What Are Your Current Thoughts on the Carnivore Diet?

[@robinbeers6689]

I'm basically carnivore with plants as condiments/flavorings/medicines. I use spices, drink herbal tea, have some guacamole on my burger and some mushrooms on my steak. The meat is the food. The other stuff is decoration and flavor enhancements.

[@lisetuinskireyesuinki8753]

Yes, meat is perfect food for humans and water our drink

[@gregshock]

Doing the same thing. Vegetables are just in the diet for texture and flavor contrasts, for the most part. It’s mostly meat and eggs and bone broth. The more I eat this way, the better I feel and the better my system works. 90% Carnivore.

[@robinbeers6689]

@@gregshock Yeah, I did it that way too but gradually the veggies just fell away. I was no longer interested. Other than spices, tea, and the occasional guac or shrooms as a condiment, I'm completely carnivore. Probably 99% by calories. I call my diet the CRESST. Condiments, Ruminants, Eggs, Seafood, Spices, Tea. I find I am better off without pork, poultry, and dairy but I will make an exception when I can find good duck, goose, or wild boar.

[@gregshock]

Robin Beers: I’m considering eliminating chicken, however, I do really like a nice roasted chicken, with seasoning. Used to like BBQ wings and stuff like that, but not so much, anymore. I can see the veges slowly disappearing.

[@robinbeers6689]

@@gregshock Meh, chicken is OK, I'll eat it if I'm at a friend's house or some situation where I don't want to be a jerk. It's just really hard to find chicken that isn't pumped full of hormones and fed a bunch of soy. Don't know where you live but there is a large Asian community here in San Diego and they have great markets where you can get whole ducks or geese for roasting. The meat just tastes, well, more like meat. Yeah, it wasn't like I had one particular day where I said, "No more plants". I just gradually stopped buying them because they no longer appealed. Mark's Primal Kitchen brand has some good BBQ and other sauces and marinades that are sugar and junk free. How about BBQ goose?

[@barbtullos3909]

I eat mostly carnivore. Just a few low carb veggies and a green salad every other day or so. It's what works for me. I've lost 50 lbs on my journey. Walk 2 to 4 miles a day. I'm 73 and feel 30. On no meds. Great bloodwork too. Love your videos. Gonna eat this way the rest of my life. I forgot what bread ,potatoes,and corn tasted like !!! And don't miss them a bit!

[@shawngipson5403]

Congrats on your success!!

[@barbtullos3909]

@@shawngipson5403 thank you

[@kinghidorah5076]

There is always a debate about which is better, carnivore or vegetarian diets . I just wish that people from both sides would look at what the other one has to offer. Most vegetarians argument deals with sympathy towards animals instead of what the diet actually does for your body. I’m not someone who is against preserving animals but I have looked into the vegetarian argument and it is flawed

[@lovedove2661]

Can you tell me what a day in your life looks like as far as diet. I am 36 years old and wish I felt 18 but I dont, some days I feel like I am 50. 😬

[@marylynch951]

Me too Changed my diet 2019 Because my glucose levels were high I did bit of research And cut out carbs Bread Potatoes All cereals All processed foods Went keto end of 2019 2020 and to present date September 2021 Glucose levels normal 2 years running Not pre Diabetic anymore This is purely down to my diet Keto I feel great

[@sweaters_and_harmony9525]

Yep, my entire outlook on diet has changed. Retired vegetarian, now a heavy meat eater and never felt better.

[@guesswhosback8755]

I totally accept your decision but this kind of way of putting the ethical aspect into the bin is hilarious. Eating organic meat on a carnivore diet isn’t the same like eating mishandled animals only for own benefits. Eating has become a belief system now days and people forgot that 2/3 of their health is actually a placebo. Overall feeling “great” has nothing to do with eating this or that it is more about what’s right for you. Blue Zones are a good example for that - without any diet but only a well being you can live life long.

[@craigd123]

@@guesswhosback8755 next vegan that says blue zone is getting eaten

[@guesswhosback8755]

@@craigd123 I’m not vegan. I eat organic meat on some days that’s it.But that doesn’t mean that eating clean and healthy without much meat isn’t the key to a painless life either.

[@kinghidorah5076]

@@guesswhosback8755 what you just said made so sense.

[@thedoomslayer5863]

@@guesswhosback8755 moral? i'd suplex that cow neck first into pavement until it dies cook it then eat it after.

[@toekneeevans]

This is a solid take. Open minded and clear about the fact that we don't really know much. I definitely think people react differently to these diets. It seems important for some and not important for others. Definitely keep an open mind and experiment.

[@paulkliu]

Went from keto to now about 80% meatbased and feel much better. Absolutely no GI issues and recovery from intense workouts is very fast.

[@sarah29880]

Very cool

[@MikeAffholder]

What have you been eating? I've been keto for 3 years. Thinking of going more towards carnivore diet.

[@MikeAffholder]

@Falhawk73 I am sorry you feel that way. Do best what's for you! 🙏💯

[@alexluna1222]

Hello, what does your diet consist of?

[@paulkliu]

@@alexluna1222 Mostly meat, twice a day usually 11am and 5pm. Sometimes once a day if I am not hungry. Check out The PE Diet book. Game changer.

[@nioxic77]

I'm almost completely carnivore. i only use plants to mix up the food. i use spices and a bit of tomato paste and such, to add more variety. I mostly eat beef, eggs and a bit of chicken.

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

You will end up nutritionally deficient, there are very limited amounts of nutrients in beef, eggs & chicken. Beef & chicken are pretty much devoid of vitamins. Eggs do have some, but the quantities are low.

[@CaravelKiwi]

@@Nobody-Nowhere nose to tail covers that, especially liver

[@gregshock]

nobody nowhere: Where did you hear that BS nonsense? Meat and eggs are the most nutrient dense foods available. All vegetable foods pale in comparison.

[@MorganDC420]

Rip when you fart

[@lilacreations6378]

@@Nobody-Nowhere eggs are a superfood but yes I agree with getting other nutrients such as organ meats

[@KevinHoegler]

Mark - I've been doing the same thing, mostly animal products and some plants. Definitely feeling a lot better than when I was doing the opposite.

[@katarinamorvai4480]

Same here

[@KevinHoegler]

@@katarinamorvai4480 It works great!

[@sportysbusiness]

Me too.

[@andreahoffman8152]

I noticed it, too. More animal food more better feeling. Love to eat liver. Eating gelatin.

[@jeremybailey1648]

I've been keto for a little over a year now and just recently began zero carbs all meat with some exceptions coffee, nutritional yeast, and some spices. So far hungry went down to zero when I'm on keto it would've been 4 out of ten. Loving it so far.

[@bethpelley]

I love your take on this, great information!

[@petercallinicos]

I'm 73 and a carnivor. I've never felt better. My health issues that I had are rapidly disappearing. Skin issues, weight issues, urination issues and others. I haven't had any wheat, grains or sugar (carbohydrates) for over a year. "Healthy whole grains" are definitely slow death.

[@isasuleymani8166]

I'm 31, been doing the carnivore diet for 6 weeks and it's been amazing. Allergies have disappeared, inflammation gone, haven't had a migraine ever since starting and I've lost 8kgs. I feel awesome and I've only been eating around 400-500grams of meat a day, don't need as much food as I thought. I Mainly eat ribeye, porter house and lamb rump steak with salt and water, that's it!! Everyone has to experiment with there own body and do what's best for them.

[@karenannvillar6241]

What do you eat from lunch to dinner?

[@opidasdagoat]

@@karenannvillar6241 this diet fills u up so u wouldnt need to snack.

[@angelocarantino4803]

I'm vegan and I've had similar results. Gotta do what works 💪 hope your having a good day

[@JYAN2852]

Mark, you have always been one of the biggest voices for good health and highly respected by many of us in the LC community. How about try 90 days of HF-carnivore nose to tail and let everyone know your thoughts? For me personally I switched from LCHF keto to HFC nose to tail and I must say I could not be happier with all of the results.

[@UniqueTII]

I loved following a Primal diet but I'm definitely seeing some better results in the gym with carnivore. My stamina is a lot better and I rarely get any DOMS.

[@joannekerr8839]

Thank you for this short but wonderful video! And thank you for telling us that you no longer eat the "big ass salad" every day, which was certainly one of your big trade marks 😊 That's one of the things that I love about your posts, your open-ness about what you're doing with your n=1 processes/evolutions. I think you WILL give the carnivore diet a 30-day try sometime in the near future, because you have a natural curiosity about these things. I hope you do it 'on the quiet' so you don't get hundreds of people throwing advice and critique at you the whole 30 days, and then present your results afterwards.

[@kdalecreations1597]

I make an awesome big ass salad since my raw vegan days but have since ditched it. Now that I know most of the nutrients aren’t as bio available as I thought and require conversion, beef, eggs and butter along with a bit of organs looks like the path to ultimate nutrition

[@dravenq6928]

I eat paleo and carnivore intermittently depending how I feel but I do feel a lot lighter and sharper on my carnivore weeks. Great tools both diets

[@brianjetton3962]

Sipping on bone broth is a good source of collagen for me. I also enjoy grilled salmon and chicken skin.

[@ChinVape]

meats, good quality organ meats, seafoods, and eggs. Nutritious! Wild caught is primo. Dairy is no good unless its raw.

[@epiphany55]

I never even realised those connective parts of the chicken I love to eat had health benefits. Love chicken and salmon skin as well.

[@tjellis1479]

I'm enjoying a diet of 100% grass fed vegetarians 🥩🥚🌞

[@bullymaguire2061]

A vegan a day keeps the whining away.

[@Disconn3cted]

"plant toxins" I'm just a bystander, I'm not a carnivore or vegan. But it's hilarious to see how they are talking about each other's diets.

[@salinarubio7604]

Experienced extreme auto immune symptoms while on a whole food organic Paleo way of eating. only after I gave up the vegetables did I start to heal.. for those that have a lot of healing to do, avoiding the plant toxins may be a good starting point and then see what you can handle adding back if you want. Meat-based / carnivore (90% ish) gave me my health back.

[@karmenprekalj7353]

Thank you

[@rogerdodger5415]

Went from 3 years keto to straight carnivore. Mostly beef. Liver once a year. Muscle meat. Got stronger. Finally simple poops.

[@wrackable]

Love that , keep it up my friend.

[@Winterascent]

It would be interesting if humans prior to agriculture basically never ate what we would identify as "vegetables", and only began to incorporate them into their diets because they could farm them, and to supplement deficiencies from grains and other starchy staples. Fruits, would be seasonal, and limited outside of most tropical areas, and very different from what we have today.

[@suzanneschristie]

What ever you are eating, keep it up. You look better than I've seen you in 12 years. I tried Paleo, keto and veganism. Now carnivore for 18 months and I have never felt better.

[@wrackable]

Indeed , sadly he was the one who got me to go vegan. I lost 15 years of my life and my teeth. I was mentally ill , couldn’t escape the trap I’d blundered into. Glad others are free as well

[@gathercreatelivewithleslie8340]

Agreed, I tried all three also and never feel better than when I am carnivore, mostly beef. Pork makes me more fatigued. Really difficult to get passed the "food as entertainment" for me, the cooking and recipes mostly.

[@TrialBTW]

ive been on carnivore for 5 days and lost 3 kg!!!! its a great diet for me i feel great i get lots of energy and i dont get brain clouds anymore

[@TrialBTW]

update: been on it for a month or more and i have went from 83 kg to 71 kg i do have keto flu but ive been working keto out my diet and soon going to start eating healthy this diet was a success, huge progress and visible

[@BenSolomonIM]

So, you've lost excess fat in your body, but now your going to go back to the way you used to eat before? Is that what you meant by what you've said in your update? Just wanting to know I've understood you correctly. Thanks.

[@TrialBTW]

@@BenSolomonIM uh no? I clearly said I was working keto out of my diet to start eating healthy so I don’t add weight like before

[@wesleygaitan]

@@TrialBTW if you still have keto flu then you need to eat organs

[@KingsDaughter.]

How are you after a year on carnivore?

[@scottlinkemer9927]

Where are you getting your collagen from ? Supplements or actual food? If supplements, what brand do you recommend?

[@diannt9583]

Personally, I make bone broth. (I am not on the carnivore diet, but just here to read.) Bone broth, homemade, is high in beneficial collagen.

[@jerry-ny7hs]

I eat about 2 lbs beef daily, liver once or twice a week occasionally eggs and bacon.some bone broth and strawberrys and some honey.at 55 leanest most muscular in my life and after losing 40 lbs on keto same weight as early 20s.I am believer in meat heavy diet

[@ryanallen6092]

It's actually a really bad idea. You should carefully research the risks, but to name a few, saturated fat and cholesterol don't get along well with arteries. If humans were intended to eat meat they'd be able to do so without developing heart disease, like dogs, wolves, etc.

[@joannekerr8839]

@@ryanallen6092 I'm looking at you like you are the stupidest person here, because, seriously? No, seriously ???? The ONLY TIME saturated fat and cholesterol are a problem in the blood-stream is when they come in with excess INGESTED CARBOHYDRATES. FFS do some non-vegan research.

[@2old4allthis]

Ryan Allen There are no essential carbohydrates, which, by definition, eliminates the possibility that humans require exogenous carbohydrates. That leaves animal fat and protein. Fat provides energy, fatty acids required for healthy cell functioning, and nutrients (especially the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, & K). Protein provides energy, endogenous carbohydrates as needed, and repair material. The various minerals required come from organ & muscle meat, fat, bone, and the earth through water & dirt. Exogenous carbohydrates are a survival source of short term energy. As evidence, refer to evolution. So, to that end, please cite, reference, or mention any nutrition studies that examine the health impact of a strictly plant-free diet, i.e., an animal fat and animal protein diet. I’ll even help - there aren’t any. That’s how deep the bias runs. By any objective measure, there should at least be dozens if not hundreds. But for now, there is, along with evolution, the collective anecdotal evidence of thousands of people who have practiced carnivory, often hesitantly or skeptically, with outstanding physiological results. It’s easy to dismiss a few or even a few hundred. But thousands? Probably tens of thousands? Perhaps you’ll argue, and rightfully so, that there are also thousands of vegans and vegetarians who appear to be thriving on plants only. Very often, any change from a poor diet will show evidence of improving health, at least for a while. But as one indicator of comparative success, try this simple YT experiment: look for videos of former carnivores who have abandoned carnivory for vegetarianism/veganism, and then look for vegetarians/vegans that have switch to carnivory. If you have an open mind, I suspect that will be enlightening for you.

[@ryanallen6092]

​@@2old4allthis I respect people, but ideas have to earn it. Yours haven't. 1) Carbs are the primary and preferred source of energy. 2) the only essential vitamins you're getting from meat are from the plants those animals ate - but your getting them with a fat, cholesterol, pathogen and hormone wrapper - not good! 3) our evolution is clearly as a starchivore. Fossilized turds provide ample evidence of a fiber rich diet. People groups living on the extremes like Inuit routinely suffer from atherosclerosis. 4) your gut microbiome needs fiber. 5) the evidence linking animal protein to cancer and heart disease isn't going away - your advice puts lives at risk. 6) The research in favor of a plant based diet is absolutely overwhelming - google it yourself instead of dismissing anything I would provide out of hand. 7) the risks of a keto diet are pretty well known by now - also worth googling. 8) there are too many examples of former carnivores on YT who have switched to vegan to even count. And I'll give you an important example - ME! It's what I did for years, and it only served to make me fat and raise my cholesterol. It's obvious you have not been looking. I don't do other people's research for them because they just ignore anything that doesn't confirm their bias.

[@ryanallen6092]

@@joannekerr8839 FFS I have done plenty, but how would you know? Thanks for the insults though - speaks to your virtue!

[@TheePrettyGirlSwag]

I’m mainly a meat eater but I do have my salads on the side. It’s not a staple but I still enjoy it. Amen to the collagen peptide supplement & unflavored bone broth supplement I have 24-30 grams a day. I will not skip! My hair and skin look amazing if anything and the inflammation and body pains are gone. I thank the Lord everyday I found them!

[@donnayoung9215]

I feel great so far going on 3 months carnivore

[@AR-tk3cr]

From the rooter to the rooter he says. I’d love to try the carnivore diet but I’m a little bit sketched out by organs..

[@heatherparker7822]

Did carnivore for 1.5 years. Crashed my T3. Added fruit back but not veggies except carrot. Developed some red skin patches that are healing with the addition of fruit. Also my feet suffered. Very dry and cracked. That's also improved.

[@leatherandlace7]

Heather Parker So, you eat just meat and fruits? I want to try the carnivore diet but this is disheartening.

[@arhu74]

@@leatherandlace7 just try it and see what happens, you can always go back to any other diet

[@IainMcGirr]

@@leatherandlace7 you need to eat some raw meats beef is rich in Vit C when raw ... liver is packed with B vitamins and Vitamin K etc. etc.. people need to eat ALL of the animal .. not just bits and pieces please that this in the right way not a critic or lecture

[@leatherandlace7]

@@IainMcGirr I definitely agree. How do you stomach it? I can do medium rare steak at the most. Even then, I don't like meat. I have to use spices and vinegar. Although maybe my taste buds can change.

[@heatherparker7822]

@@ellanola6284 Thanks, saw that already. Why should I have to supplement the diet. Since adding healthy carbs back my feet have healed completely with no need for extra supplements. So done with Keto and Carnivore.

[@maxaroney]

62 YO female, been mostly carnivore since April 2019. It took about 8 months of strict carnivore eating before I started to see improvements in my weight training (Dr. McGuff's super slow). The past six months, we've increased my weights almost weekly - and still would go over 2 -2.5 minutes per session. Fast forward to this week, been eating dairy and blueberries -maybe 1/2 cup a day. First noticed pain in ankle, like a "sprain" but there wasn't a correlated injury. At weight training, we had to REDUCE the weights on three machines! Weight is also up 3 lbs. Assuming it is "inflammation" related. Was it blueberries in general, or just the volume consumed? Dairy without blueberries, hasn't caused problems. Who knows, but we'll see how long it takes to recover my strength and lose the ankle pain.

[@ryanallen6092]

Check your blood panel before it's too late.

[@maxaroney]

@@ryanallen6092 I have and it's excellent.

[@ryanallen6092]

@@maxaroney What's your LDL?

[@kimberlykatiti6969]

Interesting. Sounds very similar to something that happened to Mikhaila Peterson

[@maxaroney]

@@slowfinger2Glad to hear carnivore is working for you as well. I know there's a lot of talk about oxalates in this community but I'm pretty sure my problem is histamines. The skin eruptions I would sometimes experience recede if I take DAO. It's definitely inherited as I have reactions to similar food items as other fmly members. Have noticed it's a "dose makes the poison" situation for me. I can eat a little of previously problematic foods before a reaction. If it was oxalate then the almost immediate relief with DAO would not happen, I believe.

[@tonim2451]

Many are successful without nose to tail

[@nutech1810]

Carnivore is AMAZING! highly highly recommend!

[@MeiteiReviews]

Would love to see what you eat in a day now :)!

[@KurNorock]

I've been on the carnivore diet for exactly one month today. I THINK my gut is finally starting to get used to the diet. Still have the runs, but at least it isn't just brown water spraying out of my ass. Now it is gooey/semi solid brown sludge. Hooray for progress!

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

sounds like a really smart thing to do... diarrhea is so natural, i think lions also have constant diarrhea.

[@KurNorock]

@@Nobody-Nowhere Except that lions have been eating meat their entire lives and never had to adapt to a radical change in their diet. And people eventually do adapt and the diarrhea stops. Also, I tried being vegan for a few weeks with an ex girlfriend and that also gave me the runs. Turns out, when you eat different food, you get different poop. What a shocker.

[@DepDawg]

I had that for about 6 weeks - a very watery bowel movement about an hour after my first meal. Couldn’t risk eating away from home 😂 And then I regulated to having a regular daily bowel movement. Considering I have IBS-C and colonic inertia, this was amazing either way for me. I was on multiple laxative a day for years, with horrible intestinal cramping. It’s why I decided to try carnivore. If you don’t have such a medical history, you may need some help digesting the fats you are getting through meat. Ox bile salts or a lipase capsule can help until your colon has developed a healthy microbiome. Gut bacteria can take a while to sort out.

[@KurNorock]

@@DepDawg I don't think I had those issues, but then again I haven't been to a doctor since 2012 (thanks obamacare). Also, I have been taking ox bile and lipase capsules for about a week now... If they are doing anything, I can't tell. My next step is eating more food. I keep seeing the "experts" say that one of the common mistakes of the carnivore diet is not eating enough. And I think I was making it. For my size I should probably be eating 3+ pounds of meat a day, but I was only eating 1 to 1.25 pounds along with 3 to 5 eggs and a few strips of bacon. Sometimes I would just have the steak. My thought is that maybe I'm not eating enough calories for my body to "heal" as quickly as it should. For now I'm just trying to figure out how to afford that much meat. Hamburger and slow cooked meats don't seem to agree well with me right now, and steaks are just too expensive.

[@IainMcGirr]

@@DepDawg IBS-C is no joke .. only thing that fixed for me and others is.. unfortunately ..high meat.. go google that .. not pleasant but it really works.. trillions of bacteria as opposed to a few hundred .. .sorts out the gut ..

[@Jean-yn6ef]

💚

[@RashidaBlake]

You look good! 👍🏾

[@Pazuzu-]

If I could, I would definitely do it for life. Its just so simple and pratical. Sucks that I tried once for 5 days, and felt like shit.

[@Steffystr8mobbin]

Same here tried twice crashed both times- was eating organs and salmon roe and sardines too. Pretty sure it was the paltry amounts of carbs, vitamin C and folate. Low vitamin c specifically resulting in poor oxytocin status

[@jewelsbarbie]

You were still in the adaptation phase. You probably needed to supplement with some electrolytes, also.

[@geraldwaldrop5131]

@@jewelsbarbie I'm on my first day...and I no energy at all..... any suggestions

[@jewelsbarbie]

@@geraldwaldrop5131 sounds like keto flu. You will go through an adaptation phase as your body adjusts to switching from carbohydrates to fats as it’s main fuel source. Make sure you’re eating enough fat (65-70% of your total calories), taking electrolytes and/or salting your food liberally, and drinking enough water each day, as your body will dump a lot of water in the first 1-2 weeks. Sip water throughout the day, as your body will absorb it better than taking large amounts at once. And don’t worry about exercising in the beginning, just give your body rest and time to adjust.

[@RKO1988]

Mark's Daily TRT and HGH

[@ClassicJukeboxBand]

Don't follow research...follow your instincts. That's what animals do in nature, and it keeps them perfectly healthy. Do wild animals need to do research to figure out what's best for them to eat? Are we animals?

[@thalesnemo2841]

Humans are smart enough to create their own foods but stupid enough to eat it!

[@1007yt]

Yes we are animals. What did you think you was?

[@envixousenvixous5411]

I'm curious about carnivore diet, however I have the worste digestive issues ever and I'm afraid going full carnivore will kill my digestion completely.

[@anelenunwana7084]

I feel so much better with less veggies

[@shireensaroea946]

Me too. I used to be beyond enthused over plant foods . Now I utter “ PLANTS, plants ? You want me to eat PLANTS???????? You have GOT to be kidding “ I’m glad you are feeling much improved

[@shireensaroea946]

@Lake TitiCaca - well done , you! The truth lies in the reverse of what was disseminated by Big Brother

[@proverbalizer]

in Nigeria we eat pomo (cow skin)

[@dfusa4869]

Liver , eggs, and beef

[@ClassicJukeboxBand]

We don't need any fiber in our diet. I don't believe we even need any vegetables either. I cannot find any proof whatsoever that we need to eat plants at all. To me, the whole vegetable dogma is the same as religious dogma...no evidence for either theory. The human digestive system is designed for primarily digesting meats. I believe that eating vegetables is fine for most people, but nobody needs to eat them. 25 percent of Americans don't eat any vegetables. Plus, vegetables don't taste as good as meats. To me that's enough evidence that I need that I don't have to eat them.

[@TheBigEmstos]

What's it like having a low IQ?

[@emh8861]

I heard you need plants for your gut microbiome.

[@ClassicJukeboxBand]

@Lake TitiCaca I did not bash religion. I bashed group think. My point was valid, even though there might be a god.

[@1007yt]

Wow! A scientist...

[@wildmansamurai3663]

@Lake TitiCaca Religion is complete nonsense.

[@fallenslave6684]

He looks healthy!

[@1007yt]

Do you think that has anything to do with his previous history? He was a professional athlete...

[@thomasjohnson6808]

"It might behoove you..." Carnivore insider joke.

[@amberjones5490]

Well played!

[@YourPersonalSunshine]

Does anyone know of anyone who has healed cancer through the carnivore diet?

[@jonasandelfinger4529]

So the channel is called Mark‘s daily apple - since apples are considered healthy food - but the channel is actually pushing carnivore ideals. Quite ironic.

[@Amuserr]

How can a vegetarian start on a carnivore diet. For religious matter nobody takes it in our family. Please suggest foods to start that can make the transition easy. Mostly I can stand someone eating it, but I can't imagine myself doing that

[@john2914]

Move along. You are an idiot.

[@mikemcgrath6150]

My question about collagen is once u ingest it it gets broken down into amino acids like any other protein source. It's not like the collagen gets magically transported as collagen to areas of your body. So what's up? Unless I'm missing something.

[@jewelsbarbie]

That’s the same question I have.

[@daveberntson4081]

You say that if you go carnivore you need to eat organ meat (for micro nutrients), and, connective tissue (for collagen). How do you get micro nutrients and collagen if you do not go carnivore?

[@valentinofogarty9943]

Going to try carnivore and only have carbs for exercise

[@opinionator3884]

What replaced the Big Ass Salad?

[@mroctober3657]

The Big Ass Steak.

[@gamleskalle1]

Kim Kardashian got a big ass

[@PureTruth]

Mark’s daily adam’s apple

[@gtgodbear6320]

The only way you can take a only meat Diet is if you take vitamins. If you don't take vitamins, you will have to supplement with small amounts of fruits and vegetables when you feel your body craving them. And also eat herbivore animals and you will get their plant-based nutrients and vitamins from their meat. Carnivore animals wouldn't be a great choice for plant-based nutrients in their meat. A carnivore diet would be a great choice for an athlete. This is all a best uneducated guess that makes sense to me. I was just giving you a picture into my mind

[@davidyoung2746]

I've lost 220# and faught back from heart failure,and spinal failure that had me in wheelchair for 7 month...walking w Cain today and still high protein w min veg for flavor! Thank you...and yes this is TRUE!

[@javtah]

Behoove, pun intended

[@thebigmann81]

Organ means anyone no where to get goat or lamb brain? Cow brain is illegal to sell in the USA so that isn't a option😞

[@lifebysanasaqib]

Meanwhile people like me who have been raised in a 3rd world country and have a rich food tradition, enjoying all foods (vegetables and meat both) without any bad affects coz we have been taught how to cook and eat all foods! Eating vegetables raw/steamed is the big problem of the first world countries. People in the 3rd world countries, who have still not been invaded by industrialised food or diet culture, still do much much better compared to their first world counterparts, as far as non-communicable diseases are concerned.

[@asdf1991asdf]

How should you cook vegetables in your opinion?

[@amandaaussie-at-heart2735]

I will NEVER do carnivore diet again.. nor keto. #fruit is the way #love my carbs #801010 diet

[@markaward]

His mother was vegetarian

[@lilacreations6378]

Can we just appreciate how tight his skin is around his jawline?? 😱

[@bOb-yo6sp]

Humans are the only species that cook, refine, transform, spice up the food to be able to like what we eat. Not other species do that. Fruit and vegetables would be the source to eat.

[@mike77588]

Vegetables don't taste great at all Then we would only eat Fruits

[@diannt9583]

I spice up veggies plenty. Love them that way. Meats typically only get one or two seasonings, unless I'm following a particular culture's cuisine. Ever notice how deeply seasoned vegetarian Indian cuisine is?

[@alphabravo3691]

“Big Ass Salad” is no more

[@robinbeers6689]

Yep. BAS now stands for Big Ass Streak. I like it.

[@ryanallen6092]

Big ass salad every night. Big shit every morning. You guys are nuts for following this carny nonsense.

[@robinbeers6689]

@@ryanallen6092 There are no prizes given out at the end of life for the most poop produced. The purpose of digestion is the extraction of nutrients. The fact that you have a huge poop just means you ate a bunch of stuff your body can't utilize. I don't see the point in that.

[@robinbeers6689]

@@trembling3674 And washing and chopping and shredding and peeling. Not to mention all the cleanup and all the wasted veg matter that goes bad before you get to it.

[@emh8861]

Very interesting

[@wendywertz8828]

Carnivore 90% animal based = healing and health

[@marleneforte4717]

There are no good foods, there are no bad foods. Only inappropriate amounts.

[@Acujeremy]

Too bad that I find everything but the muscle disgusting to eat.

[@flugmodus9214]

Any A blood type carnivores in the comment section?….

[@zlatto]

1:19 Notice how weirdly the trees from outside change

[@AustenSummers]

Simulation confirmed

[@1007yt]

Plants rule man...

[@chengfusaechao7243]

i rarely eat meats..because it makes me sick..what do you think about eating Canned Tuna Fish on a Daily Basis.... is it good or bad?!!

[@john2914]

You are not smart. Move along.

[@chengfusaechao7243]

@@john2914 I'm just asking a question,YOU MORON.. DON'T BE SO FUCKING #RUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO,IS IT BAD TO EAT CANNED TUNA ON DAILY BASIS???!

[@CCDR07]

Humans have been evolving over hundreds of thousands of years as omnivores, it's embedded into our physiology, biochemstry, and the many bacterial populations that have evolved with us. All those hunter gatherer societies should actually have been called gatherer-hunter societies as the vast majority of nutrition and colories came from plants of one kind or another (wild or tended), while hunting/fishing was generally seasonal and limited by population density (and most meat calories were eaten dried/cured). I think the only thing contributing to people's positive health outcomes from switching to carnivore diets is that they leave behind the even more damaging health impacts associated with high sugar, high salt, high additives, and highly processed white flours that are ubiquitous in modern processed (and cheap) foods, while meat itself is relatively unprocessed and unmodified in the commercial food industry. I'm willing to entertain the possibility that a carnivore diet can help a limited number of medical conditions, but for the vast majority of humanity, a meat based diet is going to cause you way more problems than it helps. If you want to be long-term healthy, eat unprocessed, whole foods/whole grains, with minimal animal products, just like we evolved to over hundreds and thousands of years. Not coincidentally, it will also be better for the planet's ecosystems (yeah I know we need grazers, but if you eat meat once every month or two, there will still be plenty of grazing animals to maintain grasslands and nutrient turnover, etc.). As it is, the increasing demand for beef and pork (or the soya that's fed to them) are the largest contributers to deforestation around the world, including the amazon, and these intensive meat industries are also the source of zoonotic diseases that have lead to virtually every modern disease pandemic in the last two hundred years. Not to mention that intensively raised herds/flocks are also the reason antio-biotics are being pumped/leached into the earth's environments leading to anti-biotic resistence bacteria arising in all mammer of habitats and wildlife. Lastly, the production methods involved to supply mass-produced meat markets are completely brutal, pain-filled, and cruel to the animals involved, and the people who work in these factories are far more likely to develop mental health issues. All of these ills can be avoided, and you can have great health by eating less meat and switching to whole food, plant-based diets. Even better, whole foods involve far fewer middle men, and are less capital intensive, so these production methods are much less dependent on long, costly supply chains and transport costs. It's money going straighter to farmers/producers, and also helps keep things more local, and producers more autonomous from big business models that dominate chicken, pork, and beef production and processed foods. It's just wins all around socially, environmentally, and personal health.

[@wendywertz8828]

Plants cause more green house gas than animals ….. pesticides from GMO crops and glyphosate cause more damage than animals ever will

[@CCDR07]

@@wendywertz8828 So what are you arguing against here exactly? I totally agree that corporate-industrial agriculture is bad news through and through, whether it's monocrops of round-up ready wheat and oil-seed rape drenched in neonicotinoids, or factory farmed cattle. But if you're trying to frame the argument in terms of advocating people to eat intensively reared meat instead of intensively grown monocrops, I disagree that meat calories are less ecologically "damaging" than plant based calories as I outlined earlier (for one, intensively farmed animals rely on intensively farmed plants to feed them), and I think you present a false dichotomy. I'd argue that industrialized farming, of the form favouring corporatization and large-scale mechanization, is unsustainable full stop. Then, if you compare sustainable food production methods, a diversity of plant crops and the soil health they support are essential to global greenhouse gas regulation, water cycling, nutrient cycling, etc., as are grasslands grazed by animals, but we are all going to have to eat a heck of a lot of less meat in these systems than we do now.

[@jeroenjanssen6870]

I only eat raw meat.

[@azizkash286]

just eat what diet works good for you

[@iloveasiangirls6969]

what about cancer tho

[@bianco215]

caused by seed oils and sugar

[@iloveasiangirls6969]

@@bianco215 in meat?

[@bianco215]

@@iloveasiangirls6969 No. What I am saying is that most of the other poisons we eat and are exposed to are more likely to give us cancer than red meat is.

[@iloveasiangirls6969]

@@bianco215 im a big hyporchondriac and if someone who looks like they know what they are talking about tells me that meat cause cancer i will believe them lol

[@linneasimchah1621]

Stay away from CAFO meat, which is most of the meat in grocery stores and restaurants. Be very selective about sourcing your meat.

[@stevensonrf]

It’s time for a new diet craze. How about the Corona diet?

[@miriamgibilisco9862]

Still too soon.

[@zephyrlibs]

Dietary collagen gets attacked by certain auto-immune disorders. This man is out of his depth when it comes to collagen.

[@GCT1990]

39 vegans are extremely upset lol. They can't stand that they're diet could be upstage by a better diet

[@KR-jg7gc]

Don't forget the FAT! 😄

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

Is it still the dumbest thing to do ? Yes it is.

[@davidplyler8173]

nobody nowhere good factual argument 😃

[@zacw812]

I think for a guy like mark its stupid but for someone with chronic illness its not.

[@voodooblue6162]

Not necessarily. People who have severe gastrointestinal issues are unable to digest veggies properly as they are constantly bloated after consuming them. But when they eat meat, they feel much better. What works for you might not work for everyone else.

[@CCDR07]

Carnivore and low fiber diets (e.g. fodmap) may be a necessary first step (e.g. fodmap diet) to take to let inflammation subside and your gut begin to heal (from a previously crap Western diet, or other problems -e.g. anti-biotic use), before you start getting your body used to fermenteric digestion (and foods with fibre) again. HOwever, no-one should stop there permanently at the low-fermenteric food side unless you absolutely have to (i.e. your gut is permanently damaged). Working towards getting the plants back into your diet should be the goal. If you want long term health (e.g., cancer-free, good immunity, etc.), look at ways to re-establish your gut flora so that you are able to eat as wide a diversity as plant based whole foods as possible, and keep the animal products to a minimum. (And it will improve the long-term health of the planet's environments as well...). You want to avoid cereal grains, fine, stop eating grains, but people here are going on about how switching to a majority animal product diet has amazing health benefits, and I'm saying those health benefits are basically short term gains, but will cause you long term problems as you get into middle age and old age. Your body has been designed to work in concert with the bacteria of your gut, and maintaing diverse and robust gut bacteria requires fibre from foods. These bacteria don't just break down foods and fibre to release nutrients and vitamins, but they also secrete their own symphony of chemical communication amongst themselves, many components of which your body responds too, and works with to self-regulate, e.g., features of immune system function, your endocrine system, mood/emotion and behaviour regulation, etc., etc., and loads of fruit and vegetables contain substances that are necessary for your body to do this properly. P.S. I am not being paid to endorse vegetables by a company producing vegetables, I'm just someone who wants to see us improving ourselves and the planet rather than creating unnecessary pain and suffering in ourselves and the rest of life here. The mainstream view is dead wrong about human diets pre-industrialization and pre-agriculture. The majority of the time those people's main calories were coming from plant sources (tubers, shoots, fruits, seeds, etc), except perhaps in coastal communities and in nearctic environments (utilizing fermented or cured meats) and even then, there would still be a significant amount of marine and terrestrial plant calories. The only historic time periods where meat could possibly have been a dominant calorie source was when humans made it onto new continents and there was game susceptable to our novel hunting techniques relative to the other large predators, but these periods were short (a few to a dozen generations at most I would guess). For the large majority of the time, human population growth would quickly elevate to levels that limited the game available to each human, and diets would be a rich mix of plant and animal sources, with plants being the staples, and meat the welcome exceptions. Anthropology literature shows this (what do you think tribal territories or "warfare" was ever about other than protecting a resource base), evolutionary literature shows this, primatology literature shows this, lots of nutritional science shows this too. Just the fact that we have chewing molars and a large intestine that houses fibre-loving bacteria shows this. Within human evolution development one of the big changes in human brain size coincided with the advent of fire technology and cooking. This enabled us to eat many more plant foods then previously. Cooking didn’t change the amount of meat available, because you can eat it raw, though cooking meat did make it digest more efficiently so also contributed to greater energy availability, but this was marginal compared to all the new calorie sources available through cooking plants. And it was all these extra available plant calories that contributed to freeing up energy to put into brain growth (evolutionarily driven by the development of female social ability that “locked in” cooperative parental care into our species, and then locked in social-cooperation more broadly as a consequence). Cooking plants was a major foundation of human evolution that shaped us differently than the other primates. Our “modern” scientific understanding of nutrition may be in its infancy, but that doesn’t mean that pre-“modern” people didn’t know what made for a healthy diet; Think of all those pre-industrial societies and cultures that orally encoded knowledge that was built up over thousands to tens of thousands of years “tested in the laboratory of life” (Fikret Berkes, “Sacred Ecology”). They knew the score, mainly because the memory storage limitations of oral knowledge systems provided a much stricter filter on what information was worth storing (much of which revolved around socio-ecological survival) compared to now, when you can read all manner of fallacious, nonsensical, and skewed/untested junk stored in books and online. Our modern "understanding" of nutrition is irrelevant anyway to the reality of ecological relationships and co-evolutionary forces that shaped our 300 000 year plus existence as homo sapiens, and which dictates what diet we've evolved to be “healthy” for us. I bet if you contrasted a carnivore diet to a whole vegetable/grain/minimal-animal product diet over 50 years you’d see some mega differences, especially around immune system function. In either case, an all meat or a healthy plant based diet is a large departure from the average western diet, which is precisely what causes all these chronic diseases that carnivore diets help cure in the first place. Historically, these diseases didn’t even exist except among royalty/aristocracy up until corporate-profit-driven industrialized food production got a major hold of government and our economies, and now many of us are economically forced to eat these nutritionally empty calories, (often with a good dose of carcinogens as well). Lastly, you can live your entire life without high cholesterol, high blood pressure, no cancer, etc., on a plant based diet, and its way better for the rest of life on the planet. People’s argument for not paying attention to the ecological consequences of industrialized meat production just demonstrates how disconnected mainstream society’s worldview and culture has become from the ecological reality of our existence. I think it is this fact which depresses me the most about modern society... "I'm going to eat all meat because I think it's healthy, even though industrial meat production is the main driver of zoonotic diseases and pandemics that can kill me... and also drives habitat destruction and degradation of the earth's life systems required to keep us all alive... and also weakens my immune system function and mood/emotion regulation, which makes me more susceptable to disease and mood disorders that harm my health and well-being anyway... " The increasing demand for beef and pork (or the soya that's fed to them) are the largest contributers to deforestation around the world, including the amazon, and these intensive meat industries are also the source of zoonotic diseases that have lead to virtually every modern disease pandemic in the last two hundred years. Not to mention that intensively raised herds/flocks are also the reason antio-biotics are being pumped/leached into the earth's environments leading to anti-biotic resistence bacteria arising in all mammer of habitats and wildlife. Lastly, the production methods involved to supply mass-produced meat markets are completely brutal, pain-filled, and cruel to the animals involved, and the people who work in these factories are far more likely to develop mental health issues. All of these ills can be avoided, and you can have great health by eating less meat and switching to whole food, plant-based diets. Even better, whole foods involve far fewer middle men, and are less capital intensive, so these production methods are much less dependent on long, costly supply chains and transport costs (and fossil fuels). It's money going straighter to farmers/producers, and also helps keep things more local, and producers more autonomous from big business models that dominate chicken, pork, and beef production, and processed foods. It's just wins all around socially, environmentally, and for personal health.

[@asdf1991asdf]

Not reading all that

[@CCDR07]

@@asdf1991asdf Honestly, you should read it. I posted it ages ago and just re-read it, and the post presents and synthesizes all sorts of useful and interesting information. I'd by happy to unpack anything that doesn't make sense to you or try to answer any questions about it that you might have.

[@1007yt]

Domestic cats and dogs are ‘carnivore’...why do they also go out of their way to eat plant matter? Asking for a friend...

[@mroctober3657]

A lotta vegangelicals in the comment section.

[@Winterascent]

Usually are. Its their religion, like the Woke. They have to proselytize or they'll explode.

[@thalesnemo2841]

Carnivore is the evolutionary appropriate human diet!

[@genericdeveloper3966]

Potassium and Vitamin C.

[@bride2492]

These people are the same as vegans. Just eat a balanced diet and you're good. Relax

[@dilwynjones8585]

For once I have to totally disagree here. Not sure what he says about exercise rest play sleep et cetera I will buy into. There is no country where people live long healthy lives that are not predominantly plant-based. I suggest you read Dr Michael Gregor starting with his book how not to die -This is the science of what works and why it works. It is based predominantly on American research which does not reflect the quality of the food in the UK. Once you read this then make your mind up

[@andypagakis]

Don't knock it until you try it, give it 30 a solid 30 days sometime

[@sportysbusiness]

Gregor's entire research is based on epidemiology, not science, so be very careful with the studies he references. Also, research the lies around the blue zones being predominantly plant based. They were not. We are living in a society where the money is in keeping us sick and compliant, not healthy. I used to follow his advice and it destroyed my health. Carnivore has saved me, healed my teeth, joints and gut. Humans are genetically hunter gatherers, not farmers for GMO fruits and veggies.

[@dilwynjones8585]

Isn’t this far more informative and pragmatic when it comes to what to do to improve your health and life expectancy. By definition, epidemiology is the study (scientific, systematic, and data-driven) of the distribution (frequency, pattern) and determinants (causes, risk factors) of health-related states and events (not just diseases) in specified populations (neighborhood, school, city, state, country, global).

[@nicorompos1768]

@@dilwynjones8585 not true in most cases for "causes", because you have several things that impact health besides from just eating food. Nearly impossible to really figure out, what the cause was for people to die at a younger age with multiple diseases. It can give you a hint. Nothing more and nothing less. Then it should be further researched via interventional studies to find out whether the hypothesis is true or not. Up to this day there was no study conducted which showed the same exact outcomes of the epidemiology studies. As mathematicians and statisticians, we always learn at the beginning of our studies that correlation doesn't necessarily mean causation and it really rarely does. Especially, when we are talking about relative risk where you cannot point out the absolute number of people who had higher risk of dying of a heart attack etc. So much statistic and academic manipulation is out there. Look at the transparency of most nutritional studies und you will see that there is none. As for most things, the devil lies in the details. Most people have a problem with math and fail to have a basic understanding of math and logic and yet they think that they are able to read scientific papers and statistical studies properly... I've seen far too many people in my tutoring class who have major errors in interpreting and calculating results. Why should it be different in the medical community? As far as I know those people are not properly educated in math/statistics.

[@sues2313]

I loved dr Greger’s how not to die, gave it away to everyone and donated to nutrition facts.org. After a year of his daily dozen, I was 8 lbs heavier and had pain that stopped me from lifting heavy and running. I felt old at 42. I stopped my beloved oatmeal in the morning with berries and eliminate beans and my pain got better. Eating more meat and less fruits and veggies has enabled me to lift heavy and run again. I feel capable of pushing myself with no concern of pain. It is a new life.

[@grahamfrostvideo]

I’ll take my steak, but also my apple and veggies. Don’t risk your health. Calories are king.

[@maninscrubdallas8694]

Perhaps, you meant carbs, which isn’t true for all humans like me. 9 calories = fat and 4 calories each for carb/protein. Fatty meat is golden. We are all different.

[@jayl271322]

I've gotten (and continue to get) a lot of value from Mark, but surely you can see how unsustainable (and detrimental to the planet we all have to live on) this approach to eating is.

[@shadfallfan]

I can go two miles down the road to see the cattle grazing on the grass field that's going to eventually end up on my plate. Can you trace the origin of your food like that?

[@PuppyH8er2]

@@shadfallfan exactly this. We are getting fruits and veggies and nuts from all over the world which take god knows how many gallons of oil which is the sole things that is killing our planet.

[@richo2174]

@Saša Šijak and this is exactly where the simplicity and beauty of supply and demand lies Sasa. The market will decide!

[@webaccess11]

If your question is genuine, go and investigate regenerative agriculture. Richard Perkins in Sweden has an excellent farm and not only teaches people through his videos on how to do it, but put a book together on the economics of doing it so that it is sustainable. Then compare what you’ve seen with monocrop agriculture.

[@magma9138]

Regenerative agriculture/ permaculture is the only viable solution to degraded/near extinct top soil. We have 8 B on the planet, we need action and everyone on the same page. Hasn't the "Plannedemic " revealed that every system, everywhere is broken. See farmer Joe Salatin and polyface farm for evidence.

[@Gitabhakta78]

One day, humans will eat up the whole earth and shit it into space. Chinese have already started it big time. 😂😂😂

[@justinblaschke5067]

go vegan

[@shireensaroea946]

No. It made me sick . 5 days of carnivore and almost almost symptoms healed . I don’t judge animals for eating what they were designed to eat , nor do I judge myself

[@diannt9583]

No.

[@PureTruth]

Who is this old looking fellow that thinks that he can preach anything regarding health?

[@diannt9583]

Well... perhaps he IS old, and actually looks younger, y'think?

[@PureTruth]

@@diannt9583 'younger' than whom?

[@diannt9583]

@@PureTruth Looking younger than his actual age. I heard somewhere that he's in his 60s.

[@ryanallen6092]

You're a neat guy and I really wish you would reconsider your position, Mark. Humans have none of the physical adaptations necessary to consider themselves to be carnivores. We're great apes - no dispute. Great apes rarely eat meat outside of the occasional ant hill raid, LOL. There's a very good reason humans are so well adapted to eating starchy vegetables (amylase, long GI tracts, mouths for chewing, color vision...) When I switched from a meat-based diet to whole food plant based 3 years ago, the benefits were almost too great to keep track. My cholesterol dropped in half, my recovery time dropped in half, my LDL is super low, my BO dropped in half, my complexion cleared up, I got off my anti-anxiety medication, regularity is Swiss watch precise, weight is lower, body is leaner, and I literally stopped getting colds. Almost never need a pain killer - antioxidants work! Zero medications. If that isn't enough consider the fecal contamination rates of grocery store meat products should be enough to convince anyone not fond of eating poop, cooked or otherwise, visible or microscopic, that its not a smart idea.

[@shadfallfan]

"Great apes rarely eat meat." True. They also are unable to engineer a phone that you can watch streaming videos on. So eat leaves and survive or meat and thrive. Your choice.

[@gillianharper6831]

Ryan Allen I went plant based only, for three or 4 months and became really ill with diverticulitis. I am now, only eating meat, fish, eggs and fat. I feel so much better. I’m hoping one day to be able to eat some plants but I’m really scared to eat them, at the moment.

[@ryanallen6092]

shadfallfan so I think we’re also smart enough to know better and stick with the diet that suits our evolution as herbivores. Show me the lipid panels of long term Keto’s before you call it thriving (maybe with chest pain or colorectal cancer).

[@ryanallen6092]

Gillian Harper that begs a lot of questions since you’re describing a risk to consuming a low fiber diet. Scared to eat vegetables? Yikes people.

[@ryanallen6092]

Here, just try Googling “CHD events LDL cholesterol.” And keep in mind, the most common symptom of heart disease is sudden cardiac death.