I know you all are probably tired of all posts I share about Carnivore and health. This is more of the same....
This is my story:
I was diagnosed
with Celiac disease in 2011. I struggled with that for a long time for several
reasons...but ultimately, even being 99% gluten free, I was not getting
better. Yes, after all this time. Partly
because doctors either do not listen, or do not care because they don't benefit
from people being healthy.
Fast forward to 2023. I finally managed to get in with a functional medicine clinic. It still took a few months, partly because they started treating me for conditions other than digestive issues. Finally in 2024 I had an appointment with their Health Coach, and she recognized some of my symptoms. They had me tested for SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth) and the result was positive for methane SIBO. SIBO is a nasty illness, tough to fight, possibly incurable.
After months of fighting SIBO by the recommendations of both the functional medicine clinic and a regular gastroenterologist clinic; I finally came across something different from their recommendations.
It's like you have to be 100% realistic, skeptical of Western medicine, and ready to try something radical in its simplistic return to the ways of our ancestors. If you are not sick the doctors and hospitals don't make money - they are businesses, and they need to keep you sick so they can profit from it.
All artificial sweeteners are bad, they cause cravings, and medical issues. But we are lied to that they are "safe" because if we're not sick doctors and hospitals don't make money. I cannot stress this enough.
Carnivore. That means no vegetables, no sugars or sugar substitutes, no grains, no fruit .. limiting certain dairy items. And most of all locally sourced meat, eggs, and fats from a real butcher shop. (Avoiding the grocery store can be an important step to achieving healthier eating.) note that I cut out all sugar substitutes and nearly all sugar about 6 months ago.
I am sharing this now because of what I have experienced in the last 36 hours.
Scheduled for a
colonoscopy, I followed the gastro clinic instructions for the prep: 2 -10
ounce bottles of magnesium citrate, and a minimum of 28 ounces of
Gatorade. Both magnesium citrate and
Gatorade contain sucralose. Sucralose is
a sugar substitute and, despite any information you may find: Sucralose is NOT
safe.
All artificial sweeteners are bad, they cause cravings, and medical issues. But we are lied to that they are "safe" because if we're not sick doctors and hospitals don't make money. Medicine is big business and they don't care who gets hurt.
I was massively ill the night before the procedure, after consuming about 36 ounces of the 48 ounces required.... I was still ill from that this morning. This evening, 8+ hours after the procedure, I feel like hell. I had a meal after the procedure of a meaty skillet and bacon at a diner. I slept all afternoon and I am going to be going full on carnivore from here on. After this experience with the sucralose I am ready.
Research carnivore. It's a healthier way.
Here are links to a couple of Facebook people who are knowledgeable about Carnivore:
note: As I prepare to share this blog post it has been 6 days since I drank the sucralose containing liquids, and I am still experiencing vertigo at times, sometimes severe enough that I nearly vomit. I have experienced this before, several years ago I had the same reaction to aspartame. More than likely it will take a few weeks for this to pass. I have learned my lesson – NO artificial sweetener is safe.
