Dieting (All diets welcome)

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Interesting. Thanks for all the info. We know that wild carnivores do just fine and have been around eons longer than humans (which may have started out as carnivores and just evolved into the omnivores most of us are today). These animals manage to get needed vitamins and minerals that come from non-meat sources by eating the animals that eat those sources. Aquatic carnivores do the same thing. They eat more than just the muscle. I'm just thinking for a human to convert to carnivore that they'd need to figure out what parts of what animals to eat to get a balanced diet.

the organ meats typically have the best profile i.e liver...... which has everything

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the organ meats typically have the best profile i.e liver...... which has everything

Yep, that's why people trying the carnivore diet need to understand that means eating more than the muscles and fat. Organs, bones, bone marrow, ligaments, hide and scales (fish) all have important nutritional components. Some carnivores even benefit from eating the hair and feathers, while others poop or hack it back up. Most human's G/I systems will have a hard time processing some of these things efficiently.

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Yep, that's why people trying the carnivore diet need to understand that means eating more than the muscles and fat. Organs, bones, bone marrow, ligaments, hide and scales (fish) all have important nutritional components. Some carnivores even benefit from eating the hair and feathers, while others poop or hack it back up. Most human's G/I systems will have a hard time processing some of these things efficiently.

it's hard to get the organ meats as they dispose of them in wet dog foods..... at lest the decent butcher shops only typically carry liver..

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Okay I draw the line at eating liver. If all I had to eat was liver I'd be a vegan too. The livers job is to detoxify all the crap in your blood; somehow that doesn't make me hungry.

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Agreed! If I need to supplement my iron intake I'll use something else. I have at least tried liver. It's ok if you don't mind the mineral taste. I'd have to be pretty hungry in order to eat it.

Okay I draw the line at eating liver. If all I had to eat was liver I'd be a vegan too. The livers job is to detoxify all the crap in your blood; somehow that doesn't make me hungry.

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I'd rather starve.

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There are iron supplements available, I need to use them.

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Try spinach.

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Fresh spinach I like! It's great in a salad with asparagus.

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Take some olive oil, spinach, mushrooms, garlic and saute and it's heaven.

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Take some olive oil, spinach, mushrooms, garlic and saute and it's heaven.

Sounds delish with a few bits of liver tossed in!

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Sounds delish with a few bits of liver tossed in!

Big yuck.

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I have done that. It is delicious!

Take some olive oil, spinach, mushrooms, garlic and saute and it's heaven.

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I hope without the liver!
Do you know how many meals you can make with that mixture? Add some chicken and you got a different meal. Add pasta and yet another meal.

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A nice sized plastic container full of fresh spinach is cheap at Aldi. You've given me an idea I never even considered. Mixing it with pasta. Spinach leaves are great in sandwiches with peanut butter!

I hope without the liver!
Do you know how many meals you can make with that mixture? Add some chicken and you got a different meal. Add pasta and yet another meal.