Carnivore improved this longevity marker for me \ stacker news ~HealthAndFitness

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

134 sats \ 1 reply \ @grimtechnet 5h

pissed off that I wasted so many years believing the pro-plant, pro-carb nonsense.

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.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 OP 4h

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.