First of all i dont advocate this diet unless u have any autoimmune issues, fruits dairy and meat are the best for puberty, but trying a carnivore diet is worth it when u are above 25.
VITAMIN C
Its an essential vitamin required for collagen synthesis, deficiency of this vitamin causes scurvy as everyone knows, this molecule has a similar structure to glucose.
THE VITAMIN C MYTH
People claim that the carnivore diet has no vitamin C, which is not true, its in beef liver, spleen, heart, raw muscle meat, etc. But yes the amounts are minimal compared to plants. The RDA recommendation of vitamin C per day is 10mg, but this is unrelated for a carnivore diet.
REASON
The innuits who consumed only meat did not ever develop scurvy, why is that? as i said the animal meats and organs do have vitamin C, but its still less than the RDA requirement.
MECHANISM OF VITAMIN C
Vitamin C competes with glucose molecule to get absorbed by the body via GLUT4 transporter, a lot of vitamin C is wasted due to this, a carnivore diet lacks carbs and hence the GLUT4 transporter is wide open and vitamin C is efficiently absorbed, the RDA value is meaningless because the value was evaluated when the participants ate both vitamin C and carbs, and therefore the value of Vitamin C per day is higher than it actually is. Also why do we need vitamin C? to synthesise collagen and hydroxylate proteins like proline and lysine into hydroxyproline and hydroxylycine, it also produces glycine, meat has dietary hydroxyproline and lysine and also collagenous cuts of meat has dietary glycine, so the dependancy on vitamin C is further reduced.
STUDIES
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there are no clinical trials on meat preventing scurvy sadly, but these historical studies are very well established.
VITAMIN C
Its an essential vitamin required for collagen synthesis, deficiency of this vitamin causes scurvy as everyone knows, this molecule has a similar structure to glucose.
THE VITAMIN C MYTH
People claim that the carnivore diet has no vitamin C, which is not true, its in beef liver, spleen, heart, raw muscle meat, etc. But yes the amounts are minimal compared to plants. The RDA recommendation of vitamin C per day is 10mg, but this is unrelated for a carnivore diet.
REASON
The innuits who consumed only meat did not ever develop scurvy, why is that? as i said the animal meats and organs do have vitamin C, but its still less than the RDA requirement.
MECHANISM OF VITAMIN C
Vitamin C competes with glucose molecule to get absorbed by the body via GLUT4 transporter, a lot of vitamin C is wasted due to this, a carnivore diet lacks carbs and hence the GLUT4 transporter is wide open and vitamin C is efficiently absorbed, the RDA value is meaningless because the value was evaluated when the participants ate both vitamin C and carbs, and therefore the value of Vitamin C per day is higher than it actually is. Also why do we need vitamin C? to synthesise collagen and hydroxylate proteins like proline and lysine into hydroxyproline and hydroxylycine, it also produces glycine, meat has dietary hydroxyproline and lysine and also collagenous cuts of meat has dietary glycine, so the dependancy on vitamin C is further reduced.
STUDIES
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there are no clinical trials on meat preventing scurvy sadly, but these historical studies are very well established.