Summarizer: In this video, Raven discusses her transformation through the carnivore diet, detailing her struggles with sugar addiction, her previous experiences with paleo diets, and the significant health improvements she’s achieved since fully committing to carnivore. She shares her motivation, the challenges she faced, and how the diet has positively impacted her mental, physical, and spiritual well-being.
Key Points
Initial Encounter with Paleo
Raven recounts her journey beginning with a paleo cleanse in 2001, experiencing initial weight loss but eventually reverting back to unhealthy eating habits, highlighting her struggles with sugar and carb addiction.
Influence of Michaela Peterson
After watching Michaela Peterson’s video about the carnivore diet, Raven became intrigued and started to pay more attention to carnivore-related content online, setting the stage for her eventual dietary transformation.
Weight Loss and Health Improvements
Raven describes her weight before starting the carnivore diet (around 260 pounds) and details the gradual weight loss (down to 178 pounds) and health improvements experienced, including normalized blood pressure and better insulin sensitivity.
Coping with Initial Challenges
Raven shares her difficult initial transition to carnivore, including withdrawal symptoms, persistent diarrhea, and emotional challenges as she faced her comfort eating habits.
Connection to First Nations Diet
She emphasizes the historical context of her diet as a First Nations person, discussing traditional dietary practices and the importance of eating animal-based foods in her culture.
Sustainable Eating and Gratitude
Raven expresses deeper appreciation for food, emphasizing a connection to nature and gratitude for the animals she consumes, which contrasts her previous attitudes towards eating.
Future Aspirations
Raven shares her goals for continued health improvement and physical fitness, including plans to participate in a triathlon, showcasing her renewed energy and belief in the benefits of the carnivore diet.
We are now just talking in circles. I agree that there are improvements to be made to the agricultural sector. I disagree on how to best achieve it.
Your data about type 2 diabetes is out of date. Most type 2 diabetes are not obese. The skinny metabolically unwell out number the fatties.
Fruits are absolutely the last thing a diabetic needs to be eating.
It doesn’t sound like you’re a doctor so it would be great if you wouldn’t spread such misinformation. This might seriously harm people. Sad to see this kind of FB fluff on Lemmy.
I assume your concern is with fruits?
https://doi.org/10.3945/an.112.002998 # Fructose: It’s “Alcohol Without the Buzz”
https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2010.41 # The role of fructose in the pathogenesis of NAFLD and the metabolic syndrome
https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.21371 # Isocaloric fructose restriction and metabolic improvement in children with obesity and metabolic syndrome
The fructose epidemic
But if you prefer to listen to a doctor say it: https://youtu.be/jpNU72dny2s
If your concern is with the connection of carbohydrates and type 2 diabetes?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39433217/ - 5-Year effects of a novel continuous remote care model with carbohydrate-restricted nutrition therapy including nutritional ketosis in type 2 diabetes: An extension study
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17061047 - Myths and Facts Regarding Low-Carbohydrate Diets
But if you prefer to listen to a doctor say it: https://youtu.be/e2g-OW-NZcY
Or a clinician discussing in a accessible way on reversing diabetes: https://youtu.be/h8qQtHWCvZI
if you have a different concern
Please enumerate your concerns and I’ll provide references.
This is a zero carb community, a place to discuss these topics. If you have already made up your mind and nothing will change it, I invite you to block this community.
I actually read the papers I cite, I don’t just dump google results into a conversation as some sort of win card. I’m happy to talk about the papers in detail with you