My diet consists mostly of meat (with the fat), milk, protein, and potatoes with a little bit of veggies here and there. My reason for this is that humans don't have much of a fermentation organ for digesting veggies and fruits like most mammals who eat vegetation. The appendix is a vestigial organ that reminds us of our adaptation to a mostly meat diet. That is what we used to use to ferment plant-based foods. The only problem is that (In America at least) they have over-processed all the dairy and take the fat out of everything.
Ever since I started this diet I have become much more mentally stable as well as more intelligent if I do say so myself. Haha. Also, I have much more energy and I'm pretty sure my testosterone levels have skyrocketed as well.
I'm not going to discredit that you might be healthier and more energetic, but only because you've cut out processed foods and grains. I tell everyone who wants to lose weight that the first thing they should do is stop eating bread, pasta, rice and any other grains. But we definitely are not primarily carnivorous.
- Our stomachs produce 1/10th the amount of hydrochloric acid that other carnivores do. Meat actually putrefies in our stomachs if it stays long enough and, our bodies are actually terribly ineffective at digesting the proteins in meat. It takes us 3-5 days to digest meat, it takes carnivores roughly 1-1.5.
- Our saliva is alkaline, designed for dissolving starches. Carnivores have acidic saliva, for digesting meat.
- Our jaws are not set, they move in multiple directions to grind down rough plant material. A carnivore has a set jaw, it moves only up and down to provide stability when tearing at flesh.
- We can't eat meat raw, and we generally flavour with herbs and spices because it tastes better. Eating raw meat is sickening to us. Actual carnivores (and omnivores) eat meat raw.
- Our teeth are definitely not carnivorous. Yes, we have canines, but they are really quite pathetic. Compare the canines on a human to a cat, dog or bear for example. Theirs are sharp and are good at rending and tearing. We can't even eat a cooked steak without cutlery.
- Carnivores have short intestines, any meat that isn't dissolved passes through the digestive system quickly. In longer intestines, it stays long enough to putrefy.
- Bowel walls of a carnivore are flat. Humans have pouches in which meat can get caught and stay for a long period of time due to the weak acidity of our digestive systems. Can cause illness and high-protein diets have been linked to colon cancer.
- Humans sweat through skin pores. All carnivores sweat through the tongue only and have no skin pores.
- Blood is attractive to carnivores. In taste, scent and sight. Seeing the blood of an animal is disgusting to a human.
Minuend is correct in asserting that high protein diets are linked to sickness and many other health problems.
Not trying to shit on your dieting choices here, just giving you some information if you're serious about having a healthy, balanced diet. Obviously removing processed foods has been good for you. I'd recommend it to anyone else as well.
I still eat meat 2-3 times a week, but only once in a day and never a large portion.
Haven't been to a doctor for three years.