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by 1_player 1604 days ago
> Very-low-carbohydrate diets may lack vitamins, minerals, fiber, and phytochemicals found in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains

What a load of bollocks. What vitamins and minerals are lacking in meat? Only one, vitamin C, and there is evidence the RDA for it is much lower if you don't ingest many carbs. The Inuit didn't get scurvy. And in any case vit C heavy plants and fruit are definitely OK on a low carb diet.

And no fibre and phytochemicals (literally "plant chemicals")? It's by design. None of these things are essential, and some find improvement in their autoimmune diseases and digestion when these are reduced or removed altogether. My digestion gets better and better as I approach literally 0g of fibre, provided my carb consumption is low of course. High carb low fibre isn't fun.