They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929)

Re:They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) by TheSpiceIsLife on Saturday February 16, 2019 @03:36AM (#19177743)

If a person is suffering from chronic or mild-acute allergies I usually suggest they try eating nothing but steamed or slow cooked fatty lamb or beef for at least a few days and a see if symptoms improve, then introduce vegetables one at a time.

As mammals, being allergic to mammal muscle meat and organs isn't compatible with life.

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Re:They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) by druidcz on Saturday February 16, 2019 @04:04AM (#19177835)

That's not necessarily true. For example, humans do not have Neu5Gc[1] unlike most mammals. Having Neu5Gc antibodies is perfectly compatible with human life, yet consumption of lamb, pork or beef can cause inflammation.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Glycolylneuraminic_acid

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Re:They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) by virtuallynathan on Saturday February 16, 2019 @09:17AM (#19178633)

AFAIK, none of these studies have been done on humans.

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Re:They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) by druidcz on Saturday February 16, 2019 @03:42PM (#19180819)

The popular article where I read about it referenced: [1] [2]. I guess it is a quite recent finding. But I am no biologist to judge.

[1] Okerblom J., Varki A.: Biochemical, Cellular, Physiological, and Pathological Consequences of Human Loss of N-Glycolylneuraminic Acid, ChemBioChem 18, 1155, 2017, DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700077

[2] Peri S. et al.: Phylogenetic Distribution of CMP-Neu5Ac Hydroxylase (CMAH), the Enzyme Synthetizing the Proinflammatory Human Xenoantigen Neu5Gc, Genome Biology and Evolution, 2018, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx251

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Re:They Thrive on All-Meat Diet (1929) by TheSpiceIsLife on Saturday February 16, 2019 @04:11AM (#19177848)

Thanks for bringing this up, I wasn't aware of it.

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