Today is the first day of January and is also the first day of World Carnivore Month. To that end, let's challenge ourselves to eat a carnivore diet for the entire month of January. The type of carnivore diet and the level of strictness you choose to do is entirely up to you. Examples of carnivore diets include the following...
1) The Lion Diet. A person eating the Lion Diet only consumes the flesh of ruminant animals, water, and salt.
2) The BBBE Diet. BBBE is an acronym for Beef, Butter, Bacon, and Eggs.
3) The Carnivore Diet. This allows for the consumption of any and all animals and animal by-products, including dairy.
In any of the above examples, the object of course is to not consume any plants as part of your diet. Of course, we're not going to micromanage hoe you prepare your food, so your use of seasonings is entirely your own personal choice.
IF your circumstances don't allow you to go full on carnivore in January, then you can participate in this topic by challenge yourself to do better, above and beyond what you have been doing. For example, if you have still been eating grains, seed oils, refined sugar, or drinking alcohol, challenge yourself to avoid these items and just eat a clean, single ingredient whole foods diet such as clean keto, ketovore, or animal based.
We encourage you to check in daily, and share what you have eaten, perhaps a weigh-in if you're willing, and enjoy in some small talk. Participants in this topic will be entered into a drawing for a prize at the end of the month.
So this is a common topic in low carb, keto, and carnivore spaces... but after 4 months on carnivore I wanted to share what I have found to be very effective for relief.
Short back story... I had gastric bypass in 2007 and in 2021 I had part of my duodenum removed due to an obstruction... so I have serious absorption issues with things taken orally. Massive amounts of magnesium and electrolytes weren't really doing anything.
For the past 4 days I've had ZERO leg cramps. Not even a hint! I've started adding creatine and ACV to my electrolyte drink that I sip in throughout the second half of my day. Supposed to help absorption. Then at bedtime I use magnesium lotion or oil on my legs. Now is only been 4 days, but that's pretty great!!
Hope this information helps someone out there who's suffering.
Edited by Katlyn Gommerman