{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65b82968900efd00165f19d3/6a41366089bd8728406bc7bf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Keto Since 2012: How a Zero-Fiber Carnivore Diet Ended His Diverticulitis | Olaf Kock","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65b82968900efd00165f19d3/1782658440355-5a5d58cc-a0d3-4651-a8c0-ea289a174201.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>📣 He was hospitalized in the Netherlands with diverticulitis and told it was a mechanical condition — inevitable, permanent, and something he'd just have to manage. Twelve years into keto and one year into carnivore, he has a different answer.</p><p><br></p><p>📋 Olaf Kock is a self-described nerd from Hamburg, Germany who found the ketogenic diet in 2012 through a software security podcast and never stopped experimenting. When a CRP of 129 landed him in the emergency room in 2023, he finally went all the way to carnivore — and the inflammation stopped. He also built a free online simulator at butterbei.de that visualizes what food does to your blood sugar and insulin in real time, because he got tired of explaining it on paper.</p><p><br></p><p>🔑 What You'll Learn</p><ul><li>Why a doctor told him his diverticulitis was mechanical and inevitable — and what changed that</li><li>How going zero-fiber carnivore ended years of unpredictable flare-ups</li><li>What a CRP of 129 actually feels like and what it finally took to act</li><li>How his free simulator shows both blood sugar and insulin response — something a CGM can't do</li><li>Why the German Nutritional Society's own guidelines technically don't apply to him</li></ul><p><br></p><p>💡 Key Insight</p><p>\"My motivation is I can stay this way and have no symptoms, or I can continue to eat the way I did before and add in antibiotics from time to time.\" — Olaf Kock</p><p><br></p><p>🌐 Connect with Olaf Kock</p><p><a href=\"https://butterbei.de/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://butterbei.de</a></p><p><br></p><p>💚 Metabolic Collective</p><p>Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.metaboliccollective.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.metaboliccollective.org</a></p><p>Facebook:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/metcollective\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/metcollective</a></p><p>X:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://x.com/metcollective\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://x.com/metcollective</a></p><p>YouTube:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@metaboliccollective\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/@metaboliccollective</a></p><p><br></p><p>⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.</p><p><br></p><p>⏳ Chapters</p><p>0:47 Introduction</p><p>1:36 How Olaf and Robyn Connected Through Metabolic Collective</p><p>3:07 Starting at the End: Olaf's Origin Story</p><p>4:39 Diverticulitis Diagnosis in the Netherlands</p><p>8:16 Finding Keto in 2012 Through a Software Podcast</p><p>10:03 Mental Clarity and the Experiment That Never Ended</p><p>11:15 Identifying Food Triggers and the Almond Butter Test</p><p>12:34 A CRP of 129 and the Decision to Try Carnivore</p><p>13:54 The Parents' Dinner Flare-Up and Going Strict</p><p>26:49 What Carnivore Changed — and What Keto Already Fixed</p><p>37:02 Why Olaf Built the Butterbei Simulator</p><p>48:24 Live Demo: Watch the Simulator in Action</p><p>48:24 ▶️ Watch the simulator demo as a standalone short:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://youtu.be/VQhl6n8SImw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/VQhl6n8SImw</a></p><p>1:00:11 Olaf's Articles and the German Nutritional Society</p><p>1:08:36 Where to Find Olaf and Final Thoughts</p>","author_name":"Robyn R Dobbins"}