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More About Weight Gain on the Zero Carb Carnivore Diet

BMI Chart

By – Dana Spencer

This post is mostly for people who have been on this diet for at least 6 months. If you have been ZC for less than that, you just have to be patient. Removing plant foods from your diet and getting into a ketogenic state is a major metabolic change. Your body needs time to adapt.

Most people lose fat on the Zero Carb Diet, but some people gain weight. As frustrating as this is, there really is no quick fix and for some it may be something you just have to accept if you want to be healthy.

The body seems to like being in the upper range of Normal on the BMI scale. From an evolutionary point of view this makes sense. More stored energy would be beneficial for survival.

If you have been eating Zero Carb and are stuck in the upper range of normal on the BMI scale, you are not overweight. If you want to be thinner, you are going to have to starve yourself or regularly do some sort of strength training to look the way you want to look.

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.

The Human Natural Diet and the Evolution of the Zero Carb Diet. Part 3

The Human Natural Diet and the Evolution of the Zero Carb Diet. (Part 3)

(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 4), (Part 5)

By Dana

After my “Natural Paleo” diet failure, I was desperate to find any diet, natural or not, that would work to help me lose weight. I wanted something I could eat for life, not some one week cabbage soup diet that works great, for 1 week only, then gain it all back and then some the next week. In my search for a diet I came across a website called Fatsecret. Fat secret had a pie chart of diets and their success rates based on members reporting. Atkins was winning by a landslide. (I just logged into my old fatsecret account and they no longer have this pie chart.)

Dr. Richard Bernstein Video Lectures on Understanding Diabetes, Low Carb and Metabolism

Here is a link to a series of lectures by Dr. Richard Bernstein – Author of the book “Diabetes Solution – The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars”, that explains why and how using a very low carb diet can help control your insulin levels and help with fat loss.

Zero Carb Buffalo Blue Cheese Chicken Salad

Chicken bowl By – Dana
This recipe is for 1 person.

Ingredients:

1 Cup shredded cooked chicken and skin

2 Tbs of butter or bacon grease

2 Tbs Sour cream

2 Tbs crumbled blue cheese

A few dashes of your favorite hot sauce. I use Tapatio.

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

The 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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Too Much Protein?

Too much protein By – Stephen Visio Ewen

In reference to the Zero Carb Health, Diabetes Discussion.

Buried in the replies section of comments to a post was a fascinating conversation that deserves to be curated. Content curation is a powerful social media technique that really helps clarify all the information presented by so many different people.

THE ISSUE
Some commenters warned about too much protein and some warned that there is no such thing as too much protein. To me both are right depending upon the amount of damage or adaption to a disordered metabolism a person is dealing with. I think this curated information belongs in the diabetes thread. So I took it upon myself to curate the info and add it to this thread. Read More

Zero Carb Testimonials

ZC testimonials I found this on my computer this morning. This is from the old Zero Carb Forum in 2009. We had a thread titled “What has Zero Carb Done for You.” I see a lot of familiar names here, many who are in our Zero Carb Health Facebook group.

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Best Zero Carb Quotes!

These 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

Why Is My Blood Sugar So High?!

By Caitlin Tilton

I am diabetic, been eating Zero Carb for 2 weeks and my blood sugar is still too high, why is this?

Since this question comes up a lot I (Dana) decided to post Caitlin’s answer, so I can direct people when she’s not available. 😉

This sometimes happens to diabetics in the early days of ZC (Zero Carb Diet). That level is high for someone in good control, but it is not dangerously high. For those that stick with ZC, their levels come back down within 4-8 weeks.

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