15 years later, there will be science talking about how micro nutrients are missing from meat substitutes and how a natural, healthy and balanced diet is necessary for human beings.
“Backyard Production of Meat Rabbits in Texas”[0]
[0] http://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/bitstream/handle/1969.1/877...
A high carb low fat low protein whole food plant based diet with (cheap) vitamin supplements and maybe linseed oil:
- is the healthiest diet.
- is the cheapest diet.
- is the most efficient and environment friendly diet.
- is the most ethical diet with regard to immoral animal suffering caused by humans.
But not eternally. Science will prevail eventually.
Basically, at this point each person has to try various things and figure out what works best for themself.
Q&A on the carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and processed meat. https://www.who.int/features/qa/cancer-red-meat/en/
Position of the American Dietetic Association: vegetarian diets https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/19562864/
Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Vegetarian Diets https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/27886704/
Nutrition concerns and health effects of vegetarian diets. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/21139125/
Why Doctors Don't Recommend A Vegan Diet | Dr. Michael Greger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d1Ca6SsKfE
New Canada Food Guide: Some Can't Handle It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp4zWaLE_ik
Unfortunately lies and fake science affected by a personal or political or financial agenda confuse people.
Quoting from the first link: "In the case of red meat, the classification is based on limited evidence from epidemiological studies showing positive associations between eating red meat and developing colorectal cancer as well as strong mechanistic evidence.
Limited evidence means that a positive association has been observed between exposure to the agent and cancer but that other explanations for the observations (technically termed chance, bias, or confounding) could not be ruled out."
This is garbage science. It's all like that. Believe whatever you like, though.
Even kitchen machines for vegetables have "low carb" stickers on the box. Crazy.
> Vast majority of people in America get majority of their calories from carbs.
Maybe they still get too much calories form other sources. Of course sugar in soft drinks are not the best carbs.
Dr Garth Davis: Americans have become obsessed with Protein (2015-10-28). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQCt3IhaUtU
And US food and junk food is quite fatty. Also because of meat.
I was on such a diet for many years and eventually gave up on it because I could not make it work in a healthy way.
Why?
Too many deficiencies. Example: Linseed oil /= DHA/EPA. Many or most people cannot make long chain Omega 3 fats in the quantity needed from vegetable "Omega 3" fats.
Too many anti-nutrients in plants.
Get on youtube and search "I used to be a vegan" for numerous cases like mine, health irreparably damaged.
Besides: Vegans In The US Can Now Get Cheaper Life Insurance Thanks To Their Diet : https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/vegans-plantbased-cheape...
DHA/EPA are not essential fatty acids but conditionally essential fatty acids.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_fatty_acid
> Get on youtube and search "I used to be a vegan" for numerous cases like mine, health irreparably damaged.
What did a vegan diet do to you ? Lack of vitamin B12 or other vitamins ? I advice to use vitamin supplements no matter the diet.
I agree that youtube offers much true and useful knowledge.
Unfortunately youtube offers also much false and harmful knowledge.
Some better youtube channels about nutrition:
Mic the Vegan : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGJq0eQZoFSwgcqgxIE9MHw/vid...
Nutritionfacts.org : https://www.youtube.com/user/NutritionFactsOrg/videos
PLANT BASED NEWS : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJRjK20fHylJyf-HiBtqI2w/vid...
> A high carb low fat low protein whole food plant based diet with (cheap) vitamin supplements and maybe linseed oil:
> - is the healthiest diet.
An excess of energy makes you fat. Besides, fat is much easier to store as body fat for the body than carbs or protein.
> You need proteins and some fat. Having your diet be all carbs sounds like a bad idea.
I wrote whole food plant based diet.
I wrote high carb, low fat, low protein.
NOT: max carb, min fat, min protein.
* carbs digest into glucose
* too much glucose in your blood triggers insulin production which turns glucose into fat
* a glucose spike can trigger an insulin spike which leads to a glucose dip an hour or two after lunch
* eating fat triggers the feeling of being full, reducing your desire for more food
I have no idea how true these all are, but my impression is that there's at least some evidence supporting these. And if you add them all up, it sounds to me like you get fatter from eating carbs, because that can lead to a glucose spike -> insulin spike -> glucose dip which makes you want more sugar to get your glucose back up. Whereas food with more fat may make you feel full and stop craving more food.
But your conclusion is still not true. Saying carbs should be avoided is like saying water should be avoided because people died from drinking too much.
Biochemistry and psychology is complicated.
But a healthy diet is well known and not complicated.
Basically: Whole food plant based diet with vitamin supplements (notably vitamin B12) and e.g. linseed oil for the essential fatty acids.
Dr Garth Davis: Americans have become obsessed with Protein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQCt3IhaUtU&feature=youtu.be...
Speaking for just myself, I used to feel that sugar low after my lunch, and I know that craving for more carbs. I gained too much weight as a result. Now I've cut down on my carbs and I mostly snack on veggies these days and try not to overdo carbs at lunch, and that seems to help at least with that sugar low.