Geoff shares his transformative journey on the carnivore diet after struggling with serious heart conditions and Crohn’s disease. After enduring multiple hospitalizations and heart procedures, he eliminates medications and experiences significant health improvements by adopting a strict carnivore lifestyle, emphasizing the importance of diet in achieving healing rather than merely weight loss.
Key Points
Introduction to Heath Issues
Geoff recounts his struggles with heart disease, specifically atrial fibrillation (AFib) and Crohn’s disease, which led to frequent hospital visits and a desperate need for a healthy solution.
Discovery of Carnivore Diet
After a conversation with his son, Geoff learns about the carnivore diet. His son provides resources, including videos from doctors advocating for this diet, prompting Geoff to conduct thorough research.
Initial Experience on the Diet
Geoff starts the carnivore diet as a 30-day challenge, which quickly evolves into a 90-day commitment after observing notable health improvements such as reduced symptoms associated with his chronic conditions.
Health Improvements Noticed
Within the first 30 days, Geoff experiences significant relief from Crohn’s disease, reduced chronic pain, heightened energy levels, and the ability to engage in physical activities that had been challenging for years.
Medication Reduction
As his health stabilizes, Geoff’s cardiologists gradually reduce and eventually eliminate his heart medications after confirming his improved condition, marking a significant milestone in his health journey.
Personal Weight Loss Journey
Geoff loses a substantial amount of weight from 227 lbs to 160 lbs without focusing solely on weight loss, emphasizing that the primary goal was to heal his body.
Community Support Importance
Geoff underscores the importance of engaging with the carnivore community for motivation and support and shares how he encourages others to connect through local forums and meetups.
Advice for Newcomers to Carnivore Diet
Geoff advises newcomers to read foundational texts, engage with the community, and understand the body’s nutrition needs, stressing that each person’s journey may require individual adjustments.
Long-Term Commitment to Carnivore
With over 675 days on the carnivore diet, Geoff expresses his commitment to this lifestyle, recognizing it not as a traditional diet but rather as a lifelong approach to health.
I’m not sure how this enhances your statement, it demonstrates the diet is safe for at least 5 years. It can be used for type 2 diabetes to show type 2 diabetes improvement.
But, even if you want to say this only shows a massive improvement for type 2 diabetes patients, that’s a billion people on this planet. I’m hard-pressed to think of a condition or outcome that diabetes is protective of, and how an intervention for type 2 diabetics that doesn’t show any downsides cannot be generalized to the safety for the general population
I really would be interested in seeing the dangers of the keto diet you mentioned earlier, then we could have a productive discussion about that
Thank you for looking at the study itself, they did not control for exercise that’s true. They ensured people were taking a standard diet before the intervention started, and they were even encouraging people to exercise. If you want to control for the study, you can look at the standard progression of type 2 diabetes in the population at large, which isn’t very good, it’s very deteriorative journey on just medication