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> Eating more veggies, on the other hand, yes much better.

In what way exactly would "eating more veggies" be much better when meat is already the only nutritionally complete[1] food?

[1] http://www.diagnosisdiet.com/food/meats/#i16



> In what way exactly would "eating more veggies" be much better when meat is already the only nutritionally complete[1] food

Easy, meat has no fiber.

Western (read: American) diet consists of over consumption of meat, refined sugar, and processed grains, and woeful lack of vegetables, and lesser extent fruits.

If the value of Beyond Meat is "better for you, better for environment", the health benefits seem dubious at best, and environmentally, I don't know if anyone has compared the impact on a per-oz of beef vs per-oz of beyond meat--though the meat industry at scale has had serious negative impact on our environment (putting it mildly)

Most of us on the western diet, would do better to increase our consumption of veggies.


> Most of us on the western diet, would do better to increase our consumption of veggies.

Yet originally you phrased it as if it were a general truth, so as to (intentionally or unintentionally) have the effect of misleading your fellow humans not born and raised or influenced by dietary patterns of your country, which is what my query was (is) all about.


Eating more veggies over eating more "plant based alternatives" is better. That is a general truth.


Vitamin C and fiber, both essentials, are not found in beef, just for starters.


Fiber is unnecessary on the carnivore diet, and is not an "essential" (to claim so is to be so not-scientifically minded[1]). As for Vitamin C see https://www.kevinstock.io/health/do-humans-need-vitamin-c/

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728515


None of the links you posted have any scientific merit.


Fiber: https://youtu.be/xqUO4P9ADI0?t=253

Vitamin C: No one on the carnivore diet, including those who have been doing it for >20 years (even without organ meats), developed scurvy.

> None of the links you posted have any scientific merit.

Therefore this is such a waste of a sentence (aside from your pulling in scientific authority to back your increasingly senseless beliefs). Ain't life grand!




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