Chasing Size with Carbs In high school, Robert tipped the scales at a meager 115 pounds. Driven by a desire to bulk up, he turned to the popular “Eat Big to Get Big” philosophy. This approach had him consuming a whopping 6,000 calories daily, primarily from heavily processed carbohydrates. His choices were dictated more by his budget than by nutritional
Health Struggle Before Carnivore Diet Ashley and Sarah are two sisters who once followed a high-carb, low-fat diet that was predominantly plant-based. They believed they were eating a nutrient-dense diet, but over time, they began to experience various health issues. Ashley suffered from chronic constipation, fatigue, brain fog, and anxiety, including panic attacks. Sarah’s symptoms were more surface-level, including rashes
Cheryl had a long history of struggling with disordered eating, anxiety, and depression and found herself tired of feeling unhealthy and unsatisfied. She decided to radically change her lifestyle and, after some research, she found the carnivore diet. Beginning the Journey Transitioning from a life of dietary restrictions and mental struggles, Cheryl decided to give the carnivore diet a chance.
Barbara is a 54-year-old mother of 3 grown girls with her first grandchild on the way. She was in the radiology field as an MRI technologist for 35 years. She has scanned many metabolically unhealthy people with intramuscular and visceral fat over the years. She has witnessed the overall decline in the health and a rise in obesity in many
A Busy Active Life with Physical Discomfort Jen is in her 40s and has two children. After having her second one in her later 30s, she found that recovery from second childbirth was very challenging, saying, “After my little boy was born, I just could not get my body back; not in a way that I could feel comfortable
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
Leigh’s Childhood Trauma and PTSD Leigh, a loving wife and mother of four children, shares her triumphant story of healing from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcoholism, an eating disorder, and insulin resistance. Leigh began her journey to recovery a year ago. At 37 years old, Leigh discovered that many of her physical and emotional symptoms were a product
Ed started a keto diet as a way to improve his focus and productivity and noticed that it provided more consistent energy. His father had been working on losing weight and had lost weight and found his productivity and mood improved on a carnivore diet. Ed wanted these gains for himself, so he started the diet also. “I was like,
Chana’s Journey to the Carnivore Diet Chana is located in Israel and has been on a carnivore diet for nine months. Her career was in music education, and she had been teaching as an orchestra director in New York and Pennsylvania since 1973. She also taught string instruments privately and in groups. From Vegetarianism to Carnivore: Chana’s Diet
Claire’s Struggle with Anorexia Nervosa Growing up in France, Claire ate the typical French diet rich in saturated fat and protein. A dancer, she was naturally thin like her fellow ballerinas-in-training. Constant comparisons as to who was the slimmest, however, led Claire to develop body-image issues, and as she entered her teenage years, she started to restrict her eating.
