I've always considered myself healthy because I'm a competitive athlete and like you workout and train frequently throughout the week, however, the past few months ever since going low carb (not completely keto, just lowering my intake of carbs drastically from before) I began to drop a lot more fat and feel in the best form of my life.

I did try carnivore before, but I've always had a liking of vegetables, especially leafy greens, and even when I was doing carnivore, at the time I was trying to put on weight so I was smashing carbs, simple and complex in order to add weight. I successfully put on the weight but I never felt great being carnivore.

Everyone is different, but for me personally the low carb approach of mainly eating leafy greens, red meat / fish, and adding healthy fats to them in the form of extra virgin olive oil, grass fed butter, ghee, etc, has improved my health immensely and has led me to shed off some fat that never seemed to get off my body no matter how hard I trained and worked out. On top of that, the brain uses fat as its main source of fuel so if you are depriving yourself of quality fats and instead are carb dependent, which most people are including my past self, you aren't able to fuel the brain to it's full potential. Therefore, I have noticed an immense improvement in my brain function when it comes to mental clarity and focus, as well as in learning and creativity, and also in athletic performance.

And when it comes to vegetables, I understand it's a controversial subject as of late with plant toxicity and all of that, but for me I've found it beneficial to shift the mind into understanding that vegetables are mainly for your microbiome instead of being directly beneficial for yourself. Again everyone is different and thus everyone's microbiome can differ from others, however, in my case, eating plenty of non starchy, leafy greens I feel has only benefitted me.

In terms of exercise, not sure if you already incorporate this but maybe include some low intensity cardio, also often regarded as zone 2 training. Going hard for short periods of time can be effective to burn fat as it stimulates growth hormone, however, long, low intensity, zone 2 training can be just as effective if not more effective at helping you burn fat.

Oh and sugars, try and cut that crap out as much as possible!

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