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Regrettably, I had to quit the #CarnivoreDiet after 21 days.

With everything else I have going on at the moment, resulting in my body evidently being under much stress, it seems to be just another unknown I could do without at the moment.

Cutting out some crap food and losing 7kg/15lbs has been a good thing. I'm back to my pre-cancer stable weight of 69kg/152lbs for the first time. I have lost a lot of muscle mass in those 6 years, so I still have some fat reserves.

I've still had a meat heavy meal. Pulled pork with barbecue sauce and freshly baked bread rolls. I've definitely missed eating bread, as a modern human would.

Dr. Fernando Morales 1y ago

It's awesome you gave it a try! The first time I tried it, I only lasted about 7 days before gourging on bread. But then I went back on the diet the next day, of course these hiccups happened here and there but I eventually reversed my irritable bowel syndrome (in a matter of weeks) and lost 15kg. This happened in the span of around 3 months.

Then I broke the diet completely for 3 months after having to take a trip (it was around the Christmas months) and boy did that help me realise how much better off I was with the diet. So I've been pretty much a carnivore for 20 months since, and yes, I do have an occasional cake here and there in family/friend reunions. It's important not to be dogmatic about this, simply follow the human appropriate diet as much as you can for as long as you can.

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Stu 1y ago

I was really going for the 30 days, which I alone could do, despite being hard, shopping and cooking 'normal' meals for my family.

Tbh my wife stepped in because she saw me struggling mentally. She made a big batch of pulled pork for us all to eat together, and requested the fresh bread to go with it. Then she asked me to join the family and to give the carnivore thing a rest for now.

It's been great to have a food reset though. Cutting sugar is always good at least, as it's interesting to note how it creeps in to our diets.

I actually had zero tolerance to sugar, dairy and most food additives when I was a young child, and had a very restrictive diet, missing out on many sweets, treats and Birthday cakes. I seemed to build tolerance over the years. But I still notice signals if eat too much sugar in s short space of time.

Dr. Fernando Morales 1y ago

Also, it's highly recommended to transition slowly into a carnivore diet and not switch to it abruptly, unless you already come from previously eating a ketogenic diet. I have a video about that on flare.pub

This helps reduce various issues that can arise; one of them being triggering abstinence syndrome (from the lack of carbs) and dramatic gut flora composition change.