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Rompect | 4 years ago

No. I've been eating beef meat, chicken and a suet that is 99.8% fat for more than a month now and it's great. Nobody needs vegetables or nuts.

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Pyramus|4 years ago

I couldn't tell if you were being sarcastic or not.

In any case, while human bodies are amazing in the way they can strive on different diets, we know that the traditional Intuit diet (~50% fat, 30% protein, 20% carbs) leads to significantly increased cardiovascular risk:

"However, actual evidence has shown that Inuit have a similar prevalence of coronary artery disease as non-Inuit populations and they have excessive mortality due to cerebrovascular strokes, with twice the risk to that of the North American population.[27][28] Indeed, the cardiovascular risk of this diet is so severe that the addition of a more standard American diet has reduced the incidence of mortality in the Inuit population.[29]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit_cuisine#Nutrition

bobobob420|4 years ago

I really hope no one on this board follows this and starts eating only meat. Fruit and vegetables are extremely healthy for your body. Tons of fiber, nutrients, and keeps your immune system strong. This will be a decisive comment but if you think no one needs vegetables and should be eating only meat you have reached maximum levels of retardation and I recommend you not to poison the brains of other people. Sometimes it’s best to keep things to yourself

slothtrop|4 years ago

"Needs" is ambiguous. You can survive on garbage. Optimal health is probably the metric focused on here. Meat-only is an elimination diet that, if followed properly, avoids refined products (or allergens) that yield adverse effects. That doesn't mean that including vegetables doesn't yield better results. The long, thorough body of research suggests it does.

mypastself|4 years ago

Do you think your self-reported experience of “greatness” of a particular diet over one month is sufficient evidence to make such a conclusion?

mft_|4 years ago

Can I ask what you’re optimising for with that diet? e.g. energy, or weight loss, or cardiac health, or longevity?

BoHerfIIIJrEsq|4 years ago

Not joking -- I think it may be all of those. See e.g. the work of Ivor Cummins, books like "Eat Rich, Live Long".