Get rid of the fruit, fiber, and honey. Actually, I really want to tell you to get rid of plant foods all together. I know that olive oil and coconut oil are touted as having these miraculous healing powers, but I never got any benefit from them.

Fiber is actually bad for you. It makes food move too quickly through the intestines and keeps you from absorbing nutrients. It's also very irritating to your intestines, making your situation worse. We have been taught by the main stream medical community to eat lots of fiber and have lots bowel movements. This is wrong.

When I started just eating meat/fat, fish, eggs, I stopped having bowel movements every day. Sometimes I go more than two days. It's totally fine. Your body is absorbing all the nutrients, and you simply have less waste because you're not eating all that plant stuff.

Coconut oil has the same effect on me. When I eat it, it's like my body wants to get rid of it as quickly as possible. I just don't think it's good. Some may disagree with me on here about that.

Those yams are definitely not good for you, or anyone with IBS issues. I would cut those out as soon as possible. I know it's hard to get used to eating raw ground meat alone at first. Maybe try egg yokes? I use to make pico de gallo and mix it with my meat, but I don't need it anymore. It was good though because the plant foods in that are still really low-carb, so they didn't give me problems that I could tell.

I am leaning towards the idea that my IBD (Ulcerative Colitis) was caused by Candida, so any carbohydrates at all were not good for me in the long run. I don't know if that's the case with you but I would definitely try to give up carbohydrates as much as you can.

So, quite simply stick to meat, fat, fish, and eggs as much as you can. These are the most nutrient-dense foods and are really all you need. 

Hey Tyler,

What started to happen to you where you needed to reincorporate carbs/plant foods into your diet? I'm just wondering because I feel my best when I'm strictly eating meat/fat/organs, but I haven't been at it for very long yet. I was trying to find the answer in your old posts, but you've been here forever and it's hard to find.

Thanks,

Rob

I went with a gradual approach as well, with a lot of cheats, trials, and errors along the way. Anyway, I just want to give you a few cheat meals that I used when I just didn't want a raw meat meal.

Cooked bacon. Who doesn't love bacon? I would actually just cook up a whole package of nitrate-free bacon and eat that as my meal.

Scrambled eggs with Tabasco.

Fried chicken thighs or wings in coconut or olive oil. (not breaded obviously)

Seared or very rare cuts of red meat.

For me, it was more important to avoid carbs than to eat all my meat raw. If I ate a significant amount of carbs, my Ulcerative Colitis would creep back upon me. That was quite the motivational factor right there.

Also, if humans had stuck to RPD in the first place, the world wouldn't be like this. (population, corporations, etc.) So, it's kind of pointless to talk about.

I know, it's a very frustrating/funny word because the very mention of it automatically dismisses the theory that you are talking about, even though the actual definition of it is objective.

Whenever it was brought up in my history or political science classes, the professor would say, "Oh we're not going to get into any of these conspiracy theories." It was such an easy way for them to dismiss something and not talk about it. Ironically, if there was any validity to whatever theory was mentioned, the professor just became one of the conspirators. 

This all makes sense.

The average age of those who died in the 1918 outbreak was 25-45. I came down with Ulcerative Colitis in February of 2008, after years of basically living off of processed grains. Ulcerative Colitis is when your immune system overreacts and starts attacking itself. The average age of those affected by Ulcerative Colitis or Chrone's etc., is the same as those who died in the Influenza outbreak of 1918. 

*Numbers may be somewhat different depending on different sources, but we all understand that it's younger adults in that range. 

I read AV's email yesterday. I'm not sure how I feel about vaccines. I had so many different vaccines pumped into me while I was in the Marine Corps, I don't really like to think about it. I once had a series of Anthrax vaccinations. Later on I heard that the government had shut down the factory that was making the Anthrax vaccine because they kept failing inspections. That was nice to hear about.

I have a ton of supposedly grass-fed suet, but it looks very white to me. I just melted some in a skillet to rub on my skin and the pan looks the same as it would if I cooked regular bacon in it. I'm thinking maybe I should find another source.

Yes, I got a shower filter. It definitely helps a lot. Plus, I just don't trust Chicago water. I also distill and remineralize my drinking water.

My whole diet right now is pemmican, and grass-fed, high-fat ground beef. Also, some lamb liver once a week.

I'm definitely going to try the suet. What do you guys think of using tallow? I was thinking of buying some from U.S. Wellness Meats. (That's where I get my pemmican.) It seems like the tallow would be good for rubbing into your skin, but if you guys really recommend suet I'll try that. Heck, I'll try both.

p.s. Sorry, my quote thing wasn't working right, I think it's my browser. I'll try to figure that out.

I've had dry skin my whole life. I also had very bad Keritosis Pilaris, which has improved significantly since going low/zero carb. I still had very itchy dry skin though, which I figured had to be Candida. I've always had to put lotion or oil on after getting out of the shower, and thought to myself, "I shouldn't have to be doing this." Now I think I've figured it out. I've always taken very hot showers and I think that's been washing away my naturally protective oils. I've recently been reading about people who started taking cold showers and how they've dramatically helped their skin and hair. I took my first one yesterday and it was invigorating. My hair felt so clean and I didn't use any shampoo or VCO. My skin was still dry, but tolerable. I think I'm going to stick with this, and take a cold shower every day with absolutely no hot water. I'm hoping it will get rid of the last traces of Keritosis Pilaris as well. I will keep you all posted on my progress. Anybody else here take cold showers? 

I was thinking we could have a section devoted to our daily hygiene or cosmetic routines. Perhaps a place that we can talk about our natural alternatives to soaps, shampoos, tooth paste, makeup, etc. For example, the last few months I've only used VCO in the shower. I threw all my shampoos, aftershave, and deodorants away. The VCO lubricates my face enough to shave with as well. It's so liberating not to have to spend money on that stuff. I'm convinced that the acids in the oil kill anything that would make me stink, or cause skin irritation after shaving. Anyway, I'd like to hear about other members' practices. Maybe I could learn something new.

For focusing on your core:

I love to hula hoop. I do it for twenty minutes before I lift weights. It warms you up and actually puts you in a good mood. (I like to do it while listening to some heavy metal.) Anyway, you can make a hoop if you can get your hands on some of that underground irrigation tubing and a joint connector. You can also buy them for about twenty bucks on ebay or some other sites. I've been using mine for like two years now. I never get tired of doing it.

Another thing I do for my core is the ab wheel. (A small wheel with two handles on the sides.) This is intense. Only do about ten reps the first time you do it, because it will hurt to laugh, cough, sit up, etc. for the next two days. I was in the Marines, and I did tons of sit ups, but I didn't know what sore abs felt like till I started using an ab wheel.

For my sides, I just hold a heavy medicine ball on top of my head and crunch to each side. I do one side at a time for each set, the slower the better.

 

"Shoot to Kill," with Tom Berenger, Sidney Poitier, and Kirstie Alley. Kirstie Alley is held captive by the villain and she catches fish for them out of the river. The bad guy says something about not letting her use fire and she says, "Fine, then we'll have sushi," and she just starts chewing on the fish.