Michael says he has been on a 20-year journey to find health. He had asthma as a teenager. By 20, he’d gained weight from eating too much fast food and drinking a lot. He says he also had strong sugar cravings and a lot of digestive issues. Michael joined a boxing gym and lost 65 pounds in three months. He
Lisa has always been a very active person. Even before discovering the carnivore way of eating, Lisa was a long-distance runner. She also enjoyed hiking and dancing. Lisa is now sixty-one years old but says she struggled with maintaining her weight in her forties and fifties. She ate a primarily low-fat diet and relied heavily on artificial sweeteners. Lisa says
Craig’s Struggle with Migraines Craig has spent almost forty years struggling with debilitating migraines. Craig is someone who has always been into health and fitness. Craig is a bodybuilder and says he thought he was eating clean, but he followed a high-carbohydrate and low-fat diet for most of his life. Craig’s first migraine occurred when he was just twenty
Growing Up with a Love for Food and Unhealthy Eating Habits Andy lives in Britain and was fortunate enough to grow up with parents who were also chefs and introduced him to a wide range of foods. He says he never really thought much about his health when he was younger. Andy was very active– he lifted weights and
Botond’s Weight Loss Journey: From Low-Carb to Carnivore Botond has been morbidly obese for most of his life. He says he would try a diet for two to three weeks, lose willpower and find himself binging on cookies. At the end of 2017, Botond was enjoying the Christmas holiday with his family and found his pants that fit
Growing Up on the Standard American Diet Nicki grew up eating the Standard American Diet. She describes eating Butterfingers to combat stress and remembers being in her late twenties and eating a Poptart for breakfast. Now her breakfast meals look a little different. Exploring Vegetarian and Vegan Diets Nicki spent a portion of her life experimenting with vegetarian and
Jessie’s Health Journey Jessie has been suffering from eczema and anxiety for most of his life. Growing up, he was told to eat his vegetables like most kids. He says he ate a lot of pasta and other high-carbohydrate foods and drank a lot of milk and Coca-Cola. At the age of fifteen, he noticed what he describes as a
Eric’s Early Struggles Eric’s problems began at an early age. His parents were trying to follow diet guidelines and didn’t understand how carbohydrates could drive eating disorders. He was a heavyset kid, living with great stress from his parents’ failing relationship. Eric’s diet was the standard American diet (aka “SAD”), which included meat, lots of carbs, and sweets.
Seb was fit and active, eating a lot of carbs for 40 years, but then one day realized it wasn’t working for him. “I wasn’t feeling that great. I saw a podcast by Dr. Shawn Baker and heard him going on about world carnivore tribe, and world carnivore month, and I was talking to my girlfriend and said ‘this looks
Before embarking on her health journey, Priscilla weighed 208 lbs at 5’ 4” tall. She had eczema and lots of joint pain and was only 20 years old. In 2018, she began a ketogenic diet and lost weight as she dropped to 127 pounds by the end of the year. Some of her other symptoms, however, remained. Priscilla’s Health
