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.
comment_14593I could use some help. I am a guest here and this is my first time in this group. I have been on the carnivore diet for a little over 14 months. I am having consistent leg cramps at night. The cramps are usually in my calves and feet but occasionally in the thighs. They usually start around 3:00 to 4:00 am. I know that electrolyte balance can be a problem on the carnivore diet. I am currently drinking 80 oz. of water with 4 scoops of Re-Lyte brand of electrolytes. I drink more water than this per day but the rest of the water doesn't have electrolytes in it. This gives me 240 mg of Magnesium, 6,340 mg of Chloride, 4,000 mg of Sodium, and 2,000 mg of Potassium. I have also recently started taking 480 mg of Calcium Fructoborate in a Boron supplement (because I read that it can help the body absorb and utilize electrolytes). I have also started drinking on can of LMNT electrolytes late in the day to try and keep the cramps from happening at night. In spite of all of these efforts, I am still getting leg cramps every night.
Has anyone else experienced this problem and found a solution? Any recommendations?
Thanks you for your help!