You Don’t Need To Lose Weight To Get Healthier, Says Harvard Study

Scitech Daily ^ | June 15, 2025 | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

[JohnnyP]

No you don’t need fiber. Zillions of people are on the carnivore diet and poop just fine.

[VideoDoctor]

I weight exactly what I did thirty-five years ago. The difference is that then I was all muscle and 12% body fat. The last time I was tested, I was now double that.

I can actually say the following has been "LIFE CHANGING" information for me.

Hope it HELPS you as much as it has HELPED me.

The KEY word here is "SARCOPENIA". It will BENEFIT you just to understand it.

SENIORS, Eat THIS Before Bed or Your Muscles Will Keep Disappearing — SHI HENG YI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yAb53SXmuE

[dfwgator]

I do whole milk Kefir over frozen blueberries.

[erlayman]

I need to try something like that, maybe even with wild blueberries that would end up like frozen yogurt (hopefully!). There is also the option to do a second ferment after adding a fruit but I’m not sure that would turn out so well tastewise - unless you like nutritious sugarless fizz??)

[markman46]

751 peopel tracked in a study??? OK proves nothing

[Mr Rogers]

“When microbes inside the digestive system lack the natural fiber they rely on for food, what happens ? Starved, they begin to munch on the natural mucus that lines the gut...”

No. Proof? Many of us have lived well on 0 fiber diets. All the people on Carnivore? 0 Fiber. I just hate fruits and veggies, so I’ve probably averaged under 5g of fiber a day for the last 50-60 years. Often 0.

If a microbe “relies on fiber for food” and you don’t eat fiber, what happens? That strain of microbe DIES. And that is OK.

“The Shocking Truth About Fiber on a Carnivore Diet! (Do You Need Fiber?)”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaFjb3NBzu4

Dr. Eric Westman, Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke, is a very good source of information:

“Finally Ending The Debate! Do You Really Need Fiber? - Doctor Reacts” (See 5:40 for specifics on gut biome)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8nX-UyBHLo

[erlayman]

“If you are on a carnivore diet you dont have to worry about nutrients. But if you are in a vegan diet you have to watch out for nutrients. You need to watch out for B12 like a hawk.”

What can I say. The internet is full of misinformation but even he recommends fruits and veggies.

[woodbutcher1963]

Yes, the first week or two is tough.
Then you get used to it.
However, if I am ill. Like a head cold I will not fast.

I didn’t mention that my wife is also doing it. So, that helps a lot for morale support.
She is not eating a dinner while I am starving.

Basically it is all in your head.
You can go for seven days without food

[BobL]

“Actually you got it wrong. Big Pharma wants you to believe that getting thin by taking pills is healthy.”

Now that they have Ozempic, you may be right, but not prior. After all, Diabetes is BIG MONEY!!!

[Bon of Babble]

Yep. And Thanks. I wasn’t hit with barrage of “eat less exercise” more comments - or something about not having the willpower or desire to lose weight - I too have seen people attacked on this issue.