Valeria says that she suffered from debilitating migraines for almost thirty years of her life. Her migraines sent her down a tailspin as they were difficult to treat and caused a domino effect of other debilitating ailments. All of this combined affected Valeria’s life significantly and sent her down a path of addiction. Valeria was suffering from a particular type
Alicea is fifty-one years old and works in the fitness world as a personal trainer and a health and wellness life coach. She says for years, she struggled with food restriction, binge eating, exercise bulimia, and “controlling everything I put into my mouth since the age of 15.” Alicea says she felt like she was an imposter. Her job as
Michael says he has been on a 20-year journey to find health. He had asthma as a teenager. By 20, he’d gained weight from eating too much fast food and drinking a lot. He says he also had strong sugar cravings and a lot of digestive issues. Michael joined a boxing gym and lost 65 pounds in three months. He
Giovanna is Peruvian. She explains that Peruvian food is very carb-centric—the country has over 3000 varieties of potatoes, and the nation consumes a lot of quinoa, rice, and fruit. Giovanna had weight issues after high school until she was in her thirties. She came to the United States 21 years ago. Giovanna lost weight with the calories in/calories out method
Struggling with a “Healthy” Lifestyle Before finding the carnivore way of eating, Gary says he always thought he was making the best decisions for his health. Gary often exercised for over an hour a day and said his diet consisted of an abundance of salad, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and a little meat. Gary says he has never been a
Bodybuilder Roger’s Journey with the Carnivore Diet Roger lives in New Zealand and says he’s always lived a relatively healthy lifestyle. Roger is a bodybuilder who often competes in weightlifting competitions. Roger gave up gluten eleven years ago when his wife discovered she had a severe intolerance. Roger also says, being in the competition world, his diet has almost
Josh lives in New Zealand and says before his carnivore lifestyle, his relationship with food was “very poor.” Josh describes eating a lot of chocolate and other sugary foods. His emotional eating and dependence on sugar became so destructive Josh became overweight as a teen and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at just seventeen years old. Overcoming
Lisa has always been a very active person. Even before discovering the carnivore way of eating, Lisa was a long-distance runner. She also enjoyed hiking and dancing. Lisa is now sixty-one years old but says she struggled with maintaining her weight in her forties and fifties. She ate a primarily low-fat diet and relied heavily on artificial sweeteners. Lisa says
Ryan has struggled with his weight for most of his life. He describes eating the Standard American Diet (SAD), and for many years his eating habits consisted of cereal, breakfast bars, fast food, and soda– lots of soda! Ryan says he hit 200 pounds at thirteen, and his weight continued to creep up throughout his teens and early twenties. Ryan
Chad had considered following the carnivore way of eating for a while before finally committing to it in February 2020. Chad says before the carnivore diet, he ate relatively healthily. As a child, Chad was always a little chunky. He had worked hard in his early adult life to lose weight. Chad experimented for several years with the ketogenic diet
