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Carnivore / animal-based
Also known as
carnivore diet · animal based · lion diet · meat only
Community talk may be wrong. Not medical or health advice. No result or safety is promised.
In brief
Carnivore and animal-based describe meat-first plates, from salt-and-water stretches to versions that add fruit or honey.
The common picture
Meat, salt, water for a stretchThe elimination version.
Animal-based adds fruit / honeyThe 2024–26 split from ‘lion diet’ strictness.
Electrolytes show up fastSodium talk is the first week.
Not a 75 Hard cloneThis is a plate, not a photo challenge.
Window often discussed: 30 daysSome accounts then keep a looser animal-based plate; others end the experiment.
People treat a meat-only window as an elimination experiment, then fight about fruit, honey, electrolytes and whether plants were the problem.
Good to know. This is not a medical protocol. Electrolytes, gallbladder pain, and eating-disorder history are a clinician, not a 30-day challenge.
What people say
- The job: eat mostly animal foods for a window and see gut, skin, and hunger talk.
- r/carnivore vs r/AnimalBased is fruit-and-honey as the fight.
- Not medical keto advice from this page.
- Skeptics: fiber, micronutrients, and social eating. Keep both rooms.
- Eating-disorder history is a clinician.
How people do it
- Pick strict vs fruit-and-honey before day one so the fight is not invented at breakfast.
- Salt the meat. First-week headaches are the usual electrolyte story.
- A time box (two or four weeks) beats a forever vow on night three.
Amounts people use
- Protein still has a gram target for people who also lift — the protein-target card sits next door.
- Sodium talk: people add salt until the first-week headache quiets, then they stop guessing.
How people keep it
- Small version: one plate that is only meat and salt.
- It fades when: the rule is a personality and groceries become a purity test.
How it may feel
- Week one: bathroom changes, salt hunger, social friction.
- If energy crashes: electrolytes and food quantity, then a clinician if it is not a diet experiment anymore.
How long
- A 30-day window is the usual social object; some keep a looser animal-based plate after.
The longer notes
- Meat-first as an elimination, not a religion: People use a meat-only stretch to see what happens when plants drop out, then fight about fruit and honey. This page maps that split and the first-week salt story, not a nutrient lecture.
Good to know
- Gallbladder pain, fainting, or a freeze-out of food is a clinician.
- This is not a medical protocol.