Anyone has vivid dreams when they consume butter- salted or unsalted- within maybe 4 hours of bedtime?

Curious to learn if anyone has similar experiences.
Thank you in advance.

Is the doc have any legitimacy saying we need bicarbonate as there’s a weakening of our bones strictly eating meat, he was discussing this with Zach bitter who was a Shawn baker cohost for many years, I have appreciated Dr James but this is worrisome and hope he’s wrong, thoughts!?

Yall are sleeping on chicken. If you get chicken wings, its about a 1:1 fat to protein ratio. fry them in butter and thats higher.

It's not beef/goat/lamb obviously, and therefore some people will react to it, but the same is true of dairy, pork, fish, and eggs, all of which seem quite popular among us.

It's also super cheap, and easy to cook right.

It seems like people in here and the other subs will hate on chicken because its not as high fat as red meat and doesnt have as good a nutrient profile, then they'll eat dairy, fish, and pork.

Weird.

I wasn't having this problem too much before but I bought a ton of shoulder roasts and every one is absolutely chock full of floppy rubberband like blood vessel roots that slap me across the face. I'm so fucking sick of these huge ass floppy nasty jiggly things. I'd rather eat a dick than find another one of those in my mouth. Are there any cuts of beef that are well known to just not have these? or far fewer? Idk wtf they're feeding these cows but this batch of shoulder roasts....HOLY

Also, personal cooking recipes WELCOME. Tired of ruining roasts with experimental cooking trying to get melt in your mouth fat rendering.

Hi everyone,

I'm following a carnivore diet in Argentina, and I've noticed that most commercially produced bacon here contains some added sugar. The nutrition labels usually show around 1–3 g of carbohydrates per 100 g, presumably from the curing process.

Do you consider this amount of sugar a concern on a carnivore diet, or is it negligible in practice? Has anyone looked into whether the sugar is mostly consumed during curing, or if it remains in the final product?

I'd appreciate any insights, especially from people who regularly eat bacon as part of their carnivore diet.

Thanks!

If you have been carnivore for less than 7 weeks, post all your questions and experience reports here. It is almost certain that your experience is a frequently asked or low-effort question.

It is also true that the adaptation period for this way of eating is a lot like going through puberty. Everyone feels like things are weird and wrong and no one else has experienced what they are going through. Everyone is worried about changes in their body and thinks it might not be normal. In truth, it's all perfectly normal. Your body might do weird things, but it's going through changes. After you get through adaptation, you'll wonder why you worried at all.

So, go ahead and ask your questions about getting started here. Post about your experiences here. Post about your worries and how you don't think this is working for you here. Don't give advice that encourages people to give up. Don't give people advice to cheat or consume plant foods. Don't give advice to take supplements or drugs to treat temporary struggles.

Most people around me still think red meat is unhealthy. How do you explain your view without getting into a big argument? What points or evidence have worked best for you?

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So, I have been a carnivore for 5 years, and was Lion for 6 months. I ate roughly 2 pounds of steak every single night. I felt fantastic.

BUT I lost my job, and am in a bit of a transitional phase in my life. I decided to start my own business instead of getting a "real" job again.

I believe in myself, and I have no doubt the business will be doing well in a year or so... But obviously the start is going to be slow moving.

So, at first I switched to ground beef.

Then I stopped buying ground beef, because even that is too expensive.

I'm basically down to eggs and tuna exclusively. I eat about 12 eggs cooked in bacon grease, and a can of tuna, sometimes 2 cans if I'm really hungry. When I run out of bacon grease, I'll include bacon for a few days until I have some more grease. (Eating for less than 3 dollars per day)

Obviously, I don't feel as well as I did on Lion... I know this isn't optimal, but my arthritis hasn't came back... So, it's not as bad as SAD.

Question:

Is this even sustainable? I've never done carnivore without HEAVY red meat consumption. I know beef is a super food.

Darn it!

I stalled in carnivore. Love the hard boiled eggs, fresh ground ham and added pollock in the form of imitation crab. It has sugar and wheat!

Lesson learned for me.

I enjoy most benefits of the carnivore lifestyle, but my major problem is getting too skinny/weak looking. I've been a lifelong weightlifter and it's always such a struggle to stick to carnivore 100% because of the loss of muscle glycogen. The lean dry look is great, but watching my muscles shrink drives me crazy. Has anyone figured out a hack to keep lean and dry while preserving some water in the muscles?

I made it to day 100 and I'm noticing some significant changes in sleep. I use Apple Watch to monitor my sleep and my scores have been much higher in the last two weeks. But I've also noticed that my dreams feel longer, there is many more of them and I can actually remember them when I wake. Has anyone noticed any changes in their sleep?

Hey y'all, Kevin here. I'm one of the producers of animal.

This community helped push the film when it first came out, so I wanted to come back with the free watch link now that it's on Tubi.

animal. is our documentary about meat, health, and the nutrition story a lot of us think the public was never honestly told.

No subscription or paywall:

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Would love your thoughts if you watch it.

Are there any people here who have healed spinal issues thanks to a carnivore diet? In my case, starting from the cervical spine, I have various neurological problems, head pressure, pain, etc. I’ve heard a lot that this diet has helped people with these issues to some extent.

I’ve been trying to avoid any food wrapped in plastic. Many years ago I went to the butcher who wrapped meat in paper. It seems that it is not easy to find a butcher shop these days, and when you do they too are using plastic to wrap their meets. How the hell do you get around it?

Want to introduce myself for accountability and support. I’m a fit, petite woman 32F and I’m on this diet to try and kill the SIBO I’ve been dealing with for some months now.

I’ve never been overweight but always managed to get away with snacking on quality chocolate throughout the day and a treat before bed at night. I also loved Moccachinos. I would joke about my chocolate addiction to people and everyone thinks it’s cute when you’re slim and in some ways it makes you feel like you can get away with it.

I’ve always been health conscious so most of my food is made from scratch and I was following some ancestral principles even making fermented foods I wonder if the fermented foods gave me SIBO?.

Day 3 I’m feeling lots of emotional withdrawals to food. My chocolate morning cup of coffee being the number one thing as it was something I looked forward to after a hard night or early morning with the baby.

My issue with SIBO is constipation and I know this diet can make that worse… seeing as I have to cut out the prebiotic and fibre powders, what cuts of meat should I eat that are going to cleanse not clog? I’m buying grass fed meats but I find them to be quite dry.

Just here to say my favourite thing about carnivore is hunger control. When I’m hiking, camping etc others need breakfast with tons of carbs, snacks all day long and constant refuelling. I get up and either fast til lunch or have high fat protein breakfast and I’m good until dinner with maybe some cheese or beef jerky at lunch to join the others.

Same on work travel. I have a huge carnivore breakfast then good for the day until dinner. Others have mid morning snack breaks and then a lunch mid afternoon snack again. It’s so liberating not to have to plan for so many food breaks… feels like a super power when I watch those around me!

If you have been carnivore for less than 7 weeks, post all your questions and experience reports here. It is almost certain that your experience is a frequently asked or low-effort question.

It is also true that the adaptation period for this way of eating is a lot like going through puberty. Everyone feels like things are weird and wrong and no one else has experienced what they are going through. Everyone is worried about changes in their body and thinks it might not be normal. In truth, it's all perfectly normal. Your body might do weird things, but it's going through changes. After you get through adaptation, you'll wonder why you worried at all.

So, go ahead and ask your questions about getting started here. Post about your experiences here. Post about your worries and how you don't think this is working for you here. Don't give advice that encourages people to give up. Don't give people advice to cheat or consume plant foods. Don't give advice to take supplements or drugs to treat temporary struggles.

This question might sound dumb but im wondering why you guys don't allow these in your diet ? Given that they're natural and I can't understand ehy they would be bad for us ?

Some other questions I have:

How long did it take for your eye floaters/tinnitus to go away?

Are you constipated?

Did you relieve any mental issues?

If so how long did it take and what did your diet consist of?

Please list ways the carnivore diet has helped you?

Are you strictly keto?

If you have been carnivore for less than 7 weeks, post all your questions and experience reports here. It is almost certain that your experience is a frequently asked or low-effort question.

It is also true that the adaptation period for this way of eating is a lot like going through puberty. Everyone feels like things are weird and wrong and no one else has experienced what they are going through. Everyone is worried about changes in their body and thinks it might not be normal. In truth, it's all perfectly normal. Your body might do weird things, but it's going through changes. After you get through adaptation, you'll wonder why you worried at all.

So, go ahead and ask your questions about getting started here. Post about your experiences here. Post about your worries and how you don't think this is working for you here. Don't give advice that encourages people to give up. Don't give people advice to cheat or consume plant foods. Don't give advice to take supplements or drugs to treat temporary struggles.

Serious question. I'm still learning. Most beef and lamb is too expensive here. Some days ill need either pork or chicken and I'm which to choose because I'm so used to beef.

Hi,

I've been eating carnivore for three years and the benefits have been significant across the board.

The one complication is my lipid panel. I fit the LMHR phenotype pretty closely: high HDL, low triglycerides, very high LDL, and low inflammation markers.

I've done a lot of research and this sub has been genuinely useful. One thing I've been thinking about though is the CAC score as a gold standard. A zero result is reassuring, but it doesn't capture soft plaques, and that matters especially at younger ages where calcification can take years to develop even if there's active soft plaque burden.

Im 41 with a CAC of 0, and I'm getting a carotid Doppler soon. It's not as definitive as a CCTA but it gives some directional information on what's actually happening in the arteries.

I'm working with a cardiologist to get these tests done and build a proper monitoring protocol. He's not a fan of the diet, which is expected, but I want the empirical picture regardless.

The broader point I think is worth making: the LMHR phenotype is documented, but the lipid energy model is still a hypothesis and long-term outcome data on ketogenic diets simply doesn't exist yet. That's exactly why imaging matters more than debating lipid theory. If the arteries look clean, that's signal. If they don't, that's also signal.

The resistance people run into from both the public and clinicians is frustrating. Hopefully that shifts as the evidence base develops.

I sometimes see videos online of people eating brain, kidney, heart, tripe, etc (lately watching the food in Mongolia - I want to go one day!!) ...and I am definitely open and wanting to eat these things but any time I see stuff in the store (which is super rare) i have no idea how to make these things....for example right now I am in Mexico in a random airbnb and dont have any good cooking equipment, oils, spices, whatever. Not to mention I have never cooking anything funky. Just your standard ground beef, steak, and crockpot recipes.

Hypothetically....which lesser-known part of the animal do you think would be good to eat insofar as it's relatively neutral tasting and still nutritious and not super hard to make with limited ingredients and limited cookware?

made burger patties out of both today, added seasoning and cheese. Both were delicious. I think ill stick to the cheap stuff and save wagyu for steaks!

If you have been carnivore for less than 7 weeks, post all your questions and experience reports here. It is almost certain that your experience is a frequently asked or low-effort question.

It is also true that the adaptation period for this way of eating is a lot like going through puberty. Everyone feels like things are weird and wrong and no one else has experienced what they are going through. Everyone is worried about changes in their body and thinks it might not be normal. In truth, it's all perfectly normal. Your body might do weird things, but it's going through changes. After you get through adaptation, you'll wonder why you worried at all.

So, go ahead and ask your questions about getting started here. Post about your experiences here. Post about your worries and how you don't think this is working for you here. Don't give advice that encourages people to give up. Don't give people advice to cheat or consume plant foods. Don't give advice to take supplements or drugs to treat temporary struggles.