Carnivore Diet : Popualar Diet Based Around All Meat

The carnivore diet is based around the idea that you only have to eat meat. People who follow this diet eat nothing besides read meat. Not even a little bit of cheese or eggs. It's a very strict diet and has gotten a bunch of attention because it's so dramatic and also seems to get results. But are those results good?

There are podcasts and articles online where the speakers will say that you can get all of your nutrients from red meat. They argue that plants are not what you should be eating. Some of these people are doctors, but most are regular people.

The premise is that the human body does not need to consume animal products aside from meat (specifically from cows). They view plants as detrimental to the body because of the anti-nutrients that you would find in many plants. The critics of this diet say that the things that are known as anti-nutrients are not actually bad for you.  While the plant might have chemicals that are designed to have prevent insects from eating them. There are actually loads of health benefits to eating plants. Here's a brief video of someone who is very pro carnivore where he discusses the impact of an all meat diet on heart health.

The problem with this diet is that it does not have a great deal of studies behind it. Most of what is being discussed at the current moment is based around anecdotal evidence. Another problem is that there is a lot of controversy around it. Many people find that the noise surrounding the issue is very troubling because all of the conversation is being dominated by people who are either vegans or vegetarians or very pro meat people. The science, therefore, can become cloudy with all of the personal insults that get exchanged.

It's a very controversial topic and has spawned a number of videos.  Proceed with caution.

This created a lot of debate:

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