It is a beautiful afternoon here in NW Arizona, clear and 58F/15C. I hope everyone is doing well on their carnivore journey!

Hi all, I use a scoop or two of collagen most days (mainly before a morning run or workout) and would like to know if I should count that towards my protein intake or not? I heard mixed opinions on that (with people saying no b/c it's not a complete protein). Since I am fairly small, my protein needs are not that high and I feel if I count it towards protein intake I have hardly anything left? (1 scoop is ca. 30g). Thanks :)

Today marks day 200 on carnivore for me. Far surpassing my previous record of 33 days a couple of years ago. It has been difficult, many health problems popping up during this time. Hoping they clear up eventually? Where is everyone else at?

One of the myths I have always heard in the past years was that rare meat is not healthy and the juices leaking out of the meat is THE BLOOD that have bacteria that will get us sick... Well, rare meat is not only not unhealthy, it may actually contain more nutrients than cooked counterpart. However, not in significant amount to the degree of a risk of vitamin/mineral deficiency on cooked meat only diet. And no, the juices leaking out is not BLOOD, is it the myoglobin, naturally giving a red color to the juices inside the meat. Also, dry aging the meat for few days before cooking gets rid of fair amount of moisture in the meat so that no juices will be leaking out after cooking is complete, so rare/medium rare cooked meat can be served without any "blood" leaking out that grosses out many people... Don't be scared of undercooking the meat due to the blood nonsense.

How many of us are here to heal, and how many to lose weight (fat)? Or, both? I'm here to heal/stay healthy. I could lose 5 pounds, but I'm at a healthy weight.