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The problem is that a high fat, high protein diet has other downsides that a healthy plant based diet doesn’t, specifically cardiovascular issues.
by cageface 9y ago
The problem is that a high fat, high protein diet has other downsides that a healthy plant based diet doesn’t, specifically cardiovascular issues.
- christophilus 9y agoI was vegan for a while (McDougall), so I'm aware of the evidence for this. But I don't know if I buy it. I don't remember seeing any studies that focused on people who had high-fat + low sugar diets. Most of them compared typical western diets with (undeniably) healthy vegan diets. The typical western diet is indeed high fat, but is also crazy high in refined sugars.
- tracker1 9y agocardiovascular issues seem to be centered around inflammation not specifically fat. Not dietary cholesterol or saturated fat. There's lots of evidence to also support intermittent and extended fasting. In general minimizing starchy carbs alone, along with refined sugars and grains goes a long way. If you eat vegan or keto/lchf. I've done both... with vegan, I still had to take a large amount of insulin and gained weight, even at 1500-1800 calories a day... on keto, I eat a little more but managed to lose 63# last year and come off insulin (mostly).