L. Amber O'Hearn

Radical carnivore (I don't mean omnivore) starting 2009. Non-carnivore excursions starting 2021. Science writer. @ambimorph for programming, language, brains.

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

Let's avoid conflating the stances in column one as contradictions to those in column two.

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[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

I get many requests for help.
I have nutrition expertise, but I don't do consultations. If your questions require knowledge about your history to answer, you need more time and clinical experience than I have. I recommend @GeorgiaEdeMD.
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[Amy Alkon @amyalkon]

My LDL and total cholesterol dropped 100 points after doing nothing but starting high dose magnesium.

My excellent HDL and triglycerides stayed about the excellent same. Usually 31 or so TG and around 100 HDL.

A huge number of people are deficient in magnesium and have no idea. Tests (serum/RBC) for magnesium level do not pick up intracellular deficiency. Doctors don’t know this, for the most part.

Magnesium is a vital cofactor for countless processes in the body. And when Magnesium is deficient, your kidneys dump potassium. Chloride also tends to be deficient.

How many people are needlessly seriously ill because of this massive medical ignorance?

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

@TamarHaspel @JonnyNemo Decorative crunchy-water and primarily a vehicle for salad oil.

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

@scottetodd @Gramps_bloomers @thepowerofozone Ha, you may be right!

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

@Only1MoreThing @hoosierdoggie He has made completely implausible and contradictory statements about his patient base and his length of time treating with low carb; and the insulin deficiency related line of argumentation is ridiculous.

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

@KimberD_H See also:

[Ed Ramsey @edramseyonline]

@KetoCarnivore My biggest disconnect was not understanding the need for a massive increase in fat. Took me a couple of tries at keto/carnivore for this to finally sink in. Once it did, I lost (and kept off) nearly 100 pounds!

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

Thank you for this acknowledgement, Paola! My response below the post.

[The Power of Ozone | Paola Dziwetzki @thepowerofozone]

The term Carnivore Diet has nothing to do with what some predatory animals eat in the wild.

It’s not meant to emulate the diet of lions or tigers.

The term The Carnivore Diet was coined by Amber O’Hearn @KetoCarnivore , one of the OGs in the community.

Up until then that way of eating was mostly known as Zero Carb.

Amber came up with a much more fitting name that focused on what IS being eaten, not what is being excluded.

Just pointing it out because when I talk about what is or isn’t part of the carnivore diet there are always some smartasses going “Akshually … even tigers eat the occasional daisy.”

Bro, it’s not about your stupid tigers.

There are exactly zero tigers that go “Hm, I have had some digestive issues and some knee pain lately, I better go on that carnivore diet.”

The carnivore diet is about what some HUMANS choose to eat, not tigers.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

(Amber, correct me if I got it wrong.)

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

@KimberD_H If you are losing fat then part of your metabolic energy is coming from stored fat so you don't need to take in as much to get the same ratio from a metabolic standpoint.

That said, some people still need higher fat to get their metabolism to respond with fat loss.

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

@ChefIrma I did! For some reason it's much less contentious.

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

@Gramps_bloomers @thepowerofozone What's really interesting is that Mikhaila Fuller wanted to describe a different very specific protocol and called it the Lion Diet and no one ever comes to her telling her that it means something else because of what lions eat.

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

I didn't coin the word "carnivore", I coined the phrase "Carnivore Diet" to describe a specific protocol.

The problem is I used an everyday word as part of a technical term instead of introducing jargon. This happens all the time in technical and academic fields and creates the same issue. It's described very well here.

[undefined behavior @undebeha]

sometimes jargon is accused of being obfuscatory and used to elevate people to a secret class; a signalling mechanism more than a communication tool. and. well. tbh i think there is a lot to this critique. however! there is a tangible benefit to jargon.

when someone is not familiar with a word, communication fails. but it fails in a predictable and immediate way. they sit there with a blank face or ask "wtf does that word mean?"

when you use jargon, you guarantee that if someone is not familiar with the concept that you are using then they will immediately stop the conversation to get clarity. given a concept a unique new word gives you this protection

consider the alternative.

you use the plain-english word but with a *very* specific technical definition in mind. your counterpart listens, but has a *different* definition in mind. communication proceeds for a while until you notice that you are in an argument about something you thought was obvious. because you used plain english vocabulary, you missed your opportunity to carefully synchronize definitions, and to even NOTICE that you were not synchronized, and so communication failed.

jargon forces fail fast communication

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

Apropos (second scenario)
https://t.co/bFYdBvLpiA

[undefined behavior @undebeha]

sometimes jargon is accused of being obfuscatory and used to elevate people to a secret class; a signalling mechanism more than a communication tool. and. well. tbh i think there is a lot to this critique. however! there is a tangible benefit to jargon.

when someone is not familiar with a word, communication fails. but it fails in a predictable and immediate way. they sit there with a blank face or ask "wtf does that word mean?"

when you use jargon, you guarantee that if someone is not familiar with the concept that you are using then they will immediately stop the conversation to get clarity. given a concept a unique new word gives you this protection

consider the alternative.

you use the plain-english word but with a *very* specific technical definition in mind. your counterpart listens, but has a *different* definition in mind. communication proceeds for a while until you notice that you are in an argument about something you thought was obvious. because you used plain english vocabulary, you missed your opportunity to carefully synchronize definitions, and to even NOTICE that you were not synchronized, and so communication failed.

jargon forces fail fast communication

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

The other thing I didn't mention in my reply is that humans would not do well on a diet optimized for a tiger. Carnivore is only sustainable for people if it is at least as much fat as protein, gram for gram, if not twice as much. We're built different.

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

@Gramps_bloomers @thepowerofozone I don't see how you are getting that at all. There's nothing nuanced about making a fundamental mistake about what a term refers to.

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

Putting this on my to read list.

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

ADHD can be reconceptualized as a circadian rhythm disorder.

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

@lastbilslasse My children have not been strictly low carb their entire lives so I can't claim direct personal experience with it, but certainly we know there have been herding and Arctic societies with low carb throughout development, not to mention the Paleolithic.

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

@lastbilslasse It's due to protein restriction. When protein isn't restricted, neither is growth.

https://t.co/vHFDLB9GqG

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

@zkrcrew @FoodieChefs_wow I'm not worrying about it, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't!

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

I used the cast iron for steak the first time in a long while. Wow!

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

@guido_vogel I did. The taste and texture was fine but it smelled like putting your head in a diaper pail.

[L. Amber O'Hearn @KetoCarnivore]

Speaking of rare, we tried minke whale (among other unusual selections) in Iceland last week.

I was expecting to like it but it exceeded expectations: somehow mild and rich at the same time.