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Yeah, insurance sucks.

The Zero Carb Lifestyle continues, being careful about any dairy. Have to limit cheese and possibly HWC. Wave a conversion factor to apply to my CGM readings. I multiply the CGM value bu 1.2 to get my real BGL number. M I ee this c evening.

Spent 3 hours jumping through medicare insurance hoops. Had to change carrier to better fit my needs. Will lower my out of pocketbco a t hy almost 90 dollars c a month. T h e things webhavebto do.

'they just don't make things like they use to'. LOL Yep and that is by design. It’s a greedy world we live in.

That’s great.

Good idea.

Sounds good Paul.

While modern medicine wants to blame gout on red meat alone there has been evidence that Glucose (carbohydrates) causes cell damage from glycation and oxidation, and insulin-resistance contributes to gout as well as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease, breast and other cancers, PCOS, impotence, and a host of other problems. Elevated insulin also causes systemic inflammation as well as polyunsaturated fatty acids can also be inflammatory. Many believe it’s due to oxalate built up in the joint. Sally K. Norton has some very good information on that in this article. Sally K. NortonPainful Gout, Joint Pain, and Oxalates - Sally K. NortonA high-oxalate diet contributes to inflammatory joint pain, including painful gout. Get relief from bursitis, arthritis, rheumatism and other pain syndromes.

Best of luck. Not that I consider myself all that motivational but the carnivore diet has done wonders for me. I dove in head-first with no forethought or plans. I made some mistakes the first month or so, but the weight peeled off at an amazing rate, around 30-31 pounds in 31-32 days. (lots of water but a lot of fat as well). I went carnivore strictly as the 'latest weight loss hack' and was blown away at the weight loss. I have an autoimmune disease called NMO-SD which just about the same as MS but it attacks the eyes/optic nerves. I had been on pain and inflammation medicine for six years 2018 to 2024. I watched a video about MS patients healing to the point they no longer needed medicine while on the carnivore. I called "BS" on the MS claims. LOL After six weeks of strict carnivore I was in full doubt about its health effects for MS/NMO-SD patients and realized I had went well over a week without my medicine. I called that a coincidence, maybe even anecdotal at first. Then another week and then another week. Now just about two years later I have been medicine free and no longer use the prednisone nor the gabapentin/Neurontin. I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer because it took me several more weeks to buy into the healing effects of carnivore all the while the results were punching me right in the face. I'm quite the believer now. Good luck. Keep pushing. Scott

It could be a very long story, so here it is short. I use the Liber CGM (2 plus model) and my finger stick glucometer is the Relion Primeer. So how accurate are they. Of to the lab via Own Your Labs for a fasting blood gluecose. Glucometer and test strips with me. CGM 82 mg/dL Glucometer 98 mg/dL Lab Corp 99 mg/dL So 98 verses 82, a 20 % difference. Thre more finger sticks and each is very close to 20 % more than my CGM. Therefore;: (CGM reading) X 1.2 = adjusted BGL I am very sure of this. So I convert my CGM now. This morning my CGM reports a 7 day average BGL of 80. 80 x 1.2 = 96 mg/dL. So back to going after my 84 mg/dL target. Zero Carb Carnivore Lifestyle

Hi Scott, Thank you for your thought on this matter. I also thought that it is probably due to a combination of different things. Fo instance, I have a blood glucose test tomorrow because my blood sugar is borderline high, plus I carry to much weight. I thought already that this could be a contributing factor. I'm not giving up on going carnivore, but I will dial back on the red meat and replace it with chicken and fish. I eat eggs for breakfast and a fair amount of butter. I have to up the butter intake with my evening meal.Thanks for writing. Regards, Doug

U know the finger stick thing. I found out when I get a fasting glucose lab just bring the meter and test strips. As the tech fo a drop of blood to test, my tech was nice and so I had a number to compare to the lab result for to compare, was a close match. Now I can see how close my CGM is at home.

Welcome. Usually, high uric acid is a combination of things. About 3 months or so after switching to carnivore in May '24 my uric acid numbers went up quite a bit. I never experienced gout, but the doctor explained the risks when discussing the bloodwork. Around six months they eased back into the 'norm'. During the first months of a low carb keto and especially a close to zero carb carnivore approaches the body is still working on being insulin resistant. For me, I ate a trash/dumpster diet for 50+ years and I am guessing some of my numbers went haywire with the shock of going cold turkey to a strict carnivore approach. As for the gout, high uric acid, it could be weight, kidney function and/or insulin resistance. The carnivore approach is not cookie-cutter, and one size does not fit all. Most people who have carnivore success (long term) make subtle and some not so subtle changes along the way to dial this way of eating to themselves as an individual. You could very well need to shy away from red meat and go with chicken and fish and eggs and see how that works for you. Carnivore is an elimination way of eating and most of the time what you are not eating is more important than what you are eating. If you do go heavier on the chicken pay attention to the fat content. For the most part chicken is leaner than red meat so it will be easy to miss the fat content needed which can limit some of the affects/benefits of going carnivore. Energy levels, cramping, hydration and stool issues just to name a few. My medical degree comes from Google University and the YouTube College of Medicine, so take the post for what it's worth (LOL). Everyone is different and we all took different routes to get here and we will all 'heal' at different rates. My very best guess is that your body is healing itself and sometimes it takes time/patience. (I have neither in abundance.) Good luck and welcome. The uric acid and kidney function will be right in Bob's wheelhouse as he is far more knowledgeable in that area. Maybe he will see this and shed some light. Scott

Ty, onward

The refrigerator in my shop is now 'on and off' appliance. I took it out of my father-in-law's shop when he passed in 2004. He put it in his shop in 1995 when they built their house. And before that it was in the other house bought new in 1978. I'm guessing it would take three or four of today's refrigerators to make 48 years of service. I'm 56 and sound much older, but...'they just don't make things like they use to'. LOL Scott

Great work. Congrats on accomplishing your goal. Good luck as you continue to progress. Scott

Hi, I started on keto a few month ago with the view of going carnivore. Everything I've read about it is positive and since I like meat, eggs and so on, I thought why not, I might get healthier an fitter in the process. A couple of weeks ago I got gout ( at least that is what I thought it was) in my big toe. I had to go for a bood test last week ( not for the Gout, I hadn't told my Dr. about that) and got the result today. Even before I could say anything, the Dr. asked me if I have Gout. She told me that my uric acid levels are twice a high as normal. I asked her what I might get that from, and she said the biggest triggers for that is red meat and alcohol, specifically beer. I'm not a drinker apart from an occasional glass of beer. So, that leaves red meat. Does anybody know anything about this or are there any people with similar experiences, and more importantly, is there anything I can do about it and still pursue a carnivore diet ? I would appreciate any useful comments. Doug

Now on to 70.

Over 55 years ago we landed 2 men on the moon and returned them to earth, safely. In a few years we did it 5 more times. Today we do not have a reliable (say 95%) and accurate (say plus or minus 5%) Continuous Glucose Monitor. With 4 days left on the sensor it crashed, Replace Sensor, comes the error message. Ok I getting over it. My last reported 7 day average BGL was 84. 1 away from a target of 83. New target is now 70. So come morning I will make the phone call for a replacement. Ty for letting me get o v er this.

Yes, for right now I am dependent on exogenous Insulin ( about 1/2 of what I used 3 months ago). And do not worryj, even when my BGL is 55 I got energy b and brain power.

The results are in. The lab reported my A1c at 6.1%. Which compares to my CGM's reported 90 day Glucose Management Indicator (GMI) of 5.9. Nicely close. So retest in mid July, 17 weeks from now. Targeting < 5.0. Working out at gym 3x a week now. Yes following Bernstein's recommendations for men at 70 years old. And continue the Zero Carb Carnivore Lifestyle. The CMP panel was very good, nice kidney function!

Indeed, thankfully I good a digging up answers and judging content. I have a list of red flags.

Once an adult, we all have had the choices in front of us. The basis of my diet was forced upon me as I grew up in a house where I ate what was put on the plate. Agreed the government and big business were the enablers as well as the culprits as most parents did their best to feed the 'good stuff'. We ate a ton of food straight out of the garden. Funny how I thought highly of that for years and now somewhat frown upon it. LOL But I guess how agree most, is that this is the information age, and there is pretty much nothing about the proper diet that can't be found with a few strokes on the keyboard. From that point on, I completely agree. Scott

The real issue in life is knowing how to learn. Like it or not it is each person's responsibility to learn what to eat. Nobody forced poor food choices on you. U selected the wat you eat. The medical community and the government were of little help. We been harmed not our fault, but yes, our problem. My world is the Zero Carb Carnivore Lifestyle. It took 4 years to learn that. Be well my friends.