Carnivorism
Carnivorism, aka meatarianism, is the human consumption of exclusively animal products, namely, meat eggs, cheese, and butter. It is based on the knowledge that carbohydrates, sugars, and vegetable matter are not essential to human survival, and therefore, should not be eaten other than in times of starvation or if one desires to store body fat in adipose tissues. The human body only requires glucose in small amounts for certain parts of the brain and is fully capable of meeting this requirement without the consumption of dietary carbohydrates through the process of gluconeogenesis, where the liver breaks down protein into sugars. Foods that contain fiber, like vegetables, are not even fully digestible by humans. We lack the enzyme that digests the cellulose in plant cell walls. Herbivores and true omnivores both have this ability to break down cellulose fiber and it is healthy for them to consume vegetation. Humans are actually scavenger-carnivores, with the ability to digest sugar and starch and store it as fat as a survival mechanism, not as a requirement. We only started consuming carbohydrates steadily with the invention of farming. Humans evolved eating mostly meat eggs and fish for millions of years before farming was invented roughly 10,000 years ago. And it has been proven that the dha and omega-3 fatty acids in fish are what enabled us to evolve larger and more complex brains. Constant consumption of carbohydrates leads to rises in insulin to remove the excess glucose from the blood. This causes high and low blood sugar, which many people believe to be depression or mood swings, or bipolar disorder, or even add in children. Eating carbohydrates in the long term will eventually lead to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, especially in people who are more sensitive to the damaging effects of insulin release in the body. Insulin's main purpose is to convert blood sugar to fatty acids and store them away in fat cells. But when insulin is released, it is distributed to all parts of the body, giving you a feeling of high energy, followed by a crash when it removes too much blood sugar. Most people get addicted to this cycle and consume more sugar or starch to combat the crash. This is how people lose track of the feeling of true hunger, and only go by the uncofortable hunger pangs of low blood sugar. The human body can not survive without protein and fat, but when carbohydrates are eliminated from the diet, humans are able to live a long and healthy life. Currently the only society left that never got into farming are the northern inuits, or eskimos, which literally means "eaters of raw flesh." The only carbohydrates they consume when following their native diet are a few berries for only a couple months out of the year. Other than that there is a growing population of people who are following this diet. Most of them are bodybuilders and wrestlers and who wish to cut their body fat without burning off any of their own muscle. There are also a lot of former low-carb dieters who found it difficult to lose enough weight and keep it off while consuming any amount of carbohydrate. Many proponents of this way of eating also encourage the eating of raw or lightly cooked food. The food industry and regulatory agencies are mostly responsible for spreading the ideas of a "balanced diet" and mass consumption of grains. They have convinced people that we are omnivores with the advent of things like the food pyramid. They have even gone so far as to convince us that our dogs are omnivores as well. Dogs are true hunting carnivores, yet almost all commercial dog food contains over 60 percent grains and carbohydrates. This is why dogs are the only species, other than humans, to regularly get diabetes. Some people argue that eating meat causes a rise in bad cholesterol and causes heart disease, but this is merely a ploy by pharmaceutical companies to sell statins to people. Heart disease is caused only by insulin. The insulin eventually causes hardening of the arteries, which allows plaque to stick and eventually cause a blockage, resulting in stroke or a heart attack. More and more studies are being released that support the safety and health benefits of decreasing or eliminating carbohydrate intake.