I don’t. I couldn’t try a normal diet and a carnivore/ketogenic diet at the same time to compare.
A Russian epigenetic specialist told one of my (Russian) friend pfs was an epigenetic disease and he told him to “eat meat only” as a way to get better.
Then there is this:
Update: I must warn you. I tried raw meat, couldn’t digest it nor sleep that night and spent the next day being drowsy, brain fogged and tired, what seemed as moderate narcolepsy and muscle weakness, what seems as moderate cataplexy which accompanies narcolepsy. I did my research and it seems humans were able to shrink their intestine and enlarge their brain BECAUSE of the use of fire to use fire to break complex bonds, in a similar way enzymes do. My conclusion in that the primal diet is so primal, it predates our enlarged brain and shortened intestines, as far as some meat is concerned.
Also to confirm the warning above, Gamma Hydroxy Butryrate can have mortal effects if taken with other sedatives like benzodiazepene and many more (check it out, the list of interactions is long)
Nonetheless, the two guys in the video claim to have gotten better eating meat and while in my opinion they eat too much of it and not enough fat to be ketogenic, it’s certainly an anecdotal element that goes in a similar direction as the diet I’m doing. (which is super boring by the way. Over 2 years now. If it wasn’t for the fear of having some pfs symptoms coming back, I’d go nuts on regular food.)
Note that Michael in this story eats less fat and more protein than I do and also eats fruits (carbs), which I don’t. He’s not ketogenic and has achieved less recovery than I did although it may not be correlated.
@ acne1776
BHB is produced from fat, not protein.
Ketogenic diets do not have to be carnivore, they can have plants also. They only need to be high fat (70% calories intake from fat) and low carbs (less than 5%, maybe 4%, I’d have to check).
However, you can’t live without proteins, eating only fat. You’d loose muscle and eventually become sick and die.
Carnivore diet do not have to be ketogenic. It means eating only animal products. If you eat too much protein, you won’t get into ketosis as you will burn protein as fuel instead of fat. This is why I always mention my diet is a carnivore/ketogenic diet as it fits the description of both at the same time. To be fair, carnivore diet includes fat cuts of meat so it includes animal fat, but not 70% of calories intake. You can live on a regular carnivore diet and you can live on a carnivore/ketogenic diet. Some people have done it over 20 years. Inuits in my home country fed exclusively on meat products all their life. It may or may not have shortened their life as protein creates MTOR which is detrimental to longevity. This is why I eat protein only once a day to minimize as much as possible the MTOR.
As @vkg1 wrote, I modified the ketogenic diet to be meat product only so I eliminate inflammation from plant food. I only eat animal fat, mostly ghee as it has 2%butyric acid which is very beneficial to the guts…
I’ve read it on this forum and also that many of us develop food allergies after they crashed. I’ve read it in articles but I can’t pinpoint the source. You can take it at face value or question it and do your research. If you do, please send me articles. I’m always eager to learn more.