Help, the New Carnivore!

The shops are packed with vegan alternatives to meat. Everyone is at least a flexitarian these days. And then, suddenly, this: a meat-only diet. The New Carnivore eats one to two kilos of meat a day. And nothing else.

Every week, a new diet seems to appear. Most of them are broadly variations on what already exists: more or fewer carbohydrates; more or fewer animal proteins. For years now, we haven’t dieted solely to lose weight, but also, for example, to cure certain conditions affecting the skin, hair, body, psyche and/or organs. Including type II diabetes, a typical condition associated with being overweight. An increasingly important argument for eating less meat is also preserving Mother Earth.

You’ll want to make this pasta with tomato sauce and braised pancetta tonight.

Radical

Medical, nutritional and sustainability scientists emphasize every day the beneficial effects of eating less or no meat, and instead eating plenty of vegetables and fruit. Better for the planet, better for our cardiovascular system, better for our minds and better for our weight too.

It is therefore remarkable that a diet preaching the radical opposite is suddenly becoming popular. No vegetables. No fruit. Meat (and eggs) only. That goes well beyond the Atkins diet. Because with Atkins, you did eat a lot of meat and eggs, but also large quantities of vegetables and fruit. Just no pasta or other carbohydrate-containing products.

A diet consisting of nothing but meat

The New Carnivore eats one to two kilos of meat (including organ meat), plus the necessary eggs, as described in The Guardian. He claims to feel fantastic as a result. No more joint pain, fatigue, bloating, burping or flatulence. In addition, better productivity and concentration. Plus the libido and blood pressure of an average teenager. What’s more, grocery shopping is a breeze, because you never have to think about what you’re going to eat.

So a carnivore diet has nothing but benefits? Well, no. First of all, virtually every diet makes you feel good at the beginning. If only because you’re eating mindfully. In addition, it has by now been fairly conclusively proven that eating meat in such quantities is certainly not good for your body, a medical scientist says in The Guardian. Finally, it is absolutely not a good idea for the planet, humanity and the animal kingdom. Next, please!