I'm so glad I began this journey, I weighed 284.4 on 10/30 today 12/31 I'm 238. I still have a long way to go. I was on bp meds and many others. I feel so much better I'm not on any meds now. BP is normal now.
Yea!! Congratulations!! Great job!! Stick to it and I promise those meds and health issues will be a thing of the past. When I started I was stage 4 kidney failure, high blood pressure, diabetic, just to name a few. Now, I’m stage 3 kidney failure, (something my nephrologist told me wasn’t possible, when I asked him what I could do to improve. It’s a disease after all and people don’t get better. HA!). I don’t have to take blood pressure medicine anymore, and my doctor told me the last time I saw her, that she wouldn’t even classify me as prediabetic at this stage. Change the way you eat, and you change your life.!❤
Excellent info!!! I was losing and feeling great on a carnivore diet, but I started to allow cheese. Next thing I knew, I was craving dairy all the time. I stopped losing and even gained back a little weight. So I have committed to BBBE for all of 2025. No dairy!!
Same on my side and good timing of this video. I like to start some changes when I can easily remember the date in the future. Tomorrow I’m quitting all those cheeses. I’m carnivore since August 2022, now it seems I will become better carnivore!😀 I just need more health results with my new lifestyle. Happy New Year to everyone!
Me too, I have to give up my favorite morning Greek yogurt as well as cheese as I can’t get out of a stall. Also, I’m starting lion diet on New Year’s Day so I can do a total reset.
I love cream but get acid reflux everytime I have any. I went nearly a year with no dairy and no acid reflux. Then tried a cup of coffee with cream. Boom - Acid Reflux GAG Sad, because I love cream so much. But I do love meat too so not so bad of a trade off.
It's not addictive..the casomorphine in cheese was found to be negligible and what actually makes something addictive is the person...not the substance as such.
Thank you for explaining why I am addicted to the big block of Kirkland Coastal cheese from Costco. I think I need to attend a "recovery" meeting. That was tongue-in cheek....I understand addictions are not a laughing matter.
I can't believe this video is talking to me after just asking why I am craving sooo much cheese recently on KETO. I kicked carbs and sugar, and now I am HOOKED on cheese like a big rat! THANK YOU, DR. Berry🎉❤
That’s why a variety of foods is best. I tried all meat. Ugh ! Left me with bad breath and constipated and yes I drank lots of water. I did lose weight but I was crabby. I’ll stick with meat, veggies, fruit and an occasional piece of chocolate. Variety is the spice of life
Dr. Berry, Thank you for this video! I agree completely with everything you stated!!! 💯 I routinely give you credit for saving my life, when I discovered Carnivore through you two years ago in November '22, because I truly believe so. I just celebrated my 2nd Carniversary and went from dying to thriving. I'm continuing to get the word out about the healing benefits of Carnivore, and just took on my second Carnivore recruit that I am 'coaching', after an impactful experience on Christmas night. As part of my guidance, I warned my new recruit about the dangers of dairy addiction, especially with cheese, so I shared this with her. I am a cheese addict, and would like to share my experiences with everyone. From this past Summer through Fall, I was on a double cheeseburger kick (no bun, of course) and ate double cheeseburgers almost exclusively for 3+ months. I only had steak once or maybe twice during that period. I was completely addicted to the cheese!!! I doubled up the cheese between the patties and munched on cheese while I was cooking, and payed the piper by mid to late Fall. I gained some weight, but even worse, my skin issues (Seborrheic Dermatitis) which was 95% resolved by Carnivore, got worse and dropped to 90% resolution (or maybe worse). For these reasons, I cut out all cheese about 6-7 weeks ago and my skin issues are 99% resolved and my weight leveled out (I resumed strength training and swapped some fat for muscle). This is my N=1 experiment, but I believe others will benefit from my experience. I'm down to eating steak, burgers, and eggs, with a smidge of Kerrygold salted butter to fry eggs, and lightly top my steaks. The only other dairy I consume is a very clean, organic, grass-fed, non-homogenized, A2, heavy cream in my coffee. I haven't had seafood in awhile, but will consume some occasionally (shrimp for New Year's Eve tonight). I think of burgers as food, and steak as Medicine, and usually alternate between them for 'early dinner' and 'late dinner', as I've gone from OMAD to 2MAD in order to prioritize protein. Thanks again for all that you do, and I hope to meet you one day in person to thank you for saving my life! ❤💪🥩🙏😊
Tonight I am no longer addicted to cheese. Yep! I went to the grocery store tonight to buy a package of hard cheese. Last week, the package was $2.89. Tonight, the same package is $3.98. My addiction is gone. I wish the cheese company good luck.
I've been a dairy addict for decades. I'm currently on the carnivore diet but I have 2 large containers of whole cream as well as cheddar, and parmesan cheese I've been craving and munching on. This information couldn't have come at a better time for me! Thank you!
I'm 71, skin & bones. I loved cheese, milk, ice cream etc most of my life!! Then I started having severe cow dairy sensitivities & intolerances that turned into a full blown allergy approximately 14 years ago & I have abstained from all cow milk, dairy etc ever since. Just recently a few months ago I found out I have no problems with any types of goat dairy products ie: butter, hard cheeses, milk, kefir...etc. JUST TRY TAKING MY GOAT DAIRY AWAY!! ✌️😁👍
Goat cheese is my favourite to go to cheese! It's higher in saturated fat than cow's as is goats butter so is really good on keto, Ketovore and carnivore. It tastes amazing too!
I'm very unhappy 😭 because I've developed allergies to milk & by-products (I'm OK with butter) as well. It gives me excessive phlegm and start coughing. Raw milk & cheese is a bit better, but I still get phlegm. I take enzymes that help some....
I was having anxiety and panic attacks and the only thing that gave me relief and calmed me down was sharp cheddar cheese, I was eating at least 1 pound of cheddar cheese a day,now i know why I'm so addicted to cheese, thanks again for a great explanation and presentation 👍
I gave up dairy over 40 years ago because I kept getting tonsillitis and was told by a holistic medicine person to stop eating dairy. After I quit I never got tonsillitis again.
I had to swear off dairy a few years ago - Dairy seems to make me have wheezing / asthma which turns ( usually ) into a terrible cough that I seem to always have to go on antibiotics and prednisone for ! I sure miss chocolate - seems chocolate is not really non dairy -!always seems to be “ made in facility “with milk :(
Same .... my kids were always getting streptococcus throat infections, ear infections, & tonsillitis. Removing dairy eliminated all of that..... Thank God. They were living on antibiotics.....
It used to be that in the winter I would never catch a cold unless I had re-introduced dairy and been eating it for a couple of weeks. Since going carnivore, I can eat it no problem. Also, dairy used to exacerbate my acne, but the acne went away a month after going carnivore.
That explains why I really love Parmesan and dark chocolate with a glass of Cabernet. Seems like we can’t escape any consequences from eating delicious, rich foods.
Hi there, i m a cheese addict. Boy when i sit down and snack on hard cheese and grass fed butter ,there`s no stopping, even though i know it`s slowing down my weight loss. Dr Berry, thanks for what you and your wife Niesha are doing
Quitting dairy really helped me get rid of sugar and caffeine cravings. I used to put a mix of heavy cream and milk in my morning coffees (2 strong bowls, so it was a lot), since drinking it black I unintentionally started to consume less and less during the day until there was days when I simply forgot to have my coffee . Butter is the only thing I still use and I seem to have no problems with it.
Thank you for explaining this! I began carnivore a week ago due to health issues, and no where else to turn (Keto lifestyle in past years). I began eating cheese, and realized a couple of nights ago that it had quickly morphed into a craving that was driving me when I got our of bed, and brought the cheese, a knife and cutting board back with me and began eating slice after slice. I got up and tossed the cheese into the trash. This was a good lesson for me. The meat or the eggs I consume never cause me to crave more and more between meals. Presently experimenting with some recipes with cottage cheese and eggs to make flat "bread". If I begin to crave this food option, this will no longer be an appropriate food option for me. I really appreciate the videos you have created for us coming out of erroneous beliefs regarding food to become knowledgeable in the carnivore lifestyle. I have watched several, and I am learning so much from you, Kerry, Todd and others. You are a blessing.
I appreciate that you recognize the a2 milk. Raw A2 milk is the best milk type for your teeth. A series of studies have demonstrated its the most beneficial for hardening teeth and soy is the worst
I can't keep house without cheese! I'm finding there are some cheeses that don't make me want to eat it all day long! Thank you once again, Dr. Berry, for all you do for this community!
I just started a keto diet today, it's calorie restricted but unlike other diets I haven't been hungry all day. I'll remember what you said about dairy and addiction. Don't wanna derail my diet with unnecessary cravings. Happy New Year to you and your beautiful wife and child! Have a great 2025 🎉
@@rachelbrondel5858Hi, my name is Rachael too! I joined a calorie controlled eating program online called "Reverse Health" and wrote to team support asking them to switch my meal plan to a keto version of the meal plan. (It was easy, one email). It costs $46AUD for one month or $108AUD for 6 months. I can't remember the yearly cost. (Just don't click on the standard price straight away and after not too long they halve the price). I've just finished Day 1, the recipes are absolutely delicious and I haven't felt hungry all day. They include exercises but I'm just sticking to 45min/day on the treadmill for now. I feel great! It's well worth the money because they specify the serving size of each ingredient so you don't have to do all the calorie counting yourself. Plus I can see that the diet is properly keto - moderate protein, low carbs and high fat content. I think most people trying out keto go way too heavy on the protein and not high enough on fat but this way is easier on your kidneys. Although Dr Berry says keto doesn't harm your kidneys at all, I wonder if that's only when you make it properly high fat and moderate protein. You really don't need to eat hordes of protein to be keto and satiated, is what I'm discovering. I couldn't be happier with this program, it's so easy to cook the meals they're quick and simple but delicious. It's also quite affordable to buy the ingredients from the supermarket, even including having to semi restock the pantry with keto versions of things eg almond flour instead of normal flour, coconut milk etc. Highly recommend this program, especially if you're new to keto. My meals wouldn't be nearly as tasty and enjoyable if I just tried to figure out keto myself. Today's breakfast was scrambled eggs and tomato, lunch was chicken (supposed to be turkey) & avocado in lettuce leaf wraps, and dinner was lemon shrimp with zucchini spiral noodles (my new cheap as spiralizer was a complete disaster, but it still tasted great!) There's also a home made keto snack every day but I'm replacing all the snacks with probiotic home made yoghurt and berries. The portions are small but I haven't been hungry at all so far. Hope this is helpful to you. Happy New Year! 🎉
@ wow, that sounds really good and that first day of eating is yummy. I just paid for a years subscription to macro factor and my husband is sick of me spending so much money on weight loss. He’s right, and I don’t want to spend anymore
@@rachelbrondel5858yeah I would just stick to what you've already paid for. Not good to start jumping around from one thing to another. I nearly paid for another program entirely after I paid for Reverse Health, I'm so glad I didn't as it's a really worthwhile program. They probably both are, I just had to do it and stick to the one program. Good luck!
Oops, just this evening I dined on cream cheese, grilled mushrooms in A2 butter, heavy cream in my coffee, a boiled egg and some strawberries with cream. That's a lot of stuff but I did not overeat as I did not want to undo the benefits of my PHD. 🎉 Happy New Year from India to you and family, Dr. Berry, and to all those on this forum.
I didn't realize before I started Lion diet how many products have milk in them. Dr. Berry told me to try Lion to help with my psoriasis and I do have to say I ate dairy more than I thought I did. Cutting out all dairy has tremendously helped my psoriasis. Thank you Dr Berry. I used to have butter, ghee, and heavy whipping cream daily. Since he told me to cut out all dairy I've been doing tons better with my plaques but I still have a lot of joint pain. But instead of my whole body hurting it's just half 😂 So I'll take that as improvement 😊
Thanks for sharing , I've got plaque psoriasis a bit on sides of my feet. Will try thus. My onset symptoms included the temporary red dots sign all over my calves. I wonder if mine was partly caused by taking high vit D3 ad K2 doses daily during covid for a few years, then suddenly stopping the supplements. Bee
He puts like a quarter teaspoon of heavy cream in his coffee - really hardly any. If I were you suffering from psoriasis, I'd stay away from it completely until my symptoms had fully gone. You sound particularly sensitive to dairy. There's tonnes of animal fat in bacon, eggs, ribeyes, ground beef, lamb, etc, so no need to resort to dairy which seems to trigger you. ❤
I would suggest trying to increase EFA ALA omega 3. Wild caught salmon is best source. I use flaxseed oil supplements. Do some homework and don't buy the negative press! It is an Essential Fatty Acid after all.
Heard you and Neisha last night saying you were going to do this video, so no more dairy, for awhile I think. Thanks! I am doing a sardines fast for as long as I can, to help reset my carnivore diet. November of last year is when I started on this journey, sadly do to a kidney infection I had to take a very strong antibiotic which caused pain in my joints and doctor prescribing steriods, helped for 6 days then pain back with a vengeance. Hoping I will get back to normal which was no pain for 8 months.
I am a cheese addict; mild cheddar is my drug of choice. I am so grateful to you as now I finally understand why I crave it so much. This has been driving me crazy for the last several months. Now I can fix it. Thank you.
I have suspected for while that I am a cheese addict. Xmas day I had some delicious ash soft Brie cheese. Only other thing I had was a bit more ham than I would normally eat. The next morning I woke up with pain under the arms. This originates from a very severe virus and lung infection after coming home from hospital over a year ago. Carnivore is the only eating plan that has helped me. Thanks dr. Berry!
I can live without grain flour, but not grain flour and cheese. Life must have some pleasure. Since I’m not lactose intolerant, I refuse to give up dairy. I’ll buy a cow or goat and milk it myself if I have to.
Thank you, Dr. Berry. I am a cheese addict, and I wasn't eating that much because I noticed that my skin always breaks. I buy cultured butter because it has a little less protein. I will stick with ghee from now on. I like it when it is frozen.
Thank you so much, Dr. Berry, I needed this video right now. I can feel that my body doesn’t want dairy products. I notice it especially in my scalp, which gets inflamed, and my sinuses, which swell up overnight. As a child, I had my tonsils removed because I was constantly sick. And my appetite is much bigger when I consume dairy products. I’m going to try a “dairy-free January” and see how it goes from there…
The light is on. The Brie is gone. The cheddar, is not your own. Your throat is tight, you can't breathe. Another bite is all you need. Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh yeah It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough. Gonna have to face it you're addicted to cheese.
Hi. My name is iheartcrypto, and I'm a long time cheese addict. Brie, swiss, cheddar, leipäjuusto, blue cheese, mozzarella, paneer, ricotta. I love it all.
Definitely addicted to cheese. If there is a package, I'm finishing it. If it's unopened, I'm eating it all. Definitely start craving it, and it makes me weepy and kinda "crazy" in the head, too. I'm also addicted to sugar and alcohol, so I have an addicted brain.
I am a cheese addict. The only dairy that is allowed in my shopping cart is butter and whipping cream. If the cravings are really bad I will drive into town to the convenience store and buy a half ounce pack of Cheddar cheese. It never seems to make it back to the house, because if cheese is available I will eat it all. Much more expensive and time consuming but limits my consumption.
Fellow cheese addict here. Just finished the last cheese from Christmas in the fridge! Will not be buying any more for a LONG time. I can't moderate and it does cause inflammation for me. I love it, but it doesn't love me, so better to abstain, lol.
I'm 66yo and always had my whole milk, not big on cheese. Never had a weight problem until I had an insulin problem. So, Feb '24 went low carb. Changed my dairy from whole to half n half, to watered down heavy cream. I will often add whey isolate. I didn't see whey on your list! Insulin and A1C are much better, and I dropped 60lbs as a side benefit. Thinking about doing the AT thru hike in '26!
70 YO female carnivore for close to 2 years.Became interested in Dr.Wm Davis's L Reuteri 'yogurt' and I must say,after making and consuming a half cup a day,along with a carnivore way of eating,for the last m9nth,it's greatly improved my sleep,and regularity in bowel.Maybe in a few months I'll be able to report less 'wrinkles'..lol.Would be a bonus,but I'm happy with the great sleep I get.
This is good news. 72 yo female. I recently (like this week) became aware of Dr Davis and L Reuteri "yogurt" . I will make some asap and hope it helps with sleep. The other things will be bonus.
Dr. Berry I just watched your interview on Lillie Kane's channel. I was chuckling all through your story about "Bubba", because, you don't know me, but I AM BUBBA! lol That's been my nickname for over 40 years, and the story you told was basically mine. The only difference being I usually made sure I got protein (mostly chicken back in the day, because it was lower in fat than red meat lol) along with my Pepsi, Doritos, and donuts....I've been low carb, mostly Carnivore, since last April, have lost over 60lbs, and feel much better! Thank you for helping/guiding me on this journey!
I gave up a cheese a year ago after doing an n=1 experiment. I was about 6 months into BBBE carnivore (and still am at over 2+ years now). I'd cut back a lot on cheese already at that point, but discovered that I was sharper mentally without it after a couple of weeks. I put it back in my diet and a bit of fogginess returned. So, it's gone except for very, very rare occasions (much less than once a month) and even then, just a bite.
Been doing carnivore for years and one year ago went high dairy - I don't really set any limits anymore since there are zero negatives and it opened up and made it easier to stick to the diet (doing this for health but don't particularly like meat which can be a struggle at times) Anyhow I don't fret too much about a little lactose and the casomorphins just an added bonus!
Haha great thumbnail Dr. Berry! I’m happy I can eat some cheese from time to time without consequence since going ketogenic with time-restricted eating. I have very selective dairy choices though, and they keep shifting slightly. Only Raw organic heavy cream sometimes in coffee, sheep’s milk yogurt or kefir when I’m feeling a need for that and sheep’s or goat milk cheese or authentic parmigiano Reggiano very rarely. Love your content ! My weakness is wood fired pizza so I’ll only have that once in a blue moon. Ice cream is way too sweet for my palate since going high protein and fat. One of the benefits of the ketogenic diet that a lot of calorie counters or people unfamiliar with it don’t understand is that you lose cravings and your pallet gets very sensitive to sweet things and carbs to the point that they become almost an aversion. Inversely carbs also become kind of a superpower that you can utilize if you need a little extra energy for working out or strenuous work etc.
@@andrewsingleton2710 Cheese addict here, i would also add the grass fed butter to the list, it`s perfect combination with hard cheese, the butter serves me as a nice thick dipping sauce ( i also sprinkle some garlic powder on butter)
My grandmother was one of 13 kids. And the only one to live over the age of 21. She worked on a dairy farm and the farmers wife fed her milk and cheese for lunch every day. It’s the thing that nourished her that her siblings didn’t get.
I am planning on giving up coffee and dairy apart from butter today. This is absolutely not a New Years Resolution as I never make those. Today because I finally feel like trying again. Please pray for me that I will succeed and reap the benefits. I was only eating a slice of cheese here and there to have some food with my meds that I require twice a day and didn't feel like having more meat and I love some cream in my coffee so now that the coffee will hopefully be gone I won't need the cream. Happy New Year to all, may 2025 bring many blessings upon you and those you love.
Praying for you. Pray for me as well. I had to cut out cheese and start over after the holidays. Ate lots of candy 😩 I gained 10 pounds in the last couple months. 😢 I’m not ready to give up coffee though with butter and heavy cream. I don’t sleep well so without that caffeine in the morning I can hardly function. Most nights I’m lucky if I get 3 hours. It’s horrible.
I have a real problem with it. I cannot stop once I start. It’s horrible! I have actually noticed that certain cheeses don’t make me crave as bad as cheeses like provolone and Asiago! Now I know why! Thank you! I had night sweats last night bc I’ve been eating cheese since Thanksgiving! Gained 5lbs! All the cheese is getting out of the house after the new year! I won’t be making anymore charcuterie boards. Thank you, Dr. Berry!
I use to love cheese, all cheese. Every single meal, 3 meals a day that was covered in cheese. Been 99 Percent carnivore since august 17th, My love for cheese has passed, I may shred a little cheddar for my scrambled eggs once maybe twice a month.
My dog was freaking out at midnight because of the NYE fireworks. On a hunch i gave her dairy milk to help her calm down, like a baby, it actually worked.
I like that Seinfeld episode where George thinks 'living the dream' is being "stripped to the waist, eating a block of cheese the size of a car battery" 🙂
Yikes, you're the only professional to talk about cheese addiction. As a senior veggie + salmon, I crave local and international cheeses. Thanks for the info, amazing.
Hi Dr. Berry, the struggle is real. First, I figured out dairy and especially cheese and butter 😪 were the root cause of my congestion/allergy/sinus issues. I don't have "seasonal" allergies like I was told. Second, dairy products were the root cause of my joint inflammation. Finally, I had an itchy, painful, flaky sore inside my ear for years. Docs were stumped. Meds did nothing to help. But once I completely cut out all the dairy products regardless of which type (cow, goat, sheep), this painful sore disappeared. If I introduce any dairy even in small amounts, guess what happens? Everything returns.
I have been literally buying cheese blocks in bulk every time it goes on sale (products like old cheddar 1-pound "bricks" in sealed plastic wrap). I have been using that as a ready-made food option for when I don't have the energy to make anything (Long Covid is a terrible disease, you're not in danger of dying or so it seems but you pretty much stop LIVING). This is very useful information.
Thank you for the encouragement to stop eating cheeses. I love them and have added them back into my diet the past 6 months for their taste and more variety. Trying to go back to weight loss and sustaining good health.
That's interesting. I recall when i was younger chugging a glass of cold milk after eating something sweet like cookies or cake. The satisfaction could be described as euphoric
Remarkably, by day two of the carnivore diet, the debilitating headaches I’ve been having subsided. I must have been eating something that was setting it off . Most likely my entire diet😂. I restricted nothing . So now it’s meats for me . This is great and only the beginning 🎉.
I 100% saw myself on that image of the lady looking at the cheese, hahaha I love cheese and all of this information makes so much sense, thank you Dr. Berry for always sharing the truth eventhough it's painful!
A guy that worked with my brother was addicted to cheese. He always had a piece in his hand and would snack on it all day at work. He got so impacted that he had to have a major surgery. He immediately went back to eating cheese. He got impacted again and it killed him. His nickname at work was Pact Mule. Pact for getting impacted, and mule for being too stubborn to change his ways.
THANK YOU! I’m definitely a dairy addict one of the reasons being that in my über busy self-employment, a cheese stick or something similar is an extremely easy thing to have that requires little to no prep and is still without grains. No doubt this is working as a saboteur for me.
Thank you for breaking it down. I've known for a while that cheese is the thing that crushes my diet and is also a gateway food to other bad foods. I'm planning to start hard-core carnivore immediately and stay true to myself.
I did a year of carnivore without dairy and did not get the amazing results you see many comment about. I tried doing raw milk and kefir for a few months to see if the bacteria from that would help me in any way. I didn't notice a difference. However, I'm really struggling to stop dairy again. I drank an entire quart of heavy cream yesterday. That's 320g of fat. I did not feel good but I'll do it again because I have a very addictive personality. The sugar in milk isn't that addictive to me. Milk tastes almost like water. But heavy cream is something else. I'm surprised it's one of the lowest on the casomorphine content list. I don't even like cheese much.
While I see no need to cut the cheese from my diet, I was glad to see the list at 5:37, since I tend to consume dairy in the same order as the list. Since I went low-carb and then keto, it's been super easy for me to lose my sweet tooth, reduce carbs, and eliminate snacks, so I am unconcerned about over-eating cheese, even though I find most cheeses very delicious.
I'm addicted to aged white cheddar. There's always a block in the fridge. I have backed off the cheese for the last few months and have noticed a difference. Thank you for sharing this information. Goodbye to cheese in 2025!
If I have to have an addiction, I'll take cheese. I eat two meals a day, lost 40 pounds and it's not a problem for me. I've never been a sugar addict so I'm lucky there.
I have been in my element this Christmas,Aldi have been selling extra thick double cream which you can spoon out. Ive been eating it from the tub..no regrets! I've got a strong coffee addiction now because of my love of double cream (i have 3/4 a day) TBF ive got 4 kids one of whom is only a baby i breastfeed and bedshare with,im up at 5am 😅i didnt have this addiction before going carnivore again in November.. double cream. ❤😂 I was an absolute sugar monster, id bake for myself and my kids give them a decent portion each and have a more than decent portion myself and then whatever was left id secretly eat. Cookies, brownies with ice cream, rocky road, crumbles 🫣 This was a regular thing maybe twice a week!! I couldnt control myself,now i eat carnivore and ive dropped nearly all my baby weight (he's 14 months and id gained 50lb) Im never giving up double cream or hollumi 😂😂😂
I'm not addicted, but it adds flavor to my foods! It can be very tasty, and my favorite cheeses are sharp cheddar, monterrey jack, and cream cheese. I also like Greek yogurt and heavy cream.
Butter and milk just loved it. When I made a deal with my doctor to get my cholesterol down a bit it was way way high. I cut out the dairy my cholesterol did go down. No matter what anybody says I have to go with my lived experience and my cholesterol went down when I cut out the dairy. Not only did my cholesterol go down but my stomach which had always been distended went down way down. I have a very slim shape. The one with the Lord shoulders and the narrow hips but I always had protruding belly. I always use it as a marker for diabetes LOL but when I quit the dairy my stomach went down
Oh yes, that one is good. If you can find Kerrygold Blarney Castle, it's very good too. Sorry to be a bad influence 🤷🏼♀️ some of us can handle some without going overboard 😊
Thank you! I plan to go back to Ketovore on jan2. I usually include some cheese however , after seeing this I am going to eliminate all but the cream cheese and Greek yogurt - which I only eat occasionally Good to know that my cravings for cheese actually have an underlying reason! That helps me to avoid them! Again, thank you for all of the info you provide to help keep us all healthier!❤❤❤❤❤
After being plagued with gallstones for a number of years which led to a kidney stone. I prayed for help, and quite consuming goat cheese (ate ridiculous amounts). No more gallstones and no more kidney stones. I only consume cheese on very rare occasions. I never really had a problem with weight gain concerning this.
Yeah i am Swiss - its practically in my Blood - with Chocolate of course. I knew its not normal. The Craving of Cheese i encounter after a long time abstaining from it is insane. I always felt there must be something to it. First i thought its sugar - lactose, but now i understand.. Thank you so much for the information.
Ive recently switched to fairlife milk because of the low sugar content and its free of lactose. Just wondering your thoughts dont know if ive seen you cover lactose free foods. Thanks Dr Berry youve changed my life! Ive been trying to refer your channel to everyone I know. So many people are ignorant including me myself to what these foods are doing to our bodies. Thanks again and God bless!
I to am addicted to cheese. Lately I haven't had only a little cheese. The last 3 months of this year. I'm a Keto/Carnavor for over 3 years now. I'm doing fantastic on it. A1c 4.9. Yes before K/C life style I was 8.8 type 2 diabetic. On your list #3 heavy cream is not so bad. To put in my organic coffee. I don't often use heavy cream. I'll go back to putting organic coconut milk in my coffee. I hope that organic coconut milk, doesn't have anything negative in it. Dr. Berry thanks for letting us know about the cheese problem.
I just wanted to Thank you Dr Berry for being one of the few carnivores not selling out by continuing to promote the flavored LMNT packets after we found out they contain such high levels of maltodextrin, it’s shocking how some others channels simply sell out and they don’t really care about other people’s health and disclosing this information, but they only care about money and getting sponsored…
I’m lactose intolerant & I love cheese😔. There I said it. That thought aside, every so often I’ll take a zinc supplement, sometimes it’s in a liquid form so it leaves a bit of taste in my mouth, I’ve read that if the zinc doesn’t taste nasty then your low on zinc. I’ve noticed that it makes cheese taste even better, it seams to amplify the flavor.
The concept of health in "The 23 Former Doctor Truths" book completely explains this. I wish I read it sooner
I'm so glad I began this journey, I weighed 284.4 on 10/30 today 12/31 I'm 238. I still have a long way to go. I was on bp meds and many others. I feel so much better I'm not on any meds now. BP is normal now.
Fantastic! Keep up the good work!
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The topic is cheese.
Yea!! Congratulations!! Great job!! Stick to it and I promise those meds and health issues will be a thing of the past. When I started I was stage 4 kidney failure, high blood pressure, diabetic, just to name a few. Now, I’m stage 3 kidney failure, (something my nephrologist told me wasn’t possible, when I asked him what I could do to improve. It’s a disease after all and people don’t get better. HA!). I don’t have to take blood pressure medicine anymore, and my doctor told me the last time I saw her, that she wouldn’t even classify me as prediabetic at this stage. Change the way you eat, and you change your life.!❤
That's awesome . Glad to hear you are feeling good and motivated to keep trudging forward on your journey . The joy is always in the journey
Hi I’m Marni and I am a cheese and dairy addict!
Hiiii, Marni!
@@marnidillon8659 hi Marni, my names Bruce and I’m also a cheese and dairy addict 🤣
Hey Marni! Me too! Isn't it good to know this so we can avoid it?
Hi Marni, I'm a mozzarella addict 😂
Just quit eating ..its hazardous to your health! Just eat dead animals only !
Now I know WHY i love cheese!!! Cheese is the first thing I crave whe I get hungry !!!!
Good info, doc👌
@@lauragrinberg3988 book sells for $18.00 on her website.
Excellent info!!! I was losing and feeling great on a carnivore diet, but I started to allow cheese. Next thing I knew, I was craving dairy all the time. I stopped losing and even gained back a little weight. So I have committed to BBBE for all of 2025. No dairy!!
Same. 😞
Same on my side and good timing of this video. I like to start some changes when I can easily remember the date in the future. Tomorrow I’m quitting all those cheeses. I’m carnivore since August 2022, now it seems I will become better carnivore!😀 I just need more health results with my new lifestyle.
Happy New Year to everyone!
Same here, and greetings from Germany!
Me too, I have to give up my favorite morning Greek yogurt as well as cheese as I can’t get out of a stall. Also, I’m starting lion diet on New Year’s Day so I can do a total reset.
@@suzannereeves7768 Wish you and me success! 😊
I had no idea that cheese/ dairy was addictive. I love cheese and whole fat milk and cream. Thank you for this information.
I love cream but get acid reflux everytime I have any.
I went nearly a year with no dairy and no acid reflux.
Then tried a cup of coffee with cream. Boom - Acid Reflux GAG
Sad, because I love cream so much. But I do love meat too so not so bad of a trade off.
Me either. Coffee with cream is my addiction.
@@seagirl1100use heavy whipping cream it’s what I use. It’s carnivore. All fat no carbs.
It's not addictive..the casomorphine in cheese was found to be negligible and what actually makes something addictive is the person...not the substance as such.
Thank you for explaining why I am addicted to the big block of Kirkland Coastal cheese from Costco. I think I need to attend a "recovery" meeting. That was tongue-in cheek....I understand addictions are not a laughing matter.
Costco is very dangerous.
For me, it's Dubliner. Affordable and awesome tasting :-\
🤣 recovery meeting 🌲
❤❤❤I so can identify!
@@thekam3588 Coastal cheese is the most delicious cheese!!!
I can't believe this video is talking to me after just asking why I am craving sooo much cheese recently on KETO.
I kicked carbs and sugar, and now I am HOOKED on cheese like a big rat!
THANK YOU, DR. Berry🎉❤
You are not the only one😊
@@GriuGriu64 Happy to know I'm NOT alone!
That’s why a variety of foods is best. I tried all meat. Ugh ! Left me with bad breath and constipated and yes I drank lots of water. I did lose weight but I was crabby. I’ll stick with meat, veggies, fruit and an occasional piece of chocolate. Variety is the spice of life
Dr. Berry,
Thank you for this video! I agree completely with everything you stated!!! 💯 I routinely give you credit for saving my life, when I discovered Carnivore through you two years ago in November '22, because I truly believe so. I just celebrated my 2nd Carniversary and went from dying to thriving. I'm continuing to get the word out about the healing benefits of Carnivore, and just took on my second Carnivore recruit that I am 'coaching', after an impactful experience on Christmas night. As part of my guidance, I warned my new recruit about the dangers of dairy addiction, especially with cheese, so I shared this with her. I am a cheese addict, and would like to share my experiences with everyone. From this past Summer through Fall, I was on a double cheeseburger kick (no bun, of course) and ate double cheeseburgers almost exclusively for 3+ months. I only had steak once or maybe twice during that period. I was completely addicted to the cheese!!! I doubled up the cheese between the patties and munched on cheese while I was cooking, and payed the piper by mid to late Fall. I gained some weight, but even worse, my skin issues (Seborrheic Dermatitis) which was 95% resolved by Carnivore, got worse and dropped to 90% resolution (or maybe worse). For these reasons, I cut out all cheese about 6-7 weeks ago and my skin issues are 99% resolved and my weight leveled out (I resumed strength training and swapped some fat for muscle). This is my N=1 experiment, but I believe others will benefit from my experience. I'm down to eating steak, burgers, and eggs, with a smidge of Kerrygold salted butter to fry eggs, and lightly top my steaks. The only other dairy I consume is a very clean, organic, grass-fed, non-homogenized, A2, heavy cream in my coffee. I haven't had seafood in awhile, but will consume some occasionally (shrimp for New Year's Eve tonight). I think of burgers as food, and steak as Medicine, and usually alternate between them for 'early dinner' and 'late dinner', as I've gone from OMAD to 2MAD in order to prioritize protein. Thanks again for all that you do, and I hope to meet you one day in person to thank you for saving my life! ❤💪🥩🙏😊
Tonight I am no longer addicted to cheese. Yep! I went to the grocery store tonight to buy a package of hard cheese. Last week, the package was $2.89. Tonight, the same package is $3.98. My addiction is gone. I wish the cheese company good luck.
I've been a dairy addict for decades. I'm currently on the carnivore diet but I have 2 large containers of whole cream as well as cheddar, and parmesan cheese I've been craving and munching on. This information couldn't have come at a better time for me! Thank you!
I'm 71, skin & bones.
I loved cheese, milk, ice cream etc most of my life!!
Then I started having severe cow dairy sensitivities & intolerances that turned into a full blown allergy approximately 14 years ago & I have abstained from all cow milk, dairy etc ever since.
Just recently a few months ago I found out I have no problems with any types of goat dairy products ie: butter, hard cheeses, milk, kefir...etc.
JUST TRY TAKING MY GOAT DAIRY AWAY!!
✌️😁👍
Goat cheese is my favourite to go to cheese! It's higher in saturated fat than cow's as is goats butter so is really good on keto, Ketovore and carnivore. It tastes amazing too!
I may have to give that a try. Thanks.
Yes! Goat cheese seems to be much more tolerable!!! 😊
I'm very unhappy 😭 because I've developed allergies to milk & by-products (I'm OK with butter) as well. It gives me excessive phlegm and start coughing. Raw milk & cheese is a bit better, but I still get phlegm. I take enzymes that help some....
Alrighty then!!
I was having anxiety and panic attacks and the only thing that gave me relief and calmed me down was sharp cheddar cheese, I was eating at least 1 pound of cheddar cheese a day,now i know why I'm so addicted to cheese, thanks again for a great explanation and presentation 👍
Weren’t you constipated ?! 😮
If loving cheese is wrong I don’t want to be right.
I am with you
Lol
Same!
Lol. Same !
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cutting the dairy and going on a strict lion diet has really helped me on my health journey
That's wonderful to hear
Cutting dairy was a game changer for me too.
Lion down?
I actually added it in to good effect but obviously many don't handle it
Lion ? As in Carnivore??
I gave up dairy over 40 years ago because I kept getting tonsillitis and was told by a holistic medicine person to stop eating dairy. After I quit I never got tonsillitis again.
I had to swear off dairy a few years ago - Dairy seems to make me have wheezing / asthma which turns ( usually ) into a terrible cough that I seem to always have to go on antibiotics and prednisone for ! I sure miss chocolate - seems chocolate is not really non dairy -!always seems to be “ made in facility “with milk :(
That's interesting.
Same .... my kids were always getting streptococcus throat infections, ear infections, & tonsillitis. Removing dairy eliminated all of that..... Thank God. They were living on antibiotics.....
Cool, I’m glad you gave up dairy instead of your tonsils.😂
It used to be that in the winter I would never catch a cold unless I had re-introduced dairy and been eating it for a couple of weeks. Since going carnivore, I can eat it no problem.
Also, dairy used to exacerbate my acne, but the acne went away a month after going carnivore.
This is so true. Even Dr. Atkins put a limit of 2 oz. Cheese per day.
YEAH RIGHT!!! Look where that got that joker. DEAD at 74... oh sorry... DEAD at 72. Atkins was a complete idiot.
That's like walking into an AA meeting and saying, OK you guys you can only have two martinis a day.
That explains why I really love Parmesan and dark chocolate with a glass of Cabernet. Seems like we can’t escape any consequences from eating delicious, rich foods.
Hi there, i m a cheese addict.
Boy when i sit down and snack on hard cheese and grass fed butter ,there`s no stopping, even though i know it`s slowing down my weight loss.
Dr Berry, thanks for what you and your wife Niesha are doing
Quitting dairy really helped me get rid of sugar and caffeine cravings. I used to put a mix of heavy cream and milk in my morning coffees (2 strong bowls, so it was a lot), since drinking it black I unintentionally started to consume less and less during the day until there was days when I simply forgot to have my coffee . Butter is the only thing I still use and I seem to have no problems with it.
Wow. I have eaten some cheese...going beyond a couple slices. Now I know why! Thank you!
Thank you for explaining this!
I began carnivore a week ago due to health issues, and no where else to turn (Keto lifestyle in past years). I began eating cheese, and realized a couple of nights ago that it had quickly morphed into a craving that was driving me when I got our of bed, and brought the cheese, a knife and cutting board back with me and began eating slice after slice. I got up and tossed the cheese into the trash. This was a good lesson for me. The meat or the eggs I consume never cause me to crave more and more between meals. Presently experimenting with some recipes with cottage cheese and eggs to make flat "bread". If I begin to crave this food option, this will no longer be an appropriate food option for me.
I really appreciate the videos you have created for us coming out of erroneous beliefs regarding food to become knowledgeable in the carnivore lifestyle. I have watched several, and I am learning so much from you, Kerry, Todd and others. You are a blessing.
I appreciate that you recognize the a2 milk. Raw A2 milk is the best milk type for your teeth. A series of studies have demonstrated its the most beneficial for hardening teeth and soy is the worst
I can't keep house without cheese! I'm finding there are some cheeses that don't make me want to eat it all day long!
Thank you once again, Dr. Berry, for all you do for this community!
I just started a keto diet today, it's calorie restricted but unlike other diets I haven't been hungry all day. I'll remember what you said about dairy and addiction. Don't wanna derail my diet with unnecessary cravings.
Happy New Year to you and your beautiful wife and child! Have a great 2025 🎉
@@seelogic9845 what are you eating? I need to find a diet that stops me from overeating
@@rachelbrondel5858Hi, my name is Rachael too! I joined a calorie controlled eating program online called "Reverse Health" and wrote to team support asking them to switch my meal plan to a keto version of the meal plan. (It was easy, one email). It costs $46AUD for one month or $108AUD for 6 months. I can't remember the yearly cost. (Just don't click on the standard price straight away and after not too long they halve the price).
I've just finished Day 1, the recipes are absolutely delicious and I haven't felt hungry all day. They include exercises but I'm just sticking to 45min/day on the treadmill for now. I feel great! It's well worth the money because they specify the serving size of each ingredient so you don't have to do all the calorie counting yourself. Plus I can see that the diet is properly keto - moderate protein, low carbs and high fat content. I think most people trying out keto go way too heavy on the protein and not high enough on fat but this way is easier on your kidneys. Although Dr Berry says keto doesn't harm your kidneys at all, I wonder if that's only when you make it properly high fat and moderate protein. You really don't need to eat hordes of protein to be keto and satiated, is what I'm discovering.
I couldn't be happier with this program, it's so easy to cook the meals they're quick and simple but delicious. It's also quite affordable to buy the ingredients from the supermarket, even including having to semi restock the pantry with keto versions of things eg almond flour instead of normal flour, coconut milk etc.
Highly recommend this program, especially if you're new to keto. My meals wouldn't be nearly as tasty and enjoyable if I just tried to figure out keto myself.
Today's breakfast was scrambled eggs and tomato, lunch was chicken (supposed to be turkey) & avocado in lettuce leaf wraps, and dinner was lemon shrimp with zucchini spiral noodles (my new cheap as spiralizer was a complete disaster, but it still tasted great!) There's also a home made keto snack every day but I'm replacing all the snacks with probiotic home made yoghurt and berries. The portions are small but I haven't been hungry at all so far.
Hope this is helpful to you. Happy New Year! 🎉
@ wow, that sounds really good and that first day of eating is yummy. I just paid for a years subscription to macro factor and my husband is sick of me spending so much money on weight loss. He’s right, and I don’t want to spend anymore
@@rachelbrondel5858yeah I would just stick to what you've already paid for. Not good to start jumping around from one thing to another. I nearly paid for another program entirely after I paid for Reverse Health, I'm so glad I didn't as it's a really worthwhile program. They probably both are, I just had to do it and stick to the one program. Good luck!
Oops, just this evening I dined on cream cheese, grilled mushrooms in A2 butter, heavy cream in my coffee, a boiled egg and some strawberries with cream. That's a lot of stuff but I did not overeat as I did not want to undo the benefits of my PHD. 🎉 Happy New Year from India to you and family, Dr. Berry, and to all those on this forum.
I didn't realize before I started Lion diet how many products have milk in them. Dr. Berry told me to try Lion to help with my psoriasis and I do have to say I ate dairy more than I thought I did. Cutting out all dairy has tremendously helped my psoriasis. Thank you Dr Berry.
I used to have butter, ghee, and heavy whipping cream daily. Since he told me to cut out all dairy I've been doing tons better with my plaques but I still have a lot of joint pain. But instead of my whole body hurting it's just half 😂 So I'll take that as improvement 😊
Dr Berry says ghee butter and a little cream (ie in your coffee) is ok. We need animal fat ❤
Thanks for sharing , I've got plaque psoriasis a bit on sides of my feet. Will try thus. My onset symptoms included the temporary red dots sign all over my calves. I wonder if mine was partly caused by taking high vit D3 ad K2 doses daily during covid for a few years, then suddenly stopping the supplements. Bee
He puts like a quarter teaspoon of heavy cream in his coffee - really hardly any.
If I were you suffering from psoriasis, I'd stay away from it completely until my symptoms had fully gone. You sound particularly sensitive to dairy. There's tonnes of animal fat in bacon, eggs, ribeyes, ground beef, lamb, etc, so no need to resort to dairy which seems to trigger you. ❤
I would suggest trying to increase EFA ALA omega 3. Wild caught salmon is best source. I use flaxseed oil supplements. Do some homework and don't buy the negative press! It is an Essential Fatty Acid after all.
@@nancymacavoy3427 there are plenty of sources of animal fat that aren't dairy fat.
This is great! I totally agree. The mother wants her children to be addicted to her food!!!
Creepy.
@@welshlady212000lol. Not creepy. If a baby doesn’t get “hooked on milk” or else it won’t thrive!
Heard you and Neisha last night saying you were going to do this video, so no more dairy, for awhile I think. Thanks! I am doing a sardines fast for as long as I can, to help reset my carnivore diet. November of last year is when I started on this journey, sadly do to a kidney infection I had to take a very strong antibiotic which caused pain in my joints and doctor prescribing steriods, helped for 6 days then pain back with a vengeance. Hoping I will get back to normal which was no pain for 8 months.
I am a cheese addict; mild cheddar is my drug of choice. I am so grateful to you as now I finally understand why I crave it so much. This has been driving me crazy for the last several months. Now I can fix it. Thank you.
I have suspected for while that I am a cheese addict. Xmas day I had some delicious ash soft Brie cheese. Only other thing I had was a bit more ham than I would normally eat. The next morning I woke up with pain under the arms. This originates from a very severe virus and lung infection after coming home from hospital over a year ago. Carnivore is the only eating plan that has helped me. Thanks dr. Berry!
I can live without grain flour, but not grain flour and cheese. Life must have some pleasure. Since I’m not lactose intolerant, I refuse to give up dairy. I’ll buy a cow or goat and milk it myself if I have to.
I learned how to make crackers from cheese and almond flour...in the microwave! Quick fix for my addiction to cheese and aversion to wheat.
Milk, ice cream,whole cream, and sour cream tear me up. But I can handle yogurt and cheese. Darn caseine!
Oh gosh I had it all wrong! I thought the harder the cheese, the better. THANK YOU FOR THIS!
Thank you, Dr. Berry. I am a cheese addict, and I wasn't eating that much because I noticed that my skin always breaks. I buy cultured butter because it has a little less protein. I will stick with ghee from now on. I like it when it is frozen.
Thank you so much, Dr. Berry, I needed this video right now. I can feel that my body doesn’t want dairy products. I notice it especially in my scalp, which gets inflamed, and my sinuses, which swell up overnight. As a child, I had my tonsils removed because I was constantly sick. And my appetite is much bigger when I consume dairy products. I’m going to try a “dairy-free January” and see how it goes from there…
I’m there. I just came down with kidney disease and I can’t eat cheese. I cry so much. Love it.
The light is on. The Brie is gone. The cheddar, is not your own. Your throat is tight, you can't breathe.
Another bite is all you need. Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough. Gonna have to face it you're addicted to cheese.
Hi. My name is iheartcrypto, and I'm a long time cheese addict. Brie, swiss, cheddar, leipäjuusto, blue cheese, mozzarella, paneer, ricotta. I love it all.
Definitely addicted to cheese. If there is a package, I'm finishing it. If it's unopened, I'm eating it all. Definitely start craving it, and it makes me weepy and kinda "crazy" in the head, too. I'm also addicted to sugar and alcohol, so I have an addicted brain.
I am a cheese addict. The only dairy that is allowed in my shopping cart is butter and whipping cream. If the cravings are really bad I will drive into town to the convenience store and buy a half ounce pack of Cheddar cheese. It never seems to make it back to the house, because if cheese is available I will eat it all. Much more expensive and time consuming but limits my consumption.
I can relate !!
Fellow cheese addict here. Just finished the last cheese from Christmas in the fridge! Will not be buying any more for a LONG time. I can't moderate and it does cause inflammation for me. I love it, but it doesn't love me, so better to abstain, lol.
I agree !
I'm 66yo and always had my whole milk, not big on cheese. Never had a weight problem until I had an insulin problem. So, Feb '24 went low carb. Changed my dairy from whole to half n half, to watered down heavy cream. I will often add whey isolate. I didn't see whey on your list! Insulin and A1C are much better, and I dropped 60lbs as a side benefit. Thinking about doing the AT thru hike in '26!
so .. do you drink watered down heavy cream instead of whole milk? Tell me more ...
70 YO female carnivore for close to 2 years.Became interested in Dr.Wm Davis's L Reuteri 'yogurt' and I must say,after making and consuming a half cup a day,along with a carnivore way of eating,for the last m9nth,it's greatly improved my sleep,and regularity in bowel.Maybe in a few months I'll be able to report less 'wrinkles'..lol.Would be a bonus,but I'm happy with the great sleep I get.
This is good news. 72 yo female. I recently (like this week) became aware of Dr Davis and L Reuteri "yogurt" . I will make some asap and hope it helps with sleep. The other things will be bonus.
Dr. Berry I just watched your interview on Lillie Kane's channel. I was chuckling all through your story about "Bubba", because, you don't know me, but I AM BUBBA! lol That's been my nickname for over 40 years, and the story you told was basically mine. The only difference being I usually made sure I got protein (mostly chicken back in the day, because it was lower in fat than red meat lol) along with my Pepsi, Doritos, and donuts....I've been low carb, mostly Carnivore, since last April, have lost over 60lbs, and feel much better! Thank you for helping/guiding me on this journey!
@@66bub lol I was thinking of my brother we cally him Bubby 😂
I gave up a cheese a year ago after doing an n=1 experiment. I was about 6 months into BBBE carnivore (and still am at over 2+ years now). I'd cut back a lot on cheese already at that point, but discovered that I was sharper mentally without it after a couple of weeks. I put it back in my diet and a bit of fogginess returned. So, it's gone except for very, very rare occasions (much less than once a month) and even then, just a bite.
That's interesting.
Been doing carnivore for years and one year ago went high dairy - I don't really set any limits anymore since there are zero negatives and it opened up and made it easier to stick to the diet (doing this for health but don't particularly like meat which can be a struggle at times) Anyhow I don't fret too much about a little lactose and the casomorphins just an added bonus!
Hard cheese is less problematic for weight loss. I speak as a long time Atkins practitioner. Cheesey video. 👍 Happy New Year!!! 🎉
Make it grass-fed, long-aged cheese!
Haha great thumbnail Dr. Berry! I’m happy I can eat some cheese from time to time without consequence since going ketogenic with time-restricted eating. I have very selective dairy choices though, and they keep shifting slightly. Only Raw organic heavy cream sometimes in coffee, sheep’s milk yogurt or kefir when I’m feeling a need for that and sheep’s or goat milk cheese or authentic parmigiano Reggiano very rarely. Love your content ! My weakness is wood fired pizza so I’ll only have that once in a blue moon. Ice cream is way too sweet for my palate since going high protein and fat. One of the benefits of the ketogenic diet that a lot of calorie counters or people unfamiliar with it don’t understand is that you lose cravings and your pallet gets very sensitive to sweet things and carbs to the point that they become almost an aversion. Inversely carbs also become kind of a superpower that you can utilize if you need a little extra energy for working out or strenuous work etc.
Good job ruining my day Dr Berry 😂
Sorry! I'm in the same boat
😂
Dam I gave up Cigarettes, Alcohol, Sugar, Chocolate and cake. No I gotta give up cheese
Cheese constipated me so I don't eat it very often and I don't like milk
@@andrewsingleton2710 Cheese addict here, i would also add the grass fed butter to the list, it`s perfect combination with hard cheese, the butter serves me as a nice thick dipping sauce ( i also sprinkle some garlic powder on butter)
My grandmother was one of 13 kids. And the only one to live over the age of 21. She worked on a dairy farm and the farmers wife fed her milk and cheese for lunch every day. It’s the thing that nourished her that her siblings didn’t get.
21???
I am planning on giving up coffee and dairy apart from butter today. This is absolutely not a New Years Resolution as I never make those. Today because I finally feel like trying again. Please pray for me that I will succeed and reap the benefits. I was only eating a slice of cheese here and there to have some food with my meds that I require twice a day and didn't feel like having more meat and I love some cream in my coffee so now that the coffee will hopefully be gone I won't need the cream. Happy New Year to all, may 2025 bring many blessings upon you and those you love.
Good luck. I don't know which is harder to give up the caffeine or the ritual.
Praying for you. Pray for me as well. I had to cut out cheese and start over after the holidays. Ate lots of candy 😩 I gained 10 pounds in the last couple months. 😢 I’m not ready to give up coffee though with butter and heavy cream. I don’t sleep well so without that caffeine in the morning I can hardly function. Most nights I’m lucky if I get 3 hours. It’s horrible.
@@user-ry1vi1jc7o I switched to hot water
@@user-ry1vi1jc7o Thank you
@@MisfitTina Will be praying for you. Throw out any guilt over holiday food choices and lets just engage in being on that carni train together.
I wondered why I couldn’t eat enough cottage cheese! Crazy! Thank you Dr. Berry
I'm addicted to Sour Cream/blueberries/stevia! Gotta have it every day, but I'm at a healthy weight. Love Keto Diet.
I have a real problem with it. I cannot stop once I start. It’s horrible! I have actually noticed that certain cheeses don’t make me crave as bad as cheeses like provolone and Asiago! Now I know why! Thank you! I had night sweats last night bc I’ve been eating cheese since Thanksgiving! Gained 5lbs! All the cheese is getting out of the house after the new year! I won’t be making anymore charcuterie boards. Thank you, Dr. Berry!
I use to love cheese, all cheese. Every single meal, 3 meals a day that was covered in cheese. Been 99 Percent carnivore since august 17th, My love for cheese has passed, I may shred a little cheddar for my scrambled eggs once maybe twice a month.
My dog was freaking out at midnight because of the NYE fireworks. On a hunch i gave her dairy milk to help her calm down, like a baby, it actually worked.
I like that Seinfeld episode where George thinks 'living the dream' is being "stripped to the waist, eating a block of cheese the size of a car battery" 🙂
That's funny, I don't remember that episode will to keep an eye out for that one.
I remember those days...
I don't think I've seen that. I know he loved wearing velvet.
@@AnnabellaRedwood "The many moods, many shades, of George Costanza. This is called "morning mist'
Yikes, you're the only professional to talk about cheese addiction. As a senior veggie + salmon, I crave local and international cheeses. Thanks for the info, amazing.
Hi Dr. Berry, the struggle is real. First, I figured out dairy and especially cheese and butter 😪 were the root cause of my congestion/allergy/sinus issues. I don't have "seasonal" allergies like I was told. Second, dairy products were the root cause of my joint inflammation. Finally, I had an itchy, painful, flaky sore inside my ear for years. Docs were stumped. Meds did nothing to help. But once I completely cut out all the dairy products regardless of which type (cow, goat, sheep), this painful sore disappeared. If I introduce any dairy even in small amounts, guess what happens? Everything returns.
I have been literally buying cheese blocks in bulk every time it goes on sale (products like old cheddar 1-pound "bricks" in sealed plastic wrap). I have been using that as a ready-made food option for when I don't have the energy to make anything (Long Covid is a terrible disease, you're not in danger of dying or so it seems but you pretty much stop LIVING).
This is very useful information.
Please take care 🙂
@@capnkirk5528 Sorry you're sick. Try the Lion diet. It has done wonders for people with chronic diseases, it may help you.
As if 1lbs could be called a brick
I buy my mozzarellas in 4kg pieces and parmesan in 6kg
@@bernhardjordan9200 I want to shop where you shop.
Same, minus long C. Hope your recovery speeds up.
I knew big cheese was trying to keep me addicted
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I don't know if you are a Christian, but I love your honesty.
Oh my gosh! I couldn’t figure out why I have such a cheese addiction. I eat cheese every single day. Lots of it
Oh my God!!
I have to stop I eat 2# a week . If I stop it will save me alot of money.
Same here
Do you have a fat bottom? Is cheese good for your bottom?😂
@@akbananachucker2441Meat and butter will be good for your brain 😅
Thank you for the encouragement to stop eating cheeses. I love them and have added them back into my diet the past 6 months for their taste and more variety. Trying to go back to weight loss and sustaining good health.
That's interesting. I recall when i was younger chugging a glass of cold milk after eating something sweet like cookies or cake. The satisfaction could be described as euphoric
@@HermettiFlux I remember that feeling clearly. Also felt like I could eat alot more cookies and milk. Never enough.
Same here 😊
Or let the cookie pieces soak in the glass of milk for awhile, then spoon them out and enjoy, and then drink the milk!
@heliocentric9971 yes good times.
Remarkably, by day two of the carnivore diet, the debilitating headaches I’ve been having subsided. I must have been eating something that was setting it off . Most likely my entire diet😂. I restricted nothing . So now it’s meats for me . This is great and only the beginning 🎉.
I 100% saw myself on that image of the lady looking at the cheese, hahaha I love cheese and all of this information makes so much sense, thank you Dr. Berry for always sharing the truth eventhough it's painful!
A guy that worked with my brother was addicted to cheese. He always had a piece in his hand and would snack on it all day at work. He got so impacted that he had to have a major surgery. He immediately went back to eating cheese. He got impacted again and it killed him. His nickname at work was Pact Mule. Pact for getting impacted, and mule for being too stubborn to change his ways.
thq question is, is this cheese or maybe salt which cheese has a lot.
Lmfao no way this can't be real 😂
@@Dan0rioN True story.
@@rso1411 I can't even imagine what that guy looked like lmao what did he look like?
@@Dan0rioN I only met him once at the airport with my brother. He was a white male, about 5' 10", maybe 150-160 lbs. He looked healthy back then.
THANK YOU! I’m definitely a dairy addict one of the reasons being that in my über busy self-employment, a cheese stick or something similar is an extremely easy thing to have that requires little to no prep and is still without grains. No doubt this is working as a saboteur for me.
Much worse things people can be addicted too. If cheese is your worst vice, you are doing pretty well in life.
Exactly.
Thank you for breaking it down. I've known for a while that cheese is the thing that crushes my diet and is also a gateway food to other bad foods. I'm planning to start hard-core carnivore immediately and stay true to myself.
I did a year of carnivore without dairy and did not get the amazing results you see many comment about. I tried doing raw milk and kefir for a few months to see if the bacteria from that would help me in any way. I didn't notice a difference. However, I'm really struggling to stop dairy again. I drank an entire quart of heavy cream yesterday. That's 320g of fat. I did not feel good but I'll do it again because I have a very addictive personality. The sugar in milk isn't that addictive to me. Milk tastes almost like water. But heavy cream is something else. I'm surprised it's one of the lowest on the casomorphine content list. I don't even like cheese much.
I mean no offense, but sometime dairy addictions or other food additions have emotional roots that can be addressed in counseling.
This video HELPS alot . . . i needed that list, Thanks SOOOOOO much! Love your videos, the more knowledge the better choice!
The proper human diet is the best diet. Thanx Dr Berry you save many lives. 🥩😍
While I see no need to cut the cheese from my diet, I was glad to see the list at 5:37, since I tend to consume dairy in the same order as the list. Since I went low-carb and then keto, it's been super easy for me to lose my sweet tooth, reduce carbs, and eliminate snacks, so I am unconcerned about over-eating cheese, even though I find most cheeses very delicious.
I'm addicted to aged white cheddar. There's always a block in the fridge. I have backed off the cheese for the last few months and have noticed a difference. Thank you for sharing this information. Goodbye to cheese in 2025!
That explains why I’m hooked to extra sharp white cheddar)) Tillamook has 10 year aged white cheddar to crave!
Good information! I’m 6 months carnivore who recently added some cheeses. I’ll be careful now. Thanks Dr. Berry!
If I have to have an addiction, I'll take cheese. I eat two meals a day, lost 40 pounds and it's not a problem for me. I've never been a sugar addict so I'm lucky there.
How much cheese per day do you average?
@@heliocentric9971 I like it on many things. I don't worry about it.
I'm eating one and have stopped losing weight. Why?
I have been in my element this Christmas,Aldi have been selling extra thick double cream which you can spoon out. Ive been eating it from the tub..no regrets!
I've got a strong coffee addiction now because of my love of double cream (i have 3/4 a day) TBF ive got 4 kids one of whom is only a baby i breastfeed and bedshare with,im up at 5am 😅i didnt have this addiction before going carnivore again in November.. double cream. ❤😂
I was an absolute sugar monster, id bake for myself and my kids give them a decent portion each and have a more than decent portion myself and then whatever was left id secretly eat. Cookies, brownies with ice cream, rocky road, crumbles 🫣
This was a regular thing maybe twice a week!! I couldnt control myself,now i eat carnivore and ive dropped nearly all my baby weight (he's 14 months and id gained 50lb)
Im never giving up double cream or hollumi 😂😂😂
This apparently isn’t my struggle. however, i am a coffee addict. Jesus, please take the wheel .
Thank you for this interesting and eye-opening information. Wishing everyone happiness and good health in the New Year.
Hi everybody, happy new year and stay strong on diet.
Time will show best results.
I'm not addicted, but it adds flavor to my foods! It can be very tasty, and my favorite cheeses are sharp cheddar, monterrey jack, and cream cheese. I also like Greek yogurt and heavy cream.
I'm not an addict but I do love cheese.
Butter and milk just loved it. When I made a deal with my doctor to get my cholesterol down a bit it was way way high. I cut out the dairy my cholesterol did go down. No matter what anybody says I have to go with my lived experience and my cholesterol went down when I cut out the dairy. Not only did my cholesterol go down but my stomach which had always been distended went down way down. I have a very slim shape. The one with the Lord shoulders and the narrow hips but I always had protruding belly. I always use it as a marker for diabetes LOL but when I quit the dairy my stomach went down
Thank you! Starting the PHD on the 2nd! Thank for all your help and information!
Thank you for helping me. 1st informing 2nd explaining!!! 😊
The thing that makes cheese addictive is called happiness
Kerrygold Dubliner cheese is my jam. I eat in moderation with no problems. I enjoy having a small piece with my burger patties.
That is the best stuff ever!
Oh yes, that one is good. If you can find Kerrygold Blarney Castle, it's very good too. Sorry to be a bad influence 🤷🏼♀️ some of us can handle some without going overboard 😊
Thank you! I plan to go back to Ketovore on jan2. I usually include some cheese however , after seeing this I am going to eliminate all but the cream cheese and Greek yogurt - which I only eat occasionally Good to know that my cravings for cheese actually have an underlying reason! That helps me to avoid them!
Again, thank you for all of the info you provide to help keep us all healthier!❤❤❤❤❤
Warning: eating can be addictive.
Many meat-addicted people around here ....
After being plagued with gallstones for a number of years which led to a kidney stone. I prayed for help, and quite consuming goat cheese (ate ridiculous amounts). No more gallstones and no more kidney stones. I only consume cheese on very rare occasions. I never really had a problem with weight gain concerning this.
Guilty... I'm a cheese monster. My wife isn't so keen on cheese but she's a yoghurt monster.
Yeah i am Swiss - its practically in my Blood - with Chocolate of course. I knew its not normal. The Craving of Cheese i encounter after a long time abstaining from it is insane. I always felt there must be something to it. First i thought its sugar - lactose, but now i understand..
Thank you so much for the information.
Ive recently switched to fairlife milk because of the low sugar content and its free of lactose. Just wondering your thoughts dont know if ive seen you cover lactose free foods. Thanks Dr Berry youve changed my life! Ive been trying to refer your channel to everyone I know. So many people are ignorant including me myself to what these foods are doing to our bodies. Thanks again and God bless!
Fairlife has forever chemicals and microplastics
I to am addicted to cheese. Lately I haven't had only a little cheese. The last 3 months of this year. I'm a Keto/Carnavor for over 3 years now. I'm doing fantastic on it. A1c 4.9. Yes before K/C life style I was 8.8 type 2 diabetic. On your list #3 heavy cream is not so bad. To put in my organic coffee. I don't often use heavy cream. I'll go back to putting organic coconut milk in my coffee. I hope that organic coconut milk, doesn't have anything negative in it. Dr. Berry thanks for letting us know about the cheese problem.
Thanks for great video.
I understand now how children addicted to Mac and cheese 🧀🍕.
ALL horrible junkie food.
I just wanted to Thank you Dr Berry for being one of the few carnivores not selling out by continuing to promote the flavored LMNT packets after we found out they contain such high levels of maltodextrin, it’s shocking how some others channels simply sell out and they don’t really care about other people’s health and disclosing this information, but they only care about money and getting sponsored…
Thank you for mentioning this. I'm SO shocked that Bella and Lillie and others continue to promote it. It's irritating to say the least.
I only eat cheese on my hamburger once or twice a week. Without bread of course.
Don't crave it otherwise.
I always suspected cheese had magical powers.
😂
I’m lactose intolerant & I love cheese😔. There I said it. That thought aside, every so often I’ll take a zinc supplement, sometimes it’s in a liquid form so it leaves a bit of taste in my mouth, I’ve read that if the zinc doesn’t taste nasty then your low on zinc. I’ve noticed that it makes cheese taste even better, it seams to amplify the flavor.