r/AnimalBased

Does he own this company because just read the ingredients on a lot of the products and they are definitely not AB. Choc chips, peanut butter etc

How much fat should I consume while eating high carb? I’m a very active 22 year old male I train 6-7 days a week along with run 30kms a week on top of training, I’m a carpenter by trade and would be doing 15-20k steps daily on top. I consume high carb to fuel my active lifestyle, but I find if I eat too lean i can feel all my hormones tank and mentally change along with anxiety and a bunch of other stuff. I want to know the amount I should be consuming to shred and too maintain. Also should fats from coconut yoghurt be included too my fat total or should I just total animal fat for hormone production

Really curious to hear experience of people with hashimoto's on this diet

experiencing disassociation and anxiety since following a low calorie diet. mental health is poor however I feel I can’t go carnivore due to not sleeping n well and feeling constantly wired on it.

has anyone found relief with animal based diet and disassociation?

thank you

Hello!

I've been animal based for about 6ish months now and I'm currently trying to find a way to get more calories in. My daily caloric intake is around 3,100 most days, as I'm pretty active. I lift weights 3-4 days a week and also train Muay Thai, twice per week in the gym and a few sessions at home as well. At my current caloric intake, I'm slowly gaining weight, which is what I want, but it's started to slow a bit. I'm wanting to add an extra 300ish calories per day.

My main diet is:

Breakfast: Smoothie made with kefir, frozen fruit, whey protein, butter

Snack: Cheese and dates

Lunch: 1/2lb ground beef with butter, side of fruit

Snack: 2 cups of milk, cheese, dates

Dinner: 1/2lb ground beef with butter(or a steak or something with equivalent calories), side of fruit

I don't want to eat even more cheese and dates, as that gets a bit old. What other good options are there?

Title. I saw it mentioned in several places:

The Fat of The Land by Stefansson described history of pemican and that it never had salt added

Aajonus Vonderplanitz, creater of Raw Primal strongly advised against salt

Lots of long term carnivores go no salt.

What's your opinion?

For those who eat raw cheeses like authentic Parmigiano Reggiano or le gruyere, are there any benefits? How much do you eat?

This is my fourth week on the animal based diet. Every number 2 bathroom trip, the total volume of stool has decreased by a lot, and it's always "rabbit poo" so it looks like my intestine is absorbing too much water from the waste, which would mean the waste is in my intestines too long.

For information, this is what I've been eating.
Breakfast:
1 serving of frozen blueberries
1 serving of frozen strawberries
1 serving of non fat greek yogurt
Whole milk that I just drink right out of the container
Lunch:
1/2 avocado
8 ounces ground beef
Butter to cook the beef
1 banana
Some cheese
Honey drizzle
Dinner:
8 ounces of pork loin
Butter to cook the pork
3 eggs
Some cheese
Some fruit (1 kiwi / 1 mango / 1 orange, combination of either two)

I believe I'm eating enough fiber to support bowel movements, though perhaps not enough in the optimal range. Is it fat intake?

Looking for recommendations for two things:

A non-toxic air fryer

A countertop reverse osmosis system

Family of 4, so I’d like something with decent capacity.

I live in Mexico, so shipping can be slow/expensive with import fees. Ideally looking for something available in Mexico or at least reasonably easy to get here.

For the RO system, our drinking water comes in the large plastic jugs, and I’m assuming they’ve probably spent plenty of time sitting in the heat/sun during storage or transportation. I’d like to pour that water into the RO system mainly to reduce microplastics and any other contaminants.

Any recommendations based on actual experience?

I see so many people who don’t eat fruits at all as a part of their diet and don’t understand where they’re getting their vitamin c. I’m not talking about people who eat keto, I’m well aware sugar competes with vitamin c for absorption, but even so you meet people who eat carnivore + rice or some other carb source which looks like a recipe for scurvy

Germ theory as in you ingest a germ, so you get sick. Rather than terrain theory where you’re infected by a germ, but it won’t proliferate if you’re healthy and you don’t get sick.

It’s a very interesting theory and lately I’ve come upon people who purposefully drink or eat the most rotten and gross food and water to try and disprove this theory. Like rotten raw liver, still water from hot ponds, etc.

Not to mention dogs which do this for fun, mine buries raw chicken legs and comes back to them a few days later, she’ll lick my face as a greeting so you’d think I’d get sick (or at least the dog will).

so i went to a naturopath the today after being on carnivore for 4 years.
i decided to go see one because i want some help with weight loss and i also want to know which foods i can add in to my diet that won’t cause me gut issues and auto immune flare ups as that is why i started carnivore.

anyways the first 2 years of my carnivore diet have been pure bliss and satiety,no cravings, no cheats, full of energy and positivity.
the last 2 years have been tough because i’ve been in a loop of losing weight, cheating and regaining it.
i’ve tried omad, and fasting, everything is doable and easy for a short amount of time then whenever i lose about 5kg my brain stops making serotonin and dopamine (that’s what it feels like) then i get irresistible cravings and give in.

i also have a dogmatic view on food like i look for reasons to not eat fruits and vegetables and try to make up in my mind that they affect me negatively when in reality it’s just calories and carbs and the fact that carnivore has kind of become a part of my identity.

it’s so weird because i want to incorporate fruits and veggies back (i don’t care about potatoes, rice, bread or junk food) but i also can’t let go of the carnivore diet it just feels weird.

i’m also kind of wasting my money if i don’t listen to his advice by adding fruits in because then what’s the point of going back in 4 weeks to check if my health markers have improved if i’m not listening to his advice.

(somehow my insulin is high, and my red blood cells show oxidative stress) - this might be from eating junk food 2 days ago

i started carnivore for the simplicity of not counting calories and just eating how much meat i wanted to.
i already know if i ate fruit i would show no self control and just eat at 11pm at night because it’s so easy to just go and get that apple that’s in the kitchen and it’s sweet.

i don’t know what to do i feel like i’m cooked

So I have been meat and eggs only for 7 months and for the last week I have been adding in honey and fruit into my diet.

First I planned that I would just add berries and nothing else, this only lasted like half a day and quickly, not only was I unable to practice any self control and just stop after a normal serving of berries, I broke my rule and started eating bananas and watermelon because i wanted a sweeter fruit.

On day 2 things got worse I then ate honey unplanned because I was chasing something even sweeter than the bananas. Later that evening I had intense cravings for sugar and wasn’t able to resist in eating chocolate, and nutella also.

I’m on day 4 and and I’m disgusted of myself and don’t know why I can’t just enjoy the fruit and stop there and why it’s making me go down a slippery slope and eat junk food.

Has anyone else dealt with this before

I’m now on

Not sure if this is diet related or what but my skin and scalp is extremely dry. I have shower filters, drank more water/milk, focusing on micronutrients but it is still bad. Even if I wash my face with water it flakes. My scalp is even worse, I get so many flakes and my hair gets sooo greasy after a day or two. I tried using tallow and only using water to wash my face every 2 days but it is not doing too much. This problem skins down to my chest and upper body aswell. The dry skin causes acne too. I have resulted to using cerave and stuff I would usually call slop to see if it makes a difference and it only slightly helps. I am frustrated because I don’t want to treat the symptom but actually get rid of the issue. Let’s say I do have genetic problems, then how do I treat my skin and scalp? I can’t just drown myself in oils and humectants all the time. I’m hoping someone has a solution for this in this community.
I eat animal based with occasional sourdough or starchy vegetables.

well what did it do for you