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Keep it simple. 

What's your WHY??

Fat = energy 

Protein can spike your blood sugar if you eat too much. 

Keep in mind NO ONE ELSE especially government cares about your health like you. 

Lastly welcome home you're family. 

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First off great thread. I am hoping the original poster got to a better place.

We have all been programmed for carbs/sugar and the dangers of fat in our diet. As I described the diet to our HR Manager (worldly and highly educated) she looked at me like I was in a cult and ready/willing to drink the Kool-Aid. It has to be re-programming or de-programming or re-wiring or something. My Mom is the perfect candidate as she has some fatty liver issues as well as diabetes/glucose. But she has been told the evils of fats since the 70's. It is a hard sell.

 

For the poster who had cholesterol fears and issues with high numbers. Bob is spot on with the adipose tissue contributing to LDL numbers. My numbers were high/sort of high at 187. My family doctor wanted me to start a non-statin. I was expecting more after six months in and 187 was sort of disappointing considering the weight loss. I decided to go to six months and see where I was with carnivore. I am still losing weight, but not at the rate of the first six months, but losing some weight on the scale and there is some body re-composition happening as well. But for the most part I have been around 85lbs lost for well over a month now. On my next blood test at 6 months my LDL dropped 35 points to 152. 

No medicine. Just meats, salt and water. I try to lift and/or walk three to four times per week. Nothing all that spectacular about my approach. 

I have Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (just about the same as MS). I was on gabapentin/Neurontin and Prednisone since 2018. I started the carnivore diet on May 8th (and basically kept a trash diet the first week). By late May/early June I no longer found the need to use the medicine. I have been medicine-free since then. 

I stumbled upon the benefits of carnivore by going in completely blind. That was lottery-like. With a little de-programming and maybe what little mind I have is sort of open, I made the decision to not use medicine for cholesterol. Sort of won on that one as well. 

I still don't think I know enough or have enough experience to advise others. I still feel brand new at 8 months but I truly believe it is worth a try. I'm not the expert by any means, but I can't see where a couple three weeks or a month would do any harm, or push another medical issue to a darker place. At least that is how I see it.

Again, great thread.

Scott

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A friend commented my Facebook dinner pic the other day: "Any ketosis yet?" He had figured it out.

I do not advertise diets or talk medical there but I do post food pics. He is a smart guy, a little older than me and I know he has health probs too. So I told him how I´m soon off BP meds altogether, instead of four pills.

I also posted graphs of my before/after BP. The wild fluctuations and extreme high peaks completely stopped.

His reply: "Oh I´m doing fine with two different BP pills in the morning and two in the evening."

What he is effectively saying is, he prefers pills to a healthy diet so he can keep on eating his macaroni and mashed potatoes. I have seen pics.

I have nothing more to say.

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1 hour ago, Carburetor said:

What he is effectively saying is, he prefers pills to a healthy diet so he can keep on eating his macaroni and mashed potatoes. I have seen pics.

I have nothing more to say.

That’s most people. Always taking the easy way out. 
I actually had a woman who’s autoimmune skin disease was so bad that she told me that she was glad she didn’t own a gun or she might have used it the night before.  When I told her that a ketogenic/carnivore diet could heal her she took a drink of her soft drink and said “ Oh, I just couldn’t give up my hamburgers.” 
There’s just no helping some people. 

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55 minutes ago, Geezy said:

That’s most people. Always taking the easy way out. 
I actually had a woman who’s autoimmune skin disease was so bad that she told me that she was glad she didn’t own a gun or she might have used it the night before.  When I told her that a ketogenic/carnivore diet could heal her she took a drink of her soft drink and said “ Oh, I just couldn’t give up my hamburgers.” 
There’s just no helping some people. 

I can understand where she is coming from. I think that’s why someone needs to commit to a 60-90 day low carb (under 100 grams) diet which those 100 grams are good fruits and vegetables only, then they can see / feel the benefits themselves. For me 60 days committed me with the changes I felt, some I can’t put into words. I felt so bad before I started, I felt like I was over 95 years old, it’s like I went back 15 to 20 years. My experience a bit different, I went on my diet because I didn’t want to take diabetes medications, I not only never expected to feel as good as I do, I would never  had thought it was possible.

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9 hours ago, Carburetor said:

A friend commented my Facebook dinner pic the other day: "Any ketosis yet?" He had figured it out.

I do not advertise diets or talk medical there but I do post food pics. He is a smart guy, a little older than me and I know he has health probs too. So I told him how I´m soon off BP meds altogether, instead of four pills.

I also posted graphs of my before/after BP. The wild fluctuations and extreme high peaks completely stopped.

His reply: "Oh I´m doing fine with two different BP pills in the morning and two in the evening."

What he is effectively saying is, he prefers pills to a healthy diet so he can keep on eating his macaroni and mashed potatoes. I have seen pics.

I have nothing more to say.

That's addiction and conditioning. It breaks any semblance of resilience and self-discipline. 

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On 1/18/2025 at 10:30 AM, tracker1 said:

I have to wonder 🤔 what percentage of the feeling good off low carb diet comes from not taking in all of the processing chemicals used in cookies, chips, and all of the other processed carbs 🤮.

I believe this is a massive factor - removing the processed junk food - those that contain the unholy trinity of grains, seed oils, and refined sugar.

I've heard it said that if you just shop the perimeter of the grocery store, where there only natural meats, cheeses, fruits, and vegetables, and avoid the center of the store, where there is pasta, cakes, cookies, pies, chips, bread, etc, then you will fair well.

In general, I agree with this, while at the same time acknowledging that certain individuals may have unique needs and circumstances that require them to be even more strict.

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