I have posted a few times about butyrate, and how I think that could have something to do with my gut issues. I think it causes too much bulk in the stool. That would go along with following a "low-residue" diet, which doctors prescribe for pre-colonoscopy, as well as for giving the gut a rest for those suffering from colitis and obstructions.
The idea behind a low-residue diet is to limit foods that contain fiber and dairy, that cause stool to bulk up. I have tried it once before, actually right before becoming a carnivore four and a half years ago. I lasted about four months on it before still having some gut issues and then trying carnivore.
But lately I have been having issues on carnivore too. Weight gain, gut pain, foot cramps, diarrhea. Some of the issues I think are for one, eating too lean cuts. I really enjoy eating beef tendon, but it is almost 100% protein and no fat. That is not healthy and I believe causes foot cramps and weight gain. So I need to give up beef tendon, unfortunately. Along with beef heart and beef liver. And probably beef kidney too. They are all pretty lean.
But I also need to give up the super fatty cuts too. Beef sweetbreads, which I've been having on the side of the super lean beef tendon, are very fatty, especially from the grain-fed rancher. My gut can't handle super fatty foods, even when I trim off all the visible fats, I can still get painful intestinal cramping and diarrhea. I think eating grain-fed beef is part of the issue. It is just so much fattier than grass-fed beef. It is cheaper and easier to get, but fatty cuts on grain-fed are just too fatty.
So my plan: I will try to be more careful and follow a low-residue carnivore diet. I will give up some of my favorite organ meats such as marrow fat, sweetbreads, tendon, liver, heart, kidney. And instead concentrate on cuts which are more middle-of-the-road lean/fat-wise, but still affordable, such as beef shank crosscut, meaty soup bones, tongue, oxtail, and some fish like sanma (Pacific saury), mackerel, and scad, which are pretty affordable, low-mercury, and not too fatty and not too lean.
It's "Goldilocks Carnivore". Not too fat, but not too lean. Not too expensive, but not too cheap!
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