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And that is how you do it. Sometimes even hour to hour or minute to minute. Keep up the good work.

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Welcome to Carnivore Talk Craig. Yes, those numbers are fairly normal for a carnivore. In my opinion they are excellent. The true maker for cardiovascular disease is your Triglycerides to HDL ratio and yours are stellar. The number we like to see is under 2 and yours is 1. That’s great. As far as everything else I’d look at your supplements. You don’t need a daily vitamin. They are worthless and a waste of money. If you think they make you feel better then fine, continue taking them but just know that the way we eat provides all of the nutrients you need to thrive as a human. I eat organ meats but not as a supplement but just because I like them but I don’t eat them everyday. According to many of the experts, organ meats are not necessary to a proper diet. I don’t know why you are taking krill oil but unless you are trying to treat a specific issue in your body it’s probably not needed either.

Welcome to Carnivore Talk Kat. With your experience and knowledge you will be an asset around here.

Welcome to Carnivore Talk Kat. You are off to a great start. We are all here to support you anyway we can so don’t hesitate to reach out.

Thats can be a good way of staying true to your diet. If that’s what helps you then that’s what’s important. In the beginning I was all into making dishes that resembled my favorite foods that I left behind but over time I found that the meats alone were all I needed to enjoy my food. Of everything I’ve ever eaten in life I found that meat is the only thing I can eat and enjoy all by itself with no enhancements. I guess that’s what happens when you finally get to the point where you start eating for nutrition instead of entertainment.

Sliced smoked ribeye and French Brie cheese tacos again…yeah I know, I’m so boring but I did add some jalapeño this time.

A definitive answer would be…maybe 😏. Sodium is only on of three essential electrolytes we may need to supplement. There is also magnesium and potassium. You will not get all three but just using salt. Of the three I do believe that sodium may be the most important. In the beginning of stating your carnivore journey you will usually be flushing fluids out of your body at a higher rate than ever before because you no longer have a fiver in your system to help you retain it. So when you flush that fluid you also flush out electrolytes. Many people find that they need to supplement those electrolytes back in for a period of time until they become fully fat adapted and their bodies adjust. Many find that as they learn to eat properly they can get what they need from diet alone and don’t need to supplement. I find that to be truer of younger people than older. If you are feeling tired, weak, cramping, not sleeping well or just generally feeling drug down you may need to up your fat intake and take some electrolyte supplements. I like to caution everyone to make sure they really need them. Most people just silly nilly take them just because everyone else is taking them and you may need to in the beginning but long term they could hurt your health. It’s always a good idea to get some blood work done and see if you really need to take them. I speak from experience on this as I was taking LMNT in the beginning and then switched to KetoChow, for cost reasons. After about 9 months of being a carnivore I had a bi annual physical and my blood work showed that I was in dangerous territory for potassium. Too much potassium can stop your heart and for someone with a heart condition that was bad news for me. So I immediately stopped the KetoChow. I do keep some LMNT on hand for those days when I’m going to be working all day in the heat but that’s to only time I take it. I have played around with some magnesium citrate for constipation and magnesium glycinate for sleep and cramps but for the most part all I do now is just liberally salt my food and salt my water once or twice throughout the day. I am also taking a daily dose of iodine as well.

We have a recipe section if you would like to contribute to that but if you would like to create a thread detailing just one subject at a time that would be great too. I’m a bit of a cook myself and I like to experiment but I often find that many of the “carnivore” recipes the influencers come up with are just too complicated. Sometimes it’s just easier to apply the KISS method. Over time in my carnivore journey I began to slowly stop eating for entertainment and started eating for nutrition. That doesn’t mean I don’t still get creative or enjoy my food it just means that the reward isn’t always worth the effort. Such as bread recipes. I’ve tried them all and none of them are really worth the effort. In the recipe section you can see my tallow recipe I have. I make my own tallow and after I’m through rendering out all of the liquid fat out of the solids I have left over what I call fat bites. These are great heated up with a little salt as a snack or to get over a craving. They are also very good in scrambled eggs. It’s a great way to get that extra fat into the diet. So yes, I do use suet in my diet as well as fat trimmings. Not so much to eat so much but to make tallow.

I guess if you really like pickles that might work. I’m not a big enough fan to give that a go. I’d try one just to try it but I don’t see myself going out of my way to make those. Let us know how you like them though.

And that’s all that matters. This is your journey and you have done a great job of listening to your body and making the adjustments it needs.

Ever heard of Mountain Dew Mouth? It’s a real thing. MD is one of the worst.

No thanks. I’ll stick with being a grunt. We only had to worry about getting shot at. [emoji1787] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah as if anyone ever drank a coke for health reasons. Lol.

The sugar is putting you into a dopamine roller coaster ride. It raises your blood sugar and when it drops off it wants another “hit” so it turns on the hunger hormone Ghrelin. Eating fat is satiating because it suppresses that hormone. When I first started eating carnivore I couldn’t eat as much as I do now. I only eat when I’m hungry and like you, a pound of meat was about all I could stuff in but when I lost nearly all my fat is when my appetite increased. The reason is when we are fat adapted we only use fat for fuel but when we use up all of our body fat the body starts crying for more fuel than what your body can provide so it turns on the appetite. I try to eat 1.5 - 2 pounds a day but there are some days I still only want about a pound. There are five stages of carnivore The decision Adaptation Healing Ravenous Maintenance

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Welcome to Carnivore Talk Sean. I have been carnivore for a little over two years myself. I will occasionally get loose but for me it’s because of too much fat. I’m not sure what it could be in your case since you’ve already experimented with your fat ratios but since this is an elimination diet you might look at what’s not essential to your diet. You might try dropping the LMNT for a while. The magnesium or potassium could be causing an issue. I personally don’t thing that someone who has become fully fat adapted should be taking a supplement unless they are deficient in something or trying to fix something. I was taking LMNT and the. For cost reasons I switched to KetoChow and a blood test showed that I was in the danger zone for having too much potassium in my system. Now I only take LMNT when I know I’m going to be out in the hot sun working all day and sweating. If I don’t I’ll end up with muscle cramps. The other thing to look at would be your coffee consumption. I know that’s a hard one to give up but I could be worth a try. But I’d try giving up the electrolytes first.

Go Army! I just couldn’t see myself being stuck on a ship with a bunch of dudes floating on the ocean six months out of the year.

Welcome to Carnivore Talk Dave. Yes, absolutely, carnivore is the best thing you could be doing for yourself if you have any form of cancer. It is also the best thing to heal your metabolism to help heal. Check out this short video from Professor Simon Seyfried on ketogenic diets and cancer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bunch of danged squids around here. [emoji1653] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thinly sliced smoked ribeye tacos with French Brie. Egglife wraps of course.

Ox tail is some of the best fatty meat there is. I make sure it’s included when ever I get a cow processed.

Maybe it’s something on my end but I couldn’t get the link to open.

Of course. It’s very normal especially if you just jumped right in rather than easing into it. You could be eating too much fat but more than likely it’s just your gut biome going through the adaptation stage of rebuilding itself to digest fats and proteins instead of carbs. This phase can last anywhere from a couple of weeks to two months. For me it lasted 30 days. That’s common. Fat is very satiating so we stay satisfied much longer. We do t get that rollercoaster ride like we do with carbs. Just eat when you are hungry and eat until you are full. Just make sure you are getting enough fat. Again, normal. In the beginning your body is having to change its source of energy from glucose to fats. This can take some time so it’s important to just keep eating plenty of fat ( but not to the point of diarrhea). Give it time and it will turn around as your body adapts. Be aware that what some people experience others may not. I can’t say that my mental clarity has improved any but my irritability has improved greatly. I’ve never had depression so I can’t relate to that. That first ten pounds were probably just water weight. You haven’t stalled, you probably haven’t even started losing any fat yet. Until your body adapts to using fat for fuel you won’t lose any. A little advice for you would be to not be too concerned with the scale. Instead get you a tailors tape measure, the cloth kind. Measure every part of your body. Neck, shoulders, chest, waist, hips, butt, thighs, calves, biceps and forearms. Write them down in a journal and then remeasure every thirty days. This will be a better metric of your weight loss than the scale. This early in the diet I wouldn’t mess with any digestive supplements. If after you’ve been doing this for 3-6 months, if you’re still having issues then ox bile might be a good choice. But give your system time to adapt and heal. The only supplements you might concern yourself with at this time would be electrolytes of sodium, magnesium and potassium. This way of eating flushes water out of our system so it can affect your levels and might need to be replaced this can also affect your energy levels I think you should just ride it out. Your body is going through a radical change and the transition is different for everyone so just take some vitamin P (patience) and give your body time to heal. You didn’t wreck your metabolism over night and you won’t fix it overnight. Just KCCO (Keep Calm & Carnivore On) Oh, and welcome to Carnivore Talk we are glad you joined us.