On 27 Jul 2012 19:23:24 GMT, Ivan The Not-So-Bad
wrote:

[...]
As a fat-adapted, low-carb, paleo eater, I have energy to spare and
never have a problem with digestion. Nor does anyone I know who eats
in a similar fashion.

I also have zero ethical, religious, or political compunctions from
eating animal flesh, so maybe that helps me some, too.

I used to eat a ton of meat. Tons of it with every meal.

Interesting to me is the fact that I no longer require "tons" of meat
with my meals, provided I get enough FAT.

I never stuff myself. And I only eat when I'm hungry, not because it's
"time" to eat.

In those times, I
would always have slow digestion and general indigiestion.

Meat and fat take longer to digest; that's not a bug, it's a feature.
It allows enzymes in your gut longer to work their magic, i.e., get
the most nutrition out of the sources.

Indigestion is something else altogether. It can be caused by a
multitude of things. Things like eating grains, drinking, eating too
much of anything, eating too fast,IBS, medications, etc.

But again, it's unlikely due to the meat, unless you're *really*
piling it on.

Eventually I moved
from red meat and pork mainly to turkey and still had the same issue.

I have a hunch that your meals were too large, and eaten too often.

I then became a vegetarian and the issues with energy levels and digestion went
away. After a few years, I went back to eating meatand the same problems
returned. Eventually, I just ended up going vegetarian and that was pretty much
that. In those times, everything else in my life was fairly static down to when
I went to sleep and woke up.

I'm not trying to convince you, one way or the other, but you may want
to gradually begin to eat more meat, but don't eat "tons" of it. See
how that works out for you.

At this point my energy levels are such that I am able to lift heavy 3 days a
week and put out 6 hours and 40 minutes of aerobic exercises per week with no
issues.

Yeah, I used to work out that much (and more), but almost 7 hours of
aerobic exercise per week is over-doing it, in my opinion, and may be
adding unnecessary stress (systemic inflammation) to your body's
systems.

Of course, that depends on what your objectives are (training for a
sport, competition, etc.), but for general health and fitness, that's
way too much.

"Chronic cardio" is bad for your health:
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/chron...#axzz21qQTwH8B

[...]
I have no problem with people who do eat meat. To each their own. It's just not
my choice due to aforementioned reasons.

You bet, it's your choice.

But again, it doesn't make sense to me to deprive yourself of the
tastiest and most nutritious foods on the planet unless you absolutely
have to. And I don't think you have to, provided you do a bit more
experimenting. E.g., add a *small* amount of meat to one meal per day,
then see how that goes. If it goes well, add a small amount of meat to
two meals per day. And so on.

--
Dogman

"I have approximate answers and possible beliefs in different degrees of certainty
about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure of anything" - Richard Feynman