Thank you thank you Dr. Chaffee! I was just explaining this concept to my nursing students because we’ve been taking care of lots of diabetics with various amputations, gangrenous wounds, etc. at our clinicals and they wanted to understand why elevated blood sugar was so toxic. You explained it beautifully. I am going to send this video to all the students! Thanks for all you do.
Stopped carbs , sugar , alcohol , etc over two years ago . On carnivore , lost fifty pounds , off my pain meds ( 2 new hips and a knee ) never felt better , 68 years young
@@tinakaczmarczyk1975for me the whole first month was bad. And I still crave sugar (10 months in), but not nearly as much as when I cut it out. I doubt it will ever go away for me... I see a cake at a party and I want to eat 10 pieces of it, I usually eat none (or maybe 1,if I'm feeling naughty).
My eating habits have permanently changed thanks to Dr. Chaffee. I went all meat and very low to no carbs for 4 weeks. My workout routine remained the same. I now feel great, and spend less money on food than before because food satiates me. I no longer crave carbs, and fasting is easily done with minimal effort. Thank you doc 🥇
My cravings for anything carby/sugary ended my first day on Carnivore. When my serious weightloss/healthy quest started over 30 years ago, I vowed there's no food that I wouldn't give up for my health. Carbs and sugars were eliminated decades ago; and despite the skeptics I lived! Pre-diabetes went away. I lost 50 pounds. The carnivore diet helped me lose 20 pounds, cured IBS, regain muscle mass I lost during covid in 2021, and back to daily exercising. Thanks Dr. Chaffee for your very informative discussions.
@@homergump3 Thanks for the question. I baked my own keto breads, crackers and nutty"desserts" out of nut flours and artificial sugars. Even the fake sugars are addictive.
Cutting carbs seem so straight forward. However, those rascals are hidden in so many foods. I even found corn syrup in "All Beef" hotdogs. I've learned to read labels.
I just eat everything. We are omnivorous not carnivores. Stress and medications are the problem. Consume bread, fruit and beer with your steaks 🥩 and you'll be healthy and happy.
@@jeanpaultongeren125 I have just eaten a whole loaf of bread filled with 🧈 butter, tomato, fried onions, garlic, and filled with 8 X thick cut bacon 🥓 😋 Delicious, nutritional and ultra healthy!
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@@Globetrotter-1 Omnivores for actual food, though.
You and me both. Today is my 30th day on carnivore and I've been dreaming of carbs. Just the thought of another steak makes me wanna throw a toddler tantrum. I.... Want..... BREAD! However, I've lost weight, I'm sleeping better, my stomach isn't bloated anymore, my hot flashes have gone wayyy down, my lifts in the gym are increasing and I love the way my clothes are fitting. Plus for the most part, I'm satiated. I just feel better overall and I know that I know it will only get better from here. *Trudges off to the fridge to munch some butter*
@@Mhel2023 Two things that might help tide you over: 1) Those pesky carb cravings are known to get worse and then go away when bad gut bacteria die off. Usually takes 14 days and then they never return. Could be what is happening for you. 2) The technique called Addictive Voice Recognition Training (AVRT) can really be a lifesaver to defuse cravings. Originally from the book Rational Recovery, it works for all cravings at all times.
@@Mhel2023 Two things that might help tide you over: 1) Those pesky carb cravings are known to get worse and then go away when bad gut bacteria die off. Usually takes 14 days and then they never return. Could be what is happening for you. 2) The technique called Addictive Voice Recognition Training (AVRT) can really be a lifesaver to defuse cravings. Originally from Rational Recovery, it works for all cravings at all times.
I just got a UA-cam advertisement during this video for a jar of Chuck Norris green’s formula! Kinda ironic don’t ya think? I used to try and always take stuff like that daily. Probiotics. Whey protein. Athletic greens etc. Nightly natural sleep aids. No more. All I need is ground beef and eggs and my 60 year old body works perfectly, oh yeah. With a 48 lb weight loss sustained for 8 months now. Thanks Dr Chaffee. You, Dr Berry and Steak and Butter Gal saved and prolonged my life. A fan for life.
@Skull211 not 100% carnivore every day. I have plant foods that I occasionally add to my diet. Today I was carnivore. I am feeling good! Added copper as a supplement too.
@@viramandybur Processed sugars and flours are bad, not carbs in general. Black rice? Very good for you. Lentils? Very good for you. Fruits and veggies? Very good for you. The fact that this guy thinks all carbs are the same and that they're all bad for you is so off the mark that it's embarrassing.
@@KevinSignorelli All those foods have nutrients with very low bioavailability, this is not a mystery. The point is, if the meat diet is optimal, there is no reason to introduce sub-optimal foods (carbs). All you are doing is adding stress to the digestive system and flooding your body with insulin (which is damaging).
@@somethingelse9535 This is false. Only when the foods are not prepared properly do they have low bioavailability. For instance, sprouting increases the bioavailability dramatically. Meat is not optimal at all. Zero fiber which is a necessity for proper gut health is not at all ideal. Meat has very low polyphenols, antioxidants, vitamin C, vitamin E etc. Whereas there is literally nothing meat has that cannot be gotten from plant based sources. It's fine to eat meat but to say we should only be eating meat is the most absurd thing to say.
After I watched your video with Dr. Seyfried, I switched to Keto diet. No pizza, rice, potatoes, pasta. It has been two months, more energy and less sleep needed. I’m more focus as well.
You have to “know your why”. When you can clearly see what you want and especially what you don’t. I look at unhealthy people a decade olde than me and I say: “If I eat carbs, the only difference between me and that person is 10 years.” I link who I will be to what I’m doing today. I only hope I can reverse some of the damage I’ve already done!
Thanks Dr Chaffee…not giving up 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸happy Fourth of July,🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸everyone by the way Thriving on the carnivore diet 10 months getting stronger…this past weekend I made a cannonball posted on UA-cam, 51 years old still morbidly obese man 280lbs. JUST EAT THE MEAT
@@WilliamBTCWallaceI’ve lost 16kg which is over 30lbs since January 10th 2024 -no fruit it’s not carnivore 😊 yeah I do use ketchup sometimes but try to be sparing when I do add it… meal plan is ridiculously simple - eat burger patties that contain fat and steaks and eggs, bacon …I was eating 3 meals a day in the beginning and now usually 2 meals a day nowadays… DONT over complicate it and only use butter as a replacement for all types of oil when cooking, this way of eating is powerful when you have had a lifetime addiction to chocolate!!! 😮
I want to thank Darvit Nu for posting this question in the livestream for me. I greatly appreciate it! She had mentioned it during a previous live and I asked where I could look up the explanation. Wow! What a fantastic response from Dr. Chaffee. Thank you, so much for all that you do, Dr. Chaffee!
I love the idea of food being medicine, I am working at it, exercise daily, no booze, working to reduce cabs further, intermittent fasting on a regular basis but have a ways to go, one step at a time and don't beat yourself up if you slip up or struggle, shake it off and get right back on the wagon as they say
Dropped all carbs and suagr Jan1 and went carnivore...not a single craving and i loved a good loaf of bread and was always a chip and dip person. I am blessed to not have addictive tendencies like those around me that struggle. For reference i gave up red meat 30yrs ago cold turkey and never once missed ot or it again...until carnivore and now its all i want and eat
i have a suspicion that repeated CT scans requiring the enhancer dye caused me to have massive flaking of facial skin for about 6 months. Thank goodness I was eating mostly animal based foods during that period.
I’m 50 and went on a meat and limited vegetable ( steering clear from the ones with heavy oxalates) diet about 3 weeks ago. Cut sugar/ carbs/ dairy. Although I ate pretty clean/ healthy before, truly never realized how much sugar and chemicals are in almost everything until you are really forced to look and can only eat from a list of a few things. It’s shocking! It was very hard for the first week. But mind over matter. I feel so good- so clear and light. Prob lost a couple lbs but the change in no longer feeling sluggishness is where it’s at! I feel fuller longer and don’t find the need to snack. Sometimes one meal keeps me full all day. I hate that they’ve lied to us about everything. Take charge of your own health. Thank you for spreading the truth. F them and their “food pyramid”. LOL
@@chrismoore1372 You stole my thunder regarding alcohol. One need look no further on the body's attempts to detoxify in order to pick ideal foods. I eat some plant products that don't have oxalates and other poisons in small amounts. I don't think we're wrecking ourselves with a handful of lettuce and tomatoes and avocado with our meat and I enjoy a small side salad.. I also eat miso soup to meet the salt needs.
@@Conservative_carnivore Sugar isn't utilised, insulin tries to get rid of it ASAP, because it is toxic above certain levels. It is either sent to muscle to be burned or, if the person is sedentary, it is sent to fat cells.
@@somethingelse9535 Yes, above certain levels. I'm primarily carnivore but I noticed my performance and recovery is much better with sugar hovering around 100-150 g a day. I lift very heavy and run very fast. Fast twitch movement require adequate glycogen storage
I've been strict carnivore over a year with uncountable benefits. I TRIED reintroducing some spice or some foods, one at a time separated by days, and felt the impact of each. From returning pain, to inflammation, to puking and diarrhea. I will stick to strict carnivore.
@@Man_in_a_Gucci_Suit ..at least a few weeks and some say months to get fully adapted and free of toxins. but for me, only after a few days i started to feel the benefits. i eat carnovore but with plenty of eggs and butter.
As a strict carnivore for 6 months I now know that the craving for bad food will actually never go away. The reason why I stay away from it is simply because of the way I feel with just meat, water and salt. No more sugar spikes for me.
This is an awesome video. ❤ I have read about most of these things but it is a great help to find it encapsulated all in one place, in a great presentation format, so that I can refer people to it! 👍🏼
Genius as always Anthony! I always knew there was something people & myself were missing when it came to losing fat of the body! My life changed very suddenly, after one of your videos just accidentally appeared on my yt feed one day. I wasn't even looking for dieting solutions at the time. I was looking into the nasty needles, & their effects on people. I was suddenly sacked from a job I loved, after 13 years of dedicated service, doing the best job I could, doing job I loved, with a company car, supervising a couple of cooperative workers, working on the bench as well as in the field. All of a sudden I had all this time, with nothing to do, in shell shock really that this had actually happened to me! It was surreal! So i kept investigating deeper, in different areas, & people from wildly different fields & occupations, with no connection to each other, were all saying the same things! Including you! How can this work? No! This will kill me; all this cholesterol, & no fibre? How ridiculous! Just meat & eggs? - AND salt? - Specifically? It was so ridiculous & outlandish, & went against everything I had ever known about health & nutrition, broke every rule, that I just had to look into it further. I had heard about the Atkins diet years ago, & the name echoed from the distant past, as I listened to what you said. I can't even remember which one of your videos it was... But anyway, here I am, 6 months after diving right into this, & changing my life, 95% carnivore really, which means ketovore really I spose huh? Anyway Anthony, thanks a million mate! Here I am now, I can eat as much as I want, with as much salt as I want, cooking in yummy dripping, not having to eat annoying, shitty veges any more, not even having to exercise, & losing another 10kg & staying at that weight! I've just the other day laid my eyes on this very attractive 50-ish year old chick, who lost her colon, the poor thing, to the the dopey vegetable diet. I dunno if she's even single yet. She has a daughter, so she may still be married, but odds are, unfortunately but fortunately, that she's a divorcee. She works at the local butcher shop!
There is a part of me that thinks people are afraid of strict keto/carnivore. Afraid because if they feel better on it they know, if they have even one important relationship in their life, that in their interior - they will be morally obligated to never go back. People would really rather be able to eat doritos than do true justice to the people/responsibilities in their life. Praying that we'd all be willing to do whatever we know we must.
Well damn, Dr. Chaffee. You're scaring the shit out of this Type 1 Diabetic. I've been insulin dependent since age 10, 28 years ago. I am mostly carnivore right now and trying to stick with but it is walking the razor's edge. Thank God for gluconeogenesis.
Dr Boz was just talking abt a new book on diabetes. And I really they were given insulin so they could eat some carbs & thinking was changed to use insulin to cover the carbs resulting in diabetics getting heavier as they add more insulin & eat more carbs
@@onlyonecai I tried that for a bit but it was early in the process and I had to adjust my basal rates constantly due to hypoglycemia. Correcting the lows kicked me out of the fast/ketosis so I just went back to 16/8. I'll try to revisit OMAD after a few months of fat adaptation.
while watching this video i was drinking a icedcoffe with milk (greek frappe) then suddenly he starts talking about chopping off limbs and toes because of this.
When i break down & eat chips or something with carbs i have noticed the stuff dont taste the same as when i was a carb feen..not satisfying like before. Also after i eat junk as i call it i pay for it the next day. Meat,eggs,butter & salt is it for me!
After three years of strict carnivore, (no dairy, no coffee,) l find if l eat even one fig or date, an uncontrollable craving for sweetness comes on. Dairy scares me because of the hormones and the way it stimulates me to overeat.🎉
Dr. Chafee, I just found I’m pregnant and I intend to continue the carnivore diet despite the constant pushback from conventional doctors and well-meaning friends and family. Whenever I start to doubt I’ll just ask myself what exactly I think I’m missing. Is that oatmeal Really what the baby needs? Do I really need that kale, broccoli, asparagus, fruits, grains, seeds, etc?? I ate like crap with my previous pregnancies and had a lot of problems like cholestasis, gestational diabetes, and hypothyroidism. I’ve got nothing to lose. I’m going to supplement plenty of beef organs to cover all my bases. I’m continuing this diet by faith and am willing to bet my life and the life of my child on it, and I am ❤️🙏🏼
Please, Allow me to ask a couple of question about the Carnivore diet .(Sorry if i already posted before but i dont know what to do) : I am now over 200 days into a Strick Carnivore diet (I only eat meat and eggs. Nothing else but 500-600g of COCKED meat plus 7-8 eggs in a day. All Divided in 2 meals) I am now 35 years old, 181cms tall, 180lbs(+-81,5kg) at +-22%BF. I go to the gym 2-3 times a week.(lift weigths to help sustain or increase muscle mass and assist fat loss- HIT Workouts) I started the Carnivore diet to improve my body composition. I was a HEALHTY guy with NO chronic illnesses or health problems. I lost about 17 lbs(8kg) in the first 9 weeks (Mostly water) but since then I haven't been able to change my body composition. I have now gone more than 8 weeks without registering any body changes (weight loss, decrease in BF% or measurements like waist, legs, arms and neck ).In fact i have gained 2,5 lbs(1KG between weeks 10-12, but it might be just water. I still need to lose at least another 15lbs of fat to reach my goal of being below 15%BF. However, I don't see how the Carnivora Diet will facilitate this process. I have not experienced most of the benefits common to Carnivores (Improved sleep, more energy/disposition, etc.) nor have I changed my body composition significantly I am now over 12 weeks with no body fat lost. So I would like to ask a few question about the Carnivore diet: 1- How long should I extend my experience with the Carnivore diet to be able to lose the excess bodyfat I still have?(at least 15lbs of fat) 2- What is the minimum time you should maintain a Carnivora diet when it is not working for you?(how many weeks or months) 3-Is the Carnivore diet effective for those who are aldreay healthy and just need to improve body composition? I am affraid this way of eating is too restrictive, for a healthy person, with no aditional benefit from any other whole food diet. PS: Most of my time as a Carnivore i have not experience most Carnivore benefits or lost any body fat. Also, Sorry for any grammar mistake, i am Brazilian and english is not my first language. Thank you for your attention!
At the end of the day, weight loss is determined by how many calories you consume. If you currently weigh 180 lbs and want to get down to 165, consume no more than 1650 calories a day. You might be hungry, but you WILL lose weight. Doing cardio every day (even something as simple as walking at least 30 mins every day; it’s low impact so you should be able to do that every day) and running a calorie deficit is the only way I can effectively burn fat. Also, what does your training regimen consist of? I’ve found that lifting as heavy as possible helps me burn the most fat, and build the most muscle.
The glycation one was wrong,c02 prevents the attachment of glucose to free amino groups and the c02 facilitates the transport of the aminos into needed areas
People say they feel really bad if they cheat . Worse than when they used to before carnivore if eating carbs . What is the explanation for this? Is it due to less adaptation ? Hence a sign of improvement actually?
probably a combo of these 3 things and more reduced tolerance to the toxins in plants just like an alcoholic will be hit harder with the same amount of alcohol after he has stopped drinking for a while, lack of preloaded insulin making it so that blood sugar is elevated for a longer time. (apperently the body produces and stores insulin for quick release when carbs are eaten often and stops doing that when they're not eaten for a while), contrast of perception. even if the crappy feeling has the same level of inherent crappiness it may feel crappier because it's being compared with a higher baseline.
For me, once I dumped all plants it felt like my body was clear of "noise" that was being created dealing with the constant intake of plant toxins. Now anytime I do eat a decent amount of plants it's like an alarm goes off. If you have ever been addicted to anything such as tobacco you might notice as you do more of it there is less effect. It takes more and more and it will probably never match the first couple of experiences you got starting out. I think the same thing is going on with plants. I didn't notice the effects of them previously because I did them all the time. I had a certain tolerance level. Now that I don't eat plants, the effects of when I do are like the first time I took a drag off a cigarette and got a massive nicotine hit versus smoking a couple packs a day. Hopefully that makes sense. Ah, just read Carl's comment, he read my mind 😂
That's how I am too if I have something with carbs in my food even a little tiny bit I wake up feeling like I was up all night doing drugs. Before you had a tolerance to carbs. But now it's gone. So you really start to feel how bad it makes you feel. On top of all that carbs you enjoyed before taste like shit.
I think Dr Berry has a video on this and if I’m not mistaken it can have something to do with the fact the pancreas gets used to not having to respond to sugar so it changes its function. And then if you eat carbs again it can take days for the body to get those functions fired back up again. It was maybe Dr Berry or Dr Bikman…. They mentioned that it can cause carnivores to have bad results in physical exams because it makes it look like the body can’t handle carbs when in reality it just isn’t used to them and would need a few days to adjust to the switch in diet, and if the person took the test again a few days later the results would be different.
Developed an aversion to anything sweet that I thought would never happen while plant free. Found my body is highly reactive to it by marked inflammation within minutes after eating making workout recovery take days even with really small amounts. Sticking to beef, butter, eggs, salt and water only has eliminated recovery time
Yes it's best for you since your bones haven't finished growing at that age and you certainly will grow bigger with this diet which will benefit you with basketball I highly recommend it and you will feel better on all levels
Aw man, I was so into basketball at your age and WISH I ate this way back then! It might even make you a couple inches taller than you would have been!
Hi Dr Anthony What can we eat the meat ? with all procedure ! All animals receiving vaccines , hormones and antibiotics ! If it’s affecting our health ? No body taking about !! Please respond 🙏🏻
Hey Anthony Can I also dry brine ground beef as well? Ive been struggling to really enjoy it because it is the best I can afford, and I saw your videos on dry brining steak, tomahwaks, fish, and chicken.
@@SebastienSolomon probably overnight, yes, but I wouldn't do longer than that as ground meats can have bacteria inside them, while whole meats won't. I don't know if it will change the flavor much, but maybe! I wouldn't do more than one day though
I have been doing Carnivore for 4 months. I am a 63 year old female. 5ft 3" and weigh 125lbs. I have lost 16 lbs since starting the Carnivore diet. I just had blood work done and I am extremely disappointed, my A1c has only dropped .1 from last year. I was at 6.2 now 6.1. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Hi I'm a nurse who works I the weight loss industry. Your A1C is a picture of the past 3 months. You can have it done again in the next 3 to 6 months. Most of us have been insulin resistant so healing those receptors can take a while. Go by how you feel and if you're retaining muscle and losing fat. Water fasting is also good for insulin resistance, research and see if you can throw in some faster in the week.❤
When I started on a carnivore lifestyle over two years ago it took me about two weeks to get over the sugar addiction. I noticed within just a few weeks that the intense knee pain I was having was almost gone. At 2 1/2 years now I have zero knee pain, I am on zero medication‘s and I will be 70 in just a few months. I’ve lost about 35 pounds and I know this is the diet we, as humans, are supposed to be on.
After I just ate some carbs I feel pretty foolish watching this. Think I'm going to fast and focus on the meat that I have left. Just stop eating everything else for awhile.
@@Livetoeat171 Food bank food, just spent all of my money on a pickup and I live in the middle of nowhere so I have to have a legit vehicle at all times. Other vehicle recently let me down.
If you do decide to give up carbs then consider trying to do by reducing over at least a couple of weeks maybe a bit longer. You are much less likely to have any side effects. I reduced slowly and had zero side effects.
@@trail.blazer have done before and eat a lot of meat still. I'm a lot healthier not new to it. Just sacrificing my health temporarily unfortunately but I'll get back to it soon once my buffer fund is back.
In the news today: The oldest cave art in the world has just been discovered. 51,000 yrs old. Its a picture of humans hunting an enormous wild pig. They must have wanted something to eat alongside all that brocolli obviously!
They killed the pig because it was going after their crops like broccoli 🥦. They didn’t eat it because we evolved on broccoli and spinach salads and fruit smoothies.
@@Daniel-of6rw Haha, you really can't be that silly can you? Their brains were bigger than ours and could survive in an unbelievably hostile environment, I doubt you coul go 24 hours without Uber Eats
sardines are so freaking good! I eat mine with a dab of grey poupon. like seriously a dab only. the acid or something from it really adds to the flavor.
I’m laughing as I thought I coined the phrase Silverback Diet when I was a vegan. And erroneously thought that if a gorilla can gain muscle so would I. Obviously I lost muscle and became sick so hearing you explain the biological eating process for a gorilla made a lot of sense. You are such a breath of fresh air for the whole medical community. Thank you! On a side note, I have been using a copper peptide liquid topically on my hair and there is new growth along with thicker hairs. Figured maybe you would know why this works? I’m actually shocked some elixir I found on fb works.
" I have hemochromotosis and am concerned that going carnivore will exacerbate the condition. " Carnivore will most likely HELP with this condition. The point is that chronically high insulin activates the transferrin receptor 1 (TFR1) in liver which will then absorb more iron than what the hepatocytes need and cause iron overload. Eating carbs will make it worse. It is not about dietary iron AT ALL...
@@btudrus thanks. I don’t have high insulin and hba1c. Been on IF and LCHF for several years and although my ferritin level is okay I usually have high saturation 50-65% range. That isnt to say that I didnt have high insulin a few years back before I went on LCHF and IF. Been having blood taken every couple of months too.
When I go all meat I am very lethargic, I added fruit back in and I feel great. I believe that every body is different it is not a one size fits all world.
me too, I tried meat based diet for few weeks and my weight started going down too fast and also felt really constipated...now I do 90% plant based with mostly fruits and now my constipation is gone my hunger is back!! and I do some fish and kefir and I am feeling great!! removed milk high fat meat and all procseed foods
Can type 1 diabetics receive help by eating keto or carnivore. Our daughter is type 1 and she is 24 years old. Please share your experience working with type 1 diabetes.
This was the video I needed to see before my full transition… however, I want to do 5\2 where 5 days of the week full of carnivore & fat mon-Friday. And 2 days of moderate carbs, including a cheat meal. - the end goal is 6 days\1. So I am calling it modified carnivore. Any thoughts?
What do we do when blood sugar gets too low. Dropped to 44 yesterday. Mouth , tongue went numb. Shakey. Had nothing on hand. Roommate gave me 2 granola bars to get it back up.
I'd really like to see a discussion between you and Bruno at ZeroCarbHealth&Fitness. He's been strict carnivore for some years now, improved dramatically, but recently had to have heart surgery due to likely pre-existing issues. He also has been wrestling with high fasting blood glucose. I wonder if you could offer any insights for him and the rest of the community.
I have successfully reduced my A1C from 8.6 to 6.3 with Metformin and low carb diet. Triglycerides and VLDL are now normal. Yet my endo is trying to shove a high dose statin down my throat for my 227 LDL.
Cani I eat Mushrooms on a Carnivore diet, will this reduce the benefits? Adding cream, blue cheese or Mushrooms to my steak is so satisfying. No cravings afterwards?
The simplest way to put it is it is acceptable to eat in one meal anything that contains less than 1-2 g of carbohydrates which adds more than 25% of sugars to your bloodstream but not 2 doughnuts adding 100 g of carbs = 2500% of your bloodstream sugars as it sends a shock to your insulin gradually making you insuline resistant.
Well. Your liver can store roughly 100g of sugar as glycogen and your muscles can store give or take 300g of glycogen. It just can't be in the blood, and beyond that threshold you will absolutely store excess sugar as fat if you eat more than there is storage space. Our body actually can use maybe 100-150g a day for the brain, red blood cells etc. The problem for most of us is that sugar is SO addicting and we can't moderate it. I've been carnivore for over 7 months, and on two occasions I took a day off (for my birthday and another event) - and despite never having cravings while eating meat and eggs, I still, after all this time and healing, turn into a ravenous animal as soon as I have "some" carbs. Face first in the candy drawer and all that. I'm going to have to abstain forever, and I'm really quite happy to 😅🥩
i have been doing carnivore for over a year, ferratin high, b12 high, cholesterol high. 34 M super physical work and gym routine 4-5x weekly. i feel join pain, weakness,fatigue, can barly workout hard, let alone get through a 8 hour workday. eggs.ground beef, steaks, butter, salt water. never got the results out of this i wanted unforuntatly.
@@CodyDouglas-mq7hw cholesterol is a nuanced issue, and just having "high" LDL isn't necessarily an issue, and could be a benefit in fact. High B12 is in the context of the normal range, which is the average for sick, malnourished people, so I bet it's actually right where you want it to be. Ferritin however IS an acute phase reactant and will go up if there's excess inflammation in the body. This can happen for any number of reasons, your diet eliminating many of them, but there are more. You also need to optimize sleep and stress levels, and try to get rid of things that can cause issues as well, which could be all sorts of environmental exposures. Then also remember that not everything is related to diet and you may have something else going on, so be sure to follow up with your doctor to try and figure out if there's something else grumbling around in the background. Also, have you noticed other improvements to your health in the past year at least? Sometimes we focus on what's not right yet and lose sight of all of the things that have improved along the way. Good luck with it!
@@anthonychaffeemd its very hard to say. i still struggle with my skin a bit acne related. kind of does whatever it wants whenever it wants. but i do notice my strength and endurance has significantly dropped. although i still look built and shredded, everything seems to take more effort then before. getting through a workday is almost impossible with drinking alot of caffiene because i have to stay sharp and active for 8 hours with a small 15 minute break. usually all i wanna do is sleep or sit in my room after. joint pain, chronic low back pain that's almost debilitating, anxiety still going crazy daily and some depression. its very unfortunate. i can compare this to say 10 years ago when i was younger, eating carbs like oats,rice,sweet potato, bunch of veggies etc and was able to work as hard as i could physically day in day out, and still train as hard as i could at the gym. maybe my demands on my body just need the glucose
i am not trying to bash the diet at all, i am just stating my results and finding over a fair amount of time (came from keto prior) not sure what to do may have to experiment now
What is our fuel mileage for sugar?? You point out that we only need 4 grams in our blood at a time. How much do we need to replace that 4 grams over time or do we handle that with gluconeogenesis?
Considering Dr Chaffee lives mostly off just ribeyes, it’s likely the latter. I went 6 months on strict carnivore with 0 carbs and had 0 issues, just endless benefits 👌
Dr Chaffee my heart rate has dropped since being on carnivore. I don't really workout but walk and dance randomly daily, get around 8000 steps, to keep active and do light-weights once or twice a week but not consistently. Just not sure if heart rate dropping is a thing or not, on carnivore. Please would you advise... and thank you for your Light 🙏
Hi dr, I greatly appreciate all the work you’re doing and I am currently embarking on my own carnivore journey. Could you maybe (or someone) explain if there would be an issue with estrogen reabsorption in the GI tract with carnivore since there is no fiber and / or less bowel movements? Thanks so much 🙏🏽
Been on carnivore diet for 3mos: have kept checking out your vids to keep myself educated on the progress I'm making, or to stay informed on what I'm not seeing in my muscle gain journey. Currently experiencing my 1st real cold of the year [haven't had one since the beginning of the year, before dietary change]. Does carnivore lower our immune system? I can't seem to shake this cold which is affecting my appetite, thus feeling weaker due to disinterest in refueling myself. Very lethargic, low energy & incredibly sleepy. Keeping hydrated w/water, but the thirst seems greater than when I've experienced a cold on any other diet. Thoughts on this? Thanks.
Started carnivore diet 3 weeks ago,grass fed steak salt and Water and was feeling good! Now I’m gagging and being sick every time I go to eat anything,any advise pls ??
I was doing good on carnivore/OMAD until about a week before menstruation. I got these terrible craving for fried foods which led to eating other high carb foods😅 I got a plan, tho. Taking Solaray Candida Cleanse eliminates the sugar cravings overnight. I'll take those for a few days to get back on keto/carnivore. I think the key is to just eat more fat when the body starts craving bad things.
supplements are a waste of money...get back in ketosis and fast...start with at least a 36hr fast and you'll want to go longer the next time. I've done 8 days and hope to do 21 some day.
Any advice on dealing with constipation while carnivore? Really want to stick with it due to stomach problems but have terrible constipation when I cut all carbs
????????????? Doc, i have a question, if you don't mind. I ate mostly plant based foods my whole life and hardly got any acute adverse physiological reactions, just an itchness here and there, which i always have associated to my chronic dermatites, which i was in peace with, since i was told it has no cure. However, bout an year ago, i ate about 100g - 150 of cashew nuts, which i have been doing for years, and i got an acute physiological reaction: my dermatites got worst, armpit, groins, arms and legs got all full of red spots and itchy as hella; and altough i have been eating no cashwe nuts anymore, after his ''breaking incident", EVERY SINGLE fruit, leaf and grain, regardless of the amount, triggers some sort of autoimmune response, it is not intense, but i know its there. Any idea what might have happened so my body is reacting this way now ? Thank you very much for your videos, they are the best.
QQQHappy Fourth Dr Chaffee. I have to ask for recommendation my Doctor told me I might have Diabetes Insipidus due to frequent urination. I follow keto and moving to carnivore. I’m normal weight senior female normal labs. What do you suggest? Im waiting to see an endocrinologist in two months
After about 6 days of eating red meat (steak with butter) i got fed up of the monotonous taste and texture. Am i the only one? How do you guys still enjoy the taste for the long run? I'm curious.
Thank you thank you Dr. Chaffee! I was just explaining this concept to my nursing students because we’ve been taking care of lots of diabetics with various amputations, gangrenous wounds, etc. at our clinicals and they wanted to understand why elevated blood sugar was so toxic. You explained it beautifully. I am going to send this video to all the students! Thanks for all you do.
I fantasize about playing doctor Chaffee over the speaker systems at grocery stores, esp walmart and sam’s club!
"Attention shoppers... PLANTS ARE TRYING TO KILL YOU!!"
Nice!! Love it 😂
Hi-Jack the speakers? Bring one’s own? Set up right outside the door? Circle the parking blasting Chaffee? You’ve inspired me! This needs to be done!
Hilarious 😂 .. I love your idea !
@@Danimal325 jack the speakers
Or a megaphone in parking lot
But honestly i think of this only bc i see carts full of junk and i want to scream.
Stopped carbs , sugar , alcohol , etc over two years ago . On carnivore , lost fifty pounds , off my pain meds ( 2 new hips and a knee ) never felt better , 68 years young
Zero craving for carbs and my body hates sugar now. Just takes time. Don’t let your taste buds dictate over what your body actually wants and needs
Sugar doesn't taste good once you no longer have cravings for it.
And your taste is actually dulled by it.
How much time?
@@tinakaczmarczyk1975 for me it was a couple of days, like 3 or 4 days
@@tinakaczmarczyk1975for me the whole first month was bad. And I still crave sugar (10 months in), but not nearly as much as when I cut it out. I doubt it will ever go away for me... I see a cake at a party and I want to eat 10 pieces of it, I usually eat none (or maybe 1,if I'm feeling naughty).
@@tinakaczmarczyk1975 Can take months, or unfortunately years. Couple years for me. Probably the older you are the harder to change. But worth it!
My bodybuilder son went Carnivore with us 2 months ago. He is loving this WOE, feels great & his recovery from his workouts are better than ever.
My eating habits have permanently changed thanks to Dr. Chaffee. I went all meat and very low to no carbs for 4 weeks. My workout routine remained the same. I now feel great, and spend less money on food than before because food satiates me. I no longer crave carbs, and fasting is easily done with minimal effort. Thank you doc 🥇
Pls mention how long you fast? And how many times you eat?
@@julimh1 I eat only once per day, and that is five hours after I wake up.
My cravings for anything carby/sugary ended my first day on Carnivore. When my serious weightloss/healthy quest started over 30 years ago, I vowed there's no food that I wouldn't give up for my health. Carbs and sugars were eliminated decades ago; and despite the skeptics I lived! Pre-diabetes went away. I lost 50 pounds. The carnivore diet helped me lose 20 pounds, cured IBS, regain muscle mass I lost during covid in 2021, and back to daily exercising. Thanks Dr. Chaffee for your very informative discussions.
Were the carbs/sugars eliminated decades ago or did you recently go on carnivore and lose cravings in a day?
I'm confused.
@@homergump3 Thanks for the question. I baked my own keto breads, crackers and nutty"desserts" out of nut flours and artificial sugars. Even the fake sugars are addictive.
@@karenhopson736and all those oxalates in the nuts!! Joint inflammation
I never had cravings for sugar.
@@mooncat.787 73
Cutting carbs seem so straight forward. However, those rascals are hidden in so many foods. I even found corn syrup in "All Beef" hotdogs. I've learned to read labels.
I just eat everything. We are omnivorous not carnivores. Stress and medications are the problem. Consume bread, fruit and beer with your steaks 🥩 and you'll be healthy and happy.
same for bacon here. Its filled with additves,and sugar. No thanks !
@@jeanpaultongeren125 I have just eaten a whole loaf of bread filled with 🧈 butter, tomato, fried onions, garlic, and filled with 8 X thick cut bacon 🥓 😋 Delicious, nutritional and ultra healthy!
@@Globetrotter-1 Omnivores for actual food, though.
@@Globetrotter-1don’t forget to add metformin and ibuprofen with the bread and fruit
I was feeling weak. I needed to hear this.
Stay strong . 😊 .
You and me both. Today is my 30th day on carnivore and I've been dreaming of carbs. Just the thought of another steak makes me wanna throw a toddler tantrum. I.... Want..... BREAD!
However, I've lost weight, I'm sleeping better, my stomach isn't bloated anymore, my hot flashes have gone wayyy down, my lifts in the gym are increasing and I love the way my clothes are fitting. Plus for the most part, I'm satiated. I just feel better overall and I know that I know it will only get better from here.
*Trudges off to the fridge to munch some butter*
@@Mhel2023 Two things that might help tide you over:
1) Those pesky carb cravings are known to get worse and then go away when bad gut bacteria die off. Usually takes 14 days and then they never return. Could be what is happening for you.
2) The technique called Addictive Voice Recognition Training (AVRT) can really be a lifesaver to defuse cravings.
Originally from the book Rational Recovery, it works for all cravings at all times.
@@Mhel2023 Two things that might help tide you over:
1) Those pesky carb cravings are known to get worse and then go away when bad gut bacteria die off. Usually takes 14 days and then they never return. Could be what is happening for you.
2) The technique called Addictive Voice Recognition Training (AVRT) can really be a lifesaver to defuse cravings.
Originally from Rational Recovery, it works for all cravings at all times.
I just got a UA-cam advertisement during this video for a jar of Chuck Norris green’s formula! Kinda ironic don’t ya think? I used to try and always take stuff like that daily. Probiotics. Whey protein. Athletic greens etc. Nightly natural sleep aids. No more. All I need is ground beef and eggs and my 60 year old body works perfectly, oh yeah. With a 48 lb weight loss sustained for 8 months now. Thanks Dr Chaffee. You, Dr Berry and Steak and Butter Gal saved and prolonged my life. A fan for life.
Restarting carnivore July 2024. I am hoping to eliminate aches and pains in knees and hips.
how is it going so far?
@Skull211 not 100% carnivore every day. I have plant foods that I occasionally add to my diet. Today I was carnivore. I am feeling good! Added copper as a supplement too.
when i cut down carbs to burn fat as my main fuel source.. my alcohol craving completely disappeared.
Just drink strong beer 🍺 daily and your cravings will disappear.
@@Globetrotter-1 well now i crave heavy whipping cream instead and butter, which im happy with.
@@tallesttreeintheforest Yes cream and full fat yogurt and butter are tremendous foods.
Dr. Chafee always gives so much nuanced and detailed information in his answers...thank you good doc!
And yet he is totally clueless and is an embarrassment to the title of Dr.
@@KevinSignorelli How so?
@@viramandybur Processed sugars and flours are bad, not carbs in general. Black rice? Very good for you. Lentils? Very good for you. Fruits and veggies? Very good for you. The fact that this guy thinks all carbs are the same and that they're all bad for you is so off the mark that it's embarrassing.
@@KevinSignorelli All those foods have nutrients with very low bioavailability, this is not a mystery. The point is, if the meat diet is optimal, there is no reason to introduce sub-optimal foods (carbs). All you are doing is adding stress to the digestive system and flooding your body with insulin (which is damaging).
@@somethingelse9535 This is false. Only when the foods are not prepared properly do they have low bioavailability. For instance, sprouting increases the bioavailability dramatically. Meat is not optimal at all. Zero fiber which is a necessity for proper gut health is not at all ideal.
Meat has very low polyphenols, antioxidants, vitamin C, vitamin E etc. Whereas there is literally nothing meat has that cannot be gotten from plant based sources. It's fine to eat meat but to say we should only be eating meat is the most absurd thing to say.
After I watched your video with Dr. Seyfried, I switched to Keto diet. No pizza, rice, potatoes, pasta. It has been two months, more energy and less sleep needed. I’m more focus as well.
A strong willed person can drop detrimental habits in a heartbeat... Reason is what it takes...health is the ultimate 1
You have to “know your why”. When you can clearly see what you want and especially what you don’t. I look at unhealthy people a decade olde than me and I say: “If I eat carbs, the only difference between me and that person is 10 years.” I link who I will be to what I’m doing today. I only hope I can reverse some of the damage I’ve already done!
@@Kris7245 there's this pearl..."it's not what you do, it's what you don't do" ✌
Thank you so much for your truthful advocacy Dr. Chaffy.
Dr. Chaffee thank you for this info. You and Dr Berry have helped me alot
Thanks Dr Chaffee…not giving up 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸happy Fourth of July,🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸everyone by the way Thriving on the carnivore diet 10 months getting stronger…this past weekend I made a cannonball posted on UA-cam, 51 years old still morbidly obese man 280lbs. JUST EAT THE MEAT
TRANSFORMATION WORKOUT 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Happy 4th of July 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
and be weaker than you could
We been doing carnivore for 3 months now my hubby has lost 25 pounds thanks
25lbs of FAT no..don't kid yourself.
What’s your meal plan? Any condiments, veggies, or fruit?
@@WilliamBTCWallace have not had no fruit are vegetables just doing BBB
@@WilliamBTCWallaceI’ve lost 16kg which is over 30lbs since January 10th 2024 -no fruit it’s not carnivore 😊 yeah I do use ketchup sometimes but try to be sparing when I do add it… meal plan is ridiculously simple - eat burger patties that contain fat and steaks and eggs, bacon …I was eating 3 meals a day in the beginning and now usually 2 meals a day nowadays… DONT over complicate it and only use butter as a replacement for all types of oil when cooking, this way of eating is powerful when you have had a lifetime addiction to chocolate!!! 😮
William we have no fruit are vegetables sticking to carnivore diet
I want to thank Darvit Nu for posting this question in the livestream for me. I greatly appreciate it! She had mentioned it during a previous live and I asked where I could look up the explanation. Wow! What a fantastic response from Dr. Chaffee. Thank you, so much for all that you do, Dr. Chaffee!
Thank you! I'm very glad you liked it
Thanks for making good videoes😊
Best Explanation I've heard in 50 yrs on how sugar contaminates the body! wish i had known sooner, your a living legend 🙏🙏
Thank you so much Dr. Chaffee for setting this section up as a video short! The link for this is going on my cheat sheet to post in chat. ❤🔥
I love the idea of food being medicine, I am working at it, exercise daily, no booze, working to reduce cabs further, intermittent fasting on a regular basis but have a ways to go, one step at a time and don't beat yourself up if you slip up or struggle, shake it off and get right back on the wagon as they say
Yes! This Carnivore (6 months) has Slipped with 🤑Sugar
Dropped all carbs and suagr Jan1 and went carnivore...not a single craving and i loved a good loaf of bread and was always a chip and dip person. I am blessed to not have addictive tendencies like those around me that struggle. For reference i gave up red meat 30yrs ago cold turkey and never once missed ot or it again...until carnivore and now its all i want and eat
Any increase in mental clarity on carnivore?
thank you for being consistent as so many in this space confuse with suggesting have plants
Wow, you really blew up. Keep it up man. Thanks for all your work.
i have a suspicion that repeated CT scans requiring the enhancer dye caused me to have massive flaking of facial skin for about 6 months. Thank goodness I was eating mostly animal based foods during that period.
Cutting down won’t work for addicts . I would claim we all are addicted to carbs if we eat them . I know I am .
It's a gradual process. Carbs, especially sugar wires the brain to become addicted..just like drugs and cigarettes do.
Eat good carbs
@@georgelee1181 But "good carbs" still turn into sugar once inside the body.
@@georgelee1181 " Eat good carbs "
There are no dietary "good carbs"...
I am too, that's why carnivore is saving me. I have to abstain completely.
I’m 50 and went on a meat and limited vegetable ( steering clear from the ones with heavy oxalates) diet about 3 weeks ago. Cut sugar/ carbs/ dairy.
Although I ate pretty clean/ healthy before, truly never realized how much sugar and chemicals are in almost everything until you are really forced to look and can only eat from a list of a few things. It’s shocking! It was very hard for the first week. But mind over matter. I feel so good- so clear and light. Prob lost a couple lbs but the change in no longer feeling sluggishness is where it’s at! I feel fuller longer and don’t find the need to snack. Sometimes one meal keeps me full all day. I hate that they’ve lied to us about everything. Take charge of your own health. Thank you for spreading the truth. F them and their “food pyramid”. LOL
What are the foods you chose that work ?
Don’t forget how carnivore eliminates chronic pain!
source?
#facts
@@FinanceWageSlave
Everyone who tries it
I have zero pain or aches and eat eat almost anything. Variety is the spice of life.
@@Globetrotter-1 How old are you? If you are under 30 then that explains it.
I guess this is the reason why we burn Sugar First and Fat / Ketones once your body has gotten rid of the “Poison”
Bingo. Alcohol then carbs get used
@@chrismoore1372 You stole my thunder regarding alcohol. One need look no further on the body's attempts to detoxify in order to pick ideal foods. I eat some plant products that don't have oxalates and other poisons in small amounts. I don't think we're wrecking ourselves with a handful of lettuce and tomatoes and avocado with our meat and I enjoy a small side salad.. I also eat miso soup to meet the salt needs.
Sugar isn't poison if our body can utilize it efficiently. Issue is excess over long periods of time
@@Conservative_carnivore Sugar isn't utilised, insulin tries to get rid of it ASAP, because it is toxic above certain levels. It is either sent to muscle to be burned or, if the person is sedentary, it is sent to fat cells.
@@somethingelse9535 Yes, above certain levels. I'm primarily carnivore but I noticed my performance and recovery is much better with sugar hovering around 100-150 g a day. I lift very heavy and run very fast. Fast twitch movement require adequate glycogen storage
I've been strict carnivore over a year with uncountable benefits. I TRIED reintroducing some spice or some foods, one at a time separated by days, and felt the impact of each. From returning pain, to inflammation, to puking and diarrhea. I will stick to strict carnivore.
Havent had carbs in years, thriving on every level. Cheers from the Netherlands!
Well done!👏👏👏👍👍👍
Do you experience any increase in mental clarity on carnivore?
@@Man_in_a_Gucci_Suit yes. better focus, better rest. more stable.
@@JalomMatia how many weeks / months for the mental clarity?
@@Man_in_a_Gucci_Suit ..at least a few weeks and some say months to get fully adapted and free of toxins. but for me, only after a few days i started to feel the benefits. i eat carnovore but with plenty of eggs and butter.
Incredibly informative! Thanks.
As a strict carnivore for 6 months I now know that the craving for bad food will actually never go away. The reason why I stay away from it is simply because of the way I feel with just meat, water and salt. No more sugar spikes for me.
Thing is for me, at times, just now and then, I want to share a toasted sandwich with my wife, or have a prune or two, or a date...I mean really...
This is an awesome video. ❤
I have read about most of these things but it is a great help to find it encapsulated all in one place, in a great presentation format, so that I can refer people to it! 👍🏼
Genius as always Anthony! I always knew there was something people & myself were missing when it came to losing fat of the body!
My life changed very suddenly, after one of your videos just accidentally appeared on my yt feed one day. I wasn't even looking for dieting solutions at the time.
I was looking into the nasty needles, & their effects on people. I was suddenly sacked from a job I loved, after 13 years of dedicated service, doing the best job I could, doing job I loved, with a company car, supervising a couple of cooperative workers, working on the bench as well as in the field.
All of a sudden I had all this time, with nothing to do, in shell shock really that this had actually happened to me!
It was surreal! So i kept investigating deeper, in different areas, & people from wildly different fields & occupations, with no connection to each other, were all saying the same things!
Including you! How can this work? No! This will kill me; all this cholesterol, & no fibre? How ridiculous! Just meat & eggs? - AND salt? - Specifically?
It was so ridiculous & outlandish, & went against everything I had ever known about health & nutrition, broke every rule, that I just had to look into it further.
I had heard about the Atkins diet years ago, & the name echoed from the distant past, as I listened to what you said. I can't even remember which one of your videos it was...
But anyway, here I am, 6 months after diving right into this, & changing my life, 95% carnivore really, which means ketovore really I spose huh?
Anyway Anthony, thanks a million mate! Here I am now, I can eat as much as I want, with as much salt as I want, cooking in yummy dripping, not having to eat annoying, shitty veges any more, not even having to exercise, & losing another 10kg & staying at that weight!
I've just the other day laid my eyes on this very attractive 50-ish year old chick, who lost her colon, the poor thing, to the the dopey vegetable diet. I dunno if she's even single yet.
She has a daughter, so she may still be married, but odds are, unfortunately but fortunately, that she's a divorcee. She works at the local butcher shop!
July 4th Husband & I Anniversary 27 Years… Grilling Ribs & Ribeyes on 4th! Happy Birthday America 🇺🇸 ❤
Top-notch information as always, Dr. Chaffee👊🏻
There is a part of me that thinks people are afraid of strict keto/carnivore. Afraid because if they feel better on it they know, if they have even one important relationship in their life, that in their interior - they will be morally obligated to never go back. People would really rather be able to eat doritos than do true justice to the people/responsibilities in their life. Praying that we'd all be willing to do whatever we know we must.
Well put. I agree
Greetings from Greece ❤ Amazing videos every time.. 😊
Well damn, Dr. Chaffee. You're scaring the shit out of this Type 1 Diabetic. I've been insulin dependent since age 10, 28 years ago. I am mostly carnivore right now and trying to stick with but it is walking the razor's edge. Thank God for gluconeogenesis.
I'd say eat less often, perhaps once a day, to just enough satiety. Your liver should get you right amount of sugar most of the time.
Dr Boz was just talking abt a new book on diabetes. And I really they were given insulin so they could eat some carbs & thinking was changed to use insulin to cover the carbs resulting in diabetics getting heavier as they add more insulin & eat more carbs
@@onlyonecai I tried that for a bit but it was early in the process and I had to adjust my basal rates constantly due to hypoglycemia. Correcting the lows kicked me out of the fast/ketosis so I just went back to 16/8. I'll try to revisit OMAD after a few months of fat adaptation.
@onlyonecai you need to learn more look through the videoes. it is not how much or little you eat, it is what you eat.
Happy forth of July Doc . God bless America .
while watching this video i was drinking a icedcoffe with milk (greek frappe) then suddenly he starts talking about chopping off limbs and toes because of this.
When i break down & eat chips or something with carbs i have noticed the stuff dont taste the same as when i was a carb feen..not satisfying like before. Also after i eat junk as i call it i pay for it the next day. Meat,eggs,butter & salt is it for me!
After three years of strict carnivore, (no dairy, no coffee,) l find if l eat even one fig or date, an uncontrollable craving for sweetness comes on.
Dairy scares me because of the hormones and the way it stimulates me to overeat.🎉
dates and figs are very high in sugar. try eating just a few raspberries with a meal, or other fruits with low sugar. a few times a week
Another fantastic video
Dr. Chafee, I just found I’m pregnant and I intend to continue the carnivore diet despite the constant pushback from conventional doctors and well-meaning friends and family. Whenever I start to doubt I’ll just ask myself what exactly I think I’m missing. Is that oatmeal Really what the baby needs? Do I really need that kale, broccoli, asparagus, fruits, grains, seeds, etc?? I ate like crap with my previous pregnancies and had a lot of problems like cholestasis, gestational diabetes, and hypothyroidism. I’ve got nothing to lose. I’m going to supplement plenty of beef organs to cover all my bases. I’m continuing this diet by faith and am willing to bet my life and the life of my child on it, and I am ❤️🙏🏼
Please, Allow me to ask a couple of question about the Carnivore diet .(Sorry if i already posted before but i dont know what to do) :
I am now over 200 days into a Strick Carnivore diet (I only eat meat and eggs. Nothing else but 500-600g of COCKED meat plus 7-8 eggs in a day. All Divided in 2 meals) I am now 35 years old, 181cms tall, 180lbs(+-81,5kg) at +-22%BF. I go to the gym 2-3 times a week.(lift weigths to help sustain or increase muscle mass and assist fat loss- HIT Workouts)
I started the Carnivore diet to improve my body composition. I was a HEALHTY guy with NO chronic illnesses or health problems.
I lost about 17 lbs(8kg) in the first 9 weeks (Mostly water) but since then I haven't been able to change my body composition. I have now gone more than 8 weeks without registering any body changes (weight loss, decrease in BF% or measurements like waist, legs, arms and neck ).In fact i have gained 2,5 lbs(1KG between weeks 10-12, but it might be just water.
I still need to lose at least another 15lbs of fat to reach my goal of being below 15%BF. However, I don't see how the Carnivora Diet will facilitate this process. I have not experienced most of the benefits common to Carnivores (Improved sleep, more energy/disposition, etc.) nor have I changed my body composition significantly
I am now over 12 weeks with no body fat lost.
So I would like to ask a few question about the Carnivore diet:
1- How long should I extend my experience with the Carnivore diet to be able to lose the excess bodyfat I still have?(at least 15lbs of fat)
2- What is the minimum time you should maintain a Carnivora diet when it is not working for you?(how many weeks or months)
3-Is the Carnivore diet effective for those who are aldreay healthy and just need to improve body composition?
I am affraid this way of eating is too restrictive, for a healthy person, with no aditional benefit from any other whole food diet.
PS: Most of my time as a Carnivore i have not experience most Carnivore benefits or lost any body fat.
Also, Sorry for any grammar mistake, i am Brazilian and english is not my first language.
Thank you for your attention!
At the end of the day, weight loss is determined by how many calories you consume. If you currently weigh 180 lbs and want to get down to 165, consume no more than 1650 calories a day. You might be hungry, but you WILL lose weight. Doing cardio every day (even something as simple as walking at least 30 mins every day; it’s low impact so you should be able to do that every day) and running a calorie deficit is the only way I can effectively burn fat.
Also, what does your training regimen consist of? I’ve found that lifting as heavy as possible helps me burn the most fat, and build the most muscle.
The glycation one was wrong,c02 prevents the attachment of glucose to free amino groups and the c02 facilitates the transport of the aminos into needed areas
Thanks Dr Chaffee Happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great video Anthony
People say they feel really bad if they cheat . Worse than when they used to before carnivore if eating carbs . What is the explanation for this? Is it due to less adaptation ? Hence a sign of improvement actually?
probably a combo of these 3 things and more
reduced tolerance to the toxins in plants just like an alcoholic will be hit harder with the same amount of alcohol after he has stopped drinking for a while,
lack of preloaded insulin making it so that blood sugar is elevated for a longer time. (apperently the body produces and stores insulin for quick release when carbs are eaten often and stops doing that when they're not eaten for a while),
contrast of perception. even if the crappy feeling has the same level of inherent crappiness it may feel crappier because it's being compared with a higher baseline.
For me, once I dumped all plants it felt like my body was clear of "noise" that was being created dealing with the constant intake of plant toxins. Now anytime I do eat a decent amount of plants it's like an alarm goes off.
If you have ever been addicted to anything such as tobacco you might notice as you do more of it there is less effect. It takes more and more and it will probably never match the first couple of experiences you got starting out. I think the same thing is going on with plants. I didn't notice the effects of them previously because I did them all the time. I had a certain tolerance level. Now that I don't eat plants, the effects of when I do are like the first time I took a drag off a cigarette and got a massive nicotine hit versus smoking a couple packs a day.
Hopefully that makes sense.
Ah, just read Carl's comment, he read my mind 😂
That's how I am too if I have something with carbs in my food even a little tiny bit I wake up feeling like I was up all night doing drugs. Before you had a tolerance to carbs. But now it's gone. So you really start to feel how bad it makes you feel. On top of all that carbs you enjoyed before taste like shit.
I think Dr Berry has a video on this and if I’m not mistaken it can have something to do with the fact the pancreas gets used to not having to respond to sugar so it changes its function. And then if you eat carbs again it can take days for the body to get those functions fired back up again. It was maybe Dr Berry or Dr Bikman…. They mentioned that it can cause carnivores to have bad results in physical exams because it makes it look like the body can’t handle carbs when in reality it just isn’t used to them and would need a few days to adjust to the switch in diet, and if the person took the test again a few days later the results would be different.
Can I eat one piece of fruit a day?
Developed an aversion to anything sweet that I thought would never happen while plant free. Found my body is highly reactive to it by marked inflammation within minutes after eating making workout recovery take days even with really small amounts. Sticking to beef, butter, eggs, salt and water only has eliminated recovery time
Hello, im a 17 year old boy who plays basketball. Should i do carnivore at this age?
Absolutely...why not 😊
Yes it's best for you since your bones haven't finished growing at that age and you certainly will grow bigger with this diet which will benefit you with basketball I highly recommend it and you will feel better on all levels
Get adequate protein. Adequate sleep. Lay off of sugar and processed foods. And you're good.
Aw man, I was so into basketball at your age and WISH I ate this way back then! It might even make you a couple inches taller than you would have been!
the earlier the better
Dr Chaffee, I am a little curious, if eating over 4 grams of carbs is toxic, does that mean we should not eat more than 4 eggs at a time?
Great Question because I eat 6-8 Eggs daily
Hi Dr Anthony
What can we eat the meat ? with all procedure ! All animals receiving vaccines , hormones and antibiotics ! If it’s affecting our health ?
No body taking about !!
Please respond 🙏🏻
Hey Anthony Can I also dry brine ground beef as well? Ive been struggling to really enjoy it because it is the best I can afford, and I saw your videos on dry brining steak, tomahwaks, fish, and chicken.
@@SebastienSolomon probably overnight, yes, but I wouldn't do longer than that as ground meats can have bacteria inside them, while whole meats won't. I don't know if it will change the flavor much, but maybe! I wouldn't do more than one day though
I have been doing Carnivore for 4 months. I am a 63 year old female. 5ft 3" and weigh 125lbs. I have lost 16 lbs since starting the Carnivore diet. I just had blood work done and I am extremely disappointed, my A1c has only dropped .1 from last year. I was at 6.2 now 6.1. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Hi I'm a nurse who works I the weight loss industry.
Your A1C is a picture of the past 3 months.
You can have it done again in the next 3 to 6 months.
Most of us have been insulin resistant so healing those receptors can take a while.
Go by how you feel and if you're retaining muscle and losing fat.
Water fasting is also good for insulin resistance, research and see if you can throw in some faster in the week.❤
Thank you for a great information
When I started on a carnivore lifestyle over two years ago it took me about two weeks to get over the sugar addiction. I noticed within just a few weeks that the intense knee pain I was having was almost gone. At 2 1/2 years now I have zero knee pain, I am on zero medication‘s and I will be 70 in just a few months. I’ve lost about 35 pounds and I know this is the diet we, as humans, are supposed to be on.
@dubs..what about your cholestrol levels? Any changes noticed with carnivore lifestyle?
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Bottom line stay the hell away from sugar,an processed junk❤
Beef its what's for Dinner everyday of the week... 🎉
After I just ate some carbs I feel pretty foolish watching this. Think I'm going to fast and focus on the meat that I have left. Just stop eating everything else for awhile.
💪 you got this
If you want to be a carnivore, why do you even have the other things in your house?
@@Livetoeat171 Food bank food, just spent all of my money on a pickup and I live in the middle of nowhere so I have to have a legit vehicle at all times. Other vehicle recently let me down.
If you do decide to give up carbs then consider trying to do by reducing over at least a couple of weeks maybe a bit longer. You are much less likely to have any side effects. I reduced slowly and had zero side effects.
@@trail.blazer have done before and eat a lot of meat still. I'm a lot healthier not new to it. Just sacrificing my health temporarily unfortunately but I'll get back to it soon once my buffer fund is back.
In the news today: The oldest cave art in the world has just been discovered. 51,000 yrs old. Its a picture of humans hunting an enormous wild pig. They must have wanted something to eat alongside all that brocolli obviously!
They killed the pig because it was going after their crops like broccoli 🥦. They didn’t eat it because we evolved on broccoli and spinach salads and fruit smoothies.
@@CarnivoreS8N common knowledge
That's how people ate when they were dumb and incapable. Must be an indicator for how we should eat today. Makes sense.
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@@Daniel-of6rw Haha, you really can't be that silly can you? Their brains were bigger than ours and could survive in an unbelievably hostile environment, I doubt you coul go 24 hours without Uber Eats
I have A local farmer that sells me fresh butchered beef.
????? Do you believe in 72hr sardine fasts??????love your videos, I have been carnivore for 12 months and would never go back to SAD.
Why punish yourself? Eat beef and fish, get healthier, lose weight
sardines are so freaking good! I eat mine with a dab of grey poupon. like seriously a dab only. the acid or something from it really adds to the flavor.
@@aphroditeg2712 Punish? Sardines are fish 🤡
72 hr fast = great....sardines = great.... (eating sardines is nothing like fasting)
@@johnmartinsen963Anthony Chaffee disagrees that eating meat is nothing like fasting
I’m laughing as I thought I coined the phrase Silverback Diet when I was a vegan. And erroneously thought that if a gorilla can gain muscle so would I. Obviously I lost muscle and became sick so hearing you explain the biological eating process for a gorilla made a lot of sense. You are such a breath of fresh air for the whole medical community. Thank you! On a side note, I have been using a copper peptide liquid topically on my hair and there is new growth along with thicker hairs. Figured maybe you would know why this works? I’m actually shocked some elixir I found on fb works.
???? I have hemochromotosis and am concerned that going carnivore will exacerbate the condition. Your opinion on this would be helpful. Thanks
Never had it but many people have commented how carnivore or even keto resolved it over a few months.
" I have hemochromotosis and am concerned that going carnivore will exacerbate the condition. "
Carnivore will most likely HELP with this condition.
The point is that chronically high insulin activates the transferrin receptor 1 (TFR1) in liver which will then absorb more iron than what the hepatocytes need and cause iron overload. Eating carbs will make it worse.
It is not about dietary iron AT ALL...
@@btudrus thanks. I don’t have high insulin and hba1c. Been on IF and LCHF for several years and although my ferritin level is okay I usually have high saturation 50-65% range. That isnt to say that I didnt have high insulin a few years back before I went on LCHF and IF. Been having blood taken every couple of months too.
@@catemelville8771 "my ferritin level is okay I usually have high saturation 50-65% range"
The question is: Do you have any actual symptoms?
@@btudrus no I don’t
Is there a carnivore doctor of similar age as Dr Fuhrman and who has been living the carnivore lifestyle for 30 years?
When I go all meat I am very lethargic, I added fruit back in and I feel great. I believe that every body is different it is not a one size fits all world.
me too, I tried meat based diet for few weeks and my weight started going down too fast and also felt really constipated...now I do 90% plant based with mostly fruits and now my constipation is gone my hunger is back!! and I do some fish and kefir and I am feeling great!! removed milk high fat meat and all procseed foods
Can type 1 diabetics receive help by eating keto or carnivore. Our daughter is type 1 and she is 24 years old. Please share your experience working with type 1 diabetes.
Thanks
This was the video I needed to see before my full transition… however, I want to do 5\2 where 5 days of the week full of carnivore & fat mon-Friday. And 2 days of moderate carbs, including a cheat meal. - the end goal is 6 days\1. So I am calling it modified carnivore. Any thoughts?
So, what do I do now that I have an iron overload and type 2 diabetes AFTER 13 months of doing the Carnivore Diet??????
What do we do when blood sugar gets too low. Dropped to 44 yesterday. Mouth , tongue went numb. Shakey. Had nothing on hand. Roommate gave me 2 granola bars to get it back up.
Should I stop drinking whole milk? It’s one of my favorite beverages. Carbonated water is second favorite. Beer is third.
Milk aka lactose aka (glucose+galactose) sends your blood sugar to the stratosphere
@@fools5271 I read on carnivore forums that lactose affects your body differently than glucose and for that reason, its acceptable.
I'd really like to see a discussion between you and Bruno at ZeroCarbHealth&Fitness. He's been strict carnivore for some years now, improved dramatically, but recently had to have heart surgery due to likely pre-existing issues. He also has been wrestling with high fasting blood glucose. I wonder if you could offer any insights for him and the rest of the community.
I have successfully reduced my A1C from 8.6 to 6.3 with Metformin and low carb diet. Triglycerides and VLDL are now normal. Yet my endo is trying to shove a high dose statin down my throat for my 227 LDL.
Cani I eat Mushrooms on a Carnivore diet, will this reduce the benefits? Adding cream, blue cheese or Mushrooms to my steak is so satisfying. No cravings afterwards?
Notice how cave art never celebrates eating or harvesting plants?? They depict hunting ANIMALS!!
The simplest way to put it is it is acceptable to eat in one meal anything that contains less than 1-2 g of carbohydrates which adds more than 25% of sugars to your bloodstream but not 2 doughnuts adding 100 g of carbs = 2500% of your bloodstream sugars as it sends a shock to your insulin gradually making you insuline resistant.
Well. Your liver can store roughly 100g of sugar as glycogen and your muscles can store give or take 300g of glycogen. It just can't be in the blood, and beyond that threshold you will absolutely store excess sugar as fat if you eat more than there is storage space. Our body actually can use maybe 100-150g a day for the brain, red blood cells etc. The problem for most of us is that sugar is SO addicting and we can't moderate it. I've been carnivore for over 7 months, and on two occasions I took a day off (for my birthday and another event) - and despite never having cravings while eating meat and eggs, I still, after all this time and healing, turn into a ravenous animal as soon as I have "some" carbs. Face first in the candy drawer and all that. I'm going to have to abstain forever, and I'm really quite happy to 😅🥩
i have been doing carnivore for over a year, ferratin high, b12 high, cholesterol high. 34 M super physical work and gym routine 4-5x weekly. i feel join pain, weakness,fatigue, can barly workout hard, let alone get through a 8 hour workday. eggs.ground beef, steaks, butter, salt water. never got the results out of this i wanted unforuntatly.
@@CodyDouglas-mq7hw cholesterol is a nuanced issue, and just having "high" LDL isn't necessarily an issue, and could be a benefit in fact. High B12 is in the context of the normal range, which is the average for sick, malnourished people, so I bet it's actually right where you want it to be. Ferritin however IS an acute phase reactant and will go up if there's excess inflammation in the body. This can happen for any number of reasons, your diet eliminating many of them, but there are more.
You also need to optimize sleep and stress levels, and try to get rid of things that can cause issues as well, which could be all sorts of environmental exposures. Then also remember that not everything is related to diet and you may have something else going on, so be sure to follow up with your doctor to try and figure out if there's something else grumbling around in the background.
Also, have you noticed other improvements to your health in the past year at least? Sometimes we focus on what's not right yet and lose sight of all of the things that have improved along the way. Good luck with it!
@@anthonychaffeemd its very hard to say. i still struggle with my skin a bit acne related. kind of does whatever it wants whenever it wants. but i do notice my strength and endurance has significantly dropped. although i still look built and shredded, everything seems to take more effort then before. getting through a workday is almost impossible with drinking alot of caffiene because i have to stay sharp and active for 8 hours with a small 15 minute break. usually all i wanna do is sleep or sit in my room after. joint pain, chronic low back pain that's almost debilitating, anxiety still going crazy daily and some depression.
its very unfortunate. i can compare this to say 10 years ago when i was younger, eating carbs like oats,rice,sweet potato, bunch of veggies etc and was able to work as hard as i could physically day in day out, and still train as hard as i could at the gym. maybe my demands on my body just need the glucose
i am not trying to bash the diet at all, i am just stating my results and finding over a fair amount of time (came from keto prior) not sure what to do may have to experiment now
Carnivore doesn’t work. You need Keto.
What is our fuel mileage for sugar?? You point out that we only need 4 grams in our blood at a time. How much do we need to replace that 4 grams over time or do we handle that with gluconeogenesis?
Considering Dr Chaffee lives mostly off just ribeyes, it’s likely the latter. I went 6 months on strict carnivore with 0 carbs and had 0 issues, just endless benefits 👌
Yeah, the liver takes care of the glucose and thanks me for not shoveling it in and mucking up its mojo.
Yes, gluconeogenesis
"do we handle that with gluconeogenesis"
of course yes.
Your body will take care of everything as long as you get all the nutrients it needs.
Dr Chaffee my heart rate has dropped since being on carnivore. I don't really workout but walk and dance randomly daily, get around 8000 steps, to keep active and do light-weights once or twice a week but not consistently. Just not sure if heart rate dropping is a thing or not, on carnivore. Please would you advise... and thank you for your Light 🙏
Hi dr, I greatly appreciate all the work you’re doing and I am currently embarking on my own carnivore journey. Could you maybe (or someone) explain if there would be an issue with estrogen reabsorption in the GI tract with carnivore since there is no fiber and / or less bowel movements? Thanks so much 🙏🏽
Been on carnivore diet for 3mos: have kept checking out your vids to keep myself educated on the progress I'm making, or to stay informed on what I'm not seeing in my muscle gain journey. Currently experiencing my 1st real cold of the year [haven't had one since the beginning of the year, before dietary change]. Does carnivore lower our immune system? I can't seem to shake this cold which is affecting my appetite, thus feeling weaker due to disinterest in refueling myself. Very lethargic, low energy & incredibly sleepy. Keeping hydrated w/water, but the thirst seems greater than when I've experienced a cold on any other diet. Thoughts on this? Thanks.
Struggling with how to cure myself without taking in carbs in some form.
Started carnivore diet 3 weeks ago,grass fed steak salt and Water and was feeling good! Now I’m gagging and being sick every time I go to eat anything,any advise pls ??
I was doing good on carnivore/OMAD until about a week before menstruation. I got these terrible craving for fried foods which led to eating other high carb foods😅
I got a plan, tho. Taking Solaray Candida Cleanse eliminates the sugar cravings overnight. I'll take those for a few days to get back on keto/carnivore. I think the key is to just eat more fat when the body starts craving bad things.
supplements are a waste of money...get back in ketosis and fast...start with at least a 36hr fast and you'll want to go longer the next time. I've done 8 days and hope to do 21 some day.
Any advice on dealing with constipation while carnivore?
Really want to stick with it due to stomach problems but have terrible constipation when I cut all carbs
Eat more fat
????????????? Doc, i have a question, if you don't mind. I ate mostly plant based foods my whole life and hardly got any acute adverse physiological reactions, just an itchness here and there, which i always have associated to my chronic dermatites, which i was in peace with, since i was told it has no cure.
However, bout an year ago, i ate about 100g - 150 of cashew nuts, which i have been doing for years, and i got an acute physiological reaction: my dermatites got worst, armpit, groins, arms and legs got all full of red spots and itchy as hella; and altough i have been eating no cashwe nuts anymore, after his ''breaking incident", EVERY SINGLE fruit, leaf and grain, regardless of the amount, triggers some sort of autoimmune response, it is not intense, but i know its there. Any idea what might have happened so my body is reacting this way now ?
Thank you very much for your videos, they are the best.
i get dehydrated if i don't eat carbs. Last three weeks been peeing so much water when I stopped eating carbs so now I'm back on
Hi Dr, can carnivore help with Hyperparathyroidism? Thanks
QQQHappy Fourth Dr Chaffee. I have to ask for recommendation my Doctor told me I might have Diabetes Insipidus due to frequent urination. I follow keto and moving to carnivore. I’m normal weight senior female normal labs. What do you suggest? Im waiting to see an endocrinologist in two months
What about Saladino and medical? They eat 3-500 calories a day? They’re fine
May I ask what your fasting glucose level is Doc ? Just wondering if 90 is ok or should I be focused on a lower number ? Thanks !!😊
I want to drink ten raw eggs a day, I have high quality organic eggs, is it healthy?
After about 6 days of eating red meat (steak with butter) i got fed up of the monotonous taste and texture. Am i the only one? How do you guys still enjoy the taste for the long run? I'm curious.
Can the body heal from the damage? Can organs heal if they are damaged? I know the liver can regenerate but what about the heart?