the inside of the arteries and then the fat sticks to it. This is what led to doctors believing that fat blocked arteries and caused heart attacks. It's only relatively recently that anyone has considered the damage that sugar does. At least that's what the cardiologist told my dad when he had a bypass.
That diet sounds disgusting but my dad has eaten meat and vegetables (no sugar) for a while now and it has reversed his type 2 diabetes symptoms so it might not be that terrible from a health pov.

I think this is correct according to most up to date thinking . It's key that your dad ate meat and veg though - the veg being as important as the meat - probably more so .

Off-topic and nosy but where does your user name come from @Blondebakingmumma if you don't bake?

FurAndFeathers · 02/08/2022 21:41

apintortwo · 02/08/2022 09:20

There is a lot of new research done that actually says we should be eating mainly plant based with very little white meat and some fish.No red meat at all...

All research needs to be funded and hence a lot of it is biased. Please bear this in mind and try and exercise some healthy scepticism rather then following 'new ideas' blindly

You might as well tell us we’re all sheeple!

please do tell exactly how funding from UK research councils etc biases their research outputs?
and why that bias isn’t in favour of the carnivore diet and the meat industry considering the agriculture/meat industry is one of the largest and most lucrative in the world. Surely using your ’logic’ big farming should be biasing studies towards carnivore diets?

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