Carnivore Questions LIVE & Giveaways!
In a Nutshell
Carnivore diet Q&A session covering medical credentials, bone broth preparation with histamine warnings, and practical advice on osteoporosis reversal, fasting with high-intensity training, and electrolyte management for leg cramps. Key takeaways include using theater premieres to secure streaming deals for "Healing Humanity" documentary, triglyceride-to-HDL ratios as primary lipid markers, and that carnivore helps inflammatory conditions like Crohn's and inclusion body myositis. Viewers won shirts and memberships through #ribeye questions and testimonies.
These notes were generated by AI and may contain inaccuracies.
Welcome to the Thursday night carnivore Q&A session. The first giveaway is a Healing Humanity shirt in blue. Viewers can post their best question with #ribeye or their testimony with #ribeye, and the best question of the night will win a ribeye cooked on a smoker.
The Montello premiere was described as absolutely amazing, with people already requesting repeat screenings. Viewers can check healinghumanity.movie for confirmed screening locations and dates. Upcoming screenings include:
- Chicago - sold out
- Orlando, Florida - June 29th
- UK screening - July 18th
- Impact in Kalamazoo, Michigan - September 26th and 27th
- Low Carb for Better Health - September 26th and 27th
The Meatstock convention website is meatstockconvention.com, and the promo code Healing Humanity can be used. Viewers can subscribe to the newsletter at healinghumanity.movie for updates.
Lynn's credentials: BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing), NNA (Nutrition Network Advisor), working toward NNP (Nutrition Network Practitioner), and will apply for MHP (Metabolic Health Practitioner).
Adam's credentials: MHP (Metabolic Health Practitioner) through the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners at smhp.org.
Barb's credentials: NBC HWC (National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach) through the National Board of Medical Examiners, MHP (Metabolic Health Practitioner), NNA (Nutrition Network Advisor).
The Nutrition Network program takes approximately one year to complete. The purpose of these credentials is to provide a level of trust for viewers.
Mandy the Carnivore's question: Four beef shanks, three oxtails, and one tomahawk ribeye bone available for bone broth in a Ninja slow cooker, wanting minimal ingredients and Lion diet friendly.
Ashley recommends: Cover with clean beef broth (check ingredients), add salt, fill with water, and let the slow cooker extract the marrow. This will produce delicious results.
Histamine warning from Carrie: Bone broth is high histamine due to the long cooking time. Those with histamine sensitivities should avoid it and use meat stock instead. For those who can tolerate some histamine, an Instant Pot pressure cooker method takes about one hour and produces less histamine than slow cooking, though the taste is not as good.
Carol Walker's question: How does the carnivore diet help with osteoporosis?
Lynn's personal experience: Went from the low end of low bone density to the upper end of normal. Protein and amino acids from carnivore foods serve as building blocks for bone and muscle. A body composition scale can be used to track bone density.
Carnivore Stork's question: Why delay the pay-per-view internet release when premieres could happen simultaneously?
Adam's response: The release process is complex and requires industry expertise. The goal is to reach millions of people rather than thousands. The 2026 release date is targeted, with most content expected to be available everywhere by the end of the year.
Carrie's explanation: Streaming services require proof that the documentary will generate business. Theater premieres provide data showing the film can fill venues and receive positive reviews, which is necessary to secure streaming deals. The strategy is designed to reach the maximum audience.
Additional rationale: Theater screenings allow people to bring friends, neighbors, or those needing healing who might not watch a YouTube video independently. The team is following advice from industry professionals who have worked on successful documentaries.
Question: Sous vide seared, reverse seared, smoked, grilled, or oven seared - which is best for ribeye?
Ashley's preference: Reverse seared and smoked. She pulls the ribeye at 115°F internal temperature, then does a hot sear for about 30 seconds per side. Sous vide is convenient for holding temperature. Grilling is also favored.
Adam's equipment: Uses a Traeger with Blackstone-style flat top for searing convenience. Also uses a ceramic-style cooker (similar to Green Egg) that reaches 800-900°F for optimal searing.
Carolina Carnivore's question: Is it safe to do high-intensity strength training while fasting for at least 10 days?
Barb's guidance: Requires knowing the individual's fasting experience, whether it's a straight water fast or includes electrolytes, and if the person regularly does HIIT workouts. Fasting is a stress on the body, and too much stress can be harmful. If the individual is an experienced faster and accustomed to strength training, they can attempt it but should stop if they don't feel well. Blood sugar and ketone tracking can help assess safety. Glycogen depletion can occur and affect performance.
Question: Whether to get a crown on a large tooth after 2.5 years on carnivore diet.
Recommendation: Defer to dentist's opinion. Dr. Stock was interviewed on Carrie's channel and has YouTube videos that may provide relevant information. Some people have reported concerns about crowns, so professional dental advice is essential.
533's question: Does the advice against eating late at night apply to carnivore diet?
Lynn's response: Yes, the principle applies because digestion takes time regardless of diet. Meat takes longer to break down than liquids. Late eating can interfere with the body's transition to rest and affect sleep quality. The standard recommendation is to eat at least 3 hours before bed, especially important for those with acid reflux issues.
Lori's question: Is store-bought bone broth acceptable, specifically Kettle & Fire brand?
Assessment: Kettle & Fire is considered one of the cleaner brands with acceptable ingredients.
Candy's question: Ankles and feet swell when adding sea salt to meals. Will carnivore work without salt?
Barb's response: Yes, carnivore can work without added salt. Adam has personal experience with this. Try removing salt and observe if swelling resolves, then add it back if symptoms return. Also consider overall hydration and balance of magnesium and potassium electrolytes.
Carol Walker's question: How to determine if someone has histamine issues?
Lynn's guidance: Watch the histamine video on the Midlife Carnivore channel for detailed information on symptoms of histamine intolerance versus mast cell activation syndrome. A quick test is to take an antihistamine and observe if symptoms improve. Both H1 and H2 blockers should be considered since histamine receptors exist throughout the body. Doctors will typically ask whether antihistamines have been tried and whether they helped.
If you need to talk to a doctor, go see an allergist, but not all histamine issues are allergies. Be ready to have that conversation and come armed to have that conversation with the doctor about whether or not it's an allergy issue or if it possibly could be a mast cell issue that you're having.
The winner of a Healing Humanity shirt in color blue. If you don't win, you can get one at healinghumanity.movie. TRD-H7O can go to healinghumanity.movie/giveaway, fill out the form, and Ashley will promptly send you your shirt.
A 30-day free membership to healinghumanity.life is being given away. The community does about 12 Zoom calls per week, has a doctor expert on Wednesday, Tuesdays Q&A usually with Coach Lisa, Thursdays are Inspire to Gather with Dante Frigano, has courses, breaking addictions, and a community to help you on your path to healing.
Wendy has been on low carb for a while. Her A1C went from 5.7 to 5.2 in 6 months, but her LDL is a little high and her triglyceride HDL ratio is 4.0. The recommendation is to not be concerned about the LDL being a little high. The key question is whether the triglyceride HDL ratio has gone up or down since starting carnivore. If it's getting worse, some people can't handle so much fat and may be getting too much fat. With everything, you can over-nourish yourself even on carnivore.
Ashley recommends watching the Cholesterol Code documentary, noting it deals more with lean mass hyper-responders but contains a lot of education about cholesterol.
The triglyceride to HDL ratio should be at a minimum below 2, preferably closer to 1. Carbs tend to raise your triglycerides. The 6-month timeframe is significant because the ratio may have been a drastic improvement from where it was previously.
If the triglyceride to HDL ratio is going up, look at fat quantity because you can over-nourish yourself on carnivore. Some people have to back off a little bit because they can't handle that much fat. Also look at thyroid function and make sure the thyroid is working properly because that can affect things as well.
In extreme circumstances like lipotoxicity, some people really can't do the fat. It may just take a while for the body to adjust.
Air conditioning typically removes some humidity from the room, though no studies were known linking air conditioning to dehydration. Some people don't feel as well with air conditioning due to chemicals that go into the process.
Based on box office records shattered over the weekend, movie theater going isn't dying. There was a big hit during COVID and streaming, but many people are sick of streaming options. With so many options, you kind of have none and just flick through and never find anything. Even paid streaming services now have television commercials, making it basically like watching cable again. Nothing can replace going to the theater and experiencing it with the crowd. More Hollywood blockbusters are dying, and more people want to see quality healing humanity and other films that actually impact humanity.
Rob7995 gets better weight loss results eating one meal a day early in the day. Eating in the afternoon or evening causes stalling. Ashley, a 50-year-old male, has the same experience and has always been a creature of midnight snacking. When doing that even on carnivore, he does not lose weight and stalls out, even gaining weight. One meal a day is where he has seen his most successful weight loss success, as long as enough nutrients are obtained and a nice big meal is eaten.
A Wisconsin carnivore meet-up is being considered due to the great turnout at the Montello Theater from people in Wisconsin.
Barb tends to drink to thirst. When tracking, she probably drinks maybe a liter and a half, but it depends on the day. She tries to listen to her body. Some influencers say you have to drink so many liters or gallons, but paying attention to what your body is saying and how you're sleeping are important. Wearable devices that track heart rate variability can give clues if you're dehydrated or have low energy. If you feel good, pay attention and drink what you're thirsty for.
TRD has noticed gas and bloating is greatly reduced on carnivore. When gas occurs, farts smell like death. The reduction in gas is normal, but the smell is not normal on carnivore. The smell may be from dairy. Most people notice the opposite effect - the smell goes away after carnivore. If you're a new carnivore, it may be a little more normal because as gut flora changes and bacterial die-off occurs, you can get odor from the bacteria. Usually the smell from your gut is fermentation from the bacteria. If you've been carnivore for a while and it's really stinky, then something might be a little off and should be investigated.
Inclusion body myositis is a rare progressive degenerative muscle disease that causes gradual muscle weakness and wasting. The exact cause is not fully understood, but it features a combination of two processes: inflammation where immune cells or T cells attack and invade the muscle fibers, and degeneration where abnormal clumps of protein inclusion bodies accumulate within the muscle cells. This is not one of the known illnesses that is contraindicated for a carnivore diet. Acute intermittent porphyria and some congenital diseases having to do with fat metabolism are contraindicated. When inflammation is part of the disease, the carnivore diet is going to be helpful because it is known for helping inflammation. It sounds autoimmune because the T cells invade and attack the muscle fibers. Many people with inflammatory conditions have found healing on a carnivore diet. Things that are degenerative often see the degeneration halting. One immune system disease that was progressive and chronic, supposedly going to degenerate and get worse over time, was put into remission on carnivore.
Jeff's wife bought a half a cow from a new seller, and everything is coming out really tough, even when slow cooked. Even the ribeye is much tougher than what she was getting before. This could be because it wasn't hung long enough. At Meatstock, a cow that hung for literally 12 hours still turned out very tender. Sometimes it's in the breeding nature. The process in which the cattle are raised matters. Before buying another half cow, test some of the quality meat first because usually it's in the genetics of the cow and the process in which they're raising those cattle. Buy a steak from their shop first, check it out, make sure it's good quality, and ask questions about how they raise their beef and what they're feeding them.
Travel Two has lost 110 lb in almost 21 months. Crohn's is better than ever. Got cleared to have regular colonoscopies every 5 years versus the usual 3 years. Normal, no more food noise either. Working as a GI nurse, there were thousands of GI patients, many with Crohn's disease. Dr. Chaffee has worked with a ton of people with Crohn's disease that have found incredible healing on carnivore diet.
A gastroenterologist was all for carnivore, representing a significant finding for those seeking medical professionals supportive of the diet.
Seabis started lion carnivore 5 days ago at age 65. Nothing is known that can target belly, thigh, and arm cellulite specifically. The best thing to do is eat the proper nutrition and as the body heals, a lot of times that will resolve itself. It is dependent on how long the condition has existed, how much weight needs to be lost, and what kind of healing has to happen. The longer a condition has existed that needs healing, and the longer cellulite has been present, the longer it will take to go away. At 65 years old, after eating a certain way for 50 or more years, it may take a while, but improvements are expected.
Wella Wally, age 65, is no longer taking Metformin nor Humalog since consuming more meat and less carbs. A1C went down from 10.1 to 5.7, and weight was lost. This person was on injectable insulin. Without carnivore, with just a standard American diet and prescriptions, medications are rarely reduced. The system teaches management rather than healing. The approach of calculating insulin needs based on carbohydrate intake rather than addressing the root cause through diet is backwards.
Rob7995, a 60-year-old male, experiences nightly leg cramps unless eating salt before bed, despite taking two Re-Lyte caps and four magnesium glycinate caps daily. Reducing water intake late in the day helped but only salt stops them. The best advice is to keep continuing to experiment with the situation.
When dealing with severe leg cramps on a carnivore diet, the recommended approach is to experiment systematically. Reduce electrolyte supplementation to nothing for a few days while maintaining normal water intake, then introduce one element at a time to identify what works. If cramps intensify after stopping electrolytes, adding sole water is suggested as a starting point since it naturally provides potassium, magnesium, and sodium.
Sole water is considered a more natural electrolyte source compared to commercial products. After establishing a baseline with sole water, additional electrolytes can be added if needed. It's important to recognize that water itself acts as a solvent and can flush minerals from the body, making the right balance an individual experiment.
Excessive water intake can wash out electrolytes from the body, potentially causing cramps. Reducing water intake later in the day has been observed to help some individuals manage this issue. The connection between high water consumption and electrolyte depletion provides a clue that overhydration may be contributing to mineral imbalances.
Sue Smokey Bear Lover shared her experience of recommitting to simple carnivore after previously straying multiple times. She expressed gratitude for the documentary "Healing Humanity" and plans to provide updates on her progress over the coming weeks.
A drawing was conducted for a 30-day free membership to healinghumanity.life. The winner was @rob7995, who can claim the prize by visiting healinghumanity.movie/giveaway and completing the form. Non-winners can access 50% off their first month using code life626, with a special link provided in the video description.
Lynn: Currently focused on helping her daughter through pregnancy and working with the Christian network and healing communities. She continues to do live streams despite reduced content creation.
Ashley: No new content planned immediately following the documentary weekend. Looking forward to the next big meetup in Montana, where she plans to film cooking content with her brothers Rhett and Brett.
Barb: Has an upcoming interview with Dr. Nelson.
Adam: Working with Scott Everson on a medically supervised retreat focused on extended fasting. The retreat aims to be affordable and set in a peaceful location to help participants return home renewed. Details will be announced soon through Scott Everson's channels.
The live session concluded with appreciation for viewer questions and testimonies. The hosts confirmed they conduct these sessions every Thursday at 6:00 p.m. Central Standard Time, with the next session scheduled for the following week.
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