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What makes you think that it isn't safe? I guess the other question is what makes you sure that another diet is safe?

It’s a really extreme diet. I would be concerned with the fat intake, the cholesterol intake, and limits on certain fruits and vegetables.

Your body makes more cholesterol than you get from diet, it's more complicated than just "cholesterol high = bad".

Also would encourage you to read up on recent literature about fats. The "low fat = healthy" fad hasn't held up for some time.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073510972...

> The recommendation to limit dietary saturated fatty acid (SFA) intake has persisted despite mounting evidence to the contrary. Most recent meta-analyses of randomized trials and observational studies found no beneficial effects of reducing SFA intake on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and total mortality, and instead found protective effects against stroke.

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