From Vegan to Carnivore | My Year on a Meat-Based Ketogenic Diet
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- 00:00 Intro
00:40 Life before carnivore
02:00 How I found keto
04:15 Starting keto
08:25 Doing a marathon in ketosis
11:36 Starting carnivore
12:18 Ultra endurance bike race
15:17 Weight loss
16:16 Changes in mental health
18:18 Summary of the benefits
19:32 What I've learned - Наука та технологія
#Lion Diet has put my diabetes in the past, it seems to be putting my leukemia in remission. Doctors SHOCKED. Never felt better in my life. Arthritis gone, depression gone, zest for life returned in spades. Keto did not work for me so I went full Carnivore. 9 months later then onto #Lion Diet. Results were instant! Never looking back. One year on labs: perfect.
That’s absolutely fantastic and I am so happy for you. Thank you for sharing!
Well, you've got another subscriber here! I am constantly amazed how 99% of health and nutrition professionals have got this so very wrong for so many decades.
I have a friend who's vegan and was vegetarian prior to that, for years. She has a diagnosis of fibromyalgia (as do I). Her worst symptom is fatigue and I believe her diet is causing this. However, when I asked her if she would give up being a vegan if a change of diet, i.e. carnivore, would restore her health, she said no. She would rather live like that than eat animals. I understand it on one level but not on another. She is basically being a martyr for the cause of veganism 🤷♀ Madness really. I on the other hand have embraced carnivore as it's the only thing which has increased my iron levels (after decades of low iron) and has significantly reduced my pain, again, after years of chronic pain.
Very sorry to hear about your friend but I am glad you’re healing. It’s a tough balance giving friends what they want (support) and what you think they need (change).
@@thecarnivorept Indeed...😏
Been carnivore for 2.5 months started jan 18th 2024 at 317 lbs im at 248 today April 7th 2024 and feel like a young man again. My test levels are up and im capable of doing stuff in The gym i didnt think id ever be able to do again. My cronic back pain Is gone. My gurd gone. Joint pain gone. Brain fog is still there but big time improvement. I think im going to stay on this animal based diet for awhile might switch to paleo after awhile. But wont go back to eating processed foods. I wish people would listen to me when i talk to them about it but they think im insane.
same, people think I'm mad. all you can do is be a living testimony, and after 10 months a few people have come round after simply seeing the changes in me. even if they haven't changed diets, they no longer laugh about it and I can see they're quietly adjusting their diets.
ego is a big problem. not many people can admit they were wrong
You are another example I am going to share with my vegan friends. Young people like you should never have to endure so many chronic health issues! 40 years carnivore for me and I still feel as good as I did decades ago! Nice you have found the carnivore lifestyle!
my vegan friends refuse to listen tp these testimonies. unfortunately
@@finnishyeti their lost to not be open-minded example of how they think on plants
@@finnishyetia lot of people seem to prioritise animals over their own health and family. The truth is humans and hominids have been carnivore for 4.5 million years give or take.
@@finnishyeti veganism is a toxic relegion
@@finnishyeti I do as well. Your friends and I care about the animals
and refuse to be a graveyard for their corpses. I know several "ex"
carnivores who are grateful they don't do that anymore. Remember,
if someone feels tired there is a malnourished diet there, iron, zinc,
B12 are needed for a healthy vegan regimen. Many vegans do not
eat healthfully.
Meat heals.
and nourishes naturally for humans.
Thanks for the video, very well put together.
I'm almost 8 months on carnivore and it's changed my life 👍
Thank you for your testimonial
This will help so many people.
Thank you 🙏🏻
@@thecarnivorept 🧟♂️🍖🔴 no fibre 🤢.
im on week 5, and I had that same sort of euphoria one night. it lasted several hours. it was so strange, I was wondering if I had been drugged. Lol.
Thank you for sharing your experience! I am carnivore for almost 2 months and feel amazing!
amazing testament. thanks for sharing. we need more and more people telling their story from plant based to keto and even zero carb and the journey to healing and optimal health
My whole life I’ve been tired, it was actually a joke in my family. Coincidentally, I hated meat until I was almost 30. After years of PPI’s and GI issues, I gave up on food. One day, I ate a few cheese sticks as to not starve myself…I had no heartburn. Then I came across a carnivore video. I’ve been carnivore almost 6 mths and I feel great! No more heart palpitations, no more anxiety attacks, no more bp meds, no more PPI’s or heartburn. I’ve noticed, my chronic joint pain and plantar fasciitis is gone as well. I still have trouble eating meat but I choke it down because I feel so much better!
I’m so happy to hear how you’ve healed. For plantar fasciitis, it is a problem of inflammation but it’s generally a sign of tightness in the plantar muscle and more generally the posterior chain. I recommend yoga and looking up stretches for the gastrocnemius (calf) and soleus (under the calf). You can also get a firm ball (field hockey balls are perfect) and roll it under your foot with some light pressure to relieve pressure points.
I truly appreciated how real you are describing your experiences!! Especially saying how you had never experienced that except when you were drunk! I don't drink but I just appreciate your transparency!!
Great testimony! Thank you for sharing!
Very clear, direct, and articulate. Great content. Thanks very much.
That’s very kind of you to say, thank you!
OAmazing dude.. just great. Thank you for sharing. I’m at the end of my second week. Starting to feel really clear minded, still adapting.. cat wait to loose some visceral fat.
My fog lifted on day 2. I never knew i had brain fog. I thought that was just life... when i woke up on day 2 it was like some dusty thick old curtains had been lifted and the sunlight was finally shining in bright. I was mind blown. I actually cried - i was sick all my life and didnt know it??
I came to carnivore 12th December 2019 because i wanted to find relief for my lifelong epilepsy.
Little did i know it would show me i had brain fog too and lift that, it also got rid of depression, anxiety, panic attacks, 70lb fat loss, skin issues gone, and believe it or not, the lesbian in me also disappeared - i thought i was bi/les since i was young and always dated women and loved it. Going carnivore has straightened out my hormones and i dont feel that way anymore!! Which makes me believe being gay is probably a hormonal imbalance that needs to be addressed - because the hormonal imbalance is unhealthy for the body in many other ways too. So, my hormones are now perfectly balanced. And the whole reason i went carnivore in the first place, the epilepsy, is now for the first time in my life, under control and i am off all epilepsy medication !!! And also, no more hypothyroid symptoms either!
Carnivore is for healing, and is the proper human diet.
Mine lifted on day 5. I was on the couch and my body felt like it was buzzing in a good way and I was feeling so happy. The fog just left me.
I'm nearly 3 months into carnivore. Lost 14kgs and I eat when I'm hungry. I usually eat 2 meals a day. I see a cello in the background. Will we get to hear it being played?
That’s amazing, well done!
I’m at like grade 2 level so no one would want to hear that! 😂
@@thecarnivorept I'm only a beginner in violin playing and you can hear my violin being played if you want to.
@@AmandaViolinGirlyou’re very good for only 2 years! Excellent vibrato! 👏🏻
@@thecarnivorept my vibrato not good according to my teacher.
@@AmandaViolinGirl 28 years of experience with the violin... you are doing great! Some teachers... ignore them! Lol
I love your experience with this! Thank you! It's really incouraging for me! I've been carnivore a month now!
Keep going it gets better. I'm 90 days in!
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing your journey. ❤
Thanks!
Congrats you are helping humanity waking up
Thank you so much for this video. I wanted to lose weight/be healthy and became vegetarian - nearly vegan - and gained about 10 kilos. I was hungry all. the. time. I started doing weight loss hypnosis a few weeks ago (without diet recommendation) and felt drawn slowly to low-carb/keto. It's been almost a week of keto, near carnivore. I am down one kilo. Some days I am hungry often and some days I don't want to eat. If I am hungry though, I am satisfied with a small amount of food. But also I am so tired. My days consist of frequent napping. I'm assuming that's my body changing? What I liked about the points you made is to be ready for unexpected changes. Your story convinced me even though I am tired I trust I am doing the right thing. I will move to carnivore 100% (TBH I'm already only a chaffle or two a day away). I have to lose 20 kilos to be where I want to be, at 69 years old.
The fact that you’re not spending your first week in bed, as I did, is a good sign for your metabolic health. Fatigue is absolutely something to expect; it gets easier every week, especially after week 3. Like you say, it’s all about trusting the process.
Don’t worry too much about carnivore in the early stages; long-term ketosis is the most important thing at this stage, however you get there. Once you’re a month in, you’ll find it much easier to be more strict.
If you’re hungry, eat! In the early stages you’ll likely be eating a lot, that’s ok and normal.
The reason you’re tired is because you’re changing your fuel source whilst keeping the engine running - it doesn’t feel good.
I wish you the very best!
Good on ya........only good things ahead. Take what your GP says with a sceptical mind or find a Low Carb friendly GP.
Thanks! My GPs have all been bemused, but fascinated. None have tried dissuading me or prescribing statins just yet!
I was blessed to find a low carb GP, I have to wait weeks to get an appointment but it's worth the wait.
@@thecarnivorept Avoid statins AT ALL COSTS. My cholesterol is sky high, triglicerides and fasting insilin very low, CAC score zero despite my age.
I'm 48 and in the best shape of my life. My skin and nails are super healthy. I'm very calm (no anxiety). Easy to put on toned muscle. Plenty of energy. Never hungry. Just eat when I'm hungry and that's usually once or twice a day. All because of meat. Only negatives are when I cheat I feel like shit for a few days physically and emotionally. I'm actually one of those carnivores that really missus 'normal' foods even though I know how they make me feel. While also knowing how good I feel in deep ketosis. Just need to quit coffee and occasional alcohol and I think I will feel like a superhero haha. Keto/carnivore 2 years (mostly ;) ).
Progress is progress - no one’s perfect!
Great video. Thank you🙏🏻
Thanks Ellie 😊
Was on carnivore for two weeks, and I felt like absolute garbage. Was on Vegan for a month and felt less like garbage but still pretty garbage. Glad the former worked for you, for me I need to be somewhere in the middle.
I enjoyed hearing your experience, though! It's always cool to see how so many different bodies take different lifestyles in the way they do.
Thanks 😊 I’m not surprised you didn’t feel good! The first 2 weeks are hard because you are forcing your body to change its fuel source from carbs to fat. The first 2 weeks were awful for me. I would recommend trying it for a minimum of 30 days. It takes a while to adapt unfortunately.
The feeling like garbage happens in early weeks. We need to manage water intake , potassium and electrolytes and eat a lot of meat. When you have been vegan or vegetarian it's very very hard, as meat makes you heave. So u eat a lot less than those who are not averse to meat.
I think you need to give it a longer time.
You didn't give it long enough. 2 weeks is really nothing. You need to give it at least 30 to 60 days. You have to get through the withdrawal and conversion.
Good video!!
Thanks!
I had the same effects like in the movie’limitless’ but from carnivore not just keto, I think I was too vitamin-mineral deficient on keto because I was limiting meat at that time.
I was never vegan but I fell into carnivore the same way you did. Exactly actually. I’m 8 months in. I’ve lost 100lbs. My experiences throughout have been the same as yours.
I think going sugar-free is often the first step on the slippery slope leading inexorably to zero carb!
Great account of your sheer determination George. You’ve got guts! I’m old, so probably more cynical (? !), but I’m still very unsure about the idea of renouncing all plants, especially leafy greens. LDL cholesterol is also STILL (!) a concern for me…mainly because it’s extremely hard for most “ordinary people” to decide who the heck is right. Are our leading cardiologists / cardio-thoracic surgeons (working daily at “the coal face” & who are never on UA-cam…because they’re so busy) wrong when they (mostly) count LDL as a definite factor in CVD? Are they all on the make or something? A few possibly. And neither do I think the “keto / carnivore community” are wrong. Same confusion about Statins….Now “everywhere drugs” that were once touted as a breakthrough, life-extending way of averting a by-pass in those who already had heart disease. And still are by many mainstream, highly educated specialists. It’s trying to make real sense of all this conflicting research and messaging that’s sometimes so infuriating.
The doctors are trained in what the medical science says. Unfortunately that training is wrong! They are not about to admit that they've been giving treatment and advice to patients that is the total opposite of actual science! They have to stick to the guidelines or they could be sacked. The poor patients suffer, unless we do our own research!!
Thank you for a great video. I found the mental clarity overwhelming. It totally works but I am trying to get over a relationship breakup and I was so Uber aware of it. Question. 1 You now are totally carnivore. No veg or fruit at all. 2 what do you think of the saladino fruit plus meat adaption ? Presumably all carbs are bad for you. I’d happily pay you for your time if you had time to chat and give me some pointers and coaching on this. My info is in the about section of my UA-cam. Best thanks
Hi there, if you’d like to book a consultation you can do so via my website MetabolicPT.com
I remember dreaming of eating bread in my first month of going carnivore:) now I can say no to bread. i still test rice but i can eat 2 tb and no more than 1/2 cup because it spikes my blood sugar. I am still 6 mos carnivore, so i have this little cheats. Likw you I was also mostly plant based before this proper human diet:)
That’s great! Has your health improved?
Yes bread is definitely something I missed when I gave up carbs. I did cheat a couple of times early on and I got severe stomach cramps after reintroducing bread.
Do whatever you need to do to stay as close to an all meat diet as possible 👍🏻
Very happy you're doing better. Wondering if you were a personal trainer when you were a obese vegan? I would think that would be a hard way to make a living.
Hell yeah 💪💪💪
Good for you, keep eating meat-based!
Always!
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Hi, insightful and helpful video, thanks. What’s your diet like these days? I eat full fat grass fed ground beef, plus a small amount of raw lamb liver (natures multivitamin) and a can of sardines (DHA/EPA and iodine) in water each day. Never felt physically or mentally better. Highly recommend you read Dr Georgia Ede’s book Change Your Diet Change Your Mind. It’s such a powerhouse of a book. Regards Glenn from New Zealand
Congrats. But that picture of you being overweight was miles away from "morbid obesity". As a fellow personal trainer, i would love if people would stop perpetuating that 20-25% Bf somehow is morbid.
My BMI was 35 and none of that was muscle. I was over 30% body fat.
Where are any new videos my friend .. hopefully more to come
Working on it! 😊
Mmmmm... Bacon. 😋
Top comment.
7 years to Frank Tuffano stage.
Very few vegans make 7 years, in fact most don't last a year. 8 years and counting for me.
Красава 👍
One extreme to the other huh
I can’t eat animals. I
Just can’t.
Yes buddy, you can't live off of a vegan diet that is not food by itself it needs to be an addition to meat like meat + greens most of the nutrients come from the meat, but there are good nutrients in greens too, we use greens to add nutrients that meat doesn't have such as fiber, or other vitamins that can benefit the human body, not to replace meat if anything a full carnivore diet is at least viable the lesson here is to not become extreme in any form of diet.
Salads are a great example of a food that is healthy, but not if you eat it every day the health from salads come from improving your microbiome it will never be as healthy as chicken breast but if you eat a salad every week, or some raw vegetable like cucumber every week it will make you feel better, but it is not a meal it is a weekly snack kind of thing, the reason you feel so much better is because the nutrients in meat tend to be more bioavailable, and we need more of those nutrients also because by eating carnivore you are avoiding processed foods which ruin your microbiome.
If you want to feel even better include probiotics like Kefir these are the bacteria breaking down the meat, the starches and the vegetables if you eat ultra processed food they die the microbiome is very important to keep healthy because that is what makes you healthy.
@@andyc7747 Fiber is not destructive at all that is bullshit.
Why we have to be vegan or carnivore? Why can we be just balanced with meat and vegetables so we can have all benefits from both sides? We need carbs and protein and some fat … fiber is really important to…
There is no such thing as an essential carb. You ask a great question and I would encourage you to watch some of Dr. Chaffee's videos. He explains the anti nutrients of plants and the biology of why we are carnivores.
We’re actually in a ketogenic state in the womb and up until we finish breastfeeding. There is mounting evidence that fat burning is our default energy state, not carb burning.
Fat is incredibly important and most people, particularly women, are not eating enough. Your brain and your cells are in large part fat. Fat is the basis for most hormones and neurotransmitters. Cholesterol is the single-source substrate for the anabolic steroid cascade, which includes oestrogen and testosterone. We live in a world of sudden widespread fertility issues because we have been told not to eat the one and only thing that makes sex hormones.
Saturated fat is key - all the excess glucose in your body is converted into saturated fat; if it was bad for us, we wouldn’t be designed to manufacture it. Your gut bacteria also converts food into saturated fat!
Fibre is not essential. By definition, we cannot digest it, therefore it is not a nutrient. It speeds up gut expulsion because your body doesn’t want it in your gut.
A randomised controlled trial demonstrated that complete abstention from fibre completely cleared up every symptom of even severe GI issues in every single participant.
I had IBS/IBD all my life. I have not experienced it at all while eating only meat.
Having not eaten any carbs for almost a year, I can tell you that they are not essential. The liver produces more than enough for our needs and this is precisely what it is designed to do.
Nitrogen isotope testing of early humans has shown that, not only were we carnivores, but we also ate other carnivores. We were apex predators, and the molecular contents of our ancestors prove this.
Our stomach acid is 1.5. This is on par with vultures and is about 100x more acidic than other carnivores and around 5,000x more acidic than omnivores. We started as scavengers before we learned to hunt.
We cannot make vitamin C. All of our ancestors can, so evolution decided to knock that gene out. Vitamin C is primarily used in the metabolism of glucose; no glucose, no vitamin C required. If you have excess vit C, it breaks down into oxalate, which is extremely harmful long-term - this is why we stopped making it.
All I can say is try it. I thought it was absolutely insane when I first heard of it, so I absolutely understand how you feel about it 😀
@@jayhoggard92 my grandparents and parents lived pretty long lives eating balanced diet, probably on less animal protein because it was not as easy to get…
Do you think that average American people or any other kind of people can live on just animal protein? Most countries live on lots of carbs because that is mostly available and less expensive… I’m talking about real food not processed .. I think a lot of people don’t even know the difference between real food and transformed foods in boxes.. .
I don’t want to argue… we always going to have new studies and people get very easy brain washed … changing minds in few months…
You can experiment all life and come to your own conclusion…
My conclusion is that : eat balanced diet… real food.. enough protein and lots of fiber …prepare your food at home…listen to your body.. don’t overeat… move your body …
Just observe how many influencers are constantly changing their mind and opinions…or Scientist…I’ve watched a lot of UA-cam nutritional advice’s …if I listened to them I would probably stop eating :)
All of the points you are making are created by marketing for the large food conglomerates, it is not scientifically backed. We've all been lied to for profit.
Carbs are absolutely not a "need". You can make an argument for vitamins and minerals from non-starchy vegetables if you like, but there is absolutely zero need to ingest carbs. They are not essential.
carnivore deterioration
show us some bloodwork. let's see it. i bet my plant-based numbers are far better than what results you are getting on this dangerous diet.
Then continue with what you are doing. Why you need blood work of others?