Bob

I have to look into allulose more, but from what I understand it isn't digestible. It's molecularly different from regular sugar so it passes right through you without being metabolize, kinda like most fibers do. Insulin spike is another thing altogether though. Some non-caloric non-nutritive sweeteners, whether artificial or natural, will still trigger a cephalic phase insulin response in certain individuals. Just the taste of something sweet gets the pancreas all excited, lol. In fact, for some people, even the sight or smell of something sweet can do the same. Some people joke that they can just look at a piece of chocolate cake and gain weight. There's actually a smidgeon of truth to that.

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Welcome aboard @Aurie It's hard to find a recipe with a whole bag of brown sugar in it, lol. But I did find this one for regular bologna... https://housewifehowtos.com/cook/recipe-homemade-bologna/ It has a miniscule amount of sugar compared to some others I found. I would probably try this as a starting point. Replace the beef with a combination of deer and pork fat. Other deer bologna recipes suggest adding pork fat in with the deer meat, probably because deer is very lean. Then, remove the tiny bit of brown sugar (or leave it, because 1 tablespoon spread across 3 pounds of meat is going to be meaningless). I would be interested in hearing how this goes for you.

The place near me is called Duma's Meats... https://www.dumameats.com/ They sell them as sides and quarters for as little as $3.79 per pound. Granted, you buy 300-400 pounds at once, but that price can't be beat. I would need a chest freezer though, lol.

I had to quite coffee because it stirred up my ulcerative colitis. I drink tea now. My friend did the same for his Chrohn's. But he does boil water and drinks just hot water in the morning. It satisfies his desire for a hot drink when he wakes up.

Yes, please do. Everything I was reading was gloom and doom, lol.

I currently get most of my meat at Sam's Club. I save several dollars per pound vs the grocery store, except on holidays when the grocery store will have a massive discount sale. There is also a local meat/butcher/rancher that I occasionally visit for some rare tasty meats.

Carnivore soft tacos, using the Egg Life wraps.... (add sour cream, lettuce, salsa, or jalapenos and it's still keto with zero grains for the win!)

I did pure unadulterated carnivore in May, June, and July. In August my apple tree was ripe and so I would pick from it. These apples are small. Since then, I call myself 97% carnivore. I will occasionally "cheat" with some lettuce, or a piece of fruit, but that's very rare. My personal beliefs towards what constitutes a natural human diet is basically a marriage between the carnivore end of Dr. Ken Berry's Proper Human Diet, and the animal centric end of Paul Saladino's Animal-Based Diet. Ken will say that humans are naturally a low carbohydrate mammal. He says the Proper Human Diet is a spectrum, from 0 carb carnivore all the way up to 100g of carbs daily (depending on your genetics) of low carbohydrate veg, nuts, or berries. He will discourage fruit and honey. Paul Saladino on the other hand says there is no limit to fruit and honey, and will even recommend a person eats a minimum of 150g of carbs or more per day in those forms. He himself is pounding down 350 carbs or more of fruit and honey a day along with his muscle meat and organs. I think they are both on to something. I agree with Ken that humans are a low carbohydrate mammal that should stay under 100g a day at the most. I also agree with Paul in that fruit is not going to kill you, whereas vegetables - specifically leaves, stems, and seeds - will try. The two of them are targeting 2 different audiences. Dr. Ken Berry's target audience is those trying to lose weight and reverse diabetes. This requires the keto/ketovore/carnivoire approach. Paul Saladino speaks to those who are already metabolically healthy, without weight or disease issues. They both will speak against grains, seed oils, and processed sugars, but Ken Berry will go a step further and discourage fructose in fruits as well, but will admit he has a pear tree that he will attack at the end of summer himself (Dr. Robert Kiltz is a carnivore doctor but will confess to occasionally enjoying french fries, lol). So to summarize, I believe we should be eating meat and animal products the most - muscle meat, organs, cream, cheese, butter, and maybe some milk, and some occasional plucked or picked fruitage is fine too (and "fruitage" can include certain vegetables too). I think humans have ate seasonal fruitage all along, for even though our digestive tract and PH balance resembles that of other carnivores, we do have a cecum. The key here, though, is "seasonal", as they were only available in the harvest season.

Yes, I am saving a ton of money since switching to carnivore. Things like bread and pasta may be cheaper, but when I ate it I was a bottomless pit because it didn't satiate me for very long at all. Deli meats are about double what fresh meat, so those sandwiches were actually pretty expensive. This doesn't even take into consideration the lettuce, tomato, and condiments that would go on it too. My previous diet I could eat 4-6 times per day. Now I am 2, sometimes 3 and that's it. The "per pound" price for cereal vs meat is very similar. But calorie for calorie, the meat is way more rich, nutrient dense, and able to make me last much longer until my next meal. The hyper-palatable ultra-processed food just had me munching non-stop, filling Big Food's coffers 😕

This was something I made for lunch yesterday. It's basically a fried bologna sandwich, but I used Egg Life wraps (made with egg whites) for the "bread". Bologna was cut 1/4" thick and I melted gouda cheese on one and sharp cheddar on the other. Pure carnivore goodness, minus perhaps just a smidge of taint in the processed bologna I got from the deli.

Maybe invest in another blood glucose meter? Those readings are considered dangerously high. Maybe. You want to see something more along the lines of 4.7 to 6.0, so something is up. The description of your diet sounds perfectly fine except for the chocolate which will contain sugar. Just how much chocolate are you eating? Whatever the answer, stop that immediately. You may have undiagnosed Type 1 Diabetes, and what you are experiencing could be diabetic-related ketoacidosis. That much glucose in your blood could indicated your body does not have enough insulin to use sugar for energy. So your body instead breaks down fat for energy, which causes your body to release ketones. Too many ketones cause your blood to turn acidic. Ketoacidosis is bad, whereas ketosis is good. They are 2 different things. The high blood sugar could indicate the former. It can be caused by chronic alcoholism, starvation, or an overactive thyroid too. Your body should not allow you to have that much glucose in your blood. Your pancrease should respond by releasing insuling to either move it into the cells to be used as energy, or converted to fat for later use. I don't want to alarm you. There are usually symptoms that you would experience but you say you feel fine. But I would go see your doctor and get some blood work done. This can't be diet related at all, even if your one meal a day was 2 pounds of chocolate.

A medical book from the 1700s recommends raw milk and ruminant meat for many illnesses...

If the conversion on this table is correct, 15 mmol/L is equivalent to 270 mg/dl and 24 translates to 432. Yes, those numbers are crazy high. When do you take these readings? If you take a reading after a meal, or as soon as you wake up, your numbers will be elevated. I would be curious what your number would be if after finishing your dinner, you did not eat again for 3-4 hours before bed, slept a good nights sleep, woke up and did not have anything but water for the first 2 hours, and THEN check it and see what it is. We want to know what it is in a fasted state and not influenced by the "dawn phenomenon" that Geoff mentioned above. Are you diabetic? Are you taking insulin? If you are and have been, are you still taking your insulin or other diabetes medications? Some people make the mistake of dropping their meds as soon as they start, and this is no good. The healing takes time. Learn to like it, lol. Your fish would be better if it was fatty fish, like salmon. Your chicken would be better if it was dark meat, and make sure you eat the skin. But in reality, fatty red meat and eggs with the yolks should be the staple of your carnivore. The macros of fat and protein are usually already in their proper portions when it comes to ruminant meat. Get some ground 80/20 ground beef or 73/27 and try to avoid draining the fat, or at least too much of the fat, or replace it with butter. Butter everything. If you are not eating carbs, AND you are not eating enough fat, then generally speaking your body will use the protein to produce it's own glucose. But even still it should not be enough to send your numbers that sky high.

Nice. That's a new upload. I will have to watch it later. Here is one from a couple years ago that was really good....

Last night we went out for a seafood boil. I had a lobster tail, snow crab legs, and shrimp. For an appetizer, I had 6 raw oysters. It was an Omega-3 night, lol. They bring it out in a plastic bag so it wasn't very photogenic or else I would have snapped a pic.

I actually did some reading in this book this morning. And it's very fascinating. For example... "No one knew then, and as far as I know, no one knows with certainty now. Some patients can lose weight while eating 2 lbs of meat at each meal, three times a day. It depends on the individual. Some can eat much more than others, and not gain. We heard of a woman down in Tierra del Fuego who, if she could get it, could demolish a whole 12 LB goose at one sitting. Eskimos gorge themselves on walrus meat after a successful hunt, and yet the Eskimo is rarely obese. He has the biological trait of a fat looking face, and this, with his bulky clothes, gives a mistaken impression of his body weight. Our old time trappers and the West devoured enormous quantities of Buffalo hump and tongue and still kept lean. There may be an upper level of meat intake where no one can lose, but I have never found it." This is similar to Dr. Ken Berry's claim that you can eat all the beef, butter, bacon, and eggs you want and try as you may, you won't gain weight. There are also some carnivores claiming to eat 5000 calories or more a day of nothing but fatty meat. My weight fluctuates a few pounds, which I think is normal. I've never set out to challenge the idea by gorging myself on meat, lol. Another interesting quote follows. You've heard me say on here and in Dr. Kiltz's Mighty Tribe that when I eliminated dairy and started skimping on the fat, I suffered from diarrhea. But when I added back butter, started eating the animal fat, and reintroduced cheese, my stools returned to normal. Well, check out this quote.... "Then Andersen was put on just the meat he liked and Stefansson, to his alarm, was put on only the leanest meat possible to obtain. This was because DuBois had been told of a previous experience to Stefansson had had in the Arctic. The fall migration of Caribou had been missed. The animals on their return in the spring had exhausted their supply of fat. In spite of the caches groaning with lean meat starvation stalked the camp. Weakness, protuberant abdomens, and diarrhea developed. Access to fat saved their lives. This report had likewise been greeted with skepticism, so Stefansson was asked to start off the experiment with lean meat alone. Within two days he had diarrhea and a feeling of baffling and discomfort. Allowing him to eat fat again cleared up the symptoms in three days, and the experiment went on." The experiences of Stefansson mirrors my own almost exactly. And then for a little humor.... "It's a strange fact that even if a patient's life is imperiled by overweight their loving kin will continue to stuff them with lethal tidbits, if they can get away with it." So true, lol 😄

I'm a simple man, lol. A little seasoning and a sprinkle of shredded cheese and this was my breakfast.

High school weight (senior year) can be a good goal, IF you were not overweight in high school. Sometimes I was, and sometimes I wasn't. I can remember being a chunky kid, and leaning towards the obese in junior high. The first time I dieted was in 8th grade, by eliminating diet coke and candy. I really took control of my health in my between my junior and senior years though, because for some reason, out of the blue, I suddenly gained some popularity and attention from girls. After high school I fattened up again. Then in 1996 when I was 20, I read Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution and took it all back off, and even got down to my lowest of 162. I am currently 175 which was my initial goal. I now look at 165 as my new goal but I am honestly happy with where I am at so I am not working too hard anymore. I'm just enjoying my healthy 90/7/3 (carnivore/ketovore/animal-based) life. But in early 2024 I think I am going to double down on my efforts and go strict, maybe even lion diet for 30 days or more. I do think that I am stronger and maybe have more muscle today than I did as a high school senior, from the little working out that I do, and lifting heavy things as part of the tile trade that I work in. Since muscle weights more than fat, getting as low as my exact high school weight might actually translate to less fat than I had then. Today's 170 might be the equivalent of 18 year old me's 165.

View File Strong Medicine by Dr. Blake Donaldson, MD A doctor’s successful fight against two of mankind’s most common afflictions—overweight, with its six attendant dangerous diseases, and allergy. Dr. Donaldson went to medical school in the late 1800s and practiced medicine in New York until the mid-1900s. First published in 1961, Strong Medicine by Dr. Blake F. Donaldson is a diet book supporting a meat-only diet. Dr. Donaldson had very good success treating overweight people with a diet where up to 24oz. of fatty meat was prescribed daily. His general recommendation was 6 oz of lean meat combined with 2 oz of visible fat three times per day from ruminant animals only, such as lamb or beef. His philosophy comes from the idea: “During the millions of years that our ancestors lived by hunting, every weakling who could not maintain perfect health on fresh fat meat and water was bred out.” A fascinating read for anyone interested in diet and health! Submitter Bob Submitted 12/30/2023 Category Books  

View File What Must I Do to Get Well? by Elma Stuart This is the 25th edition of the book that was originally publishes in the 1880's by Elma Stuart. The book is about Elma’s personal experience of curing her chronic diseases by adopting a diet of only meat and water as prescribed by Dr. James Henry Salisbury. It was observed to help everything from diabetes to epilepsy to rheumatism to gout to migraines to insomnia to asthma to cancer. Elma was bedridden for 9 years with what today would be labeled Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. She went to 43 doctors but none of their recommendations ever did anything for her. She then learned about Dr. Salisbury’s diet through an ad in her local newspaper and ordered his book, The Relation of Alimentation and Disease. Elma says it took her about a year on Dr. Salisbury’s all-meat diet to regain her health. She continued to eat nothing but meat and hot water for over a decade by the time this edition was published. Submitter Bob Submitted 12/30/2023 Category Books  

Awesome! 🙌 Keep doing what you are doing! 🙂