CARNIVORE EVOLUTION

Calories: The Truth is in Here

Health Coach Sarah Franklin of ‘In the Buff Wellness’ spent years in pharmaceutical sales, training doctors on cardiac and diabetic medications while quietly falling apart herself.

She was thirty-five pounds overweight, with cystic acne, high blood pressure, Sarah had an ER trip for a ruptured ovarian cyst, all while her labs came back “perfect.”

In this episode, Sarah breaks down how she went from keto to Carnivore and turned her health, and her career, completely around.

Sarah is a Carnivore fitness nutritionist specializing in hormones and metabolism. She’s built a practice helping clients lose weight and specializing in actually keep it off.

We get into why calories aren’t the whole story, why high fat Carnivore can backfire just as badly as high protein, and why so many women are chronically under-eating without realizing it.

Sarah also shares her take on GLP-1s, why doctors so rarely address diet as a root cause, and what her own daily eating and training routine is like.

If you’ve ever been told your labs are fine, but you feel terrible, this conversation is for you.

CONNECT WITH SARAH

On Instagram and YouTube @inthebuffwellness

Website: http://inthebuffwellness.com

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.

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 #MetabolicHealth #HormoneHealth #InsulinResistance #WeightLossJourney #KetoToCarnivore #WomensHealth #FatAdapted #CarnivoreEvolution #NutritionCoach #GLP1 #AncestralHealth #FatLoss #CarnivoreLifestyle

We talk with Kelly McCullough, registered dietitian, nutritionist, public speaker and health coach Kelly McCullough of Focus Forward Nutrition joins the show to talk metabolic health, root causes over symptoms, and what’s really happening with GLP-1 medications.

After 35+ years in clinical practice and her own health turnaround (50 pounds down in five months after a scary lab result), Kelly shares why “normal” blood markers don’t always mean healthy, and how mindset drives lasting change.

Kelly’s approach isn’t strictly ketogenic or Carnivore, but her focus on protein, non-starchy vegetables, and steady blood sugar lines up with a lot of what we talk about on this show. It’s a great lively conversation about how conventional nutrition guidance and metabolic health advocacy can actually meet in the middle.

Stop chasing symptoms and find the root cause.

CONNECT WITH KELLY

LinkedIn and Facebook: Kelly McCullough

Email: [email protected]

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.

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

#Carnivore #focusforwardnutrition #RegisteredDietitian #MetabolicHealth #MetabolicDysfunction #GLP1 #InsulinResistance #VisceralFat #BloodSugarBalance #BodyComposition #RootCauseHealing #WeightLossJourney #HealthyAging

#CarnivoreEvolution #CarnivoreDiet

Mark and Victoria are joined by three guests for a conversation about raw meat feeding for dogs and cats.

Mark tells how his late dog Rocky lived 3 years longer than his cancer prognosis of 6 months on an all-meat raw diet.

Brett Lee - The Canine Carnivore Guy - returns to share how he transitioned his own animals to a raw, ruminant-focused diet along with his approach to kibble, bones, and building a raw feeding community. Brett also tells how he, too, has lost pets to cancer.

Rahim and Tina of the Irish Canine & Carnivore page on Instagram join us to talk through how Tina transitioned Rahim’s guide dog Paris to a raw diet. Tina makes her podcast debut alongside partner Rahim, a returning guest. Find his video in our recent posts.

The group covers many topics like why ruminant meat (beef, lamb, goat, deer, elk, etc.) is favored over poultry and pork, how to transition a pet from kibble to raw meat, sourcing meat for pets from local butchers, feeding cats a raw diet, how to add fish in a pet’s diet, guidance on bones, and the emotional side of losing a longtime companion. 🐕🦮🐩🐕‍🦺🐈🐈‍⬛🐾🥩❤️

CONNECT WITH BRETT

Brett Lee, The Canine Carnivore Guy

On Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube:

The Canine Carnivore

Instagram: @the_canine_carnivore_guy

Website (coming soon): caninecarnivore.com

CONNECT WITH TINA & RAHIM

On Instagram: Irish Canine & Carnivore, @irishcanineandcarnivore

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.

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.

#RawFeeding #CarnivoreDog #RawFedDogs #DogNutrition #CanineCarnivore #rawfeddog #carnivorecat #RawFedCat #PetHealth #KibbleFree #DogHealth #cathealth #CarnivoreEvolution #AncestralFeeding #RuminantMeat #PetOwnerTips

From competitive bodybuilder to taking TRT at 22, to nearly 100% Carnivore, Monte’s story is one you need to hear.

In this episode, Monte shares his journey through bodybuilding, depression, high-volume training, and TRT - and what finally made him realize his diet and training were working against him.

We get into why so many young men turn to TRT before fixing the basics, what happens when you don’t eat enough fat, why modern bodybuilding looks so different from Arnold’s era, and how Monte went from training seven days a week to just three, while building more strength and muscle.

We also discuss overtraining, cortisol, carbs and muscle building, training intensity, reverse dieting, and how Monte worked his way up to eating over four pounds of meat a day without gaining fat.

If you’re a bodybuilder, lifter, or anyone questioning whether the “clean” diet is actually helping you, this conversation is for you.

CONNECT WITH MONTE

Find Monte on Instagram @montedjpumpingshark and check out his podcast, Cheers to Well-Being @cheerstowellbeingpodcast

#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.

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

#CarnivoreDiet #WeightLoss #ZeroCarb #AnimalBasedDiet #diet #coach #coaching #addiction #sugar #fat #carbaddiction #foodaddiction #sugaraddiction #metabolicgealth #TRT #Bodybuilding #MetabolicHealth #CarnivoreEvolution

Karen S. Miles has been Carnivore for six and a half years, and her story is packed with real results. As a PE teacher, she lived with persistent ankle and joint pain for years, but within just three days of switching to a strict Carnivore diet, her inflammation dropped and the pain was completely gone.

In this episode, Karen brings her great energy to talk about how the diet transformed her body, her energy, and her overall health, especially after moving away from the “junk” foods she was still eating on Keto.

She also shares the incredible story of her husband’s cancer remission from Stage 4 on Carnivore, as he recently celebrated his two year Carniversary with great symptom relief and increased daily activity.

Karen is a Kelly Hogan-certified Carnivore diet coach who works alongside Kelly on retreats and at events, and she has spent the past five years helping organize Carnivore meetups across Illinois, including a beloved annual gathering. Her life-affirming journey is proof of what consistency on this way of eating can do for pain, energy, and life.

CONNECT WITH KAREN

Instagram: @karen.s.miles.3

YouTube @carnivoretwins1135 with co-host Jackie Jones

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.

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

#CarnivoreDiet #WeightLoss #ZeroCarb #AnimalBasedDiet #diet #coach #coaching #addiction #sugar #fat #carbaddiction #foodaddiction #sugaraddiction #kellyhogan

Elly is a biologist and health coach who helps women become healthy and happy through the Carnivore diet.

In a lively, frank and informative conversation, Elly tells us her personal Carnivore journey, as well as the challenges she’s worked through as a Carnivore coach. We cover such topics as food addiction, resistance to dietary fat, the question of adding carbs, and more.

CONNECT WITH ELLY

Find Elly on Instagram @ellyrestoreshealth

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.

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

#CarnivoreDiet #WeightLoss #ZeroCarb #AnimalBasedDiet #diet #coach #coaching #addiction #sugar #fat #carbs #foodaddiction

What happens when a woman stops fearing fat, stops obsessing over the scale, and starts listening to how her body actually feels?

Meet Lydia, aka Carnivore.Bod, a British women’s Carnivore coach who’s been thriving on Carnivore for three years. Inspired initially by Dr. Anthony Chaffee, Lydia went Carnivore cold turkey and never looked back.

Today, she leads a growing Carnivore community, with 2,000+ members in her UK-only private Facebook group, Strong Carnivore Women 🇬🇧, and more than 12,000 followers on her Carnivore.Bod Facebook page, and 23,000 on Instagram.

Lydia’s message is refreshingly simple: How do you feel? Not just, What does the scale say?

She’s a passionate advocate for eating animal fat, especially for women who have spent years hearing low-fat eating is The Answer. She believes Carnivore is about far more than weight loss, it is about strength, vitality, confidence, and reclaiming your health.

Lydia also believes that finding your Carnivore community matters. From her Page and women’s group, to Carnivore retreats led by Dr. Sarah Pugh, she’s actively building real connections within our growing movement.

She has lead the way by hosting a Carnivore Great Britain Meat Up on her farm property, bringing together many prominent voices including Eddie Abbew, Dr. Abs, Jonathan Griffiths, Sarah Pugh and others, with more events planned.

She also shares her practical approach through her “How To” Carnivore Guide, designed to help people navigate their own Carnivore journey.

And Lydia has a bold perspective on what Carnivore can mean for women: “The Fountain of Youth.” For Lydia, there is no ‘carb return’.

In this conversation, Lydia shares her journey, her philosophy, her advice for women considering Carnivore, why animal fat deserves a place on the plate, and why community may be one of the most important ingredients for long-term Carnivore success.

If you’re a woman (or a man) considering Carnivore, or struggling to make it work, you’ll want to hear what Lydia has to say.

CONNECT WITH LYDIA

Facebook: carnivore.bod and

Strong Carnivore Women 🇬🇧 (UK residents only)

Instagram: @carnivore.bod

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.

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

#CarnivoreDiet #WeightLoss #ZeroCarb #AnimalBasedDiet #diet #coach #coaching #addiction #sugar #fat #carbaddiction #foodaddiction #sugarsddiction #GBMU #carnivore.bod #StrongCarnivoreWomen

Rahim Nazarali has been visually impaired since birth, but that never stopped him from becoming a world-class judo athlete, winning international championships twice, graduating from university, building a professional career, running a marathon, competing in a triathlon, and embracing outdoor adventures.

Then rheumatoid arthritis changed everything. Years of debilitating inflammation, 15 rounds of antibiotics and immunosuppressants, and the devastating stress of serious illness in both parent, and his father’s passing, took a heavy physical and emotional toll.

Then Rahim discovered keto, followed by Carnivore. The results were life-changing: his arthritis pain eased, related infections subsided, and he was able to refuse potentially risky medication, and reclaim the active life he loved.

This is a remarkable story of resilience, transformation, and refusing to let illness define your life.

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.

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

#CarnivoreDiet #WeightLoss #ZeroCarb #AnimalBasedDiet #diet #coach #coaching #addiction #sugar #fat #carbaddiction #foodaddiction #sugarsddiction #blind #visualimpairment #rheumatoidarthritis #rheumatoid_arthritis #judo #marathon #triathlon

We are grateful for this fascinating conversation with, Dr. Robert Cywes, aka “The Carb Addiction Doc, as he explains how and why he embraced the concept of carbohydrate addiction long before it entered mainstream discussion.

Though Dr. Cywes supports and prescribes ketogenic principles, he posits that carbs aren’t inherently the enemy, but that humans have a broken relationship with them, and our chronically excessive consumption of them causes us harm.

He also shares what he’s discovering through CCTA (coronary computed tomography angiography) imaging and Cleerly AI plaque analyses, as he investigates the relationship between low-carb diets and arterial plaque creation, with early trends pointing toward potential benefits for heart health.

When asked whether his research will become a peer-reviewed paper, Dr. Cywes has a surprising answer: he’s doing something more impactful. He’s working to help rewrite the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners’ cardiac assessment guidelines.

We also discuss his opinion on the current and forthcoming GLP medications and how they work. He selectively uses very-low-dose GLP-1 medications in some patients. He tells why, and also why a ketogenic approach remains the foundation of his treatment, and one he says he would never abandon for himself, nor use a GLP-1.

There’s a lot more information packed into this interview. Dr Cywes is very generous with his time and information. I could listen to him impart wisdom all day.

NOTES

Re the Angelina Jolie gene

Angelina Jolie carries a mutation in the BRCA1 gene, which significantly raised her lifetime risks of developing breast cancer (estimated at 87%) and ovarian cancer (estimated at 50%).

In 2013 she had a preventive double mastectomy to lower her breast cancer risk to under 5%. In 2015, she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed, as a preventive step against ovarian cancer, which had previously caused her mother's death.

A CCTA with FFR is Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography with Fractional Flow Reserve, a non-invasive heart test. It combines a detailed 3D CT scan of your heart arteries with advanced computer analysis. This test shows both the structure of your blood vessels and how well blood flows past any blockages.

CONNECT WITH DR CYWES:

On YouTube

Dr. Robert Cywes M.D. Ph.D. #CarbAddictionDoc is at @DrCywesCarbAddictionDoc

Website: Obesity Understood

https://obesityunderstood.com/robert-cywes-md-phd/

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.

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

#CarnivoreDiet #WeightLoss #ZeroCarb #AnimalBasedDiet #diet #coach #coaching #addiction #sugar #fat #carbaddiction #GLP-1 #retatrutide

This conversation was inspired by a recent video of a teenaged US “diet coach” suggesting illegal use, as well as dosage, of retatrutide, while offering a means to acquire it on the gray market. Retatrutide is currently illegal to acquire in the US and Canada. Its expected release, upon approval by the FDA in the US, is late 2027 or early 2028.

Retatrutide is a “stacked” GLP-1, meaning it activates three hormone receptors. These are:

* GLP-1 (Glucagon-like peptide-1): Lowers blood sugar, slows stomach emptying, and signals fullness to the brain.

* GIP (Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide): Stimulates insulin release and works with GLP-1 to improve metabolic function.

* Glucagon (GCG): Stimulates energy expenditure and helps the body break down stored fat and liver fat.

Retatrutide has been observed to reduce weight by as much as 28% within a 52-week period, the speed of which can only assume muscle and bone loss.

Coach Tony Stewart has been helping clients who have unsuccessfully taken, or come off of, single-activator (agonist) GLP-1s.

Tony walks us through the many hurdles GLP-1s present, and explains the potentially negative impact of retatrutide, which is still being studied. Retatrutide is a bundle of “unknowns,” especially when taken without medical supervision, a nutrition education program, or exercise for muscle preservation, and worst of all, when purchased on the gray market, where the ingredients are unknown.

Notes from Tony on info given in the video:

* Longest randomized semaglutide trial: ~4 years

* Participants: 17,604

* Stopped because of side effects:

* Semaglutide: 16.6%

* Placebo: 8.2%

* Main reason for stopping: Gastrointestinal side effects (especially nausea and diarrhea)

* Total deaths:

* Semaglutide: 375 (4.3%)

* Placebo: 458 (5.2%)

Of those - 16% had Serious adverse events of which 33.4% were Semaglutide and 36.4% were Placebo.

The semaglutide group experienced fewer serious adverse events overall, largely because they had fewer major cardiovascular events…the primary outcome the study was designed to assess.

Reports cited by Tony:

Safety profile of semaglutide versus placebo in the SELECT study: a randomized controlled trial

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39948761/

Clinical review - semaglutide (Wegovy) - NCBI bookshelf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK601688/

CONNECT WITH COACH TONY STEWART

YouTube video podcast The Meat of the Matter @MOTM2025, and Tony Stewart @tony_foodforthought

On the web at:

Tony Stewart Coaching

Tonystewartcoaching.com and

Life After GLP-1s

https://lifeafterglp1s.com

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.

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

#CarnivoreDiet #WeightLoss #ZeroCarb #AnimalBasedDiet #diet #coach #coaching #glp1 #retatrutide #wegovy #ozempic #semaglutide #semiglutide