maurice197
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So...
I'm not a scientist, nutritionist, doctor, or anything else that anyone should listen to. But, I have been a carnivore for 9 months. In that time, everything in my life has improved...EVERYTHING!
Some quick background...I was an active and fat kid my whole life. At 13 years old, I was 5'2" and 260 lbs (probably 65% body fat). I played competitive tennis throughout my childhood and then in high school excelled at football, wrestling and tennis. My diet improved in high school and I leaned out quite a bit to a muscular 200 lbs (at 5'8" tall). By improving, I mean that I cut out all the stuff that everyone agrees is junk food (cookies, candy, etc). I then wrestled in college and basically developed an eating disorder in order to make wieght. In the summers I would be 235lbs and I wrestled at 197lbs during the season.
Here is my story. Sorry for the length, but the short version is I was sick and in a lot of pain...now I eat only meat and I feel great and am much healthier than I was.
Long version:
Until I was in my early 30's, I was chronically sick with sinus infections...had 3 sinus surgeries before I was a teenager, was on antibiotics at least 2 -3 times every year and was put on a 2-year long superscription of low level antibiotics. I had terrible allergies this whole time and took allergy medicine every day, which wasn't always enough to let me breath through my nose.
I played with Primal style diets and with ketogenic diets for a few years and saw improvements in my allergies, which was nice. However, I was still in pain most of the time (due to old injuries), had lousy digestion (several BM's per day that were not as solid as I would have liked them to be), I had terrible cravings (I would have knocked over a grandma if I was hungry), and was chronically stressed out.
Then in December of 2017, I gave up all foods except animal sourced ones (I eat 90% beef, but also eat some cheese, fish/seafood, chicken and pork). I almost never eat organ meat. I also drink coffee and will occasionally put a dash of heavy cream in it, but 90% of my beverages are water).
It took about a week before I had my usually energy again and my aches and pains significantly reduced (for example, I had a very sore knee after hyper extending it 9 months prior to starting this way of eating...then in a week, that soreness was 90% better and I could run and kneel on it with no issues).
It took about a month before my digestion normalized and about 2-3 months before my cravings for junk food went away and my mood stabilized. I deal with stress so much more gracefully now. My wife says she's never seen me happier or healthier. My skin is better (smoother), cuts/injuries heal faster, I haven't taken an antibiotic yet this year (even though I've gotten a couple of colds). In the past, I never had a cold that came and went, they always turned into sinus infections.
I train 3 x week at a strong first facility and am active with my son/dog on the other days. I still carry too much body fat, but that's improving steadily and this is the first time I've gotten down to my current weight without feeling like I was depriving myself of something. My blood pressure and heart rate are fantastic. I had a coronary calcium score done last month and my heart looks absolutely perfect (zero calcium deposits).
I know that this is not a double blind placebo study done in a metabolic ward, and I'm not ruling out that down the road I may need to do something different. But as I see it, this is having amazing benefits for me and I'm going to keep it up until I need to.
I'm not a scientist, nutritionist, doctor, or anything else that anyone should listen to. But, I have been a carnivore for 9 months. In that time, everything in my life has improved...EVERYTHING!
Some quick background...I was an active and fat kid my whole life. At 13 years old, I was 5'2" and 260 lbs (probably 65% body fat). I played competitive tennis throughout my childhood and then in high school excelled at football, wrestling and tennis. My diet improved in high school and I leaned out quite a bit to a muscular 200 lbs (at 5'8" tall). By improving, I mean that I cut out all the stuff that everyone agrees is junk food (cookies, candy, etc). I then wrestled in college and basically developed an eating disorder in order to make wieght. In the summers I would be 235lbs and I wrestled at 197lbs during the season.
Here is my story. Sorry for the length, but the short version is I was sick and in a lot of pain...now I eat only meat and I feel great and am much healthier than I was.
Long version:
Until I was in my early 30's, I was chronically sick with sinus infections...had 3 sinus surgeries before I was a teenager, was on antibiotics at least 2 -3 times every year and was put on a 2-year long superscription of low level antibiotics. I had terrible allergies this whole time and took allergy medicine every day, which wasn't always enough to let me breath through my nose.
I played with Primal style diets and with ketogenic diets for a few years and saw improvements in my allergies, which was nice. However, I was still in pain most of the time (due to old injuries), had lousy digestion (several BM's per day that were not as solid as I would have liked them to be), I had terrible cravings (I would have knocked over a grandma if I was hungry), and was chronically stressed out.
Then in December of 2017, I gave up all foods except animal sourced ones (I eat 90% beef, but also eat some cheese, fish/seafood, chicken and pork). I almost never eat organ meat. I also drink coffee and will occasionally put a dash of heavy cream in it, but 90% of my beverages are water).
It took about a week before I had my usually energy again and my aches and pains significantly reduced (for example, I had a very sore knee after hyper extending it 9 months prior to starting this way of eating...then in a week, that soreness was 90% better and I could run and kneel on it with no issues).
It took about a month before my digestion normalized and about 2-3 months before my cravings for junk food went away and my mood stabilized. I deal with stress so much more gracefully now. My wife says she's never seen me happier or healthier. My skin is better (smoother), cuts/injuries heal faster, I haven't taken an antibiotic yet this year (even though I've gotten a couple of colds). In the past, I never had a cold that came and went, they always turned into sinus infections.
I train 3 x week at a strong first facility and am active with my son/dog on the other days. I still carry too much body fat, but that's improving steadily and this is the first time I've gotten down to my current weight without feeling like I was depriving myself of something. My blood pressure and heart rate are fantastic. I had a coronary calcium score done last month and my heart looks absolutely perfect (zero calcium deposits).
I know that this is not a double blind placebo study done in a metabolic ward, and I'm not ruling out that down the road I may need to do something different. But as I see it, this is having amazing benefits for me and I'm going to keep it up until I need to.