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I searched Poal already and found a bit of info on this but not much. I've watched a ton of videos lately and I'm pretty sold on giving it a shot.

Any Poalers have any experience with the Carnivore diet? 98% of the videos and comments I have seen are positive and if their claims are accurate I think it could be a good decision.

I searched Poal already and found a bit of info on this but not much. I've watched a ton of videos lately and I'm pretty sold on giving it a shot. Any Poalers have any experience with the Carnivore diet? 98% of the videos and comments I have seen are positive and if their claims are accurate I think it could be a good decision.

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Stick with it, they say it goes away.

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It hasn't been terrible. My diet was already pretty low in carbs and high in fat and protein.

Cutting out the last 10% of carbs is hard though, they can hide in unexpected places. I was using a protein powder that was whey concentrate instead of whey isolate, ton of carbs. I'm giving up the Greek yogurt too.

I do not know, but have heard, that the true benefits of the diet are best felt when you actually go full carnivore, with no dairy, or even seasoning, other than salt. I don't know if I will go that far, but I might try it for a little.

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I thought anything from animals was fair game? milk, cheese, eggs, butter?

And I also thought seasonings were okay? I use Montreal a lot and I checked it today and it has zero carbs or sugars so I figured it would be good still.

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I would recommend cutting everything beside red meat, water and salt to create a baseline then you can experiment adding stuff but then you know exactly what it was that made a difference.

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I have heard that cutting out all plant matter and dairy, which includes butter, milk, pepper, and hot sauce, is the version of the diet that offers the most benefit. I don't know if this, purist, version of the diet could be worth it; I really like hot sauce, pepper, and cheese. I think I might try to go that far for a month, just to see if it is actually better. I will let you know if I get that far.

But I don't think milk is fair game in any version of the diet. Milk has a surprisingly large amount of carbs and sugars, all in lactose. Cream is pretty bad too. Eggs are always recommended, and people disagree on cheese and butter.

The hardest of the hardcore recommend eliminating plant based spice, which is everything except salt. I can imagine eliminating pepper from your diet does that much, but who knows. I will let you know if I get this far.