February 21, 2024

Can eating Carnivore hurt you?! What carbs are safe? How to eat when you have CIRS, or mold illness

30 minutes

For more information, visit https://thecirsgroup.com

CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, is a chronic illness that attacks multiple systems in the body, including the metabolism of energy and digestion of food. The fun side effects can include stubborn weight gain, histamine issues, GI issues, fatigue, and cognitive issues from lack of energy. Today, we’ll dig into why that is and ways of eating you may want to try to help yourself along this complicated healing journey. For more information, support, and resources in your own CIRS healing journey, visit TheCIRSGroup.com

TIME STAMPS:

0:00 Intro and disclaimer

0:52 Our qualifications

2:45 Our experience with CIRS and carnivore

4:09 Carnivoring harder is not the answer

6:32 Carnivore as a band-aid

8:04 How to eat for CIRS

8:40 Why do an elimination diet

10:15 Hypometabolism and difficulty with ketosis

11:50 GI Issues: why digestive enzymes, butyrate don’t always work

15:01 Low-Amylose, low-mold, AIP diets lead to carnivore

17:07 Why carnivore/keto may not always work for CIRS

21:05 Eat the meat you like, can afford, and makes you feel your best

22:00 How to experiment with carbs

23:10 Weight loss difficulty with CIRS

25:27 Muscle gain difficulty with CIRS

26:33 Leptin resistance

28:20 Hypometabolism and gluconeogenesis

29:19 Mobilizing fat stores can cause worsening symptoms

HELPFUL LINKS:

Resource from Dr. Shoemaker on ways to eat to support healing on this protocol: https://www.survivingmold.com/legal-resources/community/week-of-may-8-2023

Jacie is a 4 year carnivore, certified nutrition coach, and carnivore recipe developer determined to share the life changing information of carnivore and CIRS to anyone who will listen. Barbara is a coach, facilitator, speaker, 3 year carnivore, and a big fan of health and freedom. Together, they co-founded The CIRS Group, an online support community to help people that are struggling with their CIRS diagnosis and treatment.

Catch Jacie and Barbara on Judy Cho's podcast to learn more about their health journeys and why they started The CIRS Group: When Carnivores are Affected by Mold Illness - Jacie Gregory & Barbara Williams - https://youtu.be/CR8Uj-d_fok

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