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Smoked wild hog shoulder.

It’s kinda like mechanics these days. It seems the more technical advancements we see the less they really know. Doctors can’t diagnose anymore without a machine telling them what to look at so it makes them lazy. There are very few real mechanics left anymore because all they know how to diagnose what wrong is to plug in a computer.

As a carnivore the only carbs you “should” be eating are what’s going to be in the animal products you consume. There are carbs in meat and dairy. Dairy can be problematic for some people because of the amount of carbs in it. I found that while I was losing weight I had to be very strict with dairy and absolutely stay very strict in my diet with only animal fats, animal protein, salt and water. Now that I am at my maintenance weight I find that I can eat dairy again and if I felt like it I could eat a carby food occasionally but I just don’t have a desire to. I will confess though that I took a page from Bob’s book about what to consider as consumable food as a carnivore “If I can pluck it”. At my old house we have a jujube tree that puts out an abundance of fruit. While working on the place getting it ready to put on the market I was hungry and tired and it was going to be many hours before I would be able to eat so Bobs words popped into my head and I though…hmm, my ancestors wouldn’t have passed up this opportunity to eat fruit in season and I’m not trying to lose weight so let’s try this out as there was lots of ripe jujubes. I ended up eating several to no ill effects and I have done it several times since. So basically it comes down to where you are at in your journey and what you are trying to accomplish.

Lamb loin slow smoked.

Yes, I have. I had been dealing with for several years and it had got to the point that it was becoming debilitating. Every morning I would spend up to 4 hours curled up into a fetal position in severe pain. It felt like Freddy Kruger doing the iron claw on my guts. After the pain would subside the rest of the day was filled with loose bowels. My gastroenterologist had me on an almost straight grain diet. After 30 days of eating a strict carnivore diet all of my Crohn’s symptoms disappeared. My last appointment with my gastroenterologist I told her I was cured and she said “so the diet worked?” to which I replied “no, your diet was killing me. I started eating a carnivore diet of nothing but fat and meat and now I’m cured.” Her response was, with a haughty tone “well, I guess you don’t need me anymore!” I told her “ no ma’am, I certainly don’t.”

That doesn’t sound like Alpha Gal to me.

That’s so sad. It’s even sadder that their whole life focus is on food and not on Christ.

Three smoked burger patties about a third pound each and four over easy eggs.

That’s fantastic. It just keeps getting better

They do. It’s the one I use when I need some electrolytes.

A 24 oz ribeye last night.

I love talking (preaching) carnivore but I’ve learned to not give unsolicited advice and even then not to go into too much detail unless it’s asked for.

Welcome to Carnivore Talk Helen. You have a great testimony to the power of eating a proper human diet.

He was but started allowing some carbs in and is now completely off the rails. He’s paying the price for that too. He was once a good example for me and now I’m trying to be a good example for him.

As a hunter who eats a lot of venison throughout the year I can tell you that it is definitely too lean. Now when we speak of our ancestors eating what they killed we must remember that they ate the whole animal not just the muscle meat. They ate almost all of the internal organs including the diet fat around the kidneys. They also ate many parts that are mostly fat such as the brains and the bone marrow. So unless you are killing your own game you are not getting what they ate. I do eat some of the organs from my kills but I don’t go to the same extent that our ancestors did. When I eat venison, Wild game or any lean meats I make sure to cook it in animal fats and eat it with plenty of butter.

No hunter in his right mind ever addd up the cost per pound of meat. Ignorance is bliss in this regard. I just love to hunt and it’s my therapy. My success is not counted in how much game I take but how much satisfaction and enjoyment I get out of it. I love living off the land as much as possible. I dropped my deer lease this year because I bought a big enough place that I can now hunt my own land so there will be a savings there especially if I process my own meat. But yeah, game meat is the most expensive food there is.

Welcome Diane. If you want a better response it would be a good idea if you would post this under its own question in the Introduction thread.

I raise or hunt most of the meat I eat so I don’t have many shopping tips.Raising your own or hunting isn’t really that much of a cost savings it’s just what I like to do and it keeps my taxes down. It’s also nice to know where my food comes from and what’s in it. The one shopping tip I have is to always buy on sale and in bulk. When I do buy meat I will generally buy a whole rib roast and cut my own steaks. I might spend two hundred dollars on one roast but I’ll get 10 to 15 one pound steaks out of that roast. You can’t buy the individual steaks for that price.

Lamb ribs and beef heart.

Welcome to Carnivore Talk. While it’s not important to exercise to loose weight it can be important to exercise to keep from loosing too much weight. This happened to me over the winter. I got off of my workout routine and lost muscle mass.

Welcome to Carnivore Talk Jackie. I’m sorry you struggled with going carnivore but it does happen with some people, especially if they aren’t accustomed to eating fatty meat. There are other ways you can help get your fat intake. You can make sure everything you eat is cooked in animal fats such as lard, tallow or butter. You can eat butter as a snack or as butter bites. You can use butter and MCT oil in your tea or coffee. You could also ease into the diet by starting out with more of a keto diet and slowly ease into carnivore over time. And maybe you just might not be cut out for carnivore and ketovore would suit you better.

There is no “perfectly” in this way of eating. There is only what works for you. We aren’t dogmatic all different and as such have different needs so you must fit this way of eating into what works best for you. We do start out with a foundation of just eating 70% fats to 30% protein in relationship to calories and just drink water but from there we build out diet to suit our needs. We are here to help you any way we can. My first suggestion would be to get Dr. Shawn Bakers book The Carnivore Diet. It will help you understand how to get started.

Happy carniversary.

It’s all about control.

What do you think Bob? Is he accurate?