I was watching a interview with Dr Baker and Lauren Hughes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DBpTpGChzU

And she made a really good point, unlike every other medical intervention carnivore/keto is unique in that you EAT UNTIL YOU ARE FULL.

Hunger is just not a thing on carnivore, that surprises so many people. How much should you eat? Eat meat until you are full. What if I get hungry again? Eat more meat. It’s so simple, its easy to forget how hungry people with other eating patterns are.

I was at a mall yesterday, filled with food vendors, and smells. Everyone was snacking, eating, everything was covered in sugar and rich in carbs. It was a feast of eating everywhere. Shocking to see how I used to be, I would have been one of those people going from stall to stall getting a bite of this, a taste of that, and go back for another one. Never satisfying myself, always having the cravings.

  • jet@hackertalks.comOPMEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ve been clean carnivore for the better part of a year now, and i wasn’t tempted at all in the mall. The smells didn’t get me, but I did have some visual triggers when seeing cookies and brownies - but I realize that was just habitual learned behavior and not a actual hunger signal.

    • psud@aussie.zoneMEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      The hunger of a high carb diet is crazy strong. You feel like you are starving

      But on this diet it just works. Your body turns up the hunger signal when you miss a couple of meals. You get an unmistakable signal when you’ve had enough fat, had enough protein.

      As far as I can tell the only signal on high carb is a full stomach. I feel like the only satisfying standard diet meals are the meat heavy ones like Christmas dinner

      • jet@hackertalks.comOPMEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        full stomach

        I was a sugar addict, I didn’t stop when my stomach was full. I stopped when I couldn’t eat a single bite more. It was really degenerate behavior.

        Funnily enough, yesterday I had some carb cravings, and I think its because I started to use Whey protein to hit my daily targets, and the 0 carb whey protein powder has polydextrose (anti-caking agent?) in it.

        • psud@aussie.zoneMEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          I really don’t like targets. I reckon you’re getting enough protein. Try lean steak if you think you could use more - as in put more on your plate at meals

          I trust my body to tell me if I’m not getting enough for what I’m trying to do