Joy’s Struggles with Veganism and Health Issues Joy spent eighteen years of her life as a vegan diet follower. During that time, Joy tried just about every version of the vegan diet possible– raw, high-carbohydrate, whole food, and even processed vegan. Even though Joy thought she was following a lifestyle that would improve her health, the vegan diet wreaked havoc
Robert’s Experience with a Plant-Based Diet Robert has a long history with vegetarian and vegan diets. He spent over twenty-eight years eating various versions of a plant-based diet, to the point where it began to have detrimental effects on his health. Robert says initially, his plant-based diet went well and “reinforced” his belief that it was the “cure for mankind’s
Sara’s Journey to a Plant-Based Diet Sara did not realize the seven years she spent eating plant-based (first as a vegetarian, then vegan, and lastly raw vegan) would do so much damage to her health. She says she now realizes she was “brain-washed.” She speaks of her government pushing a meatless diet. Sara also says she felt she
Stefania’s Journey to the Carnivore Diet Being Italian, Stefania was raised on pasta and described her relationship with food before finding the carnivore diet as being very poor. She says she always felt chubby, even though she wasn’t obese, and often found herself stress eating. She even battled anorexia and bulimia. From Vegetarian to Keto Stefania became a vegetarian
From Paleo To Plant-Based: The Journey Begins Frank was a little overweight as a child and became interested in health in middle and high school. He cut out grains and, by his senior year, was following a strict paleo diet. He says, “I felt amazing and worked out before and after school, always maintaining a lean physique.” The
Health Struggles: Antibiotics, Hashimoto’s Disease, And SIBO Meet Tatiana. She is a Meat RX coach and lives in Thailand. She believes that her health problems began at birth. She was born with a blood infection and had strong antibiotics on the first day of life. As a child, she couldn’t participate in sports and was not as active as
Sarah’s Struggle With Anxiety And Attempts To Find Relief Sarah developed constant anxiety after her second daughter was born and became “anxious about everything.” Her yoga practice led her to think, “Maybe I need to stop eating meat because that’s what I hear a lot of people were doing, and stuff against meat, and I started going to vegetarian
Nial’s Struggle With His Diet As An Athlete Nial is a carnivore diet coach and a swimmer and always felt like he “had a gut, always felt full all the time,” even though he was an athlete and remained very physically active at age 54. When he was in Israel swimming, it wasn’t convenient to go out to
Trudi’s Health Struggles Trudi struggled with her physical and mental health for most of her life. She suffered from chronic inflammation, which eventually led to acute pancreatitis and landed her in the hospital. She was severely anemic and had to supplement with iron tablets to be able to function. Temporary Solution: Gastric Bypass Surgery “I was always
Sondra followed a vegetarian diet for 14 years, hoping it would relieve her from allergies, asthma, and eczema, which she had struggled with since childhood. She describes her former self as “the granola girl.” At age 57, she has found true freedom on a carnivore diet. Struggles with Various Ailments Leaving behind the standard American diet she followed
