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Facing Your Fears about the ZC Carnivore Diet.

Eddie Aikau

By: Stephen V. (2017)
While visiting Hawaii you may learn about a famous surfer and water-man named Eddie Aikau. There is a saying in regards to whether the surf was too high, “Eddie would go!” He wasn’t crazy or suicidal. He just knew the surf break very well. He was raised to respect the danger, and learned the secret was not to fight the ocean. Instead humble yourself and use its power to accomplish your goals. Hawaiians on surfboards and outrigger canoes amazed the Europeans who first saw them. No where on the planet had anyone ever conquered the water that way.

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Zero Carb Carnivore Diet and Cheating.

No CheatingBy, Dana

The Zero Carb diet is an all or nothing diet.  There is no “almost ZC” or 90% ZC, or ZC 4 days a week.  If you are cheating and eating plant foods and or zero carb artificial sweeteners, you are not Zero Carb, you are Low Carb.  It takes several weeks/months of 100% Zero Carb to become completely fat adapted and realize the amazing benefits that a plant free, chemical free, diet can do for you.

The Zero Carb Carnivore diet is similar to AA, Alcoholic Anonymous. ZC is basically AA for carbohydrate addicts. ZC is a diet for carb addicts and Zero Carb Health is a recovery, support and educational group for people (addict or not) trying to give up carbohydrates and get healthy.

When I started this diet 10 years ago, my carbohydrate addiction ended when my blood sugar stabilized.  Blood sugar swings from eating carbohydrates is what drove my addiction.  So, once they were gone, this diet was very easy for me.  I never wanted a carbohydrate after my blood sugar got under control.

I soon learned that this was not the case for many people.  Eliminating carbohydrates did not cure their carb addiction, like it did mine.  This is when we realized that some people have a real addiction to carbs, just like alcohol/drug/smokers are addicted.  This is why we are so strict about keeping images of carbohydrate “trigger” foods and posts about cheating, out of the group.  Just like an alcoholic doesn’t want to hear about other alcoholics giving into drinking or seeing pictures of their favorite drink all over the place.  We try to keep ZCH a carb free, safe zone.

Carbohydrate or sugar addiction is no different than an alcohol or drug addiction. The addiction infects every cell of your body and your brain. It takes about 90 days for the brain to break free of the immediate effects of an addictive substance. So, if you can’t make it 90 days or so of ZC then you are not even close to overcoming your addiction and becoming fat adapted. It takes the body weeks and months or years to detox from the damaging effects of years and years of the over consumption of carbohydrates and sugar.

When you keep cheating and feeding that addiction your body remains in a state of turmoil. Your body will not adapt to clean fat burning if you continue to feed it carbs. You think that 1 piece of dark chocolate or avocado or whatever, once a week or once a month has no effect on you, yet here you are complaining and upset because you are not seeing the results you want. Guess what? That 1 bite of sugar is obviously a huge problem for you! The fact that you can’t stop yourself from cheating should be a clue that you have a problem. But, that is why we are here, to help you get over your addiction. We are not here to give you gold stars for being ZC for 100 days. We want to help people ditch their sugar habits, but we can’t help anybody unless they are honest.

Not all of us are addicts. Those, like myself, who pretty much had an easy time transitioning to meat only, are not addicts. Those of you who keep cheating with sugar are bonafide addicts. Every bite or sip of sweetness is completely derailing any progress and putting you and your body right back at day 1.

So, stop fooling yourselves. If you cannot control cravings and continue to cheat over and over, you are not ZC and this diet will not work the way it is supposed to. You are “trying” to be ZC. There is nothing wrong with that. Your cheating experience is valuable because it is the most common problem. The struggle is real. Your honesty can help open up the discussion on how to help others with the same problem.

This diet is not easy. Most people have a very hard time. Most people can’t do it for very long. Don’t beat yourself up, just do the best you can and be honest about it. We are here to help you. If this diet makes you miserable and you see no benefits then it’s simply not for you.

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Zero Carb Health Facebook Group Files

Zero Carb Health Facebook Group FilesLinks to our Facebook Group files.

  • Zero Carb FAQ. or download PDF here.
  • The old Zero Carb Thread from Jimmy Moore’s old forum, LLVLC.
  • The Bear’s thread from Active No Carber Forum 2006.
  • Steffanson Bellvue Experiment
  • Preface and a PDF of The Fat of The Land by Vilhjalmur Stefansson.
  • The Stone Age Diet – Walter L. Voegtlin
  • Gout – The missing chapter from Good Calories Bad Calories, Gary Taubes.
  • Strong Medicine – Blake Donaldson, PDF.
  • Imagining Head Smashed In, History of the Northern Plains Indians and the Buffalo Hunt.
  • The Diet of The Mountain Man.
  • Pemmican Tutorial
  • Zero Carb Veterans

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The Human Natural Diet and the Evolution of the Zero Carb Diet.

ZCH logoThe Human Natural Diet and the Evolution of the Zero Carb Diet. (Part 1)
(Part 2), (Part 3)

By Dana

“Hello all,

I have been eating the natural human dietary regime for over 47 years now. I do not eat anything whatsoever from vegetable sources. The only things veggie I use are spices. My diet is usually 60% fat and 40% protein by calories. I used to eat 80/20 when younger and about twice as much quantity of meat also, but that seems too much energy at my age, which is 71- even though I am very active. I think the body actually becomes more efficient with energy as you age, but I have no way of proving it true. Otherwise, my body today is very like it was at the age of 30. I figure most of what we call ‘aging’ is due to insulin damage to the collagen and other body structures. No carbs = no insulin. I don’t heal quite as fast when injured as I did as a youngster, however. But I have few wrinkles, and my skin is still strong and elastic.”  – Owsley Stanley, AKA – The Bear
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Zero Carb Parmesan Crusted Chicken Thighs

Parmesan Crusted ChickenPhoto’s – By Christiana

A Zero Carb version of crispy baked chicken using Parmesan cheese instead of bread crumbs.

Preheat oven at 350 F

Ingredients:

1 Family pack of bone in, skin on, chicken thighs (10-12 thighs)

2 Cups grated Parmesan cheese

1 TBS dried parsley (optional)

1 TBS dried oregano (optional)

1 tsp Paprika (optional)

1/2 tsp black pepper (optional)

1 Cup melted butter
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Zero Carb – Not Eating Enough

DanaBy Dana 8/16/2015

I have eaten an all meat zero carb diet for 7.5 years.  After about 3 years of eating a Zero Carb Diet, my life got crazy…really crazy. My stress level was high before, but it went through the roof for about 3 years. I learned what “burnt out” means. Read More

Best Zero Carb Quotes!

wisdomThese are from the old ZIOH Forum:

Eating meat sounds so restrictive only to those who are behind the veil.  Once that veil is lifted, one realizes that this really is the only way to be free of restrictions. – Margot 9/09

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Healing Brain Cancer with a Zero Carb Ketogenic Diet by Andrew Scarborough

Andrew Scarborough 3
May 2015

Two and a half years ago, at the age of 27, I was working as a personal trainer and was physically very active. However, I was forced to stop working towards the end of 2012 because I was experiencing debilitating fatigue and severe migraine headaches. The doctors I consulted told me that my symptoms were most likely due to excessive stress.

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What can I expect during the early days of eating Zero Carb?

what to expectWe refer to the early days of this plan as an adaptation period.

Many people experience one or more of the following symptoms:

  • Headaches (these will likely be worse if you are also giving up caffeine and/or artificial sweeteners.)
  • Fatigue, lightheadedness
  • Some people report an increase in energy levels
  • Nausea, loss of appetite, diarrhea, reduced bowel movements

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