I've been wondering how long it would be before prominent "carnivores" began "bonking" on the diet.
The complete elimination of one of the three macros never made sense to me. They are there for a reason...biological evolution does not make mistakes of that magnitude.
We are the only primate with a dual fuel system (carbs and fats), and that is for a reason too...it gives us access to a broader range of calories, and the ability to survive in a broader range of climates.
But both systems are available to us, we can be carb adapted or fat adapted. How well one does with either will depend mostly on correct knowledge and persistence.
I am a plant based carb burner myself, and I do have one reservation about animal based fat-adapted diets, and that is heart disease. There is no Ornish and no Esselstyn in the paleo/carnivore universe as yet, and I doubt one will emerge. For that to happen a credentialed research team would have to produce a study of advanced CVD patients, the unfortunates on death's door, and reverse the condition completely with nothing but a change to a high-fat animal based diet.
And the corollaries to that are all the other chronic conditions produced by bad diets, and longevity. I've run across many centenarians in my studies on the cause of health, but I can't recall any of them being animal based.
Saladino was forced to listen to his body and adapt by adding carbohydrates back into his approach. I respect him for following the evidence when confronted to it biologically, and I respect him further for going public with it despite being publicly adamant that "carbs are bad".
Kudos to Paul Saladino. Here's a video clip where he recants his previous position, and some of the details of why, and how it changed him for the better.
https://youtu.be/Iz5PymNgnSY?si=XEIDZunykSFbBnnR
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