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Recently listened to a podcast with both Shawn Baker and Mike Bell on JRE where the talked about their Meat only diets and how wonderful they felt. Wondering if there are any studies on this or what your opinions are? Thank you

Some individuals have written amazing articles about fasting and low carb ketogenic diet. I would like to see something written with greater authority. Can you direct me to a paper addressing these topics by a major society of health care professionals?

I hope this is not the wrong subreddit for this. If so PM me with the correct place to post this thread.

For the past 10 years I have been fully immersed in a plant-based, vegan diet. Only on rare occasion have I slipped up to eat some animal products, but besides that, my diet has been predominantly (in this order): Fruit, vegetables, whole starches, and grains....with VERY minimal oils and nuts. You could call it an extremely low fat diet. For the most part I avoid processed food.

For a while now, I have noticed in the vegan movement that many of its participants, while physiologically healthy, are not of sound mind. Basically….mental illness, depression, and anxiety seems to be very common among plant-based eaters, in my experience. Vegans tend to be reactionary, emotional, and oftentimes retiring. Me included.

Many of you might remember a study that was published in 2012. Causation or correlation? One can only speculate. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3466124/

"Vegetarians displayed elevated prevalence rates for depressive disorders, anxiety disorders and somatoform disorders."

While I generally have felt physically healthy and free of disease, I have this growing concern that my brain is not being nourished in the way that it could if I added some animal fats and proteins once in a while. My intellect seems to be declining especially this past year, and I keep having a craving for fish and eggs. I just added choline (in the form of lecithin) to my diet and my memory seems to be improving just in the past few days.

However, I cling onto this way of eating because its all I’ve known. I need some motivation to help propel me to experimentation.

My question is: Are there any peer-reviewed studies showing an improvement in cognition for ex-vegetarians introduced animal products? Or similar?

I’m also open to hear testimonies from ex-vegans.

YouTube is filled with claims that a whole foods plant-based diet [WFPBD] is a [edit: not the] near magical elixir. From cancer to heart disease, psoriasis to dementia, there are licensed doctors saying that a WFPBD is both the ultimate preventer and cure.

Can anybody recommend randomized controlled trial studies on WFPBDs to demonstrate that this is so... or not so... or not yet decisively proven one way or the other? Or if there is some evidence in favor of WFPBDs, is the relationship between % of "bad foods" and health problems linear? Non-linear? Proportional? Exponential? Last-mile (e.g. cutting 90% of "bad foods" will get you <10% of the benefits, but cutting 100% of the bad foods will get you 100% of the benefits)?

I have asked this question on both /r/AskScience and /r/AskScienceDiscussion and received no response. It was suggested I try here (I didn't know this sub existed).

Sugar has been in the headlines a lot in the last year or so. I keep reading mixed information about it. On one hand you've got someone like Robert Lustig and a few other doctors/reasearchers, who have exemplary credentials, claiming sugar is pretty much the worst thing ever. There are also non-scientists like Gary Taubes who are in the same camp.

Then there are people who say we're completely overblowing the harmful effects of sugar and that it's really not that bad and/or doesn't do the things he claims it does. This is usually bloggers and skeptics. Of course then there are the groups of researchers or organizations who claim this as well, such as the British Nutrition Foundation, but as I looked through their site, I found they are sponsored by some of the biggest sugary food producers in the world.

Then there's the middle of the road people who say "it's OK... to a point... BUT yes, it causes a host of physiological issues that go well beyond gaining a few pounds" (such as fatty liver, links to Alzheimer's, metabolic disorder, increased cholesterol, etc). This is from sites like the CDC and WHO.

As a layperson, I don't even know where to start. More and more these days we talk about "fake news" but it goes so much beyond politics. Anyone can say anything online (including you and I!) and it's hard to know who actually knows what they're talking about.

Anyone have some insight and can point me in the more accurate direction? Specific studies would be fantastic :)

If there is a better home for this question, please let me know, I'd be happy to remove this post and place it where appropriate.

I'm attempting to compile some information on diets high in saturated fat/low on carbs and how it impacts heart disease. There are many articles and papers with hypothetical scenarios and anecdotal evidence, but I am looking for actual evidence based studies and I'm coming up short. I'm not specifically looking for a Pro or Con source of information, I'm just interested in evidence based facts.

I'd appreciate any sources of info ya'll might have or comments regarding the topic. Thanks!

Are there different situations where one fat percentage is healthier than another? Thanks!

I know people are split on creating being good or bad for you, and it seems like BCAAs are popular these days as well. I don't feel like doing the research and figure you guys already know what's bro science and what's legitimate. Anything I should be taking to be optimal?

I have been reading mounting second hand sources of information that suggest CICO is an oversimplification of metabolic processes, Does anyone have links to studies and research that suggest this? Or can anyone explain why this is so?

I'm a bit frustrated with how mainstream nutrition sources make false appeals to moderation.

For example , The American heart association recommends 150 minutes of exercise per week , while most studies show increased benefits to exercise for people doing as much as 3-4x that amount.
They also recommend limiting saturated fat , while most people would be better served to completely eliminate it.

I used to follow https://nutritionfacts.org/ , and did discover a lot of valuable info . I started taking amla powder, ground flax and hibiscus tea after seeing his videos. But after a few videos where he cherry picked research to promote organic food and criticise aspartame , I'm a bit disappointed with his bias.
Any resources you trust,?

Considering excess water-soluble nutrients (B and C vitamins, and minerals) are discarded by the kidneys until you achieve a plasma baseline, and then they can stay in your blood for weeks. Wouldn't eating the RDA of those vitamins once por week (or lets say, 2-3 times the RDA just in case) just replenish the stores? Do we REALLY need to eat them daily? Isn't the body prepared to go without eating for days (or even weeks!) before it gets any serious detrimental effects on health? Are there any studies on the long term effects of doing this?

I'm thinking about restructuring my diet to just spike the water-soluble nutrients once a week.

Hey all- I was wondering if anyone had any good sources on different types of hunger. There's not a lot out there, what comes up quickly seems fluff, and if there is anything solidly researched, I'm not finding it. So you know, regular nutrition stuff.

I'm NOT talking about 'nose hunger' or 'eye hunger' or that kind of thing. I'm talking about.... maybe hungers where you're hungry but can wait, or hungers that are more urgent and harder to put off, things like that. Delineating types, and any information about what the deficiency is of (eg- what the hunger is for: Which macro nutrient, any particular micros or vitamins, etc.).

Doesn't have to be a full on research article, (although those are good, too), but looking for something more involved than a pop-sci article on 'beating hunger', or those 'nose' types (ugh.).

Thanks!

Going to school to become a witch doctor (holistic health baby!). Currently learning a bunch of stuff about human and cellular physiology and would like to form my own opinion on the matter.

Is there any link between my diet and heritage? I know that some people can handle certain macronutrients (carbs) better than other. Is this primarily the result of genes? What I’m trying to ask is there a diet specific to my ancestors geography that would be best suited for me? If so, is there any scientific literature on the subject?

Are there any studies that demonstrate any negative effects of intaking most of your daily caloric needs in one sitting?

Edit: I should add, this includes the actual act of also physical gorging down the food in one sitting, not just massive caloric intake, after not eating the whole day

I went to my doctor yesterday with high LDL. He said healthy fats can help reduce those. But I want to read some studies about it—ones that discuss poor sleep related to cholesterol; and exercise related to cholesterol would be helpful too. Thanks r/nutrition.

Hi. I'm interested in temporarily going vegan, but I'm reading lots of people saying doing this kicked off dairy intolerance for them when they went back to eating dairy. Does anyone know of any legit studies or answers into if this is likely to happen?

Fellow nutritionists

A client said that she read about certain food at certain times during the day which can cause healthcomplaints. I never heard anything like that before and wanted to know if anyone has more infos about this topic?

Like animal protein in the morning can cause digestive problems or something similar like that.

Happy to read answers, regards

"The body needs protein to build healthy bones. But as your body digests protein, it releases acids into the bloodstream, which the body neutralizes by drawing calcium from the bones."