Scott F.

Good luck. Chasing issues sometimes is worse than the issues themselves. LOL Scott

I am not sure I have had any of the 'brain improvements' people mention with carnivore. I am sure I have but just not recognized them. Maybe the closest to mental clarity is that when I wake up, I wake up. And unfortunately, there is no going back to sleep. If I wake up at 1AM or 2AM that is pretty much where my day starts. The ability to wake up and go is great but coupled with having the irregular sleep patterns of a life-long rotating swing shift worker....carnivore can have some drawbacks. If I were to point to carnivore I would go not enough and not eating enough fat. But most of us have enough fat to supply the brain in the 'leanest' of times. Good luck. Hopefully you can narrow it down. Scott

Maybe, maybe not. I don't think it is a bad idea to add some of the electrolytes back, especially if you are sweating and exerting energy. Keeping hydration and electrolytes correct is as essential as it gets. I get the 'ansy', maybe could be described as 'jittery', feelings when my sugar drops into the 80's. If stays in the 80's/90's during the day I don't have any issues, but if gets to the 80's, especially in the mornings, I have a feeling similar to what you describe. Stay on top of it and maybe it is nothing more than some healing and some adjusting. Scott

Welcome. The results will be very individualistic. We don't all respond the same, especially the same rates. In general, as Bob said, most can expect weight loss and for most it is accelerated compared to other "diets". Glucose and blood pressure numbers normally drop as we get away from the sugars and the inflammatory foods we have always eaten. As Bob said, cholesterol can do any number of things. Most are using carbs and sugars for energy, coupled with a statin, the cholesterol numbers can be driven down. Once on carnivore the body switches to primarily fat for energy, dabbles in and out of the lower ends of ketosis, and the ketones in the body increase. The two positives from ketones is sustained energy (for most) and the brain fog/brain clarity a lot of people talk about. During this time the body is using fat as energy in an accelerated weight so at any given time there could be more 'fat/cholesterol' in the bloodstream. Cholesterol numbers could go up but once on carnivore and fat adaptive it is not the 'big-bad-scary LDL' we have been programmed to believe. Good luck. And welcome. I'm about 18 months in now and it was one of the better decisions I ever made ( making it sound like I made a decision with some facts and research and look smart but not so much, I stumbled upon it as nothing more than a weight loss hack. Then all these metabolic improvements started and within weeks I was healing but I totally stumbled upon the rewards. The good Lord looks after drunks and fools-and I quit drinking over 20 years ago so that sort of narrows it down, LOL) Scott

Coastal SC is one of the hottest places on the planet. Most look at the thermometer and say, "Just 94F" but it is not just 94. LOL I lived in Louisiana on the water and in a small hole in the wall town in Texas for a bit and was stationed in California. I spent time in the Middle East as well. SC is the only place I have ever been where you can hold the air in your hand. It is that thick with humidity. Go ahead a get another drink of water while we are talking about it. You will need it. Scott

Much respect for your opinion and your approach. I'm not very political and maybe not as religious as I should be. I come here for the 'meat talk' as well but I do enjoy/participate when the subjects get away from carnivore-when they interest me. I guess I am a big fan of communication. For me, the Charlie Kirk post is no different than a post about fasting or electrolytes, working/working a rotating shift schedule, or Super Bowl commercials. I can be somewhat hypocritical, I enjoy my privacy but am genuinely interested in how/what other people think. Sometimes the topics or the subject matter is just the means to the communication. Again, much respect for your opinion. LOL-Your post way back about finding a new pharmacy and then posting a pic of a meat store is probably my favorite since being on the board. I don't think that way but enjoyed the fact you did. I get there was some 'meat reference' there but for me the pharmacy thought process came from left field. I enjoy that. Scott

I didn't really like the taste of the LMNT packs I tried so I could not really say if they did anything to me personally. Off the top of my head, I would guess that shouldn't be your issues and secondly, and maybe more importantly, is if you are loose drinking water is still needed. Loose and diarrhea can lead to dehydration which could cause any number of issues. I will venture a guess it is a combination of what you are eating and not so much when you eat but how often. Most people on the Standard American Diet eat at a frequency that the stomach never really empties. With carnivore, and especially the satiety of meat(s), sometimes we don't eat enough or often enough in the beginning. The looseness could be from food landing on an empty stomach, and the body has not yet adjusted to the 'new way'. To get no more done than I do in a day, I am the busiest person in the world (LOL) and me saying 'it takes time' is really ironic because I struggle when someone gives me that answer. No matter how right they are. Everyone is different and responds differently to carnivore. I didn't ease into the change in diet but just dove in headfirst. I think a lot of my early issues around my stool would have been better if I had thought eased into the diet, changed what I was eating slower and kept something on my stomach a little longer. Similar, but not the same, I am a big fan of water fasting. I have done several 72-hour plus fasts. I have yet to figure out how to come off the fast. I have tried eating a number of different things as well as changing the initial amounts, trying several different combinations. I am loose every time food, any amount or any kind or any combination, hits my empty stomach. It takes me a couple days to get things lined back out to "my normal". Good luck. Hope things swing your way. Scott

Congrats and welcome. I can only speak for me personally. I have had bouts with constipation but most of the time it has been the lack of fats. I have adjusted proteins up and down trying to hit protein targets for muscle gains. In some of those times I concentrated on hitting protein targets to the point I sort of lost any and all forms of fat to protein ratios. This led to some constipation issues for me. Once I upped my fat content to a higher fat/moderate protein approach the bathroom issues sort of fixed themselves. Carnivore can exploit out individualism as it does not affect everyone the same nor at the same rate. The healing starts quickly for most every one but the total adjustments can vary. Sometimes the variance is by the personal health or the dietary habits, but mostly a combination of the two. After the individualism part of carnivore the most important thing to remember is that the carnivore approach is much more about what is not being eaten more so than the foods being eaten. I don't see anything wrong with eating vegetables or fruits but vegetables and fruits were never meant to be chemically treated so they can be shipped all over the country/all over the world year around. Vegetables and fruits can be used to supplement the diet on occasion but I don't feel like they should be a staple of a diet nor should the percentages be very high at all. I believe a person has to figure out which approach works best for them and strict carnivore, which works for me, may not work for everyone. It also may be best to ease into the change vs. going strict carnivore all at once. Good luck. This is a great place to research as well as ask questions. Scott

Congrats on starting carnivore. I'm only 18 months in but the rewards have been tremendous. This is a good place to read, learn and exchange ideas. Tons of experience and knowledge floating around in this forum. Good luck in your research and if it does not jump out to you, ask the question. No one here really minds re-hashing old topics for newer people. Scott

At three months in I would think there is still a lot of healing out in front of you. The irritability could be from any number of things and possibly changes to eating carnivore. I'm not irritable but I have managed to turn one of the more normal positives of carnivore into a negative. Another part of the individualistic parts of carnivore I suppose. I am a life-long rotating shift worker. I worked normal dayshift for maybe two weeks just after I got out of the service in the early 90's. From 17 to 56 I have been swinging shifts in any number of rotations/schedules. My sleep patterns have been crapped for as long as I can remember. I sleep really good in the daytime when working nights and struggle to sleep at night when working days or off. I have not found the brain clarity with carnivore a lot of people talk about. The closest thing is that when I wake up, I am immediately ready to go. No dragging out of the bed, no slow to get going, just eyes open and the feet hit the floor. That has translated to tonight. I have been off for a week, and my sleep has been less and less with each passing day. I woke up last night a 1AM, up til I got paged into work and then came home dragging last night. I stayed up as late as I possible could and was in bed by 8:30 and again tonight up at 1AM. The negative since carnivore is there is no going back to sleep once I am up. So now I will be up all day and will try to figure out how to rest/sleep before returning to night shift tonight. Prior to carnivore I could go back to sleep. Babbling, and I don't think I am irritable, but I can see me getting there with an erratic sleep pattern, especially around those times when it swings to times off and I am on a normal people schedule. I would look into rest/sleep/relaxation as much as I would 'carnivore', but again, totally individualistic. Scott

Agreed. He may have swayed the younger voter more so than any other person ever. His impact will be generational. Sad for his family.

Way out of my wheelhouse on this one but really interested in the replies.

Welcome. Congrats on 8 years. I'm just a beginner at 18 months. I too have seen a number of metabolic improvements as well as no longer needing medications for an autoimmune disease (NMO-SD). Without prying, which numbers? Strict carnivore? Other changes? I don't see myself moving away from carnivore but interested in your question as I have not heard of or read many that have issues after such a long time (especially relating the numbers to carnivore). Again, welcome. Scott

Again, I try not go down the road of the conspiracy theorists, although it can be quite entertaining. Breaking down the facial recognition of the guy in this picture and the guy on the stairs....two different people. Nose structure is different. Chin is different. Ears are different. Sort of makes me take pause. Scott

I thought sugar withdrawals would be something difficult. No board sent me for a loop. LOL Scott