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The shocking truth about the carnivore diet that you need to know.

Now, let's be clear, I have nothing against a carnivore diet as an elimination diet.

In fact, some of my patients use it on a short-term basis to break a cycle of gut inflammation

and leaky gut.

And it does support their gut health, because it removes all lectin-containing compounds

from the diet.

And let's be clear, plants do not want you to eat them, even so-called friendly plants

that appear on the plant paradox diet.

But in some people, their gut is so damaged that even the defense compounds of simple

plants, like romaine lettuce or broccoli, is enough to cause damage to people's health.

I'll give you a famous example that I've talked about before.

Years ago, we got a Nutri-Bullet Blender, and my wife decided to make a kale smoothie.

Why not?

Cale's great for you.

She blended the kale smoothie, and I drank it on the way to work.

And about an hour later, I was in the bathroom with blow-out diarrhea.

What the heck happened?

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