Here's why they make these drastic claims:
Click bait.
Algorithm motives.
And money.
How many of them are selling you a supplement or blanket one-size fits all program?
That should be your second red flag when sourcing online information.
And, how many of them have come out and said they were WRONG?
Even Paul Saladino ("Carnivore MD") eats carbs now.
After two years of eating full carnivore and writing a best-selling book about how everyone should just eat meat, he admitted recently that his body started breaking down and now he has 300 grams of carbs a day.
He also lives in Costa Rica, is highly active, gets plenty of sun exposures, and is eating in alignment with local and seasonal food... so following his new diet would not be ideal for a desk-bound, sedentary worker living in Canada.
And while keto and carnivore style eating has its time and place from a temporary, therapeutic standpoint in certain cases, it by no means is an ideal way to eat 24/7 long term.
What about all the people who trusted him and blindly followed his advice?
What adverse health effects are they experiencing now?
It's only a matter of time until he slows his roll about hating on vegetables... claiming that they're all toxic and going to kill us.
As if anti-nutrients in vegetables are the biggest problem that the United States is facing right now when it comes to what people are eating 😂
And Peter Attia, along with many other bio hackers, has cut back massively on extended intermittent fasting due to muscle loss!
How many people (especially women) have followed this man's advice and have gained weight due to a slower metabolism caused by muscle loss?
How many people have extremely high cortisol now after being told to skip breakfast for years, inevitably leading them to wake up with pre-diabetic levels of blood glucose levels?
How many women are rushing to "fast like a girl" because Mindy Pelz — a chiropractor, not a nutritionist — is promoting it as a menopause solution, driving women's stress levels and hormones even further out of whack?
Again, we're not saying fasting is "bad"... everything is nuanced. But so far, we've only witnessed the downside of extreme fasting (especially at breakfast) in women.
Not to mention: fasting is a very, very slippery slope to developing a full blown eating disorder and not enough people are coming out and talking about this.
If you skip enough meals regularly and don't be surprised when you have to battle a strong compulsion to binge eat every evening (hello: me for 2 decades... 20 YEARS of that cycle!).
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