All meat diet?

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  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    rankinsect wrote: »
    Didn't someone here do that for a few weeks?

    You'd probably need to consume both normal meat and organ meat to meet your nutritional needs, but I can't think of an essential nutrient not found in animal tissue somewhere.

    No fiber at all, though, might make for some unpleasant toilet escapades.

    Owlsley "The Bear" Stanley rolled like that for about 50 years. He did consume a bit of dairy iirc, but had a very strict "no vegetation" policy.
  • grannynot
    grannynot Posts: 146 Member
    This biggest drawback to the lack of carbs, is "fuzzy brain". Two dragracing friends of my husband's went on the Adkin's diet, and did lose weight. But one of the components of the "time sheet" given at the end of a run, is "reaction time". In other words, that split second from the moment your eyes see the green light, until your foot hits the gas and the car moves. For most good racers, that time is .5 - .7 second. My husbands friends, both outstanding racers, were logging times well over one second.... they finally found some peanut butter and bread - and their times immediately improved.

    For those who say man cannot live on meat alone - I wonder how Eskimos managed to live all these eons..... yes, I'm sure they add berries/veggies to their diet when available; but that season is pretty short.
  • ktekc
    ktekc Posts: 879 Member
    rankinsect wrote: »

    No fiber at all, though, might make for some unpleasant toilet escapades.

    Omg..i snorted coke zero up my nose with that one.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,331 Member
    edited August 2016
    Can it help you lose weight? Sure, if you don't overeat it. Just like any other food. Is it efficient (practical)? Not very likely because for most people this kind of diet would get old (and expensive) fast, so it doesn't have the staying power needed to create consistent loss or maintenance.
  • Bonny132
    Bonny132 Posts: 3,617 Member
    Actually meat, fat and some veggies is a pretty good combination. Look up LCHF.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,331 Member
    Bonny132 wrote: »
    Actually meat, fat and some veggies is a pretty good combination. Look up LCHF.

    What he is talking about is entirely different from LCHF. It's a fad going around where people consume only meat, for a very high protein diet, and to make it even worse they choose leaner cuts. Keto is not a high protein diet, and it includes vegetables, nuts, cheese, the occasional berries...etc. An all meat diet includes.. well.. meat and some small amounts of fat, herbs and spices for cooking. That's about it.
  • Arapacana1
    Arapacana1 Posts: 117 Member
    There are a few people in the world, such as the Inuit (Eskimos) who subsist and thrive mainly on meat. That doesn't mean we can do the same. The Inuit eat freshly hunted meat, which still contains vitamins (including vitamin C) that are absent from store- bought meat. So unless you are planning to hunt a seal and eat it right away, a meat-only diet will lead to severe malnutrition.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    I don't think an all meat diet is a thing, unless you are a cat or another true carnivore. Luckily we have access to a wide range of delicious and nutritious food.

    For a diet to be efficent for weight loss, it has to 1) provide a calorie deficit, 2) be something you can and will stick to, and 3) be stuck to.
  • Bonny132
    Bonny132 Posts: 3,617 Member
    edited August 2016
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    Bonny132 wrote: »
    Actually meat, fat and some veggies is a pretty good combination. Look up LCHF.

    What he is talking about is entirely different from LCHF. It's a fad going around where people consume only meat, for a very high protein diet, and to make it even worse they choose leaner cuts. Keto is not a high protein diet, and it includes vegetables, nuts, cheese, the occasional berries...etc. An all meat diet includes.. well.. meat and some small amounts of fat, herbs and spices for cooking. That's about it.

    I know what he is talking about, I know people who purely eats meat, no carbs, but of course they add oils to the meat. I am merely trying to suggest instead of going ultra restrictive, look up LCHF instead. Pretty much the same results, weight loss wise, but much less restrictive.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,331 Member
    Bonny132 wrote: »
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    Bonny132 wrote: »
    Actually meat, fat and some veggies is a pretty good combination. Look up LCHF.

    What he is talking about is entirely different from LCHF. It's a fad going around where people consume only meat, for a very high protein diet, and to make it even worse they choose leaner cuts. Keto is not a high protein diet, and it includes vegetables, nuts, cheese, the occasional berries...etc. An all meat diet includes.. well.. meat and some small amounts of fat, herbs and spices for cooking. That's about it.

    I know what he is talking about, I know people who purely eats meat, no carbs, but of course they add oils to the meat. I am merely suggesting instead of going ultra restrictive, look up LCHF instead. Pretty much the same results, weight loss wise, but much less restrictive.

    Yep. If he is interested in lowering his carbs keto would be a much better choice. An all meat diet, the way I've seen it implemented, would actually knock you out of ketosis. The guy I know who tried to do it ate some 350-400 grams of protein... lasted a whole 8 days before he gave up, but his wallet got a lot thinner, so I guess it does work.

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