Not pure carnivore: Carnivore + coffee/tea + pistachios + 100% dark chocolate
Weight Change: -19kg
diet
With few exceptions, this was my daily meal.
Micronutrient results
I’m surprised the vitamin A is so low, I eat 30g of beef liver every day.
The ferritin being so high is concerning, it might be a immune response to a bad respiratory infection I was developing (blood draw was done right before 3 days of agonizing coughing).
Metabolic Metrics
- Blood Pressure 118/77
- Resting Heart Rate 60
- Fasting Insulin: 12.40 uU/mL
- Fasting glucose: 82 mg/dL
- HbA1C: 5.2% (est avg 103 mg/dL)
- TG/HDL Ratio: 1.4 (in mg/dl this < 2.0 - so insulin sensitive)
Thought I’d share where I am in my journey! If your feeling generous I’d love to see your metrics too!
Overall I feel great, I exercise 5x a week. I got sick once, and only after visiting a friend in the hospital and I caught their cough.
I’ve found carnivore much easier to do then keto, since its so hard to make mistakes. The simplicity is its greatest virtue.
As a bonus, not related to carnivore, I found some not great heavy metal levels in this checkup
toxic metals
Aluminum and Manganese.
FWIW - I have stopped drinking coffee and tea, but not for long enough to make a difference on this blood work.