Holland’s Failed Attempts at Diets Holland has tried just about every diet out there. He describes trying the paleo and Atkins diets with no success. He even dated a vegan woman for six months, who convinced him to try the vegan diet. Holland says she was a nurse, and he spent months listening to her tell him the ketogenic and
Jackie’s Health Journey Jackie says her health wasn’t much of a concern until she was in her forties. Jackie is 5’1” and says for most of her life, she was “average size.” However, once she hit her forties and started the process of menopause, she gained a lot of weight. Jackie tried to combat her sudden increase in weight by
Introduction: Stephanie’s Struggle with Weight and Inflammation Stephanie has been overweight since she was a teenager. She says, for her, working out was never the problem. Stephanie has enjoyed playing sports and doing other exercises in hopes of losing fat but struggled with her diet. Stephanie says for most of her life, she ate the Standard American Diet,
Matthew, who goes by Matt, says before discovering the carnivore diet, he ate what most would consider the Standard American Diet. Matt says he ate a lot of bread, potatoes, rice, and Cheetos. Matt has struggled with severe anxiety and panic attacks for most of his life. He says, “I didn’t realize I had anxiety. I just thought something was
Jacob’s Struggle with Carbohydrate Addiction Jacob says his carbohydrate addiction was so bad he should have been born an Italian. Jacob says he ate pasta and other high-carb foods almost every day. All of the sugar and carbs caused Jacob to gain weight, and at two hundred pounds and just five foot tall, he jokes, “I grew sideways, not vertically.”
Before she found the carnivore diet, Kim experienced crippling arthritis in her back. Fifteen years ago, Kim was also diagnosed with high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. Kim says for about five years, she took Metformin and pricked her finger multiple times every day. Kim says she knew she wanted more for her life, so she started looking into
Bryan has been struggling with his weight his entire life. Bryan says everyone in his family struggles with obesity. Bryan also says he has always been overweight and, at one point, weighed over five-hundred pounds. Bryan was diagnosed with gout at just twenty-four years old. Medical professionals at the time told Brian to eat a vegan diet, but Bryan gained
For most of his life, Gary has been eating a diet he thought was “healthy.” Gary says around the time he was sixteen or seventeen years old, he had put on a little bit of excess weight, so he decided to implement more fruits, vegetables, and very little fat into his diet. The low-fat diet helped Gary lose some weight
The carnivore diet has helped Touko control his weight and health. Touko was diagnosed with celiac disease when he was six years old, so he has been eliminating gluten from his diet for most of his life. However, besides avoiding gluten, Touko says before he found the carnivore diet, he “ate everything I could get my hands on.” Fortunately, besides
Jenell’s Struggles with IBS and Pain Jenell has struggled with intense pain from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and gas since she was twelve years old. Jenell says the pain was so bad she struggled to go grocery shopping or watch her kids. She thought plants were the answer to all her problems and started eating a vegan diet in her
