r/carnivorediet

So like the title says I’m 14 weeks pregnant and I’m thinking about getting back on the carnivore diet. I was on the carnivore diet when I became pregnant with my baby but because of morning sickness and food aversions I switched back to a worse way of eating but as of the last couple of weeks my nausea and aversions seem to have settled down. I would definitely like to go back to carnivore now that the thought of meat doesn’t have me gagging. I’m just worried that the hormonal changes might not be healthy for the baby. I had a miscarriage last year and I’ve been really worried about doing something that might cause another one. Also I have hypothyroidism and am currently taking a higher than normal dose of Levothyroxine because of my pregnancy. I’m not sure if carnivore would affect that in any way either.

Okay, this is my 2nd go at carnivore. I kind of did keto-carnivore for a bit at the end of the 1st go around and was doing great with a little bit of stalling at the very end.

I'm 39 year old female and I have had issues with my kidneys throughout my life. I was diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes a few years back (roughly 5 years ago). I started carnivore and my A1C dropped from 7.9 (first at a 9.1 when diagnosed), down to a 4.1 in a few months. The Doctor got mad at me and told me to start taking my meds again and that he couldn't understand how I had dropped my A1C and weight so much without medication...

I went to another Doctor and then one more, until I found one that was okay with working with me through my journey on carnivore.

**Gross topic warning**

My cycle lasted 15 days the 1st and 2nd go at this diet! NO JOKE! I thought I was going to or was dying! Then it regulated itself out perfectly. Total shock, both times!....

Now my legs are becoming swollen (both knees and both feet the most). I sit a lot of the day for work, and I work from home, which is a tiny 2 bedroom home at 856 square feet...

I do go outside every morning and greet the Sun walk around, sit, and enjoy the outside air. I also drink almost an entire gallon of water a day.

Now the swelling in my feet is lasting for days on end and my knees were so badly swollen today. I could barely stand up, move them, or walk. There have been jolts of randomized pain throughout my legs and they feel so heavy and hard to bend at the knee. Kind of feel like dead weighted.

My sleep is and has been all over the place with 4 hours here, 2 hours there, and sometimes 18 hours out of nowhere. It's been like that for a while. I did just stop vaping, due to it dehydrating me and would also raise my blood sugar! Yay...

I know this is a lot. I'm trying to figure things out. Starting with the swelling and then work my way from there. I'm open to all suggestions and do follow along.

Sugary food and drinks make me sick anymore and I don't want them. I do, however, have a hard time breaking away from my tea, but I don't need any sugar for that at all. I only really crave steak, burger patties, and eggs mostly. Sometimes I feel like I am eating too much and hold back. Knowing I shouldn't. I'm working on that too.

Thanks in advance for any and all help!

I appreciate it more than you know!

I live remotely and shall be devoid of a fridge/freezer for some time. I intend to start doing one (fairly large) meal a day, purchasing the necessary items from a small shop not too far from me.

The shop has a very limited supply of items but they do have beef mince, bacon and eggs. I’m assuming it’s fine but if I exclusively devour this daily will that suffice for this diet?

Also, are there any dry goods or tinned products you recommend?

Thanks for reading and any help you share!

Hey everyone.

I am having doubts about the carnivore diet and am thinking a lot about it. While doing so, there popped one big questionmark up for me:

Do you need to add fat or not?

Everywhere I read about the diet, it is always either 1 part protein and 2 parts fat or roughly 70% of your calories from fat, which equals about 1 part fat and 1 part protein.

I went with at least a 1:1 ratio and I feel better. I eat less and I feel like before the protein mad me feel bad thanks to glucogenesis. Now I eat less protein and feel better.

But I keep seeing many carnivores who eat just the meat and no added fat. For example Shawn Baker or Miss Meat. They look great. But when I track roughly what they eat, it is a ration of 1 part protein and less than 1 part fat. How does this work?

Happy for all thoughts :)

I'm not fully carnivore, but I've been reading about magnesium because I think I might be deficient in it. It seems that the recommended calcium to magnesium ratio is 2:1, with the recommended amount for magnesium being 420mg a day. I've been looking at the amount of magnesium in different cuts of meat, organ meats, dairy, vegetables, etc, and I just cannot wrap my head around how you are supposed to hit that 420mg of magnesium.

For example, ground beef is said to have around 5mg of magnesium per ounce, meaning that if you ate a pound of ground beef a day, you would be getting 80mg of magnesium. Fortunately, that same ground beef also has 5mg of calcium per ounce, so at least the calcium to magnesium ratio is reasonable.

I'm just struggling to see how ancestrally, humans would have consumed anywhere near 420mg of magnesium from just meat. Would this necessitate the consumption of nuts or other sources of magnesium?

Haven‘t tried the carnivore diet yet. Right now whenever I drink milk, even lactose free, I get bloated and tired afterwards.
Does this change if you get on a carnivore diet?

What‘s also interesting: I crave milk really bad, I could drink so much of it.
But you can‘t rely on craving because I also crave sugar, salads, vegetables, spices etc.
I usually crave the stuff that isn‘t good for me

I'm curious to know.

I was recently on /r/IBS and I noted that at least in that sub, it seems some people have come around to the idea that Carnivore might be a good technique to "reset" the gut on a short term basis.

My comments didn't get deleted nor was I banned like in other subs such as my beloved /r/ulcerativecolitis

So that's progress. A few years ago reactions would have been very different.

But people are still anti-meat only dieting. For example, the mods labeled my personal experience that I shared as potentially "dangerous" with no reasons given.

It was interesting to hear why, so I posed the question and got some answers.

One comment was like, "there are no historical facts in support of this woe."

Another said, "it's presented as a cure all" which strangely enough I never stated such a thing.

Some common others...

"There is no evidence that it works"

"No long term studies."

"Red meat damages the gut."

"Your body needs carbs and fiber."

Some are flat out wrong while others are so absurd it's hard to believe that people actually think this way.

But anyway, I'm curious about what others are encountering these days that is different from what we're used to.

My guess is that things are evolving, albeit slowly.

I can't live even 1 day on the diet simply because i'm super addicted to sugar and can't quit, it fucking sucks. i need help.

What is the weirdest/rarest disease to be solved/put in remission by carnivore that you know of? either by yourself or someone else that you know of.

We all probably know by now many examples of people with arthritis,MS, crohns,IBS,diabetes etc that put their disease with carnivore in remission but I am more interested to hear of the rare diseases.

For example I know a guy that put Guillan Barré syndrome into remission.

If yes, has the diet improved your well being?
How long did it take?

I think I've been eating too much fat. I make 14 lbs of ground beef in batches in pots on stove. I then mov the meat to metal strainers for a few minutes. I then put into freezer containers and freeze and then thaw when needed. But I have had a fluctuating thyroid it started out at 0.300 tsh and recently was at 9.400tsh. Ive read that a missed up thyroid will slow the bile flow and mess up your gallbladder also my gallbladder has been hurting everyday since I switched from carnivore diet to just Lion diet, I had an egg intolerance I didn't know about, but fixed it when I stopped eating eggs, but then the thyroid was already messed up and my gallbladder started hurting everyday. I have been adding 5-10 grams of the strained tallow to my meat every meal 3x a day for since December 2025 when I started Lion diet and the gallbladder pain started. Soo between th mesd up thyroid that I'm trying to fix and the extra fat my gallbladder has been in pain and causes me floating stools and diarrhea. Im thinking fixing my thyroid levelscand cutting out the added fat will eventually make th gallbladder stop hurting. What do you all think???

Basically the title. I felt that this was the best subreddit ask. I'm pregnant with my first child (seven and a half weeks) and my appetite has been odd to say the least. Some days, I'm starving, others I'm almost repulsed by the thought of eating. Sometimes, there's only certain foods I actually want and tolerate. I'm taking a prenatal as a safety net. Anyway, I read that the recommended daily intake of carbs is around 175g for optimal fetal brain development. But, I've also seen where (unsurprisingly) higher levels of fat are being recommended. I've been eating predominantly meats, dairy, vegetables, and some fruit. An occasional sandwich or some other form of bread. Back to the original question, how did your child turn out? How many carbs if any, do you think you ate per day? Thanks! I go to the OB on Monday.

Has anyone here dealt with this? It is a “benign” tumor that grows in the synovial fluid of joints. Most commonly found in the knee, which is where I have it. It can wreck soft tissue and cartilage, eventually bone. My knee looks like a cantaloupe. Some research connects it to iron deposits, but doctors really don’t know how it starts.

It started after my first ketovore stint, I fell back into deep alcoholism (have a long history of heavy drinking) and eating whatever, been dealing with it for a year+ with not a ton of pain, just limited mobility.

I’ve fallen off of keto and carnivore a few times, recently back on carnivore to support healing and see if I can get the general inflammation to reduce a bit. I have surgery (arthroscopic) scheduled, have never had surgery of any kind before. I’m nervous about this as it already has a high rate of recurrence. I’m 27M, trying to do what I can to not treat myself so badly anymore…

I think I've been eating too much fat. I make 14 lbs of ground beef in batches in pots on stove. I then mov the meat to metal strainers for a few minutes. I then put into freezer containers and freeze and then thaw when needed. But I have had a fluctuating thyroid it started out at 0.300 tsh and recently was at 9.400tsh. Ive read that a missed up thyroid will slow the bile flow and mess up your gallbladder also my gallbladder has been hurting everyday since I switched from carnivore diet to just Lion diet, I had an egg intolerance I didn't know about, but fixed it when I stopped eating eggs, but then the thyroid was already messed up and my gallbladder started hurting everyday. I have been adding 5-10 grams of the strained tallow to my meat every meal 3x a day for since December 2025 when I started Lion diet and the gallbladder pain started. Soo between th mesd up thyroid that I'm trying to fix and the extra fat my gallbladder has been in pain and causes me floating stools and diarrhea. Im thinking fixing my thyroid levelscand cutting out the added fat will eventually make th gallbladder stop hurting. What do you all think???