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Carnivore Wasn't Enough: How I Tanked!

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Wellness and Self-Improvement

Key wellness strategies & takeaways

  • Track ketones to “dial in” a deeper therapeutic state

    • Wore a continuous ketone monitor for 14 days (after initially assuming carnivore made ketone levels “inconsequential”).
    • Believed his best-feeling range was ketones ~2–3, with a therapeutic pattern (reached using Keto Mojo readings and later verified with the continuous monitor).
    • Concluded that healing may correlate with staying in deep/therapeutic ketosis, not just eating “carnivore” in a binary way.

  • Use ketone + glucose tracking tools to calibrate your metabolic state

    • Used a Keto Mojo to track:
      • Ketones
      • Glucose
      • GKI (glucose ketone index) and aimed for GKI ~1 with ketones around 3 initially
    • Later switched to and/or validated with a continuous ketone monitor to observe how ketones shift throughout the day (upon waking, after eating, and with exercise).

  • Avoid “carnivore is binary” thinking—adjust the protocol like dials

    • Emphasized carnivore isn’t strictly “on/off.”
    • Reported experimenting with variables such as:
      • Protein vs fat balance (adjustable “dials”)
      • Meal timing (1 meal/day, 2 meals/day, 3 meals/day)
      • Fasting patterns (including alternate-day fasting)
      • Different carnivore variations (e.g., lion diet, beef/butter/bacon/eggs, lion + butter)

  • Modify macronutrient intake and meal structure to improve mood, energy, and cognition

    • Tried one meal per day (OMAD) for convenience and because he typically feels better that way.
    • Added frequent gym exercise (almost daily during this phase).
    • Lowered dietary fat due to gradual belly weight gain (linked to overeating bacon and eggs).
    • Reported major improvements in:
      • Mood
      • Energy
      • Cognitive clarity/comprehension
      • An “euphoric” feeling

  • Recognize stress-adrenaline as a ketosis disruptor

    • Experienced a dramatic ketone “drop-off” even though he did not cheat (no carbs, fruit, or grains).
    • The drop coincided with an adrenaline/stress event: speaking on stage to 1,200+ people.
    • Hypothesis:
      • Stress → cortisol/glucose rise → ketones fall → healing stalls
    • Stressed that chronic stress, poor sleep, and worry may prevent recovery even on a strict carnivore plan.

  • Understand that returning to ketosis may take time after a disruption

    • After the stress-related ketone drop, he didn’t instantly return to his prior deep range.
    • It took about a week to gradually rebuild deep/therapeutic ketosis (with additional travel factors also present).

Presenter / sources mentioned

  • Baxter (someone accompanying/“backing” him)
  • Jen (referred to as his wife; driving in the video)
  • Thomas Seyfried, PhD (referenced for recommending “deep therapeutic ketosis” for serious cancer via metabolic therapies)
  • Keto Mojo (ketone/glucose tracking device)
  • Continuous ketone monitor (device he wore; not named in the subtitles)
  • Salter (salt/mineral product sponsor; “Healing Humanity keychain” and salts links referenced)
  • Healing Humanity (documentary/project: healinghumanity.movie and screening locations)

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