Are We Blaming Meat for What Ultra-Processed Food Does?

Are We Blaming Meat for What Ultra-Processed Food Does?

For decades, red meat and saturated fat have been blamed for everything from heart disease to diabetes. But what if we've been pointing the finger at the wrong foods all along?

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Last week on Carnivore Talk, we examined new research challenging conventional assumptions about saturated fat. This week, we're following the evidence in another intriguing direction: Could ultra-processed foods be the REAL villains behind many of our modern health problems?

New research from University College London and Imperial College London examined the blood chemistry of approximately 6,000 adults and identified distinct metabolic signatures associated with ultra-processed versus minimally processed foods. These patterns were also associated with the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

Here's what makes this particularly interesting: The associations weren't fully explained by the usual suspects—sugar, salt, and saturated fat.

So, have we spent decades worrying about the wrong things?

Tonight, Bob and Geoff explore what the research actually discovered and what it might mean for people following carnivore, ketogenic, and other whole-food diets.

🥩 Some of the questions we'll explore:

• Are red meat and animal fats being unfairly blamed for problems associated with ultra-processed foods?

• What did researchers discover when they examined the metabolic fingerprints of different dietary patterns?

• Why might two foods with similar calories and nutrients produce different effects in the body?

• Is food processing itself a more important factor than we've been led to believe?

• Could eliminating ultra-processed foods explain some of the remarkable improvements people report after adopting a carnivore diet?

And as always, we want to hear from YOU!

Have you experienced dramatic health improvements after eliminating processed foods? Do you believe we've been blaming meat for problems caused by the modern industrial food supply?

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