I ONLY ate Beef Jerky for an entire Month (Results + Blood Tests)

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Ever wondered what happens if you eat ONLY biltong for an entire month? I took on this unique 30-day biltong diet challenge to find out!
👨‍⚕️ Driven by health concerns, including an autoimmune condition (Eosinophilic esophagitis), allergies, asthma, and energy levels, I embarked on this elimination diet recommended by my doctor. But there's a twist! I was also curious about the impact of tough foods on facial structure and development, inspired by books like "Breathe" by James Nestor and "Jaws" by Paul R. Ehrlich and Sandra Kahnit.
🎥 In this video:
Daily diet routine: Only biltong and water, no supplements!
Physical and health changes over the weeks: weight, energy levels, and gym routines.
Blood test results: before and after the diet.
Surprising sleep and mood changes.
Did my facial structure change? Before and after comparisons!
Caloric intake and its impact.
Body and physique transformations.
Handling cravings and dietary temptations.
Blood test revelations: What went up and what went down?
Digestive changes and overall mental health impacts.
🚨 Disclaimer: This is a personal experiment and not a dietary recommendation. Always consult with healthcare professionals before making significant diet changes.
💬 What do you think of this extreme diet experiment? Could you see any changes in my facial structure? Share your thoughts in the comments!
🔔 Subscribe for more unique health and diet challenge videos!
Timestamps
0:13- 2 reasons I am doing this
1:21- Getting the 20kg of Biltong
2:53- Day 1
4:51- Week 2
6:01- Week 3
7:25- How many Calories Per Day?
8:20- Physique Changes
9:12- How did I change in the gym
9:54- Hardest part of the month
10:20- Digestive Issues
10:47- Blood Test Results
14:03- Mental Health and Mood
15:17- Facial Structure Changes
15:56- Did I Cheat?
16:45- Do I recommend it?
17:26- Barbell Foods
Contact me
Insta- Connor_Curtis
Email- connor.curtis.cc@gmail.com

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@ConnorCurtis 8 месяцев назад

If you are from Australia and interested in trying some Biltong you have to try Barbell Foods and if you do use code CC10 at checkout and get 10% off! www.barbellfoods.com.au/collections/biltong

@thatonegirl6880 8 месяцев назад

How did it impact your swollen esophagus? I’m only asking because my daughter has the same issue.

@thatonegirl6880 8 месяцев назад

I would like to see you do a 90 day Beef, Butter, Bacon, Eggs, and Salt diet. Because it’s unbelievable how it impacted me.

@BongDonky 8 месяцев назад

I get the feeling that this vid is a long Barbell advert. Still interesting though. Cheers

@diy5729 7 месяцев назад

Just by switching to Carnivore/keto, my itchy/red and swollen legs are no longer inflamed. I eliminated vegetables and any plant matter from diet, and that cured my eczema, cured my heartburn, diarrheas, bloating, hemorrhoids, constipations and painful knees and joints all over my body. Everything is soooo peaceful and i have tons more energy and im never tired.

@diy5729 7 месяцев назад

Your low energy is due to salt deficiency. Consume more salt, it works for me and i feel HUGE amount of energy as soon as i ingest it in larger quantities.

@andrewb1986 8 месяцев назад

Couple of thoughts watching this: 1. The salt was not cheating. That was literally necessary and salt should not have considered a part of the elimination diet. 2. Fatty red meat somewhat rare is a perfectly fine source of vitamin C. So good choice at the end there. You don't need a lot to begin with...

@Angry_Lion 8 месяцев назад

And carbohydrates hinders vitamin c from getting absorbed. Less carbs means less C is needed

@nicholasjh1 8 месяцев назад

100% true. Vitamin c heavy break down doesn't occur until 158 degrees fahrenheit. Rare beef is 135. Though some organs have much more vitamin c. Muscle meat only has about .04% of what's needed to prevent scurvy per gram, so in a kilogram of rare beef you'd only get about 40% of vitamin c needed to prevent scurvy. though drying would also remove much of the vitamin c. You'd really need to eat rare spleen, liver, or brain

@4712guest 8 месяцев назад

Yes, Water, Salt (electrolyte) , Tallow (beef fat instead of butter/oil) and Ruminant meats (beef, lamb, venison,...) are "lion diet" basics

@andrewb1986 8 месяцев назад

@@nicholasjh1 I don't believe we know how much is required to prevent scurvy. An actual trial was conducted restricting vitamin C for people until they developed scurvy and different groups were given a various sets amount of vitamin C. All of the groups made a full recovery in the exact same amount of time, demonstrating that we *still* don't know what the lowest effective dose of vitamin C actually is.

@rab1df0x 8 месяцев назад

@@Angry_Lion its not that carbohydrates reduce absorption exactly, in the absence of glucose it frees up the glut transporters which are then used to recycle vitamin C

@ConnorCurtis 7 месяцев назад

Hey everyone a little update, I accidentally cut out the part about my EOE. Symptoms reduced and had no impactions after the second week. This is not a surprise as I know that my body is reacting to a food trigger as I have done an elimination diet before. But it begs the question what is the trigger and should I avoid it the rest of my life? I believe it the autoimmune response is from leaky gut so my aim now is to heal that. Let me know down below if you have healed yourself from any allergens, would love to hear your story!

@Queef_Storm 7 месяцев назад

I had cystic adult acne until I went all-beef. Within 1 week my skin was perfectly clear, for the first time since I was 13 (I was 26 at the time, 27 now). I’ve tried reintroducing different foods since then, including milk, yogurt, kefir, cheese, liver, and blueberries, and every single one breaks me out except for cheese. I suspect it’s carbs that do it to me, so I’m going to try butter next. I also used to eat a lot of salt, but started getting cramps and hypnic spasms, so I had to cut that too.

@tedjohansen6535 7 месяцев назад

Ive got a friend with EOE - i am rooting for you guys! I can tell we have come to similar ideas about EOE, leaky gut, cholesterol, ... I had high hopes for your re-introducing of foods after the month. Thank you for sharing your story, especially with the details and carefully thought out analysis. Im assuming youve done allergy testing (e.g. skin exposure array) to narrow down the problem foods?

@HCallahan 5 месяцев назад

Leaky gut, autoimmune disease, what Clint Addison and Dr Alex Rinehart say is completely contrary to the carnivore way of eating.

@eileenfb1948 10 дней назад

I can't understand a video without the part it is based on. Ridiculous and it took a month to realise. Bad form won't be watching you again.

@xenodrake4008 8 месяцев назад

You did the right thing by adding salt. It is absolutely necessary. All the guys on carnivore do it, especially in very demanding excercises. Some even go back to meat+fruit

@arised24 8 месяцев назад

fruit is def essential its the food of the gods

@littlewigglemonster7691 8 месяцев назад

I was shocked the amount of salt I needed when I was carnivore. That and fat.

@arised24 8 месяцев назад

@@littlewigglemonster7691 what happend without all the fat and salt?

@littlewigglemonster7691 8 месяцев назад

@@arised24 no energy and felt like shit and constipation put simply

@giantslug6969 7 месяцев назад

You won't be able to shit and the salt is key for nervous system@@arised24

@FOXZERO237 8 месяцев назад

The classic thumbnail of “I did something and magically my jawline increased in width by two inches and my chin extended by three”. That sure never gets tiring

@TalkingWayTooMuch 8 месяцев назад

looked to me like it was just 1 month of not shaving?

@MyBeautifulHealth 8 месяцев назад

Chewing on tough things will *absolutely* strengthen your jaw.

@nousquest 8 месяцев назад

He lost weight so I wouldn't judge off of this

@TheFracturedfuture 8 месяцев назад

His camera also got clearer by chewing beef jerky.

@yasaipicles6295 8 месяцев назад

you mean he closed his mouth and magically his jaw muscles activated ? color me shocked

@davo9774 8 месяцев назад

This is a more extreme version of Carnivore, elimination diets are pretty good, but the reason for the lack of energy is as you explained that you weren't intaking enough fat in the last week and you've got fairly low body fat already.

@NerdLifts 8 месяцев назад

Agreed. I was on a Paleo diet, but lots of fat from sources like eggs and fresh cooked meat and some cheese and butter. I felt great. After about two weeks I started losing all my fat and my energy went through the roof. I was only having minimal amounts of vegetables and fruit, and lost my desire to eat those pretty soon into the diet change.

@definty 8 месяцев назад

The Magnesium came from the salt as it's also an Electrolyte. Assuming you had Sea Salt and not pure Sodium Chloride (Table Salt)

@chefgiovanni 7 месяцев назад

Some good tips here. Want to live longer and healthier? Stop buying fast food. Start cooking your own amazing meals. Make your own jerky. Follow our chefs and let's get #cooking

@Thebonesoftrees 8 месяцев назад

Steak cooked in beef tallow in a cast iron is just magical.

@hermessangiovano 5 месяцев назад

Yes bro!! You know, amazing.

@sorenjunkers3834 4 месяца назад

Yeah eat it dayli and enjoy iron toxicity

@borisblyatman6147 2 месяца назад

Eat it raw guys. Its better. If i eat 3 thin lean steaks cooked well done, i feel as nourished as if i had eaten one raw steak of the same size. You feel euphoric after eating raw meat, especialy raw liver.

@aaronjameswelsh 8 месяцев назад

It’s the content no one asked for but the content we all needed ❤

@thebestbelmont4273 7 месяцев назад

I think you just described the majority of RU-vid ha ha

@nikk5002 7 месяцев назад

That’s like $75-$100 a day 😳

@diegowilson9711 26 дней назад

If you make your own, it's a lot cheaper. I make mine in an air fryer. I can get by with $10 USD a day.

@BTCNSDAP 8 месяцев назад

Didn't watch the video but I've only been eating steak for the past few years, saw an old highschool classmate and he said he didn't recognized me at all. I asked what looked different about me, since I felt like I looked the same. He said my face looked more muscular, same as yours in the before and after

@maegnificant 8 месяцев назад

Eat organs.

@skyworm8006 8 месяцев назад

It's different with preserved meat since nutrients are lost.

@Queef_Storm 7 месяцев назад

Were you eating tough cuts specifically or just any meat?

@BTCNSDAP 7 месяцев назад

@@Queef_Storm actually for the first year it was strictly mushy meats like filet mignon but now it's tougher cuts; rib eyes, new you're. Might be the extra chewing

@lewisschaffer9707 8 месяцев назад

When i went Carnivore i stopped brushing my teeth. I use an acrylic toothpick. No cavities after four years low carb.

@kellyt5341 8 месяцев назад

I just use a water pik once a week and twice a month I brush using baking soda and peroxide.

@lewisschaffer9707 8 месяцев назад

@@kellyt5341 don't think we should put chemicals inside body!

@m-m8835 8 месяцев назад

Going without electrolytes for the first part was madness. I am curious to try a meat diet but with fatty fish and other protein sources as well to see if it reduces inflammation.

@sampetersson5887 8 месяцев назад

It does. I been vegan 10years plus because of enviorment and also told it was best for health. One day i dreamed about a egg and I got egg cravings for days. I ate it and felt soo good after. It was incredible! Tried carniovore for a month and my blood work and overall health was way better then vegan! Now i eat whatevee only

@oranges557 8 месяцев назад

You dont have to add fatty fish. You can but you dont have to.

@WillWinterss 8 месяцев назад

right. just eat fatty beef @@oranges557

@efrainmendez2623 8 месяцев назад

Yeah if you're gonna go on an amimal based diet don't just eat dried out processed meat lol

@FrostedZaibatsu 8 месяцев назад

Yeah go for it. Ive been on it for 6 months.Most of my pains are gone and they instantly come back if i cheat or dont eat clean. Eat fatty meats and fish is brain food. Get vitamin D, salt and magnesium and little potassium. You should be good.

@pgreeff 8 месяцев назад

Love the video! It's always fun to see an experiment taking things to the extreme. I may have missed it in the video but what did this do for your autoimmune issues? For me the mental clarity, energy, fat loss (I was the stereotypical fat powerlifter now sporting a six pack year round), inflammation, skin issues and complete elimination of all my allergies were the biggest noticeable changes. Creatinine and Urea were initially elevated above baseline, but it came down after a few months. Other blood markers pretty much stayed the same.

@TheSpecialJ11 8 месяцев назад

5:45 Prehistoric carnivores would have gotten tons of electrolytes in the water they drank, so I don't think there's a problem with supplementing it. Also tons of carnivore or near carnivore people groups drank the blood of the animals and the milk of their livestock, which would be the best source of electrolytes. Beef jerky doesn't provide that.

@donwinston 8 месяцев назад

Prehistoric carnivores? Talking about sabertooth tigers. No such thing as a prehistoric human carnivore.

@HappilyCarnivore 8 месяцев назад

@@donwinston You don't think our ancestors from long ago at a carnivore or near-carnivore diet? Because I assure you they did. And they thrived. Myself, I've been eating carnivore for 2 1/2 years and I feel much better at 52 than I have since my late 20s.

@donwinston 8 месяцев назад

@@HappilyCarnivore !) It does not matter if our ancestors ate a near carnivore diet. That has no bearing at what an optimal diet for a modern human being is. 2) No paleontologists believes that our pre historic ancestors were carnivore or nearly carnivore. What they ate depended on where they lived. 3) Your personal experience means nothing.

@HappilyCarnivore 8 месяцев назад

@@donwinston My personal experience mirrors at LEAST thousands of other people.

@donwinston 8 месяцев назад

@@HappilyCarnivore Studies involving millions indicate that all diets devoid of ample vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts/seeds, and high fiber carbohydrates are unhealthy. A carnivore diet is almost surely going to jack up your cholesterol levels and give you an early death.

@eastonb7021 8 месяцев назад

Your videos keep getting better and better man, thanks for sharing your findings. Cheers from the states!

@ConnorCurtis 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the continued support bro

@garycobe3472 7 месяцев назад

Higher LDL in thinner in shape people is ok. Actually normal. I know carnivore only diets and they all feel incredible. Great video!

@nicholasjh1 8 месяцев назад

High baseline energy from no carbs is from ketosis, energy comes from fat in the form of ketones, and unless you don't eat fat or have no body fat you'd have a constant energy supply.

@luisrosariotheefficientent826 8 месяцев назад

This sounds like an awesome adult version of a kids middle school science experiment

@ConnorCurtis 7 месяцев назад

haha thanks

@LouDeVere 7 месяцев назад

Hi Connor. Great to watch you and your experiment. Very interesting analysis. Don't beat yourself up about adding the salt to your drink, I don't see that as a cheat. I'm particularly interested in the chewing of hard foods. An aspect I've never even considered. Thanks mate.

@hoofheartedicemelted296 8 месяцев назад

I had a swollen esophagus once. Gave up spicy food and sauces. Gave up caffeine. Eased off the sugar. Abandoned take away meals. Had the equivalent of a Sunday dinner ( maybe slightly less volume ) and have no further issues.

@NoRegertsHere 8 месяцев назад

100% recommend barbell biltong. Sea salt is incredible

@ashleyingoldsby 8 месяцев назад

Has to be the most expensive diet in the world lol. I love jerky but I can hardly get it at 13$/bag in Canada.

@markillingworth1929 7 месяцев назад

Connor, g'day. I'm in my sixties and with barely any research on the subject, I have been eating sausage egg and bacon for breakfast and 600 gm of chuck steak ( long and slow cooked) mid to late afternoon. I'm walking around 5 ks per day and using baby weights and can now knock out 50 sit-ups . I'm not expecting any professional advice here but you seem to know a good deal more than me on the subject than me. Any pointers you could offer an old mate would be appreciated. Cheers man.

@Uppaah 8 месяцев назад

Interesting video. In regards to the drop in neutrophils, I’ve seen this in myself if carbs are low or fasting. Seems to be spoken about a bit in the keto space as well.

@literallykrys 8 месяцев назад

I wish I could afford to eat beef jerky everyday in the US. An actual steak for breakfast lunch and dinner would be cheaper here

@SaxyGuy69420 4 месяца назад

Exactly! At costco, I saw a massive discount of top round for $1/lb because it expired soon. I must've bought about 30 pounds of beef, then I took it home and dried it for beef jerky. I'm still eating homemade jerky everyday, it's lasting quite the while.

@peetsnort 8 месяцев назад

The reason why the bushmen /San people in cape town used to worship the eland . It has a good lot of fat as opposed to the other lean game . It would be interesting if the boers in the boer war had any stories only eating biltong

@sjagain 8 месяцев назад

A person's "view" on whether high LDL causes heart disease or not is irrelevant. A review on the National Institute of Health’s website titled “LDL-C does not cause cardiovascular disease: a comprehensive review of the current literature” concluded: The idea that high cholesterol levels in the blood are the main cause of CVD is impossible because people with low levels become just as atherosclerotic as people with high levels and their risk of suffering from CVD is the same or higher. The cholesterol hypothesis has been kept alive for decades by reviewers who have used misleading statistics, excluded the results from unsuccessful trials and ignored numerous contradictory observations. Additionally, as reported on UCLA Health, A new national study has shown that nearly 75 percent of patients hospitalized for a heart attack had cholesterol levels that would indicate they were not at high risk for a cardiovascular event, based on current national cholesterol guidelines. Specifically, these patients had low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels that met current guidelines, and close to half had LDL levels classified in guidelines as optimal (less than 100 mg/dL). "Almost 75 percent of heart attack patients fell within recommended targets for LDL cholesterol, demonstrating that the current guidelines may not be low enough to cut heart attack risk in most who could benefit," said Dr. Gregg C. Fonarow, Eliot Corday Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the study's principal investigator.

@Adreno23421 8 месяцев назад

Reference range is usually 95% of what blood testers have, not necessarily healthy numbers pre-selected by your physician or blood tester.

@windar2390 8 месяцев назад

I have eosinophilic esophagitis aswell. Did the inflammation go away after these 30 days? And do you re-introduce the riskfactors (milk, wheet, soy etc.) one by one now?

@ConnorCurtis 8 месяцев назад

Yeah I have done 3 elimination diets before and the problem does seem to clear up and I have no impactions but that is only temporary until I introduce foods slowly back in. I can never tell which foods are causing the problem.

@MainUkraine 8 месяцев назад

@@ConnorCurtisjust try a clean keto diet where you eat good quality grass fed meats, fish, eggs, cruciferous veggies, and berries. Keto is a bit higher inflammation than strict carnivore because you still eat 20-50g of carbs per day, but as long as you avoid gluten and grains that act similar to gluten like oats, you should be fine. Also mix in fermented foods for your gut like full fat Greek yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, kimchi, fermented cheeses, etc. Sheep and goat cheeses also contain MCT oil naturally which boosts your energy and increases your life span. And last but not least is avoid corn and seed oils, use EVOO, avocado oil, and grass fed butter or ghee for cooking. Vegetable oils are the leading suspects now for heart disease according to the latest studies.

@trail.blazer 8 месяцев назад

@@MainUkraine Watch out for too much dairy; it can cause constipation in some people. I prefer sheep and goat dairy, but the only cheese I can get here is feta. Really nice feta, but it would be nice to get different cheeses. I didn't like butter for cooking, burns too easily, so switched to tallow. Ghee is good and I sometimes use that. But cold butter on the side with meat is great! Vegetable seed oils are horrible.

@windar2390 7 месяцев назад

@@MainUkraine Thats a good advise for normal people, but not for people with eosinophilic esophagitis. Fish, egg and dairy are 3 of the 6 suspects for the ee inflammation. This inflammation doesnt come from carbs or seed oil. It's actually the opposite, it comes from certain proteins.

@MainUkraine 7 месяцев назад

@@windar2390 no most people do not have inflammation from protein itself. Your body needs protein and animal sources are the most efficient forms your body can use. Dairy in the U.S. is pasteurized which kills helpful enzymes and it's A1 Casein which is inflammatory. They sell A2 Casein milk or you can buy raw milk fresh to avoid bad Casein in the U.S.

@tidan888 8 месяцев назад

For future video comparisons of your body (oh, you did it with your face, though), you should try showing them with a split screen at the same time so we can compare much more easily.

@ConnorCurtis 8 месяцев назад

Yeah I usually do like in all my previous videos, i must have just forgot

@eyesintheskies 7 месяцев назад

It’s done wonders for your jawline might give this a try + I love beef jerky 😃

@ConspiracyMystic 7 месяцев назад

It was SUPER hard to get a side by side comparison bc you never held still.

@blakelandis2434 8 месяцев назад

I also have an autoimmune disease that effects my esophagus and swallowing. Did the elimination improve your symptoms?

@rosssundberg5510 8 месяцев назад

What’s your autoimmune disease? I’ve had issues and trying to figure out how to get diagnosed.

@ConnorCurtis 8 месяцев назад

Yes, only anecdotally as I did not have a before and after endoscopy, but had less inflamation in the throat.

@countryroadstakemehome 7 месяцев назад

Interesting experiment. If you haven't already, i'd like to see you do a mostly meat diet, with some vegies and fruit when you feel like it. Eggs. And no bread etc. Like an ancestral eating. To see your test results and how you feel on that diet etc.

@sjwsoccer 8 месяцев назад

Awesome video, thanks for sharing. Just purchased some biltong using your discount code!

@alexsnyder9199 8 месяцев назад

Eating ice growing up and chewing an obsessive amount of gum has made my jaw an absolute unit

@tonygillahan 8 месяцев назад

Such a good company, love their meat sticks and biltong!

@iansexgod 8 месяцев назад

Hey Man, I've had EOE since middle school (24 now); Whey is my allergic trigger for it (but sometimes from some alcohol it triggers too). Not too bad once you get into the theme of purposeful dieting! I currently do not take medicines for it, although there is some anti-inflammatories you can take i believe. I feel it's gotten worse as I've gotten older.

@gregbernard4466 8 месяцев назад

EoE is eosinophilic esophagitis for anyone wondering. Milk was the issue for my so I cut that. EoE is basically the esophagus closing and you can't swallow food. It doesn't happen right away so many people think it is the food they choke on. If someone chokes on rice they think rice is the problem but it was really the milk to the allergen from weeks ago causing the esophagus to slowly close. There are 6 major allergens (dairy, tree nuts/peanuts, soy, wheat, eggs, fish/shellfish). Everything was easy to cut and then I got down to milk and realize I am not a cow or a baby cow or a baby human. I went vegan a year after cutting milk stopped my EOE. I did the vegan thing for ethics because I got to experience living without milk after thinking I needed it which was a lie from the big food companies.

@TheGreaterBenefic 5 месяцев назад

You need to look closely at the inredients. Some of the jerky products do contain sugar and other chemichals. The best thing is to do your own jerky in a simple dehydrator.

@durianriders 7 месяцев назад

Just do fruit only and water bro. Keto diet just SPIKES the heck out of your cortisol and that TURNS OFF YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM pretty much.

@ConnorCurtis 7 месяцев назад

CRP is something I missed in the edit but it halved in the before and after bloods. Maybe just a sjort term thing though

@amirtv106 8 месяцев назад

Can't cheat during elimination. But you should absolutely use salt doing a diet like this.

@freedom4063 3 месяца назад

salt. ? I hate salt. How can I lose 40lb?? Help.plz. can you seriously not gain from beef sticks everyday

@thenecroyeti1 8 месяцев назад

Interesting video! Might be a good idea to take body measurements in addition to the progress photos next time.

@guysmiley6152 8 месяцев назад

Why didn't you do an ESR or HS CRP to see what your inflammatory markers did doing this diet

@taylorrromero 4 месяца назад

This is the first video that’s carnivore related that somebody has mentioned flossing their teeth. Nobody has mentioned that, and it’s so important because all that meat is getting stuck between teeth, decaying, and people can’t understand why their breath smells like shit. Flossing is so important, especially if you’re mostly consuming meat.

@nenetovar 8 месяцев назад

The face looking at the chocolate in the fridge 😂🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 Priceless 😂🤣 😂 🤣 😂

@mattd2026 8 месяцев назад

This is gonna be nuts. Ty for the book recommendations

@ConnorCurtis 7 месяцев назад

glad you enjoyed!

@IsaacReeves-z8g 8 месяцев назад

Fantastic video! A really cool experiment with very informative results. P.s Your dogs are cute!!

@hcn6708 8 месяцев назад

Did meat also change the FOV on your camera

@hrvatZDS 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video, hopefully you got a minute to answer this. I watched some of your other videos regarding hormone levels and im not sure on the time frame between the different experiments but your total T increase is pretty significant . I believe you started off at around 7.9 nmol/L , then raised it to around 13.6 nmol/L by supplementing zinc, vitamin d and magnezium. Then i think it was 2 week later you started with the tongkat ali and went from around 16.6 nmol/L to 28.1 nmol/L. Now with the jerky you went from 22 nmol/L to 23.1 nmol/L. Are you still taking the tongkat ali and/or all of the vitamin supplements. If not how have you maintained your fairly high total T level. If youre no longer taking the tongkat ali did you notice your total T level dip slightly but then level off at a higher level than prior to taking the Tongkat Ali. Thanks

@alexripianzi 8 месяцев назад

Did it help your esophagitis though?

@ConnorCurtis 7 месяцев назад

Yes, inflammation went down

@blackiceberrys 8 месяцев назад

i just saw the title and was like hell yeah

@endofunk2174 2 месяца назад

Biltong is far superior to beef jerky; throw in droëwors and it's pure bliss. Make sure that none of these are made with added sugars. In South Africa we have access to wetter biltong and droëwors (dried for 3 to 4 days) which makes it easier to eat i.e. solves the painful jaw problem with eating drier biltong.

@markeby3636 8 месяцев назад

I'm wondering what happened with your Eosinophilic esophagitis, allergies, and asthma? Don't think I heard you address that. If you did, sorry.

@SOcrispyproductions 8 месяцев назад

He did not, I’m also wondering what happened in the regard as well.

@ConnorCurtis 7 месяцев назад

I accidentally cut it out in the edit, EOE inflammation felt majorly reduced, asthma minimal change

@markeby3636 7 месяцев назад

@@ConnorCurtis Thanks!

@thaddeus722 8 месяцев назад

What's even more amazing is that it increased the width of his forehead and made his eyes wider.

@ConnorCurtis 7 месяцев назад

Maybe the lose of weight?

@thaddeus722 7 месяцев назад

@@ConnorCurtis the loss of weight me his face wider? I'm pretty sure this is a bit photoshopped.

@ConnorCurtis 7 месяцев назад

but they are video results not pictures @@thaddeus722

@enacku 8 месяцев назад

how you adding salt to your water, isn't jerky already loaded with salt?

@skyworm8006 8 месяцев назад

i think this sort of jerky for eating, especially biltong, doesn't have that much since it is salted for taste and not preservation.

@Arzidaz 8 месяцев назад

Been waiting for a vid like this! Thanks man!

@ConnorCurtis 7 месяцев назад

Your welcome, hope you enjoyed it

@thatonegirl6880 8 месяцев назад

Did I miss how it impacted his swollen esophagus?

@jaituk2328 7 месяцев назад

What microphone do you use when vlogging or recording not at your desk? Thanks!

@intractablemaskvpmGy 7 месяцев назад

Theoretically, you should not need salt on a meat only diet. I make jerky and have lately been eating it as a snack to thwart hunger pains until evening as I usually skip lunch- I eat a late breakfast. Better a strip or two of jerky than tearing into a bag of chips or some sugary fatty high calorie junk. I also would recommend psyllium fiber capsules.

@zincminer 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for that experiment! I had a similar thing happen when I went on an animal based diet last year. My uric acid had been elevated for eight years and it went down to an acceptable level within the first month of a carnivore-ish diet. Investigating this, I found out that taking in fructose (most table sugar is about 50% fructose) inhibits the excretion of uric acid, so I figure that's the culprit here.

@durianepicurean 8 месяцев назад

Do the Lion Diet for 30 days. It means to eat beef steaks.

@TWEEN3R 8 месяцев назад

You should do a video on fadogia agrestis and ashwaghanda

@Degenerates-re5wc 7 месяцев назад

"shitting out a few pebbles" 😂

@Nick.StPier 8 месяцев назад

Can’t wait to order some barbell. Love the vid!

@ConnorCurtis 8 месяцев назад

Tastes pretty good

@desmomotodesmomoto2033 6 месяцев назад

Go on high fat carnivore diet. 5 years carnivore here. Best decision of my life.

@ChristianDeBesson 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for video and your dedication! God bless you 🙏

@ConnorCurtis 8 месяцев назад

Thanks

@theprogen2003 7 месяцев назад

Back in 2006 I was friends with a dude who was working as an assistant for the pickup artist, Mystery. He flew into my city a day early for a seminar and crashed on my couch. He came with mysteries stuff - a backpack with clean underwear and a large duffle bag packed full of beef jerky, which is all Mystery was eating at the time. I asked why, he looked at me like I was dumb and said “he’s an alpha. Beef jerky is how alphas get lean.” Apparently he lost 20 lbs on the diet.

@elloohno1349 7 месяцев назад

😄😄😄

@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE 8 месяцев назад

Very well put together video (just a few mins in so far). Cheers from chilly old England!

@ConnorCurtis 8 месяцев назад

Thanks

@Melanie0936 8 месяцев назад

Lower neutrophils could be from lower inflammation.

@NiteHunter13T 7 месяцев назад

I tried biltong once and discovered it was a MAJOR migraine trigger for me. Went to feeling fine to curled up and pukeing levels of pain in a half hour flat. Not a good day for me. I really liked the tast of the biltong though.

@cyberexile3507 8 месяцев назад

eating jerky makes your camera lens wider, confirmed.

@max73916 8 месяцев назад

lol

@warrenthiessen4682 8 месяцев назад

I tried going carnivore twice this summer, only lasted a week each time. I couldn't believe how little gas I had, and how I rarely felt hungry. Should probably give another go.

@stevendownes7508 8 месяцев назад

Little gas, as in low energy, or burping/flatulence?

@warrenthiessen4682 8 месяцев назад

Zero flatulence.

@enzocalzone5298 8 месяцев назад

I read in a book from Guilia Enders called "Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ", that having zero gas at all is a sign that you have starved away the bacteria in your gut which produce the gas. Which is probably not a good thing because part of those bacteria are beneficial for overall health

@caralho5237 8 месяцев назад

@@enzocalzone5298Whether said bacteria only existed in the first place due to your poor diet is another matter entirely.

@enzocalzone5298 8 месяцев назад

@@caralho5237 what are you trying to say?

@JO-zj1km 7 месяцев назад

Use coconut oil for oil pulling for cleaning your mouth instead of brushing so much. Do some research on it as there's some that shows improvement. Your mouth is like your stomach in that is has good/bad bacteria and coconut oil feeds the good.

@LIBERTYCAP2612 7 месяцев назад

Did you notice any difference in your auto immune symptoms? I get allergic rhinitis, I’ve identified a few triggers like coffee and tea, in fact I believe all hot drinks seem to affect it. I was in my 50’s before I realised milk was causing the asthma I’ve had all my life, I’m fine with cheese though.

@scoobtoober2975 8 месяцев назад

Oh no, i was trying to listen and see if it helped your esophogilial problems. I see the treatment is PPI's or antiacids, or other things. That are horrible for life. They can raise blood pressure and mess with all organs. Did you symptoms get better. Or did it go away and you forgot about this issue. I hope so. If not, look up Dr Nathan Bryan and nitric oxide. This circle of life and digestion. You need to absorb the nutrients to get the organs to function correctly to then be able to digest the foods or they may cause irritation if they don't get digested properly. Adding in PPI's or anti acids or other things like flouride will inhibit digestion and the breakdown of things to then make nutrients absorbable. For me and a few others black tea is highly inflammatory or irritating to digestion. I burp and have in-digestion symptoms. Dry mouth is a sign of nutrient deficiency and lack of nitric oxide. But don't take my word for it. I had dry mouth for 15 years. I had to go low carb and fasting to kick me into fat buring. It is a life saver and game changer. But today, my biggest trick/hack are ice cold showers, then sauna. It is a huge mood change. 2 to 3 times a day. If the water is still warm, get a chiller or ice chest and plunge in. How did the meat only fare for you. Keep at it. Check out Dr. Mark Burhenne for oral care. Again, no flouride for him. He recommends mouth taping like OA guy, or nestor for the breath book. If you do that and still have issues. Keep going. How about cider vinegar consumption. Have you tried that before a meal.

@bediha 7 месяцев назад

Great video 👍 Why did you choose dried meat instead of a fresh meat, aka lion diet? That would be still an ultimate elimination diet, and a hard food so you can chew a lot. Fresh meat also has some vitamin C, in some other forms rather than ascorbic acid. What happened to your allergies at the end of the experiment?

@757caz 8 месяцев назад

You didn't say how the autoimmune condition went? Isn't that why you did the illumination diet in the first place

@Livetoeat171 8 месяцев назад

Why would you need to supplement with salt when beef jerky has 600+ milligrams of sodium for each ounce?! I looked it up and no one online recommended eating beef jerky as a meal because of the high sodium content.

@liamjames4433 8 месяцев назад

were you quietly playing daisuke by el huervo in the background? the piano flourish made me think i was losing my mind.

@sulkoma 8 месяцев назад

to be fair, its pretty normal to cook steak with salt so i don't think adding salt is bad or considered a cheat, i would even say it could be overlooked as a supplement since its prepared beef, its not like its raw lol Cool vid! i gave you a sub I am 38 now but I used to try different diets like this so much when I was younger Keto, Carnivore, even cycling eggs up to 36 per day (on top of what I was eating) no joke as well.. the 36 eggs per day thing was legit. I did olympic weightlifting for many years, there were certain weights I just could not hit & I was stuck on them for ages. Cycling eggs literally saw me making multiple PB's in a short timeframe. First week its 6 per day. Second week 12 per day. Third week 24 per day, 4th week 36 per day, then you cycle in reverse. I had them as raw eggs blended with a half small banana, this made the taste way better & anything more than half a small one was just too much when you got to the 36 per day.. I would chug it at the start of the day before work & far out it was a mission! I would love to see you give that a go though & see how you feel from that, obviously you might put on a bit of weight though adding a heap of calories, but who knows! you might gain a fair bit of mass since you train a lot too I look forward to checking out more of your vids, you did a really good job with this one & I think as time goes on your sub count will dwarf what you currently have Happy Australia Day & keep up the good work

@TimeWaveOfficial 8 месяцев назад

Did you test for mold illness or sifo? Histamine intolerance?

@ConnorCurtis 7 месяцев назад

No, but I do suspect I have some type of histamine intollerance

@TimeWaveOfficial 7 месяцев назад

@@ConnorCurtis sibo, sifo, mold, genetic mcas can cause histamine intolerance

@watan991 8 месяцев назад

hey dude you might not see this comment but when you did that 6 month squat transformation how much did you weight before and after the transformation? I'm a cyclist and I'm looking to increase my max power outage, squatting gives leg explosiveness which will help a lot, but gaining muscle mass will be a problem because I still want to be light to be faster. Thanks.

@ConnorCurtis 8 месяцев назад

Hey mate, it was at the same time as my 6 month body transformation and i actually put on 6-8kg but this method of dense training for the squat I do not think is optimal way to put on muscle mass, which is why I would think that type of training might be good for cycling but im not 100% sure. I was in a heavy calorie surplus just trying to put on weight

@giantslug6969 7 месяцев назад

I ate pork (bacon) but mostly beef for like 6 months in a row and it was the best I felt in my life. It was just very pricey to maintain such a diet. Eat heavy animal fats. It is a must.

@markillingworth1929 7 месяцев назад

Mate, am I noticing that! Everything meat is up around $20 per kg and I am knocking off 600gm easy in the main meal. I've lost 25kg and loving the exercise I haven't been able to do for 20years but hell it's pricey.

@No_Frills_Carnivore 8 месяцев назад

You need to salt when you first get on a carnivore diet. I wouldnt call it cheating at all - its almost essential for the first few weeks. Then just salt to taste or according to your activity levels.

@MatthewSmith-cp3hu 8 месяцев назад

prayer LORD pls bless this man, and bless us to learn from his findings in Jesus name amen

@deama15 8 месяцев назад

Possibly combining it with fatty saussages might work better next time, and give more variety.

@sarahjacob2008 7 месяцев назад

I was really interested to hear what happened to your ailments. Did you say? Did I miss it?

@missloretta 8 месяцев назад

I see a huge difference in your face and your whole body, you look better and more masculine. I kind of skipped through the blood work section but I wonder if your testosterone went up.

@meowgumin344 8 месяцев назад

you got me watching the whole vid 😂 dude this is awesome content❤

@ConnorCurtis 7 месяцев назад

Thanks bro, glad you enjoyed it

@youngsuit 8 месяцев назад

i wonder if after being on the jerky diet for so long that what tasted normal for others tasted way too sweet for you

@EvangelicalCypriot 5 месяцев назад

You can use a waterpik for the bits of meat that get stuck in your teeth.

@YeNZeC 7 месяцев назад

I just noticed in one of your videos you have scars, they're from compartment syndrome surgery, no ? I'm getting the same done soon, any tips on what you did post surgery ?

@Octonok 8 месяцев назад

So eating only biltong gave you a different camera lens?

@dustyroaddesign 2 месяца назад

hahaha, I'm from south africa and we grow up eating biltong practically every day, now I have lived in Australia 25 years I make my own homemade biltong. I found it funny you had a sore jaw!

@josiahhein6036 7 месяцев назад

I may have missed it. Did you cover what your results were with your asophagus , swelling?

@CJWass09 8 месяцев назад

Did you deduce what food is causing your autoimmunity?

@svenker1 3 месяца назад

Try to bost methylation a little bit, by taking creatine and sunflower lecithin, and the esophagus will get better. Also the allergies will go away

@diy5729 7 месяцев назад

Another thing, theres no such thing as "substituting salt or overcoming salt" in any sense of the word. You did not cheat by having more salt. Salt is involved in everything in your body, including nerve function, nerve impulses and electrical potential, blood pressure regulation etc etc etc. Salt is life literally.