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Originally Posted by frayedends
Trying to read this with an open mind. Of course, these "studies' are run by the same folks in bed with the pharma industry.
In the end I think we can all agree that a carnivore diet can fix metabolic syndrome and a vege diet can also fix metabolic syndrome. We could argue over the nutritional benefits and risks forever. To be sure there are likely good arguments on both sides.
But again, we can all agree that obesity, diabetes, blood pressure, etc are all caused by high carb, high processed sugars and grains. There are going to be vegetarians that are obese and have Type 2 because they can eat pasta and sugar and rice and all the garbage that makes us sick. Carnivores don't have that issue.
Based on everything I've read I think a whole foods, very low carb, keto type diet is the way to go. As for the carnivore diet, I think it's a great elimination diet for people that may have sensitivity to certain plant based foods. If you have health issues, inflammation, auto-immune etc. go carnivore and see if it helps. Then you can introduce veges 1 at a time back into your diet. Stay low carb and you'll probably be fine.
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It has been pretty much proven that low-carb diets are the way to go if you want to lose a lot of weight quick. They've been around pretty much forever too, different names but a lot of similarities, all basically "Keto". Some sixty years ago the "meat cheese and egg diet" was a thing. Following that came Adkins. I myself did the Slim-4-Life diet some 25 years ago and actually lost 70 lbs. on it! Gotta hand it to those Slim-4-Life people: most of the clients were pudgy middle-agers like myself, but all the "counselors" at the center (you had to go twice a week for a weigh-in and tale-of-the-tape session, and also to collect your ridiculously expensive diet additives) were young, attractive women who really lavished the praise whenever your weight was going in the right direction. I've been able to keep most of it off but still experience the yo-yo effect, going up 10, then back on keto and lose 10, then gain ten, etc. But easier to lose 10 than 70.