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.
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
My wife and I started carnivore on Feb 6th this year and have been fairly strict but have allowed a few spices and a couple rare instances where we had a few carrots and for my wife a couple of other carb intakes, but very small in quantity. We are both feeling better and losing weight. I've completely reversed my type 2 diabetes. I have a question for you or anybody who doesn't mind answering. I see your shirt with "n=1" and I've heard that reference many times but I've never heard anyone talk about what that is. Would you mind please explaining that? As a side note, I can't thank you enough for your DIY electrolytes video. That helped so much and has saved me a ton.
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.
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. 😊
You and I have come to the same conclusion- Lion diet with 80% fat. I’m 7.5 years animal based. Age 69. When I switched to Dr. Boz ‘s recommendation to set Cronometer macro setting to keto, strict, i immediately had terrible insomnia. I switched to keto, moderate setting and have done better. Also I get off the lighted screens two hours before bedtime, read, stretch, listen to calming music, all under salt lamps or orange lights. I always get up around 3 and go right back to sleep. I play crickets on my wake up clock all night. I shut off the lighted display. A sun simulation comes on at 5:45am and reaches highest brightness at 6 am. If I break my rules and stay up to watch a season finale then it’s difficult to get back to sleep after peeing in the middle of the night. Now I’m working on pelvic floor exercises to sleep through the night without having to go pee. I have tried raw dairy year 4-6.5. I gained 24 lbs- all the weight I had lost originally on carnivore. I did Lion last year for 6 weeks. Felt really good.
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
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.
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.
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.
Interesting, I am facing this problem of waking up at 2.30 or 3.3o am on ketogenic diet. I am thankful it's because of protein fat ratio, hopefully fix it as u did. Saleem Raza.....Pakistan
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 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
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
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 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.
I tried eating more fat but I still couldn’t sleep. I ate butter in the morning and had about 3 tbs. before bed. It wasn’t insomnia I was falling asleep but waking up in the weirdest way like a knee jerk way. I tried to stay awake but I wanted to fall back asleep. Just to wake up again. It’s a very weird feeling. I tried organic tart pomegranate juice before bed and it worked. I didn’t want to resort to carbs but upping my fat didn’t work.
The reason why you wake up in the middle of the night on carnivore is because you don't need as much sleep when your body runs on ketosis... you can try going to bed later.. i average 4 to 5 hours of sleep since going on carnivore.... if you are powered by glucose your body needs 8 hours to recover, on ketones your body only needs 4 hours of sleep
True. I also noticed since going carnivore I wake up way before the alarm (5 hours of sleep on average) but don't feel like I lack sleep or anything of that kind. In fact I can stay active the whole day!
I just watched a video by steak and butter Gal. She cut out all salt. This improved her sleep and reduced fatigue. I believe this is my answer. This is what I’m going to do.
I have extensively tried glycine and glycine plus NAC for this. It didn't help me. I found that adding glycine increases the body's endogenous oxalate production. That was a big clue for me that my issue is based on oxalates Best wishes! Glad that's working for you! A little jealous!
yeah the insomnia happens when you stop eating carbs lol, i am not carnivore but when i was dieting cutting out carbs gave me insomnia...................
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.
Yep... What you're saying/writing/thinking is occurring everywhere. This is not "wokism", it is consciousness and awareness. And it scares the s**t out of the big conglomerates of medicine, pharma, and food. And exposes the homicidal insanity of centralized control of society. The numbers of those who will not comply are growing constantly.
They’ve monetized enslaving and poisoning us - they provide the poison and the cure. keep us fat sick entertained and stupid. the Drs are told what to do and how to think by their master acronyms - all across the board this is happening- academia , health, food same thing… all working together- it’s true and very much dark and intended. Cheers!
🎯 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.* Made with HARPA AI
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.
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!! ‼️🤞🏻👌🏻🫶🏻💚❤️💜🖤🤘🏻
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.
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.😊
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.
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
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.
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!!!😊
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!
3 months in and my sleep is so bad my cortisol has gone through the roof and driving higher blood glucose. Was always in the low to mid 4's mmol (Canadian) now I am in high 5's and even the off reading of 6 ...so over 120 . Dr..says if I don't get my sleep in order and sugars don't come down it's prescriptions for me. Clearly this is not what I want. Going to try this and hope it works. Thanks Neah
I do believe in retrospect that I was experiencing oxalate dumping through my tear ducts. I think it lasted for 2-3 months and it was def a pain in the butt, however when it was over, it never came back thankfully. I highly recommend you get Dr Sally K Norton’s book about oxalates and watch her being interviewed on RUclips as well. She’s a wealth of info on this topic, the best in the world. 😊
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
@@louisefairhurst6403 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
Yes I agree, although for me I’ve switched to alkaline or spring water, I noticed how regular tap water was not appealing so when I made the switch it was a night and day difference.
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 :)
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.
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.
@@Strobleh I have histamine too and it was bad enough to have to go to carnivore after getting leaky gut/ autoimmune but now tack on histamine foods to remove PLUS paying attn to oxlate/lectins (due to L G + having to lower protein & high fat (that I can't digest much of) I have to add some prebiotic foods. Histamine caused me sinusitis & tinnitis about 6mo ago 😓 nitemare
@@maddworld3317 I ended up learning my root cause is extremely slow motility (most likely from SIBO) and speeding that up has lead to some major improvements on how badly I react to foods. I wish you good luck on your journey as I have had heavy tinnitis/sinusitis from it too and it's horrific. Don't wish it on my worst enemy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.🤪
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.
i think 1389 is way too little calories even if your a small person. you were definitely undereating with 1400 calories and i do not think its the protein, perhaps experiment with it more e.g. n=1
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!
My question is, how did humans evolve eating? I'd assume they mostly ate animal meat of rabbit squirrels etc, but most, if not all animals in the wild are very lean. So with things like high fat consumption, how would our ancestors been able to accomplish this?
I suspect that since they hadn’t wrecked their health for about 4 generations with poor quality food and chemicals, that they didn’t have as many issues and wouldn’t have needed to heal, so their bodies were probably just more “forgiving” about all the things Neah was talking about.
Humans killed off the majority of megafauna there was. You can google the graph where it shows where megafauna declines just after people have arrived to a new continent. That's why there aren't much left and why the shift to farming took place and was popular. It's a starvation way of eating and we have to show the world we no longer need it
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. 😊
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.
Lions diet, that's our ancestors ' diet. But how could they get such high fat ratio intake? I guess whatever animals they hunted down, just ate that meat, hence unlikely achieved fat ratio of 80% most of the time.
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
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! 😁
@@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.
@@chrisypbydesign I haven't tried Kalona's kefir, but their cottage cheese is ridiculously good. It's the only stuff I will buy now. I'll definitely try the kefir next.
@@cynicist8114 , Oh my gosh! Isn’t it scrumptious? The best I’ve ever had! Love the cream floating on top that you mix into the cottage cheese. I’m spoiled now and won’t buy any other brand if the Kalona isn’t in stock.
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.
I’m wondering if insomnia is related to the quality of the meat. Not to throw anyone off their game, but lemon balm made into tea does reduce cortisol. It’s better than eating carbs.
From my understanding the carnivore diet is supposed to be as close as possible to our ancestors ways of eating right ? Basically what the human race was really made for ... How wouls it ever be possible tho back than to have 80/20 fat ratio? Idk
You are so gorgeous. Let’s have a few kids and make some drinks. JK. Nice video. Glad you cut out the cheese and dairy. I personally do not even mess with it because of the carbs therein giving me cravings. Cheers
You are dealing with oxalosis. Oxalate disregulates your fatty acid metabolism. This screwed with me until I learned that the only way to fuel your immune system to help it get rid of oxalate is through glucose tablets. I only eat them after a meal after a 16 hour fast but they give me the energy to help get rid of the oxalate. Also, B1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 12 are incredibly important. Also try betaine, trimethylglycine. And SAM-e. Also, high oxalate is low sulfate. Take MSM, Glucosamine Sulfate, etc. Mo supplementation too. As well, you may not be buffering your methylation well. Try taking 5-15 grams of glycine before bed. Glycine is a methylation buffer and prevents you from getting overmethylated. Also vitamin ADEK especially K. Life Extension has a 45 mg version. Also EDTA to chelate Ca and activated charcoal as a binder.
While fasted, I take garlic EDTA and then take a bath of Epsom salt and sodium bicarbonate. A half hour into the bath, I take the activated charcoal. I drink an electrolyte solution of sea salt, and magnesium, calcium and potassium in their citrate forms afterwards and throughout the day but pure water during the bath.
1.6g to 2.2g per kg of ideal body weight is a good range for protein, and above the horrible value recommended by guidelines or apps, which is a bare minimum.
You look lean, having said that fat is our energy on carnivore so you need to eat MORE FAT, like honestly eating butter sticks 😂 I always eat a fatty meal at the end of the day and sleep like a rock... Another thing that helps is cup of hot milk with butter 😊
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! ❤
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 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!
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
My wife and I started carnivore on Feb 6th this year and have been fairly strict but have allowed a few spices and a couple rare instances where we had a few carrots and for my wife a couple of other carb intakes, but very small in quantity. We are both feeling better and losing weight. I've completely reversed my type 2 diabetes. I have a question for you or anybody who doesn't mind answering. I see your shirt with "n=1" and I've heard that reference many times but I've never heard anyone talk about what that is. Would you mind please explaining that?
As a side note, I can't thank you enough for your DIY electrolytes video. That helped so much and has saved me a ton.
Awesome! It means an experiment of 1. Glad you both are doing well!
Thanks Neah, this was great!
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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!
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. 😊
You and I have come to the same conclusion- Lion diet with 80% fat.
I’m 7.5 years animal based. Age 69. When I switched to Dr. Boz ‘s recommendation to set Cronometer macro setting to keto, strict, i immediately had terrible insomnia. I switched to keto, moderate setting and have done better. Also I get off the lighted screens two hours before bedtime, read, stretch, listen to calming music, all under salt lamps or orange lights. I always get up around 3 and go right back to sleep. I play crickets on my wake up clock all night. I shut off the lighted display. A sun simulation comes on at 5:45am and reaches highest brightness at 6 am.
If I break my rules and stay up to watch a season finale then it’s difficult to get back to sleep after peeing in the middle of the night.
Now I’m working on pelvic floor exercises to sleep through the night without having to go pee.
I have tried raw dairy year 4-6.5. I gained 24 lbs- all the weight I had lost originally on carnivore. I did Lion last year for 6 weeks. Felt really good.
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…
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.
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.
@@gilessteveAdd butter
Interesting, I am facing this problem of waking up at 2.30 or 3.3o am on ketogenic diet. I am thankful it's because of protein fat ratio, hopefully fix it as u did.
Saleem Raza.....Pakistan
how's it going with your sleep?
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.
Wow interesting... Thank you. I will try this. What is your eating schedule like? Do you eat OMAD? Two meals? and at what times?
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!
Great video very informative. Thank you.
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
I use glycine powder from that now. Company and that works amazing for helping you sleep.😊😊
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.
I tried eating more fat but I still couldn’t sleep. I ate butter in the morning and had about 3 tbs. before bed. It wasn’t insomnia I was falling asleep but waking up in the weirdest way like a knee jerk way. I tried to stay awake but I wanted to fall back asleep. Just to wake up again. It’s a very weird feeling. I tried organic tart pomegranate juice before bed and it worked. I didn’t want to resort to carbs but upping my fat didn’t work.
The reason why you wake up in the middle of the night on carnivore is because you don't need as much sleep when your body runs on ketosis... you can try going to bed later.. i average 4 to 5 hours of sleep since going on carnivore.... if you are powered by glucose your body needs 8 hours to recover, on ketones your body only needs 4 hours of sleep
However, feeling low energy / need for naps during the day should not be happening...
True. I also noticed since going carnivore I wake up way before the alarm (5 hours of sleep on average) but don't feel like I lack sleep or anything of that kind. In fact I can stay active the whole day!
I just watched a video by steak and butter Gal. She cut out all salt. This improved her sleep and reduced fatigue. I believe this is my answer. This is what I’m going to do.
any updates pls ? i have insom too, is cut out salt works for you ?
Ever since I ran out of raw milk, sleep has been getting worse. I'll see if it changes as soon as I get some more.
Be consistent with magnesium. It’s made a huge difference to me but it too a while to build it up. Nothing natural is immediate ❤
So what’s the solution without weighing food pls?
For me it was glycine and NAC that made me sleep 2/3 extra hours on carnivore
I have extensively tried glycine and glycine plus NAC for this. It didn't help me. I found that adding glycine increases the body's endogenous oxalate production. That was a big clue for me that my issue is based on oxalates
Best wishes! Glad that's working for you! A little jealous!
@@LeapOfFaaaith thanks ☺️
yeah the insomnia happens when you stop eating carbs lol, i am not carnivore but when i was dieting cutting out carbs gave me insomnia...................
I find drinking loads of salt water helps, even whilst fasting on carnivore
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 😊
I wonder if you would havetried raw milk keffir if you would have felt better w/ the dairy?
Yeah i have the same energy issue on keto carnivore. 200 grams of fat is the bare minimum for me
Your calories are still too low IMO.
Have you tried Castor oil?
Your math is a little off. GKI is calculated by dividing blood glucose by 18 and dividing that result by your ketone number.
That's what the app does. Converts glucose in mg/dl to mmol/l by dividing by 18 and then by ketones. 👍👍
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Pre bedtime snack of 1/2 tb butter or sip of mct oil eliminated my overnight waking issues
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"
Yep... What you're saying/writing/thinking is
occurring everywhere. This is not "wokism",
it is consciousness and awareness. And it
scares the s**t out of the big conglomerates
of medicine, pharma, and food. And exposes
the homicidal insanity of centralized control of society. The numbers of those who will not
comply are growing constantly.
They’ve monetized enslaving and poisoning us - they provide the poison and the cure. keep us fat sick entertained and stupid. the Drs are told what to do and how to think by their master acronyms - all across the board this is happening- academia , health, food same thing… all working together- it’s true and very much dark and intended. Cheers!
🎯 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...
Thank you!
Thanks for this time savior
@@bellekordo SAME. I do not have the time and needed this! I don't normally like when ppl do this to the creators but Thank you to the op
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.
@@vizi434 I am disabled so need to see where I am going or I will fall, but I do not put the lights on.
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!! ‼️🤞🏻👌🏻🫶🏻💚❤️💜🖤🤘🏻
How did you increase fat ? Was it butter or meat fats 😊
thats mi que too
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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?
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.
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.
A thoughtful analysis of why sleep quality tanks for some people is long overdue in the carnivore sphere. 👍 🙏 😘
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!
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.
@@Pondapple the milk will spike your insulin so no. Just use fat.
Butter by my bedside is a Godsend! Middle Tennessee Rita ❤
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
3 months in and my sleep is so bad my cortisol has gone through the roof and driving higher blood glucose. Was always in the low to mid 4's mmol (Canadian) now I am in high 5's and even the off reading of 6 ...so over 120 . Dr..says if I don't get my sleep in order and sugars don't come down it's prescriptions for me. Clearly this is not what I want. Going to try this and hope it works. Thanks Neah
Did it work for you?
I do believe in retrospect that I was experiencing oxalate dumping through my tear ducts.
I think it lasted for 2-3 months and it was def a pain in the butt, however when it was over, it never came back thankfully.
I highly recommend you get Dr Sally K Norton’s book about oxalates and watch her being interviewed on RUclips as well. She’s a wealth of info on this topic, the best in the world. 😊
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?
@@louisefairhurst6403
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
Can you provide instructions for testing ground? How long do you ground before bed? @@Andrew-1974
Yes I agree, although for me I’ve switched to alkaline or spring water, I noticed how regular tap water was not appealing so when I made the switch it was a night and day difference.
@@MP-uq3zr
Personally, haven’t had that poison from the tap for decades
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!
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.
@@Strobleh I have histamine too and it was bad enough to have to go to carnivore after getting leaky gut/ autoimmune but now tack on histamine foods to remove PLUS paying attn to oxlate/lectins (due to L G + having to lower protein & high fat (that I can't digest much of) I have to add some prebiotic foods. Histamine caused me sinusitis & tinnitis about 6mo ago 😓 nitemare
@@maddworld3317 I ended up learning my root cause is extremely slow motility (most likely from SIBO) and speeding that up has lead to some major improvements on how badly I react to foods. I wish you good luck on your journey as I have had heavy tinnitis/sinusitis from it too and it's horrific. Don't wish it on my worst enemy.
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.
As Dr Kiltz says… Carnivore should really be called…
FATOVORE!!😊
Yes!!
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 notice that your lateral eyebrows are thin. Could it be that your thyroid is not functioning properly?
I've wondered that but they've been that way since I was a kid. Could just be genetic, but it is a sign I've heard of also.
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!
@@shawnmarieVnutrition Ya brutal sometimes 😅
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
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.
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.🤪
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.
Great video. Need to try out some more fat as well
Thanks. I’ll try to add more fat in. I haven’t slept thru the night in forever.
What type of fat? I don't have access to beef fat here.
Any animal fat.
Types of fat: tallow, lard, dripping, duck fat, ghee, suet, cod liver oil
i think 1389 is way too little calories even if your a small person. you were definitely undereating with 1400 calories and i do not think its the protein, perhaps experiment with it more e.g. n=1
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!
My question is, how did humans evolve eating? I'd assume they mostly ate animal meat of rabbit squirrels etc, but most, if not all animals in the wild are very lean. So with things like high fat consumption, how would our ancestors been able to accomplish this?
May be their fat requirement was less due to our lives these days is very demanding needeing the extra boost.
I suspect that since they hadn’t wrecked their health for about 4 generations with poor quality food and chemicals, that they didn’t have as many issues and wouldn’t have needed to heal, so their bodies were probably just more “forgiving” about all the things Neah was talking about.
Humans killed off the majority of megafauna there was. You can google the graph where it shows where megafauna declines just after people have arrived to a new continent. That's why there aren't much left and why the shift to farming took place and was popular. It's a starvation way of eating and we have to show the world we no longer need it
THANK YOU! Found you while looking for an EARRING video... but I NEVER sleep so this is GREAT!
Did it work for u? Upping fat?
Have you gone down the ‘quantum biology’ rabbit hole? Take a look at what Dr Sara Pugh has to say about light etc.
80/20 fat is where it's at.
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!
Tryptophan and theanine can help. Other supplements that did not work for me. but may be helpful are Pharma gaba, Seriphos, CBD sleep and melatonin.
How in the heck are you only eating 75 grams of protein per day on the carnivore diet?
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.
Wow! Thank you! Great information clearly and concisely presented!
'Lillie Kane' and 'Steak & Butter Gal' (RUclips channels) may have some good insight, if any other problems crop up~ 💛
Excellent information...! I've experienced the same sleep issues.. Thank you so much for sharing..👍👍👍
Lions diet, that's our ancestors ' diet. But how could they get such high fat ratio intake? I guess whatever animals they hunted down, just ate that meat, hence unlikely achieved fat ratio of 80% most of the time.
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
What, how are you tracking your protein/fat? A specific app?
cronometer
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!
@@chrisypbydesign I haven't tried Kalona's kefir, but their cottage cheese is ridiculously good. It's the only stuff I will buy now. I'll definitely try the kefir next.
@@cynicist8114 , Oh my gosh! Isn’t it scrumptious? The best I’ve ever had! Love the cream floating on top that you mix into the cottage cheese. I’m spoiled now and won’t buy any other brand if the Kalona isn’t in stock.
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.
I’m wondering if insomnia is related to the quality of the meat.
Not to throw anyone off their game, but lemon balm made into tea does reduce cortisol. It’s better than eating carbs.
WHAT FAT DID YOU EAT?????? I suffer from insomnia for years where I will go days without sleeping!
I did heavy cream, ghee, tallow and beef fat. Now on Lion, I'm just doing beef fat, lamb fat, and tallow
If u offered that Tshirt in a V neck, I'd get it in an instant 😂
I'll have to make one!
From my understanding the carnivore diet is supposed to be as close as possible to our ancestors ways of eating right ? Basically what the human race was really made for ...
How wouls it ever be possible tho back than to have 80/20 fat ratio?
Idk
I wake up between 2-4 am every night. My mind just won’t shut down
Could you give us examples Please of your two high-fat meals you made when you woke up that 1 day.
See my Instagram. I'm posting all my meals there with lots of details.
You are so gorgeous. Let’s have a few kids and make some drinks. JK. Nice video. Glad you cut out the cheese and dairy. I personally do not even mess with it because of the carbs therein giving me cravings. Cheers
You are dealing with oxalosis.
Oxalate disregulates your fatty acid metabolism.
This screwed with me until I learned that the only way to fuel your immune system to help it get rid of oxalate is through glucose tablets.
I only eat them after a meal after a 16 hour fast but they give me the energy to help get rid of the oxalate.
Also, B1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 12 are incredibly important. Also try betaine, trimethylglycine. And SAM-e.
Also, high oxalate is low sulfate. Take MSM, Glucosamine Sulfate, etc. Mo supplementation too.
As well, you may not be buffering your methylation well. Try taking 5-15 grams of glycine before bed. Glycine is a methylation buffer and prevents you from getting overmethylated.
Also vitamin ADEK especially K. Life Extension has a 45 mg version.
Also EDTA to chelate Ca and activated charcoal as a binder.
While fasted, I take garlic EDTA and then take a bath of Epsom salt and sodium bicarbonate. A half hour into the bath, I take the activated charcoal.
I drink an electrolyte solution of sea salt, and magnesium, calcium and potassium in their citrate forms afterwards and throughout the day but pure water during the bath.
I heard someone say i cannot remember his name.... you need way more protein than that to keep bone mass??? Especially older women....
1.6g to 2.2g per kg of ideal body weight is a good range for protein, and above the horrible value recommended by guidelines or apps, which is a bare minimum.
Ken Berry?
@@фанатКуплинова-ь1е no i think it was dr Bikman....
You look lean, having said that fat is our energy on carnivore so you need to eat MORE FAT, like honestly eating butter sticks 😂 I always eat a fatty meal at the end of the day and sleep like a rock... Another thing that helps is cup of hot milk with butter 😊
All these ppl saying butter lol... My lingering inflammation didn't go away until I removed that last bit of dairy
what are you doing to consume over 80% fat? Are you like JUST eating the fat from meat and the protien is the bits of meat attached to it?
Fantastic analysis, very helpful thank you for sharing.
Good luck on your journey ❤️ and see you around 😊
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
I feel like this vid was a massive waste of time
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 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!
if ya lose weight in general, it messes sleep up