The Science of Fasting

The gut isn't meant to be stretched and scraped by bulky food that doesn't digest so fully as does the animal fat and protein we consume. These glutinous and fibrous foods from plant matter just stress the body, injure it. Having a surgery on the gut? The doctor will tell you to rest the digestive system by NOT consuming fiber -- yet somehow fiber is at the same time heralded as good for the digestive system. Why not just keep the system non-stressed all the time? Some will argue that this stress from plant foods -- and not just direct physical stress in the sense of damage to tissue from abrasion that must then be repaired, but also chemical stress from the various disagreeable plant compounds -- is stress that's good for you. Wha...?

I almost don't eat a lick of fiber anymore(outside of my twice monthly oatmeal, because I like it) and my digestion has never been better in my life that I can recall. All through most of my adult life until recently I had dealt with terrible stomach discomfort, IBS, and horrendous heartburn and GERD. Now being mostly carnivore the past 2 years I have none of that. Although I do tend to get gas and an upset stomach from the oatmeal, but I tolerate it just because I enjoy the taste so much. When I eat nothing but steak, eggs, ground beef and fish I never have a single stomach issue.