Oddbean

I have to disagree with you on that because Carnivore is a healing diet for many many people like myself who suffer from chronic Illness. Terminology matters when people are trying to filter through all of the nefarious obfuscation we face when it comes to our health and nutrition. People should know exactly what Carnivore is and what chronic illnesses it can help treat/manage. Keto and Carnivore, while very similar, can affect the human body in different ways. I can't manage my illness on Keto w/o requiring medication. I can however manage my illness on Lion Diet Carnivore w/o medication. Distinctions matter.

It's really an elimination diet. The strict version is fresh beef & water only. You'd then add other meats, dairy, etc to see how you reacted. Some folks can't even stomach dairy or aged meats initially. I don't know what specifically you disagreed with me on & I'm not keen for an argument. You are more than your diet or health condition.

Honestly I'm still extremely pissed off that my diet created my Ulcerative Colitis, I went through 2 colonoscopies, had a 4 day ER visit that required a blood transfusion due to anemia, then had multiple follow up visits with a doctor who told me that I would always have this condition & require Humira injections for the rest of my life & that there is no other way to manage it. All because the truth of our food and nutrition is being nefariously obfuscated from us & my own personal journey to get to where I'm at today with Lion Diet, required hours and hours of needing to go down a ton of different rabbitholes to land where I'm at today. Most people with my condition don't even have a clue so if we can make it easier for people to find the answers they need, instead of obfuscating it even more with incorrect terminologies, I believe we can help more people get to the places they need to be with their diets.

I've said that carnivore is like a course in nutrition. About what your body needs & doesn't. I deliberately avoid plant fibre, partly because of people I've known with UC & partly from Ray Peat . People get so caught up on the fibre lie. My comment is more about becoming the condition or the diet. About identifying with them. I understand the desire to communicate precisely. Language is a protocol. I'm a maxi but it's not part of my identity. It's not who I am but I understand the meaning. Am I a Bitcoiner? - yeah it is part who I am. I guess I'm going to have to reflect on that 🤷

Managing an illness is not healing. The carnivore diet didn't heal you. It prevents symptoms to be triggered. Stopping to walk because you knee heart when you walk doesn't heal you knee. It stops the symptom: pain. And it comes with many medical issues.