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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Signal312 1 Nov \ parent \ on: PC: Limiting sugar in infancy reduces the risk of diabetes and hypertension science
I'd like to hear more about why you think this:
In my personal experience over the past year, after adopting an animal based, mostly carnivore diet, I've felt far better than ever before, and numerous health markers have gotten lots better. I'm NEVER going back to plants, unless there's some kind of famine and I can't get meat.
Have you ever had a chance to look at Nina Teicholtz's book, The Big Fat Surprise? It's an amazing work, walks you through the history of the nutritional guidelines and the abysmal science they were based on. It's about 10 years old now, and won a lot of awards:
I wrote a post about the book a while back. It's what first convinced me to start eating more meat and fewer carbs.
This book is blowing my mind - The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholtz
ps. Nina Teicholtz agrees with you about food questionaires, and how bad they are. But unfortunately that's what our current nutritional guidelines are based off.
I did carnivore for about two years consisting of just two ribeyes/day with the occasional strip steak or sirloin. It worked well during those two years until it didn't. After it stopped working, I started gaining all the weight back that I'd lost and my energy TANKED. Many carnivores experience the same. Some do well on it, but it seems that if you're fat:protein ratio is too low, you're more likely to experience those symptoms.
I too was in the "carbs are terrible" camp for a very long time, even though my carnivore experience was declining. I figured it was something else. I kept pursuing it to my detriment and I've only recently started figuring out how to get my energy back (thanks Ray Peat).
I'd recommend reading link within this post: #750135. It absolutely blew my mind and the more I follow Ray Peat's work and those who've branched off of him, the more sense things make.
This guy is a great example of someone doing a very high carb diet and only experiencing benefits. I've also strategically added a lot of carbs into my diet. I haven't gained any weight and my energy is coming back. I say "strategically" for a reason as you will discover if you get into the "Peaty" side of things.
The body is very complicated and there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Mostly carnivore may work well for you, but understand that things may change. Always keep an open mind.
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Why do you think it worked well for two years and then didn't, do you have any theories? Was it the fat protein ratio?
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I would assume that was definitely the case. Knowing what I know now, I would have drastically increased the fat and possibly lowered the protein. I was getting 200-300g/protein per day and should have been around 120-150g at most. Given that I was eating mostly ribeye with the occasional strip steak, my fat:protein ratio was probably 1:1 at best.
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