I've been eating carnivore for about 2 years now. And the latest improvement I've seen is this...I've experienced a significant uptick in walking speed. I may have been doing this for a while, but I really started noticing it about 6 weeks ago. The upshot is that I just move around more quickly and briskly.
Then I remembered something that I'd read a while back, which is that...walking speed seems to be highly corelated to longevity. You can find a lot of articles on it, here's a representative one - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/walking-speed-survival/. I hope this is true!
The interesting thing is that for me, anyway, it appears to be independent of exercise. I haven't been exercising more - as a matter of fact, I may actually be exercising less. I'm not sure that my aerobic fitness is any better. It's just that, for whatever reason, my natural walking speed is faster now.
Here's some of my carnivore-oriented posts. I post them every time I write a post like this, because I want to spread the word about the Carnivore diet, and am pissed off that I wasted so many years believing the pro-plant, pro-carb nonsense.
2025-07: Sticking to a Carnivore diet on a long trip - is it possible
2025-07: My friend is eating an almost vegetarian diet. I think it's killing him.
2025-05: Carnivore Classic by Dr. Anthony Chaffee - Plants are trying to kill you
2025-04: Carnivore hack: how to buy meat without spending a fortune
2025-04: Rendering beef tallow, from beef fat trimmings - yum
2025-04: The most common question I get asked as a Carnivore has been answered
2025-03: I was unknowingly almost vegetarian, before going carnivore
2025-02: Is sugar the new smoking?
2025-02: I would continue with Carnivore even if I got only this ONE benefit
2025-02: Weird, oddball health improvements I've experienced on the Carnivore diet
2024-10: There's currently a propaganda campaign against low-carb diets
2024-07: Carnivore quotes in classical literature
2024-04: Carnivore diet - looks like it fixed this nighttime disorder for me
2024-04: Carnivore diet - believe it or not, it healed this oddball disorder for me
2024-04: Can a keto/carnivore diet heal issues like depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar?
2024-04: Eating Carnivore on a short trip - tips and tricks
2024-01: Latest steps in my carnivore path
2024-01: Carnivore achievements unlocked
2024-01: Taking a temporary break from mostly-carnivore diet during holidays
2023-12: Sugar and Alzheimers
2023-12: Kinda-carnivore diet is leading to WAY more energy
2024-12: Question for carnivores/carnivore-curious folks
2023-12: I'm transitioning ... to a more MEAT centric diet
2023-11: This book is blowing my mind - The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholtz
I feel that. I was HCLF vegan for 7 years. I was wasting away. Constipated 24/7. Dentist rose the alarm with the amount of bone loss in my teeth.
I haven't gone full carnivore, but now I eat meat. It's definitely made an improvement in my life. Lately I have been experimenting with no sugar and no wheat. Made the decision after watching No. 1 Sugar Expert: You've Been Sold A Lie About "Healthy" Food! A light bulb lit up when he said the food is a desert if it's got sugar in the top 3 ingredients. I'm seeing if I can wait until Thanksgiving for a cheat day.
I have been keeping a list of foods and the effects I feel after eating them. Realized that so many of them leave me bloated with mood swings, anxiety, muscle pain (inflammation?), 🎵 nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea! 🎵 😛
Some of it is definitely allergies, which really sucks. I was never allergic to anything until I was a fully grown adult. I could tank any food and my body would just put it away without consequence. Makes me appreciate my youth more.
Glad to hear you're eating meat again! I'll have to watch that video.
Very soon after reading the book that set me on this path (The Big Fat Lie, it was my first carnivore-related post) I read 2 books on sugar that really opened my eyes - Pure White and Deadly by John Yudkin, and The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes. Great reading. Those books basically convinced me that sugar (unless in really low doses) is basically a very low grade poison, that's also addictive. So, a bad combo.
You might want to look at the book Carnivore In The Kitchen for recipes that can satisfy a sweet tooth. She has some dessert recipes that I make for special occasions, that are carnivore (lots of dairy, and I'll add strawberries for a holiday treat). I like them, but definitely am only willing to make that kind of extra effort just once or twice a year. Making the treats yourself is a good way to limit consumption.