The All-Meat Carnivore Diet Isn’t the Low Carb Hack You’re Looking For
Staff, 2023-01-11 18:15:51,
- The all-meat or carnivore diet has been gaining popularity on social media platforms like TikTok.
- People following the diet are expected to skip fruits and vegetables, and only eat food derived from animals such as beef, fish, poultry, eggs, bone broth, and animal fats like bone marrow and lard.
- Health experts say the diet is not healthy and may raise health risks for people living with certain conditions like high cholesterol.
Leave it to TikTok to start 2023 with a meaty controversy. The hashtag #allmeatdiet has amassed more than 1 million views, with users sharing recipes, weekly meals, and purported benefits.
It’s a far cry from other buzzwords floating around the food and wellness spaces like “plant-based” and “sustainability.”
Put simply, the carnivore diet is the exact opposite — and precisely what the name implies.
“The carnivore diet is so coined because it is an all-meat — or mostly meat — diet,” says Michelle Milgrim, MS RD CDN CLC, the program director for employee wellness with Northwell Health. “Basically, the only thing you’re eating is animals.”
In other words, plant-based foods like fruits and veggies are off the table.
Milgrim is among the experts saying that none of the benefits discussed under the trending hashtag have sound scientific backing. Instead, she and others warn there…
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