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That seems like a lot to hang on an argument from silence. FWIW, we had very little processed foods in our diets prior. If you want to expand your knowledge a

• slothtrop 2y ago
  I'd prefer a higher quality source than a youtube video, and once again, I don't put much stake in an anecdote. It's possible to have a starch-heavy low quality diet even with lower amounts of processed foods. Carnivore is an elimination diet; it has one food, meat. One could opt to survive on nothing but potatoes but that doesn't make it a balanced diet. Meat by itself provides a broader range of nutrients, so the proper comparison would be with e.g. a composition like the mediterranean diet. To date the benefits of including whole foods are thoroughly documented; extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. "argument from silence" is a funny way to say there's no evidence.