Left: Mid-teens, I gained 28lbs eating 6 small meals a day, high in fibre and grains and fruit. I had bad acne, chest pains, bloating, gas, eczema, and was very insecure about how I looked.
Right: Almost 2 years of bacon and eggs later, 1-2 meals a day, all issues resolved.
For Tim, a 53-year-old IT management consultant living in the Netherlands, turning 50 in 2023 was a violent wake-up call. For decades, his career required near-constant travel—four days a week living out of hotels, experiencing deeply disrupted sleep, and consuming a standard corporate diet heavily laden with fast food, seed oils, alcohol, and refined sugar.
For Brian, a 6’4″ professional from Northern Virginia, being overweight was a lifelong burden. After high school sports ended, his weight surged, eventually climbing toward a dangerous peak of 380 pounds. Desperate to reclaim his health, he turned to the conventional playbook in 2017: an incredibly restrictive, low-fat, plant-heavy diet. Brian’s daily routine was
