I’m pretty close to having a carnivore diet now, and it’s great (I still eat fruit). However, I gotta admit that when I was a whole-food-only vegan a while back, I also felt big health improvements. I think cutting out processed foods is one of the most important things you can do with your diet.
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I'm of a similar opinion. I think it's less about what foods you eat as long as they are whole and unprocessed. Whether that's meat or veggies or whatever. One thing is for sure, though, the "RDA" is absolute BS "science". It was just a bunch of doctors' opinion about what they "thought" people should have each day. It's not evidence based at all.
Yes, the food pyramid was quite the scheme.