The case against plants is not that they’re evil. It’s that the case for them has been vastly overstated, the evidence selectively presented, and the alternatives systematically maligned. Here’s the full picture.
You were told to eat your vegetables. You were told that meat causes cancer, that saturated fat clogs arteries, that the longest-lived populations in the world eat mostly plants. Most of those claims don’t hold up when you press them for evidence. These articles do the pressing.
The plant mythology
Why We Don’t Need Vegetables To Be Healthy
The marketing case for vegetables is considerably stronger than the scientific one. A methodical look at each of the standard arguments, and what the evidence actually shows.
The Plant-Based Blue Zone Hoax
People in the fabled blue zones are not living to 100 because of sweet potatoes. A look at what the data actually says about longevity, and what’s been left out of the story.
10 ‘Superfoods’ That Do More Harm Than Good
Foods that don’t just fail to live up to the hype: they actively contain compounds that are deleterious for your health.
Oxalates: Hidden Death Crystals In Your Favourite Superfoods
The highly inflammatory plant toxins in spinach, almonds, and kale that doctors don’t mention. If your diet is already immaculate and you’re still struggling, this may be why.
Why You Don’t Need Antioxidants On Carnivore
The antioxidant argument for plants is only relevant if your diet is already oxidising your cells. Remove the linoleic acid, and the argument largely disappears.
The Hidden Dangers Of Plant Toxins
Lectins, phytates, goitrogens, glycoalkaloids. What a plant does to deter the thing eating it, and what that means when the thing eating it is you.
The Plant Foods That Do Not Live Up To The Billing
The longest of these, and the most recent. The plant foods sold on a health claim that falls over the moment you ask it for evidence.
Why Modern Fruit Is Not Remotely Ancestral
The fruit in your supermarket has more in common with confectionery than it does with what a palaeolithic human would have eaten.
The vegan critique
14 Vegan Myths Debunked
Veganism is a diet built on myths. This covers the dinner party classics (the protein, the B12, the environmental case, the longevity argument) and what the evidence actually shows for each one.
How The Vegan Diet Began With A Religious Cult
The true origin story of veganism, starting with a woman who received a divine vision about the dangers of masturbation. It gets stranger from there.
Why A Carnivore Diet Is Peak Vegan
If your concerns are ethical and environmental, the carnivore argument is stronger than the vegan one. The case, made without irony.
Why Vegans Need To Be Criticised
An honest explanation of why engaging with the vegan argument matters, rather than just focusing on the gospel of steak.
Should We Be Eating Insects?
The green surge wants you to eat bugs instead of beef. A sober look at what insects actually offer nutritionally, and whether the argument holds up.
What meat provides that plants cannot
13 Key Nutrients You Can Only Find In Meat
The nutrients that plant-based diets structurally cannot provide in useful quantities, and what the deficiencies look like in practice.
Why Humans Evolved To Need Fat
The evolutionary case for animal fat: why we’re built to need it, and what happens when we replace it with seed oils and carbohydrates.
The other guides
Each guide collects the articles worth reading on one subject. Start wherever the problem is.
- Start Here: where to begin, in the order that makes sense.
- Carnivore Foundations: what to eat, what to avoid, and how to run the first weeks.
- Carnivore Fat Loss: how the fat comes off without counting anything.
- Carnivore And Building Muscle: protein, training, and the pairing that always worked.
- Carnivore And Health: cholesterol, gut, hormones, and the honest evidence.
- Seed Oils: how an industrial waste product ended up in your kitchen.
- The History Of Carnivore: ice age hunters, Victorian doctors, and the modern revival.
- The Animals That Built The World: the goat, the sheep, the cow and the pig.
- The British Table: dripping, offal, and what this country ate before it got sick.
- Carnivore Recipes: the cooking, with the fat ratio kept where it belongs.
