not eating animal X

[mellowtigger]

I have a question more about eating than "healthy" eating, I suppose, but it is heavy on the "diet management" aspect.  Are there foods that you will not eat as an omnivore? 

I've finally taken the time to write down my thinking on this matter.  Please critique if you find flaws in my reasoning.
http://mellowtigger.dreamwidth.org/210437.html

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[raze]

I can't edit to add, but: bear in mind that humans eating a primal diet had a primal lifestyle as well. Most of the diet-related illnesses linked to a protein-heavy diet observed in western nations are not really about the level of protein at all, but the lifestyle as a whole. Early man was constantly physically active, likely didn't have daily access to ample calories, and everything he ate, he had to run down and kill or forage for, first. He operated more like other wild predators; it was a tough lifestyle, not one that involved being largely sedentary. This allowed early man to consume copious amounts of meat without suffering the ill health effects linked to such behavior in modern times. The only modern cultures who still consume animal products on this level without ill health effects are cultures that still live a very "primal" lifestyle - see nomadic horsemen of Mongolia, for example.

The caliber of the meat was also different; the meat of a freshly culled deer versus a corn fed factory farmed cow is extremely different nutritionally. These things are significant, so I'm not sure if by "primal" you merely mean "higher meat" or if you mean "consuming mostly wild game such as deer, bison, salmon, etc."

I don't mean to imply that you've not done adequate research, and you may be doing this because you are an athlete and need a diet that will let you be active and build muscle. I just have seen folks embark on diets like this without that understanding in place and wind up with ill effects (much as an uninformed vegan suffers ill effects), and felt it prudent to mention.