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The digestion story is remarkably consistent: a rough couple of weeks, then quiet. Here is what people report happening to their gut in the first months, and what the microbiome science can and cannot yet tell us.
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Some people who cut plants report a wave of strange symptoms they call oxalate dumping. Here is what they describe, what the science actually says, and how to think about it without panic.
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The first-week wall is the most common reason people quit carnivore. Most of the time it is not the meat. It is salt and water. Here is what people who pushed through actually did.
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Fibre is treated as non-negotiable for gut health. The intervention trials tell a messier story. Here is what the evidence actually shows about eating with zero fibre.
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LDL rises on a carnivore diet -- sometimes modestly, sometimes dramatically. Here is the mechanism, the phenotype most affected, and what the best available evidence says about whether the elevation signals real cardiovascular risk.
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