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.
I started the Carnivore diet just about three days ago and so far its pretty good once i got over the Keto flu. My cravings for carbs is down from before and am beginning to feel more energetic. I lost a lot of weight on the Keto diet a few years ago, got off track and gained quite a few pounds back. I began the Carnivore diet weighing in at about 178lbs. My goal is to get to about 155 lbs.
I am not a 100% strict Carnivore, but use herbs, spices, and cheeses, eggs and butter in my cooking in addition to anything else that might enhance the flavor [ e.g. a couple whole garlic cloves added to a stew before cooking and removed after cooking] without adding carbs except in trace amounts < 1g. I have cooked for decades and am a good cook and I am good at figuring out my own recipies. And although Carnivore cooking is quite restrictive, the thing i want to explore as a Carnivore Chef is using minimal amounts of herbs and spices along with the vast variety of cheeses out there in the world to enhance the flavors of carnivore cuisine and make awesome tasting carnivore meals. My reasoning is that herbs, spices, flavorful cheeses, and aromatics are the only way i can see to enhance flavors in the Carnivore diet without comprimising its core function of better health and wellbeing.
I plan on posting my own recipies in the recipe section. f you are looking for more carnivore diet recipies with the parameters that i listed above, please keep checking the recipe section, as I plan on posting there frequently. I made a meal last evening, it was so delicious and satisfying. Blue Cheese Beef Stew. I will post the recipe there as soon as i get it written up.
Carnivore Chef
Edited by Carnivore Chef