From Vegetarian to Carnivore: Charity’s Journey Charity is a carnivore coach who previously was a vegetarian for over ten years, “super grain heavy, super bean heavy.” She was experiencing severe gut issues and “had chronic constipation for three solid years. Every single day I dealt with this.” She would also get hungry, very emotional, and sweaty when she was
I was heading down a bad road with lots of health problems. My cousin and a dear friend pushed me to change my life and to look at my illness as a carb addiction. He found Dr. Cywes to help me. It has been a lifestyle change that has been the hardest thing I have ever done. My main
Over the years, Darren has had more than his fair share of trials and tribulations. When he was 19 years old, he was in a severe car accident that broke his back, crushed his pelvis, and put him in a coma for several weeks. Doctors predicted that he would never walk again, but miraculously, Darren defied the odds and proved
John is sixty-three years old and says he has weighed over three hundred pounds twice in his lifetime. John says for many years, he didn’t eat well. In 2001, he entered a competition that required him to lose weight. While preparing for the competition, John followed a vegan diet and lost sixty pounds. John says he received many compliments from
Bruno has been struggling with his weight for most of his life. He describes struggling with a sugar and carbohydrate addiction and says by the time he was a teenager, he was obese. While in his early twenties, he suspected he had hypothyroidism. He took his concerns to his doctor, who responded, “That’s a condition for women.” Still, Bruno
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 Athleticism to Inactivity: A Weight Gain Story Kimberly describes before finding the carnivore way of eating, her diet “could have been better.” Kimberly was an athlete for most of her childhood and into her early twenties. Kimberly says she ate whatever she wanted on the Standard American Diet and didn’t fear gaining weight because she was so active.
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.”
