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Diets.

Evidence-led reading on diets from the HL Benefits desk. Long reads, careful guides, and the boring-but-true positions the research keeps settling on.

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Mar 102026
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This week's longread

Carnivore Diet Pros, Cons, and What the Research Shows

An evidence-based guide to the carnivore diet covering reported benefits, nutritional risks, and what peer-reviewed research actually shows.

Read the articleHL Benefits Editorial · Mar 10, 2026
Raw steaks, eggs, and butter arranged on a cutting board representing carnivore diet staplesPhotograph · HL Benefits
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The latest, in long form.

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Clock on a plate with healthy foods representing intermittent fasting eating windows
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Intermittent Fasting Schedules Compared: 16:8 vs 20:4 vs OMAD

Compare 16:8, 20:4, and OMAD fasting schedules with evidence on weight loss, adherence, and metabolic effects.

Mar 10
From the editorMar letterHL Benefits MagazineHL Benefits Editorial Team

We started this section because the conversation about diets had become unbearable — too loud, too certain, too often selling something. The boring middle — what the evidence actually supports, repeated across decades, written without a brand to defend — is not a position you can monetize, but it is the position the research keeps quietly settling on.

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