AV mentioned something that the protein in meats double in size when cooked. The molecular structure changes when cooking meats. Or something like that, i would need to find the quote. That could be one reason why people that go raw carnivore report that it´s harder to gain weight. Another thing is carbs. Some can be slim and have an optimal weight, but gaining weight (unless they eat carbs from dairy or eggs), seems to be harder on a RAF diet. Im sure eating plenty of raw fats in combination with carbs make you gain weight. Also, you could be one type of a person that needs carbs. Don´t put yourself in the same boat as some ZC folks. Some thrive on ZC some have can develop serious health issues. Furthermore, parasites hinder gaining weight. Constipation hinders gaining weight. Once you fix these things and digestion becomes smooth and unnoticable, I think only then your body is able to use what you are eating. I used to eat a shitload of foods some years ago and instead of gaining weight I got thinner and thinner. That was because I could not assimialate the foods that I was eating. Be it the parasites/candida issues that I had or leaky gut as a result of the former. Fact was that my body could not use the huge amount of foods that I was eating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkKCVCZe474 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyTgkGPNxks helps a lot when food is stuck

What squash? I find that summer squash like zucchine is turning me down, pumpkin and butternut I like a lot. I used to think that I crave broccoli, but it turned out to be a "fake" crave. Problem with asparagus and artichokes is that they have a high fibre content. That can cause issues for some ppl, I stopped eating them. Organ meats are for sure better, allthough they contain purines which can cause problems for some people. But to eat them you need strong stomach acid and if urs is weak then some veggies can be easier on the digestion. As far as I read histamin intolerance can increase but also decrease. I used to have problems with lamb, now not anymore.

I think to reset your microbiome properly you should do what you like the most, fasting Garlic and onion indeed can cause stomach cramps, among other issues, but they also contain sulfur which for some people can be very important. Another thing is that their compounds can kill parasites, that´s the main reason why I ate it. Also onion is more gently than garlic, garlic can sometimes be an overkill. Sometimes bad things do good. I find that with bitter herbs, they can help a lot allthough they taste shitty. I do sometimes want to eat/drink spicy peppers or tabasco. Many years ago I used to drink tabasco, i was so appealed by it. Maybe because I had some parasites that I wanted to get rid of. Also, one needs to look at countries like india, where they eat a lot of spices. I am sure its beneficial for them as their hygiene standards are pretty low and parasites are definetely an issue there. So eating spicy foods and herbs counteracts that. One thing that you could try when you are bloated is to drink water with a bit of cayenne pepper in it. I found that this almost immediately helps against bloating. I am certain that this action kills parasites which are holding on to the cell walls of, lets say the intestines. So by drinking this solution they "fall off". IMO and experimentation parasites can cause bloating, among food intolerances. And to kill them a dry fast would be the most efficient.

Yes, most veggies nowaday are hybrids, but they also have their benefits.

As you said, way too many hybrid fruits and veggies out there. Many were bred to become bigger, have less seeds and contain more sugar. Apples, Bananas, Watermelon, Strawberries, some cruciferous veggies, even the bigger version of tomatoes, are all fake man-made unnatural foods. Same goes for A1 cow breeds such as Holstein/Frisian, which were created to have bigger udders to increase milk production. Chickens used to be much smaller until they got bred to look like they look today. The foods that were consumed when nature was still nature were, at last in my opinion, meats and fats, berries, herbs, maybe some nuts here and there and fungi.

Anyway, I once did some research of low anti-nutrient foods, that was when I had a lot of food intolerances and when I did my AIP diet. Personally, I would consider cucumber, summer and winter squash, carrots, artichokes, asparagus, onions, garlic and some fungi the most tolerable when you have lots of food sensitivities. Also some berries such as black and red currant, cranberries, blackberries are ok. In Rasperries the oxalate content is once reported as high then very low. Even blackberries are FODMAP. For nuts I´d say the least troublesome in terms on phytic acid and PUFAS are macadamia, allthough I have issues with them. I used to have big problems with nightshades such as tomatoes, aubergines and bell peppers, now I eat tomatoes on a daily basis. Once healed, your body can adapt to previously inflammatory foods. Same goes for meats, Pork has lectins if not cured or put in an acidic medium, lamb is high in histamines, salmon can cause other issues, aged beef and meats are high in histames. Once you healed your gut you are able to eat foods that are known to have anti-nutrients. Even Li Ching-Yuen, the guy that lived to 256 years or longer reportedly ate goji berries on a daily basis, and these are nightshades. So, once you have a strong microbiome, I think your bacteria adapts and you can eat anti-nutrient foods without issues.

that used to happen to me when I had a lot of food intolerances and when I was constipated. Once my bowels bloated up and constipation occurs, I got thinner and thinner, until food moved and I shat, then I gained weight again, in very short time frame (minutes to few hours). I think that is caused by the food being stuck in a certain region in your intestines. Since we have villi in our intestines at different places, which are there to absorb nutrients, I think once food is blocked, you are "starving" the empty regions, which results in the unability to absorb nutrients, hence you get malnourished. That issue was extremely significant when I ate a mainly plant based diet. In the morning everything was fine, but in the evening, when all that food was stuck in my bowels, I looked like these african kids with that have Kwashiorkor. Add to that a lot of alkaline water that I used to drink, with all these stupid raw salads, I had a weight difference of 10 kilos between the morning and evening. It was a disaster.

I´d say that Keto would be more accurate and doable. Def. more people know about low-carb/Keto than WAPF. The way I see it on social media is that most people go from paleo to low-carb/keto to cooked carnivore and then some raw carnivore, if they have serious health issues, as they want to feel better and better.

By now I am pretty convinced that fungus/bad bacteria/candida overgrowth and certain parasites are the root cause of our illnesses. I think that there is a constant battle between good and bad bacteria, if we were to generalize these creatures. If, for example, your immune system is strong via ingestions of let´s say ascorbic acid (vitamin c), then white blood cells are more prone to eat these invaders that cause infections that try to weaken your body. It also makes sense what you said regarding the exponential increase of "bad" fungus. For years I have tried to pinpoint the root cause of my bad behaviour and aggression when I am at home, outside of the house I had no issues, but whenever I entered the kitchen I became agitated. I have removed the mold on the walls, i have changed the cooking plate, i have changed cooking pans, i took away the oven, i have tried to clean more often. But still, for some reason, whenever I go into my kitchen I have the feeling that the parasites in my body are much more active, especially upon turning on heat via a previous existing dirty oven or a changed cooking plate. It took a lot of time to rethink this situation, but as it stands I am convinced that parasites or however you want to call them like humid, wet and especially warm environments, like heat and possibly molds and are able to aggrevate your conditions and your symptoms to a much higher degree, as if you were to live in cold enviroments. As whenever I am abroad in a colder country, my symptoms of low stomach acid aren´t as bad as where I live atm. I am certain that low stomach acid is caused by these parasites. And low stomach acid is another root cause of many diseases. If gastric acid is strong enough, then they would not be able to survive as much and reproduce to the point where its hard to get rid of them.

To get rid of these things and recreate a natural balance is challenging, when I compare myself to the past years I can say that I made huge progress, but I am still not where I am supposed to be. Certainly a raw paleo diet can help, especially a combination of a ZC diet, dry fasting to starve them, and anti-fungal/mold/parasite remedies including lots of fats or fibre to shit them out would be your best bet. I am not a fan of enemas, since I experienced that you also flush out your own bacteria to digest certain foods. I do however think that parasites, according to my own year long experiences, do not like things such as coffees, garlic and onion, cayenne peppers, carbonated water, certain herbal tincutes, ascorbic acid, certain types of alcohol and certain berries, pumpkin oil and seeds, oregano oil, among other things. I am soon experimenting with medicinal fungi, as I find the idea of fighting a fungi with another fungi very appealing. As after all, our own existance and survival might just depend on the outcome of a battle between different fungi, which after all are bacteria in the end. And bacteria is what we are made out of.

Sometimes one might question the reason of our own existence. If you think of the intelligence that fungi have, you could possibly think that these fungi rule us and take advantage over us. Mycelium is able to create huge underground networks, almost as big as whole countries, so in the end it might just be a battle of "bad" fungi that want us to die, disperse into the soil to act as food for their companions, oppose to the "good ones" that want us to exist, thrive and expand our knowledge to whatever beeings they want us to become.

Just listen to yourself. Concentrated butter oil? Does this sound like nature intended you to take this? If I were you I would throw it in the trash. I would not risk my health for that. I either stick to natural non-hybrid foods that can be found in nature, or I take things that people manufactured since mankind exists. These are herbal and fungal tinctures/extracts and naturally fermented foods. All these things can be done by yourself and do not need to be manufactured in a facility. God knows what conditions you find there.

Let me give you an example. Just today I went into a shop to check how much the acerola berry powder is. I got interested because I am currently experimenting with the positive effects of Ascorbic Acid=AA (vitamin c). And Acerola has the 2nd highest amount of any Vitamin C food. AA is so important for a weak immune system that it can even put people out of a coma https://www.medfoxpub.com/medicalnews/pr/201401081/Allan-Smith-Today/ People that eat a carnivore diet and have a good immune system do not need as much. But if you are fighting infections, parasites, have low energy, bad digestion and and and, then I think Vitamin C is what you should focus on in order to regain health. I recommend looking into the excellent work of doris loh https://www.evolutamente.it/ https://www.facebook.com/doris.loh.23 You will learn a lot of things about the importance of AA and about uric acid.

Now, the powder was around 20 Euros for a ridiculously low amount (100-200g I forgot). How do I know how much vitamin c is still in this acerola powder, how do I know how much my body can actually identify and metabolize out of this powdered thing, how do I know what chemical processes were used to manufacture this? Same as these FMCLO and other rancid oils. In the end I bought blackcurrant berries again. Just 100g have 200-300% of your DV. AA Off the charts! Yes, it has carbs but at least its not a chemically processed supplement. And it has many other benefits, especially for the eyes. That´s a real food that my body can metabolize. Not this crap that might help in the beginning, but will turn into a nightmare afterwards.

I would never touch this

well, many people don´t understand that fermented cod liver oil turns actually rancid and causes oxidative damage, unless totally fresh. He was a big proponent of that. Including Ron Schmid which died as well. There are accounts of ppl taking it for a long time that got severely ill. Should have sticked to eating real foods.

the problem with honeycomb is the method of cutting smaller pieces out of the whole piece. and for that cutting presses are used where the edges are heated so they can cut through easier. then  you cant call it raw anymore. best is to get it from a small bee keeper that cuts it by hand

Maybe your fat intake wasn´t enough or you don´t eat enough. Or the answer might be below. Maybe the ground beef became contaminated.

https://rawdiets.wordpress.com/my-experience-on-raw-meat-and-fish-diet/

Part 10. Testing The Size Of Pieces Of Meat (renewed on January 25, 2019)

This particular test was done during the spring of 2017. The test was carried out with raw, fatty ground beef I used to eat before I did the test, and with raw and fatty beef that was cut into half-inch pieces (I started to eat this type of beef after the test). I made 2 piles of meat – one was from ground meat and the other was from a cut of meat. On top of the piles, I made cavities and poured some water into them. In the pile with the cut up meat, all the water soaked in immediately. In the ground meat pile, the soaking in took up to 40 sec. In other words, raw, fatty ground meat behaves like a piece of dense, wet clay. In the stomach, fatty ground meat can delay digestion because meat and fat particles stick together into one big piece and interrupt rapid soaking of the stomach acid. Perhaps, you may try a mixture of raw, lean ground meat (which is cheaper) and raw fat cut into small pieces but I didn’t test this.

After this test, I use only whole cuts of meat or steaks if you will. Usually, I cut the meat and its fat into half inch pieces and eat the fat first. This way the feeling of satisfaction comes faster. If some pieces are difficult to chew, just swallow them as is or half chewed and they will digest really well since meat and fat don’t need to be chewed for a long time. THE NOTICEABLE CHANGES WERE: a feeling of heaviness in the stomach is much lighter after eating, meat digests faster, the bowel movements are more regular, and the desire to sleep after eating is diminished. CONCLUSION: it’s better not to ingest ground meat.

It’s interesting that the same conclusion was had by Dr. H. L. Newbold and his patients: (https://zerocarbzen.com/2015/05/04/dr-h-l-newbold-on-ground-meat/). He had an opposite explanation about the negative side effects of ground meat which is that it digests faster. …It’s possible to check precisely which explanation is more accurate but is it worth doing if the conclusion is the same (i.e. do not eat ground meat)?

I have the same point of view as you, and I also noticed that HCI, digestive enzymes and many other tables cause constipation. I also believe that parasites or however you want to call them eat your foods. Up until the carnivore diet I was focused on plant based. In the end of this way of eating I could only digest a handfull vegetables, chicken and white meat. I then switched to a cooked carnivore diet and ate in the beginning chicken, bit of beef and lamb and pork (which was still hard to digest due to low HCI) little fish (wild salmon was still a bit of an issue) eggs, with lard, goose fat and tons of dairy, raw and pasteurized. Mainly cow and goat. During and before (can´t remember now exactly). I had issues with butter for some time. I tried many remedies and anti-fungal parasite methods before carnivore, the detox was very hard, i thought I´d die. Then I said enough and did cooked carnivore for half a year and in the beginning I felt great, had huge amount of strengh and gained weight finally. I still had issues with digestion though. Looking back I think that I should have cut out the dairy, which was hard because it helped against constipation, but then it caused it. The way I see it now is that when you are constipated and eat dairy, it helps and makes you shit, but then afterwards it causes constipation again. I know it did me very well for some time, but I also think that I had a problem with my gallbladder and estrogen (dairy), as I have found out by now, should not be eaten when you have gallbladder issues. The biggest issue on cooked carnivore was my previously low HCI, so I really tried and cut out all plant foods, that includes herbs as well since many are alkaline, and they inhibit digestion of acidic animal products when you have a higher stomach PH then normal. I also read that alkaline water with all its inorganic mineral content can actually cause digestive issues, there are people which can´t even drink normal water and need to get an infusion, it can also irritate the gut.

So what could try is the following:

- to switch your water to an either acidic low mineral content mineral water, or try distilled water. I also found that sparkling water is not liked by parasites/worms, furthermore it enhances digestion as it is very acidic, which helps breaking down your foods. At the very beginning of drinking it on an empty stomach in the morning I had this sensation in my pineal gland area and I could always puke out some worms. I would not recommend drinking still water with foods. also no still water close to food time.

- I would also do a 36 hour dry fast, that should kill many of the parasites I think and continue with a zero carb carnivore approach, that should starve them even further

- EMF can have an effect too, I would try an minimize it and you can have a look at shungite, which seems to be the best stone against radiation

- I would chew the foods properly and cut it in smaller pieces beforehand, if you have low digestive abilities and eat bigger particles, your body will have a hard time breaking it down which can result in constipation. And also eat slowly, then wait until you burp internally (stomach acid is working), then take the next bite.

- I would look at your environment. I experienced that this can have a big impact. Whenever I am abroad my digestion is far better than at home, maybe because I live i a very humid environment and that can aggrevate my symptoms? i dont know.

- Doing 9 deep belly breaths before eating can relax you. It worked good for me and my digestion was better

- Stress is cortisol and thats not good for digestion, especially gallbladder as I mentioned earlier, cut the stress by doing excercises, yoga, meditation or whatever. Connect with nature, go into the forest

- your problem could also be related to your mental state, I would recommend hypnosis or a guided ayahuasca with an indigenous shaman (unless you have serious mental problems and never mix and take it urself)

- I would recommend an experienced chiropractic, sometimes organs don´t work well because of misalignments due to bad posture, traumas and what not. Chiro can fix that, especially blockages in breathing, massage is not effective enough I think.

- maybe carnivore isn´t for you, so you could try a keto approach

There is also a body electronics seminar for healing coming up in august. I consider it the most powerful healing method that exists http://rawpaleodiet.vpinf.com/healing-body-electronics.html you might be able to revert all your health issues. I can send you more details via PM (I´m not the organizer)

- have a look at your teeth, do you have amalgam? then get this shit out by somebody experienced. Sometimes bad dental work can have a huge impact on general health, silicone fillings, root canal, death teeth, amalgam, implants which mess ur your meridians...

- coffee can help against parasites, as well as spicy foods, but if you have a weak gallbladder be careful with spices, it doesn´t match. In terms of coffee I would take it easy, because it can also lower HCI. So if then cappucino with non dairy milk, or americano. sipping slowly some time after food can release constipation. Drinking it too fast causes issues. I also found that eating raw garlic (a clove) kills a lot of parasites at one go. whenever i was blocked in the evening, eating that worked instantly, but it´s tough and you will likely also kill some good gut bacteria

- I also found that drinking a small cup of homemade coconut kefir (full fat coconut milk kefir with tapioca: ratio is 1 liter full fat coconut milk to 3 teaspoons tapioca), with a teaspoon of raw honey released constipation immediately