“A carnivore diet has all the nutrients the body needs. Without any plant-based foods, the body will absorb and assimilate more nutrients.” – The Complete Carnivore Diet for Beginners
During WWI and WWII, calls to eliminate meat for one day a week, due to disruption in food production, were reintroduced in 2003 by a marketing executive, calling once again for Meatless Mondays. This time the reasons were the environmental scheme of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions and the goal of adding more plant-based dining and impossible burgers to the American diet. Many school districts nationwide added Meatless Mondays to their menu to propagandize school-age children to the progressive agenda. Now, the World Health Organization and the United Nations are joining in to limit animal products for both ecological and health-based reasons. But as you will see, the green movement has lied about red meat and its effects not only on the environment but also on our physical well-being.
In Judy Cho’s 2024 book, “The Complete Carnivore Diet for Beginners”, nutritionist Cho makes the case for an all-meat diet for the healing of the body, weight loss, and good health. A return to the meat-focused menu of our ancestors may seem counterintuitive, but studies support all-meat whole foods as optimal for good health. A carnivore, all-meat diet is animal-based, with no fruits, and no vegetables, and therefore, nearly zero carbs. As Cho reveals, meat products provide all the nutrients needed for a healthy diet of much-needed fats and proteins. To overcome the bad health of the American public, Cho suggests increasing meat consumption for more protein and fewer calories.
In fact, Cho cites a 2021 Harvard study with over 2000 participants who ate a carnivore diet for six months. Results revealed that 84 to 100 percent experienced a reduced need for diabetic medication, while 97 percent saw a reduction in gastrointestinal symptoms. 93 percent witnessed an improvement in hypertension and dropped excess weight. Most surprisingly, 95 percent experienced high levels of satisfaction, an unusual response for anyone undertaking a new diet.
A return to ancestral eating suggests a diet of one-ingredient whole foods that are non-processed, with natural ingredients free of chemicals used to control the growing of plants, like pesticides or herbicides. Ancestral diets were largely homemade without preservatives, using butter and lard as fat. In fact, Cho regards the return to ancestral eating as the science and nutrition of carnivore eating. Meat provides increased satiation, reduced carb intake, and weight loss, all while reducing chronic illness. Animal products assimilate nutrients more naturally into the body. Dr. Eric Westman describes a man with a colostomy bag in a YouTube video, revealing that when he ate meat, he never saw meat in his bag, but when he ate vegetables, they were visible. As we age, we require even more protein, as our digestive system becomes less effective. A low-carb ancestral diet can not only replace the need for diabetic medication but also eliminate ongoing problems with obesity and heart disease.
As Cho reveals, calls for a plant-based diet ignore the fact that the American diet is already largely plant-based, with corn, soy, and wheat as the three most prominent ingredients. A typical plant-based diet is 50 percent vegetable, 35 percent grains, and 15 percent plant protein. But vegetables also provide fiber, a carbohydrate that the body cannot easily break down. Too much fiber causes the body to expel waste, often depriving it of much-needed nutrients. Nightshades like potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers can also cause autoimmune disease and inflammation while modern-day fruits have been GMO-altered to increase their size and sugar content. Finally, chronic inflammation from plant toxins is the root of most diseases including diabetes, gastrointestinal, and even psychiatric.
That said, the American diet is also largely filled with packaged, processed foods, high in corn syrup, high fructose, dyes, additives, pesticides, and herbicides. Its results have been a nation where nearly half of all Americans now suffer the devastating effects of obesity, with sixty percent of Americans also suffering from a chronic disease. As a consequence, the US spends over 4.1 trillion dollars annually on healthcare costs for chronic diseases like heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, and cancer. Globally, the US ranks 35th for overall health with 70 percent of Americans on prescription drugs for one ailment or another.
Since the early 2000s, a marketing scheme created to incentivize Americans to “eat the vegetable rainbow” recommended that consumers increase their vegetable intake by using the color wheel to rotate through an array of vegetables to meet nutritional guidelines. The truth is that many vegetables often have the same nutrients. Eating the carnivore diet of meats from land, sea, and air not only assimilates nutrients more effectively into the body but also provides a balanced diet of nutritional foods. Experts recommend two to three pounds of alternating meat each day, using a ratio of 75 percent fat, and 25 percent protein for optimal benefits. Animal fats are a competing fuel source against sugar for the body, allowing blood sugars and insulin levels to balance on a meat diet with the added benefit of antioxidants available to reduce inflammation.
Ongoing claims by environmentalists that cows are affecting the climate are wrong. A 2016 EPA report on total greenhouse gas emissions shows that agricultural crops have higher rates of greenhouse gases than those produced by agricultural livestock, including cows as a subset. All agricultural gases significantly trail behind gases caused by electricity, transportation, industry, and commercial and residential endeavors. Rather than focusing on environmental calamities that never come, Americans would be smart to focus on improving their poor health, ending their reliance on prescription drugs, and returning to the eating habits of their ancestors.
Instead of a meatless Monday, consider a new meat-filled menu for every day that ends in a “y”.
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