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Did anyone else here feel a little 'strange' (for lack of a better word) after consuming animal liver, especially for the first time?e
Yes It’s funny you should say that, I usually have a slight increase in symptoms the next day but then feel the benefits over the course of a week or two. I haven’t quite worked out what it is either but was thinking it might be the large dose of Vitamin A activating the immune system.
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Like [USER=20252]@Lolo I have had problems with fat malabsorbtion diarrhoea. I did see a a youtube video by a Dr Boz on ketogenic diets who said that this was common in people who had suffered from SIBO (which I did for many years). Her take on it was that the gut was damaged and would take a while to repair. With her patients (which seem to be mostly cancer) she advises fasting to give the gut a chance to repair in the absence of food. I do not feel up to fasting at the moment.
I have slightly broken the diet by adding coffee. I seemed ok without for about 6-8 wks and then I had several weeks where I was really exhausted and was overeating by something like 1.5 - 2x in an obviously vain attempt to get more energy.
outdamnspot I don't have any problem eating liver.
This Keto doesn't seem to be agreeing with me. I am always hungry. I ate cheese which I don't think agrees with me, I am not sure, but that made me constipated. So I stopped that and tried to eat more fat, well that gave me diarrhea. I think I'll go back to Paleo, it's hard to remember but I think I felt satisfied. Just will make sure I don't overdose on the carbs. The problem is when I have low energy I want to eat but maybe I am not really hungry and sometimes it's because I'm bored. I didn't have this problem on carnivore though but that woe didn't suit at all.
Does anyone test their ketones? Some authors highly recommend it.
Did anyone else here feel a little 'strange' (for lack of a better word) after consuming animal liver, especially for the first time? Yesterday, I tried veal liver (my first experience with liver) before bed. Typically, if I opt for a meat-only day, my inflammation/gut symptoms are a lot better but I'm disabled by fatigue. After having the liver, I woke up with far more energy, but some symptoms feel worse -- mostly POTS/parasympathetic stuff, feel kinda brainfogged, very hungry, sinuses are a little congested etc. I also did have a rather large serving -- about a 200g steak-size piece.
I can't really find any reason liver would be bad: it has salicylates, but is listed as low. Is it possible it's correcting some deficiency and/or getting my immune system going?