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The DASH Diet

One of the things I liked so much when I started researching about Paleo, was the ease and simplicity. The books basically tell you to eat a simple diet, of the natural foods we've evolved to eat. I found there really was nothing confusing or contentious. As well as reading the Paleo and Evolutionary health books – I read everything else I could find on nutrition. There is a book for every fad diet imaginable, with completely conflicting and confusing advice. Some of the diets just seem downright complicated to follow and devoid of any logic.

One of the best selling diet books in Australia at the moment is about the “DASH Diet”, so I couldn't resist taking a look. I've noticed the newer fad diets seem to be more closely resembling Paleo, so I always hold out hope that books like this will be about Paleo, but with a different name.

DASH stands for “Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension” and is aimed at those suffering from High Blood Pressure, though it also has a significant focus on weight loss. I had high hopes when I picked up the book – but it quickly became apparent that the book is based on the flawed food pyramid. The plan recommends a diet high in fruit, low-fat dairy and whole grains. It also advises avoiding processed food and limiting (not eliminating) sugar.

While the DASH diet is based on studies, these studies only compared three different nutritional plans. Unfortunately they don’t give the specific meal plans for each of the diets in the study, just the macro nutrient profiles – and some of the micro nutrient profiles. From this it’s apparent the DASH diet had 10% less fat than the other diets (taken entirely as Saturated fat), with the 10% added onto the protein and carbohydrate consumed. Without knowing exactly what they ate, this is rather meaningless. Cheap, commercial chocolate is high in saturated fat – as is butter – they clearly aren't equal, yet this study doesn't allow us to differentiate.

The book is full of un-Paleo recommendations such as only eating whole-grain bread, avoiding coconut oil, trimming all visible fat off meat and only eating low-fat dairy.

I'm sure someone coming from a highly processed SAD diet would (initially) see benefits on a DASH diet – but only because they had cut out processed foods, sugars and therefore reduced their carbohydrate intake. It saddens me that unwell people follow this diet in good faith – when it isn't based on good science – and certainly doesn't seem optimal.

What do you make of the DASH diet and the other fad diets out there?

Why DASH Appeals to the Mainstream

One reason the DASH diet has gained mainstream popularity is its alignment with conventional health messaging. It embraces the familiar low-fat mantra, encourages whole grains, and maintains dairy as a staple. To someone accustomed to following government-endorsed food guidelines, DASH feels like a modest and manageable shift rather than a radical overhaul. But therein lies the problem — it's not radical enough. For someone with serious metabolic issues, obesity, or autoimmune conditions, a middle-of-the-road approach like DASH may not go far enough to initiate meaningful healing.

What the Science Really Shows

The DASH diet is often praised for its backing by scientific studies, particularly those showing reduced blood pressure in participants. But context is everything. These studies often compare DASH to the Standard American Diet (SAD), which is packed with seed oils, refined grains, and sugary snacks. Any whole food-based plan — including Paleo — will outperform the SAD. So while DASH may reduce blood pressure, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the optimal diet for long-term health. Additionally, many studies fail to isolate individual dietary components, making it hard to determine whether the benefits come from reducing sugar, increasing vegetables, or simply eating less processed food.

Dairy, Grains and Low-Fat Myths

The DASH diet’s reliance on low-fat dairy, whole grains, and trimming all fat from meats reveals its roots in outdated nutritional dogma. From a Paleo perspective, these recommendations are problematic. Dairy is one of the most common allergens and inflammatory foods — not ideal for those with compromised gut health or autoimmune conditions. Whole grains, while less processed than white flour, still contain anti-nutrients like phytic acid and lectins that can irritate the gut lining. And fat — particularly saturated fat from healthy sources — is essential for hormone production, brain health, and nutrient absorption. Demonising fat is not only misguided, it’s dangerous.

The Paleo Advantage

In contrast, the Paleo approach eliminates the grey areas. It encourages eating foods our ancestors evolved to consume: high-quality animal protein, natural fats, vegetables, and some fruit. There’s no place for industrial seed oils, refined grains, or processed sugars. While DASH restricts certain foods and focuses on portion control, Paleo focuses on food quality, satiety, and nourishment. Instead of counting calories or obsessing over macros, Paleo encourages intuitive eating by choosing nutrient-dense, whole foods. This approach naturally regulates appetite and supports metabolic health.

What About Blood Pressure?

Critics of Paleo often ask how it affects blood pressure, given its inclusion of red meat and higher fat intake. However, several studies and anecdotal reports show that those switching from a high-carb, processed-food diet to Paleo often experience improved cardiovascular markers, including better blood pressure. This is likely due to reduced inflammation, weight loss, better insulin sensitivity, and increased intake of potassium-rich vegetables. Eliminating sugar and processed carbohydrates alone can have a profound impact on blood pressure — without the need to rely on low-fat yoghurt and wholemeal toast.

Psychological Simplicity

Another overlooked advantage of Paleo is how straightforward it is. The DASH diet includes specific daily servings and food group quotas — three servings of dairy, eight of whole grains, and so on — which can feel like a chore to track. Paleo eliminates this by sticking to a clear rule: if it's a whole food, eat it. If it comes in a box or has ingredients you can’t pronounce, don’t. This binary approach reduces decision fatigue, simplifies meal planning, and makes it easier to sustain in the long term.

A Better Way Forward

It’s easy to understand the appeal of a medically endorsed, evidence-based diet like DASH. But it’s important to ask deeper questions about the quality of that evidence, the context in which it was gathered, and how it applies to individuals with diverse metabolic needs. For those who have tried DASH, or other moderate diets, and still struggle with symptoms or weight, Paleo may offer a more effective and sustainable path.

There’s no need to count calories or limit salt when you’re eating real food. A steak with roast veggies, a frittata with avocado, or a handful of macadamias won’t send your blood pressure soaring. In fact, many people find their blood pressure improves naturally when they eat more mindfully and ditch the processed food altogether.

What to Watch Out For

It’s worth noting that not all versions of Paleo are the same. Some people lean too heavily on Paleo treats and recreations — think coconut flour pancakes and almond butter brownies — which can still spike insulin and reinforce poor eating habits. Just like DASH, Paleo is most effective when it focuses on real food. That means plenty of vegetables, ethically raised meats, good fats, and minimal natural sweeteners.

Final Thoughts

Ultimately, any dietary change should support your unique health goals. While DASH may suit someone who’s only just begun to move away from processed food, Paleo offers a more comprehensive and ancestral template for lifelong health. If you’re tired of fads, conflicting advice, and restrictive meal plans, it might be time to return to the basics. Whole food, movement, sleep, and sunshine — simple, timeless, and powerful.

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Another Nail in the Coffin for Soft Drinks?

It’s good to see yet another study on the detrimental effects of Soft Drinks. This time a study from the University of Oklahoma compared two groups of women over a five year period. One group in the 4,000 strong study consumed two or more sugary soft drinks, whilst the other group drank one or less. The participants had their weight, waist size, cholesterol & triglyceride levels measured and compared over the course of the study. The study concludes that woman drinking two or more soft drinks a day are at a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

The study indicates that whilst the woman’s weight didn't necessarily increase on this soft drink regime, their risk of developing high triglycerides increased four-fold – therefore bodily fat doesn't appear to be the sole reason for the risk.

An observational study like this has far too many variables, yet it is still useful, especially if it leads to further (ideally clinical) studies. It’s also useful if it makes those who consume soft drinks question their nutrition. I think it likely a woman who consumes several soft drinks a day isn't likely to be following a healthy Paleo diet in every other aspect of her nutrition. This makes it impossible to attribute the declining health of that group to their soft drink consumption alone. I also have trouble with the category of “one of less” soft drinks, as I’d consider one soft drink a day to be very high use – especially where those drinks contain High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)! I look forward to the full peer reviewed study which may address some of these points.

I think a lot of slim people consider themselves healthy and have an attitude that they can “get away” with a poor diet, including drinking regular soft drinks. This study goes some way to challenge those views, and perhaps might help make people realise even though they may feel healthy today, they may be storing up problems for their future health. I just hope studies like this don’t lead to diverted consumption of diet soft drinks, which in my opinion are often even more harmful.

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Soft Drinks and Metabolic Disruption: More Than Just Sugar

While studies like the one from the University of Oklahoma highlight the obvious dangers of sugar-sweetened beverages, it’s crucial to understand that the issue with soft drinks extends beyond their sugar content. The combination of artificial colouring, preservatives, acids and industrial sweeteners creates a chemical cocktail that disrupts metabolism and places significant stress on the body.

Even when weight gain isn't immediately visible, these drinks can silently wreak havoc. Elevated triglycerides, increased insulin resistance, fatty liver, and systemic inflammation can all be linked to frequent consumption of sugary beverages. Metabolically, these drinks offer zero benefit and numerous risks — often in the absence of any clear satiety, which can lead to increased overall caloric intake.

The False Health Halo of Diet Drinks

For those looking to reduce their sugar intake, switching to diet soft drinks might seem like a logical step. However, many emerging studies indicate that artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, sucralose and acesulfame potassium may cause their own set of health issues. They can interfere with gut microbiota, disrupt hunger hormones, and may even be linked with long-term weight gain and glucose intolerance.

Moreover, the very sweetness of these drinks — even without calories — continues to condition the palate to expect sweet tastes constantly, making it harder to wean off sugary or ultra-processed foods. The result? A loop of craving, consumption and metabolic confusion that undermines real food efforts.

Challenging the “Skinny Equals Healthy” Myth

One of the most insidious ideas perpetuated by food marketing is the belief that as long as you maintain a healthy weight, your diet doesn’t matter. But studies like this reinforce the idea that metabolic health is about much more than what the scale says. You can be lean and still suffer from high triglycerides, poor insulin sensitivity, and chronic inflammation.

Soft drinks provide a perfect case study for this. They may not cause immediate weight gain, but their effects on internal health markers can still be profoundly damaging. Just because someone looks “healthy” on the outside does not mean their blood chemistry or organ function reflects the same.

The Case for Replacing Soft Drinks With Real Hydration

Water, herbal teas and homemade infusions with mint, lemon or cucumber provide true hydration without any of the additives found in commercial beverages. For those transitioning off soft drinks, fizzy mineral water with a squeeze of citrus can mimic the mouthfeel of soda without the negatives.

If you're looking for a gentle detox or liver support, dandelion tea and milk thistle infusions can also help — and they’re far more aligned with a Paleo approach than artificially flavoured drinks pretending to offer energy or focus.

How Observational Studies Inform the Bigger Picture

While observational studies can't prove causation, they are often the first step in identifying patterns that warrant deeper investigation. When repeated across large populations and corroborated by mechanistic science, they form a compelling body of evidence.

In the case of soft drinks, we now have multiple observational and controlled studies pointing toward similar conclusions — that sugary beverages contribute significantly to chronic disease. This growing data pool helps to inform public health recommendations, consumer awareness, and eventually, policy change. For example, some cities have introduced sugar taxes on soft drinks or mandated clearer labelling due to this type of research.

The Hidden Link Between Soft Drinks and Gut Health

One area of emerging interest is how soft drinks impact the microbiome. High-fructose corn syrup and artificial additives can feed pathogenic gut bacteria, creating dysbiosis that extends far beyond digestion. This imbalance in gut flora has been linked to autoimmune conditions, mood disorders, and metabolic diseases — further cementing the idea that soft drinks are more harmful than they might first appear.

Artificial sweeteners used in diet soft drinks may also impair the gut lining and encourage the overgrowth of less beneficial bacterial strains. Over time, this can lead to leaky gut and low-grade chronic inflammation, further increasing the risk of disease.

Making Better Choices Daily

If you're trying to support your health or follow a Paleo lifestyle, removing soft drinks is one of the easiest and most impactful changes you can make. Hydration doesn’t need a flashy label or marketing campaign — your body thrives on simplicity. Filtered water, coconut water (in moderation), herbal infusions, and even homemade kombucha (if tolerated) are all great alternatives.

Planning ahead can also help reduce temptation. Keeping a stainless steel bottle of chilled water with you or preparing infused water at the start of each day makes it more likely that you’ll stay hydrated and avoid vending machines or corner shops selling fizzy drinks.

Long-Term Vision: Shifting the Health Conversation

It’s encouraging to see studies like this gaining attention and challenging long-held beliefs. But for real change to occur, the public narrative needs to shift away from calorie-counting and weight-focused metrics toward deeper markers of health. Blood sugar stability, hormone balance, inflammation, and mental clarity are far better indicators of wellbeing.

Eliminating soft drinks — both sugary and diet — is a small but meaningful way to support your body, improve long-term outcomes, and honour the Paleo philosophy of eating (and drinking) in alignment with our evolutionary biology.

As new studies emerge, the importance of whole, unprocessed foods and drinks becomes clearer. Let’s hope this rising body of evidence encourages more people to swap the can for a clean glass of water — their hearts, brains, and future selves will thank them.

What do you think of observational studies like this? Do you think they will they one day start to change nutrition en masse?

Soft Drinks and Violence?

I was interested to hear about a study linking consumption of non-diet soft drinks with violence in teenagers. The study found teenagers who drank soft drinks frequently were 9 – 15% more likely to engage in violent activities, than those who were not frequent drinkers. Almost one in three pupils in the study group of 1,878 drank over five cans of soft drink a week. And if that's one in three, presumably many of the people in the study group must get the majority of their hydration from soft drinks.

This was an observational study, so perhaps the ingredients in the soft drink caused the anti-social behaviour in those who consumed it; or perhaps the anti-social behaviour lead to those teenagers drinking more soft drinks?

But surely with such a high correlation, it has to be beneficial to prevent soft drinks being so accessible to teens? Even more of a problem seems to be the prevalence of energy drinks that seem especially popular with young people. I'd love to see some studies into the effects of these chemically laden drinks.

The Rising Popularity of Energy Drinks Among Teens

While traditional soft drinks like cola have long been a concern for their sugar content and artificial additives, the more recent surge in energy drink consumption among teens may be even more alarming. Marketed with flashy branding and promises of improved performance, focus, and stamina, these drinks are increasingly targeted at adolescents and young adults. Yet, they often contain extremely high doses of caffeine, stimulants, artificial sweeteners, synthetic vitamins, and preservatives — a volatile cocktail for a still-developing body and brain.

Some popular brands contain over 150mg of caffeine per serve — equivalent to more than two cups of strong coffee — with some “extreme” versions exceeding 300mg. Combined with sugar, guarana, taurine, and other synthetic compounds, the stimulating effect on the central nervous system can be profound. For teens, who are more vulnerable to disrupted sleep, anxiety, and hormonal imbalance, regular energy drink consumption may lead to more than just restlessness — it may exacerbate aggressive tendencies, impair focus in school, and contribute to emotional dysregulation.

Potential Behavioural and Neurological Effects

There’s a growing body of evidence that links high sugar consumption and excessive caffeine intake to mood swings, irritability, and reduced cognitive performance. In the context of soft drinks and energy drinks, where sugar and caffeine often co-exist, the neurochemical rollercoaster can be intense. Blood sugar spikes followed by crashes can cause irritability and fatigue, while overstimulation from caffeine can lead to jitteriness, restlessness, and even impulsivity.

Given the teenage brain is still developing, particularly in areas related to emotional regulation and decision-making, these dietary stressors can have amplified effects. When combined with other modern stressors — social media, lack of sleep, academic pressure — the impact of these beverages could contribute to an overall decline in mental wellbeing and behavioural stability.

Marketing to Young People: A Silent Epidemic?

Energy drink marketing is often embedded within the lifestyle and interests of young people. Sponsorships of extreme sports, video gaming events, and online influencers make these products aspirational and socially relevant. The packaging and naming of these drinks often implies rebellion, power, and performance — themes that resonate strongly with adolescents navigating identity and independence.

This marketing strategy, combined with minimal regulation, means energy and soft drinks are not only normalised but are often positioned as “cool” essentials. With corner shops and vending machines offering two-for-one deals and aggressive branding, many teens develop a daily habit without even recognising the potential consequences.

Health Consequences Beyond Behaviour

Aside from behavioural links, the physical health implications of regular soft drink and energy drink consumption in teenagers are significant. These include:

Increased risk of type 2 diabetes: Due to high levels of added sugar and resulting insulin spikes.
Obesity and metabolic syndrome: Especially when paired with a sedentary lifestyle and ultra-processed food intake.
Dental erosion: Caused by both sugar and acidic ingredients.
High blood pressure and heart palpitations: From excessive caffeine and stimulants.
Sleep disturbances: Disrupting circadian rhythms and impairing recovery and mood stability.

These effects are concerning at any age, but they’re particularly harmful during adolescence — a period where long-term habits are formed and future health trajectories are shaped.

The Role of Parents, Schools, and Policy

Given the strong correlation between soft drink consumption and negative behavioural and health outcomes, there’s a clear need for proactive intervention. Here are some strategies that can help reduce teenage dependence on soft and energy drinks:

Parental education: Encourage families to remove sugary drinks from the home and model healthy alternatives like infused water, sparkling mineral water or herbal teas.
School policy reform: Ban the sale of soft and energy drinks in school canteens and vending machines, replacing them with clean hydration options.
Public awareness campaigns: Use social media, schools and healthcare networks to educate teens on the risks associated with these drinks.
Labelling laws: Mandate clearer warnings about caffeine and sugar content, especially for energy drinks marketed to minors.
Access restrictions: Consider age limits or stricter sales policies, similar to those for cigarettes or alcohol, for high-caffeine energy drinks.

Encouraging Better Habits Through Paleo Principles

The Paleo approach offers teens a clear and consistent alternative: real hydration and real food. By promoting filtered water, herbal teas, fresh juices (in moderation), and home-brewed kombucha (with minimal sugar), we can reframe what hydration means and how it supports physical and mental wellbeing.

Teens who eat a balanced diet rich in healthy fats, protein, and fibre will naturally experience better blood sugar stability, mood regulation and energy levels — reducing the perceived “need” for quick fixes like caffeine and sugar. Helping them understand this connection can empower healthier choices that last beyond adolescence.

Empowering Young People with Information

Ultimately, most teens don’t respond well to restriction alone — they thrive on autonomy and understanding. Offering them clear, respectful information about the consequences of energy and soft drinks, and showing them how to create healthier alternatives, is a far more effective strategy than bans or lectures.

For example, introducing teenagers to Paleo-friendly protein smoothies, homemade iced teas, or naturally flavoured sparkling water gives them tools to replace the bad with something equally satisfying. Involving them in the process — making drinks at home, trying recipes together — helps build buy-in and curiosity.

A Community-Level Conversation

This isn’t just a parenting issue — it’s a community-wide concern. Teachers, coaches, health professionals, and even older peers have a role to play in shifting the cultural norm around what we drink. By speaking openly about the links between food, mood, and long-term health, we can help the next generation make empowered decisions that support, rather than sabotage, their wellbeing.

Limit Soft Drinks?

Do you think teenagers should be given a free rein, or should soft drinks consumption be limited somehow?

Swapping Red Meat for Whole Grains?

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I found this enlightening little article in November’s “Good Health” magazine (I wish they’d be more accurate and add “not” before the magazine name). When will they get over their obsession with “Health Whole Grains”?

The article tells us to “replace one serving of red meat a day with one serving of nuts, low-fat dairy or whole grains”, which apparently will significantly reduce your risk of developing type two diabetes. This really misleading (and anti Paleo!); it makes it sound like replacing your organic, grass-fed steak with a few slices of carb-heavy whole grains will actually be a positive health move! It’s becoming widely accepted that the blood sugar rise caused by carbohydrates causes the problem – not consumption of good quality red meat.

Looking into the actual study, it is apparent that processed AND unprocessed red meat have been put into the same category. It’s no wonder processed meat, with all the additives and chemicals would have a detrimental effect on health. Also, people who eat processed meats are, I would argue, are more likely to eat without concern for their health, with the rest of their diets. Reading further, the study was not a clinical study, but an observational study, based on questionnaires over a 20-year period. Unless a study is controlled, or subjects are monitored around the clock, how accurate are their survey responses anyway?

Red Meat vs Whole Grains: What’s Really Behind the Headlines?

The mainstream media’s continued demonisation of red meat, especially in favour of so-called “healthy whole grains,” is not only misleading — it’s downright dangerous for public health. These articles often rely on outdated or poorly interpreted science and completely ignore the nuance between industrially processed food and real, nutrient-dense options like organic, grass-fed red meat.

So why is red meat still getting the blame for conditions like type 2 diabetes, when increasing evidence suggests that refined carbohydrates and sugar are the true culprits? And more importantly, who stands to benefit from this narrative?

The Problem with Observational Studies

The study referenced in the “Good Health” article was observational — which means it was based on self-reported data from participants, often collected through food frequency questionnaires. These surveys rely on memory, honesty, and consistency, which is hardly reliable over a 20-year period. Moreover, observational studies can only point to associations, not causation.

What this means is that even if people who ate more red meat had a higher incidence of type 2 diabetes, it does not prove that red meat was the cause. It could be that those individuals also consumed more processed food, smoked, exercised less, or had other lifestyle factors not adequately accounted for.

Processing Matters: Bacon Is Not the Same as Beef

One of the biggest flaws in this and many similar studies is lumping all forms of red meat into a single category. A homemade beef stew made with grass-fed chuck steak is not nutritionally comparable to a supermarket sausage roll loaded with preservatives, hydrogenated oils, and fillers. Yet both are categorised under “red meat.”

This lack of distinction does a great disservice to the real-food movement. People are discouraged from eating nourishing, bioavailable foods like liver, steak, and slow-cooked brisket — and instead steered towards low-fat dairy and whole grains that spike blood sugar and leave people hungry again within hours.

Whole Grains and Blood Sugar: Not as Innocent as They Seem

Whole grains are often portrayed as a “slow release” carbohydrate. While they are less refined than white flour products, they still break down into glucose and cause a significant insulin response. For people with insulin resistance, pre-diabetes or metabolic syndrome, this ongoing blood sugar rollercoaster can be deeply damaging over time.

Unlike red meat, which is rich in iron, zinc, B vitamins, and high-quality protein — and has virtually no impact on blood sugar — grains offer very little in terms of essential nutrients. Most are fortified to add back the vitamins lost during processing. And let’s not forget the common anti-nutrients found in grains, like phytates and lectins, which can interfere with mineral absorption and damage the gut lining in sensitive individuals.

Red Meat: A Nutritional Powerhouse

Far from being a dietary villain, red meat is one of the most nutrient-dense foods available. A single serving of grass-fed beef provides a full spectrum of amino acids, vitamin B12 (essential for nerve function and red blood cell formation), highly absorbable iron, and healthy fats — particularly if the fat is from a pasture-raised animal.

In fact, several modern diseases could be worsened by a lack of these nutrients. Fatigue, poor immunity, muscle weakness and mood disorders can all stem from a deficiency in B vitamins or iron — both abundant in red meat.

The Grain Industry’s Influence on Public Health Messaging

One has to ask: why do so many public health messages still push grains, despite mounting evidence that they aren’t essential and may even be harmful for some individuals? The answer lies in economics. Grain crops are cheap to produce, easy to store, and highly profitable. Many of the world's largest food companies rely on grain-based products as their cornerstone revenue streams.

This influence seeps into media messaging, nutrition guidelines, and even public school meal plans. Meanwhile, red meat is often painted as unsustainable or elitist, despite regenerative farming practices that show quite the opposite when done correctly.

Making Evidence-Based Food Choices

Rather than blindly following media soundbites or nutritional fads, a better approach is to ask: what does your body need to thrive? Real food, in its most natural state, is usually the answer. That means a plate with a foundation of protein and fat from quality animal sources, paired with seasonal vegetables and perhaps a small amount of fruit or root vegetables for carbohydrate, depending on individual needs.

Grains, on the other hand, are not necessary for health. Some people tolerate them well in small amounts, but they’re not essential — and certainly not superior to animal protein when it comes to nutrient density.

What Should We Really Be Swapping?

Instead of replacing red meat with grains, perhaps the better advice would be:

Swap processed foods for real food
Swap vegetable oils for traditional fats like tallow, lard, and butter
Swap packaged snacks for a boiled egg, leftover roast lamb, or a handful of raw macadamias
Swap soft drinks for filtered water or herbal teas
Swap confusing dietary headlines for actual nutritional science and common sense

These changes have far more impact on blood sugar, weight stability, hormonal health, and energy levels than switching from steak to a slice of wholegrain toast ever could.

Let’s Bring Context Back to Nutrition

Nutrition cannot be reduced to single ingredients or food swaps taken out of context. The quality of food, how it's prepared, and what it's eaten with all play vital roles. Telling people to reduce red meat consumption without considering what they're replacing it with is both irresponsible and misleading.

It’s time to move away from outdated dietary dogma and towards an approach rooted in ancestral wisdom, nutrient density, and metabolic individuality. Red meat has nourished humans for millennia — and it’s not about to become toxic just because a magazine article says so.

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