Clean Carnivore Challenge
I’m announcing my Clean Carnivore Challenge which I’m starting on July 1, 2020.
What is it?
I’ve asked a group of mostly type one diabetics to join me for the month of July, eating only Fatty Beef and other ruminant animals like lamb and then note if they are able to reduce their insulin doses or if they experience improvements in the way they feel.
For me that means
1. No decaf
2. No stevia
3. No eggs
4. No bacon or other pork, no bacon grease to cook in either
5. I plan to eat only beef, beef tallow, beef fat
6. When I start the challenge I’ll eat only grassfed beef, hopefully from a local farm.
Enjoying some hot water at the coffeehouse!
Now here’s my why:
My health has already greatly improved on the Carnivore Diet so I’m all-in on that, if you’ve been reading my past blogs, you’ll know. But the type one diabetes has been holding steady, blood sugars are about the same as they were on Keto and so is my insulin dose. I was certainly hoping for more improvement on the Carnivore Diet. There has been a slight improvement after giving up dairy and butter and switching to decaf, I was able to drop my dose a couple of units, which is very good. But I wanted to find out if it is possible for me, after 49 years of taking insulin injections to be able to completely heal and discontinue exogenous insulin altogether.
Then I met 2 individuals, Andrew and Rachel, through the FB group Type one Diabetic Carnivores. Andrew had been diagnosed a couple of years ago and had been able to reduce his insulin down to zero. Rachel had been diagnosed a full 13 years ago and has reduced her insulin down to zero as well, and for an entire year! Both of them by just eating fatty beef. I believe Andrew has included lamb and organ meat, but Rachel has done it by eating only fatty beef. I had heard of type one diabetics being able to extend the honeymoon by a severe diet change, meaning when a person is first diagnosed they may still have some insulin producing beta cells alive and may be able to reduce their insulin to zero, but for someone who has had type one diabetes for 13 years to discontinue injected insulin, that was super exciting!
i wanted to try this fatty beef thing! But could I give up bacon and eggs? Could I give up coffee altogether and most importantly coffeehouses? If you follow me at all you know my love of coffeehouses, especially on our travels! So I know I needed support. I cooked up the July 1st Clean Carnivore Challenge and invited other type one diabetics to join me on this challenge and give each other support on a group on FB messenger. So far we are a group of excited individuals ready to try this together for a month. It took my friend Rachel 5 months before she was able to just not take any insulin, but I figure that in one month, we will be able to tell if it could work for us and if it would be worth it to continue.
One of our favorite spots — Prescott Park!
Today is June 23, so 7 more days, but I’ve tried a few meals of only beef and beef fat and I’ve enjoyed them, I’ve had a few breakfasts with no bacon and I’ve gotten through them. And basically I’m looking so forward to this challenge that I’m probably going to start a few days early as we run out of eggs and coffee! I’m not quitting decaf at the coffeehouse until July 1 though!
An all beef diet has helped many people heal many conditions and I’m very excited for our intrepid group of type one diabetics to break the Uncurable Mold! If anyone wants to join let me know!