The Discovery of the Carnivore Diet Paul and his wife live in Oklahoma. He is 66 years old, and when he was 62, he was eating a standard American diet with “everything in balance.” He developed a problem with insatiable thirst, urinating very frequently, craving sweets, and losing weight. Paul discovered that he was a type 1 diabetic after
Heidi’s Journey with Diabetes In 2009, Heidi thought her blood sugar problems were over as she welcomed the birth of her son. While still recovering in the hospital, she was assured by the staff that her first meal of Lorna Doone cookies was perfectly fine—gestational diabetes she had while she was pregnant was now a thing of the past.
Kimberly says she knew for years that the carnivore diet was the right way to eat for her body, but it took a while before she could get into the right mindset to stick with it. For over four years, she did keto, with no particular emphasis on fat—she ate lean or fatty cuts of meat. However, she says she
From Active to Prediabetic Patrick described himself as very active before discovering the carnivore way of eating, but he noticed his health deteriorating. Patrick is from Australia but has lived in the Philippines for a time. Though he was active, Patrick had put on quite a bit of weight and, at his heaviest, weighed over 145 kilograms (300 pounds).
Greg’s Journey to the Carnivore Diet Gregory, who goes by Greg, describes having a “laundry list” of ailments before finding the carnivore way of eating. The Negative Impact of Greg’s Previous Diet Greg is now seventy years old and says he used to eat a very sugary and highly processed version of the Standard American Diet. Greg
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.”
Cyndy’s Journey to Health Cyndy is a cancer survivor. In 2008, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Cyndy says she did what she had to do to stay alive, including eight surgeries in two years. However, all of her treatments took a toll on Cyndy’s body. Battling Cancer and Diabetes Soon after her battle with cancer, Cyndy was diagnosed
Struggles with Weight and Health Issues Joseph has been struggling with his weight for most of his life. By the time he was in his mid-thirties, Joseph weighed around 330 pounds. Joseph says he spent almost a decade around that weight until he was in his mid-forties. He developed many health conditions as his body struggled to handle the
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
Jacie has a phenomenal story of healing. She explains that she was prediabetic and had cystic acne, chronic joint pain, and mental illness. Jacie was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) when she was 15. Her OCD was crippling, despite being medicated for ten years. Jacie says she managed to go to work and familiar places, but going somewhere new was
