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THE FORGOTTEN KEY TO HEALTH; WHOLE REAL FOOD!
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." ~Hippocrates

Hippocrates, who lived 2400 years ago, understood the importance and the impact of nutrition on our physical and mental health. Sadly, this formerly common knowledge, now seems lost to so-called experts, scientists, dietitians and even doctors.

Researchers push dodgy “science” implying certain whole foods such as meat are dangerous even though their studies do not establish causation and are full of confounding factors. These studies frequently fail to meet statistical significance in regards to higher risk, but they are pushed onto the public all the same.

EAT LESS RED MEAT WAS BAD ADVICE
“If there are health benefits from eating less beef and pork, they are small, the researchers concluded. Indeed, the advantages are so faint that they can be discerned only when looking at large populations,… and are not sufficient to tell individuals to change their meat-eating habits.”
http://archive.today/ayKHP

Registered dieticians push ultra-processed foods even though those foods are linked to physical decline, mental decline, and obesity.
https://youtu.be/hCaiubkDm9A?si=mP5NmL9u_BE0CwjL

ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD LEADS TO DISEASES OF THE BODY:
- Cancer
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29444771/
- Cardiovascular Disease
- https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l1451
- Coronary Artery Disease
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34494108/
- Diabetes
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2757497
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1554
- Kidney Dysfunction
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35348601/

ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD LEADS TO DISEASES OF THE MIND:
- Cognitive Decline
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36469335/
- Dementia
- https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000200871
- Depression
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2809727

UPF LEADS TO UNCONTROLLED HUNGER & WEIGHT GAIN!
https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(19)30248-7

Registered dietitians also push plant-based foods as healthier options even though even ultra-processed vegan food is associated with higher heart disease and mortality risks (no causation has been established but this requirement is generally applied to one side only).

VEGAN MEAT LINKED TO HEART DISEASE & HIGHER MORTALITY
https://nypost.com/2024/06/11/lifestyle/vegan-fake-meats-linked-to-heart-disease-early-death-study/

Finally, registered dietitians push plant-based foods even though those foods are inferior to animal-based foods in terms of nutrient digestibility, absorption and utilization as seen in PDCAAS & DIAAS scores.

PLANT vs ANIMAL AMINO ACID AVAILABILITY
“Ounce equivalent portions of pork and eggs resulted in greater EAA bioavailability than black beans and almonds in young and older adults, separately or combined”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37447197/

PLANT-BASED DIETS & NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY
“Regarding macronutrients, vegan diets are lower in protein intake compared with all other diet types. Veganism is also associated with low intake of vitamins B2, Niacin (B3), B12, D, iodine, zinc, calcium, potassium, selenium.”

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261561420306567

As for Doctors who are supposed to be the most trusted and knowledgeable health advisors in society, they now seem to be nothing more than glorified drug salesmen.

By the way, Hippocrates lived to be 90 years old and that was back in 360BC! 💪

AVOID Ultra-Processed Foods regardless of Vegan, Keto, Paleo, other labels!
AVOID Ultra-Processed Pro-Inflammatory Seed Oils!
AVOID Ultra-Processed Ingredients like:
- refined sugar which increases oxidative stress
- HFCS which contributes to NAFLD & inflammatory visceral fat
- refined grains which can contribute to leaky gut & inflammation

EAT whole minimally processed meats, and for those who are not carnivore, fruits, and “vegetables” that are fruits like squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, olives, avocados, etc…

MYTH: All meat diets are iodine deficient!

Why don’t carnivores get iodine deficiency and goiters?

One of the frequent questions for people new to animal based diets is about the lack of iodine in unrefined sea salt.

Why unrefined sea salt instead of industrial processed, iodized table salt stripped of all other minerals? Aside from the obvious, take a look at the ingredients of refined salts and you will find unnecessary additives like dextrose (a sugar), potassium iodide, sodium ferrocyanide (E535), and more. No thanks!

- So, do carnivores even need iodine? YES! Iodine is necessary for healthy thyroid function.

- But do we need iodized salt? NO! A carnivore diet avoids iodine blocking foods while containing foods naturally rich in iodine, and the sources are not all seafood.

Just like the myth that carnivore diets lack vitamin C and will lead to scurvy, the myth that carnivores don’t get iodine leading to deficiency and goiters is just plain false.

PROTEIN MYTH: Protein harms kidneys & causes kidney disease. Nope! Know what does? Ultra-processed foods! Here’s a NEW STUDY plus 5 additional studies that show protein does NOT harm kidneys.

1. Dietary Protein Intake Reduces Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease *NEW STUDY*

Data showed a lower risk of CKD associated with higher-level total protein intake.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1408424/full

2. Researchers Show High-Protein Diet Does Not Harm Kidney Function

“The fact is, however, that there's just no evidence to support this hypothesis in fact, the evidence shows the contrary is true: higher protein increases, not decreases, kidney function…
While there is a breadth of evidence showing the benefits of higher protein consumption, some people are still afraid it could cause kidney damage…
With these findings, we have shown that a higher protein diet is safe. In fact, it should be viewed as an important tool for muscle health across an entire lifespan."

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-11-high-protein-diet-affect-kidney-function.html

3. Diets High in Protein Lower Adiposity & Do NOT Impair Kidney Function

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27465374/

4. Dietary Protein & Healthy Renal Function

“While protein restriction may be appropriate for treatment of existing kidney disease, we find no significant evidence for a detrimental effect of high protein intakes on kidney function in healthy persons…”

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16174292/

5. Ketogenic Diet Reverses Kidney Disease

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(23)00477-9

6. Ultra-processed Food (UPF) Harms Kidney Function

“Participants in the highest quartile of UPF consumption were associated with a higher risk of the composite kidney outcome… compared with those in the lowest quartile, regardless of their macro- or micronutrient intake…Participants in the highest quartile had a more rapid eGFR decline compared with those in the lowest quartile.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35348601/

The ADA recommends people who are already struggling with metabolic disease (and likely uncontrolled inflammation as well) consume blood sugar, inflammation, & oxidative stress elevating grains (pasta), refined carbohydrates (sugar), and seed oils (mayonnaise). It’s a good way to guarantee a customer remains a customer, but a terrible way to manage type 1 diabetes or attempt to reverse type 2 diabetes. 🤦‍♂️

FIGHTING DEPRESSION?
EXERCISE is as effective as therapy and
MORE effective than pharmaceuticals
FOR HAPPINESS!

https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023-075847

SATURATED FATS & HEALTH: Saturated fat is a popular vegan & USDA boogeyman, but this meta-analysis from 2020 shows no negative health effects linked to whole, minimally processed foods containing saturated fats. Don’t worry about limiting saturated fats! Focus on limiting ultra-processed foods which contain all kinds of ultra-processed fats, grains, sugars, emulsifiers, thickeners, preservatives, artificial flavors, and artificial colors.

SUMMARY:
The recommendation to limit dietary saturated fatty acid (SFA) intake has persisted despite mounting evidence to the contrary. Most recent meta-analyses of randomized trials and observational studies found no beneficial effects of reducing SFA intake on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and total mortality, and instead found protective effects against stroke.

HIGHLIGHTS:
* The U.S. Dietary Guidelines recommend the restriction of SFA intake to

An absolute 💣🐚 article about the American Diabetes Association from the Guardian! 🎤💥

“the ADA went through ‘no less than 4 individuals in the director of nutrition position since 2019 & no less than 3 individuals in the associate director of nutrition position since 2020’, with previous ADA nutritionists allegedly fired or driven out after refusing to comply with what they believed were unethical and unscientific demands.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/18/splenda-diabetes-lawsuit

Doctors, hospitals, insulin, blood tests, glucose monitors & diabetes drugs are a $400bn a year industry, even though type 2 diabetes is completely reversible through diet. 😞

In 2020, American Diabetes Association President, Tracey D Brown, credited a low-carb diet for getting off insulin & meds. Within a year she was no longer employed at the ADA. 🤔 🤷‍♂️ 🙈

We never feel comfortable when we start something new. Feeling uncomfortable*, learning proper technique, reinforcing neuromuscular feedback and growing our confidence are all part of the process.

*Note: Don’t confuse feeling awkward with feeling pain. Exercise done properly should trigger muscle fatigue, NOT pain.

Oxalates can cause kidney disease. Protein does NOT! How come doctors never warn us not to eat too much spinach for healthy kidneys? 🤔

Pharma & device companies donated more than $134m to the American Diabetes Association from 2017-2024. In unrelated news 😜, the ADA continues recommending carbs to diabetics. 🤔💭

VEGAN MYTH: MEAT CAUSES COLON CANCER

When meat is consumed in the absence of carbohydrates, it can produce a highly ketogenic state within the body. During ketosis, we produce a ketone known as beta-hydroxybutyric acid (butyric acid = butyrate).

Butyrate is a short-chain fatty acid that plays an important role in digestive system health. It provides the main energy source for colon cells, and meets about 70% of their energy needs 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣. Butyrate may also provide other health benefits, including supporting the immune system, reducing inflammation, and preventing diseases like cancer. In particular, butyrate inhibits the growth of cancerous colon cells, whereas it is the major energy source for normal healthy colon cells 2️⃣. Butyrate has also been found to not only block the growth of colorectal cancer cells but also increase their rate of cell death 4️⃣5️⃣. Butyrate also to alleviate symptoms of IBS and Crohn’s disease and may play a role in improving insulin sensitivity 4️⃣.

So, how would a diet that produces a nourishing environment for healthy colon cells and also inhibits cancerous colon cells somehow cause colon cancer? It makes 0️⃣ sense. 🤷‍♂️

Conclusion: It’s NOT the meat. It was NEVER the meat.

Sources:
1️⃣ https://health.clevelandclinic.org/butyrate-benefits
2️⃣ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2021.634874/full
3️⃣ https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0245348
4️⃣ https://www.healthline.com/health/butyric-acid
5️⃣ https://bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12885-021-07845-1

WILL FASTING GIVE YOU A HEART ATTACK?

We’ve all seen the headlines by now! Fasting = Heart Disease! Some people think there’s no bad science, but when what is merely the 1st step of the scientific method is used to skip scientific research and jump to conclusions unsupported by data or any known physiological mechanisms in a well studied area, THAT… IS… BAD science. So, why is this BAD science being bandied about? 🤔 Perhaps we should pay attention to the LAST line in the quote below. 🤷‍♂️ Who has an interest in making sure people are scared of intermittent fasting?

Effect of Fasting on Cardiovascular Diseases: A Systematic Review

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10902743/

“…fasting is beneficial in lowering the cardiovascular risk of a population. This is achieved by improving the lipid profile, improving metabolic syndrome indicators, improving insulin resistance, and lowering body weight and inflammatory biomarkers. These results hold for the different types of fasting, i.e., IF, continuous fasting, CR, protein restriction, and time-restricted eating. The fact that NO PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICATION has such a DRAMATIC INFLUENCE on such a WIDE SPECTRUM of CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK variables makes these findings REVOLUTIUONARY.”

*Breaking News* from WSJ… junk food is NOT healthy. 🙄 Also, water is wet. 😜 Sometimes, I wonder how much junk food the mainstream media consumes. 🤔 🤣 And now, psychologists want to label junk food addiction a “NEW” disorder. 🤷‍♂️ Probably, so they can prescribe people yet another drug. 🤦‍♂️

JUNK FOOD IS ADDICTIVE

‘People intensely crave ultra-processed foods and consume them compulsively and find they can’t stop eating them.’

“The combination of high levels of both fat and carbs in many ultra-processed foods is likely another reason why we crave them and have a tough time stopping when we eat them… Many of these [ultra-processed foods] are high in both refined carbohydrates and fat, a combination that isn’t typically found in nature. Foods in nature are often high in fat or carbs, but not both.”

“Scans of brains showed that the participants who ate a high-fat, high-sugar snack for eight weeks had much higher activity in parts of the brain that create dopamine”

JUNK FOOD MAKES PEOPLE DUMBER

“Scientists were surprised to find that people who had been eating the high-fat, high-sugar snack also had changes in how their brains learned.”

“four days of having a breakfast high in saturated fat AND added sugar was linked to reductions in performance on some learning and memory tests, according to researchers in Australia.”

JUNK FOOD & MENTAL INSTABILITY

“Mental health is also affected by diet. Several recent studies have found a link between diets high in ultra-processed foods and an increased risk of depression. A large review of research published last month in the BMJ found an increased risk of depression, anxiety and sleep problems with diets high in ultra-processed foods.”

JUNK FOOD IS A DISORDER?!

Gearhardt and colleagues are proposing a new mental-health disorder that they plan to call “ultra-processed food use disorder” or “highly-processed food use disorder” for inclusion in the official guide that psychiatrists and psychologists use to diagnose patients. Symptoms include intense cravings, difficulty cutting down consumption and withdrawal symptoms like irritability and agitation when people try to reduce their intake.

The New Science on What Ultra-Processed Food Does to Your Brain — The Wall Street Journal Studies are finding links between these foods and changes in the way we learn, remember and feel

We each have a healthcare choice to make:
🔴 Eat the cattle -OR- 🔵 Be the cattle!

Dairy! It’s not for everyone, but if you can tolerate it & you’re looking to grow some 💪, it’s a nutritious option. Real Milk FTW 🙌 Raw & Grass-fed is Best! 🏆

Major Risk Factors for Heart Disease
- obesity
- hypertension
- diabetes
- chronic inflammation & oxidative stress
- depression, stress and anger

ALL are improved on a carnivore diet! Really makes you wonder just HOW meat supposedly “causes” heart disease. 🤔

~3M yrs ago, the great Vegan vs Carnivore Hominid experiment took place; Paranthropus vs Homo! We already know how this experiment turned out. 🥩🥇

Photo Credit: Carnivore Aurelius & ScienceMe.com

IS MILK A SUPERFOOD?

Lactoferrin, may just be a “miracle molecule,” but it’s an endogenous protein ONLY found in REAL milk, NOT nut juices like oat, soy or almond “milks”.

Even better, bovine lactoferrin has the same clinical effects as human lactoferrin, possessing a 77% similarity in amino acid sequences.

BENEFITS OF LACTOFERRIN
1. Promotes Satiety
2. Inhibits Fat Accumulation
3. Promotes Bone Growth / Health
4. Fights Oxidative Stress
5. Enhances Immunity of Mucus Membranes
6. Supports Fetal Development
7. Stimulates Vitamin D Receptors
8. Stimulates Intestinal Regeneration
9. Inhibits Leaky Gut
10. Antiviral
11. Antifungal
12. Antiparasitic
13. Inhibits Malaria & Toxoplasmosis
14. Has Anti-cancer Properties
15. Anti-inflammatory
16. Nueroprotective
17. May Have Anti-aging Effects

The Lactoferrin Phenomenon—A Miracle Molecule Numerous harmful factors that affect the human body from birth to old age cause many disturbances, e.g., in the structure of the genome, inducing cell apoptosis and their degeneration, which leads to the development of many diseases, including cancer. ...

There are people in this world who want us sick, ignorant about health & nutrition, and dependent on pills!

Imagine being angry about someone improving their health! These obese 🤡 don’t actually care about anyone else’s health. They only want to use Adele as a tool to push their agenda even if it harms her health or leads to her early death. I also believe they’re jealous of her success in losing weight. These people are miserable and misery loves company!

NEW STUDY - OMAD & Carnivore Vindicated! Science has finally debunked the 20-30g protein limit for both absorption (which we’ve known for some time), and also for muscle protein synthesis rates.

There is “a dose-dependent increase in the magnitude and duration of protein-derived amino acid availability and muscle and whole-body protein synthesis rates, with a negligible impact on amino acid oxidation.”

In other words, a larger amount of protein in one meal resulted in:

⬆️ amino acids in the blood; higher in magnitude and elevated for a longer duration

⬆️ muscle protein synthesis rates (also in both magnitude and duration)

⬆️ whole-body protein synthesis (again, both magnitude and duration)

✋ almost NO increase in Amino Acid Oxidation rates (very little protein was burned for energy)

CONCLUSIONS: Muscle tissues have a much higher capacity to incorporate dietary amino acids than previously assumed and the duration of the postprandial incorporation is proportional to the amount of protein per meal.

ONE LAST THING: 🤔💡
This type of proportional dose response only makes sense in a hyper carnivorous animal (>70% animal based diet), as consuming a 100g or larger bolus of protein at once is virtually impossible for an herbivorous animal, and difficult for a hypo carnivorous animal (

The anabolic response to protein ingestion during recovery from exercise has no upper limit in magnitude and duration in vivo in humans The belief that the anabolic response to feeding during postexercise recovery is transient and has an upper limit and that excess amino acids are bein…

👏 Perfect! 💯 Meat is a nutrient dense, whole food that we’ve been eating for thousands of years.

Another MYTH Busted: NO Association Between Butter & Disease

“These findings do not support a need for major emphasis in dietary guidelines on either increasing or decreasing butter consumption”

Remember, this study shows association, NOT causation and does NOT account for confounding factors!

The Meta-Analysis showed the following associations:
All-Cause Mortality & Butter: ⬆️ Risk of 1 in 100
Cardiovascular Disease & Butter: 0️⃣ Association / Risk
Coronary Heart Disease & Butter: ⬇️ Risk of 1 in 100
Stroke & Butter: ⬆️ Risk of 1 in 100
Diabetes & Butter: ⬇️ Risk of 4 in 100

Reviewing ALL of the relative risks, we see any association between these diseases and butter is either non-existent or slightly beneficial overall. Considering the small decrease in association between butter and diabetes (which is the single largest risk factor in CVD, CHD, Hypertension and Stroke), there is NO evidence that avoiding butter makes ANY sense whatsoever for “reasons of health.”

Is Butter Back? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Butter Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Total Mortality Background Dietary guidelines recommend avoiding foods high in saturated fat. Yet, emerging evidence suggests cardiometabolic benefits of dairy products and dairy fat. Evidence on the role of butter, with high saturated dairy fat content, for total mortality, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabe...

Can a Plant-Based High Protein Diet match an Animal-Based Higher Protein Diet? Let’s explore the challenges…

Theoretically, IF you…
1. Increase protein intake by at least 1.5x to match the efficiency of animal protein AND

2. Carefully select all plant protein sources to ensure complete amino acid profiles AND

3. Ensure plant protein sources provide balanced amino acid profiles to eliminate limiting amino acids AND

4. Avoid energy surplus due to the large volume of plant foods required AND

5. Manage hunger hormone production from excessive consumption of carbohydrates AND

6. Avoid insulin resistance from excess carbohydrate consumption while also being in an energy surplus AND

7. Supplement the B vitamins, minerals, and other necessary nutrients found only in animal foods…

Then, Yes! Good Luck with that! 👍😜

Is Collagen Supplementation Actually Beneficial? 7 Studies That Show It Is!

Collagen supplementation improves:
- Skin Health
- Bone Mineral Density
- Osteoarthritis
- Cardiovascular Health Markers
- Cartilage
- Muscle Regeneration & Growth
- Circulating Collagen Levels & Absorption

1. Collagen Supplementation Improves Skin Health

“In the meta-analysis, a grouped analysis of studies showed favorable results of hydrolyzed collagen supplementation compared with placebo in terms of skin hydration, elasticity, and wrinkles.”
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijd.15518

2. Collagen Supplementation Improves Bone Mineral Density

“These data demonstrate that the intake of specific collagen peptides increased bone mineral density... In addition, specific collagen peptides supplementation was associated with a favorable shift in bone markers, indicating increased bone formation and reduced bone degradation.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5793325/

“Long-term supplementation with specific bioactive collagen peptides appears to be effective in counteracting losses in BMD. Moreover, significant increases in BMD could contribute to improved bone stability.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8441532/

3. Collagen Supplementation Improves Osteoarthritis Symptoms

“The results of this meta-analysis showed that collagen is effective in improving OA symptoms”
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00264-018-4211-5

4. Collagen Improves Cardiovascular Health

Collagen Tripeptide improves the ratio of HDL/LDL which is a marker of cardiovascular health.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5429168/

5. Hydrolysis of Collagen Improves Absorption

“ingestion of collagen hydrolysates increases postprandial plasma concentrations of AAs over a period of 240 min, and an enzymatic hydrolysis increases the absorption rate and bioavailability of the collagen-rich AAs glycine, proline and hydroxyproline.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6566347/

6. Collagen Supplementation Improves Cartilage

“According to published research, orally administered collagen hydrolysate has been shown to be absorbed intestinally and to accumulate in cartilage. Collagen hydrolysate ingestion stimulates a statistically significant increase in synthesis of extracellular matrix macromolecules by chondrocytes”
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1185/030079906X148373

7. Collagen Improves Muscle Tissue Regeneration & Growth

“These results indicate that Hyp-Gly can induce myogenic differentiation and myotube hypertrophy and suggest that Hyp-Gly promotes myogenic differentiation by activating the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway, perhaps depending on PHT1 for entry into cells.”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27553280/

JUNK $cience 📋💰 - Food surveys correlate people who eat ultra-processed fast food like hamburgers, soda and french fries with increased rates of cancer. Must be the least processed part of the food; the ground beef!

GOOD Science 👨‍🔬🧫 - Lab tests demonstrate that specific TVA fats found in beef help the human body fight off cancer.

Imagine if you just ate beef (but NOT ultra-processed junk food) every day and never got cancer in the first place! 🤔 🤷‍♂️

There is NO Health WITHOUT Mitochondria Health! (⬇️ LINK to Study below ⬇️)

If you don’t realize that SUGAR & processed carbohydrates ARE Responsible for Disease, how much science are you willing to ignore?

Excessive consumption of carbohydrates leads to Electron Leakage, Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress and multiple diseases. (See photo below 👀)

Replacing nutrient dense animal foods with nutrient poor, high carbohydrate grains, legumes, processed foods and/or vegetables is a recipe for disaster.

“mitochondria are especially susceptible to nutrient deficiencies, environmental toxins, and oxidative damage... many nutrients are necessary for ATP production”

“Research now shows that the primary source of oxidative stress in cells is leakage of oxygen and high-energy electrons from the mitochondria. This leakage increases when key nutrients/protective molecules are missing”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4684129/

Diet & Exercise are the keys to stopping Inflammaging! 🥩 🏋️‍♂️ 💪