What is the carnivore diet?<\/h2>\n
The carnivore diet, as the name suggests, consists mainly of animal products, such as eggs, lots of meat, poultry and fish. Interestingly, virtually no carbohydrates and vegetables (and fruit) are eaten with these. So this means that there are similarities with the ketogenic diet, but the important difference is that vegetables are also out of the question.<\/p>\n
What are the benefits?<\/h3>\n
The carnivorous diet has a number of benefits that the ketogenic diet also has. Of course, it is lose weight<\/strong> a known effect of both, but there is more.<\/p>\n Thus, due to the strong carbohydrate reduction, it can insulin resistance (and type 2 diabetes) (1)<\/a> reduce<\/strong> and the relieve the immune system<\/strong> (2)<\/a> in people who are hypersensitive to certain carbohydrates that contain gluten (celiac disease, glutensitivity), phytic acid (antinutrients see `The plant paradox') or Fodmaps.<\/p>\n With the carnivore diet, people who get irritable bowel, for example, may experience additional benefits from certain vegetables. For instance, people with certain autoimmune diseases or viral and bacterial diseases such as chronic lyme and post viral syndrome are experimenting with the carnivorous diet to minimise the burden on the immune system. This gives short-term improvements in some of them, such as more energy, more stable blood sugar (and thus more constant energy levels), fewer physical complaints and a reduction in intestinal complaints.<\/p>\n For diets that are quite one-sided (little variation<\/strong>) then the long-term effect is particularly interesting. Do deficiencies arise? Are there harmful effects? This information is almost non-existent in scientific research at the moment. So this makes it quite experimental<\/strong>, which also results in a lot of criticism from dieticians, nutritionists and (of course as always) the Nutrition Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n Critical issues here include one-sidedness, deficiencies in fibre, unknown effects on gut flora, deficiencies in vitamins (such as vitamin C and scurvy) and minerals.<\/p>\n People also often point to scientific studies in which high meat intake shows negative effects. However, these are epidemiological studies with only some associations, which does not mean that you have found a proven cause (causal relationship). We simply do not have epidemiological studies in which large groups of people followed a carnivorous diet, which makes it difficult to make statements.<\/p>\n Also, of course, one type of meat is not the other, which makes it even more difficult. An additional disadvantage with this diet is that it is very far from the average `Dutch' diet and requires a lot of adaptability<\/strong>. The chances of someone sustaining this permanently then become a lot less.<\/p>\n As with the ketogenic diet, I understand that there are situations where you try this diet. For instance, I understand that when you hear that someone has chronic Lyme disease symptoms and feels much better after switching to a carnivorous diet that you want to put it to the test as a fellow sufferer.<\/p>\n However, the question is why this effect is there. I personally think this is mainly because of what you get with the carnivore diet DON'T EAT.<\/strong> If your immune system reacts incorrectly to certain carbohydrate sources and\/or veggies because of intolerance, allergy or other hypersensitivity, with carnivore diet you have taken it all out.<\/p>\n However, this does not mean that there are then no carbohydrate sources or vegetable types that you do digest and tolerate well. Especially if you experience positive results and want to keep doing the carnivore diet, I would still look further and try to reintroduce certain types of carbohydrates and vegetables. Then keep only the carbs and vegetables that don't give you any symptoms. In this way, still try to make the diet as varied as possible to spread risks.<\/p>\n Also, I don't think the positive experiences come from being in ketosis at low carbohydrate intake<\/a>. If you manage to add more carbohydrates and still remain symptom-free, it will be kinder to the thyroid.<\/p>\n For an average person, I would recommend a much milder and more varied diet that is somewhat less extreme and health experimental in nature.<\/p>\n Experience expert Miriam Hill got to speak on RTL Tonight and the discussion with the nutritionist went 'healthy'. Watch the clip here: experience carnivore diet<\/a><\/p>\n![\"discount](\"https:\/\/export.ralphmoorman.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/boekenset-ralph-moorman-1024x373.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nWhat are the drawbacks?<\/h3>\n
What is my opinion?<\/h2>\n
Positive experience discussed at RTL Tonight<\/h3>\n