Summary

• Context

  • Interviewee: Gary
  • Interviewer: Dave
  • Topic: How Gary found and implemented a carnivore diet and the health changes he experienced over ~2 years.

• Background & Initial Health Issues

  • Lifelong tendency to be overweight; increasing junk food intake in teens.
  • A health crisis ~2 years prior: trouble breathing and coughing up pink froth; hospitalized.
  • Diagnoses/treatment findings during workup included:
    • High blood sugar (diabetes) — “My morning sugar was 9.1.”
    • Blocked arteries.
    • An aneurysm “on the back of my heart” described as “about a quarter as big as my heart.”
  • Underwent heart surgery; the surgeon “saved my life.”

• Early Post-Hospital Measurements (same period)

  • Date referenced: September 11 (after discharge).
  • Weight: 255 lbs.
  • Blood sugar: 9.1 (morning).
  • Blood pressure: 120 over 65.

• Medications & Clinical Management

  • Initially on insulin; later switched to 500 mg metformin.
  • Placed on a high-dose statin, which Gary reports caused severe muscle aches; he later stopped taking statins.
  • Took a heart-failure medication he pronounces like “Entresto” (“intestral” in captions); later discontinued it.
  • Describes disagreements with clinicians (e.g., dosing he “didn’t want to take,” being treated “like a guinea pig,” advice such as avoiding salt and eating skinless chicken).
  • Mentions follow-up testing and being told his ejection fraction later measured “about 55 or something.”

• Dietary Shift

  • Adopted a “pretty clean carnivore” diet (not claiming 100% adherence).
  • Typical foods mentioned: brisket (often cold from the fridge), bacon, other leftover meats.
  • Household items mentioned: heavy cream + egg yolks used for a daily ice-cream-like mix; coffee.
  • No fruit (“We don’t eat no fruit. None.”).

• Activity

  • Regular walking routine; often outside early in the morning (around 4:30–5:00 AM).
  • Occasional treadmill use was mentioned.

• Subjective Outcomes & Views

  • Reports feeling better “all the time” as the months progressed.
  • Expresses frustration with the volume of medications and with some medical advice.
  • Emphasizes that the carnivore approach coincided with substantial weight loss and lower glucose readings.

• Miscellaneous Mentions

  • Comments comparing modern pet health issues with human metabolic issues (as part of his broader critique of diet/medicine).