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On the other hand if you follow the NHS guidelines (70g/day) 20-30kg of meat from a deer would last a family of four ~80-120 days. Not that bad

by yread 7y ago

JoeAltmaier 7y ago
Not if other foods were unavailable (the assumption). You need 2000 calories a day. 70g of meat is ~600 calories. So triple that, divide by 4 and you've got the week I mentioned.
- horsawlarway 7y ago
  Other foods aren't unavailable though... They aren't hunting because they're starving, they're hunting because meat is harder to get, and it's a nice luxury that's also expensive. Couple that with reduced/no income and choosing to hunt isn't insane. I know a fair number of people in rural GA who will hunt one deer a year and freeze it, You get small servings of meat all season. It goes a long way... No one would seriously recommend an all meat diet. It will kill you. Seriously - Go google protein poisoning. Unless you're eating incredibly fatty meat like seal, don't eat just meat.
  - efiecho 7y ago
    > No one would seriously recommend an all meat diet. It will kill you. The Carnivore Diet is a real thing that is gaining popularity, if choosing between two extremes with veganism on the other side, I would much prefer an all meat diet.
    - horsawlarway 7y ago
      They're still not recommending what the original commenter was - a diet based solely of lean venison. The carnivore diet fits pretty well into the "high fat" category. I just went and checked, and the following seems to be a fairly consistent outline of the diet --- Red meat (beef, pork, lamb), with an emphasis on fattier cuts of meat to take in enough calories. Other options include: Organ meats Eggs Lard Bone marrow Butter Salt and pepper --- Basically - A mix of protein and fat with fat constituting much of the calorie intake. So yes, my comment should really read >No one would seriously recommend an all LEAN meat diet. It will kill you. but the poster was doing calorie calculations for pure lean venison. That's insanity.
- mindcrime 7y ago
  Not if other foods were unavailable (the assumption). Why is that your assumption?
  - JoeAltmaier 7y ago
    Maybe I misread. But the fact remains, hunting and foraging are fun for some (a vanishingly small fraction) Americans. But not gonna feed the teeming masses.

On the other hand if you follow the NHS guidelines (70g/day) 20-30kg of meat from a deer would last a family of four ~80-120 days. Not that bad

by yread 7y ago

On the other hand if you follow the NHS guidelines (70g/day) 20-30kg of meat from a deer would last a family of four ~80-120 days. Not that bad

JoeAltmaier 7y ago

Not if other foods were unavailable (the assumption). You need 2000 calories a day. 70g of meat is ~600 calories. So triple that, divide by 4 and you've got the week I mentioned.

horsawlarway 7y ago
Other foods aren't unavailable though... They aren't hunting because they're starving, they're hunting because meat is harder to get, and it's a nice luxury that's also expensive. Couple that with reduced/no income and choosing to hunt isn't insane. I know a fair number of people in rural GA who will hunt one deer a year and freeze it, You get small servings of meat all season. It goes a long way... No one would seriously recommend an all meat diet. It will kill you. Seriously - Go google protein poisoning. Unless you're eating incredibly fatty meat like seal, don't eat just meat.
- efiecho 7y ago
  > No one would seriously recommend an all meat diet. It will kill you. The Carnivore Diet is a real thing that is gaining popularity, if choosing between two extremes with veganism on the other side, I would much prefer an all meat diet.
  - horsawlarway 7y ago
    They're still not recommending what the original commenter was - a diet based solely of lean venison. The carnivore diet fits pretty well into the "high fat" category. I just went and checked, and the following seems to be a fairly consistent outline of the diet --- Red meat (beef, pork, lamb), with an emphasis on fattier cuts of meat to take in enough calories. Other options include: Organ meats Eggs Lard Bone marrow Butter Salt and pepper --- Basically - A mix of protein and fat with fat constituting much of the calorie intake. So yes, my comment should really read >No one would seriously recommend an all LEAN meat diet. It will kill you. but the poster was doing calorie calculations for pure lean venison. That's insanity.
mindcrime 7y ago
Not if other foods were unavailable (the assumption). Why is that your assumption?
- JoeAltmaier 7y ago
  Maybe I misread. But the fact remains, hunting and foraging are fun for some (a vanishingly small fraction) Americans. But not gonna feed the teeming masses.