I was on carnivore for two years. I ate 2 pounds of ground beef daily. After 2 years of this, I often felt hungry and I couldn't eat as much protein per day. I didn't understand why. I always felt hungry so I started to incorporate carbs. After a year of eating carbs, I noticed weight gain, low energy and depression. Recently I found your channel and it really opened my eyes to eating high fat to resolve hunger. So I'm back on carnivore now! Im eating high fat and feeling very satisfied. Really glad I found this channel because I've been wanting to get back to carnivore for so long, just didn't know how 💛
you might have experienced protein/rabbit starvation. its a mistake to do carnivore with lean meat, you need the fatty meats. or at least a fat source.
I was vegan for almost 13 years. My menstrual cycles were brutal. Since being (high fat) ketovore , my cycles are normal. My skin is flawless and my mood is so stable
I was 10 years vegan hard in ….no meat ever ….And After a year eating mainly meat ……I cannot begin to tell you how much better my mental health is, I am such a happy contented person now …
@@amirtak9886 weird you mention that... I just started messing around with fruit after being carnivore for 2 years and wondering why I've been waking up with my skin flaking off my face and random dry patches on my arm. crazy.
Bella, I have to tell someone the incredible change to me! I'm 70 yrs old and live in Colorado and have always had high blood pressure it seems like. I was taking 3 BP medication's a day and ate carbs all the time. Very little butter and salt, and then I started Keto 2021. I dropped all my bad weight and gained muscle my skin and hair flourished. My blood pressure now is 127/87 it was 160/80 and I don't take any blood pressure meds and I have hiked all over Colorado. Keto saved me! Thank you for your content......
Just finished day 4 of carnivore. I am down 10lbs. Feeling great! Inflammation is a bit better. I am down 10 lbs but have another 200 to go. I’ve been struggling between 360 & 379 for almost 2 years and after 4 days am down to 350
I just completed 6 months of carnivore. I love eating organic butter. It satisfies me incredibly well. At age 70 I am starting to see my ab muscles. My neighbor complimented me on my skin just the other day too.
71 yrs old here. I'm really trying but , every once in a while, I slip up. So I have noticed my sinuses are unstuffed. Easier to breathe some days. 90% improvement in knee and hip pain. just those things make it worth it. I'm fairly new to this and am guessing it will take a long time to heal all that is wrong with me. I also think age is against me. It takes longer I guess, but in only 6 weeks I have seen a few good changes. Keep up the good work.
I’ve been aiming for one stick of butter per day since watching your first video with Dr. Bright. I just gave birth at home to a baby girl on Thanksgiving and when my midwives asked if I had any juice to drink or a piece of fruit, I told them I’d prefer my home made bone broth and some cold butter. Thank goodness they didn’t give me any flack about it but were very supportive of my choice of recovery food. I imagine all the fat I’m eating is really good for the baby’s milk I’m producing.
And many doctors, incl. Dr. Ken Berry, & carnivore dentists, talk about giving babies pieces of meat to teethe on & doing so will help create a strong dental arch, & they're likely to have their teeth come in straight & not crooked, & help with proper dental development overall. And of course it makes it much more likely the kids, as they grow, will reject crappy modern food when presented with it. Baby food is a multi-billion dollar, euro, pound, etc., business. When I think about my own upbringing...on sugary stuff incl. soda from a very early age, is it any wonder I've had a lifetime of dental issues, wisdom tooth extractions, multiple dental implants, crowns, etc. I'm sure our ancestors didn't make apple sauce or veggie purees for their babies; they sure couldn't walk to the nearest store for jars of baby food, which is NOT proper human food! There are many dental researchers now who are discussing & publishing work on modern dental & orthodontic issues being a function of the modern diet, versus our ancestral diet. Impacted wisdom teeth, crowding, crookedness, cavities, etc. are all modern outcomes of a crap diet. Or as Dr. Wiedman calls it, Standard Atrocious Diet (since it's not just an Amer. thing....eating a poor diet is happening across the planet now). Manufactured food is NOT food.
I've gotta ask, has breast feeding gone well for you on this diet? Sorry, I know it's personal but I am new to the carnivore ways and when I had my son I could not produce milk to save my life. It was such an emotional thing for me and I truly wish I had started this diet then. I wonder if this will help with my next one...
a few years ago we were taking care of my baby niece and when she was about 5 months i started feeding her blended homemade broccoli soup with heavy cream and butter she ate that stuff up all that good fat for her brain! what a blessing for your little one to have all that Fat !!!
@@abigailloar956 breastfeeding is going really well. My milk came in real fast. This is my fifth baby and it never came in this soon. I started carnivore during my third trimester to get my iron levels up and I just continued after the baby was born.
I just started watching you literally 3 days ago. I had been completely vegan for a year . (For health reasons…also what the health movie got me to do this)…Then started eating some tuna here and there and then some cheese…etc. But after I watched your first you tube…something really spoke to me…the next day I went to the store and loaded up on Meat and grass fed butter! Years ago I used to eat Kerry gold butter like cheese…just slice it off and eat it! Well….in 3 days…I have had a ton of butter and meat! Omg! Literally amazing ….I have almost no body pain now (I’m 66 and have had a ton of issues)….I am sleeping soooooo great! My skin is so soft! Like silky! And that’s in 3 days! I know it’s the butter! It’s seriously amazing! I’m getting butter-boobs! Thank you for this! It doesn’t fully make sense to my mind yet…but my body says….more butter! 🤣 Oh and I can see my muscle definition coming back and I have energy! 🙏
I’m your age with issues galore!! And all that you have plus procrastination. No focus I’m starting today I already have Kerrygold butter🙏🏼🙏🏼for success Happy for you
check out yt ch Nutrition with Judy. she was a vegan for 12 years and switched to (I think keto) then to carnviore years ago because she was so sick on the vegan diet. Her vids are also excellent like Bella's vids. take care.
A little about me. I am 55, I have Hashimotos, I had a hysterectomy at 45, I started carnivore in 2021, lost 35 lbs, excellent bp, and came off of thyroid medication in 2022. I did my first fat fast with cold butter yesterday. I felt that relaxed and calm feeling. It was incredible! No hot flashes last night!! I was cold and got up and shut the fan off 😊
I`m on carnivore since 4 month, before that I dabbled into low carb, then keto. Carnivore didn`t do much on the scale for me, but I look leaner, my water retention is gone and hubby says my butt feels firmer ;). I feel better than I ever felt, I`m 55 and was always struggeling with my weight. After watching Dr. Bright on your show recently I tried the fat fasting with butter and lo and behold, the pounds start to drop. I can almost watch it happening. As I have a busy day at work (3 days a week) I do the fat fasting on these days. I start the day with a bulletproof coffee loaded with butter, over the day I snack on cold butter whenever I feel hungry. The other days, when I`m home, I do OMAD around noon, sometimes a second meal at about 6pm. I`m so happy I learned so much from your channel! Keep on the good work and thank you so much!
Plzzz .. hell…I haven’t lost any weight, instead I gained weight. But it could be cuz I was underweight to begin with. But I don’t like the weight gain. Did you just eat butter for 3 days ONLY?? or you ate 1 meal? I see coffee was included
I also didn't have a cycle before going Keto/Carnivore. 3 days in, I started my period and have had it regularly since! I am currently on month 4, down almost 40 pounds, have lost 9 inches in my stomach, and feeling AMAZING!!!
@@johnhogue9402 Truly! I have always had hypothyroidism and PCOS, which both affected my cycle. I would go 2-3 years without one. But as soon as I start keto (I've tried and failed a few times, this time I went more carnivore), it only takes a week or less for it to start having a positive effect on my hormones.
First week of high fat carnivore for me and it’s going great! Skin softer, eyes brighter, no sugar or carb cravings . I did crave alcohol tonight, but I think that was more of a Friday night habit trigger. Ate butter and the craving left. I never anticipated I would enjoy eating butter straight! I’m looking forward to what happens next! Thankful for all the support and information here!
Don't avoid fermented foods. Any that you like. Lots of good research on that. There are many compounds in there that are beneficial. Cancer treatments contains fermented things. I forget which ones.
I just started watching your videos this past week. This one in particular caught my eye. I deliver for UPS, and have recently been bringing butter with me on the road as a snack to sustain energy levels. It is quite miraculous. Not only do I seem to have improved endurance, but my mental acuity also seems to really be amped up! You are an inspiration. I really hope to see a turning point in public nutrition and health in my lifetime. May the universe guide us all to prosperity.
Getting ready to watch your video but I wanted to comment on this. I started eating one stick of butter a day one month ago. Last night my hubby commented on how incredibly soft and smooth my skin is all of a sudden! I am also getting compliments on my face and someone wanted to know my skin routine. When I told her that I it has to be attributed to eating butter, she told me that the best way she can describe me is that my face has such life to it now!
Thank you for sharing and it is great that you are having such results. Are you also during the meat diet? I am not quite there but would to increase my butter intake. Thank you I am glad you are in such great space.
I get compliments on my skin quality, too! I believe that I can also sense a bit of oily skin after eating very high fat and I don't think that's a bad thing! The second best thing anybody can do for their face is to avoid long bouts hot tap water from the shower. I used to only use mountain stream water and I kid you not, you can see with your own eyes how your hands and arms look more hydrated, let alone the face! It's like the minerals in mountain streams allow that water to absorb. Tap water smells like chlorine to me and burns my nostrils and eyes, makes my hair ugly, and drys my skin and lips out as well as leaving some type of residue that probably also dries you out. The spots on our dishes from tap water lets us know that there's basically white powder in tap water, or toxic bull crap :-)
100,000 SUBSCRIBERS!!! Wow! I can't think of anyone more deserving than you, Bella! You are literally saving and changing lives! I hope your channel prospers and you are able to focus on those things that bring you joy!
Bella, first of all let me say, at my age of 64 having lived thru the low fat, high carb craze, it takes some getting over to start eating butter straight up! However, I’m going to go for it! Dr. Lisa Wiedeman has me hooked on her brown butter bites. If your followers are having trouble eating butter, learn to make brown butter! It’s delicious!! The butter carmelizes in the pan and when you pour it into forms and freeze it, it hardens with with this beautiful two tone color. She does a video specifically teaching her method. It’s easy and so decadent with a little salt sprinkled across the top! Yum! You’ll have no problem upping your butter consumption snacking on this! I’m excited to have permission to do so now lol 😄😋❤
I was recently on vacation in Mexico and caught Covid. I had just recently started the nightly butter routine for sleep. I had a very irritating cough disrupting my sleep so I got up and ate some more butter. It immediately stopped my cough, and I slept the rest of the night with no interruption! Magic! 😉
Re: fat snacks being calming and female cycles. In her book, "Primal Mind, Primal Body", Nora Gedgaudas talks about food as not only nutrition but also as information for your body. When you eat fat and protein, the information conveyed to your body is, "The hunting is good. We can relax and not stress." When you are eating a bunch of nutrient sparse plants, the message that your body is getting is, "The hunting around here right now sucks. We need to hunker down and get though this. Shut down all non-essential systems. This is not a good time to be adding a new member to the tribe. Shut down reproductive system."
@@1plus1equals25 Yes, she was off doing some research in the frozen north for a while. She points out in her book that much of our homo sapient evolution has taken place during ice ages. No Whole Foods markets flying blueberries in from S. America during the winter.
That is crazy!!! I had no idea to think like that!! That's my exact experience when I don't have enough food going on. I also think the body-mind is well aware what foods we have in our possession, such that having a couple pounds of meat and tallow, butter, etc allow that mind to relax because it knows the food is only a cooking session away
@@hempwick8203 Yes, well, when you are eating kale salads, your body assumes you don't have enough food and you are eating this nutrient poor fibrous leafy junk out of necessity regardless of what is in the freezer. Because, let's be honest, nobody eats kale because it's delicious. The only reason you would eat that in the wild is to avoid starvation for one more day and hope the hunt goes well tomorrow. :)
I also was vegan for 6 years. Obsessed with food, like never satisfied. Within the last year I started having fish (rarely) and for my birthday, in May, I wanted to try a steak. Then just occasionally started having the meat options in the food I ordered. About a month ago, I decided to cut out carbs/sugar and ended up blending butter into my coffee to replace the sweet creamer I loved so much. It wasn’t until I “over did it” with bacon fat in my coffee that I had an amazing “WOW-I-don’t-know-how-I-feel-so-alive” kind of mood. All day, just FULL of energy. I’ve been semi-carnivore (or semi-keto) ever since! No perpetual food cravings either 👌
@@evelgreytarot8401 most important is to find a farm with animals that eat healthy year round. We got to much omega 6 in our bodys alreadys. I got Brainfog for 6 years but then i found a farm with pig fat thats $9 a pound, woff my brainfog is gone 3months later. Our body % or abs doesnt matter its whats going on inside us thats make a different. Avoid omega 6+ seed oils and find best quality foods is key to health!
@@zm2520 not sure. I don’t measure anything. But however much bacon fat you’d get from two or three strips of (fatty) bacon. I may have also added a spoonful of ghee.
I've started eating more 🧈 butter since I started watching your channel. Now that the weather is turning cold, I like to heat up bone broth and drop a quarter to a half of a stick in it. I don't drink coffee, tea or other drinks. So it really hits the spot on cold morning drives to work. Also 👏 congrat's on 💯 thousand subscribers.
I tried eating regular store butter after watching one of your videos on hormones and I gagged lol. Then I found some grass fed butter and HOLY COW! (Pun intended) it was so delicious! I am slowly transitioning my life into carnivore. I am a homemaker so I feed my family and their diet is killing me but they don't want to change. I've decided I don't need them to change with me, I need to heal my hormones for me. Thank you for making these videos. I have really been hurting for answers. There are so many male food influences with keto, etc. And they do a great job of explaining things, but us girls have different problems and it is so nice to have someone explain what is happening and what we can do to heal. Just in the 4 days of eating a stick a day I feel like less of a slave to food. I slept like the dead the second day and I've always had horrible insomnia. I really feel hope that things are going to change, after 2 years of looking for answers. Thank you again
Try Epic's grass-fed beef tallow for more grams of fat for less money. A jar costs me $13, but there is 312g of fat per jar. It's literally so tasty you can eat it by the spoonfull or drink it when it's melted. When I first started buying/eating it I would feel amazing. Now I guess I'm used to feeling better so I don't "feel" it when I eat it like I used to, but man oh man it's almost as good as having a ribeye.
@@hempwick8203 I'll have to try that because I was chewing the fat off a steak just today and I felt like I could cry. It tasted so good it was spiritual. Gotta see where I can find it.
I tried Kerry Gold butter and hated it. It had a sour taste like old milk. I don't know if it's supposed to taste like that or if I got a package that had gone bad.
Been testing the butter before bed...it works. It's been decades since I've slept this well and sleeping straight through, no waking in the middle of the night. It's glorious.
@@alicec9092 you shouldn't be gaining weight from fat unless you have a diet that's high in carbs. Low insulin means no calories (energy) is being stored. If it is then that's a issue with cortisol (stress) leptin hormone(tells you your full or need more food tells you how much energy you need and how much to put out) basically your calorie intake and expenditure. Or thyroid. So it usually is always a hormonal problem if your storing fat that is if your on a low carb or no carb lifestyle
I never thought to eat cold butter as a snack. After watching this, I grabbed my Truly brand salted butter, cut off a big chunk, and... WOW. It's just as satisfying as eating chocolate (if you're a woman, you'll know what I mean by this lol). In fact, I couldn't stop. I kept cutting off more and more and more 😂
When my daughter was a baby/toddler I'd feed her a couple teaspoons of butter just before bed, and it kept her satiated and sleeping longer than without. Lots of docs prescribe rice cereal to fill their bellies but butter as you can guess was way easier to prepare and she looked forward to it!
Butter is life! The BEST part of carnivore for me. Sadly society is brainwashed and think I'm crazy, but at 36 I'm at the best health of my life. 3 years carnivore strong!
I watched your video with Dr. Bright and have kept a couple of slices of butter on my nightstand for when I wake up through out the night. I’ve been able to fall back to sleep within 15 minutes instead of the two hours I usually go through. Thanks for the education and look forward to learning more . I also ordered her book.
OMG...what a brilliant idea. My sleep is atrocious; i have to keep my iPad handy to help me conk out again after waking up in the dark. I already removed a TV from bedroom but can't seem to divorce myself from my iPad! BUT butter on nightstand sounds like a brilliant idea!!!
When I heard her say that I wondered about butter and teeth. Would you need to clean them after or is there something about butter that means it doesn't cause dental caries?
I was vegan for a year and a half and that half of year was the beginning of the end. I had horrible symptoms that completely took over my life. My hair had completely stopped growing and became dry and brittle, constant bloat and constantly having to poop, to the point where I would have to plan my day around my bathroom breaks…I gained sooo much weight! It’s the heaviest I’ve ever weighed. I had knee pain and grinding, always tired,brain fog, horrible depression and anxiety, I became aggressive and had horrible headaches. My eyesight seemed blurry at times and my teeth began rotting out of my mouth. My cycle stayed regular but it was extremely heavy and painful. My hands and feet would get tingly and numb. I waisted a year of my life…The first thing my body told me to eat was salmon. An hour after I did my hands and feet were no longer numb, my headache stopped and I actually started crying because I felt soo amazing. I just recently discovered the carnivore diet and have been learning as much as I can to heal my body, eat properly, and to loose this horrible fat I’ve gained while vegan. I’m still struggling with my sugar/carb addiction I clearly have…watching your videos have helped guide me back towards the deep relationship I know I have with my body. Thank you soo much for all your guidance😊
Check out yt ch Nutrition with Judy she was also a vegan for 12 years and had to heal her body after vegan. Judy & bella have excellent vids on the topic.
I have been cooking with butter, and I have felt the desire to have a bite while cooking. I love the taste and after eating a few bites of butter with my mainly Carnivore diet, I noticed going to sleep earlier and earlier. I was thinking it was a symptom of aging, but I feel much better and I get more done each day. Congratulations on the 100,000! May you reach a million.
I've been snacking on butter before bed for a little over a week. I've been falling asleep very fast, And almost sleeping through the night. Definitely going to continue😃🧈🧈🧈
Definitely going to try it too! My sleep since menopause has gotten so bad. I wonder if the trick for avoiding jet lag is bringing some cold butter along for the flight!!!
That’s the score from The Godfather! You’re gifted! I’ve been slowly increasing my butter and am up to 2 sticks per day depending on my physical activity and the amount of fat in the meat I’ve had. It’s been a few weeks that I’ve focused on bringing it up and I have a ton more energy and am feeling that carnivore calm. I agree that cold butter is particularly delicious. I also average about 1-1 1/2 pounds of meat per day.
I can’t imagine eating all that meat AND butter I would weigh 300 lbs I can eat ALOT of fatty meat before feeling full And still eat butter all day I’m restricting meat now, 8oz a day total
I'm literally chewing a block of butter while watching this video! I love biting into cold solid butter too. I also noticed I've been craving butter a lot ever since I transitioned from keto to more carnivore / ketovore, I eat so much butter that I was actually a little bit worried if I'm doing it correctly... After watching your video I definitely felt relieved, will continue eating my blocks of butter everyday now :)
Whenever someone advises on a particular diet I always look at how healthy the person looks, and as you can see she looks very healthy, she looks great. I've noticed that people on a carnivore diet seem to look the healthiest. I've also noticed butter gives better quality sleep and you wake up feeling good. Thank you for your videos.
That's a very bad way to view diets because it ignores many things. You can't just "view" health. There is so much more to a healthy lifestyle than just how good you look. Diets are very much be long term things. You likely aren't going to have a heart attack at 30 for having a bad diet. But at 50? They add up. Eating nothing but fat and red meat for a decade can increase your chances of heart disease. And a bad diet can be hidden by many factors, such as exercise. I think we can both agree drinking constantly is bad for you, but if you work off those calories in the gym, who would notice? Your liver will, but random people can't view your liver health.
@@bradenculver7457 My grandparents eat a lot of meat and butter, some veg and very little grains. My great grandma is 92 and still drives and lives alone. Grandfather at 71 still fells and chops firewood for the winter and redid the roof on his house on his own. Full head of hair on them both. No heart attacks from that side of the family. The other side that eats more sugar, bread and more typical American diet? Obesity. Heart attacks. Dementia.
@@bradenculver7457vegans always look old, tired, dull, and sickly. Id say your “health” shows on the outside what is going on inside. Try to remove some of the brainwashing and lies weve been taught for decades. Big pharma and the medical industry benefit from keeping ppl sick and reliant on their drugs. Wake up and learn the truth 🙏🏻
I don’t think there is anything better even at a 5 star restaurant than a burger with Kerrygold Dubliner cheese melted on top and a 1/3 stick of butter on my plate at home! Thanks for all your tips Bella I’m learning a lot
I eat as much or more butter as you, I cook all my food in butter, liberally. I'm comfortable with shooting for 80/20 fat/protein ratio, it doesn't concern me. I will tell you, though I'm getting older (in most people's view), my libido, and I believe my testosterone, is as high or higher than ever. Plenty of energy, definitely no sugar cravings, my metabolism is fat burning. I swim and lift weights, I eat more like 3-5 times a day, just eat till I'm ready to stop. Fat has the lowest insulin response of the macronutrients, that facilitates leanness. My sleep is great. My experience.
I've watched perhaps a dozen of your videos, this time I thought your energy level and mood was better than ever, I went back to a few videos and I thought that you are even more animated then before. I wonder if you see the same in yourself. I"m adding more butter to my diet as of late because of you so thank you.
It was your 3 year carnivore update video that made me look into carnivore. I had no idea what carnivore was. All I wanted to do was watch an attractive woman talk about this. So I watch and it made me look into more about this WOE. I have been carnivore for over 8 months because of you video Bella. So I would like to thank you 😊
Loved the videos with Dr Bright, ordered her book yesterday! I’m doing beef and extra butter now. I tried to make some brown butter again and just don’t like the taste but when I mixed it with my browned beef it was DELICIOUS! Thanks for all you do! Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers! 🎉
Make bacon (no sugar bacon) or pork belly (also unsweetened) and save all that fat and use that to cook your other meals! I pour it off my big round griddle pan right into the pan for eggs OR whatever else I need it for, and wow! The omelets or scrambles are delicious. I also like to use a big hunk of goat cheese in my scrambles. Recently I discovered Pluck seasoning (after Dr. Lisa Wiedeman discussed it in her videos) which I also sprinkle on my eggs when they're on the plate, and that gives me a shot of organ meats! They offer 4 styles; I like the "spicy" version.
I can say that I still get a little easily triggered anxiety because of life circumstances but since recently hearing about how animal fats react in our system, if I eat some butter the anxiety almost instantly subsides and I can focus on whatever triggered it without freaking out. 🙃
I've had a high level of cortisol in my system for years, and it forced me to retire from a high stress job earlier than thought I would I'm also type 2 diabetic, and had my thyroid treated with radioactive iodine when I was young, I listened to Dr Bright say the butter fast would help every thing I'm struggling with so I started a couple of days ago and I'm already feeling some kind of inner peace I haven't experienced in 30 years, I'm so thankful to you all for teaching me about Carnivore, and now this God given miracle in my life.THANK YOU ! And I, too, like the feeling and taste of the cold grass fed Irish butter melting with great flavor in my mouth.
I’ve noticed the mood change! Typically I’m tired and bloated on carbs, and anxious and restless (but energetic) on keto. Since adding the butter I finally feel stable
Weirdly enough, this reminds me of how my sister and I used to sneak spoonfuls of cold butter out of the fridge when I was a kid. My body probably knew what it needed! 😂
I could recall eating butter by the spoon even before I'd heard of keto years ago. Used to joke about it for being disgusting. I gradually realised. I craved the fat and the salt. Our parents fed my sister and I leeeean food. We were extremely proud at school for our raw, clean and veggie heavy lunches. It's insane how this lifestyle became associated with wealth, when it's anything but. Depressed wrecked me for a decade. My sister and mom are still struggling daily with high blood sugar. But they're professional researchers (professor), and would never admit they were wrong.
Really? And eating the butter just like that? What kind of butter is everyone eating on this diet? Lol. I wanna know so I can try and eat the right kind
I could EASILY eat a whole block of butter a day. I generally have it with eggs for breakfast or steak.. and especially with chicken or turkey. But my all time favourite meal at the moment is salmon fillets with cold hard butter blocks on top of ever fork full . The most sublime dinner ever !!!
I would love to join one month of these challenges but I cannot financially do that.. am spending all money at this stage on buying butter, but am so filled with gratitude for the ability to have you on RU-vid for free.
The people in the carnivore & ketogenic community are SO generous with their educational videos, plus the very useful and often inspiring experiences people put into the Comments to the videos, that it is not at all difficult to have great success without ever spending money on a formal program.
You're my favorite carnivore youtuber. I'm binge watching all your videos because they are so inspiring. I've been trying to do the carnivore diet but kept falling off. I'm going to try again. Your beauty and health is radiant and I want that too💫
The 1970's was the height of the anti-fat hysteria -- it's horrifying just how wrong they got it. If you watch 1970's commercials on RU-vid, you will see the anti-fat lie in almost all food advertising.
I am 70. I was up to 200 and for 5'2" that's just looking for trouble. I have a history of yoyo diets, WW, Stillman diet etc. but even though I was eating veggies about 25% veggies 50% carbs and 25% protein I was showing signs of insulin being out of wack. I am on Thyroid but my skin was getting worse and worse drying out, I couldn't lose a dime, and was gaining the more I tried to reduce. July 2nd I began carnivore, because I was out of options. I used the concept of eating 5 small meals a day since I'm home all day. I eat about 200 calories at each meal all meat, chicken, eggs no cheese some cream in my coffee, I eat sausages, bacon and fish. I told myself I'm not on a diet if I want anything that's fine... I kept lettuce and croutons for a salad whenever I wanted one, in the beginning maybe 1 a week then I just stopped, I still use fish sticks I think to remind myself that IF I wanted something I like nothing is forbidden. It keeps me from stressing about it. I also keep homemade ice cream in the freezer, made with heavy cream. I also only have about 1/2 scoop, twice a month. It's there if I ever wanted it but I don't seem to want it. Now I'm hunting for recipes from all you guys who have paved the way. I wasn't eating butter but you are right, after taking a chunk I was craving more. Up till now I have had no hunger issues or cravings. You've ruined me ROFLOL so am adding butter. I take vitamins, including Magnessium/Potassium, Zinc, D3, C and multivitamins all chewable. My BP was steady at 165/99 and I was always tired before I started carnivore. Now I'm FULL of energy, my BP is 117/70 and I am more clear of thought. I didn't follow anyones plan. I listen to all the Docs online, remembered old WW basics, Just goes to show, it's never too late. I'm hoping this will take me another 20 years ... one can hope :) Thanks for your videos. I forgot to mention I'm now 188, 12 pounds down roughly 1 per week. I'm very happy and expect to continue to lose... maybe faster if I eat more butter. I even learned how to make my own from A2 milk!!
After starting keto, I was stuck. I started eating butter all day long, and then my weight started melting away. It was amazing. I kept eating tons of butter (with steak or skin-on chicken thighs at night) and the weight kept coming off.
I'm not a carnivore, but Keto for 4 years and today I was breaking my fast and was in the mall so decided to buy a 125gm half block of butter for my meal. It was easier to eat than I thought. No stomach issues whatsoever. Great stuff!
Thank you SO MUCH!!! You just answered so many questions for me !! Thank God for You!! I have been on Carnivore for 2 weeks and after 2 years, I have started my cycle and I am physically starting to feel better ! I am totally going to try this and see what happens- I am so excited !! 😬
👏🏻Congratulations on reaching your first 100K Subscribers, Bella 🎉 You are hugely deserving of this happy achievement - being one of the truly bright lights in this space! Wishing you even greater recognition going forward 🙏🏻💕 I’m inspired by you and Dr Bright to try this myself. Your carnivore lipid panel is astoundingly good! Dr Ken Berry would say HUZZAH 🥳
When I started carnivore 2 years ago I would have a pat or 2 of butter to curb sugar cravings. Now I think I may do my own stick of butter a day challenge just to see what happens. I just turned 53 and still getting a pretty normal period every month so I'm pretty stoked about that.
Try Epic's grass-fed beef tallow! I'm eating it by the spoon right now and I can literally drink this stuff when it's melted enough. After cooking grass-fed short ribs in the tallow, I drank about 4 giant gulps and a couple bits of butter with my butter soaked meat mmmMmmm
Hi yall, Iam on highfat carnivore for 3 months already. After 2 months, I've got my period back after 6 years, such a miracle! 😀Iam healing with histamine intolerance, sibo, candida, ibs, hashimoto. My issues are every week less. Iam also trying to lose weight, because of hashimoto and my hormones and carbs (of course) I have gain some extra pounds. I hope with healed hormones will be easier. Have a great day and thank you for you content, Bella. Love you! ❤
Ex-vegan here. 10+ years. I thought all my issues were due to not doing the vegan diet properly. I kept cutting back on foods because I thought I could not tolerate them. I was right. And once I had tried every possible combination of veganism (down to just juicing for an entire week, no food) I had to accept that this way of eating wasn’t working for me. While my mother claims to be happy and healthy on a vegan diet, I was crumbling. One morning as I walked down the hall my mother gasped because I was walking like an 80-year-old woman (I’m 56). I hurt all over. I had lost mobility in my joints and was exhausted. As a former ballerina, i didn’t recognize myself. So much inflammation. I decided that something had to change because what I was doing wasn’t working. So I have committed to carnivore for 30 days to see how I feel. So far, so good. My allergies have diminished significantly. My joints are healing and I don’t limp as much anymore. And my mood has improved as well. I have no issues with this change as I take my electrolytes every day, and without being too gross, I have no problem in the bathroom. I have also lost 1” from my waist at 11 days in. 🤞🏻
Just eat balance diet, protein, good animal fat, carb, salt and sugar. Protein can't digest w/o carb, salt, and water. Kidney infection, just make fresh ginger tea.
Congratulations on reaching 100k subs! I used to love eating butter about a year ago and couldn’t get enough. But now I find that I crave and eat less butter. But now I can’t get enough crème fraiche! It makes me feel the way butter used to. So for people who want another option I’d say give the crème fraiche a try! My tummy feels so settled too.
When I was a kid I would always hear,AHHHH,THERES TEETH MARKS IN THE BUTTER!! WHO'S DOING THIS?? well it was me!! I've been told my whole life ,THATS GROSS!! So glad it's not,now I'm in BUTTER HEAVEN.OMG ,I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!!!
Thank you for sharing your experience. I began Keto just over 5 years ago to deal with 2 autoimmune diseases, RA of 15 years, and PMR of just over 1 year. Within 3 months I had PMR beat and off Prednisone. The methotrexate for my RA proved more difficult, but when I discovered carnivore, 30 days later off Methotrexate and no pain. The only time my joint pain came back was when I included oxalate foods. I now switch back and forth between Keto and Carnivore depending on the social situation. I've also done time restricted eating every day for more than 5 years, and I've done some multiday water fasts. I've noticed that my metabolism has speed up since I first began Keto. My first multiday fast was about 3 months into Keto, and I lost an average of 0.7 lbs a day over a 7 day water fast. 2 years later that number has increased to 1.2 lbs a day over a 7 day water fast. I love experimenting and often check my glucose and ketone levels, and over a 2 week water fast I was trying various foods and checking glucose and ketones. Yes I'd eat 2 slices of whole grain bread just to see the results, and blood glucose rose just as much as white processed bread, so so much for the "healthy" whole grain crap. I did notice that when I ate butter, or drank heavy whipped cream during my testing fast, that when I consumed high fat foods my glucose actually went down and my ketones went up, and I felt great. So from that experience, a few months ago I did my own variation of a fat fast, 1 large tin of wild caught salmon with a big spoon full of Keto Mayonnaise. I did this for 3 days following a week of Keto, and over those 3 days I lost 0.7 lbs a day. I usually don't have any craving while water fasting, but on my fat fast I really had no desire to eat more than what I had. My glucose was low and ketones were high. This was the easiest fast for weight loss that I've done. I always look forward to your videos and love that you love to experiment. Thanks again.
Thank you so much for this video, it helped me a lot. I'm just finishing my third week in a ketovore process with ups and downs and feel that this information will help me to not go through those down moments that much specifically during my period hunger.
Love your piano playing since I play too. I first thought eating butter was a strange concept yet I’m doing it. Just finished a block of that grass fed butter but prefer Kerrygold.
I first came across the idea of a stick of butter and one steak a day back in the 1970’s. Dr. Joel Wallach was teaching this idea and did the practice himself.
One of my first memories as a baby was sitting under an old table in the garden, in the middle of summer, wearing a nappy and eating a stick of butter. 😂 Not much has changed... except the I sit on chairs these days, and I'm well out of nappies! 😂
I’m in my 6th month on Carnivore and am trying to fix the hair loss. I’m going to track my food to make sure I’m eating enough. I love Dr Bright! I’d love to hang out with her to absorb her knowledge!
I struggled with this for 8 months of carnivore. I ended up going off the wagon just because of life circumstances, and it didn't stop. 😞 I feel like it must be hormonal, but I expected the carnivore to help with that, so now back on I'm just gonna stick with the butter and iodine and cross my fingers. ❤️
Definitely higher fat stopped my hair loss. I was afraid I would need a wig at the rate I was going. Mine started before I went keto. I also mainly eat red meat, butter, seafood and raw milk Kieffer
@@nicoleanthoine6046 I did go high fat before and it didn't seem to help, but I'm trying to get back to it, and I'm trying to add more seafood! Hopefully that helps!
@@amandabowers9396 survival shield has a great iodine supplement. Hair loss is awful. I'd try drops, tons of fat and protein. Sometimes I think it's just the body healing itself. Honestly I'd rather be bald than sick. Praying you find healing
I am 67 and have Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, bedridden for near 10 years. Carnivore is helping; but sleep is another story, I’ve always got about 5 hours at best, so I will give butter a try. Thanks for all you do.
I had fallen away a bit from Carnivore until I watched you and Elizabeth and I know Im heading to menopause soon so I even went and bought her book. Ive been suffering with Carpal tunnel in my hands so bad when I wake up and also back pain. I decided after watching yesterday to eat Carnivore and heaps of butter, and I kid you not my Carpel tunnel and back pain is 90% already gone. It just blows my mind that you have results within 24hrs because all the inflammation goes away thus pain also goes away. Thankyou for your wisdom and your interviews.xx
Butter contains Vit A among other things which is Retinol! I used to make veg oil and beef fat moisturiser and now I'm using butter. My skin is very soft and smooth including my hands!!! Bonkers I know.
Did you notice a difference in your skin after this latest increase in butter? I don't know if it's just me, but I think your skin looks even more beautiful than before!🌸
I have been carnivore for about 6 months and just started eating a stick of butter a day for about a week or so now. One big thing I have noticed is my allergies have substantially declined and they are usually at their worst this time of year.
Love this. Since eating mostly meat-based, high fat, I find that menopause symptoms are nearly gone. I'm going to up the butter even more and see if it will help my dry skin. THANK YOU Bella!!
We've been on carnivore for just over a year now, cleaner carnivore for around 6-8 months. My husband and I have cut out coffee, and all four of us are now only using Himalayan salt on our meat, no more spices, except the odd stock cube (1-2x per month). Since you had the first interview with dr. Bright (I bought her book then), we started taking iodine everyday, as well as eating more fat (tallow, butter, cheese, fried fat blocks from beef/sheep fat). All four of us (dad, mom, two teenaged boys) have had improvements as you mentioned in this video. Husband's chronic inflammation in his feet (gout) has subsided again. It seemed to flare up with eating too much meat. He is less stressed, and sleeps way better. His circadian rhythm has also stabilised, as you experienced. And he has finally started loosing weight! Youngest (13yr old) son's hormones are also seemingly sorting themselves out. He is not moody anymore, and not trying to withdraw from the world - his sport/club friends. He is also sleeping better, as he has always struggled to sleep more than 4hrs at a time, since he was a baby. Oldest son (16yr old) has seen marked improvement with the cystic acne on his face. He is building muscle (tall, skinny boy), and his swimming coach has exclaimed how much he has improved over the last couple months. Went from (her test) level 2 swimming to level 5 in less than 6 months! Lastly my hormones seem to also be stabilising and I am definitely less stressed and sleeping better. Don't need more than 7 hours of sleep per night. No cramps, usually regular (27-28 days) with the odd month that has 21 days (but I'm 48 yrs old - apparently it is to be expected).
@@rachellee9649 He eats clean carnivore: mostly eggs, beef, some chicken, some pork (including bacon), himalayan salt (and he adds extra for mineral content as we can't find clean electrolyte mix that doesn't contain flavourants or sugar). He adds butter, fat, or tallow to each meal and I make his egg/meat portions around 250-300g per meal (3x/day). He doesn't like fatty meat though, which is why he also adds extra fat to his plate. If he eats a little too much meat (the portion was too big) then he starts getting niggles of gout in his feet.
Wow, gout is so tricky! I always like to hear how other people are tackling it. I've heard some people get a few flares in the beginning then they eventually can just eat all the meat they want/need. Sounds like he is still having to be careful with portions.
@@rachellee9649 With him it seems to be the other way around. Right at the start he could eat all the meat he wanted, and within the first two weeks after stopping all veg (we've been off carbohydrates and sugar for two months by then), all his gout left. No inflammation. Unfortunately this was also after he's had two operations - one because of chronic inflammation in his urinary track, causing other issues, and then an emergency appendix removal four weeks after the first operation. That was when he finally decided to go carnivore. Own research as the doctors had no answers. Nothing they suggested worked. As he seems to get better and better (it's now 1.5yrs after the two operations) he also seems to become more sensitive to certain foods. So we've been cutting out things (spices, etc.) one by one to where we are now. But even how he is now, is so much better than before, that we'll rather just go on and experiment with what works and what not.
Thank you Bella for this very indepth video especially in regards to your cycle. I feel like alot of us have trouble with our cycle in various forms and it's always interesting to hear how to improve it 💖
i’m sorry i’m no doctor but cholesterol, HDL, and LDL getting higher is typically a bad thing, right??? so how is your cholesterol going from 173 to 365 an improvement? doesn’t this just make you more at risk for heart issues? this is a genuine question because you said your new numbers were improvements but they look very dangerous to me.
I'm on day 22 and I just made a friend eat a butter bite she was so stressed and she immediately calmed down she couldn't help but eat 2. I was so happy!
Your skin is absolutely gorgeous! I've never had major skin issues but my hair has been thinning as I have approached 40. I hope this helps me lose weight and helps my hair thicken a bit :)
@@elizabethh9039 not really. I have noticed my skin an hair are slightly better. Again, never really had a skin issue. I got a hair cut to help with the top thinning. I did lose 20 ish lbs so far in about 6 months. I also haven't been strict carnivore (strict keto though).
Bella, you are such an inspiration. Thank you for your honesty and transparency about your journey. I also want to say you are so talented playing the piano!! Breathtaking . I’m also enjoying SGB gang. Really good priming video.
Instead of grabbing some alcohol as my usual night cap, before going on carnivore, I grabbed a stick of butter and chomped some down. It's been 3 days on carnivore, 3 days without drinking and don't crave sweets or drinks. I know 3 days is no massive win but I was really having trouble breaking the vice. Butter apparently shocked me out of it. Just ordered LMNT. Been on Gatorlyte theses days. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
This really is one of your best videos yet (& as usual, I loved the piano playing at the end). Showing your lab #s was truly the "proof in the pudding" or should I say, "the proof is in the butter." I took a photo of the TV screen and will compare those numbers to mine from my May 2022 numbers which reflected 4 ½ months on carnivore. I began my 12th month on carnivore yesterday & have lost 48 lbs. so far this year (at least 48....I try not to obsess over weighing in; 1-2x month is enough to keep myself fr. going crazy). For much of the year i was putting heavy cream in my coffee but no longer do, instead I sprinkle a few grains of Redmond salt into the mug, add a giant blob of unsalted butter. I literally never experience hunger anymore, even when I did a 3-day fast in July. I put on an old skintight pair of jeans a few days ago, and they slipped down past my rear end!! Today I'm starting my 2nd day of a 3 day fast -- my 2nd 3-day fast this year. I use more & more butter every day & finally used up my supply of extra virgin olive oil. I save fat from making bacon & pork belly or from making lamb or beef. You & Kelly Hogan & the many wonderful MDs & PhDs I've discovered on YT are my guides & inspiration. My weight gain began at menopause & I have only about 8-10 more ponds to lose before I get back to pre-menopause weight. My only gripe is hair thinning that began immed. at menopause, & I'm hopeful that increasing my butter-eating will help reverse that. You are an amazing inspiration & I love S&B Guy too! I will start eating butter before bed, since my sleep pattern is still horrible.
I just found you and shared with my sister and nieces. I’m going to start eating more butter- I have NO FAT in my diet now and now I realize what my problem is.
I started this on January 1. I remembered your name and decided to try a little butter when I was having a craving. It worked! Craving gone. 4 days with no off limits foods. Thank you.
Great video! I am starting to include more butter in my carnivore diet as well. I also include ghee in my hot beverages (1/2 tsp in a cup of milky tea and blended..very tasty.)
After nearly 6 months carnivore, I still have only managed 1/2 or so sticks of butter per day. I definitely want to try to focus on upping my fat this December and I am looking forward to the Fat Fasting Protocol. Thank you again Bella for all you do!
Bella your a life saver!! I’ll try the tip on eating butter before bed. Because I have had trouble sleeping since I started the carnivore diet in 2022 September.
