MBB 52: Kristin Barishian: Conquering the Boston Marathon with a Fat Fueled Lifestyle

Kristin Barishian is a CPA and marathon runner from Boston, MA. Kristin has struggled with an eating disorder for most of her life, being diagnosed with anorexia in high school and having a revolving door experience with hospitals and eating disorder clinics. For the past 20 years, prior to the carnivore diet, Kristin followed a low fat, moderate protein and high carb diet to fuel her training runs, as she thought this was the perfect diet for a marathoner. She ate 6-8 times per day as she was always hungry. Her daily diet consisted of two very, very, very large salads a day, lots of rice cakes, puffed rice cereal, egg whites, turkey, chicken, non fat plain greek yogurt, protein powder and protein bars. She drank a ton of diet coke and other low calorie beverages to fill her up, and was ingesting up to 20 packets of fake sweeteners per day. She was depressed and had high anxiety all the time, and constantly thought about food.

Kristin was diagnosed with anemia in October 2018 and was hospitalized for five days. She spent the next two months getting iron infusion on a weekly basis. As a result, she turned to the keto diet, which was extremely scary for her as she was afraid of red meats and fats. The keto diet saved Kristin's life. Not only did it help cure her anemia, but it helped lower her anxiety and give her mental clarity. After a year of doing the keto diet, Kristin decided to experiment with the carnivore diet, as she still felt like she was addicted to the sweeteners and she still had stomach pains and bloating from eating so many veggies. The carnivore diet has helped Kristin feel free from food addiction, while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. After successfully running Baystate Marathon in Lowell as a keto marathoner, Kristin is excited to run her first Boston Marathon April 20, 2020 as a carnivore marathoner.  

Kristin loves the carnivore community and is so appreciative of all the people she has reached out to and who has helped guide her through her meat journey :) Kristin is a CPA who loves working with keto and carnivore companies as their accountant. The Firm she works for, Marcum LLP, provides tax and accounting services, and one of our niches is the food and beverage industry. Skype: Kristin Barishian Instagram @keto.marathoner. Thank you for listening today! If you are enjoying our podcast please subscribe and leave us a review. We love hearing from you! For more information on our Mind Body BREAKTHROUGHS online coaching program and Network, please visit www.mindbodybreakthroughs.com For savings on the Otto Wilde Grill using code: paleopharma10 and Dr Nevada Gray PharmD content, please visit www.thepaleopharmacist.com For Chris Donohue content please visit www.carnivoreketocoach.com