My actual best was eating beef only. I lost 6kg in a month without trying to lose weight. I had almost no hunger. I ate at 6pm my first meal on a couple of occasions, and normally wouldn’t feel any hunger until 1-2 pm.
From what I've read, Mediterranean means something sorta along the lines of "natural whole foods, not much meat, lots of olive oil nuts and salads" -- and this is vague nutrition advice which can apply to almost any non-exclusionary diet.
I’m not here to criticize the choices of one individual - I genuinely don’t care - but civilizationally a reliance on beef for the majority of our protein requirements would be a singularly poor strategy.
It seems that either one claim is wrong, OR cows are somehow different from humans in their effect on the carbon cycle.
One notable difference is that cows produce more methane than we do. This has the effect of increasing short term warming as methane has a much more powerful warming effect over 100 years.
But other than that, when cow emissions are cited, are people simply adding up the co2 cows breathe? If so, why is this invalid for humans? Or if it is valid for humans, then how are cow emissions determined?
I could see land use change being one reason, but that would seem to apply to humans too. Can anyone clarify this? It would seem that either both humans and cows are net co2 contributors, or neither are. (Apart from methane)
In the case of cows, it's the same calculus: land use change to feed us. Just, more land use change in the case of cows.
So, therefore, a cow raised on pasture that isn't suited for other farming wouldn't be especially co2 producing by that measure, correct? Apart from methane.
So, we could reduce cows contributions to:
* Eliminating their methane (seaweed experiments, etc)
* restricting cattle to land suitable for pasture but not so suitable for crops
If cattle were only raised in those cases, that would effectively negate their warming impact?
This would still mean a massive reduction in beef and much higher prices of course.
I looked into it a bit further, and it seems cows produce more methane on grass, which is not good. I don't know if those seaweed proposals work on a grass based diet, or if they're only for cows largely fed grain.
If you're not helpless, out of thousands of papers you'll find some sources you deem "true and hella reputable".
Inuits live in the north of Canada. Their ONLY food source is seals all year round. They are fine in terms of health. Their health declined with introduction of modern foods brought in by researchers and other visitors.