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.
Suzi’s Weight Loss Journey to Joining the Navy Suzi grew up in Battle Ground, Michigan, home of Kellogg’s cereal, and says growing up, she was encouraged to eat a lot of cereal and other grains. Suzi says she was overweight as a child and teen. When Suzi was seventeen, she wanted to join the United States Navy but
Stephen’s Health Struggles and Journey to Healing Stephen has been a personal trainer since the early 2000s but says he didn’t learn about holistic healing until his health declined in 2009. Stephen began noticing blood in his stool. The problem progressed until 2010. Stephen sought medical treatment and was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis– or ulcers in his colon.
Matt’s Standard Australian Diet and Sugar Addiction Matt lives in Australia and says his diet, before finding a meat-based way of eating, is what he would consider the Standard Australian Diet. His diet was heavily based on carbs: cereal, sandwiches, and desserts, with maybe some meat and a couple of vegetables for dinner. Matt says he can recognize now he
Leigh’s life has completely changed since she started following the carnivore diet. Leigh has been suffering from partial seizures since she was just eighteen months old. She says her doctors tried many different medications and treatment plans for years, but nothing worked. Leigh would still have two to three seizures a month. Leigh also struggled with her weight, having weighed
A Shoulder Injury Leads to a Change in Diet Anne lives in Vancouver and says growing up, she ate a lot of carbohydrates, especially rice. Anne has been suffering from migraines with aura since she was thirteen years old, but a problem with her shoulder got her attention and made her want to change her diet. About a year
