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I have been on carnivore diet for 5+ years now. Did a blood test and the doctor prescribed me statins due to high cholestrol readings. I declined to take them,

by srid 2y ago

I have been on carnivore diet for 5+ years now. Did a blood test and the doctor prescribed me statins due to high cholestrol readings. I declined to take them, of course.

SwiftyBug 2y ago
What, why?
Balgair 2y ago
I don't know if this is a troll, but in case it isn't: Buddy, listen to your doctors. At least, please, go talk to another MD about your blood work and see if they recommend other methods. You don't have to listen to just one MD, but if 5 are telling you the same thing then you should probably listen.
- 2muchcoffeeman 2y ago
  The carnivore diet on the face of it looks suspicious. No one that tried it thinking “this is totally legit” worried about what doctors are saying.
- srid 2y ago
  > I don't know if this is a troll This is a rather odd dig towards a non-anonymous user (using his real name) and is ironically coming from a pseudoanonymous account (with no real name associated with it).
- hilux 2y ago
  I'm not the guy you are replying to, but most MDs really don't know anything about nutrition. That simply is not a topic they ever took a class in, and official nutrition recommendations themselves are completely changing. The "food pyramid" with a base of carbs? Must eat breakfast of sugary cereals and orange juice? That's all murderous nonsense. (And it's changed!) And so on. MDs want "stable" patients who resemble patients they've familiar with. Even though that could mean being diabetic on half-a-dozen meds. Based on my genes, I would be fat and diabetic by now if I had kept following only my doctor's advice.
boppo1 2y ago
Of course? I've pretty pro-animal foods, but I don't follow.
ASalazarMX 2y ago
Carnivore as exclusively beef/pork, or do you eat bird and fish too?
- srid 2y ago
  Mostly beef, but occasionally eggs & fish as well. Chicken wings on an odd occasion. I've written about my diet here: https://srid.ca/carnivore-diet https://srid.ca/carnivore-diet
sneak 2y ago
I did that too. Up to and including declining statins. Without going into details here, very possibly the worst possible outcome ensued. Don’t eat a high cholesterol diet. Really. It’s really bad for you, like kill you dead bad for you. There isn’t some global vegetable conspiracy that invented atherosclerosis. It’s like the #1 or #2 killer alongside cancer.
- srid 2y ago
  > I did that too. [..] If you are saying that you too were on a carnivore diet long term (5+ years) and very possibly experienced "the worst possible outcome" related to cholesterol levels, you would be the first person to report as such. Perhaps you would like to publish the anecdote in detail somewhere (including just exactly what you ate, as "a high cholesterol diet" is imprecise enough to mean many things)?
  - sneak 2y ago
    Your first sentence isn’t true. Heart disease kills 700k per year just in the US alone. It’s well known that high cholesterol diets are extremely unhealthy. The research is totally unambiguous. Us keto/carnivore people are great at finding stuff online that tells us it’s fine to eat a high cholesterol diet and that it will be safe and fine. It is not safe and it is not fine. If you must be no-carb, do vegan keto, but don’t eat a high cholesterol diet.
whazor 2y ago
The Mediterranean diet is really good. Start frying or roasting vegetables with lots of olive oil. They will become tasty after the olive oil and salt. As long as you keep cooking yourself and avoid processed foods, you should be good.
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hilux 2y ago
I presume the diet been great for weight loss and blood-sugar maintenance. What other effects have you noticed, good or bad?

by srid 2y ago

I have been on carnivore diet for 5+ years now. Did a blood test and the doctor prescribed me statins due to high cholestrol readings. I declined to take them, of course.

SwiftyBug 2y ago

What, why?

Balgair 2y ago

I don't know if this is a troll, but in case it isn't: Buddy, listen to your doctors. At least, please, go talk to another MD about your blood work and see if they recommend other methods. You don't have to listen to just one MD, but if 5 are telling you the same thing then you should probably listen.

2muchcoffeeman 2y ago
The carnivore diet on the face of it looks suspicious. No one that tried it thinking “this is totally legit” worried about what doctors are saying.
srid 2y ago
> I don't know if this is a troll This is a rather odd dig towards a non-anonymous user (using his real name) and is ironically coming from a pseudoanonymous account (with no real name associated with it).
hilux 2y ago
I'm not the guy you are replying to, but most MDs really don't know anything about nutrition. That simply is not a topic they ever took a class in, and official nutrition recommendations themselves are completely changing. The "food pyramid" with a base of carbs? Must eat breakfast of sugary cereals and orange juice? That's all murderous nonsense. (And it's changed!) And so on. MDs want "stable" patients who resemble patients they've familiar with. Even though that could mean being diabetic on half-a-dozen meds. Based on my genes, I would be fat and diabetic by now if I had kept following only my doctor's advice.

boppo1 2y ago

Of course? I've pretty pro-animal foods, but I don't follow.

ASalazarMX 2y ago

Carnivore as exclusively beef/pork, or do you eat bird and fish too?

srid 2y ago
Mostly beef, but occasionally eggs & fish as well. Chicken wings on an odd occasion. I've written about my diet here: https://srid.ca/carnivore-diet https://srid.ca/carnivore-diet

sneak 2y ago

I did that too. Up to and including declining statins. Without going into details here, very possibly the worst possible outcome ensued. Don’t eat a high cholesterol diet. Really. It’s really bad for you, like kill you dead bad for you. There isn’t some global vegetable conspiracy that invented atherosclerosis. It’s like the #1 or #2 killer alongside cancer.

srid 2y ago
> I did that too. [..] If you are saying that you too were on a carnivore diet long term (5+ years) and very possibly experienced "the worst possible outcome" related to cholesterol levels, you would be the first person to report as such. Perhaps you would like to publish the anecdote in detail somewhere (including just exactly what you ate, as "a high cholesterol diet" is imprecise enough to mean many things)?
- sneak 2y ago
  Your first sentence isn’t true. Heart disease kills 700k per year just in the US alone. It’s well known that high cholesterol diets are extremely unhealthy. The research is totally unambiguous. Us keto/carnivore people are great at finding stuff online that tells us it’s fine to eat a high cholesterol diet and that it will be safe and fine. It is not safe and it is not fine. If you must be no-carb, do vegan keto, but don’t eat a high cholesterol diet.

whazor 2y ago

The Mediterranean diet is really good. Start frying or roasting vegetables with lots of olive oil. They will become tasty after the olive oil and salt. As long as you keep cooking yourself and avoid processed foods, you should be good.

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hilux 2y ago

I presume the diet been great for weight loss and blood-sugar maintenance. What other effects have you noticed, good or bad?