I think naturopaths have a tendency to view everyone as being fundamentally the same, so that they often downplay meat and push you more toward a vegetarian diet.
Agree completely that NDs tend towards a "one size fits all" view of nutrition. To be fair, while research has challenged the demonization of meat, there is some evidence that plant-based diets favour longevity and other positive health outcomes. Certainly the Blue Zone communities - those regions around the world noted for their good health and long lives - tend to be vegetarian/infrequent meat eaters, so I do think there's something to it. But obviously tailoring is required - a diabetic's needs vs. someone with AS vs. someone with IBS, etc. are nuances NDs don't always appreciate.
I had to shop around a bit for a naturopath who wasn't rigid in their nutritional views. And I didn't find any here with experience with NSD and AS. At least my ND was open to it.
I don't mean to promote this author, but I have been reading a book entitled 'Primal Fat Burner', the author Nora Gedgaugas.
This book promotes a ketogenic diet, the focus being to burn fat, lesser amounts of protein, and eat virtually no carbs, excepting green leafy vegetables, avocados and small quantities of berries. This diet will address the great disasters of our age - obesity, diabetes and heart disease; diseases which have exploded with the rise of low fat foods (high carb, low prot).
Essentially it is a form of the NSD. She points out that many vitamins (A, D, E) are fat soluble and that eating grass fed meats, wild caught fish, free range eggs and avoiding starchy root vegetables is our natural (evolutionary) state.
Interesting! I agree completely that fat soluble vitamins are overlooked in our low-fat obsessed world. Over the last few years my teeth have improved immeasurably since adopting a higher fat diet and taking care of my A,D,E and K vitamins. However, her argument about evolutionary eating I'm somewhat skeptical about. My own reading suggests that plant-based food and starchy vegetables in particular are believed to have been central to the ancestral diet. And in modern times, subsistence cultures and even remaining hunter/gatherers - which don't suffer from the diseases of civilization - tend to primarily eat plant-based diets. But that's not to say a fat/meat-based diet can't also be healthy and sustainable.
I guess we'll find out for ourselves! As you rightly point out, her diet is pretty much the NSD. We'll get to see first hand whether we manage to avoid obesity, diabetes and heart disease...
