Geezy
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I was told several years ago that they now prefer that you get it as low as you can without passing out. Sounds silly doesn’t it but that is exactly what I was told. And the wonder why I don’t trust them. It’s no different than the cholesterol fable they use to get you on a statin and increase their profits. They see a market to get everyone on a blood pressure medicine for more profits. The reason the medical profession worries so much about your LDL level is that studies have shown a very strong correlation between lowering your cholesterol by taking a statin and the annual pay bonuses of pharmaceutical company executives. And now that can apply to BP meds. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -
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She gives some good advice but I’ve just never understood peer pressure because I’ve never been affected by it. I’ve never even followed a fad. I’ve always been a very strong willed person who follows my own path. I try to learn as much as I can about carnivore and nutrition as it applies to carnivores so that I have the confidence to speak with authority and answer any questions that come my way and to defend my position if necessary. It’s very easy to tell the server all I want in my plate is the meat and nothing else. When told by someone that they feel sorry for me because I can eat something that they themselves love I just tell them that it’s not that I can’t, it’s that I choose not to eat that item because I only desire nutritious foods. Everything else is just manure to me. Well don’t you miss it they may say and my response might be yeah, I miss it about as much as I miss the last time I had food poisoning or my last motorcycle wreck. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I don’t believe it’s an issue. Viruses like that don’t permeate the meat to the best of my knowledge. They are a contact virus so even if there was some of the virus on the steak it would be no different than a pathogen being on the steak as it would be killed on the outside of the meat by the cooking process. This happens every day around the world. Anything on the outside dies. You’ve probably eaten thousands of dead pathogens in your life. When trichinosis was and issue in pork we had to cook it thoroughly because it did permeate the meat but that wasn’t a virus and since it’s no longer an issue in the US we can now cook our pork medium rare and it’s so much better that way. As long as you didn’t eat it raw then it would be no problem. Ground meat is a different issue because anything on the outside of the meat would be mixed in throughout and if not cooked to 165° it could make you sick. The thing is that for that to happen with the avian flu that meat would have to be handled by someone who had the virus and had contact with the meat while being ground up. The odds of that are mighty slim. The standard flu that makes it’s way around the US every year never affects the meat market and I doubt if the avian flu will either. I’ve only heard of a few people who have contracted the avian flu and they were in the dairy industry in direct contact with cattle that had been infected. Any animal that is showing any signs or symptoms of any illness cannot be slaughtered for food and dairy cattle are pulled out of production if they are sick. Livestock is tagged and so they can be traced if there is any kind of outbreak that needs to be tracked and there was new legislation that was just passed that livestock being transported across state lines must be tagged with an electronic tag for easy identification. I’ll continue to eat my steaks rare and my burgers medium. I ain’t skeered. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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They keep manipulating the numbers to try and make excuses for their failing hypothesis but they only keep digging their holes deeper and deeper. I just amazes me that more people, especially in the medical community can’t open up their eyes and minds an see all of the manipulation going one. I suppose it’s just not profitable enough to admit you’re wrong. https://www.uclahealth.org/news/most-heart-attack-patients-cholesterol-levels-did-not-indicate-cardiac-risk Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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You are absolutely right about that. The more they fail in their present theories the more the move the goalposts in the wrong direction. Just another example of treating the symptoms rather than the disease. I’m going to post and article explaining this very thing shortly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Have you tried using the search engine? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I have found for me, that if I have no appetite it’s because my body doesn’t need fuel. Of course that’s just me. I don’t eat if I’m not hungry. I never eat by the clock anymore. I often will go all day without even thinking about eating. Now that isn’t to say that’s what you are going through but just something to think about. Since a became a carnivore my hunger signals totally changed as well as my tastes for certain things. For instance coffee, I completely lost my taste for it and I’ve been a heavy coffee drinker ever since I joined the Army back in 75. Now I just drink one cup of tea in the morning. (I still want a little stimulus in the morning) I no longer have a taste for anything sweet. In fact just the thought of something sweet is repulsive to me. I hope what you’re experiencing is something akin to what I’m experiencing and not something medical in nature. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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An observation I made while going over the results of my most recent bloodwork results was that of the LDLc recommendation. The first time a statin was ever mentioned to me was probably back in the early to mid 90’s. The doctor at that time suggested I get on a statin because my LDLc was as he put it, “ borderline high” at 200. So in this latest test my LDLc was 195 and my present doc is saying it’s extremely high. Then I noticed the average that they recommend now is 130. Good Grief! [emoji1749] In another five years it’ll probably be down to 100. Well I refused the statin back then and I’m still refusing it. I’m just fine with it being what “they” consider high. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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My latest blood work is in and I’m surprised at some of the results. Now let me preface anything I say with I know that these results are based on comparisons to an average of people who eat the SAD so I don’t think it can be held as a completely accurate assessment. So I had a blood test done at my sixth month mark on carnivore so this one is nearly at my one year mark. Total cholesterol then was 299 and this time it was 269. LDL was 225 and now 190. Wouldn’t bother me a bit if it would just stay up there. Trigs was 87 and now 66. [emoji106] HDL was 57 and now 66. [emoji106] That gives me a ratio of 1. [emoji106] All of the other markers we within the averages of what is considered average or normal except sodium and potassium. My sodium was 139 and now 133. The average is supposed to be 135-145. So it’s not terribly low in my opinion but with the supplements I take and all of the salt I eat I’m surprised to see it low. My doctor thinks I’m drinking too much water but I guess I’m still flushing out electrolytes but then my potassium levels were a little elevated potassium was 4.7 and now 5.9 with the average range to be 3.5-5.3. So that doesn’t quite fit with the flushing theory. Another surprise was my A1c. It was 5.2 but now 5.6. Other than basic fluctuations I’m not sure how to explain that increase. Maybe I fasted too long. I had be fasting for about 18-19 hours. My estimated glucose was also elevated. Was 103 but now 114. Same phenomenon as the A1c? So my doc wants me to stop taking my potassium supplement and stop drinking so much water. I only drink about 4-6 16 ounce glasses a day. That doesn’t seem excessive to me. Anyways I found it all to be very interesting. I stopped taking my Keto Chow mineral supplements today and will just put Redmonds salt in my water and I will continue taking my magnesium supplement. From what seems to be recommended for daily sodium intake I’ll be putting about a tablespoon of salt in my water everyday as well as salting my food liberally. Of course I’ll spread that out throughout the day. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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With dairy I will initially have a craving for more dairy. It’s a trigger food for me so I limit it. Regular dairy of course has sugar in it so I suppose you could be sensitive to that but I wouldn’t think that little bit in your coffee would hit you like that. Tiredness could be from not getting good sleep, too little energy in form of fat for fuel. You may not be eating enough. It could be Lepton resistance. It can be a little hard to say for sure. Try cutting out all dairy for several days or weeks and see if anything changes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I emulsify it with a NutraBullet. Any blender would work also. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Bob pretty much nailed it all but I will add that you haven’t been on carnivore long enough to see much if any difference. Carnivore is not a magic bullet. Carnivore is not a diet. Carnivore is a way of eating which enables your body to undo years of metabolic damage, abuse from calorie restricted diets, and metabolic disregulation. Carnivore is primarily about health and healing. Yes- it is true that the weight will come off. But! It will do it when it wants to. For some people it happens fast, for others slow because we are all different. Some women, as Bob said, will loose slower than men. Look at Kelly Hogan, she took 6 months before she saw any weight loss but she did see metabolic healing in that time. So relax. Give it time and just eat right. Eat only when you are truly hungry then eat fatty meat until it doesn’t taste good anymore. Use plenty of salt and maybe take an electrolyte supplement and drink water. Avoid anything that’s sweet. Avoid all seeds, grains and seed oils. Eliminate all vegetables and preferably spices in the beginning. But most of all, be patient. None of this happens overnight. As I said earlier, this is not a diet, it’s a way of life that you should commit to for life, for health. KCCO Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I quit coffee just because I lost my taste for it but do drink one cup of tea in the morning. I make mine bulletproof. That’s one tablespoon of butter and one tablespoon of MCT oil in the tea and then emulsified. It’s creamy, frothy and delicious. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Eating too much liver can result in toxic amounts of vitamin A. But how much is too much? And does the type of liver matter? I’m not sure anyone really knows for sure. It is recommended to only eat it in small doses weekly or larger doses once a month from my understanding. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Welcome Bev, we are glad you could join us. Bob is correct that women can have a different experience with this WOE than men do. I think I heard Kelly Hogan say in one of her videos that it took her six months before she saw weight loss but like me, neither of us became carnivores for weight loss. We did it to get healthy and heal our bodies. The weight loss was a side benefit of becoming metabolically healthy. Without knowing how you are eating it’s hard to try to analyze or give any advice other than to say just eat animal fats, animal protein m, salt and water and as you need to adjust from there. Just staying away from all forms of sugar, seeds, seed oils and highly processed foods can work wonders to heal us. I would include vegetables in that list but while they provide no benefit or nutrition for our health I don’t believe they are that detrimental as long as they are kept to a bare minimum of less that 10 carbs. Stay with it and make sure you are eating enough fat and protein because you don’t want your body to go into starvation mode otherwise it could be reluctant to lose its fat stores. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Welcome Susanne, we are so glad you could join us. From your journey in dieting you have accumulated some wisdom that may help others around here. It also seems that you have discovered what so many fail to realize and that is diets do not work. They are not sustainable. Your knowledge has brought you to the realization that eating for health and well-being is a lifestyle and not a diet in the conventional sense. Carnivore is a lifestyle commitment to health. It will bring optimal health and optimal weight. As I’m fond of saying, “ I don’t eat a carnivore diet, I am carnivore. Thank you for joining our tribe. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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