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I generally just add butter but I’ve heard of many people chopping or grinding up liver to add to their ground beef and they rave about it.

I just started taking iodine. Too early to see if I feel anything different though. I’ve read that you should be able to get enough if you eat plenty of ocean fish but I don’t and since I won’t use table salt I figured I’d give the supplement a shot.

I’m all in. cutting out all dairy and seasonings except for salt. Today I ate a half pound venison burger while deer hunting. Ironic? when I got home I ate a one inch slice of smoked rib roast and three ribs. One from the roast and two were pork ribs. Nothing else but salt and water today.

I am another one who just jumped in with both feet. Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead. Other than a little fatigue and 30 days of diarrhea it worked out well for me.

I didn’t do it today but I’m cutting out dairy again and cutting out seasonings as well as going back to OMAD. I think I’m getting too lax in my eating.

So today for New Years Eve I’m smoking a prime rib roast. I dry aged it for two weeks and then trimmed the pellicle off last night so I could season it and get it ready to smoke today. I was going to give the trimmed off pellicle to my dogs but today I thought I’d see if it was edible so I pan fried some in tallow and it was pretty tasty. A touch of salt and it’s a great meat snack. Sorry pups but yall are gonna lose out.

Smoked Caribbean lobster and smoked venison burgers.

Your salt intake is not high at all. I consume much more than that on a daily basis and according to my blood test my sodium levels stay in the lower range. But of course you aren’t me so your mileage may vary. As Orweller stated, your body will regulate how much sodium it can use and excrete the rest. A good rule of thumb is to listen to your body. If you are craving salt, if salt tastes really good to you then your body is telling you that it’s needs sodium. If you are finding that it’s just not tasting good then you need to stop using salt until it tastes good again. Now if you have a kidney disease then high amounts of sodium can be an issue. Be aware that not all salt is the same. Be diligent about reading labels, yes, even salt. Some salts such as common table salt may have sugars or other ingredients in them that you don’t need in your diet.

I used pork rind panko. Get you some Mac’s plain pork rinds and run them through a food processor until they are just crumbs. Then use it just like you would corn meal. Dip the catfish in an egg wash and roll it in the panko. I like to let it sit in the fridge for about 15 minutes to a half hour before I deep fry as it helps the breading to stay on better. I use tallow for my fry oil but bacon grease or lard would work well too.

🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ you are correct. Someday I’ll learn to proofread.

And there you have one of the many side effects of taking a statin. Can we say definitively that the stain caused her dementia…not really but there are numerous studies that suggest that there is a strong correlation.

If you are finding temptations overwhelming you then you are probably underrating.

Nope, your numbers look good to me. Very similar to my own. Since you’ve been carnivore for awhile you may already be aware of this but your doctor is ignorant about saturated fat, cholesterol and cardio vascular diseases. Unfortunately most of them are including mine. Our bodies can only derive its energy from two sources, glycogen or fat. When we eat a zero carb diet we no long have any glucose for our buddies to utilize so it has to switch to fat for energy and since that is now our primary energy source it only makes sense that there would be more of it running around our blood steams. Better that it’s being used and not stored. What’s really ridiculous is that they don’t seem to understand that cholesterol isn’t even fat, it’s a transporter of fat. Without cholesterol we would die as every cell in our bodies needs it for survival. There has never been any evidence that having high cholesterol causes cardiovascular disease but there is evidence to show that people with higher cholesterol numbers tend to out live those with lower cholesterol. if you want a true marker of cardiovascular heath and risk of disease is to look at your triglyceride to HDL ratios. You divide your triglycerides by your HDL. You are looking for a number of less than 2 with 1.5 being ideal. Your ratio is 1.13 which is excellent. Our doctors are not totally at fault for being so ignorant about all of this. For the most part they really get no education in nutrition while in school. They don’t keep up with new findings in medical/nutritional research. Finally, they are controlled by big insurance and big pharma. They have what’s called a Standard of Care protocol that they must follow. As long as they follow the SOC protocol they are protected from lawsuits. Then big pharma pushes the statins because it’s a trillion dollar a year industry. As with everything just follow the money.

I was using some of my Maldon’s flaked sea salt and came across this intact crystal. I thought it was pretty cool. too cool to destroy.

Like everything else in this WOE we have to fit the diet to each of us individually. There is no set rules to this other than fatty meat, salt and water. It’s generally believed and there is evidence to show that in the beginning of eating a pure carnivore diet we can have an electrolyte imbalance because when eating just fatty meat there is nothing to absorb water in our systems like we did when we were eating carbs all of the time. As such we tend to flush out much needed electrolytes and it can be beneficial to supplement. After a time though, if we are eating right, we should be able get what we need from eating meat and only need to supplement during certain situations like when doing heavy workouts, long distance runs or working out in the heat all day. As far as quantity goes, if you use a supplement like LMNT it comes in individual pre measured packets or as with KetoChow the directions recommend the dosage. While I do think taking electrolytes in the beginning can be helpful one should really get some blood work done to see if they really have any imbalances. I quit taking them, except for certain situations, when a blood test showed that my potassium levels were getting into dangerous levels and for someone with a heart condition that could be fatal. On top of that the high potassium levels were reducing my sodium levels. So I caution people to only treat an issue with supplements when they actually have an issue to treat.

You are one the right track. This is an elimination diet so getting down to basics of just animal fats and animal protein is a good starting point. Some even need to eliminate all meat except for ruminants. Some people react to poultry or pork because they are mono gastric animals. After a good washout period, about 30-60, days you can reintroduce one item for a couple of days and give it a week and see if there is any reaction. If there are none then you may continue using that item but if there is a reaction then it’s out forever. That happened to me with wine and also with chili. Eczema being an auto immune disorder can be healed by carnivore according to Dr. Ken Barry and numerous carnivores who have achieved healing. I had dandruff, which I know is not the same but still an autoimmune skin condition, that disappeared about 8 months into carnivore. I had had it all my life. I don’t know how long you’ve been but you just may need to give it more time simply because we did make our bodies unhealthy overnight and we can’t cure overnight. The good news is that it will heal much faster than we wrecked it.

I’ve come across a few people that experience this during their transition stage. I believe it’s generally associated with low electrolytes. Since you are already taking electrolytes you may just need to wait it out. Everyone I know that has encountered this has gotten over it in time. I doubt it’s the ground beef but it’s possible that you may be sensitive to grain finished beef and maybe grass finished may be better for you. You could try eating something other than the ground and try eating steak. I say that because maybe your ground has something added to it. Probably not but still a consideration. Are you eating a lot of eggs. Many people can have a histamine intolerance to egg whites and can only eat the yolks. At this early stage in your journey I’d give it more time and see if it improves as your body heals.

I love gathering my own food. Got one tag left and 27 days to fill it.

5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:5, ESV) What a wonderful passage in our journey to know Christ. It’s also a great lesson we can apply to our daily journey in our carnivore health. Supplement your faith in this WOE with the knowledge of the hows and whys of this diet. Knowledge keeps you strong in your convictions. That knowledge gives you self control to overcome the challenges that we face with trying to eat this way. Immerse yourself in the process and you will be steadfast. As you progress and learn you will want to share your newfound health and experience with others. You will want to help others experience the wonderful healing that you’ve experienced. Just be sure to do it with affection and love as one who cares. These are the things that keep you effective and fruitful in your journey as a carnivore just as in your journey with Christ.

No doubt about it.

Eggs in general or just boiled eggs? Unless it’s in some kind of salad such as tuna, salmon or chicken I generally only eat hard boiled eggs when I’m traveling. Easy food to carry with you. I love soft boiled eggs on chaffles.

Unfortunately people tend to have an emotional attachment to certain foods. The addiction can be both physical and mental. Being supportive is the best strategy and being a good example as well.