There are lots of great supplements that help with blood sugar control too - a few examples off the top of my head are bitter melon extract, ceylon cinnamon, berberine… and of course the old standby Metformin, which I take daily for the longevity benefits. Since keeping blood sugar and insulin fully under control has so many important benefits for health and longevity, probably 40% of my supplement stack is devoted to this purpose. The rest is broken down into mitochondrial support, T boosting, and sleep support… but that’s a topic for another thread.
@Lion The Carnivore Diet is a fascinating topic. I’ve yet to read Saladino’s book directly, but what I have read about it has raised some red flags for me. Digestion is just one tiny part of what the gut microbiome does, and cutting out plants would drastically change the enterotype/overall composition of the gut. The long-term effects on whole-body health aren’t yet known, and digestive/body comp topics aside… I would suspect there would be unknown and possibly detrimental long-term effects on neurochemistry and hormone balances. Not to mention completely missing out on a ton of protective phytonutrients and cancer-fighting molecules only found in plants. I know, supplementation is an option for some of the more common ones… lycopene, pterostilbene, and other polyphenols… but what does a radically shifted gut microbiome do for bioavailability of those supplements?
What we do know is that some people feel great on the carnivore diet, and others feel awful. I suspect a big contributor to people feeling good on it is more due to removing so-called anti-nutrients, like lectins, or inflammatory proteins like gluten, than any intrinsic benefit of eating only animal products. This may result in a big eye-rolling “duhhh yeah!” for those who have read the book, so if that’s the case I apologize for being a captain obvious.
Anyway, that’s my 2c!