From Ankylosing Spondylitis to Carnivore Diet: Jennifer’s Story Jennifer is a long-term care nurse and bodybuilder in Ohio who, like many of us, was raised on Cheetos and Kraft singles and a standard American diet. As a child, she experienced terrible hip pain, which later in life would be diagnosed as ankylosing spondylitis. In her 20s, “when I
The Vegetarian Trash Panda Diet and Its Impact on Kevin’s Health Kevin was diagnosed with MS in 2011. He also had Lyme disease and was bipolar. In junior college, Kevin had “a vegetarian trash panda diet.” He ate a lot of Oreos, ramen, and pop tarts. This continued for five years, and he believes it set the stage
A Background of Upbringing and Family Life The overriding reason I have come to this point is ‘Gut Pain’ and not the need to lose weight. I am a 61-year-old wife, a mother of two grown-up children, and the owner/trainer of a young, high-spirited, Working Cocker Spaniel! Being the youngest of 3 daughters in a working-class family, I
From Vegetarian to Carnivore: Charity’s Journey Charity is a carnivore coach who previously was a vegetarian for over ten years, “super grain heavy, super bean heavy.” She was experiencing severe gut issues and “had chronic constipation for three solid years. Every single day I dealt with this.” She would also get hungry, very emotional, and sweaty when she was
Tracey’s Health Journey When she turned 40, Tracey had been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, and she took an interest in low-carbohydrate diets. She would follow the low-carb ways and then a ketogenic diet for the next six years. Low-carbohydrate Diet and Ketogenic Diet Tracey had been following Dr. Shawn Baker, and she also had some clients that were curious about the
I was heading down a bad road with lots of health problems. My cousin and a dear friend pushed me to change my life and to look at my illness as a carb addiction. He found Dr. Cywes to help me. It has been a lifestyle change that has been the hardest thing I have ever done. My main
Over the years, Darren has had more than his fair share of trials and tribulations. When he was 19 years old, he was in a severe car accident that broke his back, crushed his pelvis, and put him in a coma for several weeks. Doctors predicted that he would never walk again, but miraculously, Darren defied the odds and proved
Elizabeth’s Struggle with Diets Elizabeth lives in Botswana. Before her carnivore diet, she had tried several diets, including vegetarian. “That lasted about six months before I became severely anemic.” She found that diets all had issues: “I tried detox diets and all these other things, and they just didn’t seem to work long-term.” Discovering the Carnivore Diet During
Joel’s Struggle with Autoimmune Diseases Joel was an engineer for Exxon-Mobil and developed autoimmune pericarditis after a viral infection. He fought it for years and had a bad flare-up in 1988. He resigned from Exxon-Mobil and was put on SSDI disability for ten years because of the pain and fatigue. In 2011 he was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis,
Jean’s Struggle with Weight and Health Issues Jean has a long history of dieting, and started out being overweight as a child. While she was “almost normal as a teenager,” she found herself struggling with her weight in her twenties and thirties. She is 5’ 4”, and found her weight fluctuating between 130 and 140, even occasionally to 160 pounds.
