Eat the meat, save the humans
Get your diet right first. When someone has a lot of weight to lose, it can feel like they need to fix EVERYTHING at once. Change the food. Start exercising. Fast. Track all the things. Get 10,000 steps. Sleep perfectly. Basically, become a completely different human by Monday morning. But after talking with my friend …
Carnivore consistency can beat trying harder. Sometimes the biggest difference between “Carnivore worked pretty well for me” and “My life has completely changed” isn’t a stricter plan. It isn’t more fasting. It isn’t eating less food or finding some magical macro. Sometimes, we simply need to do Carnivore longer, not harder. That was one of …
Not everyone comes to Carnivore for the same reason. One of the things I’ve learned over the years is that not everyone comes to Carnivore for the same reason. Some people are trying to reverse autoimmune disease, others are looking for better metabolic health, improved mental clarity, or relief from chronic inflammation, and then there …
Don’t get too hung up on “forever.” A lot of people get stuck before they ever begin because they think they need to answer a very large question: “Can I eat this way forever?” That is usually not the most useful question. When Megan started Carnivore, she did not make a dramatic lifetime declaration. She …
So often we assume that if something doesn’t work quickly, it doesn’t work at all. Most of us don’t set out trying to make ourselves sick. In fact, many of the people I talk to are doing the exact opposite. They’re reading books, listening to podcasts, buying organic foods, cooking at home, exercising, and genuinely …
Sometimes the thing that gets someone started has absolutely nothing to do with weight loss. We tend to assume that people come to carnivore because they want to lose weight, improve their health markers, or fit into smaller clothes. And certainly many do. But sometimes the motivation is much simpler than that. Oona was sitting …
What Jeru Taught Us About Keeping It Simple One of the easiest mistakes to make in the health world is assuming that the answer must be more complicated than the problem. Someone decides to improve their health, and before long they’re researching fasting protocols, supplements, cold exposure, tracking apps, and twenty-seven different opinions from the …
Julie’s Carnivore Success Story Every once in a while, I interview someone whose story reminds me exactly why I keep doing this work. Julie was one of those people. When I met her at Meatstock, she hugged me like we were old friends and immediately started telling me pieces of her story. I already knew …
Identity Change on Carnivore Isn’t Optional—It’s Essential Let’s talk about something most carnivore success stories have in common (even if people don’t always say it out loud): changing who I was helped me keep the results going long term. In this episode of My Zero Carb Life, I tell a story I’ve never fully shared …
What these sugar recovery stories reveal about cravings, peace, and the path back to carnivore Have you ever thought, “Maybe I can handle just a little fruit or a sweet treat now and then?” Before you test those waters, I urge you to watch these three honest and raw sugar recovery stories. In this powerful …