Rick’s Health Struggles Rick has spent most of his life playing sports and even ran marathons as a middle-aged adult. However, Rick’s diet was causing him inflammation and pain. He has had four knee replacements, surgery in his neck, and intense pain in other areas of his body. Rick also struggled with high blood pressure, eczema, and weight gain.
Alexandra lives in France and has struggled with “emotional eating” for the last twenty-three years. Alexandra describes trying many diets, usually constricting her calories, losing weight only to gain it back. During her time of yo-yo dieting, Alexandra also gave birth to two children, and she said her pregnancies only worsened her weight gain. Alexandra says she has a twin
Ashley experienced a lot of trauma as a child. She says much of the trauma was due to family situations that caused her to struggle with high levels of depression and anxiety. By the time Ashley had become a preteen, she was on ten different medications for depression and anxiety. She had even attempted suicide. Ashley says she now knows
Health Issues Misty Faced Before Going Carnivore Misty describes herself as a “skinny kid.” She says she came from a big, loud family that liked to have parties with large meals. She grew up eating anything she wanted without worrying about weight. She ate a lot of carbohydrates and said she developed a “salty and crunchy tooth.” However,
Paola’s Panamanian Childhood Diet Paola grew up in Panama and described her early diet as the “standard Panamanian diet.” Though she grew up eating a lot of meat and very few grains like bread and pasta, Paola says in Panama, everything is fried. So her diet was very high in carbohydrates and seed oils. Debilitating Pain and Osteoarthritis
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
Introduction to Lindsay’s Journey Lindsay learned about the carnivore diet through her boyfriend. Like many people, Lindsay ate a diet she describes as “garbage” before prioritizing her health. Lindsay says she ate a lot of surgery foods and alcohol. She found herself overweight and struggling with anxiety and acne. Her boyfriend started a ketogenic diet, and Lindsay, by default,
David lives in Sweden, where there is a large community of vegans. He says he finds it interesting that so many vegans in Sweden, especially in the northern districts where it is freezing most of the year, and their vegetables cannot be grown locally. David, however, grew up with grandparents who valued the nutritional components of meat. He says his
Fernanda is a doctor in her thirties who lives in Brazil with her husband. She explains that she “always had acne.” She recalls how her mom took her to see many doctors and was always prescribed a pill for it. Fernanda’s Struggle with Acne and Vegetarianism In her twenties, she continued to struggle with acne, and even though
Cody’s Journey To Carnivore Diet Before finding the carnivore diet, Cody’s health was, in his words, “pretty much a mess! I was eating a lot of plants and didn’t know that I really don’t tolerate plants. SIBO, Candida overgrowth, gut biome off, skin issues, depression and anxiety.” Cody followed a keto diet for about a year and went
