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Day 12 Press Up Challenge | Diet & Bone Health

25/11/2020

Today I present a study showing the link between the consumption of animal protein and bone health. https://bit.ly/33bj2Ll

Contrary to public belief, it is animal protein that is important for bone health, and not just calcium. The bone is made up mainly of protein with calcium and other minerals to make it stronger.

Meat, including fish, is the best source of protein on the planet and have long been our natural ancestral diet.

Besides keeping your bones healthy, meat is satisfying and keeps you satiated longer, which means you don't have to snack in between meals.

Eat real food.
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Boost your Immune system.

More information can be found in Dr Ken Berry's video: https://youtu.be/r1K47u_QV2o

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The Carnivore Diet

1/3/2020

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It’s been nearly 6 months being on a Ketogenic Diet and I feel great. I eat one meal a day most of the time. I have done a 48-hour fast recently just before a blood test for my cholesterol follow-up appointment, which should be coming up shortly. I don’t expect there would be a significant change in the HDL & LDL numbers, but I am expecting the Triglycerides to be lower. I have found that my blood sugar is affected by ‘The Dawn Phenomenon’, where it is higher in the morning. I now test my blood glucose in the late afternoon/evening and it’s usually just about 5 mmol/l. Blood Ketones are around 1 - 1.5 mmol/l.

I’ve now decided to transition to the Carnivore Diet where I will just eat meat and some dairy (I do like cheese) and drink lots of water and black coffee & herbal tea. I’ve been studying this diet for the past month and have tried it a number of times in the past 2 weeks. Now that I have cleared my fridge out of the vegetables I used to eat, I’m ready to start the 30-Day Carnivore Diet Challenge.

This is where I got my information from:
https://meat.health/knowledge-base/what-is-the-carnivore-diet/

Then I went on to my favourite Education TV Channel, YouTube and found more resources and joined some Carnivore groups on Facebook for more information.

These days I hardly eat carbs. My carb intake is very likely to be below 20 grams per day. I’ve got to the stage now that I don’t fancy eating them nor do I fancy them. I find that I now prefer savoury foods over sweet foods and I cannot believe that I don’t miss chocolates, considering that I was chocoholic once upon a time needing to eat chocolate daily!

My weight has remained at 52.4 kg for over 3 months despite the amount of fat I eat. I do enjoy belly of pork.

In the beginning, while my body was adapting to the Keto way, I did experience mild constipation. However, I seem to have got over that. I have found that I don’t go daily like I used to because it isn’t necessary. What is passed out is a lot smaller in size and quantity. This got me thinking about my dogs when I had them. They were on a natural raw meat diet and had hardly any carbs other than the small amount of treats. Their ‘poos’ were a lot smaller and they looked a lot healthier than those of other dogs. I think the idea that one should eat more fibre is inaccurate as fibre only adds more traffic to the queue. I believe that eliminating carbs and fibre can only help the excretion of waste in the body.

In the past couple of weeks trialling out the carnivore diet a few days a week, I found that constipation was not an issue for me. OK, I did not go daily, but when I did, I did not strain and there wasn’t much to be excreted. I believe that being on a carnivore diet creates less waste product. So I’ll see how I get on this month. Some of the meals I had when I trialled the Carnivore way were:
• 1 piece of belly pork cut up into small cubes and fried. Then I would fry a 350 g piece of steak in the oil. Season it with salt and pepper.
• 1 piece of 300 g salmon fried in the fat from the belly pork.
• 1 pack of 250 g minced beef and a couple of fried eggs fried in the belly pork fat.
• I also made a chicken liver pate. I bought a pack of chicken livers that was going cheap, cooked it in the belly pork fat, blended it with heavy cream. It was very filling - I couldn’t eat it all in 1 go though.

Some of the benefits of doing the carnivore diet for me are:
• Convenience: Since I eat once a day, I only to cook once and just 1 or 2 items of food.
• Time-saving: I can skip 90% of the aisles in the supermarket, just focusing on the meat & dairy aisles.
• Health: I believe this is a healthy way for me. I feel good. My energy level is high. My body is lean. My muscles are intact.
• Cost: I’m not wasting money on buying ‘rubbish’ foods.

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Day 12 Press Up Challenge | Diet & Bone Health

The Carnivore Diet

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