Kristeva holds a master’s degree in social anthropology and operates a commercial meadery and farm in Alberta, Canada. Throughout her education in New Zealand and Australia, her deep concern for animal welfare led her down a 12-year path through vegetarianism, veganism, and juice fasting.
Despite believing she was at the peak of health, her biology was quietly fracturing. She developed an aggressive facial rash that doctors labeled as rosacea, alongside cystic-like acne that flared within minutes of eating. She undertook 21-day juice cleanses and 5-day water fasts, only to discover that hidden additives like maltodextrin—a pervasive ingredient with a glycemic index of 135—were triggering massive gut and skin inflammation.
The definitive turning point occurred during a routine medical checkup. Her physician reviewed her lab work and delivered a stark warning: her vitamin B12 levels were dangerously low. “He gave me two choices,” Kristeva recalls. “Start eating meat, or come in for weekly B12 injections. I realized right then that no human society in history had ever been vegan, and living on injections wasn’t natural.”
On the drive home, Kristeva bought a simple tuna sandwich. Within 30 minutes of her first bite of animal protein in 12 years, a heavy brain fog lifted—a mental clarity she hadn’t even realized she had lost.
The Shift to Pure Carnivore
Inspired by research from Dr. Shawn O’Mara, Dr. Ken Berry, and Dr. Shawn Baker, Kristeva transitioned to a strict, zero-plant carnivore diet. She eliminated all processed carbohydrates, seed oils, maltodextrin, and plant defense chemicals, anchoring her nutrition on ruminant meats, tallow, and healthy fats.
The biological turnaround was immediate and far-reaching:
- RESOLVED GUT DYSBIOSIS & ROSACEA: Within two weeks of cutting out plant fibers and hidden fillers, the chronic face flaring, gut inflammation, and constipation resolved completely.
- COMPLETE DISSOLUTION OF SUSPICIOUS BREAST LUMPS: For 13 years, Christa had undergone continuous mammograms, CT scans, and biopsies for suspicious lumps in her left breast. Six months after adopting a carnivore protocol, a follow-up ultrasound revealed that the lumps had completely vanished.
- ELIMINATION OF HIDDEN INFLAMMATION: By avoiding commercial dairy additives like carrageenan and cellulose gel, her baseline skin health normalized, completely freeing her from inflammatory flares.
Connecting Ancestral DNA
Author of Chicken Poop for the Soul and founder of the low-carb bakery Tallow & Crumb, Kristeva combines her anthropological background with practical homesteading, hunting, and butchering. Her research confirmed that human evolution has always been anchored by big-game hunting and access to nutrient-dense animal fats rather than grain-heavy, plant-based diets.
Today, Kristeva fuels her active lifestyle in Alberta on pristine animal proteins, harvesting her own food and demonstrating that returning to human evolutionary biology is the key to lasting recovery.
“I would have sworn on the way to the doctor that I was as healthy as I’d ever been. It took eating animal protein to realize how much brain fog and inflammation I was actually living with. Once you fuel your body with real meat, your health completely resets.”
