A lot of people worry about the carnivore diet and cholesterol. So I thought I’d share my first batch of blood test results. I’ve been eating a carnivore diet for a bit over a year at the time of writing this (October 2023), and I just had my first lot of blood work done. It was only a couple of tests this time, but that’s a start!
To be honest, my carnivore journey has been bumpy, and if you’ve not been following my journey so far, go subscribe to my YouTube channel and check out some of my other videos. While you’re at it, why not also subscribe to my newsletter?
If you do check out some of my earlier videos, you’ll see that my journey has definitely been a bit rough. Especially over the first year due to chronic diarrhea and histamine issues in particular.
My health was pretty bad when I started on carnivore, and I was very overweight. I’m still overweight at the time of writing this, but I’m down a couple of dress sizes. And although my weight loss has been slow compared to many people, I’m definitely heading in the right direction.
I’ve been wanting to get some blood tests done for ages, but to be honest, I couldn’t be bothered during the whole Covid nonsense with all the mask mandates and other nonsense. Having to wear a mask to get some tests done was definitely not my jam…
So I put the testing off. Then over the last few months I’ve kept putting it off again and again, because money’s been tight. I don’t have a GP and really don’t want one. So my plan was to just get some self-ordered testing done. But of course I have to pay for the tests, and they add up when you’ve got a list!
My List of Blood Tests
I’ve compiled quite a list of tests I want to have done, and I’ve had that list sitting on my desk for a while. But it was beginning to feel like I was never going to get there.
So I decided this week that I’d make a start. Even if it was just a small start, by getting a couple of tests done. Those that I most wanted to see were a couple of basics – lipids and average blood glucose – because cholesterol is always the main concern when I tell people what I’m eating.
The Carnivore diet and potential cholesterol disasters seem to mess with the heads of many!
So that was it. First thing Monday morning, I went and had a basic lipid panel and an HbA1C done.
I figured with those two (cheap) tests, I could at least get a quick snapshot of how my cholesterol and triglycerides are going, and my average blood glucose. Hubby also had the same tests done. He’s basically eating what I discovered could be called a mesocarnivore diet, although I don’t think that’s a term generally used in humans. A mesocarnivore in the animal kingdom eats over 50% of its diet as meat, and the rest is made up from plants, so that pretty much describes his diet.
Why We Started Checking Blood Glucose
I have diabetes in my family…
