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39 sats \ 5 replies \ @nichro 3 Jun \ on: "Fiber is good for you" - is that actually true? HealthAndFitness
I'm gonna take one for the team and ask the TMI question on everyone's mind:
If you poop every 4-5 days do you drop absolutely massive deuces? Like they must be double-flushers at least right?
I tried carnivore before, and I would say no, you just don't poop much at all. Makes sense, because you also don't eat much in terms of volume. I think your body simply absorbs almost everything from meat.
That experience also changed my mind on fiber: you don't need it as much since there's not much that needs to come out anyway.
You should definitely drink a lot of water on carnivore though.
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Actually that whole factor with having a MUCH lower volume of bowel movements was also a part of convincing me that carnivore was a much better way to eat.
After all - you're body is absorbing ALMOST EVERYTHING that you're eating. Whereas previously, eating lots of fruits and veggies and whole grains - most of it, in terms of volume, was expelled out again.
That's gotta mean something, right? Your body is using almost every bit of the carnivore foods. Logically, it must be better for you.
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I don't know...I think both intuitively and logically it makes sense that if bowel movements are trivial (i.e. our bodies are absorbing most of what we eat, instead of expelling much of it as waste), that we're best suited to a carnivore diet.
Yes, sure, it's more complicated. But this one thing feels pretty significant to me.
Also to me, what feels very important is that within 3 weeks of when I started (not even full carnivore, just far more meat and limiting grains/veggies/fruit), I felt so much peppier and continue to feel that way.
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No, not at all. I'd say, honestly, about 1/4 to 1/3 the size.
from lots, daily, to very small, and once every 4 or 5 days
But I will say...MUCH more dense.
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