[srle]

Yes.

The carnivore diet stuff is just straight up garbage fad dieting except it sounds cool or whatever so it appeals to insecure dudes. No real substance to it, and everyone I’ve ever seen promote just spits out the same bullshit claims as every other fad diet testimonial (“no more brain fog”)

Unless you’ve been instructed to by an actual doctor, switching to a meme internet diet promoted by morons like Jordan Peterson is probably not a great idea.

[dilap]

> Prospective data suggest that consumption of sugar sweetened soft drinks and fructose is strongly associated with an increased risk of gout in men. Furthermore, fructose rich fruits and fruit juices may also increase the risk

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18244959/

[eebynight]

I never understood why people get so worked up about what others eat. Like how does this affect you in any way?

If it works for people so what? Personally, I would never go that far but it seems like most people aren't getting enough protein and could use a bump.

[eeZah7Ux]

> Like how does this affect you in any way?

You can see people you care about getting sick by buying into that absurd diet.

Or you care about society in general, as you are part of it.

It's also possible to care about strangers in general - it's empathy.

[penguinlover05]

I wonder if the people who had those "no more brain fog" had an underlying condition in the first place, like vitamin/mineral deficiency, anemia, etc. These problems are rarely checked in the first place.

[jesperado]

Most stories I hear about people that try carnivore doesn't do it to get on the next hip thing, these are people that suffered from something for years and out of sheer desperation tried something "wild" and it worked FOR THEM.

I don't understand how it is a garbage diet either? You get all the nutrients you need while eliminating pretty much everything else. That to me sounds like an excellent starting ground to then build upon and figure out what YOUR gut is cool with.