Today marks day 200 on carnivore for me. Far surpassing my previous record of 33 days a couple of years ago. It has been difficult, many health problems popping up during this time. Hoping they clear up eventually? Where is everyone else at?

Hi all !

Hello! First time joining a community and excited!

So just read Stephen´s substack about intestinal permeability, which is fantastic! and looking forward to read part 2 of it. In regards of developing food sensitivity due to intestinal permeability, what makes some people develop food sensitivity to one food, like fish or eggs, but not to others? What factors determine which undigested proteins cross the gut barrier? I mean what makes some undigested food proteins cross the gut barrier into your bloodstream while others don´t cross it? Is it because the gut barrier although it is permeable now that you have got leaky gut, it still remains with certain capacity of stoping some proteins to get in your bloodstream, depending on the size of the gap that you thight junctions have got, or how many gaps your gut has got? Therefore letting in lets say the smaller molecules and still stoping the bigger ones? Or could it be related to its structure, that your gut barrier is able to stop this structures somehow, maybe binding to them, and can´t bind to other structures and stop them from crossing because it has lost its capacity to hold on to this molecules any more? Just thinking about what is really going on in the gut 😅 Can anyone explain please!!!!

I would be curious to know what your why is for adopting a carnivore lifestyle? Did it start as something different from what it is now? For me I struggled for years with obesity. Then I had gastric bypass surgery in 2007. Two years after that I developed post-bariatric reactive hypoglycemia. For years, I had no idea what it was or how to treat it, all I knew was that it just kept getting worse. I never got an official diagnosis, but after years of researching my symptoms, I finally found the name for what I had. Then in 2016, I went on a ketogenic diet to lose weight (I had gotten back up to 195 pounds at 5'3"). It was during that time that I discovered the link between diet and controlling the RH symptoms. That worked for a long time, and my reactions became less and less frequent. Then I tried to add some more carbohydrates back in... mostly to get more fiber since I was also battling with chronic constipation. None of that helped. In 2013 and 2021, I had bowel obstructions that required surgery, and in 2021, I actually lost an additional length of my bowel. I have no duodenum whatsoever, so malabsorption is a big issue for me. I tried paleo and Whole30, and those were okay... but I still was having issues. Then on Thanksgiving 2024 I had a paleo meal.... something I had eaten many times... it was very meat-heavy, hardly any carbohydrates really... just a bit of plain sweet potato with butter and cinnamon, turkey, and some green beans. A meal that should have been totally fine.... HOWEVER... I had one of the worst RH reactions ever. It was after that I gave up carbs completely... at least for the next 3 of 4 months. I have been able to test and add a few non-carnivore things back in, but I am now 98% carnivore and I feel the best I ever have! No more constipation, no more psoriasis, no more bleeding gums... ADHD.... and best of all, no more hypoglycemia episodes, which came along with a lovely dose of neuroglycopenia. I will never go back to my old way of eating!