Vegans say Animal Fats and Animal Protein kills us, Low carb and Keto Advocates say the opposite. Who is Right?

This is a seriously confusing and troubling issue for me and I have studied nutrition for well over 20 years. I have read every book you can imagine on nutrition from books on Banting, the first known implementation of the Ketogenic Diet, to books written by Dr Ornish on the Vegan diet and Reversing Heart Disease. Also have read Garry Taubes Books and many others on nutrition. I have watched endless documentaries about food and nutrition over the years and since the 90's have experimented with different diet protocols and have seen diet fads come and go. Every one of these diets if you look hard enough have very strong and valid points.

Our Old Food Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines. Notice how Many Servings of Grains.

It seems that the one thing we are starting to agree on, is the fact that the root of many of today's health problems and diseases is stemming from a metabolic disorder known as insulin resistance or metabolic syndrome. The problem is that no one can come to the conclusion as to what is causing it because they all contradict each other.

If you talk to Dr Jason Fung, a Toronto Dr and a huge Advocate of Intermittent fasting, he says that insulin itself is the cause of insulin resistance from eating too often and the pancreas constantly releasing insulin into our blood stream, we eventually build a resistance to the hormone like we would if we drink coffee all the time or alcohol or drugs. His theory is that insulin itself damages the receptors in muscle cells and then in turn this causes resistance to the hormone where more and more is needed to move the glucose into the cell. So his idea is that the more often you eat, carbohydrates especially which trigger a bigger response of insulin, the faster you will damage these receptors and become resistant, which in turn leads to metabolic syndrome and eventually type 2 diabetes which seems to be the gateway for all kinds of diseases and health problems.

Keto Food Pyramid Notice no Grains or Carbs Basically.
If you Talk to Garry Taubes or Dr Peter Attia or any of the Keto/LCHF diet Advocates, they agree with fasting for the most part and their theory is that carbohydrates are the root of all evil and the root off all diseases because humans run more efficiently on lipids than on glucose. Meaning that Eating no carbohydrates except maybe in the form of some fibrous veggies and keeping it under 50g per day is optimal. They say that eating butter, cheese, heavy cream, bacon, meat and saturated fat is of no concern when the body is in ketosis and using ketones converted from fat for fuel. The funny thing is that I have seen blood work from people following strict keto diets over the years and some have incredibly perfect blood work and metabolic markers and blood work, while others where terrible. Genetics play a huge role on how you respond to the diet, for the most part majority has been positive weight loss and improved blood work.

Vegan Food Pyramid, Notice the Grains, there is a lot of other versions of Vegan Diets that look nothing like this also, with no processed foods or breads.

According to Dr Dean Ornish and many other Vegan Diet Advocates, it is saturated animal fat that causes the receptors to become clogged with fat and not responsive to the hormone insulin. Also equally alarming is the fact that they say that through the Mtor Path way and the production of IGF-1 that the amino acid leucine when it is derived from animal and not plant source protein seems to have carcinogenic properties. If you go into researching abstracts and studies you can actually find studies with evidence on some of these points.

With out getting to technical and confusing I would like to start a healthy discussion to see what we can come up with together. Honestly guys this is serious stuff and our health is really precious, we can not help any one or do anything for any one if we are laid up in a hospital bed with cancer or a heart attack. Since I hit the age of 35 I have been researching more than ever on the perfect diet.

The risk of heart disease runs extremely high in my family along with cancer. I am willing to make any diet adjustment in order to delay any of those diseases that seem to have a very high correlation with diet. For now I have combined what I think are the most valid points of each diet and taking a little from each. I do intermittent fasting, I eat 2 meals per day, first one is a shake at 2pm loaded with plants, vegetables, organic grass fed protein powder and organic coconut oil with flax and Chia Seeds. This meal is all plant based, at 8pm I have dinner and it usually contains more plants and vegetables with a protein source from fish,chicken or eggs.

I eat a lot less now that I am more concerned about longevity and not bodybuilding or fitness, I do 1-2 hours of exercise per day, and try to get outside for at least 30 minutes for fresh air and a walk. For now I feel pretty good about this with everything I have studied through out the years. There is a movie on Netflix that is called In Defense of Food, that had a great punchline that stuck with me and my eating style. Eat Real Food like our Ancestors ate, Mostly Plants, not too much. I know it is a long winded post but this pretty important stuff, would love to hear all of your ideas and thoughts.