About me
My experience with the carnivore diet as an IBD patient
If you google the terms “carnivore” and “diet”, 4 of the top 10 results are articles that deal solely with the question of how dangerous such a way of eating is. The authors seem completely indifferent to the fact that the carnivore diet helps people with autoimmune diseases all over the world to lead a normal life. In the English-speaking world in particular, there are thousands of first-hand reports from sufferers who have got chronic bowel diseases, atopic dermatitis or morbid obesity under control by cutting out all other foods.
People like me, who have suffered from ulcerative colitis for 16 years and searched in vain for alternative forms of therapy. Even today, doctors still lead patients to believe that diet has virtually no influence on autoimmune diseases, especially on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). After my diagnosis, my treating doctor assured me that my condition was neither curable nor could it be influenced by diet. A false claim that, as a naive 20-year-old, I unfortunately questioned far too late.
Symptom-free and carnivore in the same sentence?
In my opinion, the prevailing dogma on IBD is not just wrong, it is negligent. IBD diagnoses based on unspecific symptoms such as diarrhea lay the foundation for lifelong dependence on medication, suppression of the immune system and a whole hodgepodge of unwanted side effects. They often lead to depression and instill a feeling of helplessness. While for those affected a whole world often falls apart, pharmaceutical companies rub their hands. Because the truly effective long-term treatments for ulcerative colitis and the like run into four or five figures in euros (TNF-alpha blockers such as Humira or Remicade). Medications that I took for years because I was assured that diet plays no role.
When I learned about the carnivore diet 5 years ago, I changed my diet virtually overnight, stopped all medication against the advice of my treating doctor, and have been symptom-free ever since. My blood values are normal, and inflammation markers such as CRP (C-reactive protein) and calprotectin are in the ideal range. You may think I am an isolated case, but far from it. Thousands of people have got their condition under control with the help of the carnivore diet.
A successful competitive athlete on a carnivore, low-carb diet
Incidentally, eating almost nothing but meat does not mean that your diet is one-sided or unhealthy, or that you are less capable in everyday life.
I have been a competitive athlete since 2018 and achieved my greatest sporting successes precisely on a predominantly carnivore diet.
Who knows what you are capable of when you eat a carnivore diet (and get your autoimmune disease under control).
The carnivore diet deserves an image campaign!
It is not perfect, and perhaps not always ideal for people who have no health problems. And yes, it may be that eating meat is out of fashion and that factory farming harms the environment. But the carnivore diet enables thousands of people with autoimmune diseases to lead a normal, medication-free life! It enables me to do competitive sport again and to take part in social life without a care. Things that, with ulcerative colitis, are unfortunately not a given.
On this site you will learn everything you need to know about this way of eating (and everything you should forget about your condition). Alongside resources on the carnivore diet, you will find selected supplements that can help you follow a carnivore diet.
A warm welcome to Carnivoro & thank you very much for your visit!