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Creationism of Life, Intelligent Design

The belief that a supernatural creator created all animals and life in a fairly short amount of time and that evolution is false.

Crohn's Disease

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that primarily affects the gastrointestinal tract. It can cause inflammation and damage to any part of the digestive system, from the mouth to the anus. Crohn's disease is characterized by periods of active symptoms, known as flare-ups, followed by periods of remission where symptoms are reduced or absent. Anecdotes suggest a carnivore diet greatly helps in curing or reducing symptoms, suggesting the eitology involves plant consumption.

Dementia

Dementia is a broad term used to describe a group of cognitive disorders characterized by a decline in memory, thinking, behavior, and the ability to perform everyday activities. Dementia can be reduced with ketogenic diets that help brain mitochrondria process alternative energy sources.

Dental Teeth Decay Cavities

Cavities are a sure sign that carbohydrates are being eaten in the diet. By tracking the tooth decay, one can see the relative rate of hypocarnivory.

Diet-Heart Hypothesis

The diet-heart hypothesis, also known as the lipid hypothesis, proposes that there is a direct relationship between dietary fat intake, particularly saturated fat and cholesterol, and the development of heart disease. It suggests that consuming high amounts of these fats leads to an increase in blood cholesterol levels, specifically low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, which in turn contributes to the formation of atherosclerotic plaques in the arteries. Some consider this hypothesis nothing more than wishful thinking.

Dietary Guidelines

Dietary guidelines are evidence-based recommendations that provide guidance on healthy eating patterns and lifestyle choices to promote overall health and prevent chronic diseases. These guidelines are typically developed by government agencies or expert committees and are updated periodically based on the latest scientific research. This site heavily questions basic assumptions within the dietary guidelines and shows conflicts of interest in their creation.

Dietetics

The Dietetics industry is woefully behind the study of metabolic syndrome and the usage of ketogenic and carnivore diets to reverse chronic disease. r/DietitiansSaidWhatNow is a subreddit that displays examples of this.

Digestion

Digestion is the process by which the body breaks down food into smaller components that can be absorbed and utilized for energy, growth, and repair. It involves both mechanical and chemical processes that occur in various organs of the digestive system.

Digestion of meat

Habits or cuts of meat that are said to be good for digestion, or when digestion is mentioned in context of carnivore diets.

Digestive Enzymes

Evolution of digestive enzymes, focused on hominids, especially in difference between apes and humans to see how carnivorous humans have become.

Diseases of Civilization

Common diseases that appear in civilization - such as cancer, diabetes, IBS, gout, heart disease

Diverticulitis

Diverticulosis occurs when small, bulging pouches (diverticula) develop in your digestive tract. When one or more of these pouches become inflamed or infected, the condition is called diverticulitis. Diverticula are small, bulging pouches that can form in the lining of your digestive system.

Dried and Raw Meat Eating

Dried Meat in the Sun - such as caribou or fish or bison

Eating Fermented Raw High Meat

Eating rotten foods such as fish caches, sturmmering, rotten seal flipper, fermented birds is a sealskin, high liver.

Eskimo

The Inuit lived for as long as 10,000 years in the far north of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland and likely come from Mongolian Bering-Strait travelers. They ate an all-meat diet of seal, whale, caribou, musk ox, fish, birds, and eggs. Their nutritional transition to civilized plant foods spelled their health demise.

Evolution

Human evolution is the lengthy process of change by which people originated from apelike ancestors. Scientific evidence shows that the physical and behavioral traits shared by all people originated from apelike ancestors and evolved over a period of approximately six million years.

Evolutionary Psychology

Evolutionary psychology is a field of psychology that seeks to understand human behavior and cognition through the lens of evolutionary principles. It proposes that many psychological traits and behaviors can be explained by the process of natural selection acting on our ancestors over thousands of generations.


The central idea behind evolutionary psychology is that our minds, like our bodies, have been shaped by the forces of evolution. It suggests that our psychological mechanisms and patterns of thought have evolved to solve adaptive problems faced by our ancestors in their environments.

Exercise

Exercise is any physical activity that is performed to improve or maintain physical fitness and overall health. It involves the movement of the body, which can be structured and planned, such as in sports or workouts, or it can be more spontaneous and unstructured, like taking a walk or dancing.
Effect of diet on exercise.

FDA

The FDA stands for the Food and Drug Administration. It is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for protecting public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of food, drugs, vaccines, medical devices, and other products.

Facultative Carnivore

Facultative Carnivore describes the concept of animals that are technically omnivores but who thrive off of all meat diets. Humans may just be facultative carnivores - who need no plant products for long-term nutrition.

Famine Foods

Foods that are depended upon during famines or when the preferred food isn't available. Generally, this means low quality plant foods, but could even be things like boiled leather skins used for clothing.

Fat

Fat is a term used to describe a group of compounds known as lipids, which are organic molecules made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. Fats are an essential part of our diet and play important roles in our bodies. Animal fats with low linoleic and arachidonic acids are preferred.

Faunal Remains

What did ancient hominids eat?

Fiber

Fiber, also known as dietary fiber or roughage, refers to the indigestible portion of plant foods. It is a type of carbohydrate that cannot be broken down by human digestive enzymes. Instead, it passes through the digestive system relatively intact, adding bulk to the stool and aiding in the regularity of bowel movements. It isn't technically classified as an essential nutrient. The term "essential" in nutrition refers to nutrients that the body cannot produce on its own (or cannot produce in sufficient quantities) and therefore must obtain from the diet

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and cognitive difficulties. It is considered a syndrome because it involves a collection of symptoms rather than a specific identifiable cause. While the exact cause of fibromyalgia is unknown, research suggests that it may involve a combination of genetic, environmental, and psychological factors. Anecdotes suggest the carnivore diet can mitigate symptoms.

Food Taboos

Food taboos are cultural, religious, or societal restrictions regarding the consumption of certain foods. These taboos vary across different regions, religions, and belief systems. Especially interesting as they may contain dietary advice.

Fresh Raw Meat Eating

Eating meat nearly as soon as it is killed

Fructose

Fructose is a simple sugar or monosaccharide that is naturally found in fruits, vegetables, and honey. It is also used as a sweetener in various processed foods and beverages. However, excessive consumption of fructose, especially in the form of added sugars or high-fructose corn syrup, can have negative health effects. The liver is primarily responsible for metabolizing fructose, and when consumed in large quantities, it can overload the liver and lead to several issues. These may include increased triglyceride levels, insulin resistance, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Generic Drugs

Generic drugs are medications that are identical or bioequivalent to brand-name drugs in terms of dosage form, safety, strength, route of administration, quality, and intended use. They contain the same active ingredients as the brand-name drugs and are typically sold at a lower price. When a pharmaceutical company develops a new drug, it is granted a patent that gives them exclusive rights to manufacture and sell the drug for a certain period, typically 20 years. After the patent expires, other manufacturers can produce generic versions of the drug, provided they meet the regulatory requirements set by the health authorities.

Geology

The scientific study of rocks