Don’t Eat Just Beef on Carnivore

I am an advocate for nutrient-density. Most of you know that meat is the most nutrient-dense, bio-available food. But as many more people adopt this way of eating, we’re seeing some issues arise. As a nutritionist that likes data, here’s some of my analysis.

The Nutrient Excess (Vitamin A and Copper)

I’ve had many clients take the hair tissue mineral test (HTMA) and their copper is in excess. Well, they are eating a lot of liver. And by a lot, I mean they’re eating only about one ounce daily. Vitamin A toxicity is a risk but it seems less prevalent of an issue than copper.

Not everyone gets copper toxicity from eating one ounce of liver daily. But if you also are exposed to copper piping (and drinking water from it), using a copper IUD, are an avid swimmer, or live in an area with soils with rich copper, one easy way to lessen the copper load is by limiting organ meats.

Quoting one of my clients-turned-HTMA-advocate, “One good way to check for copper toxicity is the Copper/Molybdenum ratio (Cu/Mo) found on the HTMA test. Molybdenum helps to metabolize copper so anything above 850 for Cu/Mo can signal copper toxicity. (This person in the example is at 2400).

Copper is an anti-fungal but when you are toxic with copper, it becomes bio- unavailable. The body…