Ok I am going to post my 32-day ZC test here, inspired by @amber. Basically, after my 7 day fast (which is complete today), I’m going to test a variety of proteins, with very minimal herbs/spices/flavourings, in order to detect which ones make me feel better or worse or no effect at all.
Here is the testing protocol:
Day Protein Testing protocol
Day 1 Beef Combination of bone broth + meat + liver, cooked in tallow
Day 2 Beef Combination of bone broth + meat + liver, cooked in tallow
Day 3 Beef Meat, cooked in tallow
Day 4 Beef Meat, cooked in tallow
Day 5 Pork Combination of pork meat cooked in lard and + pork liver pate
Day 6 Pork Pork cooked in lard
Day 7 Pork Pork cooked in lard
Day 8 Pork Pork cooked in lard
Day 9 Fish Salmon, Cod, Halibut, Haddock, Tuna, Mackeral, Sardines or Anchovies, cooked in tallow or lard if needed
Day 10 Fish Salmon, Cod, Halibut, Haddock, Tuna, Mackeral, Sardines or Anchovies, cooked in tallow or lard if needed
Day 11 Fish Salmon, Cod, Halibut, Haddock, Tuna, Mackeral, Sardines or Anchovies, cooked in tallow or lard if needed
Day 12 Fish Salmon, Cod, Halibut, Haddock, Tuna, Mackeral, Sardines or Anchovies, cooked in tallow or lard if needed
Day 13 Seafood Squid, Clam, Mussels, Oysters, Crab, Scampi or Shrimp, cooked in tallow or lard if needed
Day 14 Seafood Squid, Clam, Mussels, Oysters, Crab, Scampi or Shrimp, cooked in tallow or lard if needed
Day 15 Seafood Squid, Clam, Mussels, Oysters, Crab, Scampi or Shrimp, cooked in tallow or lard if needed
Day 16 Seafood Squid, Clam, Mussels, Oysters, Crab, Scampi or Shrimp, cooked in tallow or lard if needed
Day 17 Lamb Lamb, cooked in tallow or lard
Day 18 Lamb Lamb, cooked in tallow or lard
Day 19 Lamb Lamb, cooked in tallow or lard
Day 20 Lamb Lamb, cooked in tallow or lard
Day 21 Chicken Chicken, cooked in tallow or lard
Day 22 Chicken Chicken, cooked in tallow or lard
Day 23 Chicken Chicken, cooked in tallow or lard
Day 24 Chicken Chicken, cooked in tallow or lard
Day 25 Egg Eggs, cooked in tallow or lard
Day 26 Egg Eggs, cooked in tallow or lard
Day 27 Egg Eggs, cooked in tallow or lard
Day 28 Egg Eggs, cooked in tallow or lard
Day 29 Cheese Cheese (cow origin) cooked in combination with beef or pork products (cheese not from whey source)
Day 30 Cheese Cheese (cow origin) cooked in combination with beef or pork products (cheese not from whey source)
Day 31 Cheese Cheese (cow origin) cooked in combination with beef or pork products (cheese not from whey source)
Day 32 Cheese Cheese (cow origin) cooked in combination with beef or pork products (cheese not from whey source)
Spices and Flavourings Allowed (very small quantity):
Salt and pepper
Freshly squeezed lemon juice
Apple cider vinegar
Red wine vinegar
Dry thyme, rosemary, basil, parsely, sage, etc
Track these each day:
How does gut feel?
Hunger level?
Mood?
Energy level?
Sleep?
Other details:
Drink water, coffee, tea - no sweetener, no cream
Eat once per day - supper time
Protein level 1 to 1.5 gram per kg lean body mass
So, today I break my fast. So, I prepared some broth and stewed some beef. It was a challenge to get some flavour into the beef, because I cannot use garlic and onion. To compensate, I caramelized the beef pieces in a smoking hot dutch oven, and then have them stew in the bone broth. I used simple spices for the bone broth (dried rosemary, sage, cloves, savory, fennel seed, lavender, bay leaves). Here are a few pictures.
Getting the dutch oven pot smoking hot, and bone broth bubbling away
First batch being caramelized
First batch done carmelization
Second batch being caramelized
Both batches of caramelized meat in the pot
Add bone broth
Put lid on and cook for hours until fork tender
My beef stew tonight with very minimal seasonings and lots of caramelization (I used the bay leaves in the broth for decoration…not food)
