This might be one of the most important videos/books about the mechanisms by which seed oils cause metabolic harm to humans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQtpLaDxRFE

It's putting together the pieces of a puzzle that I've been noodling over the last few months since I decided to gain health (I'm not sure I was ever healthy, in all honesty) which led to the decision to phase in to mostly carnivore eating until I hit my goal weight (and then transition to ho-made whole foods).

I highly recommend listening to this if you're at all concerned about seed oils and metabolic health.

#seedoil #seedoils #diabeetus #diabetes #fat #health #wellness #carnivore  #eating #foodstr #healthyeating #healthy


Ken Berry is a legend. Good luck on your journey.


Thank you.

I'm down over 40lbs (~18kg)since December.


Wow! Congrats. Losing that much weight takes some serious effort. 👏👍


Well...

No. It hasn't. I mostly just stopped eating sugar/carbs/seed oils and have been trying to walk more. That's is. Granted, I was very morbidly obese, so, it is coming off pretty easily right now, with a few hiccups here and there.


Well done ser, keep walking


Do you drink?


Stay humble and stack sats 🫡


Water and tea.

I don't have alcohol often, usually less than one per month, and in fact I think it's been neat 2 months since I last had any alcohol.


I will. Thank you.


NICE.


You’re doing exactly what you need to 🫡


Naw. Not exactly. I really do need to lift, but... I'm lazy and walking works for me so far.


I was referring to alcohol. And wow! 2 months?! Quite the stretch. I don't drink beer often, but a glass or two of whisky isn't bad on the weekend.


Lifting is a plus but not necessary. Humans past didn’t lift weights, they just did functional exercise and ate properly.


I didn't start lifting until after I was deployed. Healthy hobby to hold on to though.


It’s a great hobby 💪


Give yourself some credit.

Just show up and the workout does itself.  Nobody ever gets to the gym and turns around and goes home.

Once you tie your shoes the battle is halfway over.


I'm never spending money to go to a gym ever again. 🤷♂


True. And for me, the eating part is usually the hardest.


Yup. I like whiskey and dark rum. I just don't drink much of it.


😑... although, it's not as if I had a huge list of hobbies to choose from.


I drink fairly heavily on special occasions and never regret it. Alcohol has been a part of some of the best times in my life.


I think eating properly is at least 75% of the battle.


Yup. I don't care as long as it doesn't become a problem.


What are some of your other favorite hobbies?


Yeah. Especially avoiding seed oils. Geez, they are so bad.


Playing chess with my daughter, cooking, gardening, bothering normies with financial and economic education even though they always attempt to get me to piss off. 🤷♂


It’s insane how toxic and harmful they really are. I had no concept of what a seed oil even was until just a few years ago, and I dig HARD on nutrition. Sad to see everyone consuming them almost every time they eat.


Yup. I'm pretty sure that ditching seed oils is why I'm feeling better and loosing fat so quickly.


Although, there has been an interesting phenomenon occurring recently; as much as they still hate listening to me, they do seem more willing to lately. Pretty bloody obvious as to why. 🙄


For sure grains and refined sugar too.


I'm not going to agree on grains.

I'm convinced it's the glyphosphate on the grains that's the issue. People have been eating grains for millenia without issue. Pesticides are destroying our gut biome, leading to the issues that nearly all of us have with digestion.

Sugar?

Yes. 100%.


Wholesome life is the best life. This I’m sure of.


I’ve thankfully gotten most of my real friends and both my siblings to self custody a good amount of Bitcoin (for normies) and I can’t describe the sense of subconscious relief it’s given me.


Humans are carnivores and grains are not a species appropriate food. Grains trigger an acute insulin response and this is objectively bad for the human organism.

Diseases like cancer and obesity became prevalent in line with the agricultural revolution. Millenia is not in line with the age of our species nor the ability to adequately adapt.


All of my close cousins and a few of my best mates are hodlers. Been so for years. If ya ever tryin' to orange pill someone, explain and demonstrate how the LN operates. That seems to be far more effective than explaining the blockchain 🙄😮💨.


I typically wait until they complain about inflation or banking and use the  opportunity to elegantly splice in how Bitcoin fixes that.


I think I'd agree that grains aren't the best foods, but... Things have gotten a lot worse since large scale industrial monocropping became the norm.


I agree completely. I think of the three (seed oils, sugar, grains) grains are by far the least harmful. Especially untainted whole grains. But they are a suboptimal food for humans even still.

Glad you’re doing well. 🫡👑


Insulin plays an important role in building muscle among other things. Being physiologically insulin resistant (carnivores) is not an advantage. I had argue it makes you less resilient.

A carnivore diet is a useful tool for people with autoimmune issue and obesity. It’s best viewed as an effective medical intervention.


This might be one of the most important videos/books about the mechanisms by which seed oils cause metabolic harm to humans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQtpLaDxRFE

It's putting together the pieces of a puzzle that I've been noodling over the last few months since I decided to gain health (I'm not sure I was ever healthy, in all honesty) which led to the decision to phase in to mostly carnivore eating until I hit my goal weight (and then transition to ho-made whole foods).

I highly recommend listening to this if you're at all concerned about seed oils and metabolic health.

#seedoil #seedoils #diabeetus #diabetes #fat #health #wellness #carnivore  #eating #foodstr #healthyeating #healthy


Carnivores are insulin sensitive not resistant. Your body when optimally fed (fatty ruminant meat) produces the correct hormones in the correct amount - of which insulin is one.

Humans do not need to add a harmful, species inappropriate food to spike insulin, it’s just produced in the correct amount if you’re eating right.

Humans are not adapted to tolerate exogenous daily insulin spikes. It’s not necessary or beneficial to do this.


From your point of view, I can definitely set why you say that grains are suboptimal. In context, they are better than starving, and certainly weren't preferred.
Thank you! I'm definitely better off that I have been, and being lighter is definitely a benefit for pretty much everything.


I am viewing eating mostly carnivore as an intervention. I don't plan to stay that way for longer than it takes to hit my goal weight and to also use to learn about how my body reacts to different things I eat, as that was impossible before, and now I'm starting to get real feedback that certain things lead to certain effects and with all the junk I had been eating, the noise drowned out the signal.


I think this tracks better with what I've learned about insulin over the years.


In the absence of carbohydrates they are insulin sensitive, but I said physiologically insulin resistant, meaning they likely won’t pass a glucose tolerance test. I’d argue that it’s better to be insulin sensitive at all times and not just when eating certain foods.

On the “correct amount of hormones” many men doing a carnivore diet experience a decline in testosterone levels and some even have worse sleep (too much cortisol?). Many try to explain it away, but that has the same vibes as vegans telling ex-vegans that they didn’t do it right.

Humans are unquestionably omnivores, and many of us are quite resilient and can thrive on many different diets. Some are less resilient and have to stick to only eating meat, but to say humans didn’t eat fruits and other carbohydrate containing foods, specially those living close to the equator, is just false.

Insulin spikes are not inherently dangerous. As long as one is insulin sensitive they can be beneficial for nutrient delivery, and insulin itself is anabolic (muscle growth) which is beneficial for obvious reasons.


https://youtu.be/yehlJ8IH0Po?si=FTSO3r-6eniahxjF

https://youtu.be/C-WUb3mJEso?si=3AzHqIRMQcr7dyOU

https://youtu.be/j1cqNDDG4aA?si=H4rBypmaW4V6t6W7


I’ve listened to him and the rest of the carnivore gang. Was deep in the health rabbit hole between 2013-2020

Yep, the carnivore diet is a great tool/medical intervention to fix an array of ailments

What I’m saying is that not everyone is broken


It’s the optimal dietary path. You’re wrong on some things in your previous reply but I don’t have to explain it, Chaffee does a great though. Best of luck.


I think you’re blinded by the cult. No shame, I was too at one point.

Optimal for what?

Weight loss? Sure
Athletic Performance? Probably not
Fertility? Questionable
Muscle growth? No
Addressing autoimmunity? Yes

It’s all good, at end of the day what matters is ones N=1. People know what works best for them


I also have some issues with assumptions that carnivore is best for what ails women as a direct corollary that it's best/more gooder for men (long term or life long).

I don't think that it can be easily disputed that some modern humans are so screwed up that eating only ruminant meat is the only way that they can survive in a way that doesn't cause their bodies to try to moidalate (yes, that's a VERY technical term 😁) their own body every time they try to introduce plants into their diet.


No, I just accept the most credible evidence.

But for me (n=1) since I cut out all modern foods and simply subsist off fatty ruminant meat I’ve: gained muscle, lost fat, hit PRs in every lift in the gym while not working out as often, I objectively heal faster, my “itis” have vanished, low-grade nerve pain also resolved, my silent reflux is gone, my dandruff has been reduced by 90%, my skin is flawless, I can go all day without eating and put in extreme effort while doing so, and my sleep has improved to a point where it is perfect - fall asleep every night in a few minutes and wake up 7.5 hours later no alarm like clockwork.

Being a sugar / carb / vegetable clown (who still ate meat) in my previous life had lead to all those health problems. Eating optimally relieved all of them over the course of a couple years. Remarkable.


How long have you been carnivore?


I powered through it, for the sake of the info. That lady is hard to listen to.


Really?

I didn't have much issue listening to her ABC her info is really fascinating.


+1 for Ken Berry.


Just under 2 years. I was low carb but still making smoothies daily. Finally cut them out a couple years ago and experienced a big difference.


Dang! Go you!