How the Carnivore Diet Healed My Family

It’s been a while since I’ve written about my story or my parent’s story. I guess that comes with the territory of having a full-time practice with the chronically ill community (whom I absolutely love and now mostly advocate for).

 

Lately, several articles and media outlets have shared frankly misinformation about the Carnivore diet. Whether it’s the New Yorker, the New York Times, or the many articles written on the “unhealthy” Carnivore diet—these hit pieces do not give a fair stance on this way of eating. 

 

Could it be that Carnivore is trending, and these distrusted mainstream media outlets are vying for eyeballs? Maybe. Likely. As a journalist, if I thought an all-meat diet is crazy, absolutely not natural, and followed mostly by men, why would I even bring attention to it? 

 

I digress.

 

If you don’t know me, I am a board-certified holistic nutritionist and nutritional therapy practitioner. I was pre-med at UC Berkeley but went into management consulting for most of my adult career. I worked at most of the big 4: BearingPoint (KPMG), Deloitte, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), as well as LEK Strategy Consulting. 

 

I did not become a nutritionist because I was always passionate about nutrition. 

 

No, I got really sick as a nearly 14-year plant-based person. Yes, not a single lick of animal meats other than the occasional fish or egg whites. 

 

I only fell into nutrition because I saved myself when standard care put me on every medical intervention for major depression and a debilitating eating disorder. Never once was my diet included in these recommendations, but I assure you every mood-enhancing medication was prescribed. 

 

I now have a meat-based holistic health practice. We don’t work with meatheads or biohacking bros (okay, there are some), but we work with mostly women and men who are chronically ill. Most of our community does not do Carnivore because it’s cool. Most of us found the Carnivore diet out of pure desperation. Carnivore is a lifeline that standard care never gave as an option. And for many, it works. While some of our clients and patients find they need additional support other than Carnivore alone, the diet helps tremendously.

 

My Case for the Carnivore Diet

I shared the case for Carnivore and why plant-based diets are less than ideal. You can watch it here. You can also watch how inflammation is the root of all modern diseases and how the Carnivore diet can support inflammation here. 

 

If you’re a reader, you can read some of my arguments about:  

 

• Plant-based meats and why they’re less than ideal for our health 
• Meat and climate change, and why it’s a red herring
• Seed and vegetable oils, and why it’s far worse than tallow 
• If fiber is necessary
• Vitamin C on a Carnivore diet
• The modern-day sugar crisis
• My thoughts on the Tufts Food Compass Guide
• (And while I’m sharing) the efficacy of the COVID-19 shot (circa Jan 2021 but still relevant)

 

There are many free resources and articles on my website where I cite mainstream media, so you understand that I’m not sharing biased info or hocus pocus news. 

 

I share all these resources in order to share all the science around the Carnivore diet. I have many books, articles, infographics, and podcasts, as well. However, stories are more powerful than any well-written peer-reviewed science piece—at least in the case of motivating people to change. 

 

So if you want the science, take a look at any of the free resources mentioned above. And while our practice has worked with over 2,000 Carnivore clients and patients, I want to share my family’s story.

 

My Carnivore Diet Story

I’ve shared my very personal story, here. I’ve cried during many podcast interviews sharing my story, so this time, I wanted to share a timeline of how things broke, how I’ve healed, and how I’m now frankly thriving.

 

2000-2003

• I attended UC Berkeley, drank the non-styrofoam cup Kool-Aid, and became plant-based with the big bowl salads. 
• People cheered on my plant-based ways, and I started hiding my struggles of bingeing behind closed doors. 
• My fragile “I care what people think” started showing up, and I’d leave my house only when I felt my best, which was almost never. I started learning how to isolate and hide my disease with my traveling job for an excuse. 

 

2014

• I safely went through my first pregnancy. I was told I was anemic even though I ate a pound of spinach daily. I listened to my OBGYN and went on iron pills. 
• I managed to have a very successful career, but it was riddled with an eating disorder (bulimia and sometimes anorexia), followed by self-shaming and rebuking major depressive thoughts. 
• I’m not proud to share, but there was self-harm and sometimes even a desire not to live anymore. (Not the proudest moments, but I think it’s important to share where there is dark, so we can shed light).

 

December 2014

• I could no longer manage my consulting job, an eating disorder, and a nursing baby. 
• I became really sick after my oldest son was about 6 months old. 
• I landed in the mental hospital for what they thought was a mental break. It was right after I had mastitis and took some antibiotics. Whether it was the lack of sleep, the poor nutrition, or the cocktail of drugs, one day, I woke up and wasn’t myself. 
• I have minimal recollection of the situation. All I remember was that I was held against my will, and I was locked in a big room with a lot of scary people. 
• I stopped nursing because I started class C antipsychotic drugs. 
• I spent my son’s first New Year’s Eve in a mental hospital room. The saddest part is that I don’t remember 95% of it. What I do know is that I was told over and over that I stopped nursing, and I’d break down and cry every single time relearning the news. 
• The doctors never figured out what really happened, but they chalked it up to major postpartum depression and a severe eating disorder. I was then told I should go into intensive care treatment for my eating disorder. 
• It was official. I failed as a first-time mom. 

 

 

2015

• I practiced all the cognitive and dialectical behavioral therapies. 
• I practiced intuitive and mindful eating. Before every meal, I wrote down how I felt and how full I felt. I checked in mid-meal to see how I was feeling and how full I was. 
• I tried because I wanted to be there for my son. But eventually, my plant-based diet caused me to binge and then fall into another dark spiral. I thought it was because I was weak. 
• I now know it’s because my body was searching for nutrients and hormonally triggering me to go get food. My brain was telling me that I needed better life coping skills. 
• I was on medications and meeting my psychiatrist monthly. Every month, I’d change up or increase medications. I started taking more antipsychotics meant for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia because my depression was not lifting. I thought, “Okay, I want to be a better mom and wife, so I will take them.” But nothing really helped. 

 

2016

• My second son was on the way. I was still plant-based. While the rest of the world would be excitedly preparing their nurseries, I was 7 months pregnant and looking for an estate planner to help me write my will.
• It was a fluke that I “woke up” during the supposed mental break. They weren’t sure if I’d ever “wake up,” so this time, just in case it happened again and I didn’t “wake up,” I wanted a will to ensure my children were taken care of… Yes, that’s the life I was living when I was 7 months pregnant. 
• My mom stayed with us for the first 3 months of my second child’s birth. It really does take a village. 
• In 2016, the popularity of keto diets started taking hold in the Silicon Valley space, where my brother worked. While I was home nursing, I started researching to prove that my brother’s butter coffees were going to give him a heart attack. 
• It was during this time that I realized how wrong I was about diet. I picked up my very first nutrition book and then never stopped reading. 
• I started a ketogenic plant-based diet, and while the avocado and olive oil fats helped, it still wasn’t enough. My friend mentioned an all-meat Carnivore diet, but I dismissed it as lunacy. 

 

2017

• During one of my binge-purge cycles, I felt absolute desperation. When you see your baby crying into the baby monitor but you’re in the middle of a purge, you get slapped with the blatant truth: the addiction is more of a priority.
• So, out of desperation and shame, I finally tried this crazy all-meat diet.  
• My first bite of meat was a hamburger patty. After nearly 14 years of zero meat, I ended up throwing up. I fully believe it was psychosomatic. 
• What I expected to be a short, temporary period of an all-meat diet ended up actually changing my life. While the mental struggles of wanting to cope with food were still present, my body was no longer screaming to binge. 
• I didn’t understand, but I absolutely needed to. To say I was angry is an understatement. I thought my neurotransmitters were broken and that I’d always need some serotonin support. But somehow, I got off all medications.

 

Medications I tried and am no longer on:

• Prozac (SSRI) 
• Lexapro (SSRI) 
• Zoloft (SSRI) – I took this one the longest and got to the highest dose
• Rexulti (Atypical antipsychotic used in tandem with SSRIs. Typically used for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder)
• Abilify (Atypical antipsychotic used in tandem with SSRIs. Typically used for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder)
• Zyprexa (Atypical antipsychotic used for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder) 

 

May 2024 (Present Day)

• After about 3 years of really strict Carnivore (no seasonings, sugars, or vegetables, only the rainbow of fatty meats and salt), I slowly started adding foods back—frankly speaking, just to make sure I was healing from my eating disorder. 
• I still eat 95% meat-based and low-carb, but I can now safely try just about any food or ultra-processed food and say after a bite, “That’s enough.” If you’ve ever struggled with an eating disorder, this is an incredibly huge feat. But it took me years. There are days when I eat only meat, but I am never one to share just the highlight reels of my life. I don’t need to be a super strict Carnivore, so I am not, but I know that meat saved me. 
• I plan to eat meat-based for the rest of my life. After almost a decade of research and working with incredibly resilient, chronically ill patients and clients, I know the Carnivore diet is truly the healing (and optimizing) diet for humans. 

 

My Symptom Improvements

• I am in my early 40s and am on zero medications. I sleep through the night. I rarely ever wake up in the middle of the night and usually sleep about 7-8 hours. 
• I get my menses monthly (without a hitch). Since being on Carnivore, I rarely get menstrual cramps.
• My moods are stable. I no longer have outbursts of anxiety and anger. The rollercoaster of emotions has subsided. (I still get upset. All emotions are good to feel, but I no longer have erratic emotions and behavior.)
• I am no longer in my head all the time and am able to be present. 
• I no longer hide behind my illness. I have not purged in over 5 years. I have overeaten in the past few years, but I can recognize when I’m eating because of emotional reasons and not because of hunger. I am able to control these feelings. 
• I used to have spots of eczema since I was young. My skin is now healthy, and so is my hair and nails. 
• I work about 40-60 hours a week while partially homeschooling our kids. We have zero babysitters. I’m not gloating here. I’m sharing the energy this diet has provided me. 
• I found God in all of this and my purpose in life. My mission is to serve, which motivates me to get up daily—for my children, my family, my patients and clients, and future generations. 

 

My Carnivore Diet Bloodwork

 

Pictures Speak a Thousand Words

 

 

• 2008: Just because I was plant-based didn’t mean I was thin. Before the eating disorder kicked in, I was likely insulin-resistant and pre-diabetic. I started overeating around this time but had yet to figure out how to purge.

 

 

• 2010: By 2010, I was struggling with a full-blown eating disorder. I’m proudly sharing my plant-based diet in this picture. You can tell I’ve lost a lot of muscle mass. During this trip, I feared my friend would find out I was sick. I ate as little as possible so I wouldn’t set off a binge. She still gave me a talk on my weight loss, but I chalked it up to my being busy with my job. 

 

 

• 2011: This is me partying and slowly wasting away. 

 

 

• 2013: I moved to Austin in 2012 to start over. I think I was running away from everything. Luckily, in Austin, I met my best friend and now husband, Kevin, who saved my life. These are some of our engagement photos, and I remember thinking how fat I was—leading up to the day, all I did was binge and purge, hoping I’d look thin enough. Eating disorders can be very well hidden. You see the big smile, and while I was happy to find the love of my life, I struggled with eating disorder behaviors every single day. I’d pull away from Kevin, and it put a big strain on our relationship until I found healing with the Carnivore diet, therapy, and my faith.

 

 

• 2016: After the eating disorder intensive care, I had an outpatient team: my prescribing psychiatrist, who put me on every medication listed above, my therapist, and my dietitian. My dietitian recommended “having 2 fun foods a day” and 3 meals with portion plates. She supported my plant-based diet, but carbohydrates were required. What about the nutrients or the quality of the food? 

 

 

• Dec 2022: We now play and work hard—we live however we want (and choose) to, mostly symptom-free.

 

 

• The summary of my journey.

 

My Parents’ Carnivore Diet Story

To respect my family’s privacy, I will share a summation of their healing journeys. While my illness is a bit harder to “see” with the Carnivore diet, my parents are healing so many physical symptoms.

 

My Mom (Pre-2019, Standard American Diet)

My mom was born and raised in South Korea. She was always slender, but once she moved to America in the ’70s, the processed foods started making her sick. We did a short interview years ago, you can watch it here. 

 

• By her mid-40s, she was diabetic (type 2), likely insulin resistant (they never tested), had high cholesterol, and started struggling with asthma. 
• She started having knee problems and had multiple medical interventions.
• She had pitting edema and would need to wear shoes two sizes bigger to accommodate the swelling.
• She woke up multiple times a night, blaming the need to use the restroom. Often, she woke up coughing.
• She was diagnosed with osteopenia. 
• She has UTIs and dermatitis, scratching herself until she bled. 
• She had a mini-stroke in her 50s. 

 

• Medications: Hormone medication, albuterol inhaler, cholesterol-reducing medication, metformin for diabetes, many steroids for pain, topical corticosteroids, antibiotics, antihistamines, and more. Frankly, because my parents are immigrants, they did not fully understand the conditions and took whatever the doctor recommended. They didn’t know half of the medications they were on, always reasoning, “Doctor said to take it, so I did.”

 

My Dad (Pre-2019, Standard American Diet)

• By his mid-30s, he was suffering from GERD, heartburn, and indigestion daily. Doctors prescribed him PPIs, antacids, and H2 blockers. He was on them for 30 years. 
• By his mid-50s, he had removed his gallbladder.
• He was diabetic (type 2), likely insulin resistant (they never tested), and had high cholesterol.
• He started having back problems and had multiple medical interventions—including many, many steroid injections. 
• He also woke up multiple times a night.
• He had rashes on his body and athlete’s foot. The doctor prescribed different corticosteroids and anti-fungal creams.

 

• Medications: Cholesterol-reducing medications, metformin for diabetes, multiple steroid injections, topical corticosteroids, antibiotics, antihistamines, antidepressants, sleep supports, and more.

 

My mother was very sick and was flying to see doctors in Korea (because of better communication). Out of desperation, I strongly encouraged her to try Carnivore. While she did not understand the science, she saw me healing. In 2019, both of my parents went strict Carnivore. I’ll admit that my dad probably would never have tried the diet, but my mom’s willingness and her being the cook of the house made it easier for him to try the Carnivore diet. 

 

At first, they struggled a lot. I knew my mom would be very tired as she was in her 60s and severely diabetic. I stayed with her for a few weeks as she went through the keto-flu. She slept most of the day, her body screaming for sugar. But eventually, she started producing ketones, and things slowly got easier. It’s certainly not easy to eat 400 grams of carbohydrates daily to shift to zero. But I’m so grateful they did, as their health (and life) has completely changed.

 

May 2024

• When my dad first started eating Carnivore, he needed our Gut Healing Kit as he did not have a gallbladder and was eating low-fat for decades. They stayed on Beta Plus (fat digestive support) and Intenzyme (digestive enzymes) for a while, but they no longer need any digestive supports. He can eat a ribeye with some butter and not complain of digestive issues. He is no longer taking any heartburn or GERD medications.
• Both parents still eat meat-based but will eat some avocado and kimchi. Occasionally, they’ll have fruit and rice (from church and family gatherings), and their bloodwork reflects the glucose spikes. 
• Having my parents try a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) made them bigger believers of the diet. They never knew that fruit, bread, and sweet potato can all cause blood sugar spikes. They also didn’t realize that the spikes would be less when eating these foods after eating a complete fatty meat meal. They also didn’t know that waking up in the middle of the night was often because their blood sugar levels would drop so low that cortisol would come to save the day. The CGM monitor would show blood sugar in the 40s mg/dL and then suddenly up to 160 mg/dL. 
• My mom just went with us to Korea. Before, she couldn’t walk stairs, and on this trip, she walked over 15,000 steps with us every single day. No meds, no shoe sizes too big, and no asthma. She also wakes up only once a night. This is her lifestyle at 72 years old. 
• They don’t fully understand why an all-meat diet works, but after 5 years, they feel it in their minds and bodies.

 

Present Day Medications

• None. They are now both 72 years old. (They take some of our practitioner-grade supplements based on their bloodwork). 

 

 

• Whenever they go in for a check-up, and they mention pain or discomfort, they are quickly prescribed multiple medications. Last time, my father went in for ear pain, and he was recommended to take amoxicillin and prednisone. Why? 
• He did not take the medication and now reviews every medication and diagnosis with me. He ended up taking homeopathic garlic ear drops and is doing well. 

 

Before and After Carnivore Diet Blood Work Results

 

 

• Above is my mom’s blood work from 2016. Her A1C was 7.8% with metformin. She was unable to control her blood sugar. Kaiser’s class on blood sugar regulation recommended walking daily and eating whole grains instead of white rice. Six months into the Carnivore diet, her A1C was 6% without diabetic medication. It was a slow process, but her body started balancing her blood sugar levels on its own. 
  

 

 

• Above are my dad’s cholesterol levels on cholesterol-reducing medications. A fasting triglyceride of 277 mg/dL is not ideal. The doctors were happy that the total cholesterol was in the 150s mg/dL. In April 2024, his HDL was 64, LDL 159, and total cholesterol 237 mg/dL. And while his triglycerides are now at 80 mg/dL, the doctors keep pushing statins on him, and after every visit, I have to quell my dad’s concerns—even after he knows he feels better. Thank you, Kaiser doctors!

 

Pre-Carnivore Diet Photos of My Parents

 

 

I wish I learned about Carnivore for my grandmother. She was diabetic and suffered from asthma, too. Now I know asthma can be a complication of uncontrolled blood sugar and inflammation. My mom doesn’t need an inhaler, and I know if we changed my grandmother’s diet, she would have been with us for longer.

 

 

Post-Carnivore Diet Pictures of My Parents

 

 

Now they get to spend more quality time with their meat-based grandchildren.

 

My Husband

Kevin is a very private person, so I’ll keep this short. We did do a YouTube video that took him about four years to share, but I’m grateful he did. I think always hearing the side of the caretaker is important. You can watch it here. He doesn’t eat low-carb, but since many cardiovascular events have happened in his family, he has always tried to eat low-fat. His go-to was chicken breast, turkey bacon, and dabbing the oil off his pizza. Still, he would always end up gaining weight. 

 

 

This picture was of us before we all changed our diet. This was right before I had my breakdown.

 

While Kevin was skeptical of the Carnivore diet, when his wife never bought leaner cuts of meat such as turkey bacon, chicken breasts, or canned tuna, he had to make do with ribeyes, pork belly, chicken wings, chicken thighs, and salmon. And even though he was concerned, his bloodwork has only improved.  Oh, and he lost about 30 pounds. 

 

 

This is Kevin’s A1c and insulin markers in his early 40’s.

 

 

He works out every single day and mostly lifts heavy things. He also ensures he walks 10,000 steps minimum daily. While Kevin does not eat Carnivore, he eats heavily meat-based and when he starts to see a little extra belly fat, he starts reducing the carbohydrate foods. He is now the brains of everything behind the scenes of Nutrition with Judy. He sees all the chronically ill stories and the healing with a Carnivore diet. He’s a skeptic turned believer. 

 

My Children’s Carnivore Diet Story

We tried having the boys eat only meat. They did thrive but there was an element of being left out of community. We do not advocate (in any way) following the status quo or following popular opinion, but at a very young age, we need to instill a sense of belonging and community. It’s a fundamental human need. 

 

I’d see the sadness in my children for not participating in certain activities and ultra-processed foods. The bigger issue was that I saw the signs of our family turning orthorexic, where we’d obsess over every bite of food that goes into our system. 

 

How will we vacation? Am I going to wrap my children in non-BPA bubble wrap? Will I trek my own water, salt, and oils everywhere I go? What if we’re traveling for months? 

 

I also suffered from a torturous eating disorder, and the last thing I’d want is for my kids to develop a party-hardy eating disorder when they leave the house. This isn’t about perfection but education. 

 

Our children are meat-based, but nothing is off the table. Okay, maybe most food dyes and sugary liquids, but we limit the ultra-processed foods and have them prioritize fatty meats. In everything I offer and limit, I explain the nutritional education behind it (and any illness that can ensue). I want our boys to understand that maybe eating too many noodles is now causing their eczema and itchy skin. 

 

 

My family is my everything, and I try to balance healthy living and real life so they get to experience the fruits, err, the meats of this world. We are far from perfect, but I try to be the better mom now that I have a second chance at life. Most of all, I never want them to struggle with the torturous health issues our families have suffered. 

 

The Medical System

Since opening my practice over 5 years ago, I’ve come to partner with different specialists, therapists, doctors, generalists, psychologists, and practitioners. We have been blessed to work with so many different people and so many specialists in such a short time. 

 

When I first learned that the brain is mostly fat and prefers fat as its energy source, I was shocked. When I learned that the majority of the cholesterol the body needs is produced within the body, why would the body use so many resources to create a harmful substance? So many things didn’t make sense, and I blamed the medical establishment. 

 

What I’ve learned over the years is that not all doctors are bad. Actually, many doctors want to help, but they were plugged into a terrible system that trains you to find a diagnosis and give it medication. They are asked to specialize in a specific body part when the body should be viewed as a whole. You can learn more about how John D. Rockefeller changed the medical landscape, here. If you don’t have Instagram, you can watch a partial version on YouTube. 

 

Many doctors are also burned out but must be part of networks to pay off debt and manage risk. The medical system is broken. Recently, I went to a pulmonologist in the US and cash-paid nearly $700 for the short doctor’s visit, x-rays, and a breath test. In South Korea, we went to a children’s hospital for the same issues and used a nebulizer for the chronic cough. Yes, we saw a pediatrician instead of a pulmonologist, but we spent $30 in total. The US doctor offered two types of inhalers to a child who does not have asthma. The Korean doctor recommended using a nebulizer when the child’s cough worsens. Both doctors did not know the root cause of the chronic cough issue. 

 

Our standard of care is broken. Doctors have too little time to meet with their patients as they often get paid for 7 to 15-minute visits. So, the only way to make patient visits financially feasible is to meet a lot of patients in one day. These visits are based on established practices and reimbursement models in healthcare, and began when Medicare adopted a formula that set typical doctor visits to about 15 minutes to standardize physician fees. This set length for visits became a norm when private insurance companies followed Medicare’s lead.

 

The short visits are driven by financial pressures to see more patients due to declining reimbursements from insurers. The financial model most primary care physicians operate under, known as fee-for-service, incentivizes the number of visits over their duration. This leads to packed schedules and, often, shorter interactions with patients.

 

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that proper care cannot be given in 15 minutes. In fact, one of the founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital, William Osler, shared, “The good physician treats the disease, the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.” He was the person who changed medical training by introducing the residency system, which integrated clinical and laboratory experience into physician education. 

 

We have found that in the patient’s stories, we find so many of the answers to why someone is unwell. We are already losing the battle when we look at bloodwork or functional tests and prescribe medication, supplements, or protocols without knowing the patient’s story. And we cannot do all these things in 15 minutes. (Our intake usually takes 2 to 4 hours of patient medical history and research, then 2 hours of meetings and notes. And sometimes that still isn’t enough).

 

We will never have all the answers, but deciding that problem A always needs medication B is not the solution. Even with a differential diagnosis, it’s not enough to start medicating. The patient’s story and medical history are required for proper care. 

 

Here are some thoughts about our medical system. 

 

• The US healthcare system spent $603 billion on prescription drugs, up $21 billion in just one year. (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2021)
• More than 20,000 prescription drugs are approved for marketing (FDA, 2020).
• Drug increases since 2022:
  ⚠️ 70% increase in generic Lexapro (SSRI)
  ⚠️ 62% increase in dexamethasone (corticosteroid that prevents inflammation and treats various conditions such as allergies, skin disorders, and breathing problems.)
  ⚠️ 31% increase in generic Zoloft (SSRI)
  ⚠️ 27% increase in fills for metformin HCl (type 2 diabetes)
  ⚠️ 21% increase in fills for trazodone HCl (an antidepressant that helps to restore the balance of serotonin in the brain)
  ⚠️ 20% increase in fills for generic Prozac (SSRI)
  ⚠️ 16% increase in fills for generic Adderall (ADHD and narcolepsy)
• Humira (for autoimmune illness) is one of the best-selling drugs. In 2022, Humira generated $21.2 billion in sales—in just one year.
• In 2023, the global market for statins reached $15.4 billion, and is estimated to reach $20 billion in less than 10 years. 
• Abilify is a billion-dollar per year drug. 
• The first drug to achieve $1 billion in sales, also known as a blockbuster, was Tagamet, an ulcer and GERD medication intended only to be used for a few weeks (4 to 6 weeks to be exact from the medication insert). But most people are on it for decades, if not the rest of their life. 
• In 2023, Xanax, Zoloft, and Celexa are some of the highest in prescription numbers and sales.
• 26% of UK adults take prescription medications (Public Health England, 2020).
• About 35% of Australians take prescription medication daily (Health Direct, 2018).
• About 65% of Canadians aged 40-79 take one or more prescription drugs (CDC, 2019).
• About 66% of US adults take prescription drugs (Health Policy Institute, 2021).
• More than 39 million people around the world have drug use disorders (UN, 2023).

 

Medication is sometimes needed, but it’s safe to say the levels we’re using is problematic. What changed so much in just 150 years that most people require so many medications? While my parents and I were part of these statistics, with a meat-based Carnivore diet, we are no longer the primary customers of the pharmaceutical industry. 

 

So while corporate media wants to poke fun at the “harmful” Carnivore diet, the way conventional healthcare is going, we will all be medicating as the typical standard of life.

 

Not for me, I’ll take my chances and follow a Carnivore diet. And if my meat-based parents are now med-free in their early 70s, my chances seem pretty healthy.

 

From this share, I hope you see some of the benefits of a Carnivore diet. It’s not about fads or trending diets; multiple lives have been saved in my family alone. 

 

I recommend trying the Carnivore diet for anyone with doubts or negative thoughts about this way of eating. Joe Rogan hated Carnivore until it worked for him. Frankly, without first-hand experience, how do you know it’s bad? 

 

You don’t have to believe in the diet to try it—I didn’t. But when you are up against a wall, you are willing to try anything to be free. Instead of arguing for the need for fiber, vitamin C, or the rainbow of vegetables, try it for 100 days. You might even be able to do it for just 30 days and notice a significant change. 

 

And if Carnivore doesn’t work for you, you can always go back to the diet you are following now. But heed this warning, Carnivore just may change your life for the better.

 

In ❤️, health and in hopes of healing,

Judy Cho | Nutrition with Judy