Beverages to DRINK and AVOID - One Is POISONOUS 

I'm allergic to alcohol. It makes me break out in handcuffs.

We are the only animals that don’t know what to eat and drink anymore

I'm a retired American who lives in France. I've been carnivore for the past year, after 2 years on Keto. Typically, I drink 2 to 3 liters of water a day. I take electrolyte supplements with each meal. I also drink 3 or 4 cups of café crème a week - no sugar, no sweeteners. (The crème in France is full fat). Lastly, I drink 2 glasses of wine every a month (this is France after all). I usually have a single glass every other Friday night when we go out to dinner with friends, and I haven't experienced any negative side effects from the wine. I've dropped 36 kilos (80 pounds) since I started my journey and am now only 6 pounds away from the same weight I was when I was 25. My philosophy "what's the use of living if you have to be so good?" I'm 73 and feel like I'm in my 30's. Find what works for you.

Starting carnivore was really easy, nearly 2 month in and is not eager to quit like every other diet i have tried. The weightloss is amazing, and the food is awesome. Best thing ever:)

I gave up from being a heavy drinker for 3 months- that was 21 years ago. Never touched a drop since. Best thing I ever did. Dangerously fit and strong 58 yo, loving life😀

I'm new to this diet, and was a six pack a day beer drinker. Within the first week of doing carnivore I stopped drinking. My body no longer seemed to want the beer. Just my two cents, good eating to you all.

As a metal worker who uses solvents, alcohol is a strange thing to think about really. I really like beer, but I am also self-consciously aware that I am drinking diluted solvent. I also know that it is associated with terrible late-life issues, especially to do with cognition, and generative brain disorders. I am slowly coming to the conclusion that its time to entirely quit because I dont want to be one of those people with no marbles left when Im old.

Keep it coming Shawn! Carbohydrates and beer were my vices. 15 mo carnivore today. 2 separate occasions of voluntarily stepping off my wagon taught me to never do that again. Those 2 vices are GONE and I am no longer a slave to them! Thanks to you and all the How To Carnivore videos out there. ❤

I actually quit coffee when I started carnivore. My reason was 1-I knew I could do it because I've quit coffee before and 2-I put stevia and cream in my coffee so I wanted those things gone. I drank water like crazy and electrolytes, and used Advil to kill the caffeine-withdrawl headaches. 2.5 days later, couldn't believe I was able to stay awake all day without that caffeine!

The challenge often is not saying no to certain foods or beverages, but the fact that our society, culture are centered around it.

Good tip to consider separating tea from meals. PS: You're killing it lately, Dr Baker!

I get my water out of a well, at 7000 feet, fresh off the WET MOUNTAIN. Not sure what in it, but it’s 7.5 and delicious.

I've given up everything else but never my two cups of black unsweetened coffee in the morning😁

I am always skeptical people can be "over" past foods they used to eat- they may logically know they are useless/bad but if you talk to drug addicts they will tell you that the craving or desire never fully goes away and modern food is more drug than food.

I'm a big fan of ReLyte, because it has Redmond Real Salt from ancient salt deposits (zero PCBs.)

I'm a year and 2 months doing carnivore and recently enhanced my weight loss by adding intermittent fasting. I added coffee to my diet to help with this change and seems to be working fine.

I'm doing carnivore combined with one meal a day and I'm doing a 7 day water/electrolyte ONLY fast every couple of weeks. I've refined what I'm doing as I go on, but I'm on a roll now. I'm down 50 pounds in two months! And I have felt incredible. I feel younger, stronger, clearer, and best of all SMALLER every day. When asked how I have done it, my response is, "why WOULDN'T I want to feel this good?" It is self-reinforcing in a way that no "diet" has ever been. Its so great that I don't consider it a diet at all. This is just how I eat now. I'm doing my best to keep the results to myself so far because I do not want to be that fat guy that touts how they have found the secret to losing weight, only to fall short. I'm going to wait until the results are unmistakable and people I know ask ME what I've been up to. THEN they will get an earful about their carb addictions!

Alcohol is my problem I am trying to reduce, but it takes time. Thank you for your videos.

I share your distaste for coffee! I tried drinking a cup of coffee twice with a 50 year interval, but I couldn't stomach it.

Two guys walk into a bar. Bartender says “What’ll ya have?” First guy says “I’ll have H2O!” The second guy says “ I’ll have H2O too!” The second guy died…

Man, I'm the same way concerning coffee. Love the smell; I'm old enough to remember coffee beans being ground at the A&P grocery store. Smelled heavenly. Hate the taste, though. Diet colas provoke an insulin response in me. I tested this on myself with a glucose meter. In a fasted state I measured my glucose, then chugged a Coke Zero, then tested again about 45 minutes later. My glucose had gone down eight points, a sure sign some insulin had been secreted.

Recently withdrew caffeine from my intake again. Every time it's a struggle if I've been drinking coffee daily. Anything that causes severe headache and nausea when you quit to abruptly cannot be good for you. If I could limit myself to a rare cup of coffee for a special occasion, I would do that. It's just to easy to jump back on the hooch daily when I have just one cup. The struggle is real.

I got to hand it to you Doctor Baker. In the face of all the vegans who hate you, you have such a calm demeanor especially when it comes to talking about Concepts such as this. I'm surprised you didn't mention energy drinks. Or did you and I missed it? Again fantastic information thank you so much.

I have a love/hate relationship with this video. Great information. Love it! Sad to hear your thoughts on coffee and alcohol. Hate it, but know it's true. Thank you for saying what no physician I know is willing to say.

I've got my family hooked on Topo Chico with lime. I call it "virgin corona" lol my husband and my brother have found it essential in quitting sugary drinks and alcohol. 👍💪

Coffee constrict the peripheral vessels which makes people feel warmer (cold countries). Tea relaxes the peripheral vessels (good in hot countries) and helps the body to cool.

Thank you for the information, don't post much but your content is useful for my workouts and diet

Carnivore for 6 weeks transitioned from keto. Carnivore is much earlier for me. I've craved red meat and fat all my life! This is awesome!

Thanks, Doc. I’m on this; I’m going full carnivore by end of month. Mostly carnivore for past three years. Bad drinks are my non-carnivore difference in that time.

Water is not only my favorite beverage, it's pretty much the only beverage that I regularly and consistently consume daily, hourly, all the time. I love water!

I'm glad you've addressed this important issue.

Shawn Baker MD has to be recognized as Most Improved Channel on RU-vid - in the old days, viewers would see various family members walking by or barking or talking in the background and no clips or graphics side to his messages at all. And now, it is pro all the way.

Thank you for providing rational information. Most things you hear or read are so extreme and overblown, it really muddies the water.

been water and carnivore for three weeks now going four, whenever need a liquid boost get real coconut water and have my fill, helps me a lot.

To me, sparkling water helps me avoiding soda. As for coffee and tea, I’ve been adding butter to my coffee and matcha. It has helped me with energy and cravings these past few days. It’s a great advice to separate them from the meals, I hadn’t thought about that.

i lost all interest in alcoholic beverages since i started carnivore. there's also some studies that suggest most of the so-called benefits of alcohol aren't actually real at all. you'd be better off drinking coffee and zero sugar soda every day than having an alcoholic drink every other night or whatever the studies say ( i think it's every night? ) who knows but i wouldn't really touch alcohol now unless it's a really expensive whiskey and it's just to taste test it out of curiosity lol

C, C, C's (cannabis, coffee, and carnivore) work for me. My bp and bmi are normal. I feel wonderful at 71 and very active.

I’ve been thinking about going Carnivore, but I refuse to lay off alcohol as a former 3rd Birg Ranger I’ve been through some stuff. I need to do the carnivore diet though..

I've been drinking LMNT & really like it as an alternative.

I'll never forget how painful a scream I heard at the gym s few years back. Everybody knew this guy was dehydrated; his face was beet-red and flaky. He ripped his pectoral muscles doing bench presses. TOTAL AGONY! Always stay hydrated!

Greetings from Reno, Nevada.

Great video. Beverages always good to recap on!!! Video's special effects on background, showing flowing water and then blending into a sky blue hue background, artfully crafted, well done. When ever u can, do use that effect again!!! 💞💞🙃💞💞

I gave up sodas, then milk. Still do coffee. Limit it to two cups a day. Water is delicious.

It's extremely rare that I have ever seen a skinny person drink diet cola. It's always the overweight people who drink it.

Quarter teaspoon pink salt per gallon of water... that's all ya need ... 110 degrees tripping pipe tried and true...

I'm glad I watched this. I thought my electrolyte blend was sugar and carb free but when I checked it was loaded with sugars and carbs. The irony is that I would drink this while doing my weight loss training after a workout... damn waste of time!! Thankyou Dr Baker, I've now ordered a zero carb zero sugar electrolyte!

I started my Carnivore Lifestyle on Monday 1 January 2024. I stopped those artificial drinks "Cold Turkey". I either drink still water, mineral water or Bubly water. I would rather give those up than give up coffee for the moment. I try to limit myself to 2 cups of coffee per day and I use a little heavy cream in it. As for sweetner, I stopped using those little table sweeteners. The one I used had Maltodextrin in it (aka Corn Starch, Food Starch, Glucose Syrup or Corn Syrup) but is also known to be worse than actual sugar. It is used as a filler and they get away with calling it ZERO "anything" but I do advise people to look into the drawbacks of it. I have changed to Monk fruit (Erythritol). It's the lesser of the two evils tbh but I plan on NOT having ANY sweetener in my coffee at all. It may take a while, but that is my aim. That being said, I have only been on this for 5 days and the pain that I have lived with in my legs for 10 years is starting to ease. Especially in the knees. Yes I am documenting this journey and yes I am vlogging and uploading. I have a funny feeling that THIS is going to be the lifestyle that STICKS. I have thrown so many diets at the wall and NONE of them have stuck....but I think this one will!!!!

Going through caffeine withdrawals as I type this... only two cups a day and man do I have a headache! Eliminating all that is potentially negative. Thanks Doc

For me even white wine diluted with fizzy water raises blood pressure. Once I stop drinking for a day, base blood pressure goes down 59 bpm.

I started BBBE carnivore nine months ago, w one cup of coffee in the morning, in order to avoid hip replacement (three prominent surgeons said bone on bone; immediate surgery = only solution)... I have had great improvements (about 90% better) but some days after walking, swimming, biking the pain would come - I'm one week off coffee and immediately noticed an extra 5% improvement... ZERO PLANTS FOR ME and I'm loving it!! I can't believe I hung on to the coffee for that long!!! PS My mental health is amazing. I am soooo happy and clear and loving life - plants R really trying to kill us : )))))

I only drink water, and have for a very long time.

I did a week dry fast like 2 years ago i was just zero supplements zero salt i honestly felt pretty good the whole time

Wow, one of the best explanations I’ve ever heard on the subject. Keep up the awesome work Dr!

So true for everything especially alcohol. I still drink it on occasion like ones a week socially but never again a daily habit. Also had munchies after and during drinking wich stalled my weight loss

It’s amazing even with water the bs we have been told. I was always told that 8 8 ounce glasses of water is a must. While, that isn’t necessarily bad for you, I found that drinking only enough to satisfy your thirst is needed. On a day of not much activity, 2 to three is sufficient. Cool days where I exercise, maybe 4-5. If it is hot out then I am sweating,8-10 is more reasonable. I say this because I was doing 8-10 glasses every day when I started carnivore and I felt like a sloth. When I cut back, I felt incredible.

What about gatorade fit look at it it has only one gram of sugar they say nat sugar?

Had a bad experience last week, which I now believe to be caused by alcohol. I'm finished with it! Now going through withdrawal symptoms and I didn't think I was a heavy drinker.

I have gone off and on coffee all my life. Caffeine does not keep me awake. This year I went off coffee as a cost saving measure. Filtered water is my go to beverage now. I went off alcohol two years ago. Don't miss that either. I treat myself with diet tonic water- as an anti-coof measure.

Pro tip: Don’t try Gatorade Zero on a 5 day fast! I tried it once a long time ago (because I was getting low on electrolytes by day 4) and I suddenly felt fatigued and just felt really bad. Suspecting the artificial sweetener had dropped my blood glucose too low, I ended my fast and resumed eating. I felt back to normal right away. Gatorade zero with food or during a 24 hour fast seems to be fine. I don’t regularly drink Gatorade zero.

Every time I drink vodka, all of the ice cream in the house disappears. Aliens?

never eat food with ingredients made by companies that have lobbyists

How about water with a little lemon juice? Like a teasp?

That end bit about eventually not desiring those flavours. Yeah, i think I'm getting that with chocolate and crisps/potato chips. I would eat that each day for decades but now they don't appeal

I find that salt water sets me back on track rather quickly

Great Video Dr. Baker. I am a water drinker. I have never liked the taste of coffee or alcohol so I avoid them. And I tried decaffeinated tea once and shortly after i felt weak and my hands were a little shaky, so I avoid that too. Never like soda, or juice. Worried too much about all that sugar causing cavities. Since last Sept I have been carnivore, and water taste perfect. 👌🏻 One thing that I bet everyone would like to hear about is the concern about deuterium in water- should we worry? Also, many of us live in areas where cities are putting fluoride in our water. I read fluoride found in water and toothpaste competes with iodine that is found naturally in foods, so too much fluoride can lead to all sorts of problems, including thyroid issues and brain disorders. Have heard of people using osmosis water filtration devices. Will that truly help?

I drink a lot of coffee and I decided I wouldn’t give it up when I started carnivore, almost 60 days in and I find myself drinking less and not really enjoying the taste as much. Not making any decisions about it but I think I will most likely stop at some point.

I haven't drank water in 30 yrs. Been living on Budlight 😅

I have no problem with artificial sweeteners though added sugar is a different story. I use zero sugar Powerade because it gives me what I need for my cardio I do have yogurt as my carb source usually it’s chobani because it’s high in protein

I found sparkling water helped me to kick my soda addiction! Occasionally I have a diet soda, but that is a very rare indulgence. Same with alcohol - once in awhile.

Starting carnivore was an extremely easy adjustment for me and now I am noticing that coffee isn't tasting as good to me as it use to so I think I'm on the verge of giving it up. I had to give up tea right away because I was never able to drink it without some sort of sweetener. Great Video as usual 😃 OH and does anyone know if it matters if you drink ice water as opposed to room temp?

I love hearing a doctors perspective.

Drank more soda as a younger man than any human should in their lifetime. Went to coffee for years and still drink it. Have just started drinking the AG1 product, the coffee cravings are so much lower with less than 1 month of using it. Hope this helps.

I finally quit coffee just over a week ago. The withdrawals lasted about four days: muscle aches, headache,fatigue, irritability. It was worth it. Im very glad Im not dependent on it anymore. I was drinking about a pot a day. Almost two years carnivore.

what do you drink for pre-workout on carnivore? I've been on it for 1 week and love it. I haven't heard your opinion on pre-workout drinks.

Since starting carnivore tap water tastes awful so I drink sparkling instead. I love tea but can’t drink it, it comes back out.😂 Coffee is what I drink in a ritualistic way. Perhaps I should cut down but not sure, right now, that’ll give it up. Thank you for sharing, always appreciated.

I drink 2 cups of coffee (black, nothing added) in the AM and naturally flavored carbonated water and regular water throughout the day. After my daily run (5 miles), Body Armor. I've had alkaline water once or twice but would like to know more about it.

Spot on as Usual My Doc 👍🏻 and Veteran Brother 🇺🇸

Had one coffee yesterday. Realized I don't miss it.

We love you, Dr. Baker!

Approaching 48hr fast. Carnivore grocery shopping is so easy! My fridge/freezer is locked and loaded. I'm just waiting for my deep fryer and beef tallow. RU-vid makes me want to fry my steaks. I just drink plain water. I rarely drink coffee, but I discovered that a little bit of salt and butter with coffee is yummy.

Who else drank some water while watching?

Nice Hat Doctor!!! Go Buccaneers!!!. Thank you as well for all of the information. I am new to the carnivore life style and am already gaining the benefits. Thanks again.

Started Carnivore 10 days ago. Not overweight and train/exercise religiously daily. A tad strength loss, probably due to carb to fatty acid oxidation metabolism change. Had some bathroom issues first 4 days and now stiffness in back area (researched and it's oxalate dumping). Tea's have oxalates, fyi.

I have a question, I was telling a friend about my beef, bacon, butter, eggs and salt diet. He was telling me that that was the basis of the original Atkins diet. He said that it could hurt my kidneys or liver, I can't remember which, if I continue it for a long period of time with out at least some carbs. Is this true? I've never heard that from you or Dr Ken Berry. Thank you for any answers!!

Thanks for sharing. I agree. Just give water 2 weeks and then try to add back some of your drinks and you will be able to tell a great difference.

No problem giving up whiskey and I love whiskey. But now I sleep so much better, sometimes through the night which is major for me and I like that feeling more than a drink. It can only have a positive effect on my running and lifting, in fact, I have found a renewed motivation for running and i am upping my miles. I credit the better sleep.

I think your editor put the wrong product up. He put up Element. There's another cleaner product called LMNT.

I prefer these videos compared to the 40 second clips where you're just eating food.

Im 66, and I still have my 1-2 mugs of tea each day. Despite being keto, I've got to have milk in it( It's full fat, though). I quit putting sugar in my tea when i was still in my teens, and believe me, if someone puts it in my tea now, they get an earful! It tastes like I'm drinking syrup! Quite apart from my morning cuppa, I find it soothing when I'm stressed, and my intake goes up generally when I have a migraine because it does help it feel better.

I hate drinking plain tap water, and therefore use a sodastreamer along with some sugar free flavors, doesnt affect me in any negative way. Drinking coffee and sugar free energy drinks regularly as well, love me some caffeine. Dont really bother that much with electrolytes. When I'm feeling like I'm deficient (nausea, headaches, cramps etc), I'll add a teaspoon of no-salt and half a teaspoon of magnesium sulphate to my liter bottles for the day as an easy fix.

Also Shawn, what do you think of freshly squeezed lemon juice in warm water? How about Organic Apple Cider Vinegar?

I’ve got the Sparkling Water habit. I do plain which I like better than flavored neither have any sweetner.

@ 5:35 FYI TEA DRINKERS. I'm in the middle of an experiment; Often, in the mornings when sitting writing or sitting in front on the computer, I get knife-stabbing pain between my chest and my left shoulder. I eat meat and eggs mostly. But I also eat fresh cream often, and I drink 2 or 3 or more cups of Chai Tea every day. I figured one of those two things are the cause. I quit the Chai Tea first...and it's been over a week and, guess what...no more knife-stabbing pain. So it ain't the cream. I'll keep it up for another week or so before I start drinking it again just to see what happens.

I love the taste of Fiji water which advertises that it has natural electrolytes.

Awesome video

Someone at work gave him that coffee... working in a kitchen... Anyone thinking what I'm thinking? 😂

If I don't use electrolytes my lower legs cramp up first thing in the morning. Been carnivore about 1.5 years now. I eat carbs once in a while. Less than 5% total. I like the LMNT packs.

No drinks or drink additives with any diet sweetener in it. I discovered through the process of elimination that diet sweeteners caused/ triggered my dishydrotic eczema. I also discovered diet sweeteners also left me in a bit of brain fog. I don't even like stevia.

I've noticed that when I chug a pint of water, as soon as I wake up, and i mean 1st thing right when i stand up out of bed, I don't crave coffee at all

Does an occasional pinch of salt help with hydration when drinking water? for the Sodium and magnesium replenishment? Himalayan pink salt? is there a difference?