𝕄𝕪 𝟚 𝕐𝕖𝕒𝕣 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕒𝕣𝕪!!!

Recently, I celebrated 2 years of living on a carnivore diet! Initially, I had planned to follow this meat-based diet for just one week. However, one week turned into 30 days and then 90 days. I realized that once you have experienced the benefits of such a healthy diet, it's hard to go back to your old ways. How can you drink from the Fountain of Youth (and Health) and then say “I've had enough.”? The answer is- you don't. 

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𝔸𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕪𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕:

1.  ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴏʀ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ɪᴛ. ᴘʀᴇꜰᴇʀᴀʙʟʏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ꜱᴄɪᴇɴᴛɪꜰɪᴄ ᴄɪᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ. Good choices: “The Carnivore Code” by Paul Saladino, MD.  “The Carnivore Diet” by Shawn Baker, MD.

2.  ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴꜱ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ꜰᴏʀ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ɪᴛ.  For me, it was hip pain. After having surgery to both of my hips in my 30s and having significant and limiting pain years later, I was desperate for a non-prescription, non-surgical fix. When I read that joint pain was possibly the #1 improved symptom of people doing this diet, I gave up plants the very next meal.

3.  ᴄᴏɴꜱᴛᴀɴᴛʟʏ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ. As a physician, I am committed to a lifetime of learning. I continually strive to improve my ability to interpret studies and spot the ones in which the authors are looking to prove a point instead of answering a question. I also like reading books related to health and nutrition written for laypeople. 

4. ᴜꜱᴇ ᴍᴇᴀꜱᴜʀᴀʙʟᴇ ᴅᴀᴛᴀ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛꜱ ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏɴɪᴛᴏʀ ɪᴛꜱ ᴇꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛꜱ. These may include blood pressure, fasting glucose, A1C, weight, waist circumference, strength tracking, HDL, LDL particle, TG, coronary calcium score, ANA, and other autoantibody levels to name a few.

𝔸𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕪𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 ℕ𝕆𝕋:

1. Require your spouse or other household members to do it. 

2. Have an all-or-nothing approach. Yes, you can have plants if you desire because there are several ways to do a meat-based diet.

3. Neglect to learn about how to do a carnivore diet. (I can’t stress learning enough.)

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