I was quoting Mercola”s old work solely about the linoleic acid in canola oil and shouldn’t have implied it was a good choice. I'm eating only animal products now and am still adjusting. Mercola has progressively become problematic and i recently abandoned him totally.
In a short time, and on the advice of a fortune teller, Mercola recently fired his top management and supposedly changed his mind about some of his key ideas. One of these, hormone therapy, is safe, healthy, and makes us stronger. The Cartel has opposed it. I studied this topic for a decade and spent a year researching and writing a book about it. Mercola is wrong.
I have also extensively studied keto/carnivore diets, another of his about-faces. His new ideas are wrong. More recently, Mercola reversed himself about going barefoot. He had advocated this for “grounding,” but now he says he has a bunion and that shoes are best. He also supposedly quit deep breathing. The same day he did that, he proclaimed, “Lifting weights kills you.” He had been a gym rat for a decade.
Mercola may have had a mental breakdown or succumbed to pressure, but worrying about what happened to him occupies too much bandwidth for me to bother. Whether bribed or threatened, he changed his mind about telling the truth, so it makes no difference to us. After years of hanging on his every word, I sadly unsubscribed and ghosted him. My doubts extend to his business; I now get my supplements elsewhere.
Or, having many years experience on a high fat/protein diet, he was forced to admit he was wrong.
Our brains and muscles use glucose as fuel. We've known that for almost 100 years. That's why many on the carnivore diet have started adding honey. Plus, high fat is hard on our already overworked livers and high protein taxes the kidneys.
As a survivor of a high protein/fat diet, I advise caution. The benefits seen initially on a carnivore diet are often from removing gluten, dairy, corn, canola and eggs from your diet. But in the long term, health concerns often worsten. I now eat a low fat plant based diet (not vegan as I eat fish or turkey once in a while and still don't eat the foods listed above) and have healed dozens or chronic symptoms including allergies, eczema and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Due to personal experience, I can honestly say that the elephant is in hand for me. However, I recognize that everyone has to find their own way, given how conflicting advice and industry-funded science and paid promoters of same abound.
OMG, Bird's Brain... Just look at beach photos from the 60's-70's (when I was in school and everybody ate bacon and cooked with lard) and compare them to beach photos now for a big dose of empirical evidence regarding your eating philosophy! You've taken a paragraph right out of the likes of Tufts University, or any LameStream medical school curriculum. Heart disease, cancer and a host of other ailments are now off the charts, as a direct result of this high carb/low fat philosophy. I'm in the fitness business and bought it too... All the, "a gram of carbs is only 4 calories and a gram of fat is 9 calories" BS. I even went vegan for a year and felt like shit, couldn't maintain muscle and had monumental joint pain as a direct result. I came to carnivore with a very skeptical eye, but honestly all you have to do is watch the first 5 minutes of a couple dozen youtube videos, on this way of eating, to hear the amazing raft of ailments that evaporate with a high fat/high protein diet... Cardiac CAT scans coming back ZERO after a long period of being on carnivore! Tons of doctors who've lost 100 pounds and got off a dozen meds... Heart surgeons, eye doctors and on and on, now coaching their patients to get off carbs. But, you be you, Bird's Brain (wonderful screen name choice, by the way :-)
We don't live in the same environment as we did in the '60s. The environmental toxins we're now exposed to now are 100 fold. Back then our livers, which filter toxins, could handle high fat diets. Now they can't.
If heart surgeons and eye doctors had the answers, we would have a healthy society. Instead we have a society of chronically I'll people looking to Substack for answers.
My screen name is a great way to identify people who have the urge to belittle those with different opinions. Don't you think?
If you're genuinely interested, look up all of the pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, algaecides etc that weren't yet invented in that era. Glyphosate being one very toxic, carcinogenic example. Then there's "weather modification" chemicals sprayed in the air, find out more on gov't websites.
The fungicides are now sprayed on all new clothing, reportedly to keep mildew at bay in transit. Fire retardant chemicals are now sprayed on all new furniture, mattresses and many children's sleepware products. Heavy metals are in all pesticides and practically all pharmaceuticals, especially vaccines (aluminum and mercury specifically). Children get 10X the number of vaccines they did in the '60s. Cosmetics can contain formaldehyde and other toxins. Air fresheners and perfumes contain toxic chemicals- unless they're made from essential oils instead of man-made chemicals. Preservatives are in all processed foods. Low quality plastics leach into our skin. Microplastics get into our food system. GMO foods are foreign to the body and tax the liver as do all of the things listed above. Many of these things were invented in the past few decades, so yes, 100X exposure is likely a conservative estimate.
We don't have fewer toxins in our environment. We have far more. One reason is that the agencies that are supposed to protect us from toxic products are captured by the corporations they are supposed to police.
We're told it's only a small amount and so it won't harm us. But it's a small amount of thousands of chemicals constantly day in and day out. In our food, water, air, clothing, carpets ...
Environmental toxins screwing up liver function is actually the thing to blame for this massive shift toward morbid obesity and Illness??? Try Ox Bile and a big rib eye... And, don't expect even a carnivore to pass up such low hanging fruit as that screen name ;->
I'm very open to much of what you share. But my spidey sense alerts me to the inclusion of canola oil as a good option. I know better. Why include that when there's so much credible information about how bad canola oil is in the healthy food movement? When I saw that I went from reading your piece closely to skimming the remainder with higher scrutiny. What gives? Please disabuse me of my understanding of canola oil?
He's just listing it based on info he looked up. Probably not his own. My body does not like canola oil... I can taste it immediately and makes me cringe. A few years ago I tried McD's fries (b/c they used to be delicious if hot!) and pretty sure they're using canola oil now. Never again!
McD fries are all cooked in cheap seed oils now, mainly canola. The story put out was that people in India objected to the use of tallow… nothing to do with profit margins, of course - just sacred cows, literally.
It is nigh on impossible to find anything in a grocery store that isn’t made with this glyphosate-laced muck. That’s a big plus for the carnivore diet as long as you have a safe meat/egg source. It’ll save so much time!
So true! It's permeated everything! Yuck. I hadn't heard about the sacred cow situation. There has to be some "incentive" for most food manufacturers adopting it's use.
Cost. What was the source of Wanna Baby Applesauce cinnamon? 2000 times the normal amount of Heavy Metals, plus the normal ones. In 34 years since the Lead in Paint and Gasoline was passed, Congress has done NOTHING to lower them in human food. Cinnamon is still used in many products, and no one seems to have gotten sick. But we are talking about Baby Food which should have the least amounts of heavy metals. As in medicine, it is a size/weight issue. Beechnut is more Organic than Gerber which has been slower to catch up. Lunchables are junk food. High in sodium, and bad fats. Biden has put them in children's lunches. Cozy deal with Heinz-Kraft....John Kerry connection. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRpAuLknb3o0kkQKRp_I9vIUGhfQfG3RBjhlw&s
Thanks for saying this for me! They’re all industrial oils by the time the poisoners are done with them but Canola was actually developed for industrial machinery. Scandalous to see it referred to here and there as cold-pressed or organic.
Your clearly looking for a dopamine hit by responding "cleverly" to a lot of posts. What one puts on their skin is consumed by absorption. You are not making yourself sound credible or witty.
Also check out Jordan Peterson’s interview w/ Dr Chris Palmer (podcast episode #422). He is a medical doctor & psychiatric researcher. You’ll be floored by the changes they’ve seen in patients w/bipolar, schizophrenia, etc by changing to a carnivore/keto diet.
All I can say is from my personal N of one experience - I have not eaten plants since the start of 2019 and I have never felt better in every way possible, mind and body.
I started it to disprove the idea that humans are obligate carnivores. I used to love my plants aka fruit n veg and thought not eating them preposterous. However, even after the first week I felt better and after a month it seems to me a no-brainer. All my digestive problems are gone and my mental health SO mcuh better, despite onerous times. Heck, had I not started being plant free in 2019 I might even have fallen for the crap which followed a year later.
This way of eating has subsequently helped friends and family regain health. It's the way to go. I think. I am still open to not yet having found the right question to ask to get a different, better answer so am hanging my hat on it being correct, while leaving the door open to new ideas. That's the scientific way, right?
I so appreciate your willingness to do deep dives and share your journey with us. As for this article. I do not believe that there is one diet that is good for all. I have been a vegetarian (not vegan) for over 40 years and I am one of the most healthy people I know. I choose not to eat meat for spiritual and humane reasons and it works for me. Back in the day when people raised their own animals for food or hunted it was part of the circle of life. If one is eating factory farmed animals what you are putting in your body is lot's of misery and suffering. This is a huge part of the discussion. We have been mind controlled out of being in tune with our own knowingness. Instead of listening to whatever fad or food of the month that is being promoted, listen to your body and your inner guidance and you will know what to eat. You will sense that something is beneficial or not . This might change from day to day or year to year. Also how we eat is important. Are you sitting around a table with people you love taking in that love vibration? Are you eating alone consciously and grateful for the food before you? Are you savoring your food or simply cramming it in your mouth? OK I admit I do not always follow my own advise . The point is there are so many variables to what and how we eat and it is an individual process for each of us. The mind body connection is so important in all facets of health and food is only one component. We all need to learn to trust our own guidance . My overall belief is lovingly grow or raise as much of your food as you can or get it from trusted farmers or ranchers. Stay away from eating processed food on a regular basis . Food that has been messed with via pesticides or GMO'd is something to always keep away from. Enjoy what you eat and bless it even if it is something you would not normally partake in.
Hi Dr. Yoho...please start 7 mg nicotine patch (Rugby Brand Amazon) daily. Then go to Dr. Ardis DC website ....yes published articles on using nicotine for Parkinsons, with abolishment of the symptoms and signs.
Hard to believe, but hey hope it works for you. JJAdams MD MDH Sedona Az.
Also works for C19 short and long haulers , with a study noted that shows complete amelioration of sx in 21 days after 7 days use, also normalizes immune overstimulation, like needling TH17 to increase vagustone,therefore decreasing excessive inflammation. JJA..screw canola oil rapeseed
Thanks and ok will do. I’ve been trying so many things it’s an all day every day project. Like rubbing your tummy and patting your head all day long ha.
Very interesting. I believe this is all due to parasites. Parasitic worms secrete wastes including venom. Which would explain why the nicotine patches work.
Nicotine patches can be used as a temporary measure but ultimately a deworming protocol is necessary.
Similar to what Kerri Rivera is doing with kids on the spectrum. Antiparasitic drugs that specifically work on worms . You also need chlorine dioxide to destroy the biofilm (otherwise you can’t reach the worms with the drugs — they hide in their excrement) and binders to help mop up and remove the waste.
“Ancylostoma-secreted proteins (ASPs) belong to a large family of cysteine-rich secretory proteins (CRISPS), called SCP/TAPS (SCP/Tpx-1/Ag5/PR-1/Sc7), which is recognized by the Pfam domain. The SCP/TAPS family includes mammalian sperm-coating glycoprotein, glioma-pathogenesis associated protein, lizard venom ryanodine-receptors blocker, hymenopteran venom antigen 5/3 family, plant pathogenesis-related proteins, and hyphae fungal proteins [12,13,14]. Multiple ASPs are secreted from both hookworm adults and infectious larvae…”
How? Maybe you just aren't following what I am saying.
"Dr. Ardis is suggesting something different. There are hundreds of patents on synthetic venoms from a start up company that coincide with the Quax's."
I know that is what he is suggesting -- synthetic venom -- but it is a hypothesis. There is far more evidence for my hypothesis -- parasitic worms are secreting venom. It's probably both. In other words, we are both right. Ozempic is a synthetic venom, after all.
"Few can digest lengthy publications."
You don't need to digest. I provided you with evidence.
"Avoidance strategies are easy and do not require scrutiny. Few have the ability or interpretive skills necessary. Not dicing research but no one changed any behavior based on evidence."
Read my excerpt above. Ancylostoma-secreted proteins (ASPs) is their term for the proteins that hookworms secrete. It talks about CRISPS (Cysteine rich secretory proteins) which are predominantly found in snake venoms.
That's just one article; there are two more in my comment below.
Dr Yoho said: "But now, my functional doctors have all advised me that this is the best single treatment for Parkinson’s." No... This is the best single treatment for EVERYTHING! Why? Because it is a total elimination diet... Gluten and grains in general (along with all the crap they spray on them) gone, or at least often processed through a ruminant animal. Some people have to ditch dairy, or even egg whites, but most are fine with them. So, starting with the Lion Diet version of Carnivore is one option for starting and then after a few weeks (or longer) adding in other items that still fit into carnivore. All you have to do is watch the first 5 minutes of a bunch of youtube videos to hear the raft of ailments people are losing in no time. Carnivore takes health to new heights!
I found out yesterday that infant formula in America is required to have seed oils specifically for the omega-6 fatty acids. I shouldn’t be shocked by these things anymore but I was.
Of course. GMOs+glyphosate-->damage gut flora-->increase intestinal permeability--> "all hell breaks loose on multiple biochemical fronts"=chronic disease--> premature death.
Thanks for the interesting post. My question for your functional doctors is what happens to the gut microbiota when the carnivore diet contributes no fiber and no variety of fiber? My understanding is when the good bacteria aren't fed fiber, the bad bacteria take over and that this dysbiosis is a root cause of inflammation and neurological and auto-immune diseases.
Researchers don't know because stool tests show microbiota that largely don't populate other alimentary sections. See the 2023 “Fecal Microbiome Does Not Represent Whole Gut Microbiome.”
"Fecal microbiome did not represent any microbiome at the 14 locations" and
"Despite significant roles of gut microbiome in various phenotypes and diseases of its host, causative microbes for such characteristics identified by one research fail to be reproduced in others"
were damning.
After these two papers, I stopped reading microbiota research, realizing that researchers were shopping for correlations. When results wouldn't match strains, they moved up the taxonomic rank to species, and if that didn't give them p <= .05, then genus.
I am following the work of Dr. Jason Hawrlek. He is an ND and has a PhD in microbiota. He says most of the tests are limited as well. He does say that high protein and carnivore diets drastically affect the microbiome as the butyrate species are decreased and the there is an increase of endotoxins from the bad bacteria which takes over and causes neurological issues as endotoxins cross the blood brain barrier. Carnivore is worth a try to hopefully get symptom relief and I am happy for all who have had success. Maybe taking some partially hydrolyzed guar gum would fed the good bacteria but you would have to go slow to make sure it doesnt cause pain or bloating. Something to pass by the functional medicine doctors?
I’m trying to get my rapidly declining mom to try this. But she and my whacko vegan “science teacher” sis will never ever listen to a word that I say. I give up. The results for me have been astounding. But they only trust “experts” as the results are worse and worse. Not loved ones or direct testimony. That is all anti science and hate.
I say I don’t use oils to cook as I cook in butter or lard. What do I need oils for ? No salads no other food. I do get the murdering bit but tell me how you can eat meat without killing ?
I could never give up meat....I have always felt better eating meat for breakfast lunch and dinner. I still love a salad but just at night. I am now putting tallow on my face 8nstead of creams,,,will let you know how it goes. BTW since I was a child I always loved the crispy fat 9n top of the roast and would sneak into the kitchen to get it.
Are lambs ruminants?
I am also dairy crazy..love cream and half and half. Can't stand even whole milk....but I gotta stop eating ice cream every night...sigh...imtrying to cut down on sugar but there's a limit I can go....and I am not sure honey would work in ,y homemade ice cream...
Oh bread.....I love bread..I ration it..lately the artifical French bread you buy at ,Market changed,,it tastes horrible..so I am trying to make my own with French flour..I know it's bad for you but that's another thing I don't seem to be able to give up .
But I could see living on beef....
Wishing you so much good outcome from your new eating way. Works miracles..most famous case is Jordan Peterson....
On bread - if you give it up, go cold turkey, you could well easily remove yourself from the bread demon. Keeping the drip feed on keeps the addiction going.
I used to be known locally as the bread queen. I have not eaten bread since 2012. It's easier than you think, once you are free of it you are FREE!
In my experience it's best to give it all up - no substitutes, no fake stuff to replace familiar foods, even if they are plant free. Go animal, go simple, go real. It works. The fakes, like fake bread or pizza or cakes etc just remind you constantly of what you no longer have. The fakes are not as good. Makes it harder not to have a little bit, and bam, the addiction is back. I do not know if it is a physical or psychological addiction, I suspect both, but the grains and simple carbs ar definitely addictive. It's maybe like giving an alcoholic non alcoholic fake vodka or beer. All it does is create a craving for the real stuff. Luckily for me the grains gave quick pain, so were easy to walk awaay from once I realised.
Just eat meat and fat, and eggs and wild fish. No complicated cooking or assembling into 'meals and menus'. Saves a lot of time, effort and thinking too :)
I think hard cheese and eggs are fine. Yes, milk has a lot of sugar, most folk don't realise just how much, it's about an ounce/28g in every pint!
I eat a lot of eggs - from my own hens who are kept extensively on very good grass with no linoleic acid input, so I feel they are a safe food. It's not just about the sugar :) and I believe eggs are so nutrient dense there is no down side - if the supply is sound.
Keep on going, it will be interesting to see how you fare.
I don't eat bread either, no wheat, barley of even rye. But I eat Nairn (Scottish) oat biscuits, the organic oat of course, because I believe the oat protein (avenine) isn't as bad as the protein in the other grains. Am I right on this?
I do not know. I have not eaten any grains in any form since 2012 because they cause me pain regardless. Oats were the same. My thoughts though are seeing as we get everything we need from animal sources why bother? Why have the best of a bad lot? Just don't have any from the bad lot. All it does is keep the grain/sugar/carb monster waiting in the wings. For me that is a total no-no.
I suppose the 'crisp' bite is missing from most forma of anmal food and that can be something plant free folk miss. I get my 'crisp' from cheese melts if I feel the urge. Oatcakes don't have that bite though, so there isn't even that going for them. I did used to eat a lot of those oatcakes, they were my favourite and I bought them in wholesale quantities when I first gave up 'normal' bread and grains. For me it's just not worth it.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences as you travel down the right path. I'll share a couple of thoughts as I read:
The true OG carnivore source was Owsley Stanley, most famous for his creating Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze and his association with The Grateful Dead and the evolution of concert sound systems. He discovered the carnivore diet in 1958 while he was a ballet dancer. The rest of the ballet troup had gone vegan; he went carnivore. They weakened; he strengthened. He spent the rest of his life without a morsel of plant food and he wrote a lot about it, which you can find here:
As for this comment section's agitated and aggravated vegan stereotype and his insufferable lack of self-control and slavish dedication to vegan mythology:
I was quoting Mercola”s old work solely about the linoleic acid in canola oil and shouldn’t have implied it was a good choice. I'm eating only animal products now and am still adjusting. Mercola has progressively become problematic and i recently abandoned him totally.
Many folks have come to your same conclusion.
Can you please explain? I started reading him following your advise. He recommends some type of "healthy carbs" now
In a short time, and on the advice of a fortune teller, Mercola recently fired his top management and supposedly changed his mind about some of his key ideas. One of these, hormone therapy, is safe, healthy, and makes us stronger. The Cartel has opposed it. I studied this topic for a decade and spent a year researching and writing a book about it. Mercola is wrong.
I have also extensively studied keto/carnivore diets, another of his about-faces. His new ideas are wrong. More recently, Mercola reversed himself about going barefoot. He had advocated this for “grounding,” but now he says he has a bunion and that shoes are best. He also supposedly quit deep breathing. The same day he did that, he proclaimed, “Lifting weights kills you.” He had been a gym rat for a decade.
Mercola may have had a mental breakdown or succumbed to pressure, but worrying about what happened to him occupies too much bandwidth for me to bother. Whether bribed or threatened, he changed his mind about telling the truth, so it makes no difference to us. After years of hanging on his every word, I sadly unsubscribed and ghosted him. My doubts extend to his business; I now get my supplements elsewhere.
Lifting weights kills you? Hormones are now bad? Did he have a prefrontal stroke?
Bought or more likely threatened
Thanks for your answer
Same.
see above
Or, having many years experience on a high fat/protein diet, he was forced to admit he was wrong.
Our brains and muscles use glucose as fuel. We've known that for almost 100 years. That's why many on the carnivore diet have started adding honey. Plus, high fat is hard on our already overworked livers and high protein taxes the kidneys.
As a survivor of a high protein/fat diet, I advise caution. The benefits seen initially on a carnivore diet are often from removing gluten, dairy, corn, canola and eggs from your diet. But in the long term, health concerns often worsten. I now eat a low fat plant based diet (not vegan as I eat fish or turkey once in a while and still don't eat the foods listed above) and have healed dozens or chronic symptoms including allergies, eczema and chronic fatigue syndrome.
animal fat is your friend
Until it's not. Just my personal experience after trying every imaginable diet attempting to heal chronic illness.
No one has this elephant totally in hand but the case for low carbo is strong.
Due to personal experience, I can honestly say that the elephant is in hand for me. However, I recognize that everyone has to find their own way, given how conflicting advice and industry-funded science and paid promoters of same abound.
OMG, Bird's Brain... Just look at beach photos from the 60's-70's (when I was in school and everybody ate bacon and cooked with lard) and compare them to beach photos now for a big dose of empirical evidence regarding your eating philosophy! You've taken a paragraph right out of the likes of Tufts University, or any LameStream medical school curriculum. Heart disease, cancer and a host of other ailments are now off the charts, as a direct result of this high carb/low fat philosophy. I'm in the fitness business and bought it too... All the, "a gram of carbs is only 4 calories and a gram of fat is 9 calories" BS. I even went vegan for a year and felt like shit, couldn't maintain muscle and had monumental joint pain as a direct result. I came to carnivore with a very skeptical eye, but honestly all you have to do is watch the first 5 minutes of a couple dozen youtube videos, on this way of eating, to hear the amazing raft of ailments that evaporate with a high fat/high protein diet... Cardiac CAT scans coming back ZERO after a long period of being on carnivore! Tons of doctors who've lost 100 pounds and got off a dozen meds... Heart surgeons, eye doctors and on and on, now coaching their patients to get off carbs. But, you be you, Bird's Brain (wonderful screen name choice, by the way :-)
We don't live in the same environment as we did in the '60s. The environmental toxins we're now exposed to now are 100 fold. Back then our livers, which filter toxins, could handle high fat diets. Now they can't.
If heart surgeons and eye doctors had the answers, we would have a healthy society. Instead we have a society of chronically I'll people looking to Substack for answers.
My screen name is a great way to identify people who have the urge to belittle those with different opinions. Don't you think?
Which toxins are 100x higher? Lead is WAY down. Particulates are way down. Asbestos exposure is way down.
If you're genuinely interested, look up all of the pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, algaecides etc that weren't yet invented in that era. Glyphosate being one very toxic, carcinogenic example. Then there's "weather modification" chemicals sprayed in the air, find out more on gov't websites.
The fungicides are now sprayed on all new clothing, reportedly to keep mildew at bay in transit. Fire retardant chemicals are now sprayed on all new furniture, mattresses and many children's sleepware products. Heavy metals are in all pesticides and practically all pharmaceuticals, especially vaccines (aluminum and mercury specifically). Children get 10X the number of vaccines they did in the '60s. Cosmetics can contain formaldehyde and other toxins. Air fresheners and perfumes contain toxic chemicals- unless they're made from essential oils instead of man-made chemicals. Preservatives are in all processed foods. Low quality plastics leach into our skin. Microplastics get into our food system. GMO foods are foreign to the body and tax the liver as do all of the things listed above. Many of these things were invented in the past few decades, so yes, 100X exposure is likely a conservative estimate.
We don't have fewer toxins in our environment. We have far more. One reason is that the agencies that are supposed to protect us from toxic products are captured by the corporations they are supposed to police.
We're told it's only a small amount and so it won't harm us. But it's a small amount of thousands of chemicals constantly day in and day out. In our food, water, air, clothing, carpets ...
Exactly
many are new glyphosate, bromate fire repellants, etc
Most of the propaganda about "chemicals" is garbage. On glyphosate, see: https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/05/12/reader-request-epoch-times-glyphosate-hysteria-debunked-16307
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Environmental toxins screwing up liver function is actually the thing to blame for this massive shift toward morbid obesity and Illness??? Try Ox Bile and a big rib eye... And, don't expect even a carnivore to pass up such low hanging fruit as that screen name ;->
that and diet and ubiquitous toxic prescription med consumption
And yet, most people who want a mature, productive conversation manage to pass it up. Go figure.
You're OK be patient with the dialog
something happened to him see above
This is in the comments below,"How Canada Convinced You to Eat Engine Lubricant https://youtu.be/c1kyubykrvA?
in regard to canola oil. I want to emphasize it.
I'm very open to much of what you share. But my spidey sense alerts me to the inclusion of canola oil as a good option. I know better. Why include that when there's so much credible information about how bad canola oil is in the healthy food movement? When I saw that I went from reading your piece closely to skimming the remainder with higher scrutiny. What gives? Please disabuse me of my understanding of canola oil?
He's just listing it based on info he looked up. Probably not his own. My body does not like canola oil... I can taste it immediately and makes me cringe. A few years ago I tried McD's fries (b/c they used to be delicious if hot!) and pretty sure they're using canola oil now. Never again!
McD fries are all cooked in cheap seed oils now, mainly canola. The story put out was that people in India objected to the use of tallow… nothing to do with profit margins, of course - just sacred cows, literally.
It is nigh on impossible to find anything in a grocery store that isn’t made with this glyphosate-laced muck. That’s a big plus for the carnivore diet as long as you have a safe meat/egg source. It’ll save so much time!
So true! It's permeated everything! Yuck. I hadn't heard about the sacred cow situation. There has to be some "incentive" for most food manufacturers adopting it's use.
Cost. What was the source of Wanna Baby Applesauce cinnamon? 2000 times the normal amount of Heavy Metals, plus the normal ones. In 34 years since the Lead in Paint and Gasoline was passed, Congress has done NOTHING to lower them in human food. Cinnamon is still used in many products, and no one seems to have gotten sick. But we are talking about Baby Food which should have the least amounts of heavy metals. As in medicine, it is a size/weight issue. Beechnut is more Organic than Gerber which has been slower to catch up. Lunchables are junk food. High in sodium, and bad fats. Biden has put them in children's lunches. Cozy deal with Heinz-Kraft....John Kerry connection. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRpAuLknb3o0kkQKRp_I9vIUGhfQfG3RBjhlw&s
The odor repels me as well
Thanks see above.
Thanks for saying this for me! They’re all industrial oils by the time the poisoners are done with them but Canola was actually developed for industrial machinery. Scandalous to see it referred to here and there as cold-pressed or organic.
Talk about cynical marketing lies…
Kinda like baby oil 😉
Your clearly looking for a dopamine hit by responding "cleverly" to a lot of posts. What one puts on their skin is consumed by absorption. You are not making yourself sound credible or witty.
Lard or Tallow is best. If not available, Avocado oil
What about duck fat? good? bad?
Good
It's a good fat!
Agreed.
Don’t.
Also check out Jordan Peterson’s interview w/ Dr Chris Palmer (podcast episode #422). He is a medical doctor & psychiatric researcher. You’ll be floored by the changes they’ve seen in patients w/bipolar, schizophrenia, etc by changing to a carnivore/keto diet.
Yes , but what about the significant changes to the Microbiome that have been established ?
All I can say is from my personal N of one experience - I have not eaten plants since the start of 2019 and I have never felt better in every way possible, mind and body.
I started it to disprove the idea that humans are obligate carnivores. I used to love my plants aka fruit n veg and thought not eating them preposterous. However, even after the first week I felt better and after a month it seems to me a no-brainer. All my digestive problems are gone and my mental health SO mcuh better, despite onerous times. Heck, had I not started being plant free in 2019 I might even have fallen for the crap which followed a year later.
This way of eating has subsequently helped friends and family regain health. It's the way to go. I think. I am still open to not yet having found the right question to ask to get a different, better answer so am hanging my hat on it being correct, while leaving the door open to new ideas. That's the scientific way, right?
Thanks for your story❤️
I’m at 2 weeks and hoping for a result like yours. Feeling better.
I so appreciate your willingness to do deep dives and share your journey with us. As for this article. I do not believe that there is one diet that is good for all. I have been a vegetarian (not vegan) for over 40 years and I am one of the most healthy people I know. I choose not to eat meat for spiritual and humane reasons and it works for me. Back in the day when people raised their own animals for food or hunted it was part of the circle of life. If one is eating factory farmed animals what you are putting in your body is lot's of misery and suffering. This is a huge part of the discussion. We have been mind controlled out of being in tune with our own knowingness. Instead of listening to whatever fad or food of the month that is being promoted, listen to your body and your inner guidance and you will know what to eat. You will sense that something is beneficial or not . This might change from day to day or year to year. Also how we eat is important. Are you sitting around a table with people you love taking in that love vibration? Are you eating alone consciously and grateful for the food before you? Are you savoring your food or simply cramming it in your mouth? OK I admit I do not always follow my own advise . The point is there are so many variables to what and how we eat and it is an individual process for each of us. The mind body connection is so important in all facets of health and food is only one component. We all need to learn to trust our own guidance . My overall belief is lovingly grow or raise as much of your food as you can or get it from trusted farmers or ranchers. Stay away from eating processed food on a regular basis . Food that has been messed with via pesticides or GMO'd is something to always keep away from. Enjoy what you eat and bless it even if it is something you would not normally partake in.
Hi Dr. Yoho...please start 7 mg nicotine patch (Rugby Brand Amazon) daily. Then go to Dr. Ardis DC website ....yes published articles on using nicotine for Parkinsons, with abolishment of the symptoms and signs.
Hard to believe, but hey hope it works for you. JJAdams MD MDH Sedona Az.
Also works for C19 short and long haulers , with a study noted that shows complete amelioration of sx in 21 days after 7 days use, also normalizes immune overstimulation, like needling TH17 to increase vagustone,therefore decreasing excessive inflammation. JJA..screw canola oil rapeseed
Thanks and ok will do. I’ve been trying so many things it’s an all day every day project. Like rubbing your tummy and patting your head all day long ha.
Very interesting. I believe this is all due to parasites. Parasitic worms secrete wastes including venom. Which would explain why the nicotine patches work.
Nicotine patches can be used as a temporary measure but ultimately a deworming protocol is necessary.
Similar to what Kerri Rivera is doing with kids on the spectrum. Antiparasitic drugs that specifically work on worms . You also need chlorine dioxide to destroy the biofilm (otherwise you can’t reach the worms with the drugs — they hide in their excrement) and binders to help mop up and remove the waste.
“Ancylostoma-secreted proteins (ASPs) belong to a large family of cysteine-rich secretory proteins (CRISPS), called SCP/TAPS (SCP/Tpx-1/Ag5/PR-1/Sc7), which is recognized by the Pfam domain. The SCP/TAPS family includes mammalian sperm-coating glycoprotein, glioma-pathogenesis associated protein, lizard venom ryanodine-receptors blocker, hymenopteran venom antigen 5/3 family, plant pathogenesis-related proteins, and hyphae fungal proteins [12,13,14]. Multiple ASPs are secreted from both hookworm adults and infectious larvae…”
https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-020-04010-8
This is sophisticated. Mebendazole deworming is on my list but it’s a long list and my labs are negative for parasites.
The labs are always negative for parasites. They don’t have adequate tests.
lets chat about this soon
Exactly! ESP when not using DNA 🧬 of parasites and only two specimens . People , get checked astutely .
astute
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6193718/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10340481/
"your link is even more reductionistic"
How? Maybe you just aren't following what I am saying.
"Dr. Ardis is suggesting something different. There are hundreds of patents on synthetic venoms from a start up company that coincide with the Quax's."
I know that is what he is suggesting -- synthetic venom -- but it is a hypothesis. There is far more evidence for my hypothesis -- parasitic worms are secreting venom. It's probably both. In other words, we are both right. Ozempic is a synthetic venom, after all.
"Few can digest lengthy publications."
You don't need to digest. I provided you with evidence.
"Avoidance strategies are easy and do not require scrutiny. Few have the ability or interpretive skills necessary. Not dicing research but no one changed any behavior based on evidence."
Not following you.
parasites are common according to the functional docs with the most experience
Read my excerpt above. Ancylostoma-secreted proteins (ASPs) is their term for the proteins that hookworms secrete. It talks about CRISPS (Cysteine rich secretory proteins) which are predominantly found in snake venoms.
That's just one article; there are two more in my comment below.
Here's another article on it: https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/07/20/parasitic-worm-venom-evades-human-immune-system
Here's another one: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6513111/
https://merogenomics.ca/blog/en/170/Is-it-all-because-of-vagus-nerve-damage
Great post, and agree with much of what you have written.
Like FF, I try to stay away from Canola oil.
If we're craving fries, I'll use lard, much the same as any authentic fish 'n chips shop does.
Any light frying, is butter on cast iron pan.
Totally agree on beef....
McDonald's was all tallow at one time.
No to canola
I’ve learned a lot from your stack Dr. Yoho. Thank you for being one of the good ones🙏🏼
Trying but got the canola wrong here. Thanks
In addition, Corn, Soy, Canola, and Sunflower are loaded with RoundUp
Not addressed
Dr Yoho said: "But now, my functional doctors have all advised me that this is the best single treatment for Parkinson’s." No... This is the best single treatment for EVERYTHING! Why? Because it is a total elimination diet... Gluten and grains in general (along with all the crap they spray on them) gone, or at least often processed through a ruminant animal. Some people have to ditch dairy, or even egg whites, but most are fine with them. So, starting with the Lion Diet version of Carnivore is one option for starting and then after a few weeks (or longer) adding in other items that still fit into carnivore. All you have to do is watch the first 5 minutes of a bunch of youtube videos to hear the raft of ailments people are losing in no time. Carnivore takes health to new heights!
Love this comment
I found out yesterday that infant formula in America is required to have seed oils specifically for the omega-6 fatty acids. I shouldn’t be shocked by these things anymore but I was.
Jesus
They also use GMO's in infant formulat now.
Jesus Mary and Joseph...
Of course. GMOs+glyphosate-->damage gut flora-->increase intestinal permeability--> "all hell breaks loose on multiple biochemical fronts"=chronic disease--> premature death.
WHAT? And illegal to import formula i understand. And Exley reports aluminum contamination in the formulas. The poor babies….
Aluminum is a huge issue. Search my archives from the “Q” box in the upper right.
As my friend is college used to wonder, "are they TRYING to kill us"?
I didn’t grok this until 3 years ago. Depending on her age, your friend lead the awareness pack.
looks like it to me..
Thanks for the interesting post. My question for your functional doctors is what happens to the gut microbiota when the carnivore diet contributes no fiber and no variety of fiber? My understanding is when the good bacteria aren't fed fiber, the bad bacteria take over and that this dysbiosis is a root cause of inflammation and neurological and auto-immune diseases.
A lot of people adapt.
Researchers don't know because stool tests show microbiota that largely don't populate other alimentary sections. See the 2023 “Fecal Microbiome Does Not Represent Whole Gut Microbiome.”
Link please but I'll search!
For pigs:
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cmi/2023/6868417/
For humans:
https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(23)00809-5 “The gut microbiome–Does stool represent right?”
this calls into question whether stool analysis is worth it b c what comes out does not reflect the rest of the gut
Yes. The pig study quotes:
"Fecal microbiome did not represent any microbiome at the 14 locations" and
"Despite significant roles of gut microbiome in various phenotypes and diseases of its host, causative microbes for such characteristics identified by one research fail to be reproduced in others"
were damning.
After these two papers, I stopped reading microbiota research, realizing that researchers were shopping for correlations. When results wouldn't match strains, they moved up the taxonomic rank to species, and if that didn't give them p <= .05, then genus.
sophisticated and interesting
I've had stool analysis and it may be meaningless
There is a lot floating around about "microbiome" and it seems nebulous. Haven't studied extensively however
I am following the work of Dr. Jason Hawrlek. He is an ND and has a PhD in microbiota. He says most of the tests are limited as well. He does say that high protein and carnivore diets drastically affect the microbiome as the butyrate species are decreased and the there is an increase of endotoxins from the bad bacteria which takes over and causes neurological issues as endotoxins cross the blood brain barrier. Carnivore is worth a try to hopefully get symptom relief and I am happy for all who have had success. Maybe taking some partially hydrolyzed guar gum would fed the good bacteria but you would have to go slow to make sure it doesnt cause pain or bloating. Something to pass by the functional medicine doctors?
I'LL LOOK THANKS
I'm still trying to understand this.
Likely
I’m trying to get my rapidly declining mom to try this. But she and my whacko vegan “science teacher” sis will never ever listen to a word that I say. I give up. The results for me have been astounding. But they only trust “experts” as the results are worse and worse. Not loved ones or direct testimony. That is all anti science and hate.
I have a vegan daughter who almost froths at the mouth when I eat carnivore. It’s like a madness comes over her. Besides there’s the
“ murdering” of animals which is her motivation and nothing will change her mind.
I feel much better on the meat diet, have less joint pain and sleep like a baby. When eating carnivore you have no need of any oils do you?
Promotion of vegan is a psyop
I don't use any , no. Our vegan daughter in law changed. I was shocked. She was very unhealthy and is doing much better now.
Animal oils shoukd be half your calories. Butter ghee. Lard is pig so if you eat it find a clean source. Hard to do.
Oh yes you do.
I say I don’t use oils to cook as I cook in butter or lard. What do I need oils for ? No salads no other food. I do get the murdering bit but tell me how you can eat meat without killing ?
Ghee lard butter is best
They DFL
What does DFL stand for? That's twice I've seen it and can't figure it out!
Nutritional “science” is adulterated.
I think we have all learned that "the science" has been corrupted forever... so I will trust my experiences over that nonsense every single time.
Exactky
I could never give up meat....I have always felt better eating meat for breakfast lunch and dinner. I still love a salad but just at night. I am now putting tallow on my face 8nstead of creams,,,will let you know how it goes. BTW since I was a child I always loved the crispy fat 9n top of the roast and would sneak into the kitchen to get it.
Are lambs ruminants?
I am also dairy crazy..love cream and half and half. Can't stand even whole milk....but I gotta stop eating ice cream every night...sigh...imtrying to cut down on sugar but there's a limit I can go....and I am not sure honey would work in ,y homemade ice cream...
Oh bread.....I love bread..I ration it..lately the artifical French bread you buy at ,Market changed,,it tastes horrible..so I am trying to make my own with French flour..I know it's bad for you but that's another thing I don't seem to be able to give up .
But I could see living on beef....
Wishing you so much good outcome from your new eating way. Works miracles..most famous case is Jordan Peterson....
Yes, ovine, aka sheep, are ruminants.
On bread - if you give it up, go cold turkey, you could well easily remove yourself from the bread demon. Keeping the drip feed on keeps the addiction going.
I used to be known locally as the bread queen. I have not eaten bread since 2012. It's easier than you think, once you are free of it you are FREE!
We got off wheat. Not just glyphosate but gluten.
In my experience it's best to give it all up - no substitutes, no fake stuff to replace familiar foods, even if they are plant free. Go animal, go simple, go real. It works. The fakes, like fake bread or pizza or cakes etc just remind you constantly of what you no longer have. The fakes are not as good. Makes it harder not to have a little bit, and bam, the addiction is back. I do not know if it is a physical or psychological addiction, I suspect both, but the grains and simple carbs ar definitely addictive. It's maybe like giving an alcoholic non alcoholic fake vodka or beer. All it does is create a craving for the real stuff. Luckily for me the grains gave quick pain, so were easy to walk awaay from once I realised.
Just eat meat and fat, and eggs and wild fish. No complicated cooking or assembling into 'meals and menus'. Saves a lot of time, effort and thinking too :)
Hope it works for you as well as it does for me.
I'm still on cheese and eggs. Milk has too much sugar
I think hard cheese and eggs are fine. Yes, milk has a lot of sugar, most folk don't realise just how much, it's about an ounce/28g in every pint!
I eat a lot of eggs - from my own hens who are kept extensively on very good grass with no linoleic acid input, so I feel they are a safe food. It's not just about the sugar :) and I believe eggs are so nutrient dense there is no down side - if the supply is sound.
Keep on going, it will be interesting to see how you fare.
My wife hates chickens but they are the quickest way to food independence
I don't eat bread either, no wheat, barley of even rye. But I eat Nairn (Scottish) oat biscuits, the organic oat of course, because I believe the oat protein (avenine) isn't as bad as the protein in the other grains. Am I right on this?
I do not know. I have not eaten any grains in any form since 2012 because they cause me pain regardless. Oats were the same. My thoughts though are seeing as we get everything we need from animal sources why bother? Why have the best of a bad lot? Just don't have any from the bad lot. All it does is keep the grain/sugar/carb monster waiting in the wings. For me that is a total no-no.
I suppose the 'crisp' bite is missing from most forma of anmal food and that can be something plant free folk miss. I get my 'crisp' from cheese melts if I feel the urge. Oatcakes don't have that bite though, so there isn't even that going for them. I did used to eat a lot of those oatcakes, they were my favourite and I bought them in wholesale quantities when I first gave up 'normal' bread and grains. For me it's just not worth it.
Another encouraging comment thanks!
Lambs are ruminants
Yes, lambs are ruminants
Yay! Love lamb.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences as you travel down the right path. I'll share a couple of thoughts as I read:
The true OG carnivore source was Owsley Stanley, most famous for his creating Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze and his association with The Grateful Dead and the evolution of concert sound systems. He discovered the carnivore diet in 1958 while he was a ballet dancer. The rest of the ballet troup had gone vegan; he went carnivore. They weakened; he strengthened. He spent the rest of his life without a morsel of plant food and he wrote a lot about it, which you can find here:
https://justmeat.co/docs/the-bear.pdf
As for this comment section's agitated and aggravated vegan stereotype and his insufferable lack of self-control and slavish dedication to vegan mythology:
https://anthonycolpo.substack.com/p/debunking-the-veganism-is-compassionate?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1328095&post_id=141443517&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=pq099&triedRedirect=true
https://anthonycolpo.substack.com/p/clueless-ranting-vegan-tells-me-i?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1328095&post_id=141599356&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=pq099&triedRedirect=true
I banned truthseeker for 24 hours
Thank you Doctor.
Owsley the LSD guy?
That's him. "Purple Haze" was one of his creations.