People with the highest level of red meat intake had a 30% increased risk for colorectal cancer; those with the highest level of processed meat intake had a 40% increased risk. https://keck.usc.edu/news/large-scale-study-explores-genetic-link-between-colorectal-cancer-and-meat-intake/#:~:text=People with the highest level,had a 40% increased risk.
Rather than compare the carnivore/ketovore diet to each and every diet out there, I'd rather post the positives of the diet compared to the standard American diet. Reason being that's what most Americans eat, not each and every obscure diet. For instance, in the US at McDonalds alone they sell an astounding 1.3 billion pounds of french fries per year. Do you think those folks are concerned with the latest "healthy" diet? Here's the Mediterranean Food Pyramid as displayed at Wikipedia. I don't need to go any further than the base food items, which is the foundation of that pyramid. There it recommends whole grain foods at most meals which is pure carbohydrates, along with plant oils including canola, soy, corn, sunflower, peanut, etc. It's no accident that we have an obesity epidemic, a diabetes epidemic, and continually rising heart disease in this country. Bottom line, I want people to start taking a very close look at the ingredients of the items they eat and to consider the effect of a high carb, high seed oil diet. When almost 90% of the people in this country are metabolically unhealthy, and a good portion of that can be traced back to extremely unhealthy diets, Houston We Have A Problem.
Whole grains have fiber (a prebiotic), as well as some protein. Along with a number of micronutrients.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1388986/full Similarly, in a weight loss study conducted with community-dwelling older adults (~70 years old), participants who voluntarily shifted daily protein intake from dinner to earlier meals lost more total weight and more body fat without changing total daily protein intake (51). The researchers concluded that “a more even pattern of protein intake was associated with a greater decline in BMI and abdominal fat”. In a second study utilizing the same diet protocol, we evaluated the additive and synergistic effects of dietary protein and resistance exercise on body composition changes during weight loss (50). Utilizing a 2 × 2 design, 48 women (BMI ~33; age ~ 46 years) were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups: low protein, low protein with exercise, higher protein, and higher protein with exercise. Similar to the previous study, the dinner meals were similar across all groups. The primary diet differences were increased protein and reduced carbohydrates at the first two meals in the higher protein groups. After 16 weeks, the higher protein (diet only) group lost 12% more body weight, 18% more body fat, and 25% less lean body mass compared to the low protein group. Consistent with the previous study, 35% of the weight lost for the low protein group was fat-free mass, and 25% for the higher protein group. The exercise treatment consisted of 5 days/week of walking for 30 min and 2 days/week of resistance exercise (49). After 16 weeks, the higher protein + exercise group lost 46% more body weight, 60% more body fat, and 40% less fat-free mass compared with the low protein + exercise group. This study demonstrated the synergistic effects of dietary protein and exercise to improve body composition during energy restriction for weight loss. Furthermore, the addition of 16 weeks of exercise to the low protein treatment group resulted in the loss of an additional 0.5 kg of body fat compared with the low protein group without exercise, while the addition of exercise to the higher protein group resulted in the loss of an additional 2.9 kg of body fat compared to the diet group without exercise. To the best of our knowledge, this was the first study to demonstrate the interactive effect of dietary protein and exercise on improving body composition in adult women during weight loss.
Those that promote the plant-based narrative always condemn red meat even though that is what humans thrived on for tens of thousands of years. There's an old maxim in trading that "You place your bets and you take your chances". For me, the preponderance of evidence is clear, but your mileage may vary. Anyway, here are 4 opposing views by medical doctors... Philip Ovadia MD - Debunking Red Meat Myths Paul Saladino MD - Misconceptions on red meat and cancer Peter Attia MD - Does red meat cause cancer Ken Berry MD - 11 LIES about Red Meat They Want You to Believe
Superb post today by Elie Jarrouge, MD with regards to contrasting diets, insulin resistance, reversing diabetes, etc. "Consider two people with type 2 diabetes. Both start on a high-protein, whole food, high-satiety diet, but one follows a low-carb version while the other follows a low-fat version. 1. Low-fat, high-protein diet: This person still consumes significant amounts of carbohydrates, like whole grains and fruits, which are often part of a low-fat diet. While their food is “healthy” by conventional standards, carbohydrates are broken down into glucose, causing repeated spikes in blood sugar and insulin levels. Over time, these spikes perpetuate insulin resistance and make it harder to reverse metabolic disease. 2. Low-carb, high-protein diet: This person replaces most carbs with healthy fats and focuses on protein-rich foods. By minimizing carb intake, glucose and insulin levels remain stable and low. The reduced insulin demand allows the body to become more insulin-sensitive over time, directly addressing the underlying problem in type 2 diabetes: insulin resistance. The Common-Sense Explanation: Insulin resistance means the body is overwhelmed by insulin, stops responding to insulin, and carbohydrates cannot be metabolized efficiently. A low-carb, high-protein diet minimizes the need for insulin, giving the body a chance to “reset.” Conversely, a low-fat diet keeps carbohydrate intake relatively high, which continues to demand insulin production and perpetuates the very problem you’re trying to fix. If you don’t believe me, a continuous glucose monitor can easily settle this debate. In summary, reversing type 2 diabetes is about reducing the body’s need for insulin. A low-carb diet directly achieves this, making it superior to a low-fat approach for this purpose."