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) appro…
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.
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.