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Keep trying, it will get easier..., but every time I fail to stick to it for longer than 3-4 days - my cravings for carbs are way too hard to withstand.![]()
I haven't eaten any plant foods in the last 10 months except coconut oil and cream, very weak coffee and chocolate on a few occasions. I'm now over the chocolate cravings - last 3 times I had it, muscle pain returned and I felt awful. I find it's just not worth it anymore.May I ask if you eat greens at all on this diet?
Good video.
Dr. Gary Fettke lost his medical license in 2016 and it took him 2 years to win it back.Good video.
He's not trying to demonize the food in question (fruit) but gives facts about why it's not as recommendable as it's thought to be.
But what's more interesting is what Gary's wife Belinda Fettke uncovered:The origins of the anti-meat message with Dr. Gary Fettke — Diet Doctor Podcast (55 min)
They tried to silence him simply for trying to help his patients eat better and improve their health. Fortunately they failed. Now Dr. Fettke, along with his wife Belinda, has made it his mission to uncover the truth behind the anti-meat establishment and much of what he has discovered is shocking. He continues to work as an orthopdeic surgeon, but he sees a better way to helping those who are obese or suffer from diabetes- LCHF. Or as he calls it, real food nutrition. He is outspoken, witty and a true low carb hero.
Yes, it's interesting how plants (in their evolution) have learnt to utilize animals for the transport of their seeds. The seeds are heavily defended in order to pass through an animals digestive tract and remain intact. The oil in seeds is there as an anti-freeze to survive winter.An interesting part:
fruit (and carbs at large) are known to make you hungrier because they inhibit leptin (which signals you're full) and stimulate ghrelin (which signals you're hungry). But fruit does it because the plant is making its fruit (which contains the seeds) as attractive as possible (making it shiny, colorful...) and wants you to eat as much as possible, to spread its seed, therefor it must've evolved to make its fruit as delicious as possible to animals that would want to feast on fruit as much as possible.
will watch this one, thx GreenEdge.Yes, it's interesting how plants (in their evolution) have learnt to utilize animals for the transport of their seeds. The seeds are heavily defended in order to pass through an animals digestive tract and remain intact. The oil in seeds is there as an anti-freeze to survive winter.
Humans in their ignorance of plant toxins:
See: Nina Teicholz - Vegetable Oils: The Untold Story and the US Dietary Guidelines
- Grind up seeds to make flour and then turn that into bread, cake and biscuits.
- Extract and concentrate oil from seeds to make 'vegetable' oils.
Or read her book: The Big Fat Surprise
The carnivore diet is a restrictive diet that only includes meat, fish, and other animal foods like eggs and certain dairy products. It excludes all other foods, including fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains, nuts, and seeds.
Its proponents also recommend eliminating or limiting dairy intake to foods that are low in lactose — a sugar found in milk and dairy products — such as butter and hard cheeses.
Thank you for sharing so many interesting details.I haven't eaten any plant foods in the last 10 months except coconut oil and cream, very weak coffee and chocolate on a few occasions. I'm now over the chocolate cravings - last 3 times I had it, muscle pain returned and I felt awful. I find it's just not worth it anymore.
Coffee has the same effect on me, but I find if I keep consumption very low I can get away with it and still have almost no muscle pain no matter how hard I workout. I will cut out coffee eventually. Like chocolate, I feel better when I totally abstain from it. I now usually prefer plain hot water anyway - so my behavior is changing (I'm learning).
I'm not at all worried about LDL.Do you check your LDL levels? I noticed that when I eat too much butter it elevates my LDL. I wonder if pure carnivore diet would do the same to me or there is something special about removing all carbs that keeps your LDL in range...
Thanks, I watched the video from the time code but could not find where she mentions LDL there.I'm not at all worried about LDL.
Listen to Dr. Zoe Harcombe debunk the cholesterol myth:
Nutritional nuggets to combat conventional dietary guidelines (@20:38)
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What alleviates my worries regarding LDL is the new notion in medical community that it is the high triglycerides levels what really causes CHD, and mine is always on the lowest end of the normal range![]()
Triglyceride to HDL Ratio - Healthycell
A ratio of 2:1 or less is considered ideal. So, if your triglyceride level is 100 mg/dL, your HDL should be 50 mg/dL. A ratio of 4:1 is considered high, and a ratio of 6:1 or more is considered extremely high and indicates an elevated risk of heart attack and stroke.
Playing devil's advocate: but why would the food industries demonize sat fats ? I mean they're very popular and used all over in junk and processed foods. Bacon butter etc... why would the food industries emphasize the whole "unsaturated fats are super healthy" narrative, are vegetable oils that much more profitable ?The reason your doctor focuses on LDL is because LDL responds to saturated fat intake. Meat is the only substance known to man that can lead us away from our addiction to processed foods; that makes it the enemy of the food industry. So the food industry funds most nutrition studies in order to obfuscate and drown out the real science.
Meat is what humans evolved to eat, so it's a powerful healer. That makes it the enemy of the pharmaceutical industry. The pharmaceutical industry backs the food industry that influences dietitians / nutrition science to keep us fooled and fed processed foods which act as a slow acting poison that goes unnoticed and undetected. Foods that ensure you become another customer for more of their drugs.
Originally, saturated fat was demonized by USDA to keep coconut and palm oil out of the vegetable oil market. Coconut and palm oil are much cheaper to produce and would have impacted US agriculture. Have you noticed that the food pyramid and dietary guidelines are produced by department of agriculture (USDA)? The messaging of what we should eat is to protect US agriculture.Playing devil's advocate: but why would the food industries demonize sat fats ?
Yes, for example; margarine is cheaper to produce than butter.are vegetable oils that much more profitable ?
I'm following so far and what you're saying correlates with things I've read before, but could you expand on this ?Dairy is >50% saturated fat. By making us consume less dairy, meat becomes more expensive.
Whoops, they're my own thoughts (at 3:00 am) when I couldn't recall why it was done. Sorry, now removed and correct explanation added - see edited post.I'm following so far and what you're saying correlates with things I've read before, but could you expand on this ?