CARNIVORE EVOLUTION

In this episode of the Carnivore Evolution Podcast, Mark and Victoria welcome Sarah back for a deep dive into one of the most confusing issues in the carnivore space: why some people struggle on carnivore, and whether adding carbohydrates is really the answer.

Sarah shares her perspective on dietary fat, dairy, insulin, appetite, protein requirements, muscle building, fasting, electrolytes, meal timing, and the importance of individualizing a carnivore approach. They also discuss why protein—not simply dietary fat—should remain a major focus, the difference between genuine hunger and cravings, and why “bulking” with carbohydrates can create the illusion of muscle gain through glycogen, water, and fat.

The conversation also tackles the growing confusion around what “carnivore” actually means, the problem with one-size-fits-all advice from influencers and coaches, transitioning away from processed foods, fat adaptation, carbohydrate cravings, oxalate dumping, herbs and spices, and making carnivore sustainable for the long term.

Sarah also explains her work with clients and her Neural Reset Technique practice in Costa Rica.

Overall theme: Cutting through carnivore confusion and learning how to individualize the diet for metabolic health, appetite control, body composition, performance, and long-term sustainability.

CONNECT WITH SARAH FRANKLIN

* In the Buff Wellness website: inthebuffwellness.com

* Instagram: @inthebuffwelness

* YouTube: @inthebuffwelness

* X: inthebuffwellns

🎙️ CONNECT WITH CARNIVORE EVOLUTION

-Mark Ennis, health and fitness coach

[email protected], and on both Instagram and YouTube @fitnessbeyondtime01 and @carnivoreevolution2024

-Victoria Olson, health coach and author of ‘Troubleshooting Your Carnivore Diet’ on Amazon https://a.co/d/00WnRF0I , can be reached at [email protected]

And on Facebook in the group: Carnivore Diet After Age 40.

🎙️ Carnivore Evolution:

Follow Carnivore Evolution @carnivoreevolution2024 on your preferred social media platform and podcast app. Our email is [email protected]

Thank you for watching and listening. Please Subscribe, Like and Comment. We make no profit. Your input helps us get the word out about the Carnivore diet.

This podcast is for educational and informational purposes and is not medical advice.

#CarnivoreDiet #Carnivore #CarnivoreEvolution #CarnivoreLifestyle #AnimalBased #Ketosis #FatAdaptation #Protein #Insulin #MetabolicHealth #WeightLoss #MuscleBuilding #Fasting #Electrolytes #LowCarb

In this enlightening episode of Carnivore Evolution, Kristina Cook returns to share the extraordinary story of how changing her family’s diet transformed the health of her children, most dramatically her daughter Genevieve, who’d been diagnosed with treatment-resistant bipolar disorder, and spent 16 weeks in a children’s hospital.

Kristina describes discovering the work of Dr. Christopher M. Palmer and the connection between metabolic health, nutrition, and mental health. She explains why she believes parents need to look beyond diagnoses and medications, and start asking a more fundamental question: What are we feeding the brain?

Kristina discusses food addiction, ultra-processed foods, the gut-brain connection, metabolic health, parenting, and the importance of taking personal responsibility for health. She also shares why her family ultimately left their home and moved to a farm to become more connected to their food and local farmers.

Victoria and Mark explore the resistance surrounding nutritional approaches to mental health, the challenges parents face, and Kristina’s mission through her Better Humans Project to educate families and make health information more accessible.

This is ultimately a conversation about hope, parental empowerment, real food, and taking back control of our and our children’s health.

CONNECT WITH KRISTINA

Kristina Cook is about empowering parents to rethink mental and physical health by examining nutrition, metabolic health, ultra-processed foods, and the food-to-brain connection. She is willing to answer your questions about these issues.

She can be found on:

* Instagram: @thebetterhumansproject

* Facebook: Kristina Cook

* X: Kristina Cook

* Website: An official Better Humans Project website is coming soon at the time of this interview. We’ll post the address here when it comes online.

🎙️ CONNECT WITH CARNIVORE EVOLUTION

-Mark Ennis, health and fitness coach

[email protected], and on both Instagram and YouTube @fitnessbeyondtime01 and @carnivoreevolution2024

-Victoria Olson, health coach and author of ‘Troubleshooting Your Carnivore Diet’ on Amazon https://a.co/d/00WnRF0I , can be reached at [email protected]

And on Facebook in the group: Carnivore Diet After Age 40.

🎙️ Carnivore Evolution:

Follow Carnivore Evolution @carnivoreevolution2024 on your preferred social media platform and podcast app. Our email is [email protected]

Thank you for watching and listening. Please Subscribe, Like and Comment. We make no profit. Your input helps us get the word out about the Carnivore diet.

#CarnivoreEvolution #KristinaCook #TheBetterHumansProject #BetterHumansProject #CarnivoreDiet #MentalHealth #MetabolicHealth #BrainHealth #GutBrainAxis #BipolarDisorder #FoodAddiction #UltraProcessedFoods #KetogenicDiet #Parenting #HealthFreedom

This podcast is for educational and informational purposes and is not medical advice.

In this lively episode of Carnivore Evolution, host Victoria Olson sits down with Gloria to hear how a simple 30-day “Carnivore January” challenge in 2020 profoundly transformed her life.

Gloria shares her journey from 240 pounds and years of yo-yo dieting and food noise, to sustained weight loss, improved joint comfort, fewer headaches, greater mental clarity, and a dramatically different relationship with food.

She discusses the challenges of staying carnivore in a food-centered culture, finding supportive community, navigating family and social gatherings, and why she believes a 90-day carnivore experiment can best help people discover how food affects their own bodies.

The conversation also covers exercise, strength training, blood pressure, health markers, thyroid history, Carnivore-friendly cooking, travel foods, and some of Gloria and her husband's favorite meat-based recipes.

Overall theme: Gloria's six-year Carnivore journey and the profound lifestyle changes she attributes to changing the way she eats - from weight and food cravings to energy, mindset, community, and overall quality of life.

CONNECT WITH GLORIA

Facebook: Gloria Del Valle Wilder

Gloria asks that anyone reaching out to her please mention they heard her on Carnivore Evolution so she knows the connection is genuine.

🎙️ CONNECT WITH CARNIVORE EVOLUTION

-Mark Ennis, health and fitness coach

[email protected], and on both Instagram and YouTube @fitnessbeyondtime01 and @carnivoreevolution2024

-Victoria Olson, health coach and author of ‘Troubleshooting Your Carnivore Diet’ on Amazon https://a.co/d/00WnRF0I , can be reached at [email protected]

And on Facebook in the group: Carnivore Diet After Age 40.

🎙️ Carnivore Evolution:

Follow Carnivore Evolution @carnivoreevolution2024 on your preferred social media platform and podcast app. Our email is [email protected]

Thank you for watching and listening. Please Subscribe, Like and Comment. We make no profit. Your input helps us get the word out about the Carnivore diet.

#CarnivoreDiet #Carnivore #CarnivoreLifestyle #CarnivoreJourney #CarnivoreSuccess #FoodFreedom #FoodNoise #WeightLoss #HealthTransformation #MetabolicHealth #ZeroCarb #AnimalBased #GravesDisease #HealthyAging #CarnivoreEvolution

What happens when you know your health is heading in the wrong direction, and decide it’s time to change?

Victoria talks with Barb Taylor about her remarkable four-year Carnivore journey.

When Barb started Carnivore, she was overweight, taking three blood-pressure medications, dealing with hypothyroidism and rising blood sugar, with a family history of Type 2 diabetes.

The changes came quickly. Her digestion and breathing improved, her blood pressure dropped enough to discontinue all three medications, and her A1C fell from 6.5 to 5.6. Her blood glucose dropped from 158 to 111.

And then came the weight loss: 93 pounds, and counting.

Barb discovered that dairy was holding back her progress. After removing it, she began losing weight again following a nearly two-year plateau.

Victoria and Barb discuss:

* 93-pound weight loss and no blood-pressure medications

* Improved blood sugar, A1C, digestion, breathing and energy

* Hypothyroidism and thyroid treatment

* Dairy, weight-loss plateaus and breaking a two-year stall

* Intermittent fasting and naturally losing the need for breakfast

* Simple, affordable Carnivore eating

* Managing blood pressure and salt sensitivity

* Eating Carnivore at restaurants and on the go

* Finding support and making Carnivore sustainable

* And more

Most importantly, Barb shares what changed beyond the numbers: more energy, fewer aches and pains, better sleep, easier mornings - and feeling and looking much younger.

This is Barb’s personal experience, not medical advice, but her four years on Carnivore offer plenty of food for thought.

Sometimes the simplest approach is the one that finally works.

CONNECT WITH BARB TAYLOR

Barbara Morrison Taylor

Barb is open to inquiries about the Carnivore diet, and happy to help people with it.

* Facebook: Barbara Morrison Taylor (primary)

* Instagram: Barbara Morrison Taylor

🎙️ CONNECT WITH CARNIVORE EVOLUTION

-Mark Ennis, health and fitness coach

[email protected], and on both Instagram and YouTube @fitnessbeyondtime01 and @carnivoreevolution2024

-Victoria Olson, health coach and author of ‘Troubleshooting Your Carnivore Diet’ on Amazon https://a.co/d/00WnRF0I , can be reached at [email protected]

And on Facebook in the group: Carnivore Diet After Age 40.

🎙️ Carnivore Evolution:

Follow Carnivore Evolution @carnivoreevolution2024 on your preferred social media platform and podcast app. Our email is [email protected]

Thank you for watching and listening. Please Subscribe, Like and Comment. We make no profit. Your input helps us get the word out about the Carnivore diet.

#CarnivoreDiet #Carnivore #CarnivoreWeightLoss #BloodSugar #A1C #BloodPressure #Type2Diabetes #Hypothyroidism #AnimalBased #MeatBasedDiet #IntermittentFasting #DairyFree #MetabolicHealth #HBA1C #CarnivoreSuccessStory #CarnivoreWomen

This podcast is for educational and informational purposes and is not medical advice.

Kat joins the Carnivore Evolution podcast to share the remarkable health journey that eventually led her to a carnivore lifestyle.

After years of being active and athletic without worrying about her weight, Kat’s health began changing in her 40s. She struggled with weight gain, fibroids, severe kidney stones, and other health issues while following what she believed was a healthy lifestyle. She was eventually diagnosed with fatty liver disease despite not drinking alcohol.

Her search for answers began with keto and eventually led her to carnivore.

In this wide-ranging lively conversation, Kat shares, among other topics:

• Her journey from athletic childhood and vegetarianism, to keto and carnivore

• 20 years of kidney stones, and what she learned about oxalates

• Her struggles with weight, fatty liver, fibroids, and other health issues

• Feeling dismissed by doctors, and why she ultimately took greater control of her health

• Why she refused a statin, and began questioning conventional health advice

• How she lost 28 pounds in two months without traditional exercise

• Why reducing inflammation and simply walking is a better starting point than intense exercise

Kat also discusses the influence of the food, pharmaceutical, and health industries, her concerns about conventional nutritional advice, and her experience challenging the information provided by AI.

Most importantly, this conversation comes back to one central idea: Start where you are, keep it simple, and find an approach you can actually sustain. You don’t have to be perfect or wealthy to start changing your health.

CONNECT WITH KAT

Kat welcomes questions and conversations from people exploring Carnivore, and is particularly passionate about helping people find practical ways to get started.

Instagram: @Carni_vore_Kat

https://www.instagram.com/carni_vore_kat

YouTube: @CarnivoreKat

http://www.youtube.com/@carnivorekat

Facebook: Carnivore Kat

https://www.facebook.com/CarnivoreKat

🎙️ CONNECT WITH CARNIVORE EVOLUTION

-Mark Ennis, health and fitness coach

[email protected], and on both Instagram and YouTube @fitnessbeyondtime01 and @carnivoreevolution2024

-Victoria Olson, health coach and author of ‘Troubleshooting Your Carnivore Diet’ on Amazon https://a.co/d/00WnRF0I , can be reached at [email protected]

And on Facebook in the group: Carnivore Diet After Age 40.

🎙️ Carnivore Evolution:

Follow Carnivore Evolution @carnivoreevolution2024 on your preferred social media platform and podcast app. Our email is [email protected]

Thank you for watching and listening. Please Subscribe, Like and Comment. We make no profit. Your input helps us get the word out about the Carnivore diet.

#Carnivore #CarnivoreDiet #CarnivoreLifestyle #CarnivoreCommunity #Keto #LowCarb #FattyLiver #WeightLoss #Inflammation #Oxalates #KidneyStones #MetabolicHealth #Nutrition #HealthyEating #CarnivoreEvolution

This podcast is for educational and informational purposes and is not medical advice.

In this compelling, evidence-rich story of transformation, Victoria talks with Fiona from Queensland, Australia, who shares her and her husband’s remarkably successful two-year experience with the Carnivore diet.

Fiona tells how difficult childhood experiences influenced her relationship with food, how years of weight gain happened after marriage, despite her and her husband being convinced they were eating a “healthy” diet, and how they ultimately discovered the Carnivore diet.

She describes losing 20 kilos/44 lbs herself, while her husband lost 35 kilos/77 lbs, and the many unexpected, great health improvements they experienced like relieved pain, increased mobility, improved sleep and mood, greater energy, and overall positive quality of life.

Fiona has come off six medications, and her arthritis and plantar fasciitis pain is gone. She tells of her husband’s dramatic improvement from longtime chronic back pain and recurrent migraines. Fiona describes their transition to eating meat, eggs, seafood and other animal foods, and how their Carnivore lifestyle has surprisingly transformed what they are able to do physically.

The conversation also explores cholesterol, high LDL, medical advice, CAC scoring, NMR lipoprotein testing, finding affordable sources of quality meat, intermittent fasting, feeding pets a raw diet, and why Fiona and her husband say they will never go back to eating their former way.

Most importantly, Fiona shares a profound message: Carnivore has given them back the energy and physical ability to live their lives optimally.

CONNECTING WITH FIONA

Primarily Facebook; she does not actively use many other social platforms.

* Facebook: Fiona Coletta

🎙️ CONNECT WITH CARNIVORE EVOLUTION

-Mark Ennis, health and fitness coach

[email protected], and on both Instagram and YouTube @fitnessbeyondtime01 and @carnivoreevolution2024

-Victoria Olson, health coach and author of ‘Troubleshooting Your Carnivore Diet’ on Amazon https://a.co/d/00WnRF0I , can be reached at [email protected]

And on Facebook in the group: Carnivore Diet After Age 40.

🎙️ Carnivore Evolution:

Follow Carnivore Evolution @carnivoreevolution2024 on your preferred social media platform and podcast app. Our email is [email protected]

Thank you for watching and listening. Please Subscribe, Like and Comment. We make no profit. Your input helps us get the word out about the Carnivore diet.

#CarnivoreDiet #CarnivoreEvolution #CarnivoreSuccess #CarnivoreTransformation #CarnivoreJourney #CarnivoreLifestyle #ChronicPain #Inflammation #Arthritis #WeightLoss #MentalHealth #BetterSleep #HealthyAging #KneePain #HealingJourney

This podcast is for educational and informational purposes and is not medical advice.

In this empowering episode of Carnivore Evolution, Mark and Victoria talk with Kelly Shaw, a 66-year-old breast cancer survivor, who shares her journey from conventional cancer treatment and years of debilitating inflammation, fatigue and brain fog, to discovering Carnivore in January 2025.

Kelly describes her stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis, recurrence, extensive treatment and its devastating side effects, and how Carnivore transformed her energy, brain fog, inflammation, mobility and quality of life.

She has since lost ~40 pounds and says she feels healthier and more energetic than she has in years.

Our conversation covers questioning conventional medical advice, becoming your own health advocate, medications, cholesterol and cardiovascular testing, the triglyceride-to-HDL ratio, NMR Lipoprotein Profile blood test, carbohydrate addiction, traveling while carnivore, and navigating family members who disinclined to change their eating habits.

Above all, Kelly delivers a message of hope: Question. Research. Advocate for yourself. Take responsibility for your health.

CONNECT WITH KELLY

Kelly Shaw

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: Kelly Shaw, kelly.shaw.98

Note: Kelly did not provide specific Facebook or Instagram profile URLs or handles during the interview.

🎙️ CONNECT WITH CARNIVORE EVOLUTION

-Mark Ennis, health and fitness coach

[email protected], and on both Instagram and YouTube @fitnessbeyondtime01 and @carnivoreevolution2024

-Victoria Olson, health coach and author of ‘Troubleshooting Your Carnivore Diet’ on Amazon https://a.co/d/00WnRF0I , can be reached at [email protected]

And on Facebook in the group: Carnivore Diet After Age 40.

🎙️ Carnivore Evolution:

Follow Carnivore Evolution @carnivoreevolution2024 on your preferred social media platform and podcast app. Our email is [email protected]

Thank you for watching and listening. Please Subscribe, Like and Comment. We make no profit. Your input helps us get the word out about the Carnivore diet.

#Carnivore #CarnivoreDiet #CarnivoreLifestyle #CarnivoreEvolution #CarnivoreCommunity #AnimalBased #LowCarb #Keto #MetabolicHealth #Inflammation #WeightLoss #HealthFreedom #HealthAdvocate #CancerSurvivor #Nutrition

Jessyca went from chronically debilitating eating disorders, mental-health struggles and hopelessness, to food freedom, healing and renewed life through Carnivore nutrition, self-education and personal transformation.

Jessyca shares her extraordinary story of recovery, from decades of anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, severe mental-health struggles, extreme weight gain, anorexia, chronic health problems, 17 simultaneous medications, and 12 sessions of electroconvulsive therapy. She lost parts of her past memories - then rebuilt her future with Carnivore nutrition.

Now thriving at 52, Jessyca explains how removing her fear of dietary fat and meat helped restore clarity, satiety, and freedom around food, while years of therapy and personal work helped her address the emotional roots of disordered eating. Her story is ultimately one of hope: you are not too far gone, and your best days can still be ahead of you.

Today, Jessyca is a health coach dedicated to helping others transform their relationship with food, health, and their bodies through nutrition, education, and hope.

FIND & FOLLOW JESSICA:

* Facebook: Jessyca McDaniel Reynolds

* Facebook Page: Coach Jessyca

* Instagram: @CoachJessyca

* Name spelling: Jessyca - J-E-S-S-Y-C-A

🎙️ CONNECT WITH CARNIVORE EVOLUTION

-Mark Ennis, health and fitness coach

[email protected], and on both Instagram and YouTube @fitnessbeyondtime01 and @carnivoreevolution2024

-Victoria Olson, health coach and author of ‘Troubleshooting Your Carnivore Diet’ on Amazon https://a.co/d/00WnRF0I , can be reached at [email protected]

And on Facebook in the group: Carnivore Diet After Age 40.

🎙️ Carnivore Evolution:

Follow Carnivore Evolution @carnivoreevolution2024 on your preferred social media platform and podcast app. Our email is [email protected]

Thank you for watching and listening. Please Subscribe, Like and Comment. We make no profit. Your input helps us get the word out about the Carnivore diet.

#Carnivore #CarnivoreDiet #CarnivoreEvolution #FoodFreedom #EatingDisorders #AnorexiaRecovery #BulimiaRecovery #BingeEating #MentalHealth #WeightLossJourney #HealthTransformation #CarnivoreTransformation #MetabolicHealth #Nutrition #Healing #Keto #LowCarb #FatAdapted #Obesity #HealthOver40

From chronic pain, weight struggles, and constant hunger to better health, energy, and satiety through a gradual transition to carnivore. Eugene shares his three-year journey, why calorie restriction repeatedly failed him, how he transitioned from a conventional diet → keto → carnivore, and what changed physically and mentally along the way.

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# From Chronic Pain to Carnivore: Eugene’s 60+ Pound Transformation

Eugene spent years struggling with weight gain, chronic pain, poor sleep, numb hands, chest pain, blurry vision, cravings, and low energy. Traditional calorie restriction stopped working—and the harder he tried to eat less, the harder it became to maintain.

His journey eventually took him from a conventional diet to keto and finally to carnivore. Over time, he lost more than 60 pounds, his chronic symptoms dramatically improved, his cravings came under control, and he discovered a completely different relationship with food and hunger.

In this episode, Eugene explains what he learned about calories, insulin, satiety, electrolytes, fat adaptation, the carnivore transition, cheat days, seed oils, and why a gradual approach worked for him.

He also shares the practical side of living carnivore in Barcelona, eating at restaurants, adjusting meal frequency with the seasons, and why he believes carnivore can benefit both people dealing with health problems and those simply looking to improve physical and mental performance.

A powerful personal story about changing the way you eat—and changing the way you feel.

This conversation is personal experience and general discussion, not medical advice. Anyone with a medical condition or taking medication should work with an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

FOLLOW EUGENE:

- Eugene: Instagram — @thecarnivorefriend

Eugene shares his carnivore experience, observations, and practical insights

🎙️ CONNECT WITH CARNIVORE EVOLUTION

-Mark Ennis, health and fitness coach

[email protected], and on both Instagram and YouTube @fitnessbeyondtime01 and @carnivoreevolution2024

-Victoria Olson, health coach and author of ‘Troubleshooting Your Carnivore Diet’ on Amazon https://a.co/d/00WnRF0I , can be reached at [email protected]

And on Facebook in the group: Carnivore Diet After Age 40.

🎙️ Carnivore Evolution:

Follow Carnivore Evolution @carnivoreevolution2024 on your preferred social media platform and podcast app. Our email is [email protected]

Thank you for watching and listening. Please Subscribe, Like and Comment. We make no profit. Your input helps us get the word out about the Carnivore diet.

#CarnivoreDiet #Carnivore #CarnivoreLifestyle #CarnivoreTransformation #CarnivoreJourney #WeightLoss #ChronicPain #FatAdaptation #KetoDiet #LowCarb #InsulinResistance #Satiety #MetabolicHealth #CarnivoreEvolution #TheCarnivoreFriend

Candice spent years believing she was doing everything right for her health, yet she struggled with chronic acid reflux, burning mouth syndrome, nerve pain, infertility, and other debilitating symptoms.

Doctors repeatedly told her everything was “fine,” despite the fact that she was in significant pain and searching desperately for answers for many issues.

Then her brother introduced her to the carnivore diet. Within weeks, Candice began coming off prescription medications and experiencing dramatic improvements. Nearly three years later, she shares how Carnivore transformed her health, her energy, her relationship with food, and ultimately her journey through infertility and pregnancy.

In this compelling conversation, Candice discusses her experience with multiple rounds of IVF, her husband’s dramatic improvement in sperm count after adopting Carnivore, and her successful pregnancy while eating Carnivore, and the birth of her son. She also explains why she continues to eat a predominantly beef-based diet, what happened when she experimented with adding in plant foods, and how she approaches feeding her children.

Our conversation explores fertility, saturated fat, thyroid health, cholesterol, triglycerides and HDL, CAC scores, electrolytes, sodium, under-eating, metabolic health, and the importance of questioning conventional nutritional advice.

Challenging conventional nutrition and medical assumptions through one woman’s remarkable carnivore journey, from chronic illness and infertility to improved health, pregnancy, and a thriving family.

If Candice’s story resonates with you, share this episode with someone who may be searching for answers of their own.

CONNECT WITH CANDICE:

On TikTok, Instagram & YouTube: Meat With Jesus @meatwithjesus

🎙️ CONNECT WITH CARNIVORE EVOLUTION

-Mark Ennis, health and fitness coach

[email protected], and on both Instagram and YouTube @fitnessbeyondtime01 and @carnivoreevolution2024

-Victoria Olson, health coach and author of ‘Troubleshooting Your Carnivore Diet’ on Amazon https://a.co/d/00WnRF0I , can be reached at [email protected]

And on Facebook in the group: Carnivore Diet After Age 40.

🎙️ Carnivore Evolution:

Follow Carnivore Evolution @carnivoreevolution2024 on your preferred social media platform and podcast app. Our email is [email protected]

Thank you for watching and listening. Please Subscribe, Like and Comment. We make no profit. Your input helps us get the word out about the Carnivore diet.

#CarnivoreDiet #Carnivore #CarnivoreLifestyle #Fertility #Infertility #WomenHealth #Pregnancy #CarnivorePregnancy #MetabolicHealth #ChronicIllness #AutoimmuneHealth #AnimalBased #HighFatDiet #ThyroidHealth #CarnivoreEvolution