Chronic Diarrhea On Carnivore Diet? Excess Bile, FXR & Inflammation 

Watching this from my toilet!!!

Watching this two years later and thank God I watched it all the way through. I felt my diarrhea had something to do with my body not producing enough bile because the diarrhea only decreased some when I took digestive enzymes (double and triple the dose). But by evening, the diarrhea would be back. His video talks about the opposite: People producing too much bile and having bile malabsorption resulting in diarrhea. He said these people didn't respond to taking digestive enzymes but I did...for a little while. So I started to click off, but so glad I didn't. Near the end if the video, he talks about a few vitamin deficiencies that inhibit the body's ability synthesize bile. He mentioned A, C, and D. I took a multivitamin containing these vitamins yesterday. Yesterday afternoon and today, I have not had diarrhea. My appetite has returned. I don't feel sick to my stomach anymore and I'm not waking up in the night with painful griping, chills and sweats...and diarrhea. Very grateful for this info.

I have really bad BAM I have yellow watery diarrhea if I'm not snacking on something with carbs such as pretzels or crackers all day. I am currently doing carnivore and it's so bad I am in so much pain and seem to run to the bathroom 5 or sometimes 10 times a day. I still have a gallbladder. I have type 2 diabetes so I need to do carnivore because the only negative is this diarrhea. I bought vitamin A and milk thistle and will keep people updated on my condition for those who are curious whether or not it works or helps. Edit: update after less than 1 hour of taking 10,000 iu of vitamin A and liquid milk thistle drops my stomach cramps and diarrhea subsided. I am dead serious. I will keep updating.

EO, you get the award for the most underrated channel on youtube. I predict greatness in your future.

I’m an IBD postdoctoral researcher; he’s hitting the nail on every point!! Excellent insights!

You have no idea how many videos I watch trying to find a solution to the this problem that I was suffering. You nailed it. Thank you

I’ve been doing carnivore for years and the diarrhea has never stopped. I recently started psyllium husk 3tsp a day and it stopped the diarrhea - although the stool still feels a bit acidic. So happy. I know how to cure it- it just add plants but I don’t want to because the carnivore diet cures my binge eating disorder. Thanks for this video.

This was so helpful. Thank you. Update: I tried the recommended supplements without any improvement. What ended up curing me pretty much immediately was raw milk kefir I found at a local farm.

VITAMIN C from LEMON JUICE just before meals.... Completely made my diarrhea disappear immediately after weeks having this probem with the carnivore diet and eating too much fat. Thanks!

I am a physician and am teaching other physicians about your lectures. I tell many patients often about what I learn from you. Thank you!!!!

Hi, wanted to share my experience. Was six weeks in Carnivore mode and was still liquid (run for loo, stormy results :-)), I tried the Milk Thistle (extract form in capsules @ 225mg per capsule). Took 2 before OMAD meal. No problems anymore! Thanks for this video.

I found your video because I have been on carnivore for 10 weeks and have had diarrhea since I started and it seems to be getting worse. I have been taking everything you suggested years before I started this diet. I take A, C, D, milk thistle, B12 and a few others. I guess my only other option is to try psyllium husk. I cannot keep thinking that the diarrhea will pass because it is getting worse. Everything I eat goes straight though me. I cut out eggs thinking it was them, it did not help. I tried eating cheese and nothing works.

Thank you 🙏 I started carnivore 6 weeks ago and the diarrhea just won't go away. If anything it got worse. After 5 weeks I was ready to give up when I came across your video. I started taking vitamin C and in 3 days the diarrhea was gone. My bowels feel better than ever! Now I can keep going with carnivore. You are a life saver!

Thank you for your help. My second round of chronic diarrhea in four years. The first episode was before I was on Keto/Carnivore diet. The Vitamin C used for a week resolved my issues. The second three month episode occurred recently while on the Carnivore diet. I luckily found your site again, used Vitamin C again for a week and it is resolving. The specialist here wouldn't even run a bile acid test, he refused. But he did want to prescribe a bile acid sequestrant. Seems the only thing our US health system can do is pull out a prescription pad or a scalpel. Thank you again.

Fascinating. I started carnivore while I was taking a liver cleanse protocol including ascorbic acid and milk thistle. I didn't get the so-called adaption phase diarrhea until a couple weeks after I finished the protocol. I never made the connection and just suffered needlessly, it appears.

13:22 Recap 17:56 Causes 19:50 Solutions

Couldn’t it be that the body is doing this on purpose? People are saying that they had this problem for months when starting carnivore but eventually it went away. I’m wondering if maybe before carnivore the liver is inflamed and the bile is stagnent. Carnivore diet could be increasing bile acid synthesis and conjugation (taurine and glycine) and enabling the body to begin excreting toxins in phase III detoxification. So FXR could be downregulated for a time as a way for the body to make more bile and excrete more toxins.

Thanks a lot for your video! I’ve been on carnivore for just over 4 months and after entering ketosis, I have been experiencing what seems to be bile acid malabsorption. I tried ox bile, different digestive enzymes, and also all of the supplements you suggested with no improvement to normalize my stool. From your video you mentioned that when these patients reintroduce plant fiber into their diet, their stool normalizes.. So I specifically tried psyllium, and as suggested this plant fiber seems to normalize my stool.

5 days now since i started supplementing milk thistle and no more diarrhea

I see this video is 4 y old. 8/4/23 now. I have been carnivorous/ now ketovore because i have added apx 1/2 c of naturally fermented sauerkraut to my daily intake which seems to have stopped the on going diarrhea i was experiencing after a colonoscopy, which was 3weeks after starting Carnivorous eating style. My BM’s were normal until after the colonoscopy. Then lasted for 100 days. Diarrhea ended after 3 days on sauerkraut.

This explains my issues on carnivore perfectly. A year and a half carnivore and I could never fix my digestive issues, felt like it was 98% water most of the time. I basically had no control over timing or being able to hold it. Eating fruits and veggies and moderate healthy carbs with plenty of fiber seems to fix this in about one day. Removing these, I return to the same issues. I don't feel as good otherwise eating the fruit, veggies, and carbs - but it makes my digestion completely normal. I am very interested to try some of the herbs to see if that can help at all. I am generally much happier eating a carnivore diet - digestion being the only thing I did not like.

I have this problem, and I found that when I drink my normal amount of water with my meals, I get diarrhea. When I allow myself only about 1/4 cup of water with my fatty meal, I don’t have the problem

The quality of the information you've provided is off the charts! Thank you so, so much.

Psyllium husk supplement. Saved me from this bile dump. A dose before eating. I’m now 75 lbs down. 😊

Very interesting. This is the opposite of what I thought - I thought it was lack of bile acids meaning undigested fats were getting into the colon. I do definitely have something wrong with my ability to digest fats - a high fat meal gives me liquid diarrhoea, and this is generally prevented if I eat vegetables at the same time.

you’re LITERALLY a life saver.

You saved me!! After a year fully carnivore adapted with bi issues, i started to have chronic diarrhea. Around 5 months ago I decided to increase the protein intake and stop adding additional fat like butter to my meals; within some time I became constipated and was having BM every 10 days, my hormones were messed up, now I know why: liver was not flushing waste. I decided to supplement magnesium and digestive enzymes with ox bile and HCl acid; then I went from constipated to chronic diarrhea that couldn't stop. I was having abdominal rumbling all night and then diarrhea every morning at wake up. I was also having a weird bad taste at wake up that now I know I could be bile reflux. After watching your video I purchased a supplement that contains some of the herbs you mentioned. It's called liver cleanse from Thorne Labs and started to see results immediately after taking the supplement. I have been talking 1 cap x 3 times a day. I have been able to sleep all night without the abdominal rumbling. I'm now waiting for my BM to go normal big thank you for posting this info

I have a perfect stool after just a month of Carnivore. Tried to add in plants but I got gut distress and constipation.

Not a fan of ascorbic acid or the idea of taking to remedy/temporarily mitigate the problem, but I understand why you’d recommend it for such. The video is amazing - explains this problem with science and clear research. I now have a grip on why this is happening with me on the carnivore diet. I have already been eating fruits along with meat so that I have electrolytes and vitamin C, but I heard thar vitamin C was only really necessary for carbohydrate production, so I thought maybe the acidity from the fruits was causing my diarrhea. I now understand that it was actually the liver/gallbladder secretion thing. I have been taking berberine and milk thistle, seems to be helping a little? Not really sure yet. Will check back in. Thank you again for this awesome content. Please make more!

Fantastic presentation! I don't currently have this particular problem, but I loved your deep-dive into the biochemistry -- thanks for not dumbing things down! I'll keep this stuff in mind in case I run across anyone with chronic diarrhea who may be helped by this information.

Utterly hrilliant. First video that actually addresses the issue properly. This is exactly what has happened to me and i dont even have a gall bladder. Im def going to try this. Ive just tried steaight chicken breast on its own and within minutes. . Ciuple days ago beef and egg, the same. Desperately truing to lise weight at 59 with a clearly inflamed gut .. intermittently taking total restore from dr gundry but yes, bile acids and digestive enzymes make it worse. So depressing and exhausting So going to make sure i try this out and will post results.

Probably the most informative and best health related video I have ever seen on YT. Fantastic presentation!

Strange, for me going carnivore cured my chronic diarrhea. 6 month into it and not going to stopp, feeling better than ever!

Interesting, I suffered from a very severe case of diarrhea for about a month. I would have 10 bouts every single day. This makes a lot of since. I was drinking lots of milk (I know realize I’m allergic) which causes the intestinal inflammation. I was also eating only grain fed beef which has a poor omega ration = more inflammation. I came from a vegan diet of 7yrs so my body was probably unfamiliar with how to deal with 3lbs of animal protein and fat every day. It ended up going away after a month after changing to high quality foods. Then I got constipated, that lasted for about 6mo, it was very severe as well. Now I am doing ok digestive wise. Not perfect but ok :)

I started doing ketovore, mostly meat with very limited vegetables. My stomach was fine. When I switched to all meet (carnivore) my gut went downhill quickly. I'm about 3 weeks in and the digestive issues keep getting worse along with the pain. All the carnivore videos and articles just keep saying to wait it out but my body is telling me that something is wrong. I have stomach pain after every meal and I feel like my body is trying to push something out but is having issues. Eventually I will go to the bathroom and feel some relief but not 100%. The symptoms were sporadic at first but now they are 24/7. Thank God for this video I'm going to incorporate some of those veggies back in and definitely try some of the herbal medicinals. I'll let you know the results.

Histamine intolerance and Histamine overproductions are increasing bile production too.

This is the best video I have seen about the reason for chronic diarrhea. The Carnivore diet has been by far the most healing diet for me. When the diarrhea came in; however, this resulted in no absorption of nutrients. So if this can heal the gut problems, then all shall be healed. Thank you for this most valuable information.

EO the Helpful Carnivore! Any other carnivores here always notice cats chewing on grass and plants? Dogs eating dirt chewing on everything under the sun? 95% carnivore his been the best for my health so far. Strong herbal teas and green plants. Alittle rosemary or horseradish does me good. I think even wolves chew on barks of trees now and again. It’s not “food” but your gut is basically a compost pile and needs microorganism to compete and balance each other out.

Milk thistle fixed me. Thanks so much Elliot.

Just wondering, I’m 76 and have had excess bile for Years. Mainly carnivore so I will start with some veggies and ascorbic acid. If this helps I will be able to maybe travel again. Sometimes I go a month without any diarrhea but never know which is the heartbreak of this. Thank you.

I had awful IBD to the point of I couldn't even finish a meal sometimes without running to the bathroom before starting keto. Keto with leafy greens completely fixed my gut bacteria and it was incredible to actually "trust a fart." Which was something I hadn't been able to do for nearly a decade... If you know, you know! Since starting carnivore 5-6 months ago, the diarrhea has returned roughly every day or two on average. Albeit, not nearly as severe as before starting keto, but still enough to seek some answers and led me to finding your video. The bile acid theory definitely seems to line up with my issues currently. I think for folks like me, who aren't affected by plant toxins, a small amount of fiber from veggies on a ketovore-type diet is really what'll lead to homeostasis of my gut biome. Only time will tell, but it was nice having solid stools every BM on keto. I truly think a meat heavy keto with a little vegetable fiber will do the trick! My fingers are crossed and I'll try to remember to report back after a few months of reintegrating leafy greens and potentially some broccoli and cauliflower to let you all know what comes of it.

Great information and I obviously do not know the daily habits of your patients. Excessive coffee/tea? If I eat plants daily and ingest excessive coffee, I do not get diarrhea. But if I do not eat plants, and ingest excessive coffee, I have diarrhea.

I hope this works, I’ve went on keto or close to carnivore multiple times and I always have this issue. You mentioned several words that peaked my interest: I have Crohn’s and in my last two colonoscopies the report said my ileum was inflamed. I know I have a very hard time getting enough Vitamin D but thru a lot of labs, I have been able to settle on a daily dose that is about 2.5 times normal. My Vitamin D levels in my blood are normal at that level. My plan: (1)increase Vitamin C first (I will continue this thru out), (2) increase vitamin A (back off on this if not affective), (3) start taking the herbal remedies you mentioned… 1by1. If this resolves, then this cure may very well improve my Crohn’s overall. BTW I take Humira 1per 2 weeks. Fingers crossed! Thanks

What a wonderful explanation of the topic that people tend to rather not talk about much! Thank you so much I will try hard to spread this message to people who suffers from diarrhea when they become carnivore!

I used to take milk thistle before I started carnivore and berberine when I was doing keto (still eating veg) I’m going to give this a try and see if it gets any better. I will come back with my results in a few weeks! Thanks for this video 🙏

Great info! My stools have been horrible since I started the carnivore diet 23 days ago. I always thought it was due to low stomach acid so I take HCL and Ox bile with my meals but this could explain why my butt is in fire after every bowel movement. I actually just requested a consultation with u for Tues morning.

Adding these herbs to my diet. Day 6 of canrnivore and I have the worst diarrhea. I already had it before, but would occasionally have solid drops. The last 6 days has been dark brown acid poo. Just aweful 10x a day. This doctor saved me when I had horrible foot pains that I thought were irreversible neuropathy... turns out I was B1 defficient and now my feet only hurt when I sit for too long (S1 issues in my spine). Thanks doctor! You are saving my health, and my sanity: and it's with many tears that I express my grattitude. I wish that I could repay you... May God bless you .

Thanks very much. Why is this video not shared by the Carnivore guru's? Probably because they have no clue about BAM. Like many posters here I discovered your video way too late, but better late than never. I am on Cholestyramine and that helps on non Carnivore, so I will try Vit C to start with. Thanks to the posters as well.

I started eating more fat and got diarrhoea. I stopped eating as much fat and it stopped.

I think you’re into something. I adapted to carnivore without diarrhea, then decided to start using bile salts after big meals just because I heard it helps with protein digestion. After 2-3 days of using bile salts, I unexpectedly got explosive diarrhea. 😅 Gonna stop using them and see if it stops...

Elliot, are the nutraceuticals you suggested best taken WITH your meals, beforehand, afterwards, or does it not matter? Thanks!

Wow , the Berberine works! I have been intermittent fasting, one meal a day, for over a year and suddenly started having diarrhea soon after my meal. This went on for a week and then I found your video. The communication between the intestines and the liver seemed like a possibility, so I took Berberine and also L-Glutamine and the next day it stopped! I am continuing to take them and have not had it come back after a couple of weeks. I am very grateful that you and other doctors share information like this. Thank you so much!

This is the second time your videos have helped me on this journey. I added back fiber to test and the next day did 4 g of Ascorbic acid and it has stopped my diarrhoea. It has bloated me though, so I think i might try milk thistle instead.

Biochemistry is so amazing! :)

Thank you so much! This really makes a lot of sense to me. I have noticed that Artemisia (wormwood) helps with diarrhea & calms my gi tract. I didn’t realize why until your video. Great video thank you!! I have sibo & h pylori & can’t tolerate veg fiber very well but have diarrhea with a carnivore diet.

WoW! This is gold. I did keto for two years. This year I started carnivore. I don't have a gallbladder for many years now. I've noticed a lot of gas and bloating as well as chronic diarrhea. I was very surpirsed a couple weeks ago that after eating some liver and bone broth I had some very normal stools. Almost constipated! After watching this vid, I'm wondering if the vitamin A in the liver fixed me. I'm going to have to experiment with more liver to see if that is the case. Thank you for this information!

i find raw fat consumption of high quality to be crucial

This is one of your most interesting discussions from a Chinese herbal medicine perspective, as there is a vast body of literature addressing liv/gb and digestive conditions. Coptis (berberine) plays some role, though tending to be only an adjunct to the function of other herbs.

This is superb, I wonder why your channel is not as popular as other proponents of ancestral / carnivore diet! I struggled with diarrhea immediately after starting carnivore, despite using top quality meat and suet. Small doses of Vit C taken with meal fixed that! I'm gonna incorporate liver as well for wit a. Thanks for all the info!

im 3months in on carnivore , still pissing shit , ive tried ox bile for a few days , no change . reading through some of the comments it seems it can take quite a while for some people , going to stick with it , ive lost over 3 stone, "every cloud" as they say .

I've been peeing out of my butt for 3 days on carnivore.

Does anyone know a channel that can explain this to someone that isn't medically trained? I just want to know why eating a steak is like eating a box of laxatives.

You nailed it. This bile acid malabsorption is exactly what's happening with me. Plants and nuts, which contain plenty of soluble fibers, are the only way I can avoid this problem. By the way, bile acid diarrhea has a distinct smell and color. Once you identify it, you can always tell this type of diarrhea from other more serious types caused by viruses, bacteria, or other pathogens.

Wasn't diarrhea for me more like runny stools, I wouldn't care if it didn't go away nothing's going to make me change from this diet unless it's out of my control. Feel so good its mind boggling.

EO’s more recent videos discuss oxalate dumping as another reason for diarrhea at any point during the carnivore diet. Often, the oxalate dumping happens later (or even earlier before even starting any elimination diet, Sally has given that a different name), like with me, 9 months in, chronic diarrhea for 2 months. I’m mitigating by eating low ox foods like black tea, cocoa and cinnamon but I’m also trying herbs, probiotics, fibers, lemon juice. There could be multiple issues involved. The circadian rhythm piece is fascinating and not to be ignored. Our light diet is everything. Look into quantum biology. So many commenters are describing classic oxalate dumping symptoms. Update: diarrhea stopped, yay, plus starting B1 protocol, cutting back on B1-depleting tannins in tea and coffee and cocoa. Cheers.

I started keto two months ago. A month ago I got a rash across my lower back. Extremely itchy. I looked on line and was told to take bile salts. I started taking them twice a day. It took 3 week's to calm down. Itt still flares up now and then. This is the third time I tried keto The first two times I got a rash and pain bruising over my kidneys When I would scratch it would leave dark red lines.. I'm going to switch to carnivore. I'm trying to heal fibromyalgia and RA. I just found your channel and starting to listen to you... So am I supposed to take bile salts? I also suffer from severe acid reflux, which disappears when I stop eating wheat products. The reason I started keto.

I have to have veggies or I will 💩 on myself out of nowhere

We are all messed up due to living in an overexposed Electro Magnetic Environment.(EMF)

Carnivore diet and soft stool

I’ve been carnivore for 6 weeks, diarrhea the whole time. Didn’t have diarrhea until I went carnivore. Does that mean I didn’t have Bile Acid Malabsorption (BAM) on a Mediterranean diet and BAM was only triggered because of the carnivore diet. Or was the Mediterranean diet masking BAM and BAM was revealed to me by going carnivore?

Could u please also create a video about constipation or slow gut function on carnivore? 🙏🙏

I've been eating ketovore for over a year and now going basically carnivore I'm getting diarrhea

I had quite disruptive and baffling loose stool for a couple of months on carnivore - it's only recently that it's stopped, and it seemed to coincide with me stopping drinking coffee (I gradually omitted other things too but this was the one thing that really made a huge difference and seemed to mend my bowel somehow). I also gave up all cow dairy as I seemed to develop an increasing intolerance of it. I'm just fine with sheep and goat dairy products however, and can have goat's butter on my steak with no issues. I say this was baffling because I found that, whilst I'm perfectly fine with pork generally, I don't do well with bacon or cooked sausage (deli meats like salami are fine though, and fatty shoulder steaks etc!) I can eat fatty beef steak and organs with no issues, but the higher fat % mince can send me to the loo, which suggests that this can be something to do with fats more generally maybe, or just rendered fats, but then I can cook in beef dripping and lard with no issues lol! I don't really know, but am hoping to be able to reintroduce beef mince back into my diet as it's cheaper than steak! Since the fast-track pooping has stopped, I'm enjoying carnivore much more, and it feels much more livable with!

Ascorbic acid or is food based Vitamin C supplements better or the same?

I had diarrhea for about three weeks after going carnivore (eight months ago), then it disappeared and stools have never been better, going every two days. It might be some bodies readjust slower to the decreased bile wasting. Edit: I do eat most animal fat trimmings just warmed to body temp (just tastes the best), and don't do that well on rendered fat though. Edit 2: and if progress is too slow for someone, herbs as medicine is definitely a viable option!

one of the few really informative videos on this very important topic!

I never ate fat till i was 36. Have been a Ketovore for over a year now and altho i've improved many aspects of my health in doing so this is someting ive been experiencing lately. Spent my whole life not consuming any fat so could my body just not know how to stop producing this bile?

I do experience this problem. Replacing pork fat with beef fat helps but not always. Also not drinking water 3h around meal helps. There is also a trigger, every time a sleep on the left hand side even 3 4 hours after meal I get terrible nausea that is followed by a terrible diarrhea containing bile within 2 hours. Thanks much for this video.

Interesting...mainly as a reminder of the beneficial effects of diversity in our diet. Been carnivore for 16 months , but still drink coffee with heavy cream each morning. I've gone through several periods of diarrhea. Over the holidays introduced blueberries and noticed my stools were noticeably less loose.I may begin introducing beets and beet greens back in my diet and milk thistle is easy to get in various forms. The concept of toxicity of plant oxalates and lectins is relevant but I'm convinced the answer to inflammation control lies in moderation and self awareness...Too much of anything can be harmful.

If this network is in control, is it racketeering, especially since they’re breaking the law ?

I’ve been ketovore for 6 months, carnivore (Saladino style-fruit and animal base) for 2-3 weeks. I’ve recently had diarrhea for the last week. It seems it doesn’t matter what I eat. Do you think berberine would be useful?

Is this the same as malabsorption of fat? I have losen stools yellow colour. Should I try those herbs or digestive enzymes? Thank you

I've been on a carnivore diet for about 8 months. For about 2 1/2 months, starting 5 months ago, I started oxalate dumping every 2 days and sometimes non stop for a week and a half at a time. The main symptoms were diarrhea and a faster build up of oxalate crystals on my teeth. It was very unpleasant. I learned that a deficiency in fat soluble vitamin A, B1, B2 and magesium causes exogenous oxalate production in the livers of some people. Eating red meat liver stopped the excess oxalate production and the excess oxalate dumping. Maybe certain people with chronic diarrhea are also producing too many oxalates. At first, I was looking into bile production but, it wasn't my issue. I've been on a carnivore diet for about 8 months. For about 2 1/2 months, starting 5 months ago, I started oxalate dumping every 2 days and sometimes non stop for a week and a half at a time. The main symptoms were diarrhea and a faster build up of oxalate crystals on my teeth. It was very unpleasant. I learned that a deficiency in fat soluble vitamin A, B1, B2 and magesium causes exogenous oxalate production in the livers of some people. Eating red meat liver stopped the excess oxalate production and the excess oxalate dumping. Maybe certain people with chronic diarrhea are also producing too many oxalates. I've been on a carnivore diet for about 8 months. For about 2 1/2 months, starting 5 months ago, I started oxalate dumping every 2 days and sometimes non stop for a week and a half at a time. The main symptoms were diarrhea and a faster build up of oxalate crystals on my teeth. It was very unpleasant. I learned that a deficiency in fat soluble vitamin A, B1, B2 and magesium causes exogenous oxalate production in the livers of some people. Eating red meat liver stopped the excess oxalate production and the excess oxalate dumping. Maybe certain people with chronic diarrhea are also producing too many oxalates. At first, I was looking into bile production but, it wasn't my issue. Eating plants is not an option for me because of oxalate toxicity and my sensitivities and allergies to the organic plants I was consuming. I added the organic part since some people have told me my reactions were caused by not eating organic. Meat is less inflammatory for me than organic plants.

Omg this literally describes my condition.

Man im really sorry to say this but u putting so so much effort in pronouncing words like for example pronouncing "puurrrrrrrrrimary" with pushing so much air out makes me extremely uneasy , so much that i stopped the video and cant watch it anymore. Im a sub for 1-2 years ive watched probably more than 30 videos of urs but every video i notice it more and more and today its the first time im bothered so much that ive put effort to write a comment. Once again im really sorry

But why do we need to supplement those things. Shouldn’t it somehow work with someting carnivore as well? Just thinking, if we wouldn’t have supplements, what would we eat to feel good?

Comment update: Long post; I hope all the text makes it, AND A TMI warning. I went carnivore to see if it would resolve acid reflux (20 mg of omeprazol 1x/day), thrush, and to lose my final 15 lbs. to my goal weight. I was carnivore for 2 months with constant diarrhea so bad I had to wear incontinence briefs 24 hours per day (I had several accidents, and leakage, up and down throughout the night and needed the constant protection). I tested negative for c diff. For 1 week I took 150 mg of milk thistle 3x/day, bromelain 500 mg 1x/day, and tributyrin 500 mg 1x/day. Nothing helped. For 3 more days I added potatoes and other veggies. Didn’t help. I was at my wit’s end, feeling very bad. Self diagnosed I had dehydration symptoms. I already knew diarrhea causes dehydration, but I wanted to know if the opposite was true, whether dehydration causes diarrhea, and google said yes because of depleted electrolytes. I don’t drink anything but water and ate tons of salt, but I guess that wasn’t enough, and I had enough of this crap, literally. This Friday before bed I drank 20 oz of Gatorade. Saturday morning I drank 33.8 oz of Pedialite and another 33.8 oz throughout the day; I also drank water. I stopped taking milk thistle, etc. I ate 2 scrambled eggs, 1 cup of jasmine rice, and a small banana (BRAT diet) around 10 AM. No diarrhea for 8 hours!!! I ate again at 6:00 PM, two scrambled eggs, dab of shredded white cheddar cheese, 1 oz of corn chips, 1 cup of brown rice, a few bites of pinto beans (couldn’t help myself). I took 2 citrucel caplets that evening, wanted to bind my morning stool. At midnight I had lots of gas and had a BM, very loose, little liquid. I finally slept the whole night. Today is Sunday morning. I’m not wearing an incontinence brief. Went to the bathroom twice, loose but not diarrhea. I’m feeling much better. Acid reflux never got better and thrush went away after talking 2 courses of a diflucan prescription. I’ll drink a third bottle of Pedialite throughout today and feel good enough to go to my cardio workout at 10:30 AM, wearing regular underwear. This has been a journey. I won’t go pure carnivore again. I lost 10 lbs. and will maintain my weight loss eating Whole 30. I know Whole 30 is not for weight loss and is an elimination diet for 30 days, but I did Whole 30 several years ago and lost weight and coming from my recent experience on carnivore, Whole 30 is paradise. BTW, I only drink water, no coffee, I take daily a b-complex, probiotic, vitamin A and D.

same problem of people that got their GALLBLADDER janked out of their body -> chronic diarrhea for life

I have been scouring RU-vid for answers on stopping the diarrhea that started as soon as I went on the carnivore diet over 3 weeks ago. I have been truly frustrated as nothing I found stopped it. Then I found this video and was very hopeful that trying vitamin C just might work. It did hallelujah! I’m going to show this video to my doctor and educate her too. I’m so thankful for this help. 👍

Can you have this excess bile issue with no gallbladder? I assume so , since the liver still produces the bile.

I had loose unformed bm's for 21 years before CV. Totally completely emptied in the morning after coffee. On CV same complete emptying, just liquid diarrhea. Ive found either antidiarrhea tabs or eating a lot of peanut butter, with or without sugar, firms up like 25 years ago. 7:11

Omg this makes so much sense! That’s why the diarrhea stops when I have kale. Oh my gosh it’s so bad on carnivore ! I have to go back to keto at least with kale Thank you for making this omg this is the only video that makes sense

Not that I have read every comment. But what happens with a person with possible bile disorders with no gallbladder

I suspect this is the reason of my chronic diarrhea on carnivore. Does taking probiotics make excess bile worse? Last time I took probiotics I pooped bile 😬 Also, I drink 2 tbs ACV in water every morning & ACV is supposed to increase bile production. Would that make it worse for someone with excess bile? I have always had gut problems regardless of my diet. Maybe not diarrhea, but I've had a bloated, protruding lower belly all my life, even as a kid. I look like I'm a few months pregnant. I don't know if I have crohn's disease but I must have something. I've always known that I don't absorb vitamins well because we all ate the same meals in my house and I was the only one with peeling nails, so it was not a dietary deficiency, but a malabsorption problem

I can't thank you enough for this video, you're my hero

Good thing ive never had that issue. Go every day like clockwork.

What are recommended dosages for ascorbic acid, milk thistle, etc?

Guys for those with diarrhoea, instead of beef or red meat, try lean Chicken breast everyday 3 times,, diarrhoea goes away straight away and thank me later

Can you tell me the dosing for the herbs you mentioned?

Is it ok to have diarrhea just in the morning once a day everyday in a 20 minute window? Been carnivore 1.5 years no solid BM in Months. Meat with some diary, 1 large coffee in the morning, 2 gallons of water a day. Eat once a day. in a 30 minute window. Before I switched to this lifestyle I would get constipated once every couple weeks.