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  • jet@hackertalks.comtoxkcd@lemmy.worldCould we survive eating only humans?
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    1 month ago

    This is absolutely incorrect, at least with respect to carnivore diets. You won’t feel like shit, and everybody dies eventually (but carnivore will not reduce your life or health span).

    https://doi.org/10.1097/med.0000000000000576

    Note: This only applies to carnivores who are not eating carbohydrates, people who are just standard western omnivores (70% plant food, mostly processed, and 30% meat) will not see any benefits.

    There are many biological risks in eating humans that should be accounted for, and while you could survive it would be far from optimal.





  • Keto is able to help by filling your diet with things that keep you feeling full (protein and fat) and giving you some straightforward rules that keep you eating those things, which makes you not hungry as often and forces you to have some discipline around eating.

    I would also add that keto also removes glucose spikes->insulin spikes->glucose dips, removes lots of the low energy hangry loops that most people are stuck in.

    You can still get cravings and noise on a keto diet though if your nutrition is off.

    Sure, that would just be biologically appropriate hunger, since the nutrition is off and the body wants more nutrition.

    I’ve actually done keto before, the strict rules were helpful discipline-wise, but I was able to get all of the same benefits without actually being in ketosis

    Fantastic!

    By trying to keep myself eating foods that keep me full, by avoiding binging and keeping my habits in check, and by getting rid of refined carbs (pasta and sugar are the worst, it’s like you didn’t even eat anything) I’ve been able to keep my diet in check pretty well.

    Did keto not keep you feeling full?

    Also be careful about saturated fats long-term. It can be bad for your heart if they make up too much of your diet.

    Thanks for bringing that up. My reading of the literature has satisfied me that in the absence of elevated glucose and metabolic disease saturated fats are actually quite healthy and not a long term health risk (at least for myself).



  • Strict keto takes away the food noise, which is what a lot of us struggle with. There’s no longer the cravings, you’re not fighting your own body every hour of every day.

    Personally, I’ve settled on a long-term diet

    • emphasizing saturated fat
    • adequate amounts of bioavailable protein
    • zero carbohydrates

    All my food noise is gone. All my cravings are gone. I still have some emotional triggers, like walking by a donut shop. I used to walk by, but that’s much more manageable. I’m not struggling with food like I used to. I actually only eat about once a day, I don’t have any cravings. When I do get hungry. It’s a very different hunger than before, it’s just oh I could eat, not I must eat.