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I have experimented with a carnivore diet (I felt great), but I didn't embark on it without researching the science.I used to follow that kind of mainstream research that told me to eat a low fat diet mainly consisting of grains like bread and pastas 5-6 times a day and ultimately, it nearly killed me. I imagine that the remedy prescribed by all 6 of the doctors who treated me, immunosuppressants and antibiotics, was also backed by 'well respected' peer reviewed research.
After realizing that they were all misinformed and that my disease could be treated in a far more effective way through diet that gave me a better quality of life and the best health I've ever had, I reached the conclusion that a lot of the research was bullshit and designed to make me sick and dependent on expensive drugs.
Op, while cavalier in the way he gives his opinion, is relatable and I think that he, along with others like us, write of our personal experiences with aip and carnivore diet because it works. That's really all I care about. Maybe someday actual science not tainted by special interests other than finding the truth will further explain why it works.
It's funny, people throw around terms like 'medical science' to back these bogus treatments for our immune systems made weak by our diets suggesting that, if you disagree, you don't believe in facts and truth when in reality, much of modern day medical science should be called the medical arts as it's still very much in it's infancy.
Thanks to financial interests like pharmaceutical companies who have a pill or a jab for every malady, the waters of mainstream western medicine have been muddied so much that it's hard to take anything they say seriously.
Personal experience trumps whatever advice they have after the way I was screwed up by the treatment recommended by my 6 doctors. Thank God I'm off their garbage now. Since not listening to them anymore, I've never felt better and fear no virus. If I can maintain my medical freedom and keep their vaccines out of my body, I'll be a happy camper. I'd rather drink snake oil and have my blood sucked by leeches than deal with the side effects of that garbage.
If I were wrong, wouldn't I be in poor health? I've never felt better. Aip, fasting, and carnivore are all good tools that everyone should experiment with. What do you have to lose? You can always disregard it later if you don't feel like it helps, and if that's the case, talk about it here. Like I said, I'm more interested in people's personal experience these days than studies and research.
What's your vetting process for 'respectable' journals and credentials? Have you experimented with aip or carnivore? You might have allergies that you're not even aware of. You should at least try it. Tell us how it goes. It not only saved my life, I feel better at 39 than I did in my 20s.
Whilst it's true there haven't been interventional studies on carnivore diets specifically, there have been on high-fat/ketogenic diets, fasting, low-fat, high-protein, high-fibre etc, all of which can be used to help to understand the various mechanisms of action at play, and highlight key factors which should be considered along the way. As you point out, there are a growing number of personal anecdotes of carnivore diet adherents too. It's also useful to understand the history and science which led to the typical, standard nutritional recommendations, and also what may be evolutionarily consistent.
Epidemiology is a type of observational data which is limited when it comes to nutrition, but can still be helpful, particularly when it comes to generating hypotheses for further study.
Personal anecdotes are another form of helpful, but of course limited, observational data. To entirely dismiss one but hold another in the highest regard seems misguided at best.
Carnivore is a fantastic elimination diet, but I'm personally not convinced it (or permanent ketosis) is optimal over the long term. A ruminant animal based/heavy diet which, in addition to muscle meat includes organs, bone-broth, some seafood plus evolutionary consistent foods like honey, fruit, some easy to digest vegetables etc, may, for many people, be about as good as it gets, but that's just conjecture at this stage.