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That has not been my experience at all. Every time I try to add back things like fruit, honey, rice, potatoes, etc the negatives seem to outweigh any possible benefits (and I’m not really sure there is any benefit). I have no problem running 4+ miles with zero carbs. As long as I’m getting enough salt & fat life is generally really good.

The prominent carnivores who have concluded it’s unsustainable are people who heavily promoted liver consumption, & I did not do well when consuming liver. Results seemed consistent with vit-A toxicity. But without it I’m great (5years now), others like Kelly Hogan, Shawn Baker, Joe & Charlene Anderson have been doing the same for even longer with amazing results. Kelly is around 13 or 14 years, the Andersons are over 20

PandyWP 2y ago

I did well for about a year plus on basically zero carb (other than the small amounts in liver and eggs), but found my output in exercising started to diminish and started getting brain fog. The inclusion of carbs helped but had to be gradually introduced.

Again, if you’re doing well then I’m not going to be the one to say to change anything, but I just don’t think the dogmatic approach of “carbs are bad” is correct either(I’m not implying you said that).

Also, have you tried making your own raw milk kefir? I feel like that was a huge help to my overall gut health.

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Jeff Swann 2y ago

Sounds like liver (vit-A toxicity: sluggishness, fatigue, depression…) might have been your problem too…?

My ability to exercise diminished some at first (as expected), & then only improved with time. My experiment with liver was definitely a temporary step backwards, so I quit that. My progress when running & lifting comes very fast now. I have not had issues with brain fog while eating a liver free & carb free carnivore diet. I have added whole fat yogurt here & there, which has a few carbs & has helped some with gut issues, but it seems to have a negative effect on my skin. I think that’s just dairy related.

Plain coconut yogurt seems like it might be better. And coconut oil on a regular basis appears to be helpful too. While they aren’t really carnivore they are pretty keto friendly.

My reactions to dairy just kinda make me want to avoid kefir. Is there something I’m going to get from that which I can’t get from a high quality live culture yogurt once in a while?