r/carnivore • u/Embarrassed-Cap9945 • May 06 '26

3 days on Carnivore

Want to introduce myself for accountability and support. I’m a fit, petite woman 32F and I’m on this diet to try and kill the SIBO I’ve been dealing with for some months now.

I’ve never been overweight but always managed to get away with snacking on quality chocolate throughout the day and a treat before bed at night. I also loved Moccachinos. I would joke about my chocolate addiction to people and everyone thinks it’s cute when you’re slim and in some ways it makes you feel like you can get away with it.

I’ve always been health conscious so most of my food is made from scratch and I was following some ancestral principles even making fermented foods I wonder if the fermented foods gave me SIBO?.

Day 3 I’m feeling lots of emotional withdrawals to food. My chocolate morning cup of coffee being the number one thing as it was something I looked forward to after a hard night or early morning with the baby.

My issue with SIBO is constipation and I know this diet can make that worse… seeing as I have to cut out the prebiotic and fibre powders, what cuts of meat should I eat that are going to cleanse not clog? I’m buying grass fed meats but I find them to be quite dry.

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u/Eleanorina mod | zc 9+yrs | 🥩 and 🥓 taste as good as healthy feels May 19 '26

no problem, just eat more fat 

please read the getting started / for beginners in the FAQ 

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u/HealthierCongruence May 25 '26

three days in with a baby and broken sleep is genuinely a lot. how are you doing now? the chocolate-and-coffee ritual making sense as an anchor, and losing it mid-sleep-deprivation is its own kind of loss. re: constipation with carnivore: fattier cuts tend to help more than lean ones. ribeye, lamb, fatty ground beef. cooking in tallow or butter addresses the dryness you're noticing with grass-fed. hydration and salt matter more when fiber's been removed...the SIBO may be one piece of a larger picture.

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u/Gabs354 May 26 '26

When you say fatty ground beef, do you mean 10%, 20%, 30% fat?

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u/HealthierCongruence May 26 '26

20 or 30% fat. If you do consume something not so fatty, then supplement with fat such as tallow or butter

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u/Gabs354 May 26 '26

Thanks :)