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by carlmr 2303 days ago
>Who are the stakeholders in "low carb"?

Arguably the meat industry, since most low carb people eat more meat. Yes, vegetarian is possible, but I don't know any vegetarian low carbers, while I know a lot of vegetarians and a lot of low carbers eating bacon for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The meat industry probably has a similarly big lobby as the sugar industry.

I've dropped 8Kg in the last half year by going mostly vegetarian and lowering my dairy intake. I eat more carbs than before. I don't think keto is the whole truth.
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toomuchtodo 2303 days ago
As always, the "truth" is a moving target and is going to be highly variable depending on circumstance. You should do what works best for you. If that's practicing vegetarianism, awesome. If that's being mostly a carnivore and eating chicken and bacon every meal, go for it. Somewhere in the middle works too (mostly vegetarian, occasional meat, majority of protein sourced from eggs and whey protein). But refined sugars are not your friend. Put that soda down!

Industry lobbying is deplorable, but inevitable. Consumer education (see my comment above) is paramount (with a helping hand of government regulation) in mitigating its impact on consumer behaviors.

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basch 2303 days ago
>majority of protein sourced from eggs and whey protein).

Why eggs and not fungus and seeds (including nuts, legume pulses (beans, lentils, peas)? Hell what about gluten.

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toomuchtodo 2303 days ago
Because I like cheesy eggs and protein shakes. Again, I don't fault anyone who decides to adhere to a vegan diet.
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basch 2303 days ago
Nothing against eggs, I just like birdseed at my desk for grazing. Eggs are basically animal seeds anyway.
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basch 2303 days ago
>while I know a lot of vegetarians and a lot of low carbers eating bacon for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

is that because everyone has fallen for an extreme of a fad diet?

It's like everyone comes up with the right observation, and the wrong conclusion. "Low carbs are good, so ill eat fat protein. Meat is fat and protein" instead of "seeds and mushrooms." Or "meat is bad" so "ill eat lots of cereals" instead of "leaves and shoots."

Seeds, shoots, and leaves with some bottom feeding ocean animals is a perfectly doable diet.

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