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In today’s episode we're exploring the Carnivore Diet, a radical elimination protocol that strips nutrition down to its evolutionary roots.
We dive into the science of why "healthy" plants use chemical warfare - like lectins and oxalates - to trigger inflammation and damage your gut lining.
Discover how returning to animal-based foods can lift brain fog, spark radical weight loss, and resolve chronic autoimmune issues.
We also debunk the fiber paradox and explain why meat provides the most bioavailable nutrients your body needs to thrive.
References:
[1] Foodnourish.net - Carnivore Diet 101: Benefits, Meal Plan & How To Start (2025 Guide) - https://foodnourish.net/carnivore-diet/
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Welcome to another video of Food Nourish
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Deep Dives, the video cast of
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foodnourish.net where we explore topics
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like health, food, supplements, and
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alternative approaches to health and
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wellness. Today we are tackling a really
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controversial one, a protocol that
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pretty much flips the script on
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everything we've been told about healthy
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eating, the carnivore diet. So, let's
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just get right into it. You've done
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everything you were told to do, right?
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You're buying the organic kale. You're
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eating the quinoa. You're following all
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the conventional wisdom, but you still
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feel well, just not great. Maybe you're
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dealing with some nagging health issues,
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that constant brain fog, or maybe some
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weight that just refuses to budge. If
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that sounds familiar, then this is for
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you. We're going to explore a pretty
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radical idea. What if the problem isn't
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what you're missing from your diet, but
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what's already in it? And that brings us
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to this really provocative thought. What
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if some of those so-called healthy plant
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foods are actually the source of the
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problem? We're going to dig into the
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idea that for some people, the real path
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to feeling better isn't about adding
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another superfood smoothie, but about
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strategically taking things away. So,
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what exactly is the carnivore diet?
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Well, at its core, it's an elimination
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protocol. The goal is super simple.
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Remove every single potential dietary
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irritant. And we're not just talking low
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carb here. We're talking zero carb. The
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whole idea is to get back to an
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evolutionary baseline, eating only
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animal products to give your body a
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chance to heal and just reset. And
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believe me, when we say elimination, we
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really mean it. Everything from
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vegetables and fruits to greens and
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those inflammatory seed oils, it's all
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off the table. The goal here is to
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create a totally clean slate, a really
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simple nutritional environment where
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your body can finally stop fighting off
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all these potential irritants and just
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focus on healing.
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But why? Why would anyone possibly adopt
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such a restrictive approach? Well, the
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reasoning is actually rooted in science
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and our own evolution. You see, it's
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about more than just what you're eating
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today. It's about what our biology may
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have been designed for over millions of
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years. This timeline really puts our
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entire dietary history into perspective.
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For about 2 million years, human biology
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was shaped by a diet of energy dense
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animal foods. Agriculture and all the
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plants that came with it, that's only
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about 10,000 years old. That's a tiny
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tiny blip in our evolutionary history.
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And this leads to something called the
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evolutionary mismatch theory. The idea
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that our stone age bodies just haven't
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had enough time to adapt to our modern
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plantheavy diet. Think about it. Plants
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can't run away. They can't fight back.
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So they developed their own chemical
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defenses, what we call anti-nutrients.
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Lectins, for example, can mess with your
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gut lining. Oxalates, which you find in
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superfoods like spinach, can form these
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sharp little crystals that lead to
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kidney stones or joint pain. And then
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there's phates, which can literally
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block your body from absorbing key
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minerals like iron and zinc. When you
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eliminate plants, you eliminate all of
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these. But wait a minute, what about
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fiber? We're always told we need fiber
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for a healthy gut. Well, this diet
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brings up a fascinating paradox. For
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people with conditions like IBS or SIBO,
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fiber can actually make symptoms like
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bloating and pain worse by feeding the
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wrong kinds of bacteria. So, by cutting
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out fiber completely, you might be
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giving your gut a chance to rest and
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repair. Yeah, your gut bacteria will
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change to adapt to an allmeat diet, but
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the real question is, does that new
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microbiome work better for your body?
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and risks, just a quick heads up for
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link right there in the discussion. All
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right, so we've covered the why. Let's
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get to the what. What do people actually
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experience when they do this? We're
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going to cover both the powerful
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benefits people report and, of course,
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the major controversies you've probably
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heard about. I mean, the anecdotal
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reports are just wild. People
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consistently talk about this radical
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weight loss. And not from counting
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calories, but from their appetite just
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naturally regulating itself. So many
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people experience that chronic brain fog
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finally lifting. And maybe the most
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significant thing, there are countless
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stories of inflammation dropping and
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even full remission from autoimmune
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conditions. And let's not forget the
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mental relief, the pure simplicity of
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just eating meat and not having to think
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about it. This quote from Dr. Georgia
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Eid, who's a Harvard trained
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psychiatrist, really nails the mental
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clarity claim. Our brains are literally
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built from fat and cholesterol. So, the
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argument here is that by giving your
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brain an abundance of these raw
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materials in their most bioavailable
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form, you're providing it with exactly
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what it needs to fire on all cylinders.
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Okay, this is the big one, the elephant
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in the room. You're eating nothing but
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meat, eggs, and butter. So, what in the
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world happens to your cholesterol? This
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is a huge valid concern for a lot of
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people and their doctors. So, it's
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absolutely crucial that we tackle this
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head-on and look at the nuances. So, the
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key thing to get is that not all LDL
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cholesterol is the same. There's a huge
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difference between the small dense LDL
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particles that are linked to risk and
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the large fluffy particles. It turns out
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that high-fat zero carb diets often
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increase the large fluffy kind while
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also lowering triglycerides and raising
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your HDL. And that's a pattern many
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experts now believe is associated with
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lower cardiovascular risk, not higher.
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This diet also kind of turns other
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common fears on their head. You've heard
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about scurvy. Well, fresh meat actually
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contains vitamin C. And without carbs
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competing for it, your body's need for
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it drops way down. Concerned about, you
5:45
know, constipation. For a lot of people,
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removing all that fermentable fiber is
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the very thing that finally resolves
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issues like bloating. So, you've heard
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the theory, you've heard the potential
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benefits, and you've heard the counter
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arguments. If you're curious, how would
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you actually try this? Well, this last
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section is a practical guide to running
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your very own 30-day self-experiment.
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Okay, here's your road map. For the
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strictest version, the real elimination
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protocol, you want to stick to tier one.
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Ruminant meats like beef and lamb plus
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salt and water. That's it. That's the
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foundation. From there, you could
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consider foods in tier 2. But things
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like dairy and tier 4, that's in the
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gray area. You want to avoid that
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completely for the first 30 days and
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then maybe reintroduce it carefully to
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see how your body actually reacts. Let's
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walk through that first month. Look,
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week one can be tough. This is the
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adaptation phase, what people call the
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keto flu. Managing your electrolytes
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here is everything. By week two, your
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hunger signals really start to
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normalize. Week three is often when that
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stable energy and mental clarity really
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kick in. And by week four, you set a
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whole new baseline and you can truly
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honestly assess how you feel.
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Now, let's talk about the two biggest
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mistakes people make because they're
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really important. First, not eating
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enough fat. Your body needs fat for fuel
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now, so lean meats just aren't going to
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cut it. Second, not getting enough
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electrolytes, especially salt, during
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that adaptation phase. Getting these two
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things right is the key to avoiding most
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of the bad side effects. And this brings
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us to what is maybe the most important
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concept in all of this, N of one. You
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see, in scientific research, N is the
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sample size, and N of one means the
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experiment has only one subject, you.
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And because this is your experiment, the
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carnivore diet isn't a religion. It is
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not a universal prescription. It's best
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to think of it as a powerful diagnostic
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tool. You use it for 30, 60, maybe 90
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days to establish a baseline for how
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good you can feel. And from there, you
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can start to discover what foods truly
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work for your unique biology. Because
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ultimately no study, no expert, no video
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can give you the final answer. The only
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way to really know is to listen to your
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own body. This whole protocol is about
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creating the quiet space you need to
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finally hear what it might have been
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trying to tell you all along. So after
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30 days of this elimination experiment,
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what will you discover? Thanks for
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sticking with us. If this deep dive
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sparked your curiosity, I really
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recommend checking out the source
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