Here’s a good video for those just staring out.

[Geezy]

And for those who maybe haven’t heard some of this. 

 

[Idunno]

I didn’t fully understand the 10th point

you always drain off fat from ground beef?

or it causes diarrhea?

does that include hot steaks or just ground beef?

does it include hot butter??

[Idunno]

About point 10:

we are supposed to drain meat before eating it?

Is it just with ground beef? Does that include the fat on hot steaks?

you have to wait for steaks to cool down before eating them?

are we not supposed to eat hot butter?

hot butter causes diarrhea????

[Idunno]

I liked the point about quitting dairy and weightloss

I am SO addicted to cheese but I’ve gone a week or two without, only to succumb while grocery shopping 

Cheese is a real monkey on my back but I’m not going to get shredded eating cheese

[Scott F.]

I use cheese on occasion. Not a lot but here and there. I did eat quite a bit when we made the carnivore pizza a few weeks ago.

I'm not sure where it landed on the weight loss, a fall or a stall, but it did back me up some, followed by being really loose in the bathroom.

I will try to watch video in its entirety later tonight.

Scott

[Geezy]

On 2/18/2025 at 3:56 PM, Idunno said:

you always drain off fat from ground beef?

 

On 2/18/2025 at 3:59 PM, Idunno said:

we are supposed to drain meat before eating it?

Ok, so pay attention to what Max was saying. Key words “in the beginning”, “given time it will go away”, let it solidify” and “fully fat adapted”. 
What he is talking about is something almost all of us go through. When we try to switch our gut biome over to digesting fat instead of carbs our bodies take time to adjust and it can cause diarrhea. As he said it can last two weeks in some people and others longer. It lasted 30 days for me. He’s not saying that you need to drain off all of the fat that your meat is cooked in and he never mentioned steaks in that reference. He’s just saying be careful of how much liquid fat you ingest IN THE BEGINNING. If you want to have some of the rendered fat then let it solidify first. It has nothing to do with letting your meat cool off before eating it. 
 

 

On 2/18/2025 at 3:56 PM, Idunno said:

does it include hot butter??

 

On 2/18/2025 at 3:59 PM, Idunno said:

are we not supposed to eat hot butter?

hot butter causes diarrhea????

Butter in its liquid state can, like any liquid fat fun through you faster and thereby produce loose stools but once again, this only apply in the very beginning of carnivore. But with all of it he’s just talking about eating the liquid fats in large quantities. Solidified fats are just easier on our system than liquid fats IN THE BEGINNING of the diet because in a liquid state they tend to run through you faster. And this isn’t the same for everyone. For some it never bothers them.
As he also said, once you are fat adapted then it’s no longer an issue. 
Now I didn’t know anything about liquid fat vs solid fat when I first started and I just poured the rendered fats over my meats like a sauce and maybe that’s why I had diarrhea for 30 days but it was no big deal because when I became fat adapted then it all went away. 
Now I can eat my fat in any condition it’s in and I have no issues whatsoever. 
Now even if you're fat adapted you can get loose stools by eating too much fat in either form depending on your system. If you were to drink a cup of rendered tallow like a cup of coffee you’d probably regret it.

As you progress in carnivore you will learn when you are eating too much fat by paying attention to your body. If your stools are packed and gravel then you aren’t eating enough fat but if you are loose then you’re eating too much. 

I would also like to add that the whole point of #10 was to help new comers not to become discouraged and quit if they do experience some diarrhea and just show them a way to help avoid it in the beginning. 

Edited February 22 by Bob

[Idunno]

He does a good job discussing cheese and dairy. I must have a slight allergy to cheese but the allergy is hard to pinpoint 

problem is, cheese is highly addictive lol