As of July 2023, I have been eating low carb for 2 years and 3 months, with over a year and a half of that time being carnivore. I currently eat a “MEDS” version of carnivore (Meat, Eggs, Dairy, Seafood) with my carbohydrate intake being virtually zero. This way of eating has helped me manage Type 1 Diabetes, severe food
Shawn, I have been overweight and unhealthy my whole life. I have always wanted to help people and to make a long story short, I worked EMS for 12 years. I was a paramedic for a few of those and an EMT for the others. In 2019 I end up losing my job due to being sick, tired, and unfit
While I was always a health conscious individual, I did not realise I was metabolically unhealthy until my mid 30s. This was the case despite me having suffered from IBS, migraines, general body fatigue, a weak constitution, poor dental health since childhood. Having grown up in a family that had been vegetarian for generations due to socio-cultural reasons, I, like
My name is Aaron K, and I am a devoted husband and father to eight beautiful children. In my mid-forties, I received a life-altering diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and was advised to take statin drugs. Despite my persistent efforts to diet on and off for years, I found myself trapped in a cycle of temporary success
When I was 23 my health was terrible, I had horrible IBS to the point I was going to the bathroom around 15-30x a day. I was around 380lbs and so fatigued that I forgot what it was like to wake up. I would spend my entire day fighting to stay awake, as you can expect my work performance massively
On a July day in 2015 then 58 year old Rick found himself in the emergency room with super high blood pressure. He survived, but this was just the early days of paying for years of poor metabolic health. This was also the beginning of the pharmaceutical intervention train as he was put on two blood pressure pills and a
Meet Sara, a 63-year-old type 1 diabetic who is very active. Sara had gestational diabetes during her second pregnancy. She used a meter to measure her blood glucose and consulted with a dietician, who advised her to eat a lot of carbs. She thought it was bad advice and designed her own low-carb plan. Sara gave birth to a healthy
Joe was 17 years old when he began experiencing mood swings, intense thirst, bed-wetting, and an overall decline in his mental and physical health. Having just had his wisdom teeth removed a month prior, he attributed many of these symptoms to recovering from the procedure as well as being a teenager with so many big life changes going on at
The Carnivore Diet: A New Beginning Jim was 47 years old when he suffered an ischemic stroke leaving him paralyzed on his left side. The standard American diet for the first three decades of his life was the beginning of his slow decline in health. To improve his health, he switched to a vegan diet and lost some
Amanda’s Struggle with Weight Gain and Health Issues Amanda is 33 years old and lives in Bellingham, Washington. She started gaining weight when she was about nine years old after experiencing trauma. She learned to cope using food, saying, “I watched my Mom be a size four and eat an entire bag of Hershey’s to deal with her
