09/29/2026
Carnivore has made me question a whole lot more than what we’re supposed to eat.
On April 10, 2023, I changed what I was eating. I was overweight, dealing with IBS, allergies, brain fog and low energy. I’d tried the low-fat advice, the fibre drinks and all the things we’re told should make us healthier.
I was still struggling.
Then I started eating meat—and watching things change in my own body.
Within about 10 days, my IBS seemingly cleared up. After years of needing Imodium, that alone was enough to get my attention.
My blood pressure normalized. My allergies improved. My energy came back. The brain fog lifted. I went from 248 pounds down to 177, then started deliberately building muscle.
That’s where the questions started. 😂
Because once your own experience challenges advice you’ve heard your whole life, “because we said so” stops being a convincing answer.
I’d been told to eat more fibre. Choose low fat. Build meals around plants. Limit the very foods I now felt better eating.
So naturally, I started asking: why was I feeling better doing something I’d been told was wrong?
And why had I spent so much time managing symptoms without finding something that made this much difference?
Modern medicine has a place in my life. I’ve needed surgery. My daughter lives with IgA nephropathy and needs medical care. I understand how much those things matter.
But I also know what changed when I changed my food. I’m not going to dismiss that experience just because it doesn’t fit the usual advice.
Then you start looking more closely at the grocery store.
The endless packages. The ingredient lists. The sugary products marketed to kids. The “healthy” labels that somehow turn almost anything into something we’re supposed to feel good about buying.
And you start asking who benefits from us eating this way.
Food companies have products to sell. Pharmaceutical companies have medications to sell. Research needs funding. The people making recommendations can have financial relationships worth knowing about.
That doesn’t mean everyone involved is dishonest. It means their interests deserve scrutiny.
You don’t need a secret meeting where everybody agrees to keep people sick. Financial incentives can shape priorities without anyone saying the quiet part out loud.
As a Cree father of five, this became about more than my own weight or my own stomach.
When poor health becomes common around you, it’s easy to start accepting it as inevitable. I want my kids to see that asking questions and taking an active role in their health matters.
Carnivore made me pay attention.
I read. I ask questions. I look at who funded a study and what it actually measured. And I pay attention to what happens in my own body.
My experience doesn’t answer every question for everyone. But it gives me a damn good reason to keep asking.
More than three years ago, I changed what was on my plate.
I had no idea it would also change how I looked at the advice, the marketing and the systems surrounding our health.
But here we are. 😂
