Testimonials

#12 Maria B

Thank you so much for bringing this WOE to my attention,

And for all the support and smiles I have had here.

It took a while to re-condition myself to listening to my body and meeting it's need. Isn't it crazy that an animal (me) evolved from eating meat YET made the decision to avoid it for 40yrs.

Thank goodness my body is forgiving me. Eating fat and meat my body has lowered triglycerides, increased HDL, lowered blood pressure, lowered insulin and glucose, cleared all Liver markers, reduced body fat, increased testosterone, increased muscle mass, increased bone density. This lifestyle has cured me of anxiety, depression, panic attacks, insomnia, migraines, neck pain, shoulder pain, tennis elbow, hip pain, knee pain, plantar fasciitis.

As my pain and mental health resolved my energy improved and I wanted to get out, to walk, to skip and even to run, to swim and to play . At last, I have recovered the joy of living. I am now happy and able to face whatever challenges may come.

Thank you 🙏

#13 Kym W

#14 Lucy R

Hi Dr. Chaffee,
I would love to join the November group, however, because I'm doing so incredibly well on a strict carnivore diet now for 7 months, (no coffee, tea, sweeteners, or spices) I am too busy!
You and Simon have helped me a lot along this journey in past challenges which have been invaluable to me. I wouldn't have the success I'm experiencing without the help I received from both of you and the community. 
I now have a new job and I love it! There is no way this would have happened had I continued along in my old lifestyle. I wouldn't have had the physical energy level required, the mental clarity, or the calm presence of mind to face a fairly steep learning curve.
I feel super young and vibrant at 63 and it feels fabulous to be out in the world and engaged. I work, I swim, and I eat meat––life is good! 
It was important to me that you know how much you've helped me; and still help me, as I listen to your interviews and your youtube videos.
With kind regards,
Lucy

1. Great energy, no need for coffee. (Still on thyroid).
2. I have carpal tunnel in both wrists and don’t need to wear my braces anymore!
3. I have plantar fasciitis in both feet, arthritis in my right foot, faucet joints and pre-arthritis in my shoulders. My knees have also been hurting. ALL 95% better. I used to go to the gym SIX DAYS/WK to do back and leg strengthening exercises and I don’t do any of that now!
4. This is the only diet I’ve ever done (and I’ve done a lot) that has kicked my hot buttered biscuit, chocolate, and donut cravings.
5. I’ve lost 12 pounds.
6. My mental fortitude is a lot better. I’m still depressed but I can weather it MUCH better. Far more cheerful.
7. My eyesight has improved!
8. Never gassy or bloated.
9. Never hypo glycemic. Can fast!
10. May have convinced my 15 year old to give up vegetarianism at the least, and maybe go carnivore at the best.
11. May have convinced my 19 year old recently diagnosed schizoaffective to try carnivore, or at least keto, or at least no sugar, then wheat, then dairy. Please keep up prayers for them both!
    
    Thank you Dr. Chafee, Simon, and everyone who has responded to posts and posted awesome shares!"

#17 Larry W

Price of admission is covered (10 days in).

I got my salt right, I got my fat right, my portions are right, my steaks are aging in the fridge, I’ve made a bunch of new recipes (even entertained some sad eaters with carni!) I would ask more questions but I keep finding the answers in the course.

#18 Lisa V

"5 months eating a carnivore style plan and my life long gut pains bloating spasms and reoccurring. SIBO-C is fully resolved. Arthritic pains in my thumbs and toes gone.

Energy is stable and sustained.

7 kilos of weight easily shed. Weight that had been slowly increasing as I headed into menopause.

The first photo is a typical day of bloat after eating a “healthy diet full of vegetables and low fat”. I have been gluten free for many years but tried all the typical Fodmap style diets, to no avail.

Desperate and tired of having a sore belly every single day I found carnivore and thought “I have nothing to lose”

I started with one month. Then the next. Then the next. Each month refining my “version of carnivore” to a more full carnivore style easily loving this lifestyle and eating style. It feels in alignment with my ancestral history.

Day by day I feel better and better.

Stronger in the gym and clearly getting leaner as I proceed.

As a health practitioner I have patients daily asking “What are you doing to look so very well and young”.

I smile and say “Just following a human specific diet. I eat meat and feel better than ever.”

 

#19 Cynthia

"This is a great encouragement and good value for the price. Where else do you have unlimited access to a doctor for answers? Community was great and always encouraging. Great way to break carb addiction if you don’t cheat yourself."

#20 Michelle

"I've found just beef, salt and water is the golden ticket for me.

I haven't had the weight drip away but I have noticed my body changing sharp. One day I might get that miracle weight drop. Slow and steady wins the race!

My sleeping has improved. My VCD, similar to asthma but isn't, has changed. I don't cough anymore. That's after a lifetime of coughing. Even hubby has noticed it. I am proud of myself on that one.

My energy has increased. My memory has also improved. Not sure how to explain it. I can see the world clear through my eyes from an improved brain. It all seems clearer. Hope that sense.

I'm an very happy 😊"

#21 V. B.

"Such valuable, truthful information! Thank you .

I can testify that the carnivore diet has improved my arthritis pain, aided in my weight loss efforts, calmed my intestines and all this since November 14, 2023.  

Arthritis pain from all kinds of injuries from my 20’s have side-lined my ability to exercise the way I want to, the way I need to, to keep my weight and inflammation down.  That injury-pain-weight gain cycle  became imbedded.   

Simply walking became unbearably painful and for two years I just couldn’t seem to heal (plantar fasciitis + achilles tendonitis and probably gout). I could relate to Sally Norton’s story on her plant-based diet dis-ease symptoms and the comfort she found reducing oxalates in her diet. I wanted to learn more.  

Honestly, it was Mikhaila Peterson’s healing experience with the “Lion Diet” that stunned me to the core.  How could a “Beef-Water-Salt Optional Diet“ heal an autoimmune racked body? Dr. Chaffee’s concise reasoning and research on plants being the culprit, however, made sense. 

Could I have gotten this all wrong, all these years?  That plants WERE  the problem?  That my never-ending cycles of yo-yo obesity from my 20’s and ever increasing pain had actual causes to them, indifferent to how disciplined I was?

That my intense love of grilled, fatty steaks since I was a kid made me human, not a “bad person?”  Couldn’t be a fluke. 

Then, after watching HOURS and DAYS of Dr Chaffee’s YouTube videos, seeing his firm stance and rock solid convictions “plants are trying to kill us,” and “that man has survived on animal meat for ions,” I admit seemed like solid science.  My love of Anatomy and Physiology, however, couldn’t be reconciled until I tried the carnivore diet for myself. So I took you guys up on the Challenge!

So far, so good!

At my carnivore diet 90-day mark, February 13th, I’m getting my yearly full blood panel, along with an allergy test, through our functional medicine doctor here. Should be interesting.

So Simon, thanks again, and in the words of my favourite neighbour, “Have a SUPER AWESOME DAY!”  

#22 Michelle M

"1st 2 weeks full carnivore, remaining 2 full Chaffee.

1st time in my life my chronic cough disappeared and my Breathing improved.

Chronic fatigue - gone

Brain fog - gone

Memory improved A LOT!!!

Nose bleeds - gone

Joint pain - gone

Liver/ pancreas pain - gone

Spleen "pinging" - gone

Cluster headaches - gone

Dry eyes - gone

Leg cramps- gone

Hair loss- improved regrowth happening

Finger nails - 1st time

Sleep - wonderful best ever!

Rosacea - improved

Eye sight - improved

Energy levels - improved they are amazing!

Exercise - drastically improved. Sprinting for the 1st time in my life

4kgs - vanished

Reduced dress size by 1 very

Feel happy in my skin for the 1st time.

Loving life, loving my body, loving where I am going, most of all loving you guys."

#23 Caroline

"First month on 'How to Carnivore Challenge' and the effects have only been positive.

The sleep quality has gone through the roof, sleeping right through the night, waking up so refreshed and rested, no night sweats.

Skin has brightened and feels smoother.

Knee joint pain has started easing and commuting to and from work is so much better as a result, energy has improved, used to feel so lethargic.

Oh and before I forget, I've lost 10kg (22lbs).

Thanks to this wonderful community for all the chats, advice, inspiration, Q&A sessions etc. I've learned so much. A HUGE thank you to Dr. Chaffee and Simon for all you do!!

Much appreciated. Keep spreading the word! 😇💫"

#24 Daniel L

"This month has been a massive win.

Jan 31st I was 78.9kgs, suffering with bloating and symptoms of IBS, as well as having gut issues due to polyps in the gall bladder and a large cyst in the pancreas. I was addicted to both coffee and alcohol and maintaining a strict diet just wasn’t following those addictions.

29 days of strict meat and water later and I’m 72.7kgs, not bloated at all. My stools have corrected themselves. I have no interest in coffee or alcohol. My muscles are more pronounced and I have more energy all day. I no longer feel the issues in my gut like I did. An ultrasound next week will tell me where the cyst, etc are at.

This has been an amazing turnaround in just 29 days. Can’t wait to see how I am after 6 months. Thanks to this community for the information and the inspiration."

#25 Brenda

"A little late to the party, but I just wanted to say thank you Simon Lewis and Dr. Chaffee for a fabulous month and getting that last 5-10% tweaked.

Goal of no coffee, alcohol and cheese complete. And now no desire for any of them.

Thanks to the suggestion of the 3D mask and blue blockers in the evening, I now sleep 8- 10 hours each night.

And thanks to The Stoic Journal as with gratitude and intentions added to each day, I reached my goal of completing my Primal Health Coach Certification this morning! Whoop Whoop!

Yes, keep me on auto, I've learned something everyday and met some pretty incredible people along the way."

#26 Carmen Tse

How To Carnivore is very well organized and part of an easy-to-use app. Information is communicated well and the education section is full of useful videos and articles. Having direct access to Dr. Chaffee for weekly Q&A sessions is highly beneficial. Simon is a great moderator and I had an awesome experience.

#27 Kate Mibus

It's so nice and encouraging being in a group thats on the same journey. Trying to improve our health. I'm delighted with the teaching on regenerative farming. Being a farmer myself, this is close to my heart.

#29 Gary G

It hasn't quite been a week since I joined, but I must say that I am very impressed with what you have put together. I have been in a few other (and am still concurrently in Ken Berry's) online groups which are hosted by/with other popular carnivorous influencers. This one is by far the best!

The Classroom tab's layout and content is one particular aspect that really sets it apart. Plus the additional resources and replays all listed out in a very easy-to-navigate manner. So much better than searching YouTube and missing what I don't know to search for.

The live Q&A knocked my socks off too, actually being a two-way interactive Zoom meeting. Even better than Dr. Chaffee's regular Thursday public Q&As. Those also have great value, but this was just WAY better than I expected. It was almost like a semi-private mini-consult opportunity, with bonus Q&A info.

#30 Janet W

The Carnivore Diet has changed my life in so many ways. My results go far beyond what has happened to my body and my mind, it has changed the trajectory of my life. I always knew my purpose in this life was the help others be the best version of themselves and I have tried to do that the best way I knew how. I thought I had done that until I found out that everything I had been teaching my students since I got out of college was all wrong. I began teaching fitness classes in 1979 and switched over to yoga in 2015.

When I first learned about the Carnivore Diet I went through the 5 stages of grief.

Denial: “This is the craziest thing I have every heard of, none of this is true! It just can’t be” I thought the person that told me about it was off her rocker (she happens to be my massage therapist that I have seen for about 15 years that is my spiritual guru, teacher, and advisor who WAS vegan/vegetarian.) The person that I trusted more than anyone in the world was saying the exact opposite of everything she had taught me over the years.

Anger: I felt angry once I realized what she, all the doctors and other people on You Tube were saying about the CD was true. I was so mad because I had been duped and lied to all my life by those pushing the anti-meat narrative and their own agendas. All those years of me teaching my students what I thought was the truth on how to be healthy was just bullshit. There was a lot of guilt on my part because of that, there still is.

Bargaining: The Carnivore Diet was very difficult for me in the beginning because I keep looking for loopholes. “But I really love nuts and seeds, they CANNOT be bad for me. I am not about to give up my Kombucha in the morning, I know it’s good for me and it tastes SO good.”

Depression: I was so sad to give up my old life, my old way of thinking, all the yummy foods I would never get to eat again. I would get very nostalgic and found myself thinking of my childhood and how I would eat Sugar Crisp cereal for breakfast (even though I haven’t had Sugar Crisp in over 40 years!) Or how my brother and I would walk down to the corner store and get a Snickers bar and put peanuts in a bottle of Dr Pepper. I would beat myself up for sharing with my yoga students my recipe for making spinach smoothies with plenty of flaxseed, chia seeds and lots of fruit to make it palatable. I was basically eating a vegan/vegetarian diet even though I never labelled myself a vegan because I knew if a piece of meat crossed my path I would gobble it up!

Acceptance: Finally, the good part of the story. It wasn’t until I joined How to Carnivore that I accepted that this is the life I was meant to live. After hearing all your success stories as well as the difficulties I realized I had found my tribe. At last, I have discovered my true purpose in life was much bigger than I had imagined, more than I had ever dreamed. My purpose in life is to now share this news with as many people as I can so I can make a difference in their lives. I am ready, I am willing and with the support and knowledge of all of you I can do it.

Thanks to Milica for your unwavering belief and support for me! Thank you 

Simon and Dr. Chaffee for this platform. I hope I can live up to the standard and example that both of you have set. I wish you the best in life always and will be eternally grateful for this experience.

Other Results:

Mental health has greatly improved-no longer taking any medications

ADHD: improved focus and concentration

Still have leg cramps at night, but not nearly as severe

Can play pickleball for 2 hours without pain anywhere in my body and have taken my game to a higher level

Gaining muscular strength and stamina

I’ve had warts all my life-they are gone

Vitiligo is improving

Joint pain is much less

Arthritis in my knees has improved

No change in my Raynaud’s Syndrome yet, but have hope it will

Sleep Apnea-Only sleeping about 4 hours at a time, but know that will work itself out with more effort on circadian rhythms

Not taking any medication to help me sleep-first time in 40 years

Chronic Fatigue-getting better

BP: 117/82 (it measured 147/86 a few days ago)

RHR: 58 BPM

Weight: started at 3/1/24 119 down to 115 (losing weight was not a concern or goal).

#31 Christine T

March is my first month with Carnivore. I'm very excited to report that I am down 10 pounds. But the best change is that my continuous glucose monitor has shown almost a straight line with no blood sugar spikes. My numbers have been very good. This is the best health benefit I could hope for. Thank you Dr. Chaffee and Simon for all the great info.

#32 Peter K

This month was a great success for me. Started the month at 129kg. Finished the month at 118kg. 11kg (24.2 lbs) lost for the month. Feeling really good. Definitely going to keep this going.

#33 Tammy B

I started my journey Jan 8 2024… my results have been slow to say the least … only 5 lb weight loss … need to lose 50… But that’s not my ultimate goal. It IS a goal tho lol. I’ve been sick for 25 years with autoimmune diseases… spine issues and joint issues and kidney stones multiple times without going into all the details …. What I have noticed is my appetite has completely changed … I can see the knuckles on my hands for the first time in YEARS from less inflammation… my knees hurt less and I exercise more now than I have in a long time. My mind is clearer and this is the first time I’ve been able to stick to anything and actually enjoy it!

Of course I miss some foods I enjoyed previously at times. But now when I see them I see “kidney stones.. or pain”. I don’t see them as joyful things anymore … it’s been a whole mindset change … the lies we’ve been told are appalling to me. I’m a clinical herbalist gone carnivore. So it’s a totally new adventure for me. And although things are slow right now…. I’m loving it and can’t see going back…. So I hope that in a years time. I’ll be able to come back and post the perfect results that I so desire and prove that illness can be reversed… This month I have lost 2 more lbs. which is still sooo. Slow lol and 0.44 on my body fat…. I’m also a BIG gum chewer. Has xylitol but not sugar. I’ve noticed that after I chew the gum … I get nauseated and have hot flashes. Which is weird lol. … so I’m no longer a gum chewer. That was the hardest thing to give up. I’m not sure how many times I’ll have to get nauseous to fully eliminate but so far it hasn’t been too hard to pass up. I’ve also noticed ( as have others) that I don't struggle to get up off the floor and take a few minutes to get going once I’m up anymore. I’ve struggled there for years with arthritis and such… I'm very much considering the lion diet. I’m super curious to how that would go. I really like eggs and butter tho… but ultimately total health is my goal.

The healing has been slow. But it’s been progressing and I’m able to stick with this and never able to stick with anything else before. It’s day by day but so far each day has led to the next and I do feel I’m lifer… I greatly appreciate this group and all the encouragement and knowledge I’ve gained …

#34 Frida

I had started carnivore one month before I joined the group. What really helps me is to read and listen all these conversations, where various problems come in focus. Since I don't have any like minded people in my circle and since the carnivore diet in Europe is neither so popular nor are the carnivores well organised with similar groups, the online "contact" with your community is a great support, in order not to feel alone with what I am doing. I watch the videos with you and the members in Skool (the time difference doesn't allow me to watch them live) and Dr. Chaffee's videos on YouTube. All this information helps me enormously with going on with the carnivore life style and improving the diet according to my schedule and preferences.

#35 Katherine 

After that 2-week stall I shared with you guys earlier my body has been in a major flush mode. In the last 6 days I've dropped 8.8lbs! That's 28.8lbs since I started 'carnivorish' the month before our 30 day challenge. In the last two weeks I switched to all beef, butter, eggs and salt and I feel like that's made a world of difference for me.

I no longer supplement any electrolytes. Everything is regulating. My sleep is good, although I need less. My hair isn't falling out... that has been a lifelong problem. My energy is increasing and my overall feeling of well-being has a marked improvement. Oh and I've lost 2 pant sizes!

People are asking how I'm losing weight, but no one wants to talk about it when I say I'm only eating meat. I imagine a few of them will come around to the dark side when they see my continued success.

#36 Monica E

My one month carnivore results:

• A reduction in my chronic pain which is awesome after being in chronic pain for almost two decades
• Headaches almost resolved
• Feeling more rested after a night's sleep
• Down 5kg (11 pounds)
• Actually having appetite/experiencing the sensation of hunger
• Mental health much more even, less depression
• Improvement on brain fog
• No bloating or stomach pain
• No longer wake up for the toilet overnight