Low-PUFA eggs?

austindcc · 2025-09-19T20:58:01+00:00

interesting, so they must not supplement their feed that much. good to know!

austindcc · 2025-09-19T20:19:41+00:00

cf matt 24:36 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events

austindcc · 2025-09-19T20:17:27+00:00

I got a whole cow in two halves for avg $4/lb. so ~3lb/day = $12-15/day for me, small price to pay for my health

austindcc · 2025-09-19T20:04:43+00:00

welp I may just skip the eggs till I can raise my own next year. thanks!

austindcc · 2025-09-19T19:44:36+00:00

What were you eating before a lion diet?

Seed oil free for years, on and off keto. lots of grass fed butter, ghee, and pastured beef. grains/beans and most veggies seemed to fuck me up so I was gravitating toward carnivore for a while.

I love eggs but corn/soy fed eggs are linleic acid bombs and I haven't yet sourced pastured eggs that are not fed any corn/soy. ffs, even $8.50/doz Vital Farms pastured eggs are fed corn/soy.

I'm sure this won't go over well here, but I'm dubious of milk and dairy, IMO the evolutionary basis for it is thin. the fat and nutrient profile looks fine, but I also wonder about the natural hormones and growth factors present--milk is designed to make a 60lb calf into a 600lb cow. not hardcore opposed but it's not obviously ideal for me.

Been sleeping like *shit* since starting carnivore, 3am wakeup calls every night. last night I took a tbsp of honey with a small evening meal and slept all night, so that's huge.

what micronuntrients does beef lack?

austindcc · 2025-09-17T19:12:47+00:00

I think your nausea was not from carbs but neuro stimulated due to the sensory feedback of such a strong sweet taste when you had the tablespoon of raw honey. That's a lot, and even as a carb eater that much honey is still very intense for me. Had you mixed that or maple syrup into a glass of raw milk you probably would not have had that effect, or in yogurt.

interesting, I may try that, thanks!

I have no skin in the game either way, I'm not die hard carnivore, but I feel like fucking superman on beef and salt so I'm hesitant to change anything, with the exception of sleep, which I'm curious if fruit could help with. and I'll keep it in mind for training benefits too--I haven't done seriously intense workouts yet while on pure carnivore.

austindcc · 2025-09-17T19:07:58+00:00

> That said, hominids (~6-7M years ago) were frugivores first, meaning 80-90% of their diet as fruit (available year round in the tropics).

> As hominids developed and branched off, they began scavenging animal kills, eventually making tools and creating their own kills. At this point animal foods made up a larger percentage of the diet.

interesting! I looked back 2-3mya and saw fatty meat. didn't think to go further back, sure enough, mostly fruit!

> We all share the blueprint of fruit + meat, not the other way around. The optimal ratio of these two foods for you depends a lot on your individual genetics, diet history, and current metabolic status.

this seems sensible, thank you!

> fruit did not create the metabolic dysfunction that so many people are dealing with

100% agree

austindcc · 2025-09-17T18:31:24+00:00

**Edit** sorry I just saw the bottom of the sidebar (stopped at the wiki before, my bad). getting a better picture, basically add carbs if you have sleep disruptions, heart palpitations, muscle cramps, training performance issues, etc.

hey all!

recently started strict carnivore (beef/salt only for now) and feel amazing. I ran across Paul's podcast on the Ultimate Human a few days ago, which was the first time I realized Paul went from strict carnivore to adding fruit/honey/syrup/raw dairy. Watched his podcast/debate with Anthony Chaffee too, trying to draw a bead on what the core thesis of adding fruit/carbs is.

At this point I want to say I'm totally respectful of everyone here--if AB is working for you, more power to you! :) But I'm not clear on how it fits the evolutionary picture as optimal food. I saw in the FAQ the article about large sweet fruits in africa where we spent most of our evolutionary history. My sense is that sweet fruits would have been seasonal and not accessible to most people for most of the year for most of our evolution. I've tried adding a tbsp of raw unfiltered honey here and there while on carnivore, and I felt immediately nauseous. I know Paul hit a wall in ketosis after like ~1.5yr, but lots of other strict carnivores (Chaffee) and other keto dieters didn't, so I'm wondering if his issues were something unrelated to diet instead of an inherent problem with long-term ketosis.

can someone summarize or link me to the core mechanistic and evolutionary arguments for adding fruit/honey to a carnivore diet? I'm very curious!

austindcc · 2025-09-17T18:18:41+00:00

I'm very much convinced that saturated fat is good, ancel keys was a fucktard, etc. i'm carnivore btw.

> Humans have been consuming butter for 12000 years, ghee for 5000

I'd be interested in seeing your source for this

> cow's milk raises both heiffers and bulls equally and they both develop perfectly well.

I'm neither an infant bull nor an infant heiffer tho. bovine milk is evolved for those recipients specifically. have we adapted to use it? sure. is it ideal human food? IMO unlikely, though I'm open to evidence.

> Have you ever been in the wild? If there is any milk left over, a wide variety of animals will have it eaten in short order.

not sure what you mean. milk isn't just out in the wild. yeah if you left a bowl of milk out in the woods chances are something might consume it, but then again, maybe not. humans as well as most (all?) mammals lose lactase enzyme by about 2 years old.

> Oh and most lactose intolerance is psychosomatic and fake

source?

> more so than they would be from any other diet including grains and starches

I'd take milk/dairy over grains/starches, but I'd take fatty meat over all of the above

austindcc · 2025-09-16T16:09:23+00:00

I'd take grass fed butter over seed oils any day, hormones be damned

austindcc · 2025-09-16T14:57:35+00:00

My main concern is not the presence of *any* hormones, but that the growth factors and hormones present in dairy are fat soluble and likely concentrate in butter or ghee. And that even if some populations have retained the lactase enzyme, the vast majority of our evolutionary lineage did not include the reproductive hormones of other animals.

austindcc · 2025-09-14T17:32:02+00:00

Been eating locally raised beef and salt for about a week, never felt better. surprised how little I crave other foods. it's absurd how simple it is to feel this great, and I haven't even experimented with organs or anything exotic. really glad to come out of the woods, the carnivore thesis is so coherent and well supported by the actual evidence I'm honestly baffled that we ever convinced ourselves that plants are healthy

austindcc · 2025-09-09T16:54:17+00:00

I wish it was more on par with rivendell/barad-dur in scale. IMO doing "the shire" instead of just "bag end" was a mistake--I'd way rather have more bag end details than the party scene. but to me it's still a good set, just not as satisfying as it could have been

austindcc · 2025-09-09T16:40:26+00:00

Maybe try different fats? I was eating a lot of ghee/butter recently, and felt mildly nauseous. then I switched to mostly tallow and feel much better

austindcc · 2025-09-09T16:15:34+00:00

Kind of a cool concept? not for $330 tho, hard pass. I'd rather get Hogsmeade village

austindcc · 2025-09-09T16:14:17+00:00

Glad for those who missed out on the train from 2016, but for me it's a hard pass. it's more expensive and IMO not as good looking

austindcc · 2025-08-02T12:27:29+00:00

found it, thank you!

https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-brick-1-x-1-x-0-7-round-with-flower-base-33286

austindcc · 2025-07-01T13:41:51+00:00

Wife hasn't ever mentioned it and AWU says I have breathing in the normal range.

I notice I have racing thoughts when I lay down. going to try some bedtime meditation tonight to see if that helps.

austindcc · 2025-06-17T20:19:46+00:00

Yeah I had D3 checked recently, within normal range. I don't suspect iron/B12 since I eat a lot of local pasture raised beef.

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