All meat diet?
Xerir
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As the title implies, I know someone doing this diet now, and he says he is losing weight but I'm curious if it's actually efficient for weight loss?
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What does efficient weight loss mean?0
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For weight loss, you could eat only meat and lose weight...along with any notions of achieving optimal health. It's absurd.As the title implies, I know someone doing this diet now, and he says he is losing weight but I'm curious if it's actually efficient for weight loss?
Good Luck!
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I did the old Atkins diet years ago and I never ate more than 20 carbs so it was a ton of meat. I lost weight but it was not sustainable for me longterm. I no longer eat meat.
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just mean if it's actually practicalAlluminati wrote: »What does efficient weight loss mean?
Even if it was, it sounds revolting.
And would be like needing a Christmas poo, every day.10 -
If you have a freezer full of meat that you need to get rid of I suppose that would be considered practical.2
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Lots of people lose weight on a ketogenic diet. I think to argue that maximizing the ~25g of carbohydrates you're allowed in the form of leafy green vegetables is a bad thing would be pretty stupid.1
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As someone as lazy, cheap, and cooking challenged as me...........my diet consists of a freezer of chicken breasts, cans of tuna, and the weekly sashimi from the sushi restaurant. They have tons of protein but barely any calories. Def easy way to lose weight.2
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I think any diet where you only eat one or two things isn't efficient in the sense that when you start eating normally you're going to gain back everything you lost. Unless you plan on following that diet your entire life.4
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I doubt your friend literally mean "only meat". For dinner I'm having chicken with 3 servings of broccoli and a side shrimp salad. I eat no more than 30 carbs and still manage to eat other things quite well.1
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Thank you for the input everyone!0
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Check out www.zerocarbzen.com.1
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If you're in a caloric deficit, you'll lose weight. Doesn't mean it's going to make you feel, look or perform well.1
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I did paleo which worked really well, but in everything you read, you're warned not to do just strictly meat. You might feel satisfied and lose weight, but you need nutrients and fiber from veggies. Also, there is a condition called colloquially "rabbit starvation" that comes with eating too much lean meat and little to no veggies and fat, which is essentially malnutrition. So no, it's not sustainable. I would also expect that if maintained long term, you put yourself at risk for heart issues, kidney problems, and stone. It's not sustainable.1
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Just meat? I'm sure it would work just fine to lose weight...but it's not remotely nutritionally sound.0
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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.1 -
As the title implies, I know someone doing this diet now, and he says he is losing weight but I'm curious if it's actually efficient for weight loss?
The only thing required to lose weight is a caloric deficit.
You could lose weight doing this, but human beings evolved to live on more than just meat. There's no way in hell your friend is getting adequate nutrition - our bodies run on glucose.0 -
All meat? You'd be lacking in nutrients, that's for sure.
I won't even comment on the potential atomic constipation.0 -
I've seen the "zero carb" posts where people are eating just meat and oil. Ugh!0
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I need starchy carbs to feel full enough for long enough between meals. So purely on a sustainability and satiety viewpoint, it wouldn't work for me.
Practically, as others have said, I'd be nutritionally deficient too. Not fun.1 -
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.0 -
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.0 -
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.
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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.0
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Actually meat, fat and some veggies is a pretty good combination. Look up LCHF.1
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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.2 -
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.1
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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.0 -
amusedmonkey 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.0 -
amusedmonkey 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.0
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