Going CARNIVORE in The Backcountry
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- I walk through my personal meal plan from a recent wilderness elk hunting trip. It can be a challenge to stay on a ketogenic or carnivore diet when you are in the backcountry, but with a little planning it can be done!
It worked out awesome... steady energy with no stomach issues.
00:00 - Intro
03:00 - Setup and Calorie Breakdown
04:50 - How Many Calories?
06:50 - Breakfast Bag
09:04 - Midday Bag
13:50 - Dinner Bag
15:25 - Macro Overview and Weight
16:35 - Pemmican Otter Pops
#carnivorediet #hunting #elkhunting #muledeerhunting #backpackhunting #backpacking #sheephunting #goathunting
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I'm using clarified butter in a lot of my recipes. Also called Ghee. I use it in my meals to add fat, taste, and calories. It gives a better taste than olive oil for certain meals and It doesn't seem to create the mess of butter or oil for transport. Also hazelnut butter ( Nutella) is a great addition to anything bar-like.
I’ll have to try doing my own ghee. I used to buy packets of it but they aren’t selling it any longer it seems. 👍
Hell yeah brother you know I've been waiting on this one!
good stuff!
Yer killin it. Another excellent nutrition video. I’m surprised more outdoorsmen don’t cover this well, save for wild edibles. This is awesome!
I usually put my dark chocolate up against my water bladder. keeps it from melting
Great stuff Cliff. Going to checkout the other videos now.
Nate
Thanks Nate
Ha! I always like the preview still on your vids!
ha! honestly, if it does nothing for getting more views... it provides self entertainment and a reason for my wife to make fun of me
Great video as always
Thanks!
Solid information!
Appreciate it!
The fruit is good for sugar trickling when you are making a big long climb or working hard enough to get your heart rate above zone 2 for an extended period and you move into burning more glycogen stores from the liver. All fat adapted ultra athletes use the sugar trickle when they are climbing on the bike or running up hill.
I buy London broil cuts of beef and have the butcher cut to 1/4 inch thick strips for making jerky. Some salt and pepper. Dehydration and your ready to go. Also a few avocados with a pinch of salt will help with fat intake. Water mixed with your favorite electrolyte mix is a good deal too. Walnuts, almonds, pecans, macadamias, pistachios. Just some foods I take along. I do my best to stay keto for all day energy levels. There’s more but it depends on how long I plan to stay out. I’m definitely going to look into your pemmican video. Thanks for all your videos. Shoot straight D. C. Post Script: I’ve found that coconut butter (not coconut oil) stays a little more solid during warmer weather. I think it has a bit of sugar in it.
Thanks! I’ll look into the coconut 👍
Thank you Cliff I’m 100% carnivore this helps a lot.
good deal!
Agreed I started carnivore a few months ago. it’s been great, but from Aug 1- mid Nov I couldn’t figure out what I was gonna do.
Almond butter packets, ghee, Biltong, Droewors,
I like perfect bars.. not homemade but quick and easy from the store. It’s mostly peanut butter. Thanks for the video!
I like them too! 👍
For a small investment you can set yourself up with everything you need to make your own pepperoni/snack stix and sausage. It takes some work, but just like making your pemmican you have ultimate control over the product and it's a good use of wild game cuts that otherwise may go to waste or end up in your ground meat. I make my own jerky, snack stix, summer sausage, smoked kielbasa and even leberwurst.
great point... I do a bit of my own jerky and sausage also... next rounds I'll integrate in some homemade stuff! thanks
I agree Mojo Mike we’ve been doing sausage and snack sticks for years and if you’re really concerned about weight jerky is the ticket
Great video.
Thanks!
Unless I missed it somewhere, Im surprised you don't make your own jerky.
Perfect timing, I'm cooking for 1st season rifle elk now! Since your near Flattops, the Natural Grocers up in Steamboat has the oysters, beef tallow, and powdered dehydrated berries. Working up a batch of that ganache now and gonna add some chili powder and chipotle to go for a mole vibe
Awesome! Good luck up there. 👍
@@CliffGray I can see the Flattops from my spot near Oak Creek so I'll give you a wave! You motivated me to make some pemmican instead of Mountain (out)House for the first time in forever. Will get my act together next year and harvest some proper berries. This store bought stuff isn't the same
@@jason-bn4qw good deal! hope the hunt went well.
I really
Like those squeeze packets of peanut butter and dates.
Great video. Has anyone tried the next mile meals as a keto option? Spendy but seems to be a low carb option.
i take pemmican and beef jerky with me on a a couple day hike. If im hiking ~24 hours or less I will hyperhydrate with glycerol and creatine leading up to it, in order to just carry my lifestraw. You will retain intracellular water from the glycerol, which doesnt raise blood glucose (it is part of a fat). Many athletes like marathoners and triathletes do this.
i'll look into it! thanks
I pack in raw almonds for a good source of fat. I find the almonds pair well with coffee. I also bring mtn ops electrolytes stm and their vitamin c. On cold hunts a hard boiled egg is a good source of fat and protein. Other than that I pretty much eat the same stuff minus pemmican.
👍on almonds. Hard boiled eggs are one of my staples from a vehicle based camp of lodge. Now that I think about it, not sure why they would work for a few days on a remote hunt either.
They make fillable popsicle bags, may be better or less wasteful than the sealer bags because of the extra border to make a bag. You could figure out how many you'd need in a day and then vacuum seal those all in a pack.
love it. I'll check out the popsicle bag setup
Cliff -- Have you ever tried the new Paleovalley Grass Fed "Venison Sticks"? I'm considering it; but haven't tried them. Hesitant because I am inexperienced with eating anything venison (i.e., deer meat). On their website, there are no reviews yet. I guess that means it is a very new product. I like their Summer Sausage (Grass Fed Beef) meat sticks. But when the first ingredient listed is venison I'm not so sure about how it will taste. They advertise that it is 100% Grass Fed, by the way.
Thanks. 🙂
I like making meat loaf bars or balls. Use pig skins instead of bread. Instead of oysters I chose sardines in mustard-guess I’m getting old.
Maybe a pemmican popsicle. Use a popsicle stick in the center of each piece. Just a thought.
I use phat phudge like you use the ganache. Basically, by volume, 1/2 tahini, and 1/4 ghee and 1/4 coconut oil with other stuff like maca, cacao, a little honey, turmeric, vanilla extract and cayenne. It's fantastic stuff if your keto. Not bad stuff if your not keto. Let me know if you're interested in the actual recipe. I believe there are variations of recipes on line.
Not really into any of those dudes you mentioned but I'm kinda interested in what you have to say about backcountry chow.
Yup, my diet is shit, because I am lazy. I probably eat better during the colder months when I pack more summer sausage, cheese, and crackers - instead of various granola, protein, nut, chocolate, etc, etc bars during the summer . What's pathetic is the only reason i do this is because eating frozen bars feels like your going to break your teeth. I got dinner in spades though with a home freeze dryer. Home cooked hot chow every night! I'm still working out what's best, beef stroganoff is a definite winner.
So are you anti-Peak refuel on the dehydrated meals?
I agree with everything but loosing weight on a hunt. Only for me, becouse I can only speak for me. My weight fuxuates all the time and I do concrete for half my life. But I can see how it would shit some people down.
Would coconut oil be better than butter for your chocolate to keep it solid at warmer temps? Maybe figure out if there is something you can add to increase its ability to stay solid.
I'll try it on my next attempt. I think I can get a solution. It'll take a little testing out! thanks Jimmy.
Lower hr levels I run pretty well on fat, but if I am going to be higher hr levels 145 plus I need more carbs to keep up, so I don't bonk. So long hard climbs going faster I am going to need big carbs during and right after then I can rotate back to more fat. Everyone is different got to spend time figuring it out for yourself. I would also encourage everyone in a controlled environment to get yourself to bonk basically run out of calories/ glycogen stores in your muscles. It sucks but you learn what it feels like so you can prevent it next time early enough. Just my 2 cents
Also if you don't like pemican. Look up umchu bars as long as you are good with coconut. 7.5 oz for 1100 calories.
Thanks Chris, I’ll check them out
Have you done intermittent fasting while on keto/carnivore while on a backcountry hunting trip? If so, has it been successful keeping engery levels stable? Im on keto and do IF (16/8) and dont eat breakfast until noon. Planning on doing a CO elk hunt next year and was curious
I spent 6 months on trail thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2023. 2,200 miles, 15 to 20 miles per day, 35 lb pack. I did it carnivore and one meal a day (OMAD). My favorite goto food was a 24 oz chub of Usingers garlic salami (80% fat, 20% protein, 2,400 calories per 24 oz chub). It was a challenge to eat a whole chub, but that was my entire day's nutrition (2,400 calories). I was always fully satiated and full after eating. I hiked in a fasted state and ate just one meal at the end of the day after I was done hiking. No problems with fatigue or lack of energy. No problems with health or nutrition whatsoever. Everything went great. Never hungry. Weight was stable. Vitals and lab bloodwork were all fantastic. Resting heart rate was in the 40s.
I wonder if you can’t do a dark chocolate berry pemmican bar for breakfast
I’m sure. That sounds good
Cliff are you keeping your pre-cooked bacon cold?
I do my best… but carry it in my pack a lot. Never had it go bad at all. Sure it would at some point.
Very interested in the high fat/protein approach but what about heart & cholesterol issues? Thanks for another great video, ideas and for your time!
Great question Darren. I really don’t know. I have mine checked often and am still within the “safe” range.
@@CliffGray The concept makes total sense to me so maybe that's the key is to just get checked out semi regularly and adjust fire as needed. Thanks for your time!
@@darrensmall4313 I think that is a good way to go. I have researched the cholesterol thing a bit. Some folks doing high fat and carnivore just write it off as bad science. When I look at it, it does seem like their is decent cause to keep ones cholesterol in check. Not a lot of nutrition science is real science, but that one has been researched a ton... who knows.
use whey protein powder instead of cream. pick one that is high in fat and calories and add some honey stinger caffeinated honey.
Great tip.
I personally have an intolerance to whey protein, even a single bar that has it will get me sick. But for most folks I think you are correct, great alternative to powdered cream 👍
What ever happened to the cheese video?
Dude, I really like the content..but dude, please don't do soy face! 😂
BWHAHAHA... I had no clue what that term was, just looked it up via Urban Dictionary:
"A face of feigned excitement, mimicking many CZcams thumbnails.
References the soy boy epithet - men whose diets consist of many processed meals like salty snacks, frozen dinners and fast food, which contain significant amounts of soy-based 'filler' (as in, it's not real food). The soy face is typically accompanied by stringy, unkempt facial hair and a chubby face/body."
well guess I'm happy I had another thumbnail to test out, hahaha
@@CliffGray Baker does some funny videos trolling soy face.
Great topic this video.
I'm always amazed at how badly most people eat when out hunting/camping.
Are your guides really giving you shit for brushing your teeth? 😂