Highly recommend. If you have self control that is! So nice to eat ice cream with no headache after

Have been consuming carbohydrates again recently and with the reintroduction too fruit I have been experiencing face and gut bloating. Only once I consume fruits. Is there a way around this?

What’s the best way to get cleaner drinking water in Mexico?

The tap water here is bad, but almost everything comes in plastic. Most people use the big water jugs, and a lot of them sit outside in the heat or sun for who knows how long.

Has anyone found a better setup? Looking for something safe, practical, and with less plastic if possible.

Tl:dr PLEASE help me find a dupe for wholewheatcreampuff’s products

I used to order frequently from a shop called wholewheatcreampuff on Etsy- the shop owner’s name was Daphne. She made tallow based skincare products and they were absolutely DIVINE. My absolute favorite product of hers was called the Queen’s Sleeping Mask I believe- it’s a solid tallow based night cream in a tin and I think she also used duck fat or emu oil in the formulation? I would also get the vanilla scented option and nothing has ever made my skin look as beautiful and feel as soft as this product.

She stopped selling anything on Etsy a while back, then moved to big cartel and has since stopped selling on there too and I am SO sad. I would love to find a dupe for the Queen’s Sleeping Mask because it’s way more luxurious than just regular tallow balms.

Any help is so appreciated 🤍

Got a gut microbiome test done (before trying AB) and the results came back saying I had low secretory IgA, leaky gut, elevated bad bacteria, and carb malabsorption.

I put the results into claude and mentioned my AB diet and it said I should cut dairy and kimchi. The reasons why listed below.

What's the more experienced/knowledgable AB members thoughts on this? I don't need the kimchi as much but a glass of raw milk with honey or raw Greek yoghurt with maple syrup and fruit are the only things on this diet that keep my sweet tooth at bay and help me stick to it.

Low secretory IgA — sIgA is your gut's first-line antibody defence; it neutralises ingested bacteria at the mucosal surface. Yours is low, so that front line is down. → Makes the live bacteria in raw milk and raw yoghurt a real risk: you're taking in live organisms your gut can't properly defend against.

Elevated zonulin (leaky gut) — your intestinal barrier is looser than it should be, so things that should stay in the gut can cross into the body. → Compounds the raw-dairy risk: anything that gets past your weak sIgA then meets a leaky barrier, so it translocates more easily.

Elevated pathogenic bacteria (overgrowth) — too much of the wrong bacteria already established. You're trying to starve it back. → Makes the lactose (yoghurt, milk) and fermentable carbs (kimchi) a problem: unabsorbed sugars reach the colon and ferment, feeding that overgrowth.

Carbohydrate malabsorption — you don't fully absorb sugars/starches, so more of them pass through to be fermented. → This is why the lactose in dairy is an issue specifically: it's a sugar you're already poor at absorbing, so it ferments rather than absorbs.

Elevated calprotectin (gut inflammation) — active inflammation in the lining. → Both the overgrowth-feeding and the fermentation above keep this stoked; it's the marker that reflects the whole loop running.

The ingredients are just milk, salt and rennet. Are these good quality and should I eat them?

I got diagnosed after surgery last month and I’m currently doing the anti inflammatory diet (no gluten, dairy, etc). I even saw a lot of recommendations for low fodmap. I am noticing I still have gut flare ups even with these changes at random. I just ate a steak for dinner with no gut issues yet that’s supposed to be inflammatory according to the research. I’m just wondering if anyone’s been in my situation before and has any feedback. I’m also open to feedback in general! TIA

Which of these do you all prefer, and why? Ive used all of them at some point but I would genuinely value this community’s perspectives and experiences.
If I recall correctly, ghee has the strongest nutritional profile, but my primary consideration is choosing the option that is best for gut health. Which would you recommend?

I know a lot of people here eats more like ray peat diet with highers carbs like 200-350g of carbs, but this post is for those who still eats high fat with 80-150g of carbs.

How do you feel?
What is your day of eating looks like?
Why do you eat this way instead of eat carbs like other do?
Share your experience

Eggs fried in butter with queso ranchero, dates, papaya and banana.

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Air fried chicken liver. I get this from Kroger. It's very cheap. I marinade it in soy sauce, oyster sauce, rice wine, black vinegar, green onion and fresh basil leaves. Air fried in toaster oven at 380F for 20 min. Sprinkle with Cajun seasoning before serving.

Full Recipe Totals (20 oz Chicken Liver + Marinade)

Calories: ~748 kcal

Protein: ~99.0g

Fat: ~27.2g

Net Carbs: ~15.6g

I've also tried boiling liver then frying it with onion. I overcooked it once this way, so I just air fry now. How do you guys prepare your liver? I don't love the texture but I do try to cook it since the supplements are expensive and the liver is $2 for 1 lb at kroger (I got this one on sale for $1)

Hey friends
Background:
27 YO male at around 24% body fat id say, 190 cm weight 91.5 kg training gym 5 times a week and until recently around 5k-7k steps a day
Im on a cut now and with a trainer guidance
200 g protein 165 carbs 60 fat a day are my given macros to lose
Im on AB and a previous carnivore, im pretty informed id say at what and what no to eat, i include sweet potato as well and i dint really eat “dirty” only sometimes
How would you target and accelerate fat loss?
Im not really muscular and cutting is a pain in the ass, i want to bulk but more importantly i want to lose my belly
Bloodwork is ok as well, IDK my t4-53 converaion as well as free teat..

Hey all, me and my wife just started a week ago and are just wondering, do yall count your calories to lose weight or are you guys just kinda eating intuitively and losing weight?

Unfortunately just now getting in the loop on the current cyclospora outbreak and was pretty bummed (also a little worried) that berries can be a main culprit host for the parasite historically. Especially with the fact I was reading the article while just consuming raspberries about five minutes before and had blackberries yesterday.

Now I know right now they’re saying early reports might be indicating this current outbreak to bad lettuce/greens; I wanna play it safe in the meantime and cut out any berries from the diet.

I mostly stick to Berries since I am trying to lose weight and like the low G.I. impact of them. Any other fruits anyone would recommend for the AB diet to sub in in the meantime that would be safe to consume during this outbreak?

Hello all,

I am trying to help my wife lose a lot of weight & meet her goals. I just want to make sure that we are doing it right. We eat nearly 100% clean. No processed food or drinks. I want to support her hormones & have her be in a proper caloric deficit. Any advice to help her lose a lot of weight in a healthy/semi-quick way? I am also on a weight loss journey myself. Seems to be working for me but I know women lose weight differently. TIA!

I’ve been following a pretty strict carnivorish/animal based diet since January 1st of this year. When I initially started I ate ground beef, steak, bacon, eggs, cheese, milk salmon, sardines, chuck roast, liver and various fruits (mainly zucchini, apples and cantaloupe). I also only consumed garlic and onion powder, black pepper, chili, cumin, paprika and salt of course. That was my entire diet pretty much. I broke out extremely bad and I got a rash on my thighs and chest. Several months later I noticed that my rash was slowly going away but I was still breaking out a ton. I decided to drop dairy (sadly :/) and all spices besides salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder. So for the past 2-3 months I’ve only consumed beef, salmon, beef tallow, water and the occasional fruit. My breakouts have decreased some but I’m still suffering with them and have no idea what to do. I also have a ton of hyperpigmentation and it’s left me self conscious. I love this diet and I’ve seen so many benefits but my skin is revolting against me lol any tips would be appreciated

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Hope you're all well. Apparently there exists a correlation between rates of certain maladies and consumption of HCAs, which are formed by the Maillard reaction in cooked meats and increase in concentration with cooking time/temperature. Since I consume seared steak virtually daily, I looked into this a little more, and other than just consuming meat raw to inhibit this process altogether, it's supposedly possible to limit HCA formation by marinating meats in antioxidant-rich compounds (such as thyme, rosemary, oregano, ascorbic acid etc) or with other hydration preserving agents like honey, since water is the primary facilitator of these reactions in the first place.

There's a super useful paper from which I found all of this information here:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362028X2205709X

How much money do spent every month for your animal based diet and are you satisfied with what you can afford?

For a while I had pancreas that would start hurting when I would eat something too sweet/too fatty especially when in close proximity to one another. I’ve been on AB for a month and a half and have been gradually increasing fat and removing vegetables from my diet. While initially I was going for carnivore I feel like it’s way easier for me to eat fruit (and more satisfying as well as more sustainable long term as I have a sweet tooth). Currently my breakfast is Greek yogurt with fruit and a piece of chocolate with coffee; lunch some sort of fatty meat with eggs. 3rd meal of the day is Greek yogurt with fruit again and 4th is some variation of fatty meat/fish again.

My issue is that I’m worried for my pancreas since I’m combining both sweet and fatty in the same day every day. In the last 2 days I noticed my pancreas became more sensitive. Anybody on this diet with pancreas that reacts to this way of eating? Have you found a solution?

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Having done carnivore super strict for 7 months. And got good results (internally) physically I suffered. I just don’t understand how fat is supposed to be our main fuel source and preferred. If it takes so long to get so called “fat adapted” if it was preferred wouldn’t the body be constantly trying to get into a fat adaption quicker

Ex carnivore struggles with carb consumption and macros, if I eat carbs in during the day I feel bad and this voice in my head eats me alive. I enjoy fruit in my life and I’m happier with it. Need help adjusting. Also unsure what my macros should be, I tried Saladinos calculator but I believe his recommendation is off. I’m 22 years of age I’m a chippy and I train upwards of 4-7 times a week.