Systemlord
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The key things people say about the carnivore diet is you get nutritional deficiencies. Theoretically a carnivore diet theoretically does provide all essential nutrients. You can’t say that of any plant food. There’s not a plant food on earth that provides all essential nutrients. Animal foods can, seafood, red meat, poultry, eggs are missing a couple of nutrients and milk is missing even more, but meat, seafood, and poultry contain all essential nutrients we need.
What about fiber? Well fiber isn’t a nutrient. Could you last on a true carnivore diet without getting some kind of gut microbiome issue, because you need fiber right? Why do you need fiber? I thought you needed it. What does it do? A lot of people tell us that it prevents glucose from going into the bloodstream. Where’s the glucose coming from? The bloodstream. So you don’t need fiber? People who are paying close attention to nutrition science have a lot of half truths and beliefs about food. If you’re eating a high carbohydrate diet, fiber can soften your glucose spikes and that’s a plus. But there’s a more effective way to lower your glucose spikes and that is to not get a glucose spikes in the first place.
Another thing people often say about fiber is that it sweeps your colon clean of toxins and there’s never been a study that demonstrates that. It’s really just a belief. The intestines clean themselves and the lining shed regularly, actually very frequently. The biggest myth about fiber is that it’s good for digestion because fiber by definition is indigestible. Isn’t fiber an essential for feeding bacteria, gut bacteria, and promoting regular bowel movements? There’s quite a few papers on this claiming that we need fiber because we need to feed ourselves butyrate which breaks down fiber. Butyrate if you think about what a ketone is, it’s beta hydroxy butyrate which feeds the intestinal cells as well and therefore you don’t need fiber.
What about fiber? Well fiber isn’t a nutrient. Could you last on a true carnivore diet without getting some kind of gut microbiome issue, because you need fiber right? Why do you need fiber? I thought you needed it. What does it do? A lot of people tell us that it prevents glucose from going into the bloodstream. Where’s the glucose coming from? The bloodstream. So you don’t need fiber? People who are paying close attention to nutrition science have a lot of half truths and beliefs about food. If you’re eating a high carbohydrate diet, fiber can soften your glucose spikes and that’s a plus. But there’s a more effective way to lower your glucose spikes and that is to not get a glucose spikes in the first place.
Another thing people often say about fiber is that it sweeps your colon clean of toxins and there’s never been a study that demonstrates that. It’s really just a belief. The intestines clean themselves and the lining shed regularly, actually very frequently. The biggest myth about fiber is that it’s good for digestion because fiber by definition is indigestible. Isn’t fiber an essential for feeding bacteria, gut bacteria, and promoting regular bowel movements? There’s quite a few papers on this claiming that we need fiber because we need to feed ourselves butyrate which breaks down fiber. Butyrate if you think about what a ketone is, it’s beta hydroxy butyrate which feeds the intestinal cells as well and therefore you don’t need fiber.
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