Extreme Diets Critique

Commenters criticize extreme diets such as carnivore or pure veganism and debate nutrition science, often advocating for moderation with 'eat food, mostly plants, not too much' as standard advice amid concerns like pesticides.

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JshWright Dec 9, 2018 View on HN

A diet of pure anything is rarely a good idea...

staplers May 4, 2018 View on HN

"some foods" - from the article itselfFTFY.. it's a bad idea to make absolute statements like that

foxglacier Oct 23, 2025 View on HN

Something to do with diet and health? What do you mean.

alan-hn Jul 12, 2024 View on HN

Why not just eat a bunch of fruit and veg

alrs Feb 4, 2017 View on HN

"Don't eat too much" is a tautology, and "mostly plants" has been debunked.

leshow Apr 7, 2016 View on HN

Judge each food on it's nutritional merits, not by some arbitrary naturalistic fallacy criteria.

icebraining Mar 16, 2018 View on HN

That hardly implies starvation. It might even be healthier than the typical US diet.

B8MGHCBekDuRi Feb 11, 2023 View on HN

You nailed it.Nobody does everything they do because they think "this is good for my health".We usually avoid stuff that is very bad for our health, but life is not just about going on for years avoiding any risk at all cost.Unless you are American, you pretend to like the monk life and then eat garbage directly from the garbage canht

lm28469 Aug 13, 2022 View on HN

Who cares, I haven't tried the majority of fruits, vegetables, meats out there, I'm fineLife isn't a race to consume everything as much and as fast as possible

dismalaf Jan 22, 2025 View on HN

People always go on these extreme diets... From raw veganism to stuff like this.What's wrong with just eating a bit of meat, fish, vegetables, carbs and fats? Just nice, real food in moderate amounts...