Geezy
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I’m not a diabetic so I have never monitored my glucose levels so I’m no help there but I would question your diet. Dr. Baker is probably correct in his assessment of your needs. From what you’ve described, you are eating too lean and chocolate has no business being in a carnivore diet. Do you drink coffee or tea? If so you might increase your fat intake by going bulletproof. That’s blending one tablespoon of butter and one tablespoon of coconut oil to your beverage and emulsifying it together. It’s delicious. Eat fattier meats and cook everything in butter, ghee, tallow or lard. Eat eggs, most especially the yolks. Use cream instead of milk. If you like and can tolerate cheese then make sure it’s made from whole milk and not skim. There are numerous ways to increase your fat intake without just eating fat by itself. A month is not a very long time for your body to adjust to your new diet. It must go through a lot of changes as it becomes fat adapted. From my understanding what time if the day you test can be a factor also. There is something called the dawn phenomenon, where blood sugar droppong in the night triggers a cortisol response. The cortisol response can cause elevated morning blood sugar. This is often seen in diabetics. I would take a look at your daily cortisol curve to get a better idea if this is whats happening in your case. “Prolonged cortisol stimulation will raise blood glucose levels,” notes Dr. Jason Fung, who wrote an entire chapter on the stress hormone in his 2016 bestseller The Obesity Code. In it he describes how cortisol, released from the adrenal glands, sends a message to the body to release glucose to prepare for a perceived threat, spurring gluconeogenesis in the liver. In prehistoric times, that surge of glucose energy was usually used up fighting or fleeing from the threat. But in current days, often that stress goes unreleased, the energy not used, which can lead to prolonged higher glucose levels (and higher insulin levels to try to bring it down.) I don’t know if any of that helps but from what I’ve learned from others much wiser than me, things that are happening early on in carnivore should not be too concerning because our bodies are going through a lot of changes and the body will resist many of those changes but it will eventually settle into its new way of life. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -
Interesting seminar video. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Absolutely. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Yes sir, I agree. That was 49 years ago. When I went into the Army I gained a few pounds of muscle and didn’t see 175 again until just recently. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Spot on Bob. Question for you though, at what point would you stop calling it a stall and decide that you’ve just reached your optimal weight? When I first started 8 months ago I thought that between 180 and 183 would be a good weight for me. Then when I got down to 175 I was ecstatic. Wow, my high school weight. Haven’t seen that since high school. After a month of fluctuating between 175 and 177 all of a sudden I’ve dropped 3 more pounds. I’ve never really set a goal because it’s always been my understanding that this being a optimization diet, that my weight will eventually become what’s optimal for me. No matter how much I lose I’ll still treat it that way. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk he
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I just made a batch out of deer liver and it came out great. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Congratulations Angela. That’s fantastic. Just keep on keeping on. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I make my own liverwurst, does that count? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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My weight goes up and down all the time. Fluctuations are normal. If you’re doing nothing different than what got you where you are now then I wouldn’t be concerned. It should take care of itself. If it keeps going up then you may need to reevaluate what your doing but give it plenty of time to adjust. This isn’t a race. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Yes sir, it’s unreal. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I make my own bacon but not sausage. I have considered it though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Yes ma’am, you are correct. The main issue I had with pre shredded cheese is that it has cellulose or some other kind of fiber in it that I just don’t need. Yeah it a little bit more effort to hand shred my cheese but my health is worth it. I’m glad to see you are reading the ingredient labels. Those can be a real eye opener and show you how much crap the food industry has been feeding us just so they can make more profit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Welcome drysideshooter. Delving into the history of nutrition and nutritional science in this country showed me just how much we’ve been lied too and manipulated due to ego and monetary agendas. Once I learned the truth it just gave me more confidence to know that carnivore was the proper human diet. Immerse yourself into this lifestyle and it can set you free. Another excellent book to read if you haven’t already is The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I’m right there with you Sherry. I wish I’d have known and understood this way of eating a long time ago but if I had, would I have listened? Sometimes we’re just not ready for it yet. It took me to hit rock bottom before it was able to change my lifestyle. For your family all you can do is be a good example. Only keep whole foods in the house. No highly processed stuff. No sugar’s. No seeds or seed oils. You probably won’t stop them from eating bad foods when you’re not around but you may be able to start a foundation that they may grow from. You can control what they eat in the home so try to make it enjoyable for them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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