What have mitochondria got to do with fat digestion?
I read it in Lex's journal. Maybe he used the word mitochondria instead of bacteria. But he only used mitochondria when referring to fat digestion specifically. I probably assumed too much or misunderstood.
They're also very high in calories. You missed my point. In addition to, yes, very nutritious animal foods, you can also accrue a large amount of nutrition and chemicals through extremely low calorie (basically nothing) but highly health preserving vegetables.
The more nutrients you can take in, in the form of whole food, while not jacking up your calories more than they should be, the better. This is how you further lengthen the gap between nutrient intake and energy intake. In this regard, vegetables are a highly valuable food source. I eat pounds of it most days.
But what about anti-nutrients? What about organ meats? What about mineral balance rather than high numbers; i.e. a 1:1 ratio of calcium-magnesium?
The nutrient density thing seems to me like it has been blown out of the water by the sheer amount of people eating so few veggies on a meat heavy RPD, with health problems declining. That's not to say we don't need them. It's just they are seasonal in the wild and therefore, IMO, should be so for us. We don't get plant matter year-round, in fact we usually only get it about 4-5 months out of the year AT BEST, definitely not in the wild.
Nutrient density seems to be promoted most by Dr. Joel Fuhrman. His recipe of 'Health=nutrients/calories' seems a little in favor of raw veganism. In fact it disregards adequate fueling altogether. He puts all meat (except salmon and a few low-fat white fish) into the category of detrimental to health. He says meat should be a condiment; 10% of your plate size. He puts anti-nutrient rich greens at the top of his health list; wheat grass, spinach, winter squash (not terribly anti-nutrient filled but starches are still being explored), and many others I can't remember right now. I always wondered why we had so many problems with nutrients in my family, we ate so many veggies but still felt lacking. Anti-nutrients explains it all.
The calorie vs. nutrient thing seems a little bogus IMO when dealing with raw foods. Nutrients are great, but like calories, we only need what we need, any excess is damaging. It seems on a raw meat diet you need far fewer nutrients and IMO that's because of that lack of anti-nutrients you are consuming.
He's a real person, not a troll: I spoke with him on the phone about a week ago. 
Okay. Fair enough. He's certainly allowed to live his life and chose the way he wants. I won't question it anymore
