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There is no [[medical consensus]] that the carnivore diet is safe or healthy.<ref name="hamblin">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/08/the-peterson-family-meat-cleanse/567613/|title=The Jordan Peterson All-Meat Diet|last=Hamblin|first=Story by James|work=The Atlantic|access-date=2020-02-02|issn=1072-7825}}</ref><ref name="sutton">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-05/carnivore-diet-of-meat-and-water/11757396|title=The beefed-up diet 'changing lives' but health experts not so sure|last=Sutton|first=Malcolm|date=2019-12-05|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref> People following a carnivore diet consume only animal-based products like beef, pork, poultry, and seafood; and some may also eat eggs, dairy, and milk.<ref name=hamblin/><ref name=sutton/> They avoid anything plant-based such as fruits and vegetables.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.menshealth.co.uk/nutrition/a759401/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-carnivore-diet/|title=Everything You Need To Know About The Carnivore Diet|last=Cooper|first=Edward|date=2018-08-16|website=Men's Health|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref> The carnivore diet has attracted criticism from [[Nutritionist|nutritionists]] as |
There is no [[medical consensus]] that the carnivore diet is safe or healthy.<ref name="hamblin">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/08/the-peterson-family-meat-cleanse/567613/|title=The Jordan Peterson All-Meat Diet|last=Hamblin|first=Story by James|work=The Atlantic|access-date=2020-02-02|issn=1072-7825}}</ref><ref name="sutton">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-05/carnivore-diet-of-meat-and-water/11757396|title=The beefed-up diet 'changing lives' but health experts not so sure|last=Sutton|first=Malcolm|date=2019-12-05|website=ABC News - Australia|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref> People following a carnivore diet consume only animal-based products like beef, pork, poultry, and seafood; and some may also eat eggs, dairy, and milk.<ref name=hamblin/><ref name=sutton/> They avoid anything plant-based such as fruits and vegetables.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.menshealth.co.uk/nutrition/a759401/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-carnivore-diet/|title=Everything You Need To Know About The Carnivore Diet|last=Cooper|first=Edward|date=2018-08-16|website=Men's Health|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref> |
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The carnivore diet has attracted criticism from [[physician]]s and [[Nutritionist|nutritionists]] as potentially dangerous to health.<ref name=hamblin/><ref name=sutton/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/carnivore-diet-plan-results-meat-only-fad-nutrition-health-warning-a8489266.html|title=New 'carnivore diet' condemned by health and nutrition experts|date=2018-08-13|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref> Criticism also derives from concerns about [[greenhouse gas]] emissions associated with large-scale livestock farming required to produce meats commercially, and the potential for such emissions to worsen [[climate change]] and harm [[Sustainable agriculture|long-term food sustainability]].<ref name=sutton/> |
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Revision as of 16:12, 3 February 2020
Carnivore diet, also called a "zero carb" diet,[1] is a monotrophic diet that involves eating only meat. It has attracted criticism from nutritionists, and there is no clinical evidence that the diet is safe or provides any health effect.
Diet
There is no medical consensus that the carnivore diet is safe or healthy.[2][3] People following a carnivore diet consume only animal-based products like beef, pork, poultry, and seafood; and some may also eat eggs, dairy, and milk.[2][3] They avoid anything plant-based such as fruits and vegetables.[4]
The carnivore diet has attracted criticism from physicians and nutritionists as potentially dangerous to health.[2][3][5] Criticism also derives from concerns about greenhouse gas emissions associated with large-scale livestock farming required to produce meats commercially, and the potential for such emissions to worsen climate change and harm long-term food sustainability.[3]
In ethnic groups
The Inuit traditionally followed a carnivore diet―eating number of fatty meats such as seal, walrus, whale, caribou and fish, while rarely eating plant fiber. In addition, they ate "every part of the animal" (see offal) and some of it raw (raw meat).[6] About a decade ago the Canadian explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson adopted an Inuit-style diet for five years, eating "steaks, chops, organ meats like brain and liver, poultry, fish, and fat with gusto".[7] The ethnic group native to northern arctic Russia, Nenets, eat mainly reindeer meat and fish.[8]
See also
- Carnivore
- Low-carbohydrate diet
- Low-fiber/low-residue diet
- Gluconeogenesis
- Protein-sparing modified fast
References
- ^ R.D, Abby Langer. "I'm a Registered Dietitian and I Really Don't Want You to Eat a Carnivore Diet". SELF. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ a b c Hamblin, Story by James. "The Jordan Peterson All-Meat Diet". The Atlantic. ISSN 1072-7825. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ a b c d Sutton, Malcolm (2019-12-05). "The beefed-up diet 'changing lives' but health experts not so sure". ABC News - Australia. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ Cooper, Edward (2018-08-16). "Everything You Need To Know About The Carnivore Diet". Men's Health. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ "New 'carnivore diet' condemned by health and nutrition experts". The Independent. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ "FYI: What Would Happen If I Ate Nothing But Meat?". Popular Science. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ^ "The Inuit Paradox". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ^ "Tribe: Nenets". BBC. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
