Hi Michael, super glad covering all the micronutrient bases is working so well for you! I’d like a copy of your excel spreadsheet please and will PM you my email address.
I’m leaning towards not getting enough of a micronutrient or 2 (or more lol) as part of why I’ve gotten so unwell on carnivore, with the recent 4 or so weeks of trialing lower protein/much higher fat possibly bringing it to a head. I’m not saying lower protein/much higher fat was a problem in itself, more what I ate to achieve it given I hate the taste of butter/ghee and beef fat - pretty much only ate very fatty pork (belly and shoulder).
Anyway, in what I could only describe as desperation b/c I was feeling so dreadful, I’ve spent about a week now of adding very specific veg, fungi and seeds to my usual fare to make sure every micronutrient box is well and truly ticked. I feel much better.
One confounding factor is I also decided to restart the 2 meds I’ve been on for years that help me sleep better. I’m still waking a lot but over all I’m getting a better quality and quantity of sleep. Waking every 30-90 minutes for 2 solid months would have been having a terrible effect on my physical and emotional health. But I’m still leaning towards a dietary deficiency as being at least part of what was going on. I’d much rather continue to eat carnivore tho and the info you have compiled will be super helpful to me!