Barbara is a 54-year-old mother of 3 grown girls with her first grandchild on the way. She was in the radiology field as an MRI technologist for 35 years. She has scanned many metabolically unhealthy people with intramuscular and visceral fat over the years. She has witnessed the overall decline in the health and a rise in obesity in many
Nathan is 47 years old, married, and a father of three. He spent 11 years traveling in the U.S. Army and several years as an operative in the U.S. Intelligence community. He says he had always worked out and stayed fit without following a particular diet and ate whatever he wanted. Nathan’s Background and Health Issues In his
Rory’s Journey to Carnivore Rory is from Brisbane, Australia, and says, “I’ve had health problems my whole life; diagnosed at four as an asthmatic. I had my tonsils taken out. From that point, I’ve had a lot of health issues, mainly asthma, gut-related stuff, food intolerances, and then acne, as I became a teenager. As an adult, I
Travis’ Challenging Health Journey Travis is a health coach with a focus on a carnivore diet. He has had quite the health journey to get where he is today! Let’s take a look at his experiences. Travis didn’t start life on an easy path, experiencing his first heart operation when he was only three years old. By the
Lauren’s disordered eating and low-carb meat-based journey Lauren is in her early 30s and has been Carnivore for 8 or 9 months. Her disordered eating began when she was 11 or 12 years old. She struggled with anorexia, bulimia, and what she describes as “very restrictive eating behaviors” up until she began her low-carb meat-based journey. She always
Hi, My name is Jessalyn. I have been on Carnivore since January 2020. Previous Health Issues Before I found this way of eating, I suffered from chronic constipation (only going poop about once every three to four weeks for almost 19 years of my life). I tried eating more fiber, but that did not help. Eventually, I went
Ever since Evan was young, he had an insatiable hunger that caused him to binge, in addition to his other daily struggles of ADHD, OCD, brain fog, and fatigue. When he turned eleven—embarrassed by his heavy frame—he decided to go on a diet. Following Conventional Wisdom: Low-Calorie/Low-Fat Diet Following the conventional wisdom at the time, he started eating
Darby’s Life Before the Carnivore Diet Darby grew up being plagued by every kind of allergy imaginable. At five years old, he was diagnosed with hundreds—from trees to weeds to bee stings and everything in between. At 11, he needed reconstructive sinus surgery due to the many sinus infections over the years and later had to have his tonsils
From Soccer to Running: Christina’s Journey An avid athlete, Christina grew up on red meat and casseroles. When she got to college, however, she swapped out the red meat for a “healthier” diet of grilled chicken, salad, protein shakes, and Special K cereal—the low-fat / high-carb diet recommended to athletes the world over. Initially a soccer player, she
Gene’s Difficult Childhood and Struggles with Alcohol Gene had a rough life before his carnivore conversion. As a child, he had ADHD and anxiety, making school very challenging. He did not get good grades and said, “At one school, they just kept me in a closet because I couldn’t interact with other kids. I was the first kid in
