Today I’m answering the question: Is A Keto or Carnivore Diet Better For Weight Loss?

Is a keto diet better for losing weight? Or does a nearly zero-carb, animal foods focused carnivore diet get weight loss results faster?

First we will define each, in my definition of the word. Keep in mind these definitions will sometimes range, and I’m also not referring to a therapeutic ketogenic diet that would be used to treat patients with epilepsy for example.

I’m going to define keto as the general diet people are using for weight loss.

1. Keto is defined as a high-fat, around 60-80% of calories coming from fat, 10-15% coming from protein and less than about 5% coming from carbs.

These ranges fluctuate depending on who you ask, and some even suggest keeping carbs no more than 20g a day as a general guideline.

Keep in mind that a keto diet is mostly focused on the quantity of food you are consuming and doesn’t make any claims to the types of foods. So there is def keto done the wrong way and keto done the right way based on real foods.

2. The carnivore diet is a diet in which most of the nutrition comes from animal products, between 85-100% of calories.

Carnivore is higher protein than a keto diet generally,but of course you could do a strict keto carnivore diet that has the same ranges as keto using animal-based fats and simply eating less protein.

But if we were to compare the two, I would say that carnivore is best done with a much higher protein intake. I personally prefer every meal to be primarily protein, then fat. So that’s the version of carnivore I’ll talk about today.

Some versions include dairy products, some do not. I personally consume dairy strategically, and actually tomorrow, I have a big shipment of raw dairy, cream butter, milk coming from a farm in PA. The only thing I’ll say about dairy is avoid the pasteurized, homogenized low quality dairy in most grocery stores.

Ok now that we have keto and carnivore defined, I’m going to answer the question of today’s video: which is better for weight loss, a keto or carnivore diet?

Instead of giving you a direct answer yet (you’ll have to wait until the end of the video for that), I’ll give you my points first. This will be better for learning.

1. First up is protein. Since you are eating more protein on a carnivore diet, you are receiving the following benefits.

Satiety: Protein is the most filling food you can eat. It takes a while to chew, it’s very hard to overeat and it is the most thermogenic calorie you can eat.

Every macronutrient you eat, whether that is a carb, protein or fat, requires processing by your body. We can all this the thermogenic expense, which we can approximately estimate in terms of calories.

Protein is rated at the highest, with some approximations putting the cost to process protein at something between 20%-30% of calories consumed.

What this means is, if you consume 100 calories of protein, generally it’s going to take about 20 or 30 calories just to process that protein.

This is why I’m so pro-protein.

If humans had issues eating protein, we’d have died off a long time ago. That’s all I’ll say about that.

I could end this video now and you’d have my answer to whether keto or a carnivore diet is best for weight loss.

2. Animal products are more filling and harder to replace in the form of highly palatable junk food.

The same cannot be said for high-fat foods, which are a dime a dozen in our modern food system.

When it comes to animal products, it is much harder to find reasonable products in our convenient -focused-on-the-go food landscape.

This keeps you paying closer attention to your meals and the ingredients you are choosing. It also keeps you more in the kitchen, which gives you ultimate control over everything you are eating.

So when it comes to carnivore or keto, this is definitely a lifestyle benefit, but it’s a benefit nonetheless that gives carnivore the clear advantage for weight loss.

Carnivore is nearly zero-carb, which is more of an elimination style, which is better for weight loss because you are controlling all the variables.

Keto dieters often consume carbs, just in lower quantities. This may include plants, tubers, even sometimes sugar, so there are still many foods that may be causing inflammation, leaky gut or autoimmune symptoms in people, many of which go undiagnosed.

Because carnivore eliminates these, you have a clean slate to let your body do its thang. This is a huge benefit for weight loss, one that might be more or less effective for you depending on your biology.

Finally, the last benefit is simplicity.

Carnivore diet is simple. Period.

I’m sure you guessed it by now, but I believe a carnivore diet is superior to a standard keto diet for weight loss.

It really is the most ancestrally appropriate way to live.

@ColinStuckert

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