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Old Mon, Aug-06-18, 21:22
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That was a very interesting video.
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Old Tue, Aug-07-18, 13:17
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The Omega 3 and omega 6 are out of wack. It is because grain fed animals are very high in omega 6. ANd lower in omega 3. Animals do not eat grains, unless provided by humans. The imflammation levels due to this imbalance is not healthy.

We are spoiled by cheap meats. ANd it is killing us.
Why I supplement with Omega 3-6-9 pills and eat baked salmon once-a-week.
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Old Tue, Aug-07-18, 13:20
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A hundred grams of grass fed or grain fed beef fat has about 2 grams of omega 6. A hundred grams of grass fed has about a gram of omega 3, where a hundred grams of grain fed has about a tenth of that. Yes, the omega 6:3 ratio is much higher than grain fed. But the numbers are small enough that it doesn't matter, or if it does, it doesn't take much fish oil to fix the ratio.
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Old Tue, Aug-07-18, 17:13
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I'll take grain fed without hesitation when there's not an equivalent grass fed in meat quality and price. The equivalent is hard to find.

As for the studies, I agree. There are few dietary studies that have the rigor to produce findings that are factual and can inform a healthy diet for humans. The funding, of course, is most likely provided by those with a vested interest in the outcomes.
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Old Fri, Aug-10-18, 00:27
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9 August, 2018

The carnivore diet: can humans really survive by eating only meat?

Can man survive on meat alone? Doctors don’t recommend it, environmentalists point out that it’s probably unsustainable, and the more militant of the vegan army are quick to compare it to genocide – but the answer, apparently, is yes.

Advocates of the carnivore diet – a relatively new eating regime that involves ingesting nothing but meat, eggs and water (sparkling is fine) – claim results range from radical body recomposition to arthritis relief. But what about fibre? Isn’t that too much fat? And, even if surviving on steak gives you the modern equivalent of superpowers, how can anyone possibly keep doing it – especially without the frites?

Let’s start with the evolutionary angle. Many modern carnivores adhere to the theory that our ancestors ate mostly meat because it wasn’t energy efficient to gather a lot of fruit or vegetables – leaving our bodies evolved to run optimally on a meat-centric diet. Tribal peoples including the Inuit and Maasai, they point out, have done just fine on a mostly-meat diet for generations.

However, the Inuit forage for berries occasionally, and there’s at least some evidence that the Maasai have evolved specifically to thrive on a cholesterol-packed diet. Until recently, giving up on fruit, vegetables and grains entirely seemed – for most people – risky.

Still, it’s true that, technically, you don’t need vegetables to survive.
The only essential macronutrients in the human diet are protein and fat – going ‘zero carb’, as carnivores sometimes call their lifestyle, doesn’t present any immediate health risks. Fibre, they point out, is not an essential nutrient – and, depending on who you listen to, may actually impede digestion by loading up your colon with indigestible material.

Vitamins and minerals are trickier – technically, you can get more than enough of them from meat, but it’s worth pointing out that the Maasai, Inuit, and our paleolithic forebears would have been munching on free-range, grass-fed animals raised in radically different conditions from all but the most pampered of modern cows, almost certainly changing their hormone and nutrient profile.

Plant-derived phytonutrients are another concern: there’s significant evidence that they protect DNA. This might be part of the reason that diets high in processed meat have been associated with colon cancer in long-term observational studies: it’s not the meat causing the problem, but a lack of greens. And this is probably the biggest reason to treat the carnivore diet with caution: advocates can point to anecdotal cases of individuals surviving for decades with no ill-effects, but there are (obviously) no long-term studies on large-scale Western populations trying it.

What about the short term? This is where things get… interesting. Dr Shawn Baker, one of the diet’s most outspoken advocates, claims that he found it impossible to get lean eating a traditionally-healthy diet as he entered his late 40s, but now breaks age-group rowing records, while staying impressively ripped, on a diet of almost nothing but steaks.

Similarly, members of Reddit’s Zerocarb community boast about improved energy and better mental clarity, while discussing stool consistency and exactly which seasonings are acceptable (salt is fine, pepper more hotly debated). Cravings, they claim, quickly depart, and hunger is rarely a problem – as long as you’ve got enough steaks.

Meanwhile, probably the movements’ most famous adherent is psychology-professor-turned-bedroom-tidying-advocate Jordan Peterson, who claims that living on nothing but beef, salt and water has cured his longstanding depression, while his daughter credits the diet with resolving her arthritis. Other members of the carnivore community report relief from a host of serious autoimmune and digestive problems, while still others report radical weight loss.

It’s this latter set of results that make a few medical professionals willing to recommend carnivory, at least in the short term: by helping to control inflammation and effectively cutting out sugar, there is some evidence that it can treat serious conditions, if used sparingly. In the long term? Caveat carnivore: if you feel good on the diet, it’s really about what level of risk you’re willing to accept.

What of the environmental angle? Hardcore carnivores claim that the widespread adoption of a steak-only diet would only improve the efficiency of livestock-farming, while wooing vegans with reminders that plant-based agriculture kills even more rodents and birds than carnivores kill cattle.

Are these arguments convincing? Honestly, it depends on who you listen to – Baker is quite charming in interviews –but it’s undeniable that right now, with methane emissions from cows outstripping those of cars, something radical would have to change for the carnivore diet to work on a global scale.
Ultimately, there’s no telling whether going carnivore can be beneficial for us over a sustained period – though if you’re thinking about society rather than individuals, the available evidence points to ‘no.’ Would it work for you? As with any diet, just the fact that you’re restricting your own eating options is likely to work wonders in the short term: cut out processed food, sugar, gluten and lactose all in one hit, and something’s bound to change, probably for the better. Eat, as some zero-carbers do, three McDonald’s patties per meal and you probably won't do yourself any favours; feasting on steaks from unhappy, cage-raised cattle is unlikely to do much better.

If you’ve got a serious condition – Crohn’s, Lyme disease, otherwise-unfixable anxiety and depression – and you’re prepared to take a gamble, it might be worth a 30-day experiment, done with an appropriate amount of reading around the subject first. Otherwise, the best advice is the same as ever: eat real food, preferably from happy animals. And don’t beat yourself up if you occasionally want some frites.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-...ve-eating-meat/
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Old Fri, Aug-10-18, 08:29
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Can man survive on meat alone? Doctors don’t recommend it, environmentalists point out that it’s probably unsustainable, and the more militant of the vegan army are quick to compare it to genocide – but the answer, apparently, is yes.

So, we're in pretty good shape if doctors, environmentalists, and militant vegans are against it for different reasons, as these three groups hardly qualify as members of the Mensa society of human nutritional knowledge.
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Old Fri, Aug-10-18, 08:36
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And they leave more meat for the rest of us!!
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Old Fri, Aug-10-18, 13:09
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I watched a couple of her videos on yootoob. She's candid about pretty much everything. From my point of view, there's nothing special about her story, because I experienced similar extraordinary effects from going all-meat, though I wasn't as deeply ill as she was.

OK, so let's take Mikhaila at her word, but let's also take Longo at his word too. This would mean that if we're in the same boat as Mikhaila, we should endure debilitating illness and depression for most of our life, then switch to lots of meat for those last few years before we die, and we're gonna live a long and happy life that way. Hm. I think Longo is an idjit.
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However, he acknowledges that individuals such as Jordan and Mikhaila Peterson, “with a particular genetic condition”, can buck the trend.

I think he should also acknowledge that he doesn't know jack squat about Jordan and Mikhaila, let alone their genetic makeup.
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Old Fri, Aug-10-18, 16:40
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feasting on steaks from unhappy, cage-raised cattle
Cattle, including CAFO grain-fattened, are raised on pasture. Even the relatively crowded grain feed lots are bigger than cages. I think this statement is intended for emotional effect. If they'd said pigs, yeah. And like the allegory of the little kid on the beach who can only save a few of zillions of washed up starfish by throwing them back into the water, I can't save the world from environmental/sustainability issues but I can save the health of myself and a few around me willing to listen while we have the means. My health without meat wasn't good. Returning to that would benefit no one globally or locally, especially those who'd have to deal with my declining health.
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Old Fri, Aug-10-18, 17:20
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Zei, thank you for explaining this.

I raise some of my own meat and eggs. THey get to walk and roam. When rain fills the puddles, the ducks enjoy the new play area.
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Old Tue, Sep-11-18, 04:35
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My carnivore diet: what I learned from eating only beef, salt and water

Jordan Peterson insists his fad diet helps you lose weight and feel better. I tried it for a week, and let me tell you: it was truly, punishingly awful

by Adam Gabbatt in New York


When I started my carnivore diet, I had no idea what it would involve. I thought it could be fun. I wasn’t to know I’d started on a journey that would involve rapid weight loss, complete exhaustion, and a professor of nutrition telling me I was at risk of scurvy.

It had started innocently.

Jordan Peterson, the disaffected male’s favoured academic and bestselling author, had appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, the irreverent, current affairs-ish show on which Elon Musk recently smoked weed. The pair discussed Peterson’s self-help book, 12 Rules for Life, which created a stir when it was released in January. Rogan, a comedian and gym enthusiast who resembles a slab of corned beef, told Peterson how slim he looked.

Well, Peterson said.

It was because of his new diet.

“I eat beef and salt and water. That’s it, and I never cheat. Ever. Not even a little bit,” Peterson said. He’d been put on to the diet by his daughter, Mikhaila, and lost 60lb. What’s more, his anxiety and depression had lifted.

Weight loss? Improved mood? No side-effects? It sounded too good to be true.

It was.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/20...n-peterson-beef
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After only a few paragraphs, had to skim the rest. What a wanker. He eats low fat fish, chicken and bagels and then starts the carnivore diet with zero understanding of the nutrition in meat, the need for salt, the benefits of being a fat-burner, before switching to all meat, or starting with an all animal product diet. Sloppy reporting, writing and if he meant it to be a humor piece with clever potty jokes...it didn’t work for me.
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Old Tue, Sep-11-18, 05:06
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After only a few paragraphs, had to skim the rest. What a wanker. He eats low fat fish, chicken and bagels and then starts the carnivore diet with zero understanding of the nutrition in meat, the need for salt, the benefits of being a fat-burner, before switching to all meat, or starting with an all animal product diet. Sloppy reporting, writing and if he meant it to be a humor piece with clever potty jokes...it didn’t work for me.


Exactly my reaction to this article. I found it so irritating and ignorant that I had to stop reading it.
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Old Tue, Sep-11-18, 06:01
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Thanks, I'll use the time for something more productive.
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Old Tue, Sep-11-18, 06:47
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I am trying to stop reading what gets reported in the media as health and nutrition "news". There's this pattern of some stupid pseudo science research or some idiotic personal experiment such as the above article followed by people refuting the article by pointing out all it logical faults along with the inevitable angry rants and name calling by the those that enjoy engaging in that kind of activity. I say why bother? It's just a waste of my time which could be better spent in any of a number of different pursuits. I am happy for the well reasoned refutations but since I have reached the point in my development where I am able to recognize nonsense when I see it there is no need for me to engage with any of this.

Feeding my mind junk news begins to feel no different than feeding my body junk food.

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