My Carnivore Account
Cutting to the chase: For a period of about 5 years I experienced what doctors have labeled “peripheral neuropathy”, arthritis, and atherosclerosis. As it progressed I was waking up in the night with the urgency to shake my arms to restore blood flow and oxygen to my arms, hands and fingers. This problem miraculously improved when I switched to the Carnivore Lifestyle.
This video is cued to the point where Phil Escot explains how his Vegan fed arterial scans in his 50’s showed plaque and developing atherosclerosis, but later on the Carnivore Lion Diet his scans show his arteries are clear.
History: In my late 20’s, to my advantage I started eating less processed and more whole foods, but I read “Diet for a Small Planet” which I now know was riddled with error so I ate plants and animal foods till my late 50’s when I was further misled by the “Hallelujah Acres” diet when I ate as what is now called a vegan for a good part of a year which I realize now contributed to a progressive problem for the next 4 years, requiring me to shake my arms to get blood into my hands. As that problem progressed I was waking up in the night and shaking my arms to restore blood flow to my hands. Then at age 65 my middle finger on my left hand hooked sharply in the morning and it was painful to straighten.
July 11th 2023 I watched this video: Phil Escot on the Charlie Ward show. Phil is a drummer and a former vegan who had written books about the subject of veganism, but he switched to Carnivore when arthritis crippled his ability to perform so he began eating the “Lion Diet” which means only fatty ruminant meat including beef, lamb, bison, salt and water.
After seeing that video I was convinced that it could help me too so switched immediately to an all animal based diet including: eggs, fish chicken, Beef, Butter, Bacon and Eggs – BBB&E as long time carnivores call it.
It was great! I started feeling improvements immediately. Within a few days of eating the Carnivore diet, I slept through the night with no more need to shake my arms to un-cramp them. Then gradually improving over the course of several months my hooked finger stopped hooking. I was inflammation pain free!
Aware now that I had found the “Proper Human Diet” in November of 2023 I began eating the “Lion Diet” that Phil Escot, Dr. Anthony Chaffee, and Mikala Peterson are eating. It consist of only water, salt and ruminant fatty meat including beef, bison and lamb which are among the fattiest.
I now realize that the problems with hands and arms was accelerated by 1 year of veganism because my “gut” wall became more permeable during that time causing Oxalates and other plant toxins to enter my bloodstream, then getting sequestered in all tissues including bones, ligaments, arteries & veins. Also since these plant toxins cause tissue inflammation (because the body is always working to rid itself of poisons), I reached the point where the inflammation, called arthritis developed with the first clear sign was my morning hooked finger.
Like Phil Escot, I’m also extremely glad I had arthritis experience since that it led me to Carnivore.
Some the healthiest, smartest and youngest looking people I’ve seen are those who lived most or all of their lives eating only meat. Their experience, and human history establishes that the Carnivore lifestyle is the Ancestrally correct diet for us. Anthony Chafee is one of those people. You can follow his journey by watching the videos below:
