My name is Chris. I am 44 years old, a Licensed Massage Therapist and Herbalist, and the healthiest I have been in decades since adopting a carnivorous diet.
I am down around 120 lbs (and counting) and have had many health issues COMPLETELY clear up since going carnivore. I have tried every diet under the sun (I was a vegetarian for a year and a half, low-fat, low-carb, keto, ate only cereal, even ate baby food for a few months, etc.), and Meat-Only is the only diet that has really worked for me and healed my health problems.
Benefits Of Going Fully Carnivore
Following a Standard Ketogenic Diet last year took me part of the way, and I was able to lose some weight. But it seemed I was always losing and gaining the same 50 lbs, had long stalls, and frequently gave in to my cravings.
Cheat meals sometimes turned into cheat weeks. I was helping to coach some of my clients and friends with Keto but was not having the results I was after.
Since going full carnivore at the end of 2017, I have consistently been losing 2-4 lbs a week, with some even bigger week losses! I have ZERO cravings and ZERO hunger. I eat meat when hungry and drink water when thirsty, and I don’t restrict myself, either.
My friends and coworkers are amazed my fat is melting away. Eating ribeye steaks, bacon cheeseburgers, and chicken wings!
Improved Cardiovascular And Digestive Health
Besides the weight loss, the health gains have been amazing in so short a time! A Meat-Only diet has cleared up several conditions that persisted even on a standard ketogenic diet. These include:
CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH: My blood pressure is lower, my shortness of breath is gone (I used to huff and puff just walking short distances like across the house), and serious leg swelling (edema from venous insufficiency) for which I had to wear compression stockings is GONE!
DIGESTION: Meat-Only cleared up my diverticulitis! I would get frequent serious intestinal infections requiring antibiotics and was once hospitalized for a perforated colon. Doctors said I would one day require surgery to remove part of my colon.
I now know that the recommended high-fiber diet I was following was CAUSING the inflammation, gas, bloating, and increased colonic pressure that caused the bulging and subsequent infections. All of that went away when I removed all plants from my diet.
Meat is almost completely digested in the small intestine so the large intestine can heal. This is INVALUABLE for people with diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, IBS, etc.
Gains In Fitness And Mental Health
FITNESS: Able to walk longer distances, work out often, and engage in many activities I used to not be able to do or enjoy.
MOOD/MENTAL HEALTH: My mood is greatly improved and more stable. My depression is largely gone.
RESPIRATORY: Shortness of breath gone, chronic cough and congestion gone.
SKIN: The serious rashes and infections (sometimes requiring ER visits and antibiotics) that accompanied my leg swelling is gone, as are frequent boils, athlete’s foot, some lipomas, and skin tags.
WEIGHT LOSS: Losing 2-4 a week, down 120 lbs and counting!
UNCATEGORIZED/OTHER: Pre-diabetes gone, blood sugars normal and stable, prostate issues (pressure, urgency, etc) cleared up, and lifelong anemia resolved.
Truly… MEAT HEALS
The Interview
You won’t want to miss hearing Chris share in his own words about his triumphant carnivore story! See for yourself his amazing before and after photos in this video, and find out how he reclaimed his health by losing over 220 pounds, healed from diverticulitis, overcame sleep apnea, and more on the carnivore diet.
From Overweight to Triumphant: Chris’s Carnivore Story
After 18 months on the carnivore diet, Chris has an entirely new outlook on life. “I am off all prescription medications and daily supplements. I went from being unable to walk to training for my first 5k race in just a few weeks.” In this relatively short amount of time, Chris also overcame depression, diabetes, gout, kidney stones, and ocular migraines.
The Frustrations of Conventional Diets
“I was overweight my entire life,” Chris shares,”and I was the stereotypical ‘fat kid’ who got bullied a lot growing up. Despite being interested in health and being an EMT and herbalist, I continued to deteriorate. I was always looking for answers, that magic berry that they were going to find in the Amazon that would help me lose all of my weight and get healthy.”
After trying “every diet on the planet”, including vegetarianism and extended fasting, Chris recalls the scales topping at over 500 pounds. “I had a lot of daily pain and suffering, I was unable to participate with my family and couldn’t enjoy places.
I would sit on the bench at the theme park while my family went off and had fun without me.” Chris struggled to find practical advice from nutritionists and personal trainers.
A Near-Deadly Wake-Up Call
“A wake-up call in the form of a near-deadly diverticulitis flare is what finally prompted Chris to try the carnivore diet. “I wound up in the hospital with a perforated colon,” he recalls. “Lying there on a hospital bed, I knew that something had to change, or I would not be around much longer.
When I closed my eyes, I honestly did not know if they would open again.” Chris explored several zero-carb communities online and was inspired by so many success stories. He decided to try it for 30 days, and lost nearly 45 pounds in that short period of time.
Benefits of the Carnivore Diet
“I felt absolutely amazing! All of my health conditions very quickly cleared up–I never had one single symptom of diverticulitis, gout or kidney stones ever again.” Today, Chris enjoys waking up every day with energy, vitality and joy.
“You don’t realize how depressed you are until you come out of that tunnel after 20 years. It’s like the carnivore diet completely rewired my brain.” This new-found confidence led to a promotion at work, first prize in a weight loss contest, and a new career as a certified health coach and hypnotherapist.
Chris’s New Outlook on Life and Career Opportunities
Chris enjoys a “species-appropriate diet” of meat, fish, eggs, and some dairy, while drinking only water. He occasionally incorporates fasting, but believes “the carnivore diet was the key. It unlocked the metabolic prison I was in and set me free!”
