Since more carnivore-oriented people are viewing my content, the same questions are popping up so here is one of the emails I am going to use to elaborate on answering the questions.
“I started the protocol on the 15th, since then I have edema, especially in the morning – my whole body is swollen, esp. around the eyes (which makes me alarmed because of my kidneys), I cannot only see it but also feel it (it gets better during the day)
– since starting I have to pee ALL THE TIME, and it is hard to me to drink that much (I feel bloated and I also get pain in my stomach when I drink too much), and I can barely drink up to 3 liters
– the last two days I also had trouble sleeping – when going to bed I was wide awake (normal bedtime, usually asleep within a few minutes) as if I had drunk coffee, then I wake up several times during the night, and feeling groggy in the morning
– I am eating only raw beef, organs and suet at the moment and as I have heard from other carnivores it is totally normal to only poop once a week or even less, which is the case for me. Since the start of 15th I pooped once, but it was “normal” as always – no diarrhea
– I don´t know if I snored before, but since starting I can hear my own snoring, and I have the feeling I am snoring all the time – never had that before”
Edemas are a common occurrence in very toxic people. There is always this surprise. The comment is, “But I never had edema before and I have been on the carnivore diet for a while so how can I be so toxic?”
The carnivore diet is a regime of eating and not a cleansing protocol.
As I explained, the wrong type of diet (vegetables) will force the body to adjust to it. One of the adjustments is an increase and shift in gut flora. Mislead soyentists look at it as a positive thing saying, the more versatile the better. It is a political statement and not a scientific one.
The wrong food cannot be digested so microflora occurs to help break the nondigestible stuff. We call this process fermentation. Some animals are designed to nourish themselves in this way, we are not one of those. We have a small acidic stomach that prevents the growth of bacteria, and if we find the bacteria there, that is a sign that a metabolic shift has occurred. This is not a good thing because we do not feel good when this happens and soyentists blame the bacteria for the way we feel, not the food which is the real culprit.
Even with the metabolic shift we cannot successfully switch to an herbivore type of existence because the stomach is way too small to be able to provide enough volume for the amount of fermented stuff the body needs to provide enough nutrients from the fermented stuff. Most of the fermentation occurs in the colon but absorption of nutrients occurs in the first part of the small intestine. Since the flow is from the small intestine toward the colon, no nutrients will be absorbed.
The intestine inflames from plat-based toxins, and further impedes the absorption capacity including the water and minerals. The stool remains soft as the body dehydrates.
The dehydrated body cannot cleanse effectively and toxins, it is unable to eliminate, will become stuck in the connective tissue especially the subcutaneous tissue of the skin and mucosa.
It is the same with rivers. During the drought water level diminishes and the garbage stays trapped on the shore. After the rain, as the water rises, the river becomes very dirty as the garbage is washed back into the river.
This is what happens in the body when we start the hydrating process. The difference is that most of the stored/trapped toxins are in the tissue that is supplied by the lymph and not the blood. As we hydrate, more lymph gets into the toxic parts of the body and becomes toxic. If the plasma levels of the blood are still inadequate, lymph will not be allowed to offload much of its toxins into the blood so the level of toxic lymph in the tissue increases. We call such an occurrence a water retention.
Water retention can become severe if the body is extremely toxic and very unpleasant even dangerous symptoms may occur.
One can thrive on the carnivore diet for several years and still be very toxic if their blood plasma levels are kept low. Their body’s plasma levels increase very slowly which can make them feel bad since the toxicity of their blood increases but the low blood plasma levels do not allow cleansing of the toxic blood since that would lower the blood plasma levels that are already too low. Since the intestines are not being poisoned by plants, their absorption is good and all necessary water is absorbed. If the blood is low on plasma, no water remains inside the intestines so the stool becomes hard and compact. This is why those on the carnivore diet have only one stool a week. This shows how dehydrated they are.
There is a huge difference between the carnivore diet and the SHP. Most people on the carnivore diet got their information from Aajonus and his followers. Some of that information is OK for those born in carnivore families and did not accumulate toxins in their tissue and cells. Unfortunately, there are very few of those. The great majority of people started following the carnivore diet after they were feeling bad because their bodies were toxic.
Switching to the carnivore diet changes the body on a genetic level. The stomach returns to being acidic, and the intestines de-flame and contain only a specific bacteria that supports their diet. Their intestine absorbs nutrients, water, and minerals much better, and since their bodies are dehydrated, hard stool and diarrhea often occur as all of the water becomes absorbed into the blood.
Many things Aajonus said are incorrect and this is why after the initial improvement in health, unpleasant symptoms start to show.
The SHP is a protocol of hydration, cleansing, and healing, it is not just a shift in diet. Stop telling me what Aajonus has said and what his reasoning was.
We are talking apples and oranges here.
Since the SHP is a healing protocol that is based on the correct nutrition, hydration, and cleansing, toxic bodies will respond with symptoms that reflect their current toxic state. The toxic tissue will hold toxic plasma causing water retention. Our skin will swell, and so will the intestines. We will feel bloated and heavy.
Moderate water retention will clear up slowly without our interference, but if the tissue is very toxic, we may have to force this toxic lymph out by using salt as a diuretic or taking plant-based toxic diuretics. These medicinal remedies should be used only when absolutely necessary and for a limited time only because they keep the cells closed causing further cellular dehydration and acidity.
Here is my video explaining those issues.
Toxic people with symptoms should ask for guidance because strong symptoms will scare them and the loss of energy caused by the fear may further undermine their healing efforts.
If you speak English, Spanish, and Croatian, I can help to guide you.
Some other languages can be covered by other experienced people
If you have successfully healed your body by utilizing SHP, want to help, and are speaking some other language not listed, please let me know. It will be greatly appreciated.
We have to engage in helping as many people as possible.
Love and light to us all