"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
Michael Pollan
Zero-carb. A phrase that sends shivers down the spines of...well, just about everyone, it seems.
Zero-carb discussions tend to get heated. Heated to the point that forum threads get closed down, or banned outright. Even the mention of zero-carb is, in some places around this low-carb web of ours, strictly taboo.
A zero-carb diet, also known as meat-and-fat, carnivory or human carnivorism, is really simple. You eat meat, and that's all, folks. Some people include dairy products, since they are of animal orgin - some don't. Some people include things like spices, herbs, tea/coffee - some don't. Some people like to point out that no diet is ever literally zero-carb, because there is a small amount of glycogen stored in muscle meats. 'Tis true. Zero-carb just kinda sums up the whole idea in a nut...er, crab shell.
It's actually the reverse of Pollan's quote. Zero-carbers eat food. As much as they want. Only (or mostly) animals. Blogger
Matt Stone calls it the "FUMP" diet; the MP stands for Michael Pollan, and the FU stands for...well, you get it. Tee hee.
I've talked about zero-carb before - why am I bringing it up again now? Because it's been getting some bad press lately, at least in low-carb circles, and I'd like to address some of the most common arguments against it. I'm going to write a series of posts, each discussing an argument or common belief about zero-carbing, and provide counter arguments and alternative perspectives to each. I'm not zero-carb at the moment, but I do believe it's a perfectly healthy way to eat - so much so that I agreed to moderate over at
Charles Washington's forum. Ahhh, I am mad with power.
I am also biased, as you may have deduced. But I have come to this bias after a lot of research, so it's totally ok. No really, it's fine. Look awaaaaaaaay from the bias.
Finally, I'm doing this because I wanted to get blogging regularly again, and this topic is currently the biggest blip on my radar screen. I'm reading about it, so why not blog too?
I'm looking forward to some good discussion here, and of course, comments are welcome, even if you think I'm completely off my stilettos. I'll get my first post up in a few days (she says).
Zero-carb. A phrase that sends shivers down the spines of...well, just about everyone, it seems.
Zero-carb discussions tend to get heated. Heated to the point that forum threads get closed down, or banned outright. Even the mention of zero-carb is, in some places around this low-carb web of ours, strictly taboo.
A zero-carb diet, also known as meat-and-fat, carnivory or human carnivorism, is really simple. You eat meat, and that's all, folks. Some people include dairy products, since they are of animal orgin - some don't. Some people include things like spices, herbs, tea/coffee - some don't. Some people like to point out that no diet is ever literally zero-carb, because there is a small amount of glycogen stored in muscle meats. 'Tis true. Zero-carb just kinda sums up the whole idea in a nut...er, crab shell.
It's actually the reverse of Pollan's quote. Zero-carbers eat food. As much as they want. Only (or mostly) animals. Blogger Matt Stone calls it the "FUMP" diet; the MP stands for Michael Pollan, and the FU stands for...well, you get it. Tee hee.
I've talked about zero-carb before - why am I bringing it up again now? Because it's been getting some bad press lately, at least in low-carb circles, and I'd like to address some of the most common arguments against it. I'm going to write a series of posts, each discussing an argument or common belief about zero-carbing, and provide counter arguments and alternative perspectives to each. I'm not zero-carb at the moment, but I do believe it's a perfectly healthy way to eat - so much so that I agreed to moderate over at Charles Washington's forum. Ahhh, I am mad with power.
I am also biased, as you may have deduced. But I have come to this bias after a lot of research, so it's totally ok. No really, it's fine. Look awaaaaaaaay from the bias.
Finally, I'm doing this because I wanted to get blogging regularly again, and this topic is currently the biggest blip on my radar screen. I'm reading about it, so why not blog too?
I'm looking forward to some good discussion here, and of course, comments are welcome, even if you think I'm completely off my stilettos. I'll get my first post up in a few days (she says).