Good morning! Now that I'm fully awake, let's dive back in:
Ma'am -- you asked for evidence of ancient humans eating meat. I gave it to you, you didn't read it and now are accusing me of not answering. Make it make sense.
You said you have thousands of studies.
You couldn't find one?
Nowhere did I say I had "thousands of studies". You are having trouble following the conversation. You seemingly didn't even know that a lot of people eat only animal products. You asked how many carnivores there were and I said "thousands". It's okay to get mixed up, it's not okay to pretend you aren't.
I wrote an article about choline where I stood up for eggs.
I'd like to read it. Link me?
My cardiologist agrees eggs are fine, once a day for me max for now. They're nowhere near as bad with, say, cholesterol as boiled shrimp, to give an example. And their fat level is VERY low compared to...oh, I don't know. Yes I do! A burger.
Other cardiologists like Dr. Ovadia would disagree with you on red meat and animal fat consumption.
Florida-based heart surgeon Dr. Philip Ovadia says that a low-carb diet is the best way to avoid heart disease, not fearing meat.
www.newsweek.com
And nephrologist, Dr. Jason Fung
Recent headlines are filled with proclamations that ‘Meat Kills!’ Nothing sells newspapers like the old chestnuts – meat kills!, saturated fat is bad! Let’s take a quick look at this most recent study see if we can draw some conclusions. The study was called ‘Association of Animal and Plant...
www.dietdoctor.com
Along with two of his books which are excellent: The Obesity Code & The Diabetes Code
And a fertility specialist who helps women get pregnant by changing their diet, Dr. Kiltz:
A carnivore diet is a diet consisting of 100% animal foods. While it goes against traditional diet advice, modern science is proving it's benefit.
www.doctorkiltz.com
Dr. Elizabeth Bright, who specializes in women's hormone health:
Good Fat is Good for Women: Menopause - Kindle edition by Bright, Elizabeth. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Good Fat is Good for Women: Menopause.
www.amazon.com
Dr. Georgia Ede, a psychologist, who wrote a book about how poor diet can be detrimental to our mental health:
Along with, of course, Dr. Berry and Dr. Baker (who are very well-known in the carnivore health space)
OTOH, is protein itself always healthy? It could kill my FIL, so his is very restricted. So I'm going with: no. Not always.
Too much of a good thing is sometimes not good, yes.
People eating only animal products is a very new thing. There are no long-term studies on it. There is one short-term study in the links above.
Now, you say that eating ground beef by itself with no sauces, no bread, no cheese is unhealthy. Show me the study that says that. Because the short-term carnivore study linked above shows the exact opposite.
When you have a long-term nutritional study where you give participants a survey and ask them to recount how many times they ate XYZ over the past 10 years, you're not going to get accurate information. Also, you're not going to be able to pinpoint a culprit because the standard American diet is very diverse. They count eating spaghetti as "red meat consumption" and say AH HA! It's the red meat! Why isn't it the pasta? ("It's not about the pasta!!") Why isn't it the sugary pasta sauce (have you ever seen just how much sugar is in store-bought pasta sauces?) Why isn't about the bread you're most likely eating on the side? Why isn't it about the quantity of all of that (American eat a LOT of food in one sitting). There are no studies that show red meat causes XYZ disease. They show very, very, very weak correlations based on people remembering what they ate over several years.
A true long-term study on how red meat - and red meat only, not added to a casserole or pasta dish or Big Mac - affects the body is much needed. I believe a few of those studies are in the process right now so it will be interesting to see what the results are.
I think we can all agree that a healthy diet doesn't regularly include chips, candy, deep fried foods, sugar or foods that cause a spike in blood sugar upon eating. Eat real low glycemic food - meat, non-starchy veggies, some fruit and nuts. I'm preaching to myself here too.
