Hey everyone! I’ve been carnivore now for 58 days. I just started to develop red itchy spots on my forearms. They don’t itch real bad but they are itchy.

Could this be oxalate dumping even after 58 days in? I see some people on YouTube like Bella and others that mention they went through a period of oxalate dumping and it affected their skin.

Could this be what I am experiencing even after 58 days? I included an image of my arm. It’s hard to see with my arm hair lol, but you can see red spots. They are not raised.

Any help or thought are appreciated!

I have read where it can happen in weeks and sometimes months. It depends on how heavy the diet was prior to the change, and how abrupt the change is from say, Standard American Diet to Carnivore.

I had some redness along my lower back about 2-3 months in and I can't say it was oxalate dumping or just something that simply irritated my skin.

I dove in headfirst from SAD to carnivore in one day. I didn't cheat or have cheat days, and have not had bread, fruits or vegetables in pushing 13 months. My change was 'abrupt' and if I dumped oxalates I didn't recognize it as a thing til much later.

It could be.

Welcome to the board and welcome to this way of eating.

Maybe one of the more experienced carnivores will have more insight.

Scott

Thank you Scott for your insight. Yeah, I’m thinking that’s what it is. I went head first in off the SAD. I’m 43. So 43 years of eating garbage. I know a lot of people say there could be a lot of healing to take place and I recognize that I’m still in the early days.

Yes, 58 days is early, but I think my 13 months is sort of 'early' too.

I went in headfirst thinking only that carnivore was some diet hack to quickly drop some pounds. I didn't do any research at all. My son said you just eat meat and water. Eat as much as you want and pretty much don't eat again til you are hungry. He had lost 12-14 pounds in a short amount of time.

I dove in and lost ~30-31 pounds in ~31-31 days. So the 'hack' was a success right off the bat.

6-7 weeks in I stumbled upon/realized I hadn't taken my medicine for NMO/SD. I thought it was just a coincidence after watching a video of a lady healing from MS. I thought her story was a crock trying to get me to buy something. Then the following week, no medicine.

I have been medicine free since June of last year. My immunoglobulin numbers are just about within range to ease off the infusions I get every six months.

It has been a crazy 13 months or so. So yes, 58 days is pretty early and you probably have more benefits to come.

Good luck.

Scott

That’s awesome Scott! Great job!

Thanks for the encouragement. Keep up the good work too!

This is a good place to bounce your ideas and experiences off others. Most of the time someone has personally experienced some of the same things and can offer up some insight. Worst case scenario, someone can still point you in the right direction.

Good luck.

Scott

Do you suffer from any seasonal allergies? That could be another source of itching. I'm affected seasonally and in wisconsin we just hit out first peaks of pollen (and I'm itchy along with our dog) and all the other crap in the air including as of today Canadian wildfire smoke. Our air quality index will be in the "Rad zone" starting this afternoon. At times we can actually smell the smoke from the great white North.

Last year I suffered for several days of extreme itching from the tops of my toes to the top of my head. That was torture and NOT during allergy season. I think it was an MS flare-up, but there is no way to say for sure. Thankfully I have not had that again. I wanted to throw my body into the bushes and just roll around like a dog. It was that bad. Benadryl wouldn't even touch it. That's why I think it was MS related. It's a crazy disease for sure.

Kiltz just interviewed Sally k Norton, yesterday. I haven't watched it yet but Old Carnivore Guy recommended it.

12 minutes ago, Miranda said:

Kiltz just interviewed Sally k Norton, yesterday. I haven't watched it yet but Old Carnivore Guy recommended it.

Her book "Toxic superfoods" is a must read. Excellent job she did on that one. I've read it twice and will probably just buy a copy one day to keep on hand for reference material.

Just now, Terry said:

Her book "Toxic superfoods" is a must read. Excellent job she did on that one. I've read it twice and will probably just buy a copy one day to keep on hand for reference material.

If you have ever had Calcium/Oxalate kidney stones this book can save you a lot of future pain.

It’s hard to say if that’s oxalates or not but I developed some splotches like that at around 4-6 months. They’d clear up and then come back in the same place a couple of months later. Mine would happen on my wrists and forearms. I just assumed it was oxalates but I don’t know. I’m two years in now and it’s been at least a year since I’ve had any rashes.