There are a lot of made up reasons for eating an all-meat diet. Steak won't cure your cancer and it probably wasn't that effective at preventing death from diarrhea during the Civil War. As we enter the season of gluttony, let's take a brief tour of the history of guys who think you should be eating WAY more meat.

Sources & Further Reading:

Salisbury, James (1888). The Relation of Alimentation and Disease. JH Vail & Company, New York.

McLaughlin, Terence (1978). A Diet of Tripe: The Chequered History of Food Reform. David & Charles.

Moncriff, Bernard (1856). The Philosophy of the Stomach; OR An Exclusively Animal Diet (Without Any Vegetable or Condiment Whatever) Is The Most Wholesome and Fit For Man. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. London.

Stuart, Elma (1889). What Must I Do To Get Well AND How May I Keep So? By One Who Has Done It. An Exposition Of The Salisbury Treatment. Trow’s Printing & Bookbinding. New York.

Baker, Shawn (2019). The Carnivore Diet. Victory Belt Publishing, Inc.

Sutherland, George Alexander (1908). A System of Diet and Dietetics. Oxford University Press.

Clummer, Clyde, L. (1950). "Dr. James H. Salisbury and the Salisbury Diet". Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly. 59 (4): 352–370.

Parry, Thomas (1844). On Diet, With Its Influence On Man

https://www.foodandwine.com/carnivore-diet-8769136

https://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/deathsandinquests1860.html

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/sep/12/carnivore-diet-meat-plants

http://docfinder.docboard.org/nm_orders/Baker,%20Shawn%20Mark.pdf

https://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/uncover-history/behind-lens/disease/

There are a lot of made up reasons for eating an all-meat diet. Steak won't cure your cancer and it probably wasn't that effective at preventing death from diarrhea during the Civil War. As we enter the season of gluttony, let's take a brief tour of the history of guys who think you should be eating WAY more meat. Sources &amp; Further Reading: Salisbury, James (1888). The Relation of Alimentation and Disease. JH Vail &amp; Company, New York. McLaughlin, Terence (1978). A Diet of Tripe: The Chequered History of Food Reform. David &amp; Charles. Moncriff, Bernard (1856). The Philosophy of the Stomach; OR An Exclusively Animal Diet (Without Any Vegetable or Condiment Whatever) Is The Most Wholesome and Fit For Man. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. London. Stuart, Elma (1889). What Must I Do To Get Well AND How May I Keep So? By One Who Has Done It. An Exposition Of The Salisbury Treatment. Trow&rsquo;s Printing &amp; Bookbinding. New York. Baker, Shawn (2019). The Carnivore Diet. Victory Belt Publishing, Inc. Sutherland, George Alexander (1908). A System of Diet and Dietetics. Oxford University Press. Clummer, Clyde, L. (1950). "Dr. James H. Salisbury and the Salisbury Diet". Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly. 59 (4): 352&ndash;370. Parry, Thomas (1844). On Diet, With Its Influence On Man https://www.foodandwine.com/carnivore-diet-8769136 https://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/deathsandinquests1860.html https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/sep/12/carnivore-diet-meat-plants http://docfinder.docboard.org/nm_orders/Baker,%20Shawn%20Mark.pdf https://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/uncover-history/behind-lens/disease/

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Salisbury Steak, A Civil War Diarrhea Cure: Carnivore Diet Guys, Pt 1

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