Blood pressure

[Bowas]

Originally Posted by coksiw

I heard those good reports a lot. What do you eat beside meat? for Breakfast? for snacks?

Originally Posted by Esaias

On a strict carnivore diet, you eat meat (beef, chicken, fish, lamb, etc), as well as eggs and butter. No veggies, no fruits, no sugary drinks, no nuts, legumes, etc. Some eat organs (liver, etc). On a less strict carnivore diet, some dairy is allowed (cheese, milk, etc).

The strictest is the Lion diet, which is STRICTLY meat, salt, and water, PERIOD.

Everyone I know who goes full carnivore or even just mostly carnivore tends to eat about 1 meal a day, simply because that's all you feel you need. Hunger is satisfied a lot longer on meat (especially beef). Some people (myself included) may snack on chicken drumsticks or something once or twice a day, plus a main meal. I haven't quite gotten my eating schedule down yet, but basically I just eat when I'm hungry if there's food available.

Of course, I still haven't kicked the milk and cheese. I LOVE me some chocolate milk. But I have found all veggies and grains are completely unnecessary for me, I could just live on beef and chicken. Especially if it is cooked over burning wood. mmmmmmmmm The good Lord knew what He was doing when He commanded bbq as the main form of offerings.

What Esaias said is true.
In that the carnivore diet consists of nutrient dense foods, one doesn't eat, or even get hungry as one does in a normal high carb diet, as the body will feast of the meat, and less inclined to store it (fat) but uses it for sustenance.

I was an avid breakfast eater, but now I am not even hungry in the mornings, so I will not eat until my body (not my mind) tells me it is time to eat, then I sit down and eat A LOT!
Lots of beef, and primarily rib-eye and eggs. I do eat some liver and heart, as they are very rich in essential nutrients as well.

I am not sure how much I spent of food prior to me changing to carnivore, but I spend somewhere around $400.00 per month of food, which is only @$13.00 per day...not too bad.

The only thing I may snack on, is cheese, but I make sure I do not over-snack, which would interfere with the concept of a huge meal.

One would be surprised how long one can go with feeling hungry when the body has the proper human diet, as the unintended consequence of "intermittent fasting" becomes a normal part of ones life, and there is no sacrifice or starvation sensations to it.

If a person is addicted to snacking, that is more a mental situation that has to be dealt with, but is not too difficult if one has determined, and it passes after a couple of weeks.

[Amanah]

Im not an expert on the carnivore diet.

I eat a 75% plant based diet (no junk food) supplemented with fish and turkey. My weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, ect....are all in the normal range. (no meds)

My one question about the carnivore diet is how does it affect blood pressure? I would guess if you eat lots of high sodium meat products that it could adversely affect blood pressure.

[coksiw]

Originally Posted by Bowas

What Esaias said is true.
In that the carnivore diet consists of nutrient dense foods, one doesn't eat, or even get hungry as one does in a normal high carb diet, as the body will feast of the meat, and less inclined to store it (fat) but uses it for sustenance.

I was an avid breakfast eater, but now I am not even hungry in the mornings, so I will not eat until my body (not my mind) tells me it is time to eat, then I sit down and eat A LOT!
Lots of beef, and primarily rib-eye and eggs. I do eat some liver and heart, as they are very rich in essential nutrients as well.

I am not sure how much I spent of food prior to me changing to carnivore, but I spend somewhere around $400.00 per month of food, which is only @$13.00 per day...not too bad.

The only thing I may snack on, is cheese, but I make sure I do not over-snack, which would interfere with the concept of a huge meal.

One would be surprised how long one can go with feeling hungry when the body has the proper human diet, as the unintended consequence of "intermittent fasting" becomes a normal part of ones life, and there is no sacrifice or starvation sensations to it.

If a person is addicted to snacking, that is more a mental situation that has to be dealt with, but is not too difficult if one has determined, and it passes after a couple of weeks.

I do intermittent fasting, and it has helped a lot to lose some weight and get blood levels back on track.
I tried to go at least high protein diet before but it is hard to find things to quickly eat when you get hungry and you are working, no time to prepare things, or get messy. I get tire of eating jerky real quick .

[Bowas]

Originally Posted by coksiw

I do intermittent fasting, and it has helped a lot to lose some weight and get blood levels back on track.
I tried to go at least high protein diet before but it is hard to find things to quickly eat when you get hungry and you are working, no time to prepare things, or get messy. I get tire of eating jerky real quick .

I understand, but my experience has been, when I eat a lot of protein with a lot of fat, I do not feel the need to snack, as the body is still feasting on the high density food.

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by Esaias

... I could just live on beef and chicken. Especially if it is cooked over burning wood. mmmmmmmmm The good Lord knew what He was doing when He commanded bbq as the main form of offerings.

Originally Posted by Bowas

What Esaias said is true.

Amen! Preach it, brother! Let's get some shockamoo going on in here! Shockamoo fo' barbecue!

[diakonos]

Originally Posted by Amanah

Im not an expert on the carnivore diet.

I eat a 75% plant based diet (no junk food) supplemented with fish and turkey. My weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, ect....are all in the normal range. (no meds)

My one question about the carnivore diet is how does it affect blood pressure? I would guess if you eat lots of high sodium meat products that it could adversely affect blood pressure.

Meat products, as in processed? I think most carnivores stay away from them.

[Sparrow]

Praying for you diakonos. If I remember correctly you're a diabetic aren't you? If so caffeine is not your friend.

[Bowas]

Originally Posted by diakonos

Meat products, as in processed? I think most carnivores stay away from them.

Check out Dr. Ken Berry on YouTube. He has a lot of information on what all may be helped by this diet change.

[Nicodemus1968]

Praying for you brother. High Blood pressure isn't fun to deal with, can be scary, especially with the info that it could lead to heart attack, stroke, death etc...

I can offer what I did to deal with high blood pressure, I hope you will pray and seek the healing that you need.

First and foremost, when something like this would happen I would ask God if he is trying to get your attention. When health issues, financial, marital problems arise, alway seek if your spirit is right.

If you feel this isn't a spiritual problem and it can be remedied by changes in your health, then I will give you this advice.

As a teenager my blood pressure was 190/145, that was related to my heart problem that I had since birth. Dizziness, lightheaded, etc... was a normal thing for me to live with. God healed my heart when I got back into the church.

However, a couple years into my marriage, I went to Wal Mart and tested my blood pressure and it was 165/110. I wasn't worried about my heart defect, because the Lord settled that back when he healed me. So, I began with a test, I studied what foods can cause BP issues, and for 30 days I ate only fish and vegetables, I kept very low on sugars (no sodas) and ate unprocessed food. In one month my BP went to 120/74, no medicine, no doctors just changing my eating habits.

My job also caused a lot of stress, I began not allowing things to stress me out. The last time I was at the doctors my BP was 119/72.

I hope this can help you, be safe, don't stress out, Jesus loves you.

[diakonos]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Praying for you diakonos. If I remember correctly you're a diabetic aren't you? If so caffeine is not your friend.

Thanks you! And yes, I have T2D.