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I'm not the OP, but a ketogenic (very low carb) diet is not exactly uncommon these days. I follow one myself (for health reasons, I have reactive hypoglycemia)

I'm not the OP, but a ketogenic (very low carb) diet is not exactly uncommon these days. I follow one myself (for health reasons, I have reactive hypoglycemia), and have done for a few years now. While it was difficult at the start, after a while you get used to it. And I lost a ton of weight without even trying. I don't eat bread, fruit (barring a small amount of lemon/lime juice in food), or any grains or root veg (potatoes are worse than table sugar for spiking blood glucose!). I do eat meat, eggs, and lots of low-carb veg - leafy veg, broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, chicory, aubergine, courgette, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, onions etc. I also eat plenty dairy too - cheese has no carbs, and a small amount of milk/cream has very little.

Jtsummers 6y ago
> I do eat meat, eggs, and lots of low-carb veg - leafy veg, broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, chicory, aubergine, courgette, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, onions etc. This is my point to the OP, if you're eating any of those things you are still an omnivore, even if you're a low-carb omnivore. They seem to be claiming to have been on a carnivorous (only animal products) diet for years.
- samatman 6y ago
  It's by no means unheard of, all you have to do is type "carnivore diet" into your search engine of choice to get all the information your heart may desire.
- GordonS 6y ago
  The OP didn't say that though; they did say they had a zero-carb diet, but my interpretation of that was "very low carb diet".
  - Jtsummers 6y ago
    They responded to a post about humans not being suited for carnivorous diets by saying they ate a very low carb diet, therefore that report about humans not being suited for carnivorous diets is wrong or they're a super hero. So my question to them was what they meant by that. They seemed to be implying that their low carb diet was very high in protein and low in anything not protein, or their statement was a non sequitur.

Jtsummers 6y ago

> I do eat meat, eggs, and lots of low-carb veg - leafy veg, broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, chicory, aubergine, courgette, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, onions etc. This is my point to the OP, if you're eating any of those things you are still an omnivore, even if you're a low-carb omnivore. They seem to be claiming to have been on a carnivorous (only animal products) diet for years.

samatman 6y ago
It's by no means unheard of, all you have to do is type "carnivore diet" into your search engine of choice to get all the information your heart may desire.
GordonS 6y ago
The OP didn't say that though; they did say they had a zero-carb diet, but my interpretation of that was "very low carb diet".
- Jtsummers 6y ago
  They responded to a post about humans not being suited for carnivorous diets by saying they ate a very low carb diet, therefore that report about humans not being suited for carnivorous diets is wrong or they're a super hero. So my question to them was what they meant by that. They seemed to be implying that their low carb diet was very high in protein and low in anything not protein, or their statement was a non sequitur.