moonlight

2016 was perfect, and a worthy successor to the original. I think the scene in the beginning sums it up: there’s a story, but doomguy doesn’t care and smashes the screen. Rip and tear.

Aside from the stylistic change to ugly, cartoony visuals, and the more restrictive, rigid gun mechanics, Eternal’s story was all over the place. I only got a few hours in, but it was just random characters that had nothing to do with anything.

There is evidence of risks from just meat in general, but yes, it’s primary red meat and meat cooked at high heat that are the concerns.

There are other nutrients than vitamin c and a, but If you’re eating a high seafood diet and lots of liver, great.

Low carb isn’t going to magically protect you from cancer and heart disease. Studies don’t have to be specifically on low carb diets to be valid. Also ‘may be a significant risk factor’ is normal scientific wording for finding a statistical correlation.

the intuit lived without plants, and without cancer I don’t think we have evidence for that, and I’m not sure it’s even relevant.

More importantly though, even the best farming practices, there is no sustainable or environmentally friendly way to produce meat. Again, I’m not sure what the Inuit have to do with that, given how different our modern meat industry is. But growing food, feeding it to animals (who produce greenhouse gasses), and eating those animals is an extremely inefficient and destructive way to get food. Not to mention the horrific treatment, enslavement, and killing of those animals.

There are many, many, studies showing these links. I don’t think keto is relevant in assessing the risk of meat itself.

And no, meat is not biocomplete. You’ll eventually run into vitamin deficiencies if you don’t eat anything else. Although you can always supplement.

https://health.selfdecode.com/blog/carnivore-diet/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2840051/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fsn3.3300

https://www.myibsteam.com/resources/carnivore-diet-for-ibs-is-it-effective

Though I do purchase my meat directly from a sustainable farm.

Even if it’s relatively “sustainable” compared to other meat production, it still has an enormous environmental cost compared to plant foods.

I don’t expect to change your mind about this, and if this diet is the only thing that works for you personally to address your gut issues, so be it, I can’t really fault you for that.

But anyone else reading this should know that it’s neither healthy nor sustainable.

Keto is interesting, I haven’t personally tried it, but I definitely think it can be a useful tool, even if we don’t know how safe it is long term. However there are plant based ketogenic diets, so I don’t think that really supports a carnivore diet. It still remains that meat is linked to heart disease and cancer.

Nutrient density and bioavailability is a fair point, but nothing that can’t be compensated for by either eating more of certain foods or supplements within a plant based diet. And even if you were convinced that meat is necessary anyway, how is a full meat diet better than a mixed diet?

As far as ethics and environmental cost, while I agree with you that it could be less bad, meat production will never be ethical, nor sustainable. Raising cows for example, even with the most natural methods, still uses an enormous amout of resources including land and water for feed. And unless you’re somehow capturing the methane produced, that has a significant environmental cost as well.

The current reality of the meat industry today is much worse, though. If you’re eating meat today, you’re supporting today’s meat industry.

What evidence do you have that it’s healthy? Everything I’ve seen points to meat being linked to things like heart disease and cancer.

Also, how do you rationalize choosing a diet that maximizes animal suffering and environmental harm?

Yep. Strong bases feel soapy to the touch, not because they are, but because they’re literally turning your skin into soap almost instantly.