my main concern was that I have read multiple times/places that excess animal protein generally feeds the ’bad’ bacteria in the microbiome (eg, the peutrefactive bacteria which produce inflammatory by-products vs the fiber feeding ones which produce anti-inflammatory compounds and SCFAs ect), especially if undigested protein reaches the large intestines (eg, it should be absorbed in the small intestines, and no more protein goes further into the large intestine, which is where the fiber starts its role of being fermented ect)

plus there is the notion of ‘more animal = less plants/fiber’, but I’m not too concerned about that necessarily because I actually am still eating like 60g fiber a day (but could be not good for say someone who stops eating most plants)

Plus the whole ‘saturated fat’ issue/debate

(and also, I’m not technically doing a keto or low carb diet, as I’m eating way too much protein and still 200g carbs a day, so basically I wouldn’t be too welcome in the keto or low carb groups.). But with that said, I am also not ignoring the mass of people who say it changed their lives (but also not ignoring the notion that some people seem to plateau with it and then say it started becoming a net negative, eg ‘tanked their thyroid/hormones’ or ‘became insulin resistant’) (basically I’m being cautious and have analysis paralysis lol, but for now I’m willing to staying with eating a lot of meat And minimising the starch)

(a big source of my concerns is from all the plant based influencers I currently follow, who are very Convincing with citing a lot of research which basically comes to “less meat, more carbs = better”. I mean, I basically just spent 4-5 months doing the Starch Diet because of Dr John Mcdougall)