CARNIVORE INSOMNIA SOLVED // Everything I tried to fix my sleep, and what actually worked.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ค. 2024
- 0:00 Intro
1:47 What happened in January
3:50 I stopped sleeping well in Feb
5:39 Impromptu Bone Broth Fast
6:30 Was it light? Low Magnesium?
7:55 Was I even in ketosis?
9:16 Back to tracking again - and it worked!
10:49 Undereating? or Macros off?
14:43 Trying raw dairy
16:08 Back to the Lion Diet
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I find it amazing that myself and so many others are so sick and feel like shit eating regular foods while the media and medical field are acting like nothings wrong.
My favorite is when doctors say that IBS and digestive issues have nothing to do with your diet 😂😂 bruh
My favorite is when they say "it's just aging"
Protein energizes the body, fat calms it. I like eating my protein as my first meal, and fat as my last meal (percentage wise). 🙂
This is great advice, I need this. I can't do dairy so I'll have to work out where to get the fat. Maybe cut the fat off steak, eat the meat in the am and the fat at night.
@lf7065 Hi, I don't eat pork and we can only get dripping here which may be lard. (I'm in New Zealand). I'm going to try find lamb flaps as I think they might be quite fatty.
Same
Same
Last night I ate two eggs (they're 65% fat I think) and fatty lamb and slept 8 hours. First time in a year. Just so you know... your advice is so helpful
The curse of oxalate poisoning is deadly serious. I am shedding/dumping it right now and the link with calcium is real. When I do a dairy binge an oxalate flare up always follows around 24 to 36 hours later as the extra calcium binds with the oxalates. I'm an old male with a lifetime of oxalate consumption and the flare ups feel a bit like my old health issues are coming back, but it's nothing like it was, and serves as a great reminder of how bad life can be when I consume "Non-food" IE. Plant sourced rubbish. Rest assured, you can push through. I even manage to keep up my exercise during oxalate shedding episodes. 2 years carnivore, never going back.
Oxalates shedding? Does this ooz thru your skin, does it smell?
Yeah I experienced oxylate dumping in the form of what felt like grains of sand causing my eyes to water profusely as those hard grains/particles came out of the tear ducts.
I thought it would never end but after a few weeks it suddenly ended, and the dumping was complete.
It took me awhile to realize what this was, I just thought it was allergies or an eye irritation of some kind but now I am quite sure it was ocúpate dumping.😊
@@papacarnivore15Are you using dairy to shed oxalates?
Is this shedding described anywhere in scientific literature?
Does it take years to rid the body of oxalates and certain plant compounds?
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 *🛌 Sleep struggles began in February, leading to waking up in the middle of the night.*
02:18 *🥩 Experimented with dietary adjustments, including increasing fat intake to address sleep issues.*
05:39 *💡 Tried a 48-hour bone broth fast, noticing potential improvements in sleep quality.*
08:41 *📊 Started tracking glucose Ketone index (GKI) to assess ketosis and its potential impact on sleep.*
10:45 *📉 Adjusted macronutrient ratios, increasing fat intake, which correlated with improved sleep.*
15:47 *🥛 Tried incorporating raw dairy into the diet but experienced digestive issues, prompting a return to the previous diet.*
16:59 *🦁 Returned to the "lion diet" with a focus on high-fat intake, leading to improved sleep quality.*
18:34 *⏰ Noticed a correlation between fat intake and sleep quality, adjusting diet accordingly to maintain better sleep.*
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youre so sad doing this, let people watch the video , it helps her channel.
Thank you! I don't always have time for watching the full, long version. But I left a comment for her to get credit...
I have a lot of problems staying asleep, dr diagnosed me with insomnia. 3-4 hrs sleep if I was lucky. Have added butter to most of my meals this week. Last night I slept 11hrs, did wake up a couple of times, but went straight back to sleep.
Glycine + Taurine.
Research it.
If you wake up at night do not open eyes. Go to toilet with closed eyes. It make huge difference for me.🙂
@@vizi434sounds dangerous 🤣
Eat high fat carnivore and you will sleep like a baby.
Hi there Neah 🎉. I LOVE how you put the science together in your videos. I am a total science person, I am a Nurse, everything you said makes lots of sense. I was wondering were you hungry when you woke up at 1 or 2? I was thinking maybe a snack an hour before bedtime w fat and protein. I usually take a small “ snack “ of 2 egg yolks w 1-2 T butter in hot water frothed. I’m not sure what the drink is called but I found it on another channel, and it’s so appetizing for me. I, too test my BG and ketones regularly and track all my macros in an app since starting Carnivore 73 days ago . I’m down 2 pants sizes and my autoimmune issues are resolving and my health is so much better, I’m off of 4 meds and I originally planned this as a 90 day challenge bc I’m not a meat eater. But I am now and steaks are my fave and I make jerky just like I learned from you ❤. Thank you for your amazing content. All the great work you put into this channel!! ‼️🤞🏻👌🏻🫶🏻💚❤️💜🖤🤘🏻
THANK YOU! Found you while looking for an EARRING video... but I NEVER sleep so this is GREAT!
What’s definitely helped me with sleep, is grounding. At least half an hour before bed. However, make sure you are actually grounded.
With energy, I wasn’t drinking enough water. Now when I do focus on consuming more water, it’s definitely night and day difference in my energy levels
How do you get grounded?
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I’ve measured with a multimeter where I am actually getting grounded. Which is only one tiled area in my house (the house is on a slab of concrete). The best bet is walk on grass, wet grass even better
How did you increase fat ? Was it butter or meat fats 😊
Thanks for the update, Very helpful
I've been on the diet for almost 3 months now and I am struggling with exactly this! Thank you soooo much for this video, i will adjust my diet and hopes it works for me too!
So am I. Been 3 months carnivore
Wow! Thank you! Great information clearly and concisely presented!
Love the t-shirt ❤
Fantastic analysis, very helpful thank you for sharing.
Good luck on your journey ❤️ and see you around 😊
Great to know your sleeping well. I am struggling with sleeplessness on this diet. Can you make a video on how you increase your fat and reduce protein with examples. Thank You.
I second this, i wanna also know what she eats to increase her fat intake
To get more fat get meat from a butcher shop like ribeye roast or ny strip roast I get them cut 2” thick steaks with all the fat still on it also you can add butter to your meals or Philadelphia cream cheese the one thats package in in a block
Also investing in blue light blocking glasses helps with sleep blue light in the evening increases stress hormone cortisol I recommend the defender shield 99% shielding ones also try to get outside for natural light and add vitamin d3 if you can’t get sunlight i use the sports research 5,000 iu once a day with a meal it’s absorbed better with fat preferably earlier in the day
Also ask butcher to make beef mince 50/50 or 60/40 fat or 70/30 fat depending on what ratio your body needs ❤
@@jenniferbates7656 Thank You will do that.
I like your analytical way of thinking and how you went about figuring it all out for you. :) Thanks!
Excellent information...! I've experienced the same sleep issues.. Thank you so much for sharing..👍👍👍
I struggle with sleep but noticed that getting sunlight helps.
Sunlight makes natural melatonin in the brain. Taking melatonin pills doesn't put this melatonin in the brain.
I get uv b rays in a tanning bed. It adds 2 - 3 hrs of sleep per night for me after a couple of weeks. Sun is sooo key for sleep.
Thanks Neah, this was great!
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We are all so different. Jen at DelightedtoMeatYou found that her blood sugar was dropping over night and that's what was causing her to wake up super early (middle of the night). She now intentionally spikes her blood sugar with raw dairy before bed to prevent the night waking. I used to have that problem as well, but I increased the amount of salt in my diet to combat that issue.
Butter by my bedside is a Godsend! Middle Tennessee Rita ❤
Hi Neah. In MX and dealing with traveling diet and sleep issues! Thank you 🙏 We love all that you bring to us, looking forward to Carnivore Church. Hi Boo! ❤
Dr Elizabeth Bright said sometime eating a bit of fat when you wake up can help some people get back to sleep
Great video Neah!!
I find that when I keep my fat intake high, and keep my calories a bit higher (for me as a male and age 61, 220 lbs at 2500-2800 cal), I get excellent sleep.
I told you this before but I enjoy a cup of coffee in the morning (and sometimes another in the evening (8 to 9 pm) with 2 tbsp grass fed butter, 2 tbsp heavy cream, 1 tbsp MCT Oil, a dash of monk fruit sweetener, some vanilla and cinnamon and 10 drops of Lugols 2% iodine. YUM!!!!!!!
Also, I used to suffer from depression and anxiety and I truly believe that I’ve got to keep the fat content high (75-85%) to optimize keeping these conditions in full remission….
And it’s working great!!!
Plus I really enjoy my morning coffee….
I hope this helps all y’all!!!😊
love hearing what you are doing! sounds good
I will definitely try this
Interesting! My depression/anxiety lifted when I started taking 10,000-20,000 IU of Vit D3 daily.
Caffeine has a 12 hour half life. It also spikes insulin. Melatonin is not released in the presence of insulin.
Thanks papa! That sounds so good!
Synchronicity! I have been having trouble with sleep since January, not falling asleep but waking up between 1:45AM and 3:20AM every single night. I also had daytime energy going down slowly but surely... I do go to bed early, like 9PM, but it's annoying to wake up! I even tried to go to bed later see if I would just sleep to later, to no avail.
I'm so happy I found your channel while looking for information about carnivore macros. I've recently upped my fat as well, to 80-20 like you did (95g protein, 170g fat). I still consume raw cheese, maybe an oz a day... Could drop it and see if I get an improvement. Energy has been up, but I still woke up at 3:40AM this morning :)
Ugh. Good luck to you. I know the struggle!
This a fascinating idea. I’ve not heard this before. Definitely trying this. Thanks
Neah you're looking so youthful, Vibrant, Healthy and lean. You did before but even more so now. I'm so glad this is working for you. I've been trying to up my fat as well but I'm horrible at math and it's kind of just a shot in the dark (not sure I did your 80/20 pemmican right etc). I've been feeling a bit better but still not sleeping through the night.
Hmmm. Yeah, it's really just a guesstimate at the end of the day. What do you do for electrolytes, if any? Lately I've been using 1.5 to 2 servings a day also..
So glad this has worked for you. Ive yoyo'd in and out of carnivore for the last six months, all because of insomnia. It would always creep up, 3am wake ups, around two weeks into the diet. I'm willing to up my fat and give it another try.
Love your analytical attitude!!! I had a strange outbreak of psoriasis months ago and after delving into all the research I believed it was stress. Situations in my life that are PTSD related were being triggered by stressors. I got that under control and the psoriasis completely disappeared. Shock! As a psychologist and hypnotherapist I would offer for you to be careful using self-hypnosis or any hypnosis without the proper terminology, i.e. 5 min of any hypnosis is the equivalent to 8 hours sleep, so it is important that as you relax, that you use words about "falling into a deep sleep"...and not just relaxing. Without the proper/guiding terminology for the brain and body to relax into a deep and healing sleep, you leave the door open for your body and brain to spring into wakefulness as soon as you perhaps doze off. And don't forget the words for waking rested and ready for the day (so to speak). Thank you for all your time and effort to make such great videos. Be healthy, stay safe and many blessings, Morgan
I add grass fed butter (I get mine at Aldi) to my steaks or ground beef, chops, fish, whatever.
By adding butter liberally it ups the fat content plus it tastes great too!!
Since I’ve increased my fat content to 75-85% I have tons more energy and sleep
Through the night very well. 😊
Me too
Man, I hope I can reintroduce butter. That would be the life right there!
Very clear, well-presented, thanks
This is good to know. So many Carnivores say how their sleep has improved. They’re jumping our of bed each morning, well rested. Mine is slowly improving. Glad yours is so much better.
Love the T-shirt. What size should I order? I’m 5’3” and average size. Also the currency? Starts with an A.
I'm 5'4" 120 and wearing a small. It's pretty long, almost covers the behind
First, you are looking very good and healthy 😁. I really fought insomnia for several weeks until I ran across a lady directing us to take a little salt and eat some fat like butter when having these issues. It has really helped. I also have noticed, keeping up with electrolytes helps as well.
I'm happy you resolved your sleeping issues. I could never do that and HAD to stop bcs it got incredibly bad after several months with hardly any sleep and constantly racing heartbeats plus arythmias. I tracked aswell and tried all kinds of macros. I hoped the really high fat and moderate protein would help but it got even worse bcs I apparently couldn't really use the fats and I got seriously low glucose during nights and that induced stresshormone release. Haven't been able to solve this issue sadly. Only reintroducing carbs helped. But then I still struggle with Hashimoto's and pain. But I can sleep so much better. It's a catch 22.🤪
Honestly Beef, Salt and Water is the next best thing you can do. Make the salt Pink Himalayan, Sea salt negatively affected me actually heavily. Pay attention to how old the beef is as all beef is usually aged from 2-4 weeks, beef being aged creates heavy histamine which creates my main issues. Ground beef is the worst culprit as more surface area creates more histamine.
I've learned with me after many months of testing, the fresher the meat the better off I am. If the meat is aged in any way all my symptoms come back heavily. I get my meat and freeze it ASAP and cook from frozen.
Same here
Good on you for finding out through listening to your body and not someone else's dogmatic advice approach. I too stay away from high histamine meats the best I can. I hunt and eat raw wild game, when I eat it right after a harvest it is next level energy and vitality. I wish you the best on your health journey.
Wow just found your channel subbed ❤
I cannot tell you how amazing Carnivore was for me, for 1.5 months. I won't go into detail, the hell that doctors put me through over the last 8 years with a misdiagnosis. Carnivore, in 1.5 months, allowed me to get off of some very dangerous meds, however, then the INSOMNIA kicked in, and to keep from losing my job and sanity, I had to go back to eating carbs again just to get some sort of sleep. Of course, eating carbs has now caused inflammation in my body to get out of control again. I pray that I can get back on Carnivore and not go through that kind of insomnia again. Low to No Carb diets are hard on the Adrenal Glands - either that or the amount of detoxing was so high, causing intense ear ringing, waking up 10 - 15 times per night, and when I did sleep, it not being decent sleep at all.
My suspicion is that this is caused by not truly being fat adapted. That's my experience at least. But if you can find a few carbs that don't raise your inflammation, that works too! I hope you find what works for you!
Yes the difficulty sleeping & intense ear ringing is a stress (cortisol) response. Ashwaganda will lower the cortisol. Take it with dinner meal to lower cortisol for evening and overnight. Increasing fats also helps calm body. (I also had severe adrenal fatigue issues I healed myself from.)
@@msbeecee1 i’ve not met anyone else with the adrenal issues that I have due to being a long-term prednisone. How bad were your adrenals? I take ashwagandha but it does not really help as much as I thought it would.
@@msbeecee1 how much do you take or did you take in the evening with dinner? Maybe I’m not taking enough.
@@msbeecee1 I have issues digesting fat now and I’m taking bile salts for that, but it doesn’t help as much as it used to. So I can’t eat a ton of fat which I think is causing me more problems.
Hi Neah - Your video popped up in my youtube recommendations. Yes, I liked and subscribed. I'll try to keep this short. It's perfectly normal to get 4 to 6 hours of sleep, in my experience. It means you're doing it right. I have to push my bedtime to about 10pm. I start to get the drowsy feeling around 8:30 pm. I've been low carb for about 35 years. Carnivore for 5 years. I eat about 1 lb of meat per day. I'm accidentally OMAD. When I first went carnivore I could eat 3 lbs per day. I think that's what my body needed, at the time, to do some remodeling. I'm a 5' 6" male.
Just to be clear, I think the 8 hour recommendation that we've all heard all our lives is pulled out of thin air. I function perfectly well on half that, and have steady energy all day.
One more thing - the above, is n=1 obviously, but I have heard similar sleep pattern anecdotes from other low carb/carnivore followers, like Robert Atkins and Gary Taubes
Very well presented. Glad you got good results. You have convinced me to give it a try as I am having similar issues since going carnivore, dropping the 50-75 daily grams of carbs. It would be interesting to see if you maintained the high fat but also increased the protein back up for more calories if still same results… might help with energy…. It’s like we are all little detectives now lol…..
Yes! I am posting all my meals on Instagram now, so you can see my daily macros there. I do want to eat more eventually, but taking it one day at a time. 😊
Thanks for you video. Im only on day 9 but have also started to have insomnia. I will up my fat intake & see how it goes. It all seems counter-intuitive but it works. Im down 3kg and never hungry!
@ 5.20 ''cheese''. I had to pause you to go get a bit of cheese lol. Love your work Neah, Ben is a lucky bloke. From Australia!
After watching a few of your videos I am not only short of magnesium I am definitely not eating enough fat! Thanks for doing videos. I think I would be still lost if it wasn't for you. Hopefully now am getting enough magnesium and going to be getting enough fat and not to much protein my sleep will get better. Thanks again 😊
Wow….I could not be so into such details
wow! I went carnivore about 1 month ago and now I'm facing the exact same problem! I wake up at 3a.m. and have hard time trying to get to sleep!
I tracked my macros and realized I'm getting almost a 1:1 ratio fats/protein and the 80% fat is about 2:1 ratio fats/protein! So I'm missing a lot of fat in my meals and this may be the cause of my issue too!
Thanks a lot for sharing! I'´ll implement some adjustments right now and see what happens!
Nice!! I loved this video. Thank you for it.
I've been on the lion diet for 6 months, going strong. I too sleep better when I do high fat. My naturopathic doctor told me a long time ago that ice cream is the best dessert because the high fat content keeps your blood sugar stable throughout the night. Similarly it makes sense that high fat in general would help with sleep. I find that other things that help me sleep include Bone broth, especially in the evening and especially with the fat & marrow picked off and pureed into it - nice and creamy. Other things are L glutamine (which I need to work up to the full dose, I'm at 100-250), Mega IGg 2000, salt. And walking! That one really surprised me. When I walk 3 miles a day, my sleep is so much better. Now I'm finding that 3 miles in the morning Is good, but if I skip that walk at night because I walked in the morning - no good! I have to walk both times in order to sleep well.
Circadian rhythm stuff is another thing I tried. It helps big time. Sunrise exposure, sunset exposure, adjusting sleep/wake schedules to match the darkness. I apparently need to wake up 4-6:30. Avoiding 7-7:30 because it's a slippery slope! Then I Need to go to bed at 8:45-10. After 10 is a slippery slope!
Lastly, I also eat liver every day. I do this through ground beef, I buy the special organ blend at natural Grocers called Renegade ground beef. It has something like 3 or 7% organs and it's actually pretty good. Less chewy than the force of nature brand. When I started I had to mix 50 /50 with regular ground beef, but now I eat it by itself. It's great with salt and beef-flavored tallow.
I have come so far on this diet in the last 6 months.
I am still struggling with loose stool, but I think it's something to do with fat absorption or bile supplements or the gallbladder, so I'm still working on that.
Overall it's been amazing.
Full time for the first time in 10 years!
Ps. Did you hear about the beef shortage? I'm kind of concerned. I heard that beef is going to go up 30% in price next year because there's a shortage.
Thank you for sharing this. I experience waking at 330 every night when i drop my carbs but i feel more energetic and less like a zombie in the morning. I find my sleep worsens the week before my period.
Yes! I also find higher fat is the best for most women. Working with a few women in menopause and increasing their fat seems to be helping them. Thank you for sharing.
I'm 58. Bit over a yr into menopause. I find getting enough fat really helps me.
@@BrassyBrunette me too, it was hard to wrap my head around that for a while
I had the same problem, now I take Magnesium Bis-Glycinate around 8:30 at night, I am more calm and relax during the night, I wake up but go back to sleep immediately. Works really great for me.
This was is a major problem when I try to go 100% carnivore. Can’t wait to see what you have to say. I’m amazed how some carnivores say they sleep so much better on carnivore. I also start to lose energy as well.
Maybe you have oxalate dumping in the brain 🤷🏻♀️
This video is wonderful and just what I needed. I haven't found a video that was so precise to how to improve sleep. I have been struggling for several years with waking up in the night, wide awake and can't go back to sleep. I am carnivore for 4 1/2 years and usually eat 70/30 ratio. So, now with the information that you shared I am going to increase my ratio to 80/20 and see what happens. I will let you know how it goes. Thank you so much for doing this.
You're welcome! I hope it works for you!
Thank you so much for this video . I have not felt well since ditching my vegan diet and sleep is worse too. I switched to carnivore for a health issue which DOES seem improved, but energy and sleep are not good. I just calculated what I have been eating and should be eating 500 more calories a day at least and 40 more grams of fat. Yikes!
I hope this will help me too
Bless your heart ❤️
Thank you for that info Neah 💜 the lion diet you’re doing - is it beef, salt and water only or do you have butter as well?
If you add butter, that would not be lion, would be carnivore
@@papacarnivore15 thank you 😊
Reducing or cutting out salt from your meals might help with sleep. High intake of salt seems to help for people who are starting on the carnivore diet and are adapting to a higher intake of fat and changes in gut bacteria, but it also seems to increase cortisol over time. Reducing my salt intake has improved my sleep quite drastically. That said, I'm currently consuming small amounts of honey before bedtime as well, and although my meals consist exclusively of red meat, I haven't been pure carnivore for about 5 months now.
Thats encouraging! Ive used Cronometer to track 20:08 So I made a chart to compare amount of deep sleep against oxalates....ok I actually compared it to every single nutrient available 😂 The thing that correlated was oxaltes. If they're higher, less deep sleep. Goodbye tea. But I'm working my way to 80/20. Sleeping better but still up 3-5 nightly.
Wow. Good work.
Having the same issue. Agree!
Take small snack of fat in evening (1 TB butter or mct oil) and the waking will stop. It comes from hormone spike from dysregulated hormones. The fat resolves it
I am new to carnivore. I basically have dropped all oxalates except tea. I did not want to drop that entirely due to being concerned about sudden oxalate dumping.
Oh wow that's super interesting info
I've been suggesting that women need to go as high as 80/20 to really get the max healing going. Glad that you have found this to be helpful for you. Sorry that I didn't know of your struggle before you found it on your own.
I have had the same I started Greek yogurt plain with a little high quality honey it is great
Great info! Thank you! As a former Lactaid consumer of MANY years (could not handle regular milk at all) I recently discovered the benefits of whole milk, unsweetened Kefir. People who cannot tolerate milk do not have the microbiome to process it. The microbes from the kefir really help with gut healing and processing of milk products. During the fermenting of Kefir, the microbes eat the lactose sugars in whole milk so there is very, very little of the lactose left in the Kefir. I started with 1/2 cup on an empty stomach in the morning and with my evening OMAD meal and tolerated it really well. I advanced to 1 cup twice a day and have been tolerating it really well. The surprise, after nearly a month of this is WAY better sleep. The other benefit is normal stool. Had been suffering from the beginning of carnivore, almost 2 years ago, with 5-7 days without going and painful, hard ones. I had tried upping my fat intake and increasing water intake to no avail. I’m thinking it was more of a lack of gut microbes along with increasing fat through the whole milk Kefir. I’m looking forward to trying very small amounts of straight whole or raw milk in the future. For now, I’m letting my gut heal as I enjoy these wonderful benefits, including my moods leveling out.
I totally relate with the sleep issues, sister! After almost a month on the Kefir, I am now on my 4th solid nights sleep in a row and feeling awesome because of it, along with leveling out my moods. The stool changes happened after only 2 days of the Kefir! What a blessing! 😁
Thank you! I have thought about making some at home. Maybe I'll try that after the 90 days lion.
@@neahsway , I live in the Midwest and found the brand, Kalona through Dr. Omara. It has the most microbes I’ve seen. I just started fermenting my own using the Kalona as it saves me $$$. Use whatever full fat milk you like, not ultra pasteurized, just regular pasteurized if you can’t get raw. Using a half gallon of milk minus 1 cup, pour the milk into a half gallon glass mason jar. Add one cup of the Kalona into the jar and put a clean washcloth or tea towel on top and secure with a rubber band. Put it in a room or your kitchen that is anywhere from 68-72 degrees. Depending on the room temperature, it can be done in as little as 12-24 hours, up to 3 days. What you want to look for is fermenting activity or grain formation. Mine got a thicker looking layer on top. The best way to know when it’s done to your taste at the 24 hour mark is to put the lid on it, shake it up and taste it. If it is the right thickness and level of tartness for you, strain it into a clean mason jar and stick it in the fridge to enjoy. If not, put the washcloth back on and set it back where you had it and check again every 4-6 hours, until you’re happy with it. The longer it sits, the tarter it gets (the microbes eat the sugars in the milk to live) My last batch took almost 3 days to ferment the way I like it (house temp is around 68). The batch before was just over 2 days. If the milk starts to separate, don’t worry, just strain the grains out and refrigerate. It will just be a little more tart. Shake it up every time before serving it.
I was going to buy the starter grains on Amazon but saw a tutorial on how to ferment it using store bought Kefir. I like doing it this way because it eliminates having to maintain the grains (kind of like maintaining sour dough starter). I buy a couple of Kalona Kefirs and use 1 cup for each 1/2 gallon I make. I have 3 half gallons going (stagger making them) all the time. When I open the last half gallon, I buy another Kalona and start making another batch. Love it! Hope this is helpful.
Thank you!
Have you ever watched Stephanie Keto Person? She is super knowledgeable and a huge proponent of lower protein and higher fat for the reasons stated
Yes! I learn so much from her -- she is strict in her thinking and does not sugar coat anything!
Ive gone off carni for the past year and i can definitely tell a difference. As soon as i eat sugar my scalp starts itching
I'm on a carnivore diet and sometimes only sleep for two or three hours a night. I'm not tired during the day though, so I'm not sure whether to regard it as a problem. We are told we need eight hours of sleep, but maybe that's just another fallacy.
That’s wonderful. You have more of your life.
Be careful. We need sleep. And 3-4 hours is dangerous for your health long term. Please try to add a few more hours to your sleep. Try NSDR protocol etc. Cheers 🙌
I sleep a lot less since I became ketovore…
I now go to bed a lot earlier (I just get tired earlier) and I wake up much earlier in the morning, usually between 4 and 5:30.
And guess what?? I wake up sharp as a tack and ready to literally jump right out of the bed to get my day started!!!
I then can’t wait to make my delicious morning coffee with some grass fed butter, heavy cream, mct oil, vanilla, cinnamon and a dash of organic monk fruit and 10 drops of iodine and that starts my day with a nice big dose of healthy fat, which gives me a lot of energy to start my day and also keeps my depression and anxiety in full and complete remission. I whip it up with an immersion blender so it’s nice and frothy… YUM!!
You gotta keep your fat intake super high on carnivore or in my case ketovore or your sleep and energy levels will likely suffer.
As Dr Kiltz says… Carnivore should really be called
FATOVORE!!! 😊😊😊
Hope this helps!!
Thanks for the replies. I try to buy the fattiest cuts of meat, but there is a limit to what I can get. I have the butcher mince it up and I fry it with eggs. I'm not sure what else I can do; I don't get on with dairy.
@@gilesstevemaybe try using ghee instead of butter. It's basically the fat left after the milk protein has been skimmed off.
On the subject of raw dairy, I can't touch cow dairy, pasteurised is the worst, but I still respond negatively to raw cow dairy, milk or cheese, but still respond well to goat and sheep dairy.
I eat a lot of pasteurised goat cheese and butter. I don't have zero symptoms with goat milk, but cheese and butter I seem to have no problems with.
Dunno if that's worth experimenting with!
Just a note on protein... Some protein researchers (eg Don Layman) have mentioned that you start to lose muscle mass if you go below 0.8 grams of protein per pound of your ideal body weight.
You could try to off set this by stimulating your muscles (resistance training). Or do both, weight train AND keep protein to a minimum of 0.8 g per lb ideal body weight. Although the most common recommendation is actually 1 gram of protein per lb of ideal body weight.
Could you give an example what you ate in a day in february vs march to change the macros?
Yes! I've found I need to actually be in nutritional ketosis to get the best rest😊 I just have to be careful not to eat too much fat or I gain weight
Magnesium glycinate is best in the morning for me and MgCl sprays after showers. Using at night for me is stimulating. I believe this is because I’ve actually had low magnesium since I was born. My mum is very low magnesium as well.
Pre bedtime snack of 1/2 tb butter or sip of mct oil eliminated my overnight waking issues
Adrenal fatigue can take months to recover from.
I’m surprised more carnivore Doctors and coaches don’t bring this up: it’s a major problem for a lot of us!!
Can it actually cause adrenal fatique? I’m off carnivore but even after adding carbs in form of fruit & honey i still got the symptoms of waking up wired and tired in the middle of the night between 1-3am.
Lately it was enough to eat some carbs like 1 - 2 tbsp honey before bed to sleep now i don’t know what to do. Add more carbs? Or zero carbs more fat? Also im surely have high cortisol which will wake me up
@@lukassteinmetzer5451 oh dear.. another Saladino follower?
Potassium helps heal the adrenal gland…
OMAD in the evening before bed works for me, I take a melatonin tab and it helps alot - if I wake up in the middle of the night I take some ALA and that seems to help me fall back asleep, no caffeine except in the morning and the more I limit it the better I seem to sleep that night
Dr Elisabeth Bright suggests to keep a tsp of butter by your bed. When you wake up, take that tsp. Hopefully will correct after a while.
I do the old-fashioned cure: warm up some milk (maybe half a cup) in the microwave and toss it down. So butter might also work or maybe cream cheese.
@@Pondapple milk? Lots of sugar in milk!!! No way.
The waking between 1 & 3 am is classic histamine. Although it’s interesting it happens to you after upping fat! My sleep improved a lot after eating more fat, like a stick of butter a day I’d just eat it in chunks before bed. I’ve had this same type of insomnia for years now! It has drastically improved on carnivore but i am not adding more fibers in to feed my microbiome
When i eat moderate protein and high fat i sleep mutch better and feel rested when wakeup. High fat makes me feel mutch better than reqular carnivore. Some aminos in evening help sleepig but thats not right way to help sleep, it”s just quick fix.
Inositol, taurine, nac is very helpful and reishi extract. But if taking those regularly then you mess you normal sleep.
This video was awesome and helpful. Than you
you need to eat fatty meats. lean meats arent all that good for you. not saying people cant eat them. but you need saturated fats
@@Themrine2013 i don’t eat lean meat. Just fatty meat with tallow or butter
this is exactly me right now for the last few weeks and i feel like im on deaths door. really really struggling i've resorted to having fruit before bed to help
just an update, i have increased my fat intake far beyond what I would of ever of eaten naturally and i have now slept 5 days in a row with great success without needing any carbs. i've had to do this with cream and cheese to get the fat in.. i understand some people dont do dairy and neither was i until deciding to get more fat in.. and it's working tremendously!
I don’t have Instagram. Would like if you posted what you are eating on TH-cam. Glad you are sleeping better.
I have been getting severe sugar cravings my entire adult life. Life has been a struggle because of it. I have had parasitic infection and candida infection for i reckon half my life. I wish i could just stop sugar and go carnivore. Its so hard. Im not over weight. I am a great size but i have lost alot of muscle. I am 40 this year. Have lost my entire 30s to chronic illness. I have just finished a massage junk food binge this weekend and im feeling so weak and depressed. Your videos have popped up hence y i am here. I have chronic fatigue syndrome, leaky gut, i reckon i am auto immune...possibly arthritis and i think i may have muscualr dystrophy which has come on in my 30s. Sugar has been my cryptonite. I wish i never craved it. Its ruined my life
I feel you. I had major sugar cravings starting out as well. Hang in there!
Sugar is deadly.
Wow. That’s interesting bc I’ve never heard of that solution before. I do take 10,000 IU of vit D3/K2 per day as well
What do you think about raw primal?
Thank you. So, increasing fat intake is very much related to sleep quiality! protein : fat = 1:2, it's aka paleo ketogenic diet.
Interesting video. I went through that a while back, will keep this in mind if it happens again. I don't track so had no idea why it started and no idea why it stopped. I believe you said you suffer from psoriasis? Might try adding eggs to your diet if you haven't already. Eating eggs gives a significantly faster recovery for burn victims. Might help with psoriasis. Pasture raised are the best commercially available at least they are getting some bugs in their diet. Local would be better.
Thanks. I’ll try to add more fat in. I haven’t slept thru the night in forever.
Interesting finding re sleep and fat. I'll be curious to see if that holds up over time. cheers
What, how are you tracking your protein/fat? A specific app?
cronometer
Another major contributor to sleep problems is electrolyte disturbance. Generally this is caused by eating too many small meals a day. Most of the time this is self correcting on carnivore and people tend to drift towards 1 meal a day, 2 max. But old habits can be hard to break and many will snack all day. And others may be concerned about being kicked out of ketosis, and therefore shun protein in order to keep high ketone levels around the clock.
The point is that the body does need a very small bump of insulin at least every 48 hours or so, to maintain the kidneys and hold on to electrolytes. This is achieved very easily by eating one large bolus of meat and fat in one sitting.
Remember there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. The goal of any ketogenic way of eating is not to just be in ketosis at all costs, all of the time. Do not restrict protein, and do not chase ketones. You cannot actually measure them as you cannot account for the rate in which they enter the Crebs cycle anyways, so don’t bother. Eat a species appropriate diet to satiety.
Secondly don’t eat a lot of organs, especially liver. We aren’t designed for it. And this will lead to a copper toxicity issue, which will also wreck your electrolyte balance.
As Dr Kiltz says… Carnivore should really be called…
FATOVORE!!😊
Yes!!
I been waking up 2am on carnivore. I think I am not getting enough magnesium so I've just started taking complex magnesium tablets. Only thing is I have red that it can take 4 weeks to take effect. Hopefully it will work
I hope so!
Another thing about the raw dairy issue, try kefir + raw milk consumption and the guy will regrow its bacteria it needs to metabolize the lactose. you likely experienced lactose issues in terms of digestion and i know many people including myself who did a raw milk homemade kefir protocol i went from lactose intolerant to now being able to consume dairy with no problems.
Hey Neah. In chronometer is everything you put in in grams even meat so for ribeye or lamb chops I would just put in 400g ? Thanks in advance ☺️
It's different depending on the entry, but I find most have an option for ounces or grams
@@neahsway thanks
Yeah butter is great… if you can tolerate it of course 😊
Anyone has negative experience with minerals? All went find for nearly 3 month and all over sudden my blood pressure dropped over 20 points, racing heart, tingling sensation in hands, feet and face. increased salt, magnesium, potassium and some calcium, heart rate seems steady now, but tingling sensation still there, also waking up in the middle of the night feeling dehydrated.
A big portion of your daily fat intake before bed without protein helps alot
I wasn't sleeping before carnivore and I'm not sleeping now either. My sleeping patterns haven't changed at all. I'm only about 7-8 weeks in, but I still wake up several times a night. I haven't lost any weight yet and I think a lot of it has to do with not sleeping. I'm also a 57-year-old woman so it could be hormonal issues, too. It's so frustrating. 😢
I'm so sorry! I have heard increasing electrolytes helps some people also. Are you taking any right now?
You should do an interview with "No Carb Life".
I was on his show awhile back!
@@neahsway
I'll have to check it out.
I believe it's fat related, I had the same the last couple of week. I wake up regularly during the night, but im stlll well rested
Take hydration iv and add 1 tsp of potassium chloride to half gallon of water and drink throughout the day, i also have a couple of magnesium tablets throughout the day, i realize on this diet potassium is really low.
What exactly did you eat to increase your fat and reduce your protein? Im currently eating 1 or 2 pounds of ground beef some days, and waking up at around the times youve mentioned. I recently incorporated duck fat for extra fat but its not working as of right now. Been on this diet for 3 months.
I'm posting what I eat daily on Instagram . Same name over there. I try to add tallow, fat trimmings of beef or lamb to my meals (air fried is delicious). It's hard some days to get it in, but I do my best!
@@neahsway ok thanks!
This is very interesting. I’m still learning about all of this. What types of fat can I consume other than butter and fat from the beef? I ate part of a ribeye last night and I just can’t eat the fat. 🥴 Thank you!
I get lamb fat from my local butcher, and find it very tasty!
Potassium and B1 supplements worked for me. I take them half an hour before bed and again when I wake up way too early in the morning.
I would also recommend watching this video. There may be related information in it:
Can the Carnivore Diet Cause Insomnia by Harry Serpanos.
As an experiment for those that may want to try, can you give us a conversion of how many grams of fat and protein per pound of body weight you found has helped your sleep? Nice job👍
I will next time, thanks!
I'd really like to know how you measure how much fat you are consuming and what you do to increase your fat uptake.
Very helpful video thank you
Cronometer and other sites are just one of the tools. But you don’t really even that. Almost all food that you buy tells you how much fat is in it. This is where a digital kitchen scale and paying close attention come in play. Yes, meat does vary from one piece to the next, but if you are eating all the fat that comes with it, you get pretty close on average. So, online tracker and a set of scales and a clear, dedicated head.
I can’t remember which carni Doc it was, but he/she talked about bi-phasic sleep. That it is normal and it happens. I can go stretches like that, but I feel rested for the next day, not dragging.
I saw Dr. Berry talk about it. I feel like that could be me if I could take a nap in the afternoon. But that never happens lol.
1)How do you know it wasn’t the low calories and not the fat/protein ratio?
2)if you haven’t been eating diary, it would take some time for your body to make the enzymes needed to digest milk. Raw or not.
Great, thorough talk though. I appreciate the information as I am now waking up an hour earlier than I want to. Thanks.
I think it was the ratio because there were times when I was eating similar amounts of calories but more of them were coming from protein VS now when more are coming from fat. I sleep better when more are coming from fat.