A Long List Of Improvements
These are my health improvements after one year of cutting out all plants and dairy from my diet.
- Healed knee: I had a bike accident as a kid and have always felt a slight pain in my knee since then. My knee is now completely healed. The healing process took six months, and my body performed something akin to surgery on itself: my knee got swollen during the healing process, and I felt something (which I believe was a tiny piece of gravel left from the bike accident) was being pulled out of my knee.
- No more back pain: I would wake up every morning with cramps in my back muscles. It’s all gone now.
- No more stiff muscles: most of my muscles used to be really stiff.
- Better bowel movements, no more diarrhea, no more bloody stool
- Better digestion
- No more night sweats. I would occasionally wake up during the night, and my pillow would be soaked in sweat. No more.
- Not tired when I wake up in the morning. I’ve become a morning person.
- Not tired after eating.
- Better eyesight: everything is much sharper, and the colors are really vivid. I used to have to squint on sunny days before. Not anymore.
- Ocular migraine is gone: I think this is due to quitting coffee.
- Cleansed sinuses: my sinuses always used to be clogged up. Now they have been cleaned. I have felt my pulse in my sinuses for the last 12 months.
- Regained sense of smell: directly after starting zero carbs, I noticed that I could smell the perfume of people on the streets. This had never happened before.
- No more anxiety: I used to get stressed out over stupid things. Now I’m the calmest I’ve ever been. I think this is due to quitting coffee.
- Better memory.
- Better cognitive functions.
- Constantly high energy levels.
- Better sleep and better dreams. I have not had a nightmare since I started with this diet.
- No more dry skin.
- No physical fatigue: I feel stronger than I’ve ever felt before.
- No winter cold: this is the first year in +10 years that I haven’t had a cold.
- No more nosebleeds: I used to get nosebleeds regularly. It’s all gone now.
- Happier: I’ve never felt this happy in my life before. Now I get sudden bursts of euphoria from time to time. 🙂
- Better fine motor skills: playing the piano has never been this easy.
- No more red hands: my hands used to occasionally turn red. Not anymore.
- No more white fingers (Raynaud syndrome): I think this is due to quitting coffee.
- No cravings for food: I used to get cravings for, e.g., ice cream and chocolate. Now I only feel hunger.
- No more pain between toes (Morton’s neuroma).
- Gaining weight: I’ve always been tall and skinny and have never been able to gain either muscle mass or body fat. Now I’m gaining weight as my body absorbs the food I eat.
- Quick recovery after physical exercise. I play squash, do TRX, and ride a racing bike, and recovery has never been this quick. Hardly any muscle soreness.
More stuff has happened that I cannot put into words. I just know that my body feels better and that something has healed that I don’t know what it is. I just feel that I have increased my life expectancy by many years.
About The Process
All of this happened just because I stopped eating plants and dairy! Better yet, I haven’t paid a penny for it and haven’t been to an MD 🙂 The Internet has been my only resource.
That being said, the healing process was quite intense. I certainly got the keto flu and often questioned if I was doing the right thing. I want to thank everyone who has gone through this process and shared their stories online.
Without having access to all these personal stories, I don’t think I would have continued all the way through. Heck, I wouldn’t have come across this diet to start with if it wasn’t for the Internet! This is why I want to share my experience with everyone.
Filip
DISCLAIMER: I’m not an MD and have no training or education in nutrition whatsoever. This is purely anecdotal information. As such, I do not give any dietary recommendations. You will have to decide for yourself what diet you choose to have. I’m an engineer and academic researcher, and as such, I only recommend that you experiment with different diets and listen to your own body and how it reacts to the food you eat.
