The Alt-Right's Newest Food Trend

[TexasTowelie]

A new diet is sweeping through the alt-right movement that purports to keep you healthy and anger liberals at the same time — it’s called “carnivorism.”

The diet, created and proliferated by Canadian psychologist and alt-right hero Jordan Peterson, consists of nothing but beef, salt, and water. Peterson was inspired to begin the diet after his daughter claimed that an all beef diet cured her of many ailments including depression.

Peterson followers were quick to support “carnivorism.” It was not long before the diet began trending on alt-right Facebook groups.

Daily Beast reporter Kelly Weill recently told Mother Jones‘ Kari Sonde on the "Bite" podcast that people who identified with the alt-right saw this diet as way to embrace their masculinity while trolling liberals who believe mass meat production is hurting the environment.

Read more: https://www.wgbh.org/news/national-news/2018/09/12/the-alt-rights-newest-food-trend

[leftyladyfrommo]

1. Yuk. Can't imagine living on that.

Just put up a sign "colon cancer guaranteed". Plus a whole lit if other health issues like cardiac problems.

I saw where one man fixed rib eye steaks and grilled salmon fir breakfast. I figured that one meal probably cost $25.

[Cha]

2. Keep right on eating

this diet. What a brilliant idea.

Do I seem angry?

[Demovictory9]

3. lol.

[DetlefK]

4. Let me list the many ways this is unhealthy:

Not enough
* vitamin C (-> immune system)
* fluoride (-> teeth)
* magnesium (-> nerve-cells)
* sulphur (-> immune system)
* calcium (-> bones)



And you will get constipation, high blood-pressure, migraine and eventually gum-problems. And pray to God that you never catch a cold.

(The Inuit get vitamin C from chewing whale-skin, but I doubt that works with beef.)

[Crunchy Frog]

17. Pretty sure that the Inuit consume lots of organ meat.

And that provides pretty complete nutrition.

[JonLP24]

5. I'm trying to live longer

That's why I'm a vegetarian but an all meat diet is crazy. Gotta have some green in there. LOL it's like they are trying to go to polar opposite of what they image the left to be.

[TwistOneUp]

6. Well, they are the polar opposite of sanity... nt

[safeinOhio]

7. Let's piss off the Alt-Right

and call for a new all meat diet. I call it Eat the Rich.

[The_jackalope]

8. It's a somewhat extreme version of a ketogenic diet.

There's nothing inherently political about a high-fat, low-carb diet. It makes metabolic sense for many people.

I normally follow a slightly more relaxed version of the same diet, including a wider variety of meats and fats, and salads.

BTW, the salt is mentioned there because such diets promote natriuresis, or excretion of sodium in the urine.

[retread]

11. Yeah! The hell with science. What do those pointy headed libruls know? More salt, more meat!!

[The_jackalope]

21. Never read Gary Taubes, I take it?

You might want to try it. It feels kind of like eating a big, satisfying T-bone...

https://www.amazon.com/Good-Calories-Bad-Controversial-Science/dp/1400033462

[Achilleaze]

9. Young repubes trying to "embrace their masculinity"?

I guess that's hard to do when you are living in your mom's basement.

[Atticus]

13. Actually, I think that's how they spend most of there time down there---

---"embracing" their "masculinity".

[retread]

10. Great idea! Exclusive and copious amounts of meat and salt can be nothing but good for you. Maybe

they should consider getting rid of the water requirement and go with Diet Cokes. That would really piss off the "libruls".

[pansypoo53219]

12. we should encourage them. they can be constipated + have gout.

[Crunchy Frog]

14. I'm perfectly happy to see them following that diet.

Wouldn't want to be their gastroenterologist, but other than that, great.

[Generic Brad]

15. More proof their movement will die out soon

[llmart]

16. No one ever said the alt right were intelligent.

Hey, I say go for it. We do need to thin the herd of them.

[Mc Mike]

18. ah, the 'intellectual' dark web.

Where do Dave Ruben and Sam Harris stand on this issue?

Very edgy.

[Ilsa]

19. Send salt! Send lard!

They should add french fries covered in chili and cheese to their diets.

[ronatchig]

20. The alt/rt ers should do great on

Beef only diet, after all they've been living on male beef shit for years . It wil be a step up for them after all.