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I'm a poor person (less than 750€/month) I do art (https://aszantu.deviantart.com https://aszantu.deviantart.com) It's funny how I don't use as much money sinc
by aszantu 7y ago
I'm a poor person (less than 750€/month) I do art (https://aszantu.deviantart.com https://aszantu.deviantart.com)
It's funny how I don't use as much money since I went carnivore. My health has improved greatly, my depression went away.
For about 3 months I was keto, basically unaffordable, so I cut the fresh greens and went with meat alone.
3 months of eating 1.5 KG pork every day, still expensive.
went with about 500 grams of ground meat for about a year and after I figured out the keto-carnivore thing it's about
1 block of butter every 3 days as well as 250 grams of beef is enough to survive.
I'm building my own mealworm farm for protein and fat as well as a snail hatchery for giant african snails for protein.
as poor person you basically never know when you will have to rely on yourself. So I'm trying to build for self sufficiency with solar panel and car battery as well as my own food production.
so many questions help!
1. Why? - I wanted to try it for the depression - it worked for multiple other ailments https://meatheals.com https://meatheals.com has a lot of similar stories - some people live like that for a long time now.
2. Will I die from scurvey or other nutrient deficiency? - I dont't know. Bloodwork looked okay. Cholesterol is high (Dave Feldman has some interesting things to say about that)
Yes I do fear that I don't get some nutrients but I eat some organ meat now and then, add gelatine to my meat, drink milk and eat butter, eggs, cheese, fish, different animals, different states of fermentation now and then.
3. Did I supplement? - yes, I took magnesium citrate for a while but not taking any now, except for when I have a headache. When I still ate "normal", zinc did a lot for my depression.
4. why insects rather than plants? - Plants in general seem to give me allergic reactions -> Carbs and sugar seem to make me depressed, greens and onions seem to amplify anxiety, plant oils give me headaches. After having symptoms every time I tried another plant, I stopped trying and these trials are getting less and less. There is something about anti-nutrients in plants that seems to screw with the absorbtion of minerals and vitamins from food.
5. Did I talk to a doctor? - Yes, I did, she just sat there and noded asked for a blood test and that's it. LDL is high, trigs are low (Dave Feldman prediction for cholesterol)
6. what about cancer? protein spikes IGF1 or something? I don't know... I don't want to go back to Plants because they make me feel like shit. Everyone dies and I will too one day. There is some article of someone who researched the WHO connection of cancer and red meat, and it doesn't seem to hold up.
7. do I still have symptoms? - Yes, depression is there sometimes and anxiety as well. I've lived with them for so long that I still have the habits of depression and they're hard to break. But I've accomplished about 500 km of the camino trail in europe as well as worked 9-5 hours which was never possible for me before. Childhood hunger never leaves you,(also it feels like germany is destabilizing as a democratic system) hence the preparation for crisis.
- knicholes 7y agoI'd personally turn to rice/beans/potatoes if I wanted to save money on food before I turned to eating worms and snails. Did you try any of those?
- nomy99 7y agoExactly, I've had to live in a budget recently and I went from keto adapated to only rice/potatoes/beans. I gained weight and overall felt terrible but managed to stay well under budget.
- aszantu 7y agoI'm really sad for you :( Keto is a really good diet seemingly. In the end I was eating wild dandelion and rucula with my butter and meat. Didn't stick to that though.
- nomy99 7y agoIt was only a short while and I am back to regular. But now I hate eating only meat/vegetables. So I incorporated exercise with more whole grains. Trying a more balanced approach.
- aszantu 7y agoquite the oposite, I learned that I'm allergic to plants, I'd rather eat insects before I go back to legumes and nightshades