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by pizza234 2122 days ago
> On the impossibility of zero-carb in modern life I have to say that it is completely false

It's not impossible in a strict sense of course. One essentially removes food (in the enjoyment sense) from life; meat/nuts only (or "pretty much only") is appealing in the short term, then it becomes limiting/disgusting. I did keto for a short term.

If it works for you good, certainly, but it puts a lot of pressure, and it become the "fighting gravity" class of pressure. At some point one will stop, and balloon. I'm curious also, how old are you and how long have you been following this diet.
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ISaIF73 2122 days ago
> One essentially removes food (in the enjoyment sense) from life

Absolutely false for me. Personally I enjoy no food more than a big steak. Definitely there is more of the satiation factor than in plant based meal, especially in something like steak with liver mincemeat. Ton of nutriets.

> I'm curious also, how old are you and how long have you been following this diet.

6 month carnivorish keto with some nuts, 4 months pretty strict carnivore (garlic and onion added to meat, sometimes coffee, that's it)

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meowzero 2122 days ago
> 6 month carnivorish keto with some nuts, 4 months pretty strict carnivore (garlic and onion added to meat, sometimes coffee, that's it)

To be pedantic, including onions, nuts, or garlic isn’t the carnivore diet. Onion especially has a ton of sugar. So by your case, you kinda proved OP’s point about the difficulty of eliminating carbs in everyday life.

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ISaIF73 2122 days ago
Onion has 9.3g carbs per 100g [1]. I add few small slices, no more than 1/4 average onion, so that ~30g of onion and 3g of carbs. Absolutely meaningless. I add that just for the taste and it is an amount that does not have any serious effect. I ate small but significant amount of nuts before, but not now so that's also not a factor now.

You may consider that 99% carnivore diet and that's absolutely ok. Another thing is that carnivore diet is not vegan-like in its choice of food products. It's all about health benefits and adding minimal amounts of vegetables that someone has no problem with isn't a big deal.

On carbs on carnivore: Honey is also considered as an animal product by most carnivore people and it has a lot of carbs obviosly.

[1] https://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetabl...

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