If you are willing to consider the possibility that most of what you have been told about healthy living is wrong...

[Bolt_Upright]

Thanks to  reedboat2 for sharing this with me:

Unveiling the Secrets: Dr. Paul Mason's Controversial Truths Explained

youtu.be/ukwrdpgX0vo?si=Gbu...(Not working as expected?)

Salt is good, fiber is bad, nobody really understands cholesterol and more!

[Bolt_Upright]

My broccoli sprouts and pistachios are just about the only plant based things I eat.

Dr. Paul Mason is the person who convinced me to eliminate Lectins:

Dr. Paul Mason - 'How lectins impact your health - from obesity to autoimmune disease'

youtu.be/mjQZCCiV6iA?si=Szk...(Not working as expected?)

[MBAnderson in reply to Bolt_Upright]

What do you do re the essential nutrients not available by eating only meat?

[Bolt_Upright in reply to MBAnderson]

"What nutrients do you miss if you only eat meat?

It's possible to get most nutrients from a carnivore diet if it includes organs (especially liver and sweetbreads) and seafood (especially salmon and mollusks). The most difficult nutrients to source from meat are vitamin C, boron, vitamin E, antioxidants and fiber."

According to Dr. Mason, we can take fiber off that list.

[MBAnderson in reply to Bolt_Upright]

Calcium, Magnesium, Manganese, Vitamins A, C, B7, B9, & D, potassium, Lithium, etc. These are either missing in meat or in tiny amounts or unless, as you point out, require eating organs such as the tongue, liver or brains, which are UGH and not available in supermarkets.

You'll like the Harvard study below

doctorkiltz.com/the-harvard...

"17 Deficiencies From the Carnivore Diet"

health.selfdecode.com/blog/...

[Bolt_Upright in reply to MBAnderson]

Wow! That Harvard study is something!

"The Takeaway From the Harvard Carnivore Study

In the context of a grain-based society where meat is demonized and plant foods are lauded as the key to health, the idea that eating an all-meat diet is healthy, let alone possible, seems radical.

However, numerous studies show that high-fat, low-carb animal-based diets are how our ancestors evolved eating over nearly 2 million years.3

For these reasons, it’s important that a reputable and notable institution like Harvard take the carnivore diet seriously.

Though the outcomes of the Harvard carnivore study likely come as no surprise to carnivore dieters, the overwhelmingly positive responses should compel further studies that will corroborate these reports and elevate the carnivore diet further into mainstream consciousness."

The self-reported changes in health status were overwhelmingly positive:

95% improved overall health

91% improved hunger/food cravings

89% improved energy

85% improved mental clarity

83% improved focus

78% improved strength

76% improved endurance

69% improved sleep

69% improved chronic disease

66% improved memory

How chronic conditions changed

98% improved or resolved diabetes and insulin resistance

97% improved or resolved gastrointestinal conditions

96% improved or resolved musculoskeletal issues

96% improved or resolved psychiatric symptoms

93% improved or resolved overweight/obesity (mean BMI decreased from 27.2 to 24.3)

93% improved or resolved hypertension

92% improved or resolved urologic issues

92% improved or resolved dermatologic issues

89% improved or resolved autoimmune conditions

84% improved or resolved cardiovascular issues

How medication use changed

100% discontinued other diabetes injectables

92% discontinued insulin for type 2 diabetes altogether

90% discontinued or decreased insulin

84% discontinued oral diabetes medications.

Level of satisfaction with the carnivore diet

98% of participants reported being very satisfied or satisfied

[MBAnderson in reply to Bolt_Upright]

I've been thinking about going carnivore for a month or so and this study may push me into it.

[gomelgo in reply to Bolt_Upright]

And how many percent resolved Parkinson's?

[Bolt_Upright in reply to MBAnderson]

That Self Decode blog is interesting. I personally am not on a carnivore diet and not recommending it. I eat eggs and fish and hard cheese and broccoli sprouts and olives and... ice cream and Pepsi. The only meat I eat is grass fed and finished beef. If you are eating regular beef, pork, and chicken, you are eating corn and soy beans.

So the main thing about the blog was that it was measuring the effects of a strict beef only diet. I guess that is a good thing to highlight. If all you eat is beef you are going to be missing out on some things. If you include eggs and good dairy and fish you are mostly okay

This one thing about fiber: "Fiber feeds your gut bacteria, which are essential for immunity, nutrient digestion, reducing inflammation, and more. Strict carnivores don’t get dietary fiber." That video from Dr. Mason disagrees with the established theories on fiber. I do eat a lot of pistachios every day to create SCFAs, but besides that I am willing to roll the dice and skip fiber.

[Gioc in reply to Bolt_Upright]

it would be better to eat a bit of everything, meat, fish, vegetables, etc., without exaggerating, especially fresh and tasty food with the right flavor, which means it is a natural product, healthy and not grown forcibly in a short time. If they are cooked with culinary art they make life more pleasant and you will not feel the need to gorge yourself.

Congratulations on your diet.

I would add an espresso coffee as per my recipe:

Espresso coffee (freshly ground) with Sicilian pistachio cream, whipped cream and pistachio grains.😁

I ♥️ espresso ☕️ coffee

Greetings from Italy

Coffee and pistachios cream 😂

[Bolt_Upright in reply to Gioc]

If PWP have non Celiac Gluten intolerance, avoiding Gluten (and in my opinion Lectins too) seems worth trying.

[CuriousMe12 in reply to MBAnderson]

It may be true but bear in mind that the Harvard study sourced it's participants from social media with no face to face assessment. The Harvard study itself,at the very end, reports limitations:

" These findings must be interpreted cautiously in view of several major design limitations. Our survey assessed the perception of individuals following a carnivore diet and did not objectively assess diet, nutrient status, health-related outcomes, or confounding health-associated behaviors; and no physiological or biochemical measurements were obtained. These self-reported data are prone to recall and reporting bias, especially for the prediet information. Specifically, participants may have started the diet during a time of poor health and perceived subsequent regression to the mean as a benefit of the diet and being online community members may have resulted in over-reporting of adherence and perceived beneficial effects. Because no validated instruments are available to assess food intake frequency in a carnivore population, we used modified Likert scales....."

[MBAnderson in reply to CuriousMe12]

good point

[Eryl in reply to MBAnderson]

The Harvard study may look comprehensive but considers the carnivore diet to only consist of meat whereas the real carnivore diet also includes eggs, dairy and fish as well which make a vast difference.

Also they do not mention that your vitamin requirements may be quite different on a carnivore diet

eg. Vit C. youtu.be/AnGM3HyI7SI?si=-30...(Not working as expected?)

[JayPwP]

I like it...

[SallyBeeBobs]

That's a coincidence! I'm actually watching this video as I was looking at Health Unlocked....youtube.com/watch?v=5MM62kX...(Not working as expected?)

[bassofspades]

the more I learn on my own about whats good for you and whats bad for you, the more I am finding that the world is a dark and evil place filled with and run by greedy psychopaths and sociopaths.

[Gioc in reply to bassofspades]

We are all “basically” good people but there are wrong ways to solve life's problems.

😂 ironic .

Greetings from Italy bassofspades

[Gioc in reply to Gioc]

Campaign to save the *True* Neapolitan pizza.

Pizza Napoli

[Eryl]

The real carnivore diet is considered the ultimate cure for manyy health problems. youtu.be/Sikx_OCSxcs?si=HQn...(Not working as expected?)

[Eryl]

youtu.be/xE383evpvXM?si=nKF...(Not working as expected?)

[secrets22]

An interesting study and food for thought. I eat meat, fruit, dairy and vegetables.

[Allypally49]

Amazing

[SPITFIRE6657]

You forgot to explain to your audience that this carnivore diet has a few problems. The way animals are raised and pumped full of chemicals while standing shoulder to shoulder in a feed lot to keep them alive while they grow into what will be further injected with products that keep the meat looking fresh for your pleasure! And it’s the same thing for all the meat, fish and poultry that is commercially processed.

Unless we clear cut all the forests in the world to make way for grazing pastures which is not possible or sustainable

If you had the means to raise all your own animals and control what they are eating only Then should you be able to sleep at night knowing that you have fewer chemicals blazing through your veins.

I think we need to do a little more homework here.

YouTube is a bit of a vacuum.

Marketing is VERY hard at work here. Remember we are talking about billion dollar industries here. They will never give up.

[CuriousMe12 in reply to SPITFIRE6657]

Valid points.And if similar self assessing questionnaires, as done by the Harvard carnivore study, were put to vegetarians, you'd get similar spectacular results.

[Bolt_Upright in reply to SPITFIRE6657]

The whole high carb low fat movement was also based on a profit motive and dishonesty (IMHO).

I agree with you on factory raised meat. Most of the people in the Harvard study said they were eating grass fed grass finished beef. IMO if a person is eating regular supermarket beef or chicken or pork they might as well have a can of corn with diced soybeans as their side. The only meat I eat is grass fed beef.

I don't ascribe to carnivore, but please check this out. There is a theory that PD starts in the gut, AND now that PWP have a non-Celiac Gluten intolerance. So personally I don't avoid all plants, but I avoid all gluten and lectins:

healthunlocked.com/cure-par...

[gomelgo in reply to Bolt_Upright]

You are eating tons of grass then, no? Following the appropriate logic you are using: you are what you eat, eats.

[gomelgo in reply to gomelgo]

Also, PD is a neurological disorder, and when you eat other animals, you are eating whatever was in their blood and bodily fluids when they were "slaughtered". IE: fear, agony, etc... so adrenaline, and all the hormones that come with a nervous system in distress.

[MBAnderson]

Acknowledging the study's limitations, we rarely see such compelling, i.e., overwhelmingly positive feedback. "98% of participants reported being very satisfied or satisfied." Better than feedback on B1 .