Dietitians Break Down the Carnivore Diet—and Find No Proven Benefit.mp4

The carnivore diet. “There’s no benefit to this diet.” Here’s perhaps why. Veuer’s Chloe Hurst has the story!

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00:00The carnivore diet, described by the originator of the diet, Sean Baker, as enjoying a wide

00:06variety of proteins and protein by-products, from chicken wings and ribeyes, to heart and

00:12liver meats, all the way to more common foods like eggs, bacon and butter.

00:17As HuffPost reports, Baker's success stories range from the benign to the bizarre, and

00:23then to the outright dangerous, and most commonly show significant transformation of weight

00:28with details of the drastic ups and downs of this restrictive eating plan.

00:33Registered dietitian Sue Ellen Anderson-Haynes says there's no benefit to this diet.

00:39Here's perhaps why.

00:41First of all, meat contains no fiber, so being an exclusive meat-eater can cause two weeks

00:47of rocket fuel coming out of your booty hole.

00:50Thanks for the visual, Joe Rogan.

00:52Getting shredded is also a red flag tempting the vulnerable into a carnivore diet, but according

00:57to McKenna Welchens, a registered sports dietitian, restriction builds tension within us that

01:03quite often rebounds into episodes of giving in and binging on the formerly forbidden food.

01:09Avoiding restriction in the first place and striving for that flexibility prevents tension that creates

01:15extremes in our eating habits.