Geezy
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Do what you need to do to continue on. It can be very difficult for some when they try to cut out too much too soon. Most carnivores starting out keep their coffee or tea and as long cream does not bother their system then it’s no big deal. In time, as you become fat adapted and secure in your eating you may want to improve your diet and decide to eliminate coffee or like I did, switch to tea. If that happens then you’ll only be fighting that one addiction instead of several at the same time. I drank tea for over a year as a carnivore and found that even though the caffeine was less it was sufficient. After some time I decided that I no longer wanted to be controlled by caffeine so a little over a month ago I stopped drinking tea and found it wasn’t that difficult. For my morning hot beverage I now drink a half cup of bone broth with a half cup of water with a tablespoon of butter and a tablespoon of MCT oil all emulsified together. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I’ve never heard one way or the other. The general consensus is just add fat in any form. On a daily basis my fats will range from butter to tallow to bacon grease and MCT oil. I would have to experiment to find if one is better that the other. I just make sure that I have plenty of fat with everything I eat. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Well to start with it is unusual to have lost nothing in six weeks. Most people will lose water weight if nothing else. The first thing I’d look at is my diet. Have you eliminated everything from your diet except animal fats, animal proteins, salt and water? Are you emphasizing eating a high fat and moderate protein diet? The fat to protein ratio is important. Next thing is to be aware that this is first and foremost a way of eating to obtain optimal health. It’s not a weight loss diet. All “diets” fail. As your body heals there will be weight loss but that is a side effect not the primary effect. For some people it can take longer than others before their bodies heal enough to shed the fat. Look up Kelly Hogan. It took her six months before she started losing weight. In fact she gained weight in the beginning but look at her now. She stuck with it because she wanted to be healed and saw the changes that were happening in her body. She had the mindset that she wanted to succeed. She and possibly you are prof that we are all methodically different. What works for me may not work the same way for you. The principals are the same but sometimes the methods may need tweaking for the individual. This is not a cookie cutter, one size fits all, diet. You may need to find your own path on this journey and the place to start is at the beginning. Make sure you are eating a 70-30 percent ratio of fats to protein. Eat only when you are hungry and then eat until you are comfortably full. Drink only water and use salt liberally. Give it plenty of time, two weeks or longer. If no change then try upping your fat intake and give that some time to see what happens. You may have to experiment by adjusting your fats an protein to different ratios until you find what works for you. Just give it enough time in between trials. This is not a race so try not to be impatient. If you are doing this for the right reasons then you’ve got plenty of time to figure this out…a lifetime. Good luck. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Get that negativity out of your mind right now (said in my best grandfatherly voice while wagging my finger.) Seriously, don’t have an attitude like that. Losing one pound or four pounds is a victory to be cherished. If we are going to be honest that was probably water weight but that’s a good thing because it means the diet is working because as your body is transitioning it will shed water in greater amounts. Hence the reason to be drinking water and keeping your electrolytes up. You much have a positive mindset about this or you will really struggle when you hit your first stall. Try to focus on the fact that this is not a diet in the traditional sense of dieting for weight loss but rather it’s a way of eating as a lifestyle designed to become metabolically healthy. As we become healthier our bodies will lose weight to become optimal. Just eat plenty of animal fats and animal protein along with just water and salt and let the body do what it’s designed to do. It will all come in time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Aren’t you scared of the transdermal transference? Good grief man! Those sugars, seed oils and carbs could be coursing through you veins as we speak. [emoji38] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Anyone who has been carnivore and studied nutrition for more that three months probably knows more about proper nutrition than 95% of the doctors out there. They get little to no training in nutrition and are just saying what they are told to say. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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As long as you don’t have any reactions to eating pork there’s nothing wrong with eating that pork chop as long as it wasn’t breaded. After all, your eating bacon aren’t you? I think you’re doing great and your mindset is spot on. Keep up the good work. Now my weakness with pork chops was have applesauce or Apfelmus with them. That’s the German coming out in me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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The longer you are carnivore the more you’ll notice things like that. You’ll start paying attention to what other people put in their carts and you might even be disgusted to think that at one time you were just like them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I love hearing about the new discoveries. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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A friend of mines son has MS and I’ve given him multiple things to look at such as testimonials from people with MS and there is growing consensus that carnivore can definitely help. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I’m not the least bit surprised that your neuropathy is getting better. When it comes to carnivore I’m surprised when it doesn’t help someone. I too have noticed my urge to relieve my bladder has diminished. I can hold it for much longer than before. I’m also not having to get up several times a night to go to the bathroom. That’s saying a lot considering I have and enlarged prostrate and early signs of prostrate cancer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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You are definitely on the right track Scott. Red meat from ruminant animals is the optimal food we can eat. Monogastric animals are ok to eat on occasion but for optimal nutrition ruminants are where it’s at. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I’ve never experienced that. I guess I was born a carnivore but it took me 66 years to finally embrace it. I’ve always loved the fat especially when it’s been grilled a crispy brown over an open fire. My dad was the same way. When I make tallow I save the pieces that have most of the fat rendered out and will eat them as a snack when I’m wanting something between meals and sometimes I’ll mix them in my scrambled eggs. One of the best things about buying a whole rib roast and cutting your own ribeyes is you get to keep all of the fat on the steak. Most rib eyes you get at a restaurant or the store have had a very large portion of the fat trimmed off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I will use tabasco on occasion as well as Louisiana Hot Sauce. Neither has sugar and the rest of the ingredients are fairly clean. But like I said. Only occasionally. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I have chronic constipation. I’m not one of the fortunate ones who have great BMs on carnivore. I don’t know if it’s because I had IBS for over 30 years or because I don’t have a gallbladder or maybe my liver just doesn’t function the way it should. Meat doesn’t stay in your intestinal track for months. That’s impossible. To test that out just take a laxative and you’ll see that there is not a months worth of waste in your bowels. The majority of all the meat you eat is absorbed into your body. That’s because it is so nutrient dense. According to Dr. Berry and Dr. Chaffee what we are expelling shed cells and bodily fluids. Actually, people who eat only meat tend to produce less waste, so they might find themselves pooping less or less frequently, but it isn't usually a sign of constipation. Constipation on the carnivore diet can occur for different reasons. When you switch to this diet, your body has to adapt to digesting more proteins and fats, which can be challenging and may lead to constipation. Also, there's often a significant loss of water as your body uses up stored glycogen, and this decrease in hydration can affect bowel movements. So, you need to drink enough water to prevent dehydration and constipation. The change in your diet also alters your gut bacteria. When you move from a high-carb to a low-carb diet, the types of bacteria in your gut change, which can slow down the movement of food through your intestines. Additionally, imbalances in essential minerals like magnesium, calcium, potassium, and sodium, vital for intestinal muscle function, can cause constipation. Consuming electrolyte drinks and taking supplements - after consulting a physician, of course - can help. Certain foods common in the Carnivore diet, particularly processed meats and dairy, can induce constipation, especially if you're intolerant or allergic to them. It is all because meat takes longer to digest than plant foods, so your bowel movements will probably be less frequent but regular and predictable. What I have learned to to do is eat a lot of fat. My morning beverage is bulletproof with butter and MCT oil. Then everything is cooked in tallow or bacon grease. Any meat that is lean will be slathered in butter and or the grease it was cooked in. Upping my fat intake has helped but hasn’t been a cure yet. So I was taking a magnesium citrate and that turned my stools into a peanut butter consistency. Better than constipation but far from ideal. So I’m now taking a magnesium complex supplement that has citrate in it. So far it it working ok for the most part. I’m hard but not constipated. On those occasions when I feel like I’m going to be constipated I’ll use a suppository to get things moving. It generally works within a couple of hours and doesn’t go overboard. If it was looking like it was going to be severe then I would take a tea called Smooth Move. It contains Senna. That will clean you out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I’ve wondered for quite some time now who decided how many calories we should eat for the optimal requirements. Now I’m not a CICO kinda guy and that’s what got me to questioning this calorie thing. I heard some time ago that the RDA values that are pushed on us as what we should be getting every day for optimal health and the calorie numbers were just arbitrary numbers picked by surveys given to college students. I really started wondering when I hit my final weight and wondered if I needed to eat more to keep from losing anymore. So I did some tracking and found that my average calorie count is about 1500 per day, give or take. I feel fine but the everyone was saying that that is starvation mode. Well how can it be starvation when I feel great? I wish I could remember the podcast but I remember hearing that the average person back before the advent of processed foods generally ate a diet of about 1500 calories. As agricultural ramped up and food became more plentiful the calorie count went up and so did the expectations of how much to eat. I’m a firm believer that it’s not how many calories we consume but what food those measures of heat are made of. 2000 calories from donuts will have a remarkably different effect on your body than 2000 calories from ribeye. So anyways, I found this article that confirms what I suspected about how the numbers came to be the acceptable norm for caloric intake. https://stvincents.org/about-us/news-press/news-detail?articleId=45556&publicid=745#:~:text=The%202%2C000%2Dcalorie%20diet%20was,benchmark%20number%20for%20daily%20calories Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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For me my tendons from my toes up the front of my leg will cramp up. They pull up tighter than a banjo and feel like they’re going to snap. I’ve got to guzzle water and walk it off. Hurts like heck. I’ve noticed that it happens when I’m in bed asleep after a long day of working in the heat. So I’ve taken to using some KetoChow when I know I’m going to be in the heat all day. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
