Zero-Carb for $6 a day - It isn't expensive [Article]
The carnivore diet, also known as the zero-carb or all-meat diet, calls for high-fat, high-protein animal products such as red meat, fish, eggs, and fatty dairy. Not what most people think of cheap food. Yet, with a little shopping savvy, the carnivore diet cost can be a LOT lower than most people imagine.
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Lol. That website is really outdated.
3 years isn't that outdated.... but You can update the prices as a exercise, but it's just a example menu. the point is taking a standard diet and swapping the carbs for fat isn't expensive, its quite inexpensive and cost effective.
i.e. As of today you can get 80lbs of chicken from costco business for $70, plus some butter, and your at $2.50 a day.
or ground pork 14x4lbs for $175, or $5.82 a day.
or ground beef at $9 a day....
You can mix and match to hit any budget target you like.
Are you okay?
Once you wrap your head around the idea that carnivore is a fat based diet - this makes sense. Fat is basically free.
Personally I've never eaten cheaper in my life. Just meat and fat, and mostly fat. Most stores/butchers will just give fat away. On Zero-carb the only change is swapping out carbohydrates with fat, people's protein targets don't change.
Once you try zero-carb for a month - you will see how much time was spent eating and snacking... All of that goes away, you save a ton of time, and because your not "picking up" snacks and drinks all day - save a ton of money too!
This article doesn't really go into the oblivious food purchases people make in a average day - sweetened coffee here, a granola bar there, a soda/kombucha pick me up, etc, etc.
We talked about it before, but its worth emphasizing, you eat LESS food on zero-carb. The energy density is high. Maybe 400g of meat/fat a day and you are done. The average diet is eating so much more food, incredible volumes... and most of that just gets flushed away (the more bulk you pass, the more money you wasted).
And once you decide this eating pattern is sustainable for you, buying bulk meat and store it on a freezer ... you save even more money!
If your feeling adventurous you can bring this down even more with inexpensive organs - chicken hearts for example.