🥩Doctor's #MeatMarathon (Read in full) 🙏 🏆What Happened🏆 Late last year friend and Harvard Med Student, Kalei, decided she wanted to break a 3 hour marathon while #Keto #Carnivore For the non-runners, a sub 3 hour marathon is fast... Add on to that (i) being female (ii) being a crazy busy medical student working odd hours, studying for USMLE exams, completing sub-internships (iii) planning a wedding and getting married 👰... Kalei had some extra obstacles But being the total bad-a$$ beast of a human she is, she just did it: 2:58:04 running on primarily beef, eggs and animal fats 🤔WHY She Did It🤔 Let's be clear... I'm not coercing anyone into becoming a carnivore. Heck, I'm not even carnivore myself (although pockets of social media seems to be under this impression by virtue of the fact that I express academic interest in this interesting metabolic health intervention that I think deserves further study) However, I'm pretty happy to support friends, family, and peers in their experimentation(s). And, after we conducted and co-published on a pilot trial using continuous glucose monitors #CGM (cc @Levels) for medical education, Kalei started seriously experimenting with intermittent fasting, keto and carnivore, and found she felt really great eating keto-carnivore Given her military and athletic background, she wanted to prove to herself (and others) that one can perform mentally and physically at an elite level fueled by fat. For those "in the know," I realize it's not really much of a question; however, who doesn't love a good challenge! So - in the midst of residency applications, exams and getting married - she decided to add breaking a 3 hour marathon to her list of to-dos... and she to-did! 2:58:04 is a 6:47 min/mile pace. 🥓What this Proves🥓 I'm not / she's not / we're not claiming carnivore is "best" for marathon-level distance running (ultras might be a different story... but for another time). However, I do think - and I think I can speak for more than myself when I say - #carnivore diet is misunderstood and unfairly stigmatized as a way of eating (WOE) from which some people certainly appear to benefit At the very least, we should express curiosity in this WOE, invest in researching the use cases and consequences of human carnivory, and start/continue to have open-minded non-dogmatic discussions about the matter. 🫵How you can Support🫵 (1) Share, Follow <@ Kalei_Fit> on instagram if you're on IG. Also have a Reel there you can share. She (Kalei_Fit) is at 185 followers right now... come on people... let's get her to 1K at the very least (2) Share YOUR success story in a quote RT. This isn't just for keto or carnivore folk. I don't care if you're low-carb, low-fat, vegan or anything else. If YOU have had success on YOUR personal n = 1, that deserves to be celebrated. (3) Going forward, please help me in creating an open-minded anti-dogmatic community when speaking about #carnivore in particular. This means - IMHO - limiting hyperbolic claims about "best diet for humans," logical fallacies about evolutionary design and longevity, Dunning-Kruger-esque commentary about ruminant flatulence, or fear mongering, etc. Instead, let's target discussion at the specific questions at hand like: 🔥 What's the utility of a carnivore diet for autoimmune and inflammatory conditions? (PMID: 39296504) 🧠Mental Health Condition and Eating disorders? (10.3390/biomedicines12071553) cc @ChrisPalmerMD @drjenunwin 🫀 What's the impact on cardiovascular risk? #LMHR 🪲 What's the impact on the microbiome? These are fair and open questions Ht/ @SBakerMD @zbitter @DominicDAgosti2 for low-carb athletic consultations Ht/ @IndependenceArk for fueling Kalei's amazing journey, and @ketobrainz @ketosavage for #ketobricks too! Cc/ @lowcarbGP @DaveEDanna @realDaveFeldman @BiggestComeback @DrEricRodgers @ValerieAnne1970 and all the others (and there are MANY of us) who know what it's like to live a lifestyle that's misunderstood and stigmatized by society. Let's change that... not because one "should" be carnivore or keto to run marathons... but because one should be permitted to eat that way if they choose without being stigmatized... is that so unreasonable?