Carnivore diet

yirara

Wow, 2lbs of meat per day. I'd be looking at a groceries bill of at least 20 Euro per day, 600 Euro per month. And that's the cheap, mass produced stuff. Can anyone actually afford that? (yes, I understand that meat has different prices in different countries).

janejellyroll

jenny3073 wrote: »

I've been doing a lot of research, there's some conflicting info out there but hell of a lot less conflicting than regular ways of eating. Reddit is a good place to check out, either r/carnivore or r/zerocarb.

One of the reasons why there isn't much conflicting information is that there is little quality research on the nutritional and health outcomes of eliminating all plant foods from the diet. I'm actually not aware of any research supporting the supposed benefits (it's all anecdotal).

joule001

Here are some references to start with .

Meat only diet (a carnivore diet ) Why would it work?

https://youtu.be/isIw2AN_-XU

Two men all meat diet for one year 1930 by Walter S McLean and Eugene F Du Bois
http://www.jbc.org/content/87/3/651.full.pdf

https://zerocarbzen.com/2015/04/19/eskimos-prove-an-all-meat-diet-provides-excellent-health-by-vilhjalmur-stefansson/

Why all humans need to eat meat for Health

https://breakingmuscle.com/healthy-eating/why-all-humans-need-to-eat-meat-for-health


Nina Teicholz: Red meat and health

https://youtu.be/1rz-8H_i1wA

Lillymoo01

I see an all carnivore diet as being

Unstaintanable for our environment
Incomplete in nutrition for a human to thrive and
So expensive as to be unaffordable for the average person

magnusthenerd

jenny3073 wrote: »

A little late to the party but I've been carnivore (with some carb cheats) since October. I love it... except of course I fell into cheating somewhat because sugar addiction is a *kitten*.

I've been doing a lot of research, there's some conflicting info out there but hell of a lot less conflicting than regular ways of eating. Reddit is a good place to check out, either r/carnivore or r/zerocarb.

I have experienced immediate reduction in bloating, very much improved digestion, hormonal balance, less brain fog, less ADHD symptoms, less joint pain and overall feeling great. My thoughts are calm and I have so much less anxiety and depression.

People call it a fad but I don't believe that to be true, it's just gaining more attention lately for some reason. There are people who have been carnivore 20+ years and are thriving. Some who aren't overweight do this for better body composition. I also want to note that I did not do any exercise for the first 6 months and my biceps were stronger.

I started it, only as a 30 day trial, to try and lose some weight because keto wasn't doing it for me. I felt so much better after 30 days I decided to continue. Other than the initial water weight loss within my first 3 weeks, I haven't lost any weight but I continue because I truly believe it's healing me from the inside, the weight loss will follow when my body has healed from all the damage I've caused it for the past 40+ years. There are supplements that some choose to take, especially electrolytes at the beginning but you're really only missing out on Vitamin C which is said to be less needed when there's no or little carb consumption - but this provides pretty much the most complete nutrition especially if you eat liver and other organs (which I do not). It's not for everyone, some people don't do well on it. Some give up after 3 days because adaptation may not be fun for some. Some are good to go from the start. I noticed a lot of positive changes right from the beginning, and still experiencing them 8 months later.

I eat beef, lamb, pork, chicken, eggs, some cheese (cut down a lot), cream and butter. Some eat only beef. I only drink coffee and water, but some cut out coffee since it's not an animal product. If you're still considering, I'd say try it even for just 2 weeks if you don't want to commit to the 30 days.

I'm just intrigued you have an easy way to know your hormones are balanced, as in all of them when there are almost certainly hormones we don't know of yet, let alone know what a balance of hormones is for all the ones we are aware of already.

Though I'm not surprised the diet made you feel better. If you did no exercise but gain strength in the biceps, you must have been eating an incredibly poor amount of protein or just plain starvation to see spontaneous increases in strength.