68. Is the carnivore diet healthy?

What is the carnivore diet and is it healthy? In this episode, Mark and Danielle discuss the recent rise of carnivore/animal-based diets, associated health claims, and current research related to this system of eating.

Research mentioned in this episode include:

• Behavioral Characteristics and Self-Reported Health Status among 2029 Adults Consuming a "Carnivore Diet" (PMID: 34934897) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34934897/
  
  
• Reduction in saturated fat intake for cardiovascular disease (PMID: 32827219) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32827219/
  
  
• Dietary Sodium Intake and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis (PMID: 32992705) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32992705/
  
  
• What doesn't kill you... (PMID: 26204714) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26204714/
  
  
• Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality-a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies (PMID: 28338764) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28338764/
  
  
• Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Mortality: Results From 2 Prospective Cohort Studies of US Men and Women and a Meta-Analysis of 26 Cohort Studies (PMID: 33641343) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33641343/

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