Secondly, I have spent over a decade researching diets across every shade of the spectrum, including veganism. I was a vegetarian for years and wound up with autoimmune diseases and crazy-high levels of inflammation. It wasn’t until I switched to a low-carb/high-fat (Paleo, then Primal/keto) approach that I was able to bring my inflammation levels down to very low risk and get my autoimmune issues under control.
After successfully reversing his diabetes through a low-carb/high-fat diet, my husband (also body-building at the time) was enticed by vegan evangelists like Dr. Neal Barnard (super-nice Mr. Rogers-like guy, just mistaken about the science) and John McDougall. He watched hundreds of interviews and lectures by vegan spokespersons, and I heard all of their arguments and cherry-picked research. He decided to give Dr. Barnard’s plan a try, and his diabetes returned with a vengeance, bringing his blood sugar levels to astronomical levels, and he got very ill as a result. Thankfully, it only took a few weeks of returning to a low-carb/high-fat diet to reverse his diabetes again, but we certainly won’t be harboring any illusions about the proposed health benefits of veganism again.
You are extremely ill informed have you not seen the amount of body builders who are vegan. Do some research please.
Kathryn, first off, what Andreas said :-)
Secondly, I have spent over a decade researching diets across every shade of the spectrum, including veganism. I was a vegetarian for years and wound up with autoimmune diseases and crazy-high levels of inflammation. It wasn’t until I switched to a low-carb/high-fat (Paleo, then Primal/keto) approach that I was able to bring my inflammation levels down to very low risk and get my autoimmune issues under control.
After successfully reversing his diabetes through a low-carb/high-fat diet, my husband (also body-building at the time) was enticed by vegan evangelists like Dr. Neal Barnard (super-nice Mr. Rogers-like guy, just mistaken about the science) and John McDougall. He watched hundreds of interviews and lectures by vegan spokespersons, and I heard all of their arguments and cherry-picked research. He decided to give Dr. Barnard’s plan a try, and his diabetes returned with a vengeance, bringing his blood sugar levels to astronomical levels, and he got very ill as a result. Thankfully, it only took a few weeks of returning to a low-carb/high-fat diet to reverse his diabetes again, but we certainly won’t be harboring any illusions about the proposed health benefits of veganism again.
It’s horsing around, chill!
Fair number of NFL players, too.
I took that as a convenient opportunity for a snary joke. ;-)