#that's how the inuit avoid scurvy

[thicc-astronaut]

You could put a vertical-axis windmill on top of each mast and still keep the overall aesthetic of the riggings I think. And then you could use the electrical power generated for modern conveniences, like electric lamps to prevent crashing at night, and refrigerators keeping fresh fruit and meat to reduce your chances of scurvy.

We need to go back to using sailing ships full time like immediately. Yes it would take longer to get places but the Aesthetic is unmatched

Like there is nothing sexier hthan this

[ltwilliammowett]

This is a stupid question but why is the fate of the Franklin Expedition still a mystery even though it sounded kinda solved to me?

Hi,

So there's not really much clarified, there are more questions than answers. For example, what was the exact course of the expedition, how were the real routes and what was the exact chronology. What happened to the three senior officers, how did they die and where are they? Were the ships really abandoned or did they, as some assume, deliberately steer to the sites were they were found and did some tried to escape from there to america? Were there prearranged rendezvous points while they were on the island and why did some of them try to get back to the supposed abandonment site of the ships? Did they really all die or were there survivors as was rumoured among the Inuit.

Where are the logbooks and what did the men really die of, going ashore to avoid more diseases like tuberculosis? It is known that many died there and that many died of scurvy or starvation or possibly tuberculosis. It is also known that they were travelling in groups and that Crozier and Fitzjames were still alive in 1848, as well as the fact that there was cannibalism. But how long it lasted and what happened next is not known.

That the expedition members died, yes, that's clear. But many other things did not, and therefore it is still a mystery.

[terrorconfessions]

Terror Tidbits

Things I learned from reading ‘Frozen in Time’ by Owen Beattie and John Geiger:

1. How to make a tin can like Samuel Goldner (ie how to poison people with lead and botulism). 

2.In 1852 an inquiry into the quality of Goldner’s cans was held. Despite the fact that putrified meat was found in the most recent consignment, the Admiralty continued to give Navy contracts to Goldner.

3. Sir John Franklin got the job of leading the expedition because William Parry, a prominent member of the Admiralty and friend, said: “If you don’t let him go, the man will die of disappointment.” This was even though people had expressed misgivings about Franklin’s abilities while he was still a lieutenant.

4. Blanky wasn’t kidding about John Ross’ bad leadership. The book recounts his 1829-33 expedition in a little more detail and hoo boy.

5. On Beechey Island there is evidence of a small garden, an observatory of some kind, as well as numerous tent markers dating to the period of the Franklin Expedition. The garden is mentioned in a verse by Charles Dickens.

6. Sailors during the 18th and 19th centuries were known to suffer from what was then called debility. Debility as an illness was poorly defined, although symptoms included “languor”, “incoherancy” and being made “useless”. It’s unclear whether this refers to depression, the mental effects of scurvy, lead poisoning or a mixture of these conditions.

7. In the 1840s the Admiralty believed that scurvy could be avoided by eating tinned foods, which is why the majority of food on the Franklin expedition was tinned. This perhaps also explains why the expedition did not include anyone experienced in hunting in the Arctic, or why they didn’t take advantage of local Inuit knowledge as a few previous explorers had done.

8. The amount of lead found in the bodies of three members of Franklin’s crew buried on Beechey Island was several times greater than expected. By analyzing the men’s hair, researchers found that the lead exposure occurred within a year of their deaths and therefore could not be attributed to ordinary environmental factors.

9. The researchers put off completing the second exhumation/autopsy because the end of the warm season was fast approaching and the isolation and monotonous landscape were beginning to freak them out. They returned the following year. 

10. Despite showing signs of severe lead poisoning and scurvy, the researchers concluded that all three of the men buried on Beechey Island died of tuberculosis.

[dorothykknuckles]

The Complete Guide Of Zero Carb Diet Results

We all must be aware that no-carb diets do not exist. The term just refers to foods or groups of foods that are not exactly 100% lacking in carbs but is considered that under 1 gram of carbs per serving is almost as good as zero.

Foods in the vegetable list contain between 0 and 1 gram net carb per serving even though all the foods do not naturally contain carbohydrates. Foods like chicory family, roe radicchio, cucumber, leafy greens like lettuce, arugula, spinach, Swiss chard, kale, turnip greens, and Bok Choy.

Meats and seafood should be unprocessed food. When you process certain food like bacon, jerky, ham, or burgers, you have probably added some carbs. Meat, duck, chicken, veal, lamb, beef, turkey, pork rinds are an exception to the processed rule. We may include organ meats, pork, goose, seafood, mollusks fish, jellyfish, and eggs.

All types of dairy such as margarine heavy cream, most types of cheese, butter. Healthy fats such as sunflower oil, sesame oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, olive oil, peanut oil, corn oil, and safflower oil. Drinks like Diet soda, herbal tea, coffee without milk or sugar.

Fresh herbs, radish celery, alfalfa sprouts, condiments, salt, and mustard. Avoid honey varieties, many types of hot sauce, milk, and sugar,

Zero-carb or carnivore?

Eat meat, drink water, and sugar milk-free coffee, no fruits, and no vegetables, absolutely no sweeteners; that is all. Your fat content would be so high that your body is burning fat instead of glucose.  If you look at the term carnivore, it literally means that you only eat meat. There is a man called Dr. Sean Baker who has become famous for his meat-eating habits, he eats only red meat and drinks a lot of water. It is also called zero-carb diet and means no carbs at all. Some think of it as a keto diet variation because of its exclusive dependence on meat only. Those two terms, zero-carb and carnivore are fairly interchangeable for describing this type of diet and they both are inaccurate. An accurate description of the diet would be to say zero-plant-based diet. It is sort of the opposite of the vegan diet. It takes from 60 to 90 days to see how the body would adapt to this diet. You are primarily eating meat such as beef, pork, lamb, eggs, chicken, and fish as well as dairy such as cheese and heavy cream, except for milk or yogurt because they are processed with sugar and carbs. When you are cooking your food on a zero-carb diet, use butter, ghee, bacon grease, lard, and any kind of animal fat as well as healthy oils such as coconut oil, olive oil, and avocado oil.

Low carb diets are supposed to help you lose weight. They were made famous by the Atkins diet in the early 2000s. They eliminate things like bread, pasta, fruits, some starchy vegetables, and especially sugar. However, according to the recommendations from most governments, carbohydrates should be the building blocks for your daily diet. The dietary recommendation for Americans suggests that 45% to 65% of your energy needs should b supplied by carbohydrates; which is 200 to 300 grams of carbs per day. Low carb diets reduce this to 50 grams with the Atkins diet recommending you start on 20 grams.

But what about zero grams of carbs? A zero-carb diet would actually be very difficult to achieve, it is mostly just meat, dairy, and other animal kingdom products, you just eat no carbohydrates

throughout the day. Consequently, zero-carb dieters have to increase protein, fats, and most importunately fiber so as to prevent having constipation. They have to eat huge amounts of raw vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, and cabbage as well as fruits such as apricots and plums to increase fiber intake if they go veggie. If you are having doubts about energy, researchers show that even without carbohydrates, the human body learns how to take energy and utilize glucose from other foods such as proteins and fats.

People are already eating zero carb diet, not just dieters; the diet of Eskimos and Inuits is mostly zero-carb depending on the season and they live pretty fine. They also enjoy health benefits when compared to the normal American diet which is high in carbs. Zero carb dieters also enjoy a lot of benefits when compared to the average American diet with no sugar, there is less tooth decay and with less simple carbs in processed food. They enjoy a more sustained release of energy; so fewer sugar highs and sugar crash in your day.

However, do you know how do people who are going on a zero- carb diet defecate with no fiber? Well, a diet high in carbs is also usually high in fiber or fibrous materials that are found in things like fruits and vegetables. Our body pushes them through but it takes more mass to fill out energy needs. So, that means we eat more food and then there is more coming out the other end. A diet high in meats and dairy is usually energy-rich which means we need a less actual volume of food to fulfill our energy needs. So, less food in, less food out. That means that people on a zero-carb diet might defecate less often, but they still defecate as much as their body needs.

The fats and oils on a zero carb diet also help things move along such as castor oil and coconut oil for example. People who enjoy a zero-carb diet report that they might go less frequently but still find themselves going regularly and that what is important. After a through psycho investigation, the zero-carb diet does get the tick of approval, but it does require a big lifestyle change, so make sure you talk to your doctor or nutritionist before doing anything drastic.

 Advantages of zero-carb diet

You have to take into consideration that those advantages are not static or firm. In other words, those are the advantages that this diet did to people whose bodies could handle it. Be very careful, what is good for you is not necessarily good for the other as our bodies are very different.

Burning fat instead of burning glucose is, along with being a huge energy source, considered therapeutic for a lot of diseases such as colitis, most planets contain certain compounds that aggravate colitis and avoiding them is a good cure. It has been also used a therapy for brain cancer, epilepsy, and Alzheimer’s

It is easy as well as delicious. The food is easy to cook, it is just meat that you cook in a pot, reheat it on a toaster, or even eat cold. It makes it very easy to stay slim and is great for consistent all day long energy and focus.

You are not going to have blood sugar spikes and crashes all day long like you do when you eat carbs. You will not have any kind of menstrual crimping which you get sometimes severely when you eat carbs.

You don’t have to worry that food might aggravate your gut. You will never be hungry because you can eat until you are satisfied.

It is good for the environment because pasture-raised animals help renew the soil and grasslands, whereas raising monocultures soybeans are not; they reach the nutrients out of the soil.

You will lose a huge amount of weight fast as well as maintaining blood pressure.

Young lady holding bowl of vegetable salad

What happens if you only eat meat?

2.5 million years ago we first began to eat meat. Prior to that, our ancestors ate a vegan diet of berries and flowers. Only when early hominines began to eat more seeds and nuts, therefore taking in higher levels of fat and less of fiber did our bodies began to adapt to handle meat.

Without fiber-rich foods like lentils, beans, and broccoli, you are going to feel constipates and uncomfortable. Not to mention, the simplest way for your body to make energy is to convert carbohydrates into glucose. In the absence of carbs, your body will have to burn fat and break down important proteins. Creating glucose from protein is known as gluconeogenesis and it occurs in the liver creating a Nitrogen waste that is converted into urea. Too much can lead to protein poisoning which includes symptoms like nausea, diarrhea, and potentially death. It has been documented that if you eat only a lean meat, like rabbits which have hardly any fat, you could continue eating and still end up wasting away.

Another potential killer could be the lack of vitamin C. Humans are one of the few animals that are unable to synthesize the vitamin on their own. Without easy access to vitamin C from fruits and veggies, your body will be unable to effectively create collagen; a structural protein found in your tendons, ligaments, and skin. This will put you at a high risk of scurfy and cause you to have poor wound healing, rotting gums, and personality changes. If not treated, you will die from infection or bleeding.

However, eating raw meat could be the way around this. The cooking of meat degrades most of vitamin C, bur raw, thick, chewy collagen-rich skin and blubber of whales can take in 36mg of vitamin C per 100g serving. Way more than the 10mg needed to fight off scurvy.

This brings us to an interesting case. Shaped by low temperature and a stark environment, a traditional Inuit diet consisted of what was hunted and fished with little of any plant food, dairy products, or carbohydrates. Despite this, cardiac death rates were half that of other Americans and Canadians.

Carnivore or zero-carb diet is not the ideal diet for almost everyone. However, generally, people who had benefited the most of carnivore diet are those who have health issues, particular people with autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis particularly some of the gastrointestinal problems like Cohn’s disease. Some people could improve their gastrointestinal tract. A Paleo Medicine research in Hungary shows that intestinal permeability improves over time on the carnivore diet and therefore less instance of the leaky gut syndrome. It is beneficial for people who have skin problems and IBS. A woman called Michaela Peterson wrote that she had an insane amount of autoimmune deficiencies that she was crippled, doctors didn’t expect her to live and past 30 her life was like a living hell. She cured herself by changing her ketogenic diet into carnivore diet and she saved her own life.

Is red meat good or bad?

There are multiple studies that disagree with red meat being the source of cancer. However, a study called The Nurse Health study states that red meat increases risk by 13% of dying of all illnesses or diseases, so you have to switch to eat chicken. Scientifically, this study was not an experimental study, it was an observational study based on a questionnaire that was given out every two years from 1980 to 2006. Moreover, the word risk is very open and doesn’t necessarily mean that you have a 13% rate of getting dying. They also did not identify if it was grass-fed beef, processed beef, or organic. It is classified as a class one carcinogen at the same level of smoking, so people are freaking out about it. If we take a look at bowel cancer, three more instances of bowel cancer per a hundred thousand people. That is one in thirty-three thousand cases, so they have more incidents of cancer. Smoking increases your chances by 20 times more that is why you can’t compare meat to smoking. Thus, there is not any risk or any studies that show that consuming grass-fed quality beef will increase the risk of dying from all or any diseases.

Human body feels really good at consuming red meat. It has more observable vitamin D than milk. It has more B12, B1, B2, B3, B6, and B5. It has tons of observable iron, healthy collagen, and a good amount of Potassium. It Zinc, Magnesium, Copper, Phosphates, and it is loaded with Omega-3. In fact, grass-fed beef has five times more omega-3 than grain-fed beef. The problem with grain-fed beef is that sometimes it involves hormones and genetically modified GMO soy and corn in the feed.

 How can you be healthy on a fatty diet without any fruits and vegetables?

  You can snack on organ meat like liver to get your recommended vitamin A, which is vital for eyes and bones as well as vitamin D also for bones. Oily fish rich in Omega-3 fatty acids will benefit your heart and vascular system.

So, it is possible to thrive on only meat, but it is important to remember that Northern communities have relied on animal food out of circumstance and necessity. Their high-fat diet was indented to keep weight on far days of hunting, and when food was insecure, not lose weight like modern low-carb diets.

Rules to start a zero-carb diet

Eat only from the animal kingdom, and nothing from the plant kingdom.

Drink plenty of water. Besides its tremendous benefits in general, it is primarily important in when you follow a carnivore diet.

Prioritize the fat. Get fattier cuts of meat like a steak or an 80/20 ground beef. When you have a steak or a piece of meat eat the fattier parts first so if you get full before you get finished, at least you don’t leave a large amount of fat on the plate and replace it with too much protein. There is a risk of getting excess protein on this diet so the fattier cuts of meat will really help you.

Listen to your body. When you follow a carnivore diet especially when you are starting out, ear only when you are hungry without counting calories. Track your macros if you want just to double check on protein levels.

When you start the diet, don’t limit how much to eat, meaning that you can eat as much as you want every day. The reason why is because you don’t want to deprive your body of nutrients.

Do we really need carbohydrates?

Alternative sources of carbohydrates.

People think they need carbohydrates mainly for energy. However, they are essential for vitamins and minerals. We don’t always have to run our bodies on carbs, we can run them on other types of calories, protein, and fat. There are two types of carbohydrates: simple carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates. Simple carbohydrates are found in sugar, honey, agave, and nectar. They go into the body very fast and might give it some temporary energy, but you’re going to come down because you have the hormone called insulin that regulates that. Complex carbohydrates have a lot of additional things like fiber that slow the breakdown and the carbohydrate in the body and so it does not create that same effect as table sugar.

Vegetables

We definitely need vegetables in large quantities not initially for the carbohydrate, but mainly for the vitamins and minerals. They also have fiber, but what fiber does is not necessarily something like a bulking agent, it is mainly to feed the micros. Your intestinal flora, your good bacteria live on microbes and they need fiber.

Beans

The thing about beans is that it does not turn into sugar as fast as other types of carbohydrates. However, if you have a slow metabolism while trying to lose weight, you would have a hard time doing that on beans because it has a lot of carbs, so you might not want to consume many beans, they also cause gas to a lot of people.

Fruits

Fruits are great, especially for vitamins. However, the problem is it can range from a high glycemic index to a low glycemic index. For example, berries are a little lower than apples, apples have like19 to 30 grams of sugar per an apple. Moreover, fruits are going to slow people down to lose weight such as women in their 50s, except for those who have a fast metabolism, because they contain carbs as well as sweets. People who go on fruit diets have to cut out all sweets to lose weight.

Grains

Grains are like whole wheat bread and white bread. They turn into sugar fairly fast. There is not a lot of nutrition in grains compared to vegetables, they also hard in the digestive system because they have gluten protein. It creates all sorts of problems such as irritable bowel, irritation to the colon, and bloating.

Starches

There are diet experts that recommend tons of starches. Some people lose weight while others don’t because unfortunately, they turn into sugar very fast. They are not the highest sources of vitamins compared to vegetables.

Zero-carb diets and weight loss

Zero-carb is a wonderful diet for weight loss because it is going to allow your body to heal and preserve muscle mass while burning the fat. You are not going to end up looking sick after you are done losing weight, a lot of people end up looking sick when they lose weight because they have what is called face-wasting happening to their faces. The face gets really thin because of the body in desperation of being so deficient from nutrition. Also, it is a great way to keep your skin really tight because protein is very important for skin quality and elasticity. It brings high levels of energy and a good mood.

There is absolutely no need to restrict yourself to this diet, meaning that you can eat whenever you are hungry and as long as you don’t feel satiated. That is wonderful because people should be in tune with their bodies and listen to them for feedback on hunger.

Not everybody is able to manage to regulate their appetite while others have extended stomachs so it is really hard to feel full. This diet is satiating because when you eat protein, you feel full; and when you eat fat, you feel even fuller.

Going on this diet you might end up losing a lot of weight. You might be losing a lot of water weight at the beginning and with all that water weight loss you may need to supplement with a little bit of salt just to get that sodium back up.

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Why Trying Cloudberry Is Worth It

Bright-colored berries, popularly eaten on their own or added to various dishes, are known to deliver vital health benefits. Aside from the usual strawberries, blueberries and blackberries, there are more berry varieties out there, some of which you might have not even heard of. Cloudberry is one interesting example.

What Is Cloudberry?

An Arctic, north-temperate species, cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus L.) comes from the Rosaceae (rose family) and can be found growing wild in cool or cold environments. In North America, you can see it in regions like Newfoundland, Alaska and British Columbia. In countries like Norway, Finland, England, Sweden and Russia, cloudberry also thrives well.1

A low-growing perennial, cloudberry typically grows in boggy and open tundra or forests. The plant is dioecious, meaning there are male or female cloudberry plants, with the latter known to produce the fruits.2

Cloudberry fruits form on very slender stems that aren’t more than 2 to 8 inches high. According to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, cloudberry plants can be distinguished by their two to three circular leaves, each with rounded lobes and toothed edges, alongside a single white, five-petal flower. Meanwhile, the small and round berry itself is composed of six to eight drupelets.3

An unripe cloudberry fruit is hard, red and sour, but as it ripens, it softens and lightens, turns either a rosy peach or amber hue and develops a sweet flavor. The taste is tart but floral, and can be described as a combination of red currant and raspberry.4

Cloudberry retains its distinct shape because of its juice. When the juice oozes out, a small percentage of fiber (found in the thin skin) and a number of seeds remain.5 You can use these seeds to grow new cloudberry plants.6 Unfortunately, cloudberry isn’t widely cultivated, so it isn’t exported and may not be available in many areas around the world.7

Health Benefits of Cloudberry

Just like other berries, cloudberry can positively impact the body by:8

• Improving the immune system: Cloudberry contains vitamin A, which provides carotenoids that act as antioxidants to help protect the skin and the eyes against the signs of aging. Meanwhile, vitamin C in cloudberry can stimulate white blood cell production and serve as an antioxidant that can neutralize harmful free radicals.9

• Helping with blood circulation: Cloudberry contains iron,10 which can be important for blood circulation. This mineral is essential for red blood cell production, and may help reduce your risk for anemia.11,12

• Improving skin health: Ellagic acid, another important antioxidant, is found in cloudberry.13 This acid is said to have photoprotective effects that may help minimize the appearance of wrinkles caused by UVB radiation.14

• Promoting better digestive health: Phenolics in cloudberry may be beneficial in preventing development of gastrointestinal pathogens such as Salmonella and Staphylococcus.15

Common Uses of Cloudberry

Because of cloudberry’s juicy and tart quality, some cooks incorporate them into recipes. This berry is often mixed into jams, candies, alcoholic beverages and baked goods.16 Cloudberry is dominantly used in traditional Scandinavian cuisine, although it also appears in Inuit foods.17 Indigenous tribes in northern Canada regarded cloudberry as an important dietary component as well.18

Historical documents also revealed that cloudberry was utilized by Norwegian sailors and North American Eskimos to protect against scurvy,19 while its roots and leaves were used for medicinal purposes.20 Meanwhile, in ancient Scandinavian medicine, cloudberry leaves were brewed into tea to help ease urinary tract infections.21

Growing Cloudberry at Home

The cloudberry plant can withstand low temperatures, which is why it thrives best in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.22 Cloudberry plants can tolerate shade, although they grow best under full sunlight.23 They also prefer soils that are sandy, loamy and clay.24 You can propagate cloudberry from seeds, but make sure to stratify these first for a month at a temperature of 37 degrees F. After stratifying, sow the seeds as early as possible in the year.

When the seedlings grow large enough and can be handled properly, prick and continue growing in a cold frame, then move the plants to their permanent place outdoors in the spring of the following year.25 The cloudberry plant can also be propagated via the roots.26 Cloudberry ripens during late July through early August. Depending where you live, it’s best to gather the berries in mid- to late summer. When ripe, cloudberries are soft and amber-colored with a pink blush. They come off the stem very easily.

You can tell whether a cloudberry is ripe or not is by its firmness. Using three of your fingers, gently squeeze the fruit. A cloudberry isn’t ready to be harvested if it’s either hard, firm, slightly firm or slightly half firm. A cloudberry is ripe if it’s soft and slightly bouncy.27

To harvest cloudberry, gently pull the berry to allow it to break free from the stem. If you end up with half a berry being left on the plant, it might be because the fruit is overripe or because you pulled the berry off the stem with a sloppy side motion, instead of pulling it straight.

Cloudberry should be picked by hand, since these are too delicate to be handled by a picking tool. Avoid using buckets since there’s a tendency for the pile of berries on top to be so heavy that it’ll crush the berries underneath it into juice. Place the berries in a shallow container instead.

After picking, place the fruits gently into the container to retain their shape. Gathering berries in your hand can create pressure and trigger the bottom layer of berries to start leaking juice. At home, avoid washing the berries because they might disintegrate.28

What Are the Qualities of a Good Cloudberry?

For best flavor and keeping quality, cloudberry should be picked at peak ripeness, and must be eaten or preserved on the same day they’re harvested. Be gentle in handling the fruits and move them around as little as possible. Avoid washing them unless they’re dusty. Don’t forget to pick through the berries to remove leaves or debris too.29

After harvesting and cleaning, berries should be refrigerated in a shallow container. An advantage of cloudberry is its naturally high benzoic acid content, allowing the fruits to keep longer than expected without spoiling or fermenting. Afterward, you can use the berries to make cloudberry jam or add it to baked goods.30

Because cloudberry isn’t common in many parts of the world, there isn’t much research focusing on its long-term effects on your health. Plus, cloudberry tends to be very sweet, so if you have pre-existing insulin resistance, you might exacerbate your condition if you eat too many berries.

There is also no significant amount of allergen reporting linked to this fruit. Although cloudberry isn’t known as an allergen, there is a unique combination of nutrients and acids in the fruit that may prompt side effects. As a precaution, consume cloudberry in moderation and see how your body responds to it.

Health Benefits of Cloudberry Seed Oil

Cloudberry seed oil, which is extracted from cloudberry seeds, offers various benefits. It’s abundant in oleic, linoleic and alpha-linolenic acids, vitamin E and plant sterols.31 This oil also contains different antioxidants like carotenoids that may help increase protection against UV rays, and plant compounds called phytosterols that may help strengthen cell membranes.32

Unfortunately, there isn’t enough research yet discussing the long-term side effects of cloudberry seed oil. Talk to a physician or a trusted health expert first and do a skin patch test prior to using this essential oil to see how your skin will react to it.

from HealthyLife via Jake Glover on Inoreader https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/03/22/cloudberry.aspx

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Why Trying Cloudberry Is Worth It Dr. Mercola Bright-colored berries, popularly eaten on their own or added to various dishes, are known to deliver vital health benefits. Aside from the usual strawberries, blueberries and blackberries, there are more berry varieties out there, some of which you might have not even heard of. Cloudberry is one interesting example. What Is Cloudberry? An Arctic, north-temperate species, cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus L.) comes from the Rosaceae (rose family) and can be found growing wild in cool or cold environments. In North America, you can see it in regions like Newfoundland, Alaska and British Columbia. In countries like Norway, Finland, England, Sweden and Russia, cloudberry also thrives well.1 A low-growing perennial, cloudberry typically grows in boggy and open tundra or forests. The plant is dioecious, meaning there are male or female cloudberry plants, with the latter known to produce the fruits.2 Cloudberry fruits form on very slender stems that aren’t more than 2 to 8 inches high. According to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, cloudberry plants can be distinguished by their two to three circular leaves, each with rounded lobes and toothed edges, alongside a single white, five-petal flower. Meanwhile, the small and round berry itself is composed of six to eight drupelets.3 An unripe cloudberry fruit is hard, red and sour, but as it ripens, it softens and lightens, turns either a rosy peach or amber hue and develops a sweet flavor. The taste is tart but floral, and can be described as a combination of red currant and raspberry.4 Cloudberry retains its distinct shape because of its juice. When the juice oozes out, a small percentage of fiber (found in the thin skin) and a number of seeds remain.5 You can use these seeds to grow new cloudberry plants.6 Unfortunately, cloudberry isn’t widely cultivated, so it isn’t exported and may not be available in many areas around the world.7 Health Benefits of Cloudberry Just like other berries, cloudberry can positively impact the body by:8 • Improving the immune system: Cloudberry contains vitamin A, which provides carotenoids that act as antioxidants to help protect the skin and the eyes against the signs of aging. Meanwhile, vitamin C in cloudberry can stimulate white blood cell production and serve as an antioxidant that can neutralize harmful free radicals.9 • Helping with blood circulation: Cloudberry contains iron,10 which can be important for blood circulation. This mineral is essential for red blood cell production, and may help reduce your risk for anemia.11,12 • Improving skin health: Ellagic acid, another important antioxidant, is found in cloudberry.13 This acid is said to have photoprotective effects that may help minimize the appearance of wrinkles caused by UVB radiation.14 • Promoting better digestive health: Phenolics in cloudberry may be beneficial in preventing development of gastrointestinal pathogens such as Salmonella and Staphylococcus.15 Common Uses of Cloudberry Because of cloudberry’s juicy and tart quality, some cooks incorporate them into recipes. This berry is often mixed into jams, candies, alcoholic beverages and baked goods.16 Cloudberry is dominantly used in traditional Scandinavian cuisine, although it also appears in Inuit foods.17 Indigenous tribes in northern Canada regarded cloudberry as an important dietary component as well.18 Historical documents also revealed that cloudberry was utilized by Norwegian sailors and North American Eskimos to protect against scurvy,19 while its roots and leaves were used for medicinal purposes.20 Meanwhile, in ancient Scandinavian medicine, cloudberry leaves were brewed into tea to help ease urinary tract infections.21 Growing Cloudberry at Home The cloudberry plant can withstand low temperatures, which is why it thrives best in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.22 Cloudberry plants can tolerate shade, although they grow best under full sunlight.23 They also prefer soils that are sandy, loamy and clay.24 You can propagate cloudberry from seeds, but make sure to stratify these first for a month at a temperature of 37 degrees F. After stratifying, sow the seeds as early as possible in the year. When the seedlings grow large enough and can be handled properly, prick and continue growing in a cold frame, then move the plants to their permanent place outdoors in the spring of the following year.25 The cloudberry plant can also be propagated via the roots.26 Cloudberry ripens during late July through early August. Depending where you live, it’s best to gather the berries in mid- to late summer. When ripe, cloudberries are soft and amber-colored with a pink blush. They come off the stem very easily. You can tell whether a cloudberry is ripe or not is by its firmness. Using three of your fingers, gently squeeze the fruit. A cloudberry isn’t ready to be harvested if it’s either hard, firm, slightly firm or slightly half firm. A cloudberry is ripe if it’s soft and slightly bouncy.27 To harvest cloudberry, gently pull the berry to allow it to break free from the stem. If you end up with half a berry being left on the plant, it might be because the fruit is overripe or because you pulled the berry off the stem with a sloppy side motion, instead of pulling it straight. Cloudberry should be picked by hand, since these are too delicate to be handled by a picking tool. Avoid using buckets since there’s a tendency for the pile of berries on top to be so heavy that it’ll crush the berries underneath it into juice. Place the berries in a shallow container instead. After picking, place the fruits gently into the container to retain their shape. Gathering berries in your hand can create pressure and trigger the bottom layer of berries to start leaking juice. At home, avoid washing the berries because they might disintegrate.28 What Are the Qualities of a Good Cloudberry? For best flavor and keeping quality, cloudberry should be picked at peak ripeness, and must be eaten or preserved on the same day they’re harvested. Be gentle in handling the fruits and move them around as little as possible. Avoid washing them unless they’re dusty. Don’t forget to pick through the berries to remove leaves or debris too.29 After harvesting and cleaning, berries should be refrigerated in a shallow container. An advantage of cloudberry is its naturally high benzoic acid content, allowing the fruits to keep longer than expected without spoiling or fermenting. Afterward, you can use the berries to make cloudberry jam or add it to baked goods.30 Because cloudberry isn’t common in many parts of the world, there isn’t much research focusing on its long-term effects on your health. Plus, cloudberry tends to be very sweet, so if you have pre-existing insulin resistance, you might exacerbate your condition if you eat too many berries. There is also no significant amount of allergen reporting linked to this fruit. Although cloudberry isn’t known as an allergen, there is a unique combination of nutrients and acids in the fruit that may prompt side effects. As a precaution, consume cloudberry in moderation and see how your body responds to it. Health Benefits of Cloudberry Seed Oil Cloudberry seed oil, which is extracted from cloudberry seeds, offers various benefits. It’s abundant in oleic, linoleic and alpha-linolenic acids, vitamin E and plant sterols.31 This oil also contains different antioxidants like carotenoids that may help increase protection against UV rays, and plant compounds called phytosterols that may help strengthen cell membranes.32 Unfortunately, there isn’t enough research yet discussing the long-term side effects of cloudberry seed oil. Talk to a physician or a trusted health expert first and do a skin patch test prior to using this essential oil to see how your skin will react to it.

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The Complete Guide Of Zero Carb Diet Results

We all must be aware that no-carb diets do not exist. The term just refers to foods or groups of foods that are not exactly 100% lacking in carbs but is considered that under 1 gram of carbs per serving is almost as good as zero.

Foods in the vegetable list contain between 0 and 1 gram net carb per serving even though all the foods do not naturally contain carbohydrates. Foods like chicory family, roe radicchio, cucumber, leafy greens like lettuce, arugula, spinach, Swiss chard, kale, turnip greens, and Bok Choy.

Meats and seafood should be unprocessed food. When you process certain food like bacon, jerky, ham, or burgers, you have probably added some carbs. Meat, duck, chicken, veal, lamb, beef, turkey, pork rinds are an exception to the processed rule. We may include organ meats, pork, goose, seafood, mollusks fish, jellyfish, and eggs.

All types of dairy such as margarine heavy cream, most types of cheese, butter. Healthy fats such as sunflower oil, sesame oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, olive oil, peanut oil, corn oil, and safflower oil. Drinks like Diet soda, herbal tea, coffee without milk or sugar.

Fresh herbs, radish celery, alfalfa sprouts, condiments, salt, and mustard. Avoid honey varieties, many types of hot sauce, milk, and sugar,

Zero-carb or carnivore?

Eat meat, drink water, and sugar milk-free coffee, no fruits, and no vegetables, absolutely no sweeteners; that is all. Your fat content would be so high that your body is burning fat instead of glucose.  If you look at the term carnivore, it literally means that you only eat meat. There is a man called Dr. Sean Baker who has become famous for his meat-eating habits, he eats only red meat and drinks a lot of water. It is also called zero-carb diet and means no carbs at all. Some think of it as a keto diet variation because of its exclusive dependence on meat only. Those two terms, zero-carb and carnivore are fairly interchangeable for describing this type of diet and they both are inaccurate. An accurate description of the diet would be to say zero-plant-based diet. It is sort of the opposite of the vegan diet. It takes from 60 to 90 days to see how the body would adapt to this diet. You are primarily eating meat such as beef, pork, lamb, eggs, chicken, and fish as well as dairy such as cheese and heavy cream, except for milk or yogurt because they are processed with sugar and carbs. When you are cooking your food on a zero-carb diet, use butter, ghee, bacon grease, lard, and any kind of animal fat as well as healthy oils such as coconut oil, olive oil, and avocado oil.

Low carb diets are supposed to help you lose weight. They were made famous by the Atkins diet in the early 2000s. They eliminate things like bread, pasta, fruits, some starchy vegetables, and especially sugar. However, according to the recommendations from most governments, carbohydrates should be the building blocks for your daily diet. The dietary recommendation for Americans suggests that 45% to 65% of your energy needs should b supplied by carbohydrates; which is 200 to 300 grams of carbs per day. Low carb diets reduce this to 50 grams with the Atkins diet recommending you start on 20 grams.

But what about zero grams of carbs? A zero-carb diet would actually be very difficult to achieve, it is mostly just meat, dairy, and other animal kingdom products, you just eat no carbohydrates

throughout the day. Consequently, zero-carb dieters have to increase protein, fats, and most importunately fiber so as to prevent having constipation. They have to eat huge amounts of raw vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, and cabbage as well as fruits such as apricots and plums to increase fiber intake if they go veggie. If you are having doubts about energy, researchers show that even without carbohydrates, the human body learns how to take energy and utilize glucose from other foods such as proteins and fats.

People are already eating zero carb diet, not just dieters; the diet of Eskimos and Inuits is mostly zero-carb depending on the season and they live pretty fine. They also enjoy health benefits when compared to the normal American diet which is high in carbs. Zero carb dieters also enjoy a lot of benefits when compared to the average American diet with no sugar, there is less tooth decay and with less simple carbs in processed food. They enjoy a more sustained release of energy; so fewer sugar highs and sugar crash in your day.

However, do you know how do people who are going on a zero- carb diet defecate with no fiber? Well, a diet high in carbs is also usually high in fiber or fibrous materials that are found in things like fruits and vegetables. Our body pushes them through but it takes more mass to fill out energy needs. So, that means we eat more food and then there is more coming out the other end. A diet high in meats and dairy is usually energy-rich which means we need a less actual volume of food to fulfill our energy needs. So, less food in, less food out. That means that people on a zero-carb diet might defecate less often, but they still defecate as much as their body needs.

The fats and oils on a zero carb diet also help things move along such as castor oil and coconut oil for example. People who enjoy a zero-carb diet report that they might go less frequently but still find themselves going regularly and that what is important. After a through psycho investigation, the zero-carb diet does get the tick of approval, but it does require a big lifestyle change, so make sure you talk to your doctor or nutritionist before doing anything drastic.

 Advantages of zero-carb diet

You have to take into consideration that those advantages are not static or firm. In other words, those are the advantages that this diet did to people whose bodies could handle it. Be very careful, what is good for you is not necessarily good for the other as our bodies are very different.

Burning fat instead of burning glucose is, along with being a huge energy source, considered therapeutic for a lot of diseases such as colitis, most planets contain certain compounds that aggravate colitis and avoiding them is a good cure. It has been also used a therapy for brain cancer, epilepsy, and Alzheimer’s

It is easy as well as delicious. The food is easy to cook, it is just meat that you cook in a pot, reheat it on a toaster, or even eat cold. It makes it very easy to stay slim and is great for consistent all day long energy and focus.

You are not going to have blood sugar spikes and crashes all day long like you do when you eat carbs. You will not have any kind of menstrual crimping which you get sometimes severely when you eat carbs.

You don’t have to worry that food might aggravate your gut. You will never be hungry because you can eat until you are satisfied.

It is good for the environment because pasture-raised animals help renew the soil and grasslands, whereas raising monocultures soybeans are not; they reach the nutrients out of the soil.

You will lose a huge amount of weight fast as well as maintaining blood pressure.

Young lady holding bowl of vegetable salad

What happens if you only eat meat?

2.5 million years ago we first began to eat meat. Prior to that, our ancestors ate a vegan diet of berries and flowers. Only when early hominines began to eat more seeds and nuts, therefore taking in higher levels of fat and less of fiber did our bodies began to adapt to handle meat.

Without fiber-rich foods like lentils, beans, and broccoli, you are going to feel constipates and uncomfortable. Not to mention, the simplest way for your body to make energy is to convert carbohydrates into glucose. In the absence of carbs, your body will have to burn fat and break down important proteins. Creating glucose from protein is known as gluconeogenesis and it occurs in the liver creating a Nitrogen waste that is converted into urea. Too much can lead to protein poisoning which includes symptoms like nausea, diarrhea, and potentially death. It has been documented that if you eat only a lean meat, like rabbits which have hardly any fat, you could continue eating and still end up wasting away.

Another potential killer could be the lack of vitamin C. Humans are one of the few animals that are unable to synthesize the vitamin on their own. Without easy access to vitamin C from fruits and veggies, your body will be unable to effectively create collagen; a structural protein found in your tendons, ligaments, and skin. This will put you at a high risk of scurfy and cause you to have poor wound healing, rotting gums, and personality changes. If not treated, you will die from infection or bleeding.

However, eating raw meat could be the way around this. The cooking of meat degrades most of vitamin C, bur raw, thick, chewy collagen-rich skin and blubber of whales can take in 36mg of vitamin C per 100g serving. Way more than the 10mg needed to fight off scurvy.

This brings us to an interesting case. Shaped by low temperature and a stark environment, a traditional Inuit diet consisted of what was hunted and fished with little of any plant food, dairy products, or carbohydrates. Despite this, cardiac death rates were half that of other Americans and Canadians.

Carnivore or zero-carb diet is not the ideal diet for almost everyone. However, generally, people who had benefited the most of carnivore diet are those who have health issues, particular people with autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis particularly some of the gastrointestinal problems like Cohn’s disease. Some people could improve their gastrointestinal tract. A Paleo Medicine research in Hungary shows that intestinal permeability improves over time on the carnivore diet and therefore less instance of the leaky gut syndrome. It is beneficial for people who have skin problems and IBS. A woman called Michaela Peterson wrote that she had an insane amount of autoimmune deficiencies that she was crippled, doctors didn’t expect her to live and past 30 her life was like a living hell. She cured herself by changing her ketogenic diet into carnivore diet and she saved her own life.

Is red meat good or bad?

There are multiple studies that disagree with red meat being the source of cancer. However, a study called The Nurse Health study states that red meat increases risk by 13% of dying of all illnesses or diseases, so you have to switch to eat chicken. Scientifically, this study was not an experimental study, it was an observational study based on a questionnaire that was given out every two years from 1980 to 2006. Moreover, the word risk is very open and doesn’t necessarily mean that you have a 13% rate of getting dying. They also did not identify if it was grass-fed beef, processed beef, or organic. It is classified as a class one carcinogen at the same level of smoking, so people are freaking out about it. If we take a look at bowel cancer, three more instances of bowel cancer per a hundred thousand people. That is one in thirty-three thousand cases, so they have more incidents of cancer. Smoking increases your chances by 20 times more that is why you can’t compare meat to smoking. Thus, there is not any risk or any studies that show that consuming grass-fed quality beef will increase the risk of dying from all or any diseases.

Human body feels really good at consuming red meat. It has more observable vitamin D than milk. It has more B12, B1, B2, B3, B6, and B5. It has tons of observable iron, healthy collagen, and a good amount of Potassium. It Zinc, Magnesium, Copper, Phosphates, and it is loaded with Omega-3. In fact, grass-fed beef has five times more omega-3 than grain-fed beef. The problem with grain-fed beef is that sometimes it involves hormones and genetically modified GMO soy and corn in the feed.

 How can you be healthy on a fatty diet without any fruits and vegetables?

  You can snack on organ meat like liver to get your recommended vitamin A, which is vital for eyes and bones as well as vitamin D also for bones. Oily fish rich in Omega-3 fatty acids will benefit your heart and vascular system.

So, it is possible to thrive on only meat, but it is important to remember that Northern communities have relied on animal food out of circumstance and necessity. Their high-fat diet was indented to keep weight on far days of hunting, and when food was insecure, not lose weight like modern low-carb diets.

Rules to start a zero-carb diet

Eat only from the animal kingdom, and nothing from the plant kingdom.

Drink plenty of water. Besides its tremendous benefits in general, it is primarily important in when you follow a carnivore diet.

Prioritize the fat. Get fattier cuts of meat like a steak or an 80/20 ground beef. When you have a steak or a piece of meat eat the fattier parts first so if you get full before you get finished, at least you don’t leave a large amount of fat on the plate and replace it with too much protein. There is a risk of getting excess protein on this diet so the fattier cuts of meat will really help you.

Listen to your body. When you follow a carnivore diet especially when you are starting out, ear only when you are hungry without counting calories. Track your macros if you want just to double check on protein levels.

When you start the diet, don’t limit how much to eat, meaning that you can eat as much as you want every day. The reason why is because you don’t want to deprive your body of nutrients.

Do we really need carbohydrates?

Alternative sources of carbohydrates.

People think they need carbohydrates mainly for energy. However, they are essential for vitamins and minerals. We don’t always have to run our bodies on carbs, we can run them on other types of calories, protein, and fat. There are two types of carbohydrates: simple carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates. Simple carbohydrates are found in sugar, honey, agave, and nectar. They go into the body very fast and might give it some temporary energy, but you’re going to come down because you have the hormone called insulin that regulates that. Complex carbohydrates have a lot of additional things like fiber that slow the breakdown and the carbohydrate in the body and so it does not create that same effect as table sugar.

Vegetables

We definitely need vegetables in large quantities not initially for the carbohydrate, but mainly for the vitamins and minerals. They also have fiber, but what fiber does is not necessarily something like a bulking agent, it is mainly to feed the micros. Your intestinal flora, your good bacteria live on microbes and they need fiber.

Beans

The thing about beans is that it does not turn into sugar as fast as other types of carbohydrates. However, if you have a slow metabolism while trying to lose weight, you would have a hard time doing that on beans because it has a lot of carbs, so you might not want to consume many beans, they also cause gas to a lot of people.

Fruits

Fruits are great, especially for vitamins. However, the problem is it can range from a high glycemic index to a low glycemic index. For example, berries are a little lower than apples, apples have like19 to 30 grams of sugar per an apple. Moreover, fruits are going to slow people down to lose weight such as women in their 50s, except for those who have a fast metabolism, because they contain carbs as well as sweets. People who go on fruit diets have to cut out all sweets to lose weight.

Grains

Grains are like whole wheat bread and white bread. They turn into sugar fairly fast. There is not a lot of nutrition in grains compared to vegetables, they also hard in the digestive system because they have gluten protein. It creates all sorts of problems such as irritable bowel, irritation to the colon, and bloating.

Starches

There are diet experts that recommend tons of starches. Some people lose weight while others don’t because unfortunately, they turn into sugar very fast. They are not the highest sources of vitamins compared to vegetables.

Zero-carb diets and weight loss

Zero-carb is a wonderful diet for weight loss because it is going to allow your body to heal and preserve muscle mass while burning the fat. You are not going to end up looking sick after you are done losing weight, a lot of people end up looking sick when they lose weight because they have what is called face-wasting happening to their faces. The face gets really thin because of the body in desperation of being so deficient from nutrition. Also, it is a great way to keep your skin really tight because protein is very important for skin quality and elasticity. It brings high levels of energy and a good mood.

There is absolutely no need to restrict yourself to this diet, meaning that you can eat whenever you are hungry and as long as you don’t feel satiated. That is wonderful because people should be in tune with their bodies and listen to them for feedback on hunger.

Not everybody is able to manage to regulate their appetite while others have extended stomachs so it is really hard to feel full. This diet is satiating because when you eat protein, you feel full; and when you eat fat, you feel even fuller.

Going on this diet you might end up losing a lot of weight. You might be losing a lot of water weight at the beginning and with all that water weight loss you may need to supplement with a little bit of salt just to get that sodium back up.

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The Complete Guide Of Zero Carb Diet Results

We all must be aware that no-carb diets do not exist. The term just refers to foods or groups of foods that are not exactly 100% lacking in carbs but is considered that under 1 gram of carbs per serving is almost as good as zero.

Foods in the vegetable list contain between 0 and 1 gram net carb per serving even though all the foods do not naturally contain carbohydrates. Foods like chicory family, roe radicchio, cucumber, leafy greens like lettuce, arugula, spinach, Swiss chard, kale, turnip greens, and Bok Choy.

Meats and seafood should be unprocessed food. When you process certain food like bacon, jerky, ham, or burgers, you have probably added some carbs. Meat, duck, chicken, veal, lamb, beef, turkey, pork rinds are an exception to the processed rule. We may include organ meats, pork, goose, seafood, mollusks fish, jellyfish, and eggs.

All types of dairy such as margarine heavy cream, most types of cheese, butter. Healthy fats such as sunflower oil, sesame oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, olive oil, peanut oil, corn oil, and safflower oil. Drinks like Diet soda, herbal tea, coffee without milk or sugar.

Fresh herbs, radish celery, alfalfa sprouts, condiments, salt, and mustard. Avoid honey varieties, many types of hot sauce, milk, and sugar,

Zero-carb or carnivore?

Eat meat, drink water, and sugar milk-free coffee, no fruits, and no vegetables, absolutely no sweeteners; that is all. Your fat content would be so high that your body is burning fat instead of glucose.  If you look at the term carnivore, it literally means that you only eat meat. There is a man called Dr. Sean Baker who has become famous for his meat-eating habits, he eats only red meat and drinks a lot of water. It is also called zero-carb diet and means no carbs at all. Some think of it as a keto diet variation because of its exclusive dependence on meat only. Those two terms, zero-carb and carnivore are fairly interchangeable for describing this type of diet and they both are inaccurate. An accurate description of the diet would be to say zero-plant-based diet. It is sort of the opposite of the vegan diet. It takes from 60 to 90 days to see how the body would adapt to this diet. You are primarily eating meat such as beef, pork, lamb, eggs, chicken, and fish as well as dairy such as cheese and heavy cream, except for milk or yogurt because they are processed with sugar and carbs. When you are cooking your food on a zero-carb diet, use butter, ghee, bacon grease, lard, and any kind of animal fat as well as healthy oils such as coconut oil, olive oil, and avocado oil.

Low carb diets are supposed to help you lose weight. They were made famous by the Atkins diet in the early 2000s. They eliminate things like bread, pasta, fruits, some starchy vegetables, and especially sugar. However, according to the recommendations from most governments, carbohydrates should be the building blocks for your daily diet. The dietary recommendation for Americans suggests that 45% to 65% of your energy needs should b supplied by carbohydrates; which is 200 to 300 grams of carbs per day. Low carb diets reduce this to 50 grams with the Atkins diet recommending you start on 20 grams.

But what about zero grams of carbs? A zero-carb diet would actually be very difficult to achieve, it is mostly just meat, dairy, and other animal kingdom products, you just eat no carbohydrates

throughout the day. Consequently, zero-carb dieters have to increase protein, fats, and most importunately fiber so as to prevent having constipation. They have to eat huge amounts of raw vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, and cabbage as well as fruits such as apricots and plums to increase fiber intake if they go veggie. If you are having doubts about energy, researchers show that even without carbohydrates, the human body learns how to take energy and utilize glucose from other foods such as proteins and fats.

People are already eating zero carb diet, not just dieters; the diet of Eskimos and Inuits is mostly zero-carb depending on the season and they live pretty fine. They also enjoy health benefits when compared to the normal American diet which is high in carbs. Zero carb dieters also enjoy a lot of benefits when compared to the average American diet with no sugar, there is less tooth decay and with less simple carbs in processed food. They enjoy a more sustained release of energy; so fewer sugar highs and sugar crash in your day.

However, do you know how do people who are going on a zero- carb diet defecate with no fiber? Well, a diet high in carbs is also usually high in fiber or fibrous materials that are found in things like fruits and vegetables. Our body pushes them through but it takes more mass to fill out energy needs. So, that means we eat more food and then there is more coming out the other end. A diet high in meats and dairy is usually energy-rich which means we need a less actual volume of food to fulfill our energy needs. So, less food in, less food out. That means that people on a zero-carb diet might defecate less often, but they still defecate as much as their body needs.

The fats and oils on a zero carb diet also help things move along such as castor oil and coconut oil for example. People who enjoy a zero-carb diet report that they might go less frequently but still find themselves going regularly and that what is important. After a through psycho investigation, the zero-carb diet does get the tick of approval, but it does require a big lifestyle change, so make sure you talk to your doctor or nutritionist before doing anything drastic.

 Advantages of zero-carb diet

You have to take into consideration that those advantages are not static or firm. In other words, those are the advantages that this diet did to people whose bodies could handle it. Be very careful, what is good for you is not necessarily good for the other as our bodies are very different.

Burning fat instead of burning glucose is, along with being a huge energy source, considered therapeutic for a lot of diseases such as colitis, most planets contain certain compounds that aggravate colitis and avoiding them is a good cure. It has been also used a therapy for brain cancer, epilepsy, and Alzheimer’s

It is easy as well as delicious. The food is easy to cook, it is just meat that you cook in a pot, reheat it on a toaster, or even eat cold. It makes it very easy to stay slim and is great for consistent all day long energy and focus.

You are not going to have blood sugar spikes and crashes all day long like you do when you eat carbs. You will not have any kind of menstrual crimping which you get sometimes severely when you eat carbs.

You don’t have to worry that food might aggravate your gut. You will never be hungry because you can eat until you are satisfied.

It is good for the environment because pasture-raised animals help renew the soil and grasslands, whereas raising monocultures soybeans are not; they reach the nutrients out of the soil.

You will lose a huge amount of weight fast as well as maintaining blood pressure.

Young lady holding bowl of vegetable salad

What happens if you only eat meat?

2.5 million years ago we first began to eat meat. Prior to that, our ancestors ate a vegan diet of berries and flowers. Only when early hominines began to eat more seeds and nuts, therefore taking in higher levels of fat and less of fiber did our bodies began to adapt to handle meat.

Without fiber-rich foods like lentils, beans, and broccoli, you are going to feel constipates and uncomfortable. Not to mention, the simplest way for your body to make energy is to convert carbohydrates into glucose. In the absence of carbs, your body will have to burn fat and break down important proteins. Creating glucose from protein is known as gluconeogenesis and it occurs in the liver creating a Nitrogen waste that is converted into urea. Too much can lead to protein poisoning which includes symptoms like nausea, diarrhea, and potentially death. It has been documented that if you eat only a lean meat, like rabbits which have hardly any fat, you could continue eating and still end up wasting away.

Another potential killer could be the lack of vitamin C. Humans are one of the few animals that are unable to synthesize the vitamin on their own. Without easy access to vitamin C from fruits and veggies, your body will be unable to effectively create collagen; a structural protein found in your tendons, ligaments, and skin. This will put you at a high risk of scurfy and cause you to have poor wound healing, rotting gums, and personality changes. If not treated, you will die from infection or bleeding.

However, eating raw meat could be the way around this. The cooking of meat degrades most of vitamin C, bur raw, thick, chewy collagen-rich skin and blubber of whales can take in 36mg of vitamin C per 100g serving. Way more than the 10mg needed to fight off scurvy.

This brings us to an interesting case. Shaped by low temperature and a stark environment, a traditional Inuit diet consisted of what was hunted and fished with little of any plant food, dairy products, or carbohydrates. Despite this, cardiac death rates were half that of other Americans and Canadians.

Carnivore or zero-carb diet is not the ideal diet for almost everyone. However, generally, people who had benefited the most of carnivore diet are those who have health issues, particular people with autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis particularly some of the gastrointestinal problems like Cohn’s disease. Some people could improve their gastrointestinal tract. A Paleo Medicine research in Hungary shows that intestinal permeability improves over time on the carnivore diet and therefore less instance of the leaky gut syndrome. It is beneficial for people who have skin problems and IBS. A woman called Michaela Peterson wrote that she had an insane amount of autoimmune deficiencies that she was crippled, doctors didn’t expect her to live and past 30 her life was like a living hell. She cured herself by changing her ketogenic diet into carnivore diet and she saved her own life.

Is red meat good or bad?

There are multiple studies that disagree with red meat being the source of cancer. However, a study called The Nurse Health study states that red meat increases risk by 13% of dying of all illnesses or diseases, so you have to switch to eat chicken. Scientifically, this study was not an experimental study, it was an observational study based on a questionnaire that was given out every two years from 1980 to 2006. Moreover, the word risk is very open and doesn’t necessarily mean that you have a 13% rate of getting dying. They also did not identify if it was grass-fed beef, processed beef, or organic. It is classified as a class one carcinogen at the same level of smoking, so people are freaking out about it. If we take a look at bowel cancer, three more instances of bowel cancer per a hundred thousand people. That is one in thirty-three thousand cases, so they have more incidents of cancer. Smoking increases your chances by 20 times more that is why you can’t compare meat to smoking. Thus, there is not any risk or any studies that show that consuming grass-fed quality beef will increase the risk of dying from all or any diseases.

Human body feels really good at consuming red meat. It has more observable vitamin D than milk. It has more B12, B1, B2, B3, B6, and B5. It has tons of observable iron, healthy collagen, and a good amount of Potassium. It Zinc, Magnesium, Copper, Phosphates, and it is loaded with Omega-3. In fact, grass-fed beef has five times more omega-3 than grain-fed beef. The problem with grain-fed beef is that sometimes it involves hormones and genetically modified GMO soy and corn in the feed.

 How can you be healthy on a fatty diet without any fruits and vegetables?

  You can snack on organ meat like liver to get your recommended vitamin A, which is vital for eyes and bones as well as vitamin D also for bones. Oily fish rich in Omega-3 fatty acids will benefit your heart and vascular system.

So, it is possible to thrive on only meat, but it is important to remember that Northern communities have relied on animal food out of circumstance and necessity. Their high-fat diet was indented to keep weight on far days of hunting, and when food was insecure, not lose weight like modern low-carb diets.

Rules to start a zero-carb diet

Eat only from the animal kingdom, and nothing from the plant kingdom.

Drink plenty of water. Besides its tremendous benefits in general, it is primarily important in when you follow a carnivore diet.

Prioritize the fat. Get fattier cuts of meat like a steak or an 80/20 ground beef. When you have a steak or a piece of meat eat the fattier parts first so if you get full before you get finished, at least you don’t leave a large amount of fat on the plate and replace it with too much protein. There is a risk of getting excess protein on this diet so the fattier cuts of meat will really help you.

Listen to your body. When you follow a carnivore diet especially when you are starting out, ear only when you are hungry without counting calories. Track your macros if you want just to double check on protein levels.

When you start the diet, don’t limit how much to eat, meaning that you can eat as much as you want every day. The reason why is because you don’t want to deprive your body of nutrients.

Do we really need carbohydrates?

Alternative sources of carbohydrates.

People think they need carbohydrates mainly for energy. However, they are essential for vitamins and minerals. We don’t always have to run our bodies on carbs, we can run them on other types of calories, protein, and fat. There are two types of carbohydrates: simple carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates. Simple carbohydrates are found in sugar, honey, agave, and nectar. They go into the body very fast and might give it some temporary energy, but you’re going to come down because you have the hormone called insulin that regulates that. Complex carbohydrates have a lot of additional things like fiber that slow the breakdown and the carbohydrate in the body and so it does not create that same effect as table sugar.

Vegetables

We definitely need vegetables in large quantities not initially for the carbohydrate, but mainly for the vitamins and minerals. They also have fiber, but what fiber does is not necessarily something like a bulking agent, it is mainly to feed the micros. Your intestinal flora, your good bacteria live on microbes and they need fiber.

Beans

The thing about beans is that it does not turn into sugar as fast as other types of carbohydrates. However, if you have a slow metabolism while trying to lose weight, you would have a hard time doing that on beans because it has a lot of carbs, so you might not want to consume many beans, they also cause gas to a lot of people.

Fruits

Fruits are great, especially for vitamins. However, the problem is it can range from a high glycemic index to a low glycemic index. For example, berries are a little lower than apples, apples have like19 to 30 grams of sugar per an apple. Moreover, fruits are going to slow people down to lose weight such as women in their 50s, except for those who have a fast metabolism, because they contain carbs as well as sweets. People who go on fruit diets have to cut out all sweets to lose weight.

Grains

Grains are like whole wheat bread and white bread. They turn into sugar fairly fast. There is not a lot of nutrition in grains compared to vegetables, they also hard in the digestive system because they have gluten protein. It creates all sorts of problems such as irritable bowel, irritation to the colon, and bloating.

Starches

There are diet experts that recommend tons of starches. Some people lose weight while others don’t because unfortunately, they turn into sugar very fast. They are not the highest sources of vitamins compared to vegetables.

Zero-carb diets and weight loss

Zero-carb is a wonderful diet for weight loss because it is going to allow your body to heal and preserve muscle mass while burning the fat. You are not going to end up looking sick after you are done losing weight, a lot of people end up looking sick when they lose weight because they have what is called face-wasting happening to their faces. The face gets really thin because of the body in desperation of being so deficient from nutrition. Also, it is a great way to keep your skin really tight because protein is very important for skin quality and elasticity. It brings high levels of energy and a good mood.

There is absolutely no need to restrict yourself to this diet, meaning that you can eat whenever you are hungry and as long as you don’t feel satiated. That is wonderful because people should be in tune with their bodies and listen to them for feedback on hunger.

Not everybody is able to manage to regulate their appetite while others have extended stomachs so it is really hard to feel full. This diet is satiating because when you eat protein, you feel full; and when you eat fat, you feel even fuller.

Going on this diet you might end up losing a lot of weight. You might be losing a lot of water weight at the beginning and with all that water weight loss you may need to supplement with a little bit of salt just to get that sodium back up.

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