I always get so annoyed with people who drink soda and eat corn chips tell me that I’m eating unhealthy, as I lose weight and they pull Doritos out from under their third chin..
AYYYYYYEEEEE!!! Yes, thank you so much for sharing all of this! It's always so wonderful to read what others are doing and all their health successes! Your comment brought a huge smile to my face :) Have a beautiful day! :)
My mom went carnivore when she got a pre diabetic diagnosis a little over a year ago. She went full carnivore for a month and a half and her pre diabetes was gone in that short of an amount of time. She also healed her 23 year diagnosis of hypothyroidism with carnivore. She now eats mostly red meat but also eats fruits and the occasional veggie or salad and also makes her own bread and eats a piece of that with some grass fed butter occasionally as well. She’s lost 50lbs and doesn’t workout. She’s very happy. I’ve been stressing with full blown carnivore for a while now and have been craving carrots and mushrooms and onions. So my husband and I decided to occasionally add in veggies. Animal based is what I have decided to move to. I also absolutely love cooking beautiful meals so moving back to red meats as a majority but also some low toxic veggies and berries
Because of circumstances similar to your mother's, I too adopted the same eating habit as hers minus the bread. I've been doing this for about four months now and I think what I am learning based on hearing/reading experiences of many people is that we need to learn to tweak our macro-nutrients to what works right for the individual. But I can say one thing most of us can all agree, the key to this whole thing working is to swear off all refined sugars, processed carbohydrates, refined seed oils, and alcohol. Everything one needs to survive with a healthy diet is found in the perimeter of one's local grocery store. Practically everything within the isles is completely unhealthy.
@@mxyzplk68 I totally agree. Carnivore isn’t for everyone and most people simply use it as a tool to heal chronic ailments. My mom now eats a lot of fruit and some bread but still mostly red meat. She doesn’t need to worry about fructose anymore because she isn’t pre diabetic anymore. Carnivore is a lifestyle for some and a tool for others. As long we remember that we pay attention to our bodies and do what you said… eat a whole food diet. Real food. Nothing that comes in a box or a bag.
This video accidentally uploaded a few days ago right after I posted my video on ways to reduce stress, so like 100 of you saw part of this video before I realized I scheduled two videos uploaded into RU-vid on the same day. Oops! Hope you're able to get good information out of this video!
Lillie, you're an angel.. OH- congrats on the wedding.. -and yes got lots out of it.. need a little clarification on some- but I'll find it.. :) THANK YOU and keep up the WONDERFUL work that is blessing so many many people around the world!!!!
@@LillieKane I'd been off for a while having eye surgery- still can't see well- saw a ring- and thought it was the set.. Sorry- but congrats anyway!!! You'll make a great couple.. and I believe a very strong union!!
I went from being a vegan for 9 years to ketovore. I'm 6 weeks in and feel amazing! Brain fog is gone. So much more energy. Seeing gains from my workouts. And I never experienced "keto flu". Just overall feel great! So glad I made the switch to ditch carbs!
I hear you Glow At your Own Pace! We were vegan about 10 years, and I've noticed tremendous improvements in energy and memory since going carnivore! My brain fog and fatigue is totally gone, thank God!
Dr. Cywes did go down a little bit of a rabbit trail. I had to listen twice when he said "yes" carnivore is harming your body in the long run. He said it is IF you are too strict and eat with lack of variation in the food and routine. I like how you were able to summarize what he said to make it more clear. Trying to get him to give a direct answer to your questions was kind of like nailing jello to the wall.
He seems to be ignoring the fact that many people's ancestry (Europeans, etc.) was carvivore with only a weeks each year of eating plants when they were in season. Archeologists have discovered that after agriculture came into being, people became shorter and less robust eating grains and reduced animal products. For those avoiding accidents and diseases, these people lived robust and long lives.
Dr Cywes has s trying to keep his Flock!...?..... He is playing both sides as he is smart enough to realise he is a Doctor and he needs Patience He is saying even People on a Carnivour diet still need a Doctor he knows he is losing customers!
my mother has been carnivore for 22yrs now (before it became popular) she has high cholesterol (not harmful and needed for our brains) but her triglycerides are BELOW normal.....I've been carnivore for 15 years ...it cured my type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and inflammation....I too have high cholesterol but LOW triglycerides....my diet changes every 2 weeks (I'm 49yrs old now). The proof is in the pudding! I have onion, mushrooms or Brussels sprouts maybe twice a month( measured and if I want)....no cholesterol meds( they gave me muscle cramps and brain fog when tried 10yrs ago).... my mother is 77yrs old! she started carnivore when she was diagnosed with congestive heart failure.
AYYYYYYEEEEE!!! Yes, thank you so much for sharing all of this! It's always so wonderful to read what others are doing and all their health successes! Your comment brought a huge smile to my face :) Have a beautiful day! :)
@@LillieKane your welcome! I love your content! I just want everyone to understand it can be done! and it was years before we even started eating all the grass fed stuff!!!
What did carnivore do for her in terms of her congestive heart failure? Been thinking of suggesting this diet to a family memeber in stage 4 heart failure. Thanks.
@@KevinSamuelsKid Hi! Well I gotta tell you, her doctor didn’t agree but my mom got phenomenal results! She uses ghee, salt free grass fed butter, Celtic salts , beef liver, chicken and even fish! At 78, her blood pressure is normal, no more palpitations, more energy so she does a lot of walking. She also takes electrolytes and magnesium drops. Ultimately she had to cut dangerous carbs. I see her eat leafy greens and sweet potatoes maybe once a week. She makes her own treats every now and then. Her inflammation is gone too. My mom said she got sick because she put her body thru so much stress in her 20s and 30s. Her heart has not gotten any worse as a result and is stronger. So thankful to God.
I did not mean to confuse anyone with this video. I have received so many questions after posting this video that I made a follow up video answering & clarifying some of the questions I have been receiving from this video. Here's the link to the follow up Q&A: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6ZxBFnMDoDs.html
I think it's important to listen to our bodies after we get rid of carbs and chemicals. Sometimes we need more salt... Sometimes we need more fat... Sometimes we need seafood... Sometimes we need chicken or pork... Sometimes we need leaner red meat... Sometimes we need to eat 3 or 4 meals per day... Sometimes we need to fast for different amounts of time. There's no one way that will work for everyone because we're bio-individual. Variety in meats and fats and eating windows is important. That was my take away from your interview. Thanks for being out there for us!! ❤
That's been my favorite thing about this way of eating: it requires me to actually pay attention to and listen to my body. It's definitely been a bit of a learning curve, but I'm starting to get better at giving my body a break when it feels like I need to fast for a bit or eating another meal if it feels like my body needs more food. If I'm getting a headache I increase my salt intake. If I feel like I'm getting swollen (I also have autoimmune so that comes into play) I'll back off the salt and drink more water. It's a great lesson is listening to our bodies.
I've eaten a low carb diet for 30 years now. I originally enjoyed meat and lots of fresh vegetables so going to a low carb diet was no great change for me. I never was much for sugar to start with beyond liking candy as most people do. The only thing I noticed was a lack of energy going to an atkins diet. That went away with time. All these years I've limited myself to around 12 carbs per day. Surprisingly to me my triglycerides are as low as 45 showing no signs of increasing. I've never worried about how much fat I eat or gone out of my way to increase the amount of fat. I do cook in butter and add bacon fat to my greens when I cook them. I also enjoy cheese and eggs frequently. As a matter of fact I eat eggs and pork for my breakfast almost every day. Some days skipping lunch as the high protein and fat breakfast carries me for six or more hours easily. My dinner in normally meat or seafood and two small servings of fresh low carb vegetables. I do eat as wide a variety of meats and meat cuts as I can afford. My only issue is high ldl. In truth I never worry about it but my doctor keeps telling me I'm going to die if I don't do something about it. He insists it's clogging my arteries yet I had a nuclear scan done a few years back than showed no issues. I've tried to go along with his recommendations but unfortunately I can't tolerate statins. Within a week my hands and feet and other joints are so painful that it's difficult to use my hands or even walk. I don't remember what my ldl is but it's not all that above normal for most people. I'm simply not ready to be an invalid to avoid any side effects from ldl. I'm 73 now and still active and control my weight well with my low carb diet.
Do NOT do statins. Those doctors do not educate themselves. Listen to Dr. Odville a heart surgeon who explains cholesterol perfectly. He himself went carnivore. It is about ratio tri and HDL. Also LDL can be high but that says nothing. There is sLDL and hLDL. The 's' is what clogs arteries but on that statins DO NOT WORK. The large particle LDL called hLDL is not an issue.
I loved what you said about calling it “Animal Based”. That’s essentially what I’m calling my diet. I’m not perfect carnivore even though there are many days were my diet is exclusive animal foods, but that doesn’t mean I won’t have the occasional sweet potato, honey, Brussels sprouts, etc. I have those in very limited amounts if at all but I’m at the point now were I just listen to what my body wants. Rather than having the same thing everyday. When I do that, I feel best because then I realize that there are days where more fat is best and days where I’m craving just lean chicken meat with very little fat. I have days where some honey sounds wonderful, and I just eat it in small amounts. With all that said, let’s not become the animal based version of vegans. Vegans can be a problem, not because of their diet, but their attitude. With that said, today was a very high fat day. I had very little protein probably because I’ve been walking a lot so my body needs more fat energy vs days when I’m sedentary and I don’t crave as much fat.
WOW! Thank you for sharing all of this! It's always really neat for me to read and see what others are doing (real people too! Not just some random scientific study). I like the way you think! Keeping an open mind and finding what makes you feel best :) Thanks for sharing!
The difference between vegans and carnivore and why vegans are a pain in the ass is they try to force their way of eating on you based on moral and ethical reasoning. Carnivores just get tired of people saying they are doing a diet and getting advice from people who don't follow the diet. Now you do you just don't offer advice to people on the actual carnivore diet.
@@carnivorepolice5-0 I guess to clarify my comment a bit more, I’ve noticed in the carnivore community that there’s this annoying battle of definition and what constitutes a “pure” carnivore diet. Now I don’t mind clarity and parameters with defining a certain way of eating which is exactly what differentiates carnivores and vegans in the first place, but I feel like if your someone who eats 98% animal food only with the occasional non-animal based product like pickles or something, your not “carnivore” enough and your entire experience and ability to confirm the benefits of carnivore are invalidated. I don’t agree with that, but that’s also why I just say I do Ketovore, Primal, or Animal Based, because of the tight wads. I don’t entirely thinks it’s beneficial and I want better for our community, but I respect that people are sticklers about it. ✌️
@@pinkdiscomosh2766 uhm so you have no problem with people clarifying their position but feeling that people will say your cucumbers are not carnivore invalidates your experience. It's interesting but in my opinion it does invalidate your perspective on a very specific diet when you are not actually following said diet. For instance under your circumstances if my wife would have been trying carnivore and she loves pickles you would have told her she was fine most likely and it's still carnivore, she would not have discovered that pickles are a major inflamation issue for her.
@@carnivorepolice5-0 So I think you and I are arguing about two different things. Forgive my lack of clarity. 😅 In my understanding, doing “Carnivore” is eliminating all inflammatory foods, reducing your diet to animal sources of food so as to reduce your bodies inflammatory markers. This process may also include animal foods that cause inflammation for some people like dairy products. Once you have reduced your bodies inflammation, you may reintroduce various foods to see if your body tolerates them, which for me just so happens to be pickles 😉. In other words, I don’t see the carnivore diet as simply just a carnivorous diet where all non animal based foods are exclude just for the sake of being carnivorous. That’s the kind of thinking that vegans take where they exclude all animal foods for the sake of being herbivores. I get it though, the definition of a carnivore is eating exclusively animal foods, but I don’t believe that definition fits well with what a carnivore diet is trying to achieve which is optimal health utilizing animal based foods as our point of recovery. If anyone wants to identify with carnivore simply for the sake of being carnivorous; fine, but I see it as more than that. It’s a method, not simply a list of particular foods. Though that method does require that you reduce your diet down to animal products exclusively for a time, then sure, we can agree on that, but to rip the carnivore diet title from someone the moment they realize that they tolerate pickles seems like a very vegan thing to do. That’s what I meant about the vegan attitude in my first post.
I've been on Keto for about 4 years. My "normal" blood sugar level is between 105 and 110. I've been on carnivore for the last week and a half and my blood sugar this morning was 96. I also started at 228 lb and this morning I am at 215.5 lb. This lifestyle of eating is saving my life.
I've been carnivore for over 2 years now. Just turned 70 years old. My lates blood work results are 100% normal. After I informed my doctor, who once told me, "I have a pill for everything," that I have been meat, salt, and water for over 2 years, he said, "Well, it's working for you." It certainly is.
Didn't your LDLs go up? Mine did, as well as TTL cholesterol, after 10+ months on carnivore, but I thought that was normal & to be expected. The rest of my blood work, however, was perfect for the first time, and even my TTL chol/HDL & TRIGLYCERIDE/HDL ratios were excellent! Also, by "meat, salt and water," do you mean you eat only beef, or only ruminant meats, or do you include poultry and seafood?
@@mj625 Thank you so much, MJ, for your reassuring words. And I would have been comfortable believing that - already DID believe it, in fact - until about 4 days ago when I got my blood tests back. Because instead of the particle size/type LDL tests I asked for (I still don't remember what that's called; NMR lipid panel?) AND CRP & CAC, which she also didn't do🤔🤨), I discovered my doctor had only asked for an Lp(a) test instead, which proved to be quite high (92, when normal would be less than 50). And I wasn't even aware of what that was...but I am now, lol, and am suddenly feeling pretty unsure. My LDL is up 7 pts to 163, so maybe that's not too troubling; and my TTL Chol is actually down 27 pts to 229, which when divided by my HDL, is 3.5, which supposedly means "1/2 the risk" of CVD. And happily, my Tri/HDL is pretty good too (75/65 = 1.15). BUT Lp(a) seems to trump them all, so I think it's probably time I saw a cardiologist, lol. The remarkable thing is, my primary care doc, who is an internist, has never referred me to one, even tho' she says it looks like I had a slight heart attack a few years ago! (I'm 75.) And when I started asking for these tests, she said what's the point when it will only result in another recommendation of a statin, and she knows I'm reluctant to take one! I actually had to remind her that it's good to know what I'm dealing with anyway! Smh
@@cherylh4688get away from primary care at all costs. They are just agents of Big Pharma, get to a specialist, educate yourself, ask for a calcium scoring test, to see where you stand with CVD. I get into it with every visit, they (primary) have no clue outside out of toxic drugs.
Great video and interview with Dr. Cywes. He’s the one who started me on this journey and I see his dietician, Jane. My takeaway on all of this is what you said - you do you. Whatever works for you is best. Don’t get caught up in the orthodoxy of it. My one non-negotiable is 0-as fewest carbs as possible. By the way, wore my “Will workout for bacon” tank to the gym today! 👏🏼
AHHHHH! YESSSS! LOVE THIS! You do you and wear a bacon shirt to the gym! :D heehee you just made my day! Thank you for supporting the channel, it means more to me than you know
I intuitively made a transition to keto and carnivore, I just craved fats and meats and ate it before knowing anything about such ways of eating (hate calling it “diets”). I felt a huge improvement in my body when I finally cut out fruits, nightshades, leafy greens, grains, vegetable oils, nuts and dairy (except for hard cheeses and butter which I can tolerate). Now I’m more animal based and can sometimes indulge in some veggies like carrots and cucumbers, even seasonal fruits, but as winter is coming I feel more carnivore with a couple pieces of dark chocolate which contains some sugar😱 but still makes me feel even better mentally and physically than strict carnivore! + I don’t do any fasting now and eat 3 meals a day with no snacks which also feels better for me
Wow! Yes! I like to try some seasonal stuff here and there too. Thanks for sharing your experience and what you’re doing because it’s always helpful for others to see! Have a great weekend Anna 😊
GREAT video! This EXACT scenario just happened to me. I’ve been eating mostly hamburger, fatty steak, eggs, and bacon. I just had my blood drawn. I was hoping for great numbers, but everything (except my insulin) went the wrong direction. My blood glucose, triglycerides, A1C, and BUN all went up. My iron was high too. It’s great to know that I can change a few things and still continue with keto/carnivore. I have lost weight and am noticing some other great changes so not all is lost! Keep up the good work Lilly!
WOW! I'm so happy this video was able to maybe help and give you some more hope. Thank you for sharing this with me and others :) Hope you have a blessed day Susan, please keep me in the loop on how things progress for you and what you find works/doesn't work :)
@@susanstoltz903 well I never checked after two months so I can’t say where I was. I didn’t check anything close to a year. And I know my numbers were much better than ever I have actually got better since. I have been carnivore for over three years now. My triglycerides are anywhere from 40 to low 60. Last test my HDL was 82 and my A1c was 4.9
I've tried vegetarianism, weight watchers, low carb, and keto. Started feeling much better on keto and lost 20 lbs. I have lupus and once I cut out sugar and flour and processed food in general, that's when I really started noticing the brain fog and body and joint pain improving. I'm now moving into ketovore so I've upped my protein from 60g daily to 85-95 g daily. Also eating only a few low oxalate veggies now and see another drop in pain. A bonus I didn't expect is the decrease in allergy symptoms. I think this is something I can do long term. 63 year old female btw and working on losing 30 more lbs.
Gonna watch this one again a few times. Lots for me to absorb. I’m a skinny guy trying to regain weight I lost during Covid two years ago. I’ve put on 9 lbs since starting 5 weeks back. Thanks guys!
I appreciate this conversation. The main carnivore turn off is the dogmatic fervor around the diet. I’m animal based ketovore and experience all the benefits that strict carnivores claim.
I like to keep an open mind and not get too dogmatic. I'm currently taking a class in nutrition and although they push the traditional USDA (MyPlate) diet, it's helping me understand the body's process better. My current thinking is high protein/low carb is best for me with some fruit and veggies, little to no grains, avoid added sugar, but don't torture yourself if you occasionally eat desert, etc. I'm not so concerned with fat/cholesterol on carnivore/keto but maintaining electrolyte balance and maintaining a diverse microbiome so that if I want to eat various foods it's not a disaster. I'm currently trying to find the optimal amount of macro nutrients for me so that I can maintain my weight and feel good! Muscle is important too, I like Dr Gabrielle Lyon's approach on a muscle-centric diet.
Java Mon, you have a hard road ahead of you doing a nutrition class when you know much of their information is incorrect. As I've heard Dr. Ken Berry advice medical students just sit there, don't make waves, give them the answers they expect so you can get your degree. Then your real education begins. As far as eating fruit and veggies I typically eat fruit in moderation only when it is in season, rest of the year I don't eat it. Good luck in your studies.
@@pamostman516 Fortunately, my instructor seems fairly open minded. I actually have more conflict with the other students who are already in the medical field. People get very emotional about food!
what do you think about vegans who say the science backs their way of eating? i mean they say the science by far shows vegan diet to be the best. I dont understand how to interpret the science and judge myself tbh.
@@MS45636 We are apex predators, evolved to eat meat and a few fruits and veggies. Most plants should be eaten by ruminant animals who have the proper digestive system to process plant nutrients, and then we can eat those animals. That's how I see the food chain. Vegans are a very small percent of the population and it's hard to get enough protein as a veg head. However, the choice is always yours...
Agreed. Gary Taubes talked me into avoiding sugar as much as possible and I was only eating bread (lots of bread) as a carrier for meats, peanut butter or gobs of butter. Completely uneventful transition to carnivore. Basically I just cut out the breads.
Keto Flu is basically just electrolyte imbalance because you need to manage things better instead of just eating whatever. I never experienced either flu from doing keto or carnivore and jumping straight into it. Carbs were mainly for food shortages or famines (ie wars) e.g. Irish famine when the British tried to genocide the Irish, they turned to potatoes as foods, and this happened with rice in Asia etc. carbs are cheaper. Our bodies have been used to eating carbs etc our entire lives, hence, our body reacts to not having them. Do not get your kids addicted to carbs and sugars. It’s not child abuse to not give your kids sugar, it’s child abuse to give them mcdonalds and lollies.
I got the impression he was talking about going from SAD type or higher carb diet to carnivore. I didn’t have keto flu when I went from clean keto to carnivore, but I did when I went from vegan to meat-based low carb.
Very informative video! I have been on carnivore for about 4 months. My LDL, A1C, and triglycerides all increased at my last appointment. I was very disappointed. I was expecting my numbers to be better because I have lost 22 pounds and feel better than I have felt in 10-15 years. When I went to my appointment, I was on a 36-hour fast. I am 51 years old, 6' and started at 240lbs. I exercise (walk and lift weights) everyday and only eat two meals a day. My doctor wants me to take statins and insulin but I am going to wait. After so many years of eating a higher carb diet, I just think it is going to take time to get my body back to using food the way it is supposed to. Thanks!
If this keeps up long term, I recommend you try the whole food plant based diet. There’s so much variety and it lowered my cholesterol and blood pressure within only 3 months.
@@ryansadilek6872 I think I finally found the key to my blood sugars. I have not taken insulin in awhile and am just taking Metformin and Glimepiride. The Glimepiride was the key because the Metformin wasn't working on its own. Now my blood sugars are in the 80s in the morning and rarely get above 160 after a meal. It goes up after high-intensity exercise but it always comes back down. So, thanks for the advice, but I'll stick to what I am doing. I am now down 36 pounds and continuing to lose, thanks to low-carb, IF/Time-Restricted Eating, and exercise.
I didn't ease into Carnivore at all, I'm all in and worked through a bit of digestion issues but as Dr Berry says stick with it and the body knows what to do. The body makes those adjustments and I feel he is totally correct saying that. Plus, I'm not a car. The diesel/gas analogy was...really pretty bad.
Agree, I went all in. And yeah, that was a terrible analogy. You have to rebuild your engine to run on diesel? 😂 Well, I suppose you could but you'd need to chop and change so many parts it would be cheaper and easier just to do a full transplant or buy a new car. Guess he's a doctor though, not a mechanic
Awww thanks so much Melissa, I really appreciate you saying this :) It sure is a lot of work but it doesn't really feel like work! :D Have a great weekend yourself!
He is so right! In my case anyway! I wish I would have found this sooner! I started Keto 7 years ago. Moderate protein (for my size 5'3) and high fat. I was eating 50-60g of protein per day and 200g of fat (roughly) and lost 120#. I felt great. Sugars stayed 60-80 daily. I could not get the last 10lbs off that I wanted. (realizing now I should have just been happy at 132lbs). I found carnivore. Thinking maybe i need to drop fats and increase protein. I was fat adapted. I felt great to start with only ribeyes and beef and eggs and butter. I started not tracking, eating all the beef i wanted and then gained 30lbs after 2 years of carnivore i started tracking again. Checked my fasting sugars and boom 100-110. What! I was getting 100 to 170g of protein per day and felt so hungry. I couldn't get enough food. So yes, my protein had started storing as fat! I have since dropped my protein back to 55-80g per day and can tell that my body is sensitive to this because my sugars spike on lower fat days. I just hope i can get back in balance.
He’s correct on one thing. Carnivores are like vegetarians about how they push their diets. Carbs are not the enemy they’re not going to kill you. Just like beef isn’t the enemy and cow farts aren’t destroying the planet. I believe whole food, no processed foods is probably better. But all thing in moderation.
i agree with you on everything you said except the last five words. Moderation really doesn't work, otherwise my parents would be skinny, but they;re not. What is moderation? Everyone has their own definition of it.
I am very glad I clicked on this video. It shines a light on the “perfection” of a Carnivore or Keto or even a vegetarian diet. Not being perfect carnivore makes me feel some freedom around moving more toward animal based without freaking out.
Yes, it's best not to get fanatical and closed minded about anything. You never know what you might need to change in the future. I'm happy to see variety and discussion in the carnivore/keto community.
I stated 14 days ago I'm down 9 lbs.. My stiff neck is gone . the little red bumps on the back of my fore arms are gone. I feel more energetic. I'm just not buying that we need carbs/sugar. I feel so much better without them. I'm 40 so if he thinks it hurts you long term well I have never felted better so I will not be giving up carnivore diet. I feel the best when I am eating this way.
It's contingent on one's condition and needs. For those who do tremendous amount of physical workout it's different than for those who are deeply insulin resistant. Fasting, and not calorie reduction necessarily, is a good way to go for weight loss, in my case anyway. I constantly experiment. And thank you for what you do 💐
Awesome! Thank you for sharing this, it's always nice seeing how others think and how they approach reaching a healthy life :) Have a great weekend Mehrdad!
I have to agree with Dr Cywes bc I experienced the same symptoms myself after 1yr of strict carnivore. What I have learned is that just because doing something good is beneficial it should not mean doing more of it is better. Human body and hormones adapt (evolution) to our environment, diet, stresses etc over time. What I found what works best for me is to cycle through all macros periodically, eat clean, eat seasonally, exercise. It prevents our physiology from moving too far in a certain direction and in good metabolic balance.
I think this is the lesson I am learning now. I have been strict carnivore for 5 months and not experiencing significant benefits that all the other carnivores rave about. I am thinking after finishing 6 months I will slowly introduce veggies…
Wow. I've watched Dr Cywes a lot, but this was Gold. Lillie - Love your sense of humour, happy new subscriber here. I realise now that I jumped into Carnivore too quickly at the start of the year and have spent the last few months trying to find my balance. Today I ate a Kiwi fruit - my first fruit of the year and it was Divine !
When it’s all said and done, the person following the program is the ultimate decider of what you eat and why. Lots of trouble with accepting what many doctors saying today what you “must” eat.
Hi lillie great to see part two of this fascinating video. Very interesting. It's easy to doubt yourself on a carnivore diet because nobody else really understands it. I'm always been told eat everything in moderation and don't overdo the meat.(this is my wife who's a diabetic and just had 3 bits of cake!!) I too have never had keto flu and eased into it over several months. I still have the odd vegetable and I do think it's a great diet. Very easy to follow.but I'm lucky because I'm 64 have already nearly died through illness once and if I died tomorrow I couldn't complain. Hope Bryce is great. P s having blood done next week expecting cholesterol to be up.thanks lillie love all your videos your the best.
No, people do understand it. The doctor is right, in the long run it will ruin your health. Does it have short term benefits? Absolutely! The masai is a tribe in Africa, they live on a carnivore diet, and they have atherosclerosis just like we do on our standard american diet. It's just that they walk 10-12 miles a day, which widens their arteries. So even though their arteries are clogged, the widening due to exercise allows ample blood flow. So if you aren't living like how the Masai or Inuits ilve, getting plenty of exercise, burning like 2500 calories a day, you are clogging your arteries. If you want to go carnivore or keto temporarily as a sort of carb fast to drop weight, I see no issues with this, but it's not a lifestyle.
Thats so funny I have that conversation with my Mom about being Carnivore. She gets so concerned even though im not Carnivore but I believe it is sustainable and heathly! More power to anyone that wants to do it. God gave us many options of food and we dont live by food alone and the spirit and are attitude is just as important. I like to cycle through my eating habits and take away what benefits me and of course I do not have it all figured out either. So we all need to listen and absorb knowledge from everyone even if we dont agree. I love that you and Bryce journey is not just one sided, we are all searching for a great life and great health. Thanks for the video!
YES!!! Thank you for writing all of this. Listening to our bodies and absorbing all the information we can to further our health and live a pain free life is necessary! Have an awesome weekend Dennis! :)
Literally back in the day I happened on to dr. Atkins book and it saved my life inside a week, I had all the pcos problems and all the trimmings! I was very young so that was my one good thing! I naturally went on instinctive knowing my body responded well to fat and protein, I tried being plant based and it always ended with a flabby body and foggy brain, and sugar carb raging cravings, like the doctor said one bite if sweet and I could spiral in a day, so find your place in the food conundrum… clear headed and physically strong is my que…. This makes total sense! To me
This is so helpful! Thanks for asking these questions Lilly and to Dr Cywes for being so accessible and open about his medical experiences. I'm feeling very 'fed' by this kind of nuanced and balanced discussion of the carnivore diet and healing through food. So grateful 🙏
I also just listened to your interview with Mary Ruddick yesterday and man... That was also soooo much what I've been looking for. I'm working to navigate disordered/imbalanced eating habits, and put an autoimmune condition into remission and have been exploring carnivore and animal based eating for the last 7 months or so. It's had it's ups and downs, and these kinds of broad minded perspective interviews are giving me life! I'm feeling the renewal of clarity and adjusting my approach to suit my goals. You're quickly becoming one of my main go-to resources on this journey.
Thank you Lillie! I think these videos are important because a lot of people jump on trending diets and carnivore/keto is not that. Yes, a lot of people that need to loose weight can loose weight fast eating this way, but it’s better to understand why you are eating this way and how your body responds to the foods you eat so when inevitably your body changes then you know how to make adjustments.
Great Information, thanks Lillie! Frank Tufano was hard core Dogmatic Carnivore for 6 years. Then he put out a Video, “The Carnivore Diet Almost Killed Me”. Turns out he was suffering from Iron Overload.
@@KimJileneYes, but to help with this is giving blood. Especially if you are a man. Women who don’t have hormonal issues normally have a monthly menstrual.
Cywes' comments make a lot of sense. Low carb omnivore with variety works well for me - I can tolerate fruit and veg carbs. But sugar, ice cream and pizza bread come with consequences.
YES! Glad you found it helpful and thanks for sharing what works for you, it's always fun seeing what others do to reach their health goals! :) Have a delicious week Henry!
Hi Lillie Just to let you know, I have subscribed to your newsletter, a few times now, & I am not too sure why I am not yet receiving any info. (Sorry to type this message here…) Thank-You for this video… Chantall Vardas, South Africa 🇿🇦
I am still a bit worried about keto/carnivore, what long-term issues might occur- BUT... 3 months ago I was a wreck, extremely tired all the time, could not sleep, had really bad joint pains... Within 14 days of something more carnivore than keto all these problems were gone. Now I am slowly trying to learn more but very careful to eat anything that would go beyond keto (mostly just carnivore) because I don´t want to go back to feeling as bad as I did before.
Lillie, your content is superb! You ask all the right questions! (Btw, am sadly not always seeing your new videos on my feed once posted although I'm subscribed)
I'm so happy you enjoyed the conversation! If you hit the "bell button" it will pop up on your news feed when a new video comes out :) Have a beautiful day Nisha!
Eating just Ribeyes does seem pretty silly. Personally for me it's red meat steaks, butter, bacon, and two squeezed lemons a day. For now. Down the line that may change but I'm only my 7th Day in to carnivore and I feel amazing no keto flu. Had one bout of lightheadedness yesterday in the store and came home and ate some salt and fat and I was good. Loving the lifestyle.
The yardstick which should always be in the back of your mind is what our ancestral lifestyle would look like. Likely high variability in food sources, amounts, and circadian patterns, with an emphasis on animal food sources, but intermittent high intake of polyphenol rich plants, high fibre foods, sea foods, including small wriggly things from under rocks and seaweed. In Nothern Europe, you might have had woolly mammoth for a few months, followed by acorns and mushrooms. The effect of food is also modulated by exercise patterns, sun exposure patterns, and what the food that you eat, ate.
I like what he said about you need to stay sugar adapted while you are also fat adapted. You can't be stuck in fat adapted only or you will run into problems. So you have to mix in some carbs to your carnivore diet. I eat two teaspoons of honey a day and have things like raw chopped onions and celery with a can of Salmon or some fried onions with my grass fed & finished hamburger. Very informative video, thank you!
Thank you for sharing what you and how it's been going for you! I also have some honey each week and I love me some sweet potatoes each week too :D Have a delicious week, it's going to be a great one!
Great interview! I’m sharing this one with everyone I know! You are great at getting good answers my friend. I love your interviews!! Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!!
Hi ! I am just learning about carnivore and have watched many videos so far and your approach seems to be the the best....so, thanks. Cindy from Canada.
This was very helpful. I am on day 4 of carnivore and I wish I had watched this video 5 days ago. I did exactly what the doctor said I should not do and I suffered for it. I had 3 miserable days of headaches and nausea and dizziness and weakness and no focus or motivation. Yesterday wasn’t as bad as the day before, and today I’m quite a bit better…just did a few minutes on the rowing machine and I’m keeping up with chores around the house (sat in my chair and accomplished nothing the first 3 days). I just wish that I didn’t start so abruptly…meal time is awful since I don’t really like eating meat (I have a huge sugar tooth) and I definitely miss my energy drinks and coffee with flavoring in it. Going cold turkey (or should I say “cold beef”) like this is really challenging physically and emotionally. I have major cravings for candy and flavored drinks. I’m not sure what I should do now. Keep pushing forward and hope that my cravings change and my energy comes back fully, or add some things back into my diet and try to acclimate more slowly? And what do I do since I really don’t like meat? I’m already bored of eggs and bacon and steak and fatty pork…and I find chicken super boring and fish tastes disgusting to me. I just want the health benefits all the carnivore people talk about. I am trying but I have serious doubts in my ability to keep it up unless someone can tell me honestly that I will actually come to enjoy meat more.
yes, you will...around the time your cravings subside. I don't say this lightly as I had/have strong sugar addiction. Addiction is a kind of hyper-focus - you are so set on that one thing, nothing else is even on the horizon - but as the craving fades (through abstinence), other foods will appear more interesting. God bless ❤️🙏❤️
I don't particularly "enjoy" meat. They all taste boring without spices or sauces but I decided that I didn't care anymore. Eating boring food won't harm me and I can do it. I'm focusing on finding enjoyment in other things and not food. I did start eating berries everyday and making a morning hot chocolate with water, honey, and melted ceremonial grade unsweetened chocolate. That's helped me a LOT staying on everything else. After 3-4 weeks all the cravings all went away
@@AlannaZackrisonI've had a different experience, 2 weeks in, mild carb cravings occasionally (at night) I have been added sugar/treat free for 12 months though. I'm craving meat. Spent the last week daydreaming about fatty, grass fed lamb neck fillets because I can only get a couple per week. I tend to salivate easily just thinking about beef..😂
Try keto. I'm on keto. I'm a hugh sugar addict. I consume beef, steak, chicken, fish, eggs, bacon, kale, spinach, cheese, sour cream, ricotta cheese, cream, coffee, pork skins, garlic, pesto, and peanut butter. I also eat pancakes made from walnut flour and peanut flour. Keto gives more of a variety and you'll lose weight.
So.. This doesn't change anything for me. I have been doing Keto for 2 years. I'll continue to monitor my blood sugar and ketones and if they stay OK.. I'll keep doing what I am doing.
perfect! Yes when I heard this I also was like, "okay so I just keep doing what I'm doing" :D Love it, thanks for sharing Johnny! Have a great weekend :)
Love you!!! You are REAL!!! You do you boo!!👍🏻💪🏻💪🏻 your beautiful inside and out! Thanks so much for sharing all this info! Always watching your videos!!!❤️❤️👍🏻
Opinions become mute when results contradict them. I was a Type 2 diabetic strictly adhering to the diabetic approved diet and got my A1C down to a steady 8.4 on the normal meds prescribed for diabetes. Kidney function had dropped to 35% and going down and on the verge of stage 4. I started a strict carnivore diet for the last year and now my A1C is 5.2 and kidney function is 55%. My PCP tried warning me off the diet as basically being a stupid fad (His Words) but now can only say he doesn’t understand how this reversal has happened. Results trumps theory every time.
@@suomynonaanonymous nope, I must be the only person on the carnivore diet that hasn’t lost a single pound. I weighed 164 before I started it and now I weigh 165. I’m 5’8” so technically considered obese but even my Doc thinks I look healthy.
Wow that is an amazing change in numbers though especially without weightloss! @@southernjoes8372 Amazing results. Kidney failure is ROUGH so thank goodness you were able to reverse it!
2/2/24 I did bloodwork. 2/9/24 I started carnivore. I weighed 292# and as of 4/2 im down to 262#. I had a fasting advanced lipid panel on 3/26 and results scared me. My triglycerides jumped from 95 to 243, total Cholesterol from 186 to 310, HDL from 37 to 26, LDL FROM 130 TO 239. I eat eggs and bacon for breakfast and beef for dinner. no lunch with only water. Have 2 cups of black coffee in the morning
I think a huge component of carnivore is that people need to put those proteins, fats, and micronutrients to work to build something. Whether it's muscle or brain, ligament, tendon, enzymes, whatever... an important part of the nutrition plan is to build. Resistance work is tailor made for carnivore. I'm interested in understanding how it works for endurance exercises though, especially, as doc said, endurance athletes also need their carbs, especially on race day.
Nice! Thanks for sharing! It's always interesting to read what others are doing and how it is serving them. I will be interested to see how adding the olives, pickles, and avocados go for you! :)
I do think plants are toxic though. 5 weeks carnivore, and my 30-year back problems and crooked spine are gone. Had 1 chicken leg with a coating on it, struggled to get out of bed the next day. If it causes inflammation that bad and that fast, its toxic. Liked the bit at the end though. What you eat in your 20s probably won't suit you in your 50s
Two questions from the opening scene. If plants are toxic and unhealthy for human metabolism, why shouldn't you advise others of such? And why is it relevant to be able to produce an insulin response when and if you do not eat carbohydrates? Bearing in mind that you do not need to eat any exogenous carbohydrates at all as the bodies needs for glucose is amply met by gluconeogenesis?
What I did was went from 250 carbs down to 100 the first week 75 week2 50 week3 25 week 4 then 0 week 5. That’s how I started carnivore it was super easy after week 2 I also incorporated fasting since I was morbidly obese. My 100 day transformation was 295 in January 2024 to last week April 2024 was under 215lb in 100 days over 80lbs now I also ate high protein 60/40 fat/protein ratio and I started at 1500 cals which was to low so I went to 1800 then 2100 cals and now I eat more than ever 2500-3700 cals a day and still losing fat and packing on muscle there is a learning curve and trial and error to this way of life
If you don’t change your microphone with that sound coming through, maybe try some acoustic panels with the high pitch of your voice to sound comes through rather sharp.
It sounds like a flex between carnivore and Keto is the right mix. The key is, to me, the frequency of the mix. I think when you get to a healthy weight, stay active, exercise, live your life, live a healthy life it becomes easy.
There is so much noise coming from so many influencers that I think everyone starts to over think this. Eat higher fat cuts of meat, eat when you're hungry and stop eating when you're full. The end!
Lillie thank you, another excellent video!! 👏 Great content. Valuable point; our needs are constantly changing, evolving, thus our diet needs to evolve too. Stay beautiful, strong and sharing. Love N 💚
Great information I did watch his video with Judy when she released it very interesting and makes alot of sense I started intuitively changing up my meatbased diet introducing a few veggies here and there that I can tolerate and recently started doing more lean days in the past I couldn't really handle touch lean meats without feeling like garbage but now I seem to feel fine it really depends where you are at in your healing process 😀
Yes! This is wonderful! Thank you for writing all of this because I think what you wrote is beautifully said! I am happy to read you are finding out what works best for you and keep going with the flow :) Thank you Rosa! Have a great weekend :)
I have been a modified carnivore for 4 weeks and I have had nothing resembling keto flu. Perhaps this only happens to people who were previously on a SAD diet. Or a vegetarian/vegan diet for years. I was eating some meat, eggs, and raw dairy. What I had to get rid of was bread and sweet pastries (banana bread, muffins, crepes, etc.). So I stopped eating those and moved to a few prunes (carnivore constipates me) and a small amount of other fruit (berries, the occasional pear or peach in season, a banana now and then). The fruit keeps my bowels moving. I never was all that fond of veg, but they do tend to mess up my digestion, as I was reminded when I was gifted a large container of homemade spaghetti sauce from a lady pastor in a gift bag. I could not refuse, and I could not waste it. It turned out to contain TVP and sugar, but I felt obligated to eat a decent portion, which meant buying spaghetti (settled for pasta made from red lentils, which never seems to include the skins, so fewer lectins). But it was all kinds of carbs I didn’t want. and that unsettled my digestion. Starchy carbs and many veg give me horrific gas and discomfort. I’m so glad, the following day, to get back to meat, eggs and sanity. Only ribeyes and hamburgers and bacon can stop me from going back to sweet pastries and bread. Fortunately I’m simply not a binger. I can eat one of something, be satisfied, and stop. I’ve just absorbed too many sweets from early childhood (Fruit kuchen in huge slabs, stoellen at Christmas along with a dozen types of German Christmas cookies; candy at Halloween and at Easter; black cows (root beer over vanilla ice cream); ice creams and ice cream sandwiches and orange sherbert at school; the excellent doughnuts Grampa kept bringing home day after day…i was not a fat child but starting at puberty I gained a pound per year. Every year. 112 at 12; 118 at 18; 124 at 24 when I married, etc., right up to 173 lb at 73. I am expecting great progress from a meat-based diet. I’m also cooking more instead of eating out, so I can eliminate nearly all seed oils. I have no interest in fasting at present. Just adapting to a meat-based diet is enough of a change for now; I have lots of issues to overcome and heal from. When I feel so deeply fed and nourished and whole will be time enough to fast.
What I learned here is that, you have to consume for your body needs, If you not exercising, why eat ton of protein and fat? If you have slow metabolism, vs fast, you have to eat accordingly. Eating some honey for lean people is OK, why not?
Why is high fat not normal for any mammal? When animals eat their kills, they favor the fatty organ meat; liver, kidneys, intestines first. The muscle meat is the among the last thing they eat.
Liver, kidneys, and intestines are not high in fat 😊 He is saying sometimes (not all) his patients who eat a strict carnivore diet are eating the ribeye with a half stick of butter on it every day and since our ancestors wouldn’t have exclusively eaten the fatty meat cuts (and then add more fat on top), he just doesn’t believe people need to be eating as much fat every day. And some times having a leaner meat day is good. Though this is only for people who are seeing negative health results so I’m sure there are people who have been eating strict carnivore high fat diets for 10+ years and their blood markers are fine. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But if someone is experiencing negatives, an option would be reducing the fat sometimes and not doing as much extended or intermittent fasting since it’s a stress on the body and by eating 3 meals a day it can give the body a break. Hope this helps! 😊
@@LillieKane and I’m prefacing all this with all due respect. As a fellow physician, what Dr C is doing is great and I’ve been following him for years. But I don’t agree with everything he promotes and says and this is one of them. We both know carnivore/lion is very difficult in terms of strict compliance. I have a 98%+ attrition rate when I outline a SPECIFIC diet. The issue is YOU HAVE to basically eat the same thing daily, unlike what he is suggesting. It’s when you start to introduce variety that the wrong things start sneaking in. A keto snack here. A low carb beer or two there. Some fruit etc. Maybe just ONNNNNE slice of that cake because it’s Aunt Melba’s birthday…..
@@LillieKane this is like the discussion I have with cardiology colleagues, who cringe at my diet. So even though ALL studies on cardiac risk point to high HDL/low TGs show a cardio protective effect and low risk for an event, I’m the one human that this DOESN’T apply to in terms of risk. They go on about how my high HDL/low TG is “genetic”, even though for 30+ years before I started strict carnivore my HDL was low and TG high….. Again, physiologically impossible for TG to go up on a zero carb diet from a previous standard diet carb laden baseline level.
What he was saying was after being a veteran carnivore. One needs an insulin response. If you don’t then you cause harm. They vets aren’t getting this. If your burning resources then the top off increases. If obese or diabetic you have extra resources and need reduction. So the answer is dependent on what and where one is in the journey
I train BJJ/Judo and lift weights. Carnivore/Animal based has been the only thing that has remedied stomach aches and other problems regarding inflammation. Also I workout for strength not to lose weight or build muscle. I’m 6’2 185 early 30s with a fast metabolism
I was listening to a podcast on the early migration into Europe by the PIE folks, the first to get a regular supply of red meat. One of the ways they can tell the difference between their grave sites and the grave sites of the original inhabitants, who did not get as much red meat, is the size of the person in it. The PIE folks tended to be much larger in stature in comparison to those who were more plant based in diet.
Having learned acupuncture and acupressure from an old martial arts master-- and having studied reflexology, hypnotherapy, NLP, EFt, etc.. I have learned ONE thing most people either don't know- or they forget-- when your body begins healing ANYTHINg-- for a short time, it will actually feel WORSE before it feels BETTER. It'ls like pulling out a knife-- if the knife is in you- it hurts like hell-- and when yanked-- DANG talk abuot hurting... then it will slowly begin to feel better.. or hurt less. Right now, I'm going through waking up with back pain that makes me SCREAM.. and knees been giving out on me lately. You know my background now- and that I was mashed between two trucks in 99, and I've also been shot , cut, and more--- so believe me I KNOW pain-- having hurt so much over the last 23 years that I often scream out- and can't hold it. I'm HEALING. I woke up this week-- Mon I thinkg- and my toes were STRAIGHT-- they haven't been straight in YEARS.. I had what is known as "hammer toes"where the toes curl under all the time. The asian medicine recognizes that is caused by LIVER issues.. and I've been told by other docs the same thing.. MINE are straight suddenly- and I went through a week of toes and feet CRAMPING and couldn't sleep.. but it was my body HEALING!!!. I also found out one other thing new-- it has been recently PROVEN scientificially- that the SMALLEST part of everything is NOT the atom or molecules- not even electron, protons and neutrons-- but what is called "Quantum Matter" which looks like a 'mist". THe suPER good part of it though-- it RESPONDS TO THOUGHT. You can actually think and effect this matter--- THAT IS HUGE-- everything- proven also-- is made of energy- LIGHT basically at various concentrations. WE can THINK and actually "RE-ORGANIZE THAT MATTER--- healing at its BASE!!!! To do it-- lay hand on the effected area- and "see" it as HEALED AND PERFECT... but at the same time- FEEL it that way emotionally-- the brain produces an electromagnetic field- but the heart produces one 5000 times more powerful-- so "feeling" is the SECRET. FEEL THE JOY of that effected part being healed as it's visualized... and that WILL effect that "quantum matter" and healing results. check it out in vids by GREG BRADEN....
Thank you for sharing all of this David! I have heard of healing energy power before. There's a pretty interesting RU-vid video where a woman has a tumor in her stomach and multiple people are standing over her saying, "I am healed" over and over again and putting their energy vibrations over her stomach and you see on the video her stomach go down. Pretty wild stuff out there! The unique ways of healing are endless :D
I always like your stuff! "Great Content!!!" I don't think a doctors conversation should be edited in any way because some of the content could change meaning. I think Dr Cywes would be happy to come on and give a condensed statement on what people should take from the data! Scientist just don't communicate like us. You need a Slide Rule just to read between the lines! lol
Right now I'm doing carnivore until I get to my target weight. Once I reach that goal, then I might adopt more of an ancestral diet. I would mainly fat and protein all year. But during spring and summer I would include fruits and vegetables. I would only eat within season. During fall and winter, I might with throw in some root vegetables like carrots and potatoes. I would only do that if I find I can eat fruits and vegetables without any serious reactions.
I cant get past the title of this video. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2008 while in the hospital with a 572 blood sugar. I struggled with meds and the prescribed low fat so called balanced diet until starting keto 6 months ago . I went from an a1c of over 9 to 7.5 . Still not healthy. I started strict Carnivore animal based and water 9 weeks ago. Keto did get me off Metformin (max dose 2000 milligrams ) but was still on 52 units of insulin a day and could not get under an a1c of 7.5 Right away I started getting lower blood sugars. My doctor told me to reduce insulin if my sugars came down. I did. After 8 weeks I lost 25 pounds and am down to 12 units of long acting insulin a day., my last a1c was 6.8 three days ago. All of my labs improved. My doctor says that had I started this 90 days ago I very well could have tested under 6 .0 . A1c is a test of glycated cells and these cells can live up to 4 months. My average sugar today is 127 however my fasting insulin has never been tested. WE will be looking at that in 3 months. I test 6 to 8 times a day now as I am doing this diet.
Now I try to keep carnivore flexible , I eat Beef and go from fatty to lean and vice versa depending on stool softness , loose ? less fat. DRY more fat. I eat Beef, fish, chicken, pork, eggs,butter, heavy cream and some cheeses. I eat beef or chicken liver twice weekly cooked with bacon / bacon fat. I do drink a small amount of coffee with heavy cream. My biggest gains were stopping the intake of sugar, Bread and potatoes. My goal forward is an A1c of 5.2 with no insulin added. I am 65 years old 5 feet 10 with a current weight of 210 which is down from 235. I am looking for 180 pounds. So I will never go back from animal based food as my base line. I will never ever eat vegetable /seed oils or sugar again. I am also never going to eat foods high in oxalates . Once healed I will carefully start to reintroduce some foods like Green beans, strawberries, squash, and small amounts of potato peeled and cooked under 250 degrees. I will continue to watch my fasting insulin and fasting blood sugar.
