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Originally Posted by ithos
Not sure how you came to the conclusion that the WFPB crowd has ties to the pharmaceutical corporations. Most physicians who are certified in lifestyle medicine are successful in reducing or eliminating prescriptions for their patients through education.
Home - American College of Lifestyle Medicine
With regard to diabetes we can agree that processed simple carbs should be avoided.
Diet composition has a marked impact on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Prospective studies show that dietary patterns with elevated amount of animal products and low quantity of vegetable food items raise the risk of these diseases. In healthy subjects, animal protein intake intensifies insulin resistance whereas plant-based foods enhance insulin sensitivity.
ScienceDirect.
If animal protein was a big part of the answer to solving our worst illnesses such as diabetes and auto immune diseases and could be substantiated by peer reviewed studies on pubmed then the meat producers and egg industry with their deep pockets would be running commercials to promote it. They can't because there are none and they would be punished with massive fines. The best they can do is promote the Mediterranean diet which allows some fish and eggs but emphasizes whole food carbs.
Funny thing. I put in carnivore diet in pubmed and all that comes back are articles about dogs and cats. |
When I referred to studies in bed with the pharma industry I was referring not to the things you linked, but the medical literature that pushes the standard American diet that is high in carbs.
Regarding your assertion that there is no evidence supporting a high fat, low carb diet all I can say is what I said before. I was 240 lb. My A1C was 5.7. My blood pressure was ~190/110. My cholesterol was very high (250ish I think).
I researched a bunch as the doctor was prescribing me 3 different meds. I decided to do the keto diet and 5 weeks later I got my blood work done. My A1C was 5.0. My cholesterol was under 200. My blood pressure was down to 140/90. I felt better and I was down to 200 lbs. My mental clarity was amazingly improved in a few months. I can't really explain it but I was performing better at work and felt much better mentally and physically.
So all I can say is this is the first diet I tried that I lost weigh, was sustainable (over 2 years now and no problems staying on this diet), blood work is great. Everything those YouTube videos said would happen happened.
Now as far as plant based, I did that a few years back. That was like 2017. I lost a lot of weight. My bp and cholesterol did drop (I was doing very clean plant based, not much refined carbs). But I felt like absolute ****. I had no energy and I craved garbage foods all the time. I think I lasted 4 months or so before I crashed and gained all my weight back.
Of course this is all anecdotal, but I keep hearing the same thing from everyone trying keto or carnivore. It works for me. I've yet to hear anyone complain about it except the folks that never actually tried it.