Here are my new thoughts about the carnivore diet since Dad’s improvement
1. If you are quite sick (by quite sick I mean you have an autoimmune disorder or autoimmune symptoms, or mental health issues) – going straight carnivore might save you a lot of pain and suffering. I went extremely low carb and basically fixed my issues and dad’s, and my husbands, but basically, everything we reintroduced made us incredibly sick, and the last 3 years have been hard. Not as hard as being really ill, but quite emotional, and quite frustrating. I never lost hope that food was the answer (and it is), but it was difficult. If you’re really ill, you might want to start with: meat and water and salt for at least 30 days. Then see how you feel, and decide what to do next. You need to get healthy before you can start listening to your body and learning what you need. I really believe all meat can do that the quickest. 30 days isn’t much if a time commitment to solve something seemingly unsolvable.
Obviously, there are no scientific studies on an all meat diet, not really anyway. You’re not going to be able to go to a doctor and have them tell you it’s a good idea. They’ll probably tell you you’ll die. Who knows. Everyone will judge you. Everyone judges you when you stop eating gluten or dairy, try not eating vegetables and see what kind of judgment you get.
But it’s only a month, and man is it effective. Then you can reintroduce different plants (I’d probably start with berries and greens I guess), wait a couple of days and see how you feel. But I think this is the fastest way to stop suffering. You can do step by step elimination – gluten, dairy, sugar, soy, etc. But honestly, fuck being sick. Get rid of it fast. Who cares about the foods you like.
2. If your only symptom is weight gain or problems gaining weight, I also think the easiest thing to do is to go carnivore and see how you feel. But this seems to be less of a complicated issue than mental health and autoimmune problems. Going low carb should help you lose or gain weight anyway.
3. I’ve been worried about suggesting an all meat diet to people (for obvious reasons). All I can tell you for sure is: I feel great, Dad is getting better, mom’s arthritis is gone, and it seems to be extremely effective for basically any health problem. Check out meatheals.com to see a ton of testimonies. There are no studies to back this up, so going the science route isn’t going to help. Maybe in the future, there will be. I believe there’s a company in Hungary testing out the meat diet to treat autoimmune disease so hopefully those studies will be available asap. I’m not worried about cholesterol. I was worried about dying from the multiple autoimmune disorders I had. I was worried about suicide from the depression that runs in my family. I was worried about my mom eventually needing her knees replaced. I was worried about my skin basically falling off my face. Idgaf about cholesterol, and I don’t think there’s enough evidence anywhere to claim any health problems related to eating meat. (Feel absolutely free to comment below with links to articles that show what your concerns are.) Being sick is horrible. Being alive is amazing. Not being exhausted all the time, not trying to cover up acne, not being miserable, bloated, overweight, arthritic, angry, and hopeless is awesome. Not waking up and laying in bed waiting for the doom to envelope you is unlike anything I’ve experienced before. You can try it out and go back if you want, but if you’re suffering, what is there to lose?
4. For those of you who have had only moderate success with removing things from your diet, I see absolutely no downside (except socially) to eating meat for a month.
5. All this being said, I do believe you can solve most (and some people may be able to solve all) of your food problems going low carb. I’m going to write a post roughly outline what I believe are the worst foods to the least damaging foods. Cutting out the top ones will improve you. I’m just starting to believe that carnivore might be best for really sick people.
Thanks for the support. It’s so nice to hear from people who have managed to fix their anxiety. Going the food route is a hard road, and you get a lot of flack for it. So good for you guys. Keep it up. And if it’s not working, try carnivore. Good luck to everyone.
Also, I will post more testimonies, if yours isn’t up, it will be.
More soon!
It would seem then that your father is the version of Nietzsche that overcame their stomach problems hehe:
“Returning for a late luncheon at the Hôtel Alpenrose, Nietzsche, who detested promiscuity, avoided the midday crush of the table d’hôte in the large dining-room and ate a more or less ‘private’ lunch, usually consisting of a beefsteak and an ‘unbelievable’ quantity of fruit, which was, the hotel manager was persuaded, the chief cause of his frequent stomach upsets. ” –Conversations with Nietzsche, p.170
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@Mikhaila
I’ve been eating 4-8 eggs + 1-2lbs of ground beef per day with respites of salmon once a week. I cook it all with grass-fed butter and throw on himalayan pink rock salt.
However, I’ve been having a lot of muscle cramps when working out and when sleeping I sometimes wake up to visceral pain that goes away after 3 minutes of torture.
Do you supplement for electrolytes or simply eat more meat if you cramp? I’ve cut down on water to only be 1.5 liters to retain more minerals. Thanks for any advice!
I have a terrible response to eggs. I would assume it’s that. I don’t supplement electrolytes, just a lot of salt. Definitely don’t cut down on water! Try seeing if you feel better with more meat and no eggs.
Cramps = dehydrated. Carbs cause you to store water and salt. No carbs = no storage. Supplement electrolytes.
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I suffer from IBS and few health issues. I doubt being vegetarian is the worst thing you can do, because at least 500 million Indians are vegetarians. It is common for non-vegeration Indians to only eat meat once a week. It is more balanced diet compared to western diet. The japanese and chinese eat rice. Most asian countries eat grains. Indians eat roti/chapati for carbs which I think is healthier than bread. I suspect it is simply the way the asian food is cooked with low fat and high herbs and spices. The Indian/asian diet has lentils and lots of vegetables too. I must stress though that the Indian food in restaurant food is quite high in calories and different compared to Indian homecooked meal. It might as well be genetic factor that allows asians to eat starchy carbs. However, it has been proven asians do lack ability to process lactose. My point being, it may not be vegetatrian diet necessarily but the way westerners cook or consume vegetarian diet.
Having said that, as an Indian living in the west, going on a low carb diet significantly helped to lose weight and make my IBS managable. Cutting out soda/carbonated sugary drinks is a must. I only ate boiled chicken or grilled fish with little bit of sweet potaoes (as i needed some for gym workout) and some greens. For IBS or gut health, I highly recommend taking probiotics in capsule form and prebiotics/probiotics like kimchi, sauerkrat, yakult, miso, etc. Fixing the good vs bad bacteria imbalance in my gut has been one of the best things I have done for my health and I recommend it to everyone.
By the way, it was great pleasure meeting your dad during the book signing in Sydney, Australia.
Kind regards,
Rishi
I have no auto-immune issues (that I know of), and no food allergies (that I know of), but I do believe that almost everyone is allergic to a wide variety of modern food, just at a level below what is noticeable. This causes inflammation, which seems more and more to be the cause of every modern disease. My issues were being obese for the last 20 years and having significant trouble sleeping for the last two years. I had actually heard of the carnivore diet before and was not aghast on the topic, so reading your experience prompted me to try it out for myself. I had immediate positive results in that my trouble sleeping cleared up WITHIN ONE DAY, and my skin became noticeably more supple within a couple of days. I’ve also quickly lost the latest bit of weight I’d gained which had been making me feel very uncomfortable (as opposed to the excess weight I’ve been carrying for 20 years that I’m largely used to). I have hopes that I’ll begin losing the 20 years worth of weight quickly also, although I’m aware that the longer you’ve carried it the harder it is to shed. We’ll see.
I expect that cutting out dairy had the most immediate effect, followed by gluten. (I have been limiting grains for a long time, just not religiously.) I’ve replaced dairy in my coffee with cacao butter, which really works, and eliminated yoghurt and cheese.
Currently my version of the carnivore diet is all meat (although I’ve always avoided pork and shellfish) plus sauerkraut. I’ve always felt better on meat than on anything else, but I find that pure meat doesn’t satisfy my appetite. Sauerkraut helps my satiety.
I’m up in the air on eggs…I’ve always felt good on eggs, no indication that I’m allergic at all. At the same time, it’s one of the primary allergens that people have, so I’m undecided if I’ll include them. I need to get that food allergy test done.
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