@LauraSpath The 'rabbit hole' of channels I've watched (and many I've now I subbed) has become so deep, sensationalized, and unquestionably off base. I succumbed to some recipe ideas that knocked me off my path. THIS video and the 'back-to-basics' message is exactly what I needed to hear on this day and in this exact moment. Thank you for sharing!!!

Can this diet be good for those of us who want to GAIN weight and muscle? I've been vegan/veg for decades and want to be stronger and more alert -- how can I modify this diet for weight gain?

Hi @lauraspath-I'm seriously considering starting on this journey and I have appreciated your down to earth style and "learn as you go". There is so much content out there about this, which can be overwhelming, as you know. I am not necessarily wanting to lose a bunch of weight, but I am not a healthy, lean person either. I would say hormonal/endocrine issues are my biggest areas of concern (postmenopause). I could use some direction as to where or who I start with so I don't go off the information rails. Thank you so much! Loving your channel!

I am doing the same thing. It's one thing to say use LMNT but another to do a 5 minute commercial. I pay for premium to get rid of commercials. Laura and Chris have been my go-to from the beginning.

@@pastortodd1964two seconds after I read and liked your comment she whipped out the LMNT pkt and I’m fast forwarding it right now. You couldn’t pay me to use LMNT just because of the overkill ads and nagging! If I want nagging I’ll call my mother!

Agrees. Unsubscribed from many this week.

Well said 👏 I totally agree

So many have turned into LMNT commercials 🙄

So sorry for your loss of your daughter.

I am so sorry for your loss. I completely relate to using food to numb the grief. ❤️❤️ I am glad you are ready to start to heal your body by making these changes. One day at a time. ❤️

So very sorry about your daughter😢. Well done you for taking care of yourself and addressing your health. Good luck. X

Sending hugs, losing a child is horrible. ❤

Laura's group is so great. She also does a podcast Cutting Against the Grain that is great to listen to. It's a great journey but it's a journey...it might take time but support is here to get us all through

Amen to that. I’m the only carnivore in my house; my wife and 2 girls are not. I used to eat all the leftovers, but now I don’t. So now we throw out lots of perfectly good food (including things like those tortilla chips).

Do you mean whole real onions and garlic cloves? I wonder what mushrooms will do?

@@rolandgadue4351 This is exactly what I'd like to know too.

@@rolandgadue4351 I hope all 3 but I doubt mushrooms. I want to make a turkey/beef meatloaf with mushrooms & onions in it for the first time. I don't know what I'm doing yet

Someone please reply... Are uric acid stones a concern on carnivore??

Yet I can't figure out why she doesn't have over a million subscribers because her channel is that good and informative. Plus, she and Chris did the work to achieve the weight loss most only dream of. And in so doing, regained their health. They put in the hard work and deserve the compensation. I'm so thankful for them and am in awe of their accomplishments.

I found someone who drinks Zevia! I love that, but will have to give up drinking one most every day. I had stopped drinking it completely for quite awhile and then got back on the train. Once in awhile is a good goal ! 🙌

Don’t let them take your gall bladder. You will regret it.

Hope you get well soon, my wife and I are about to start carnivore as well.

​@@justinwells8265what happens if they take gallbladder? I ask because drs took mine 13 years ago, I had a 3/4 inch stone blocking mine

​@@justinwells8265omg this is my biggest regret 😢

@@justinwells8265 unfortunately it was taken out three years ago. It was making my other organs sick and I was jaundice.

I have severe psoriasis, the number one thing that helped me and enabled me to come off psoriasis medication was giving up dairy. How’s the carnivore going fro you?

Did you stick with it or have you switched to something else?

@@AprilJoi5 I stuck with it for about 2 months! My psoriasis improved significantly, overall I felt much better. Woke up earlier, much more energy. I’ve fallen off the diet but am planning to start back up on new years.

​@@cassinicole537switch it up... You can have bacon, sausages.... Just look at the ingredients. It's "dirty carnivore" but it keeps you from sliding back to Standard American Diet.

You went through what is called “keto/carnivore flu”. It’s very common. Lara addresses it here on her channel…search in the Playlist. Can Google it and find lots of info too.

That is exactly what I hoped it would be, a nice intro or a way to get someone curious about Carnivore and not think we are all crazies! haha

@@LauraSpath I think you did just that!

So why are you trying to lose weight when you’re not overweight…sounds like disordered eating

Cow's milk is higher in lactose sugar, which is what so many people can't digest, and I think it's higher in inflammatory casein protein as well. I don't get GI upset from cow's milk, but it bloats me if I have too much. When I buy cheese, I try to get sheep or goat milk kinds. That helps.

I am losing lose and easy; 3 to 5 lbs a month; so far 26 lbs in 3 months I'll take that; when it stalls I figure my body is adjusting.

My family said same thing to me!! 😂 I feel wayy now energetic and happier 2 months later 😊

Me too. Great way to day it… mental…. I’ve heard so much from vegetarians & vegans that It’s hard to unlearn

I made that today for some quick lunches the next couple days!

I bought not just one, but TWO rotisserie chickens planning to eat one half a chicken, then pull the meat off and freeze half of what I pulled and make Laura's chicken salad with the other half. Unbelievably, I ate the initial meal then never followed through and it ended in the trash with no chicken salad. I felt so defeated and like such a failure to be throwing away all that money and all that nutrition! I'm trying again next week, but just doing one chicken. Baby steps. I'm determined to make that deliciousness!

I love the recipe but my favorite way is to make it a loaded egg salad 🤤 it’s so good if you are eating eggs… I don’t use chicken just a bunch of hard boiled eggs. SO STINKING YUMMY!

I started making that for my go to if I feel like snacking or even for lunch when I eat; that was a great tip.

@@Lucinda_Jackson you could have frozen the other half if you had do not feel like it at the time.

That's true, but it's important to keep in mind that many who come here are actually ketovore and that Laura welcomes them. I happen to be one. I am mostly carnivore, but do eat small amounts of plants a few times a week - onions, garlic, tomatoes/tomato sauce and the occasional red pepper for me. And I do use avocado, olive and coconut oils because I don't use enough for them to affect me and, frankly, it's more cost effective than animal fats. I'd rather spend my money on prime or pasture-raised, organic meats, poultry and eggs than tallow, lard, duck fat, etc. Oh, and I use the occasional natural sweetener. I'm just tired of those who find superiority in slavishly eating only beef, butter, salt and water and who judge others who are a little less strict and are ketovore. I don't feel any more special (more blessed, perhaps) because I'm able to include small amounts of things here and there, as flavoring. I'd just appreciate the same attitude in return. That's actually Laura's message.

@Lucinda_Jackson I'm not talking about superiority. In fact, I specifically said it's not about judgment, but about accuracy and clarity. That's great that you're doing well on a ketovore diet and that Laura is helping you. Make no mistake, though, about your experience equating with the experience of those who choose to include no plant foods in their diet. It doesn't. Nor are you able to say that the plant foods you're eating "don't affect me." Of course they affect you in some way. The effects may not be negative, which is good, but to say they have no effect at all is plainly wrong. Everything we put in our mouths "affects us." Again, I'm not arguing that Laura isn't helping people. What I'm saying is that anyone who purports to be an authority on "the carnivore diet" needs to be practicing it, which, as Laura herself stated in the video, is a diet that excludes all plant foods.

So true everyone has to do what is right for themselves; I know I try to stick to primarily carnivore but if I want I may add a veggie or sometimes I will eat a piece of fruit ( peaches are in season) however I don't do this everyday; it keeps me sane and not restrictive which means it will keep me on track.

Girl…go and enjoy an incredible vacation! Just make good choices! Bon voyage 🛫

Just do the best you can. Ask lots of questions about how things are prepared. Sauces in particular - they can tend toward sugary. You may find yourself eating a lot of seafood (which is carnivore) and asking it for it to simply be grilled and served with melted butter. Or do some reading on Vietnamese dishes and order ones you've pre-determined are acceptable to you or find a sauce preparation or two you find acceptable and order plain grilled or baked meats, poultry or seafood and a dish of one of those acceptable sauces on the side. Decide where you might be willing to budge a bit and where you're holding strong. Watch Laura's last video (or was it the one before that?) where she talked at length about "the one non-negotiable thing". For her it's sugar. It's basically sugar for me, too. A small amount in dairy or in a bit of onion, garlic or tomato for flavor is fine for me, but no more than that. And starches = sugars, so I'm very vigilant about those since they don't really serve me in any way and I keep those at pretty much zero. Before you go, figure out what YOUR "non-negotiable thing" is and at least stick to that and you can stay positive even if you can't stay perfectly carnivore.

@johnlewis She actually has quite a few, search thru past videos, tho I believe there mostly w/ women (if that matters to you) 😊

@@sherin.6677 thx mate I'll definitely be checking them out 👍

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