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After analyzing it for a thousand hours over more than a decade, I still can’t find a better nutrient-to-cost ratio than grass-fed ground beef.

I also think non-grass beef is fine vs normal beef, but then I have certain environmental permaculture soil maxi ethical views. So I mean, ultimately my opinion is to eat beef, and preferably from cows that are as close to nature as possible (ie they eat tall deep-rooted grass and have space and thus don’t usually need antibacterial medicine because they are healthy).

I don’t like to conflict with real scientists, but more than a decade ago I began researching nutrition and experimenting on myself. Many bitcoiners find nutrition, but I found nutrition and then found bitcoin, which is the less profitable direction.

I am not a doctor or a nutritionist. Most doctors and nutritionists are shitty at nutrition, but nonetheless I am not one of them.

I am, however, an athlete and engineer. I began to notice my performance issues with industrial carbs and seed oils, and began removing them. Huge health boost, and I felt so much better. This was after reading many studies.

I then did personal blood tests. I logged my food, pricked my finger and tested my glucose each day, pricked my finger and tested my ketones each day, for science, etc. I felt good and performed well under ketosis, subject to certain athletic details depending on the sport.

Ultimately I practiced seasonal ketosis. Seasons of normal health-conscious food. Seasons where I go more hardcore on ketosis for health.

My main view is that low carb eating is good, grass-fed ground beef is particularly good and cheap, etc. Eat while foods and minimize toxins. I am happy to debate nutritionists or whoever on this, it isn’t my expertise, but imo a pre-qualifier to such a debate is that they need to have visible abs. I have no tolerance toward the opinion of a flabby university nutritionist.

Anyway, good evening.

I am a doctor and an engineer…and I totally agree that doctors are unhelpful regarding nutrition.

In fact, my secret weapon to outperforming all my medical school classmates on the pathology mini-board exam was to study the nutrition chapter in a pathology course outline from a different institution. We simply never covered nutrition in our pathology class, and the best way to perform better than those who know everything you know is to learn something they didn’t.

That said, carnivore is not a realistic diet for many people because of the cost. Even if it works great, which I feel it does for me these past two years, it’s not medically appropriate to recommend if it’s unrealistic for the patient…and it’s not clear that adding saturated fat to an otherwise shitty American diet is safe; there’s evidence to the contrary in fact…also, as doctors we are first and foremost there to make recommendations that have a chance at helping. Otherwise it’s wasted time/money/effort.

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I’ve had a number of patients in a mostly Medicaid/uninsured clinic setting do well eating just hamburger and eggs. I tried to present options and let the patient decide.