Tech workers seeking an edge on peers turn to all-meat ‘carnivore diet’
sfchronicle.comI enjoy a fatty meats as much as anyone but giving up veggies entirely even though it objectively hurts ones ability to go to the toilet comfortably turns this into farce for me.
Fiber. Most all-meat diets suggest taking fiber or psyllium husk supplements for this very reason.
Good for them then. I'm not sure why this is better than just eating vegetables in some capacity but that's not for me to judge I guess.
It's for keeping your body in ketosis. High fat, moderate protein, and zero/very low carbs - which is why people diet this way.
This episode of "What I've learned" may be of interest to readers of this thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isIw2AN_-XU
Makes me wonder if there isn't really one single type of diet that is good for everyone. The best diet for a person might be more meat, more vegetables, or some other food group which is based on many different factors.
Christ, we know eating red meat is bad for you. We know that a balanced diet favoring vegetables is good for you. Why are seemingly well educated and intelligent people on this awful diet?
Eating a diet of meat probably does make you feel good. Especially in the morning and at lunch, the fats will keep you full all day so you’ll eat less garbage (e.g. Diet Coke as mentioned in the article). That’s not to say it won’t have some serious repercussions down the line, but I would be it does create a sort of local optimum that may be better than the average American artificial diet.
IMO they're probably just being contrarian.
> we know eating red meat is bad for you. We know that a balanced diet favoring vegetables is good for you
What do we know, exactly? Because we've known lots of stuff that turns out to be bunk. And I am seeing increasing evidence that a one-size-fits-all diet isn't healthy - some people will need more or less of different things, or to abstain entirely from categories.
Not saying this is a good idea - but It's hard to say to what degree it isn't.
It's well understood that the brain performs differently in ketosis, it's why the diet is used to treat epilepsy.
For some, maybe the cognitive advantage outweighs the potential health risks.