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
Caelin’s Struggles with GI Issues and IBS Caelin has been struggling with gastrointestinal issues and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) for most of his life. Caelin says though he never sought medical treatment for his IBS, it wasn’t uncommon for him to use the restroom up to fifteen times per day. Caelin also struggled with mood instability and trouble
Elaine’s journey to the carnivore lifestyle started over nine years ago. Elaine says she has always been overweight. Elaine is 5’10”, so her body can carry more weight than an average woman, but even in high school, she weighed 195 pounds. Elaine is a musician and is on the road for her work, making it hard to commit to a
From Childhood to Adulthood: Struggles with Weight and Health Issues Debbie grew up living back and forth between the United Kingdom and Australia. Debbie has always been a little bigger, even as a child. Debbie says she had people who told her she would lose her “puppy fat” when she got older. However, as Debbie became a teenager, she only
The carnivore way of eating has improved Troy’s life for the better. Before finding the carnivore diet, Troy says his body was struggling. Troy was obese and tipped the scales at 360 pounds. And so, Troy was starting to feel the effects of all the excess weight and inflammation. Troy’s Health Struggles Before the Carnivore Diet Troy 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
Unlike many carnivore diet followers, Paul decided to try the carnivore way of eating after his doctor recommended it. For many years, Paul struggled with weight, blood pressure, and joint pain. He said, in his mind, “I had given up.” He spent many meals gorging himself on high-carbohydrate foods to the point that he often felt nauseous after eating. Even
Karen’s High-Carbohydrate Italian Diet and Health Issues Karen’s grandparents are from Italy, and she says the traditional high-carbohydrate Italian foods have always been a big part of her life. She says growing up, and even into adulthood, her diet consisted of pasta, sandwiches, bagels, pizza, and french toast– to name a few. She said she would occasionally eat some eggs,
Melissa has been fighting a severe sugar addiction for most of her life. She describes herself as a six-year-old stealing money from her father’s jacket pocket to feed her sugar addiction. She continued using tactics of “lying, cheating and stealing” to feed her addiction to sugar well into her teen years. Melissa said in 1981, she was introduced to Equal,
From Overweight and Diabetic to Thriving on the Carnivore Diet At just thirty-two years old, Will found himself severely overweight and diabetic. He also says he had high blood pressure and cholesterol. His A1C at the time was 8.7, and the top number of his blood pressure was regularly over 140. At the time, Will’s doctors wanted to put
