whole food? Fasted readings?
Yes to both.
Tg
It surprised me also. Maybe it's because I'm not eating enough fat and too much protein, and it's being converted into glucose. I'll try increasing my fat intake some.
Bart Kay
Seems like he's also moved off YouTube to Odysee, maybe to avoid being shadowbanned by Google.
Based on your lipids before you started this eating pattern: improved, stayed the same, gotten worse ?
I have yearly medical test records, which I have annotated. In the year prior to being diagnosed with NAFLD I tried going fully plant-based. Prior to starting carnivore, I only ate in a 8 hour window for about 15 years.
| 2025/08/25 | 2025/07/22 | 2024/08/07 | 2023/08/25 | 2022/08/30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notes | Today | Start of carnivore | Start of LCHF Keto | Start of no refined carbs, no sugars | NAFLD, start of no sugar |
| Weight, Kg | 59.1 | 63.6 | 66.9 | 76.3 | 78.2 |
| BMI | 19.4 | 20.8 | 22.1 | 25.0 | 25.6 |
| Abdominal Girth/Height | No data | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.54 |
| LDL, mg/dl | 212 | 183 | 107 | 152 | 149 |
| HDL, mg/dl | 66 | 63 | 61 | 55 | 48 |
| Triglycerides, mg/dl | 98 | 66 | 58 | 112 | 181 |
LDL has gone up progressively, but my lipids have improved in general. I'm curious about how they will look in a year on carnivore, then two years or three years down the line.
Statins, CAC
That's a good idea. I'm slightly concerned about the radiation dosage so I'll only do it if I feel like I'm at risk. I'll definitely keep it in mind. I had no intention of taking statins at all, so I declined to do so in the nicest way I could.
friend pushback
Not really, they've seen my changes physically and have asked me how I did it. I'm still not sure how far I can go and not have them feel any social pressure. I will buy a couple CGMs!
temptation
I ate pizza, then had tiramisu for dessert and drank some wine last weekend and I definitely felt like I succumbed. The temptation is very real especially when it's with people whose company I enjoy. I found myself making excuses to myself, such as "the pizza is more cheese than pizza, I'll skip the crust" and other things like that.
Bart Kay
He's my favourite of all the carnivore doctors when he's not being a shock jockey! haha
In terms of emotional wellbeing, I feel really good. I'm not sure how to put it into words, but I find myself quicker to smile, for example.
For physical wellbeing, besides the occasionally scratchy eyes in the morning (still no idea what it is but it doesn't hurt, just odd to have dry-eye in summer) I'm the best I've been as well. I feel energized and vigorous, and I have a lot of energy. I can walk up the hill to work without any fatigue, whereas just a year before I'd feel a little tired by the time I reach the top. It's a lot of little things.
Word of mouth existed long before advertising, and as for algorithmic discoverability retailers do a fine job of that already.
Reminded me of my university's stats lectures, but with the technical bits boiled down to simplified abstractions instead of 1 hour sessions with the TAs.
"It's my ccomputer" has already been mentioned, but it's my bandwidth and my home network too. Ads can stay off it.
I know that this is mentioned in videos from Low Carb Down Under by Dr Mason, among others, but for visitors just browsing the comments, I'd like to quote
the section on relative risk of colon cancer when eating processed meat:
Nevertheless, the IARC working group concluded that for every 50 grams of processed meat eaten, the relative risk of colon cancer was increased by 18% compared with those who ate the least processed meat. How does this compare with known carcinogens? The increased relative risk of lung cancer from smoking cigarettes is 1000–3000%. The increased relative risk of liver cancer from eating moldy grains contaminated with aflatoxin is about 600%. In fields outside nutrition, the usual threshold for confidence about relative risk is in the range of 200–400%. At the higher end of that range, one can be guardedly confident but “we can hardly ever be confident about estimates of less than 2.0, and when estimates are much below 2.0, we are simply out of business” (Shapiro, 2004); relative risk of 2.0 translates to an increase of 100%. So, an 18% increase equals a relative risk of 1.18, and this score falls substantially below the threshold that epidemiologists in other fields generally accept as worthy of further investigation.
Another indicator of risk is the absolute risk, as opposed to the previously mentioned relative risk. The relative risk is a ratio of the disease rate in the group exposed to the highest amount divided by the rate in the group exposed to the lowest amount but this risk ratio does not reflect the absolute risk of a disease. The lifetime absolute risk of colon cancer in vegetarians is 4.5 out of 100; in people eating 50 grams of processed meat every day for a lifetime, the risk is 5.3 out of 100. These numbers are not statistically distinguishable in epidemiological studies.
Emphasis mine.
How often do you go?
I like my phone too much to risk it in a hot sauna.
LiPO batteries don't like high temperatures and it will likely degrade their charging capacity, so that's very wise imho!
I really should start going to the sauna, it sounds really relaxing and the benefits sound great too.
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
The association is funded by a number of food multinationals, pharmaceutical companies, and food industry lobbying groups, such as the National Confectioners Association. The Academy has faced controversy regarding corporate influence and its relationship with the food industry and funding from corporate groups such as McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Mars, and others.
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During fiscal year 2015, the organisation received $1.1 million in corporate sponsorship's from companies like General Mills, Coca-Cola and Pepsi Co via donations, joint initiatives, and programs.
Emphasis mine. As always, it's important to view all organizations in the context of their relationship with other larger and more influential organizations.
If there's a game that ever needed stringent anticheat, it's Battlefield.
Forgot to address fasting insulin. I can't get that test here from my medical checkup provider, for some reason, I'll have to ask my GP for it.