I'm a SUGAR ADDICT who Tried Carnivore For 30 Days: THIS HAPPENED...
In a Nutshell
Tammy, a severe sugar addict with fibromyalgia and multiple medications, switched from keto to carnivore after 30 days, experiencing lifted brain fog, reduced inflammation, 10-pound weight loss, better sleep (off Trazodone), calmer mood ("carnivore zen"), and glowing skin. She manages cravings with fatty foods like bacon and power bowls, emphasizes community support from Healing Humanity for addiction recovery, and advises easing in via keto for long-term carb addicts while testing personal tolerances. Key takeaways: prioritize one-ingredient meats, increase fat for healing, ignore scale weight (focus on clothes fit and energy), and lead by example—her progress inspires despite slip-ups, proving carnivore heals even deep addictions.
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Tammy describes having many medications, possibly to support other medications, and admits to loving sugar and food with high sugar addiction, especially chocolate and crackers.
Carrie from Healing Humanity welcomes Tammy back. Tammy appeared a month ago before starting carnivore, discussing health issues including fibromyalgia, husband's cancer diagnosis, and interest in carnivore's healing potential despite fears. Carrie emphasizes asking questions and understanding nuances before starting.
Update on Tammy's progress one month later: did she start carnivore, current status, new questions, revisit original video comments.
Tammy started keto for about a week, tired of counting calories and reading packages. Transitioned to carnivore within that week using basics like hamburger. Noticed brain fog lifting, improving each month. Fibromyalgia inflammation and neck surgery inflammation decreasing. Still on medications, unsure of combined effects. First keto grocery shop: stayed on store perimeter. First keto meal: short ribs and shrimp.
Husband not started yet but eating; slowly integrating him. Doctor supports carnivore. Joined Healing Humanity community; completed Heal the Addictions course with Linda/Lynn. In school full-time, does courses on weekends. Impressed by questions/comments from original video. Participated in Healing Humanity panels, YouTube with Grandma (community member), support from cousin Bob, friend Amanda (has question for Carrie).
Carrie praises Tammy's progress from serious sugar addiction, similar to her own past. Tammy surprised at how well she's doing. Carrie asks about managing food addiction and food noise.
Trial and error. Ate out: eggs and sausage okay. Avoided Piggly Wiggly grocery store fried food (tried twice). Church function: tried salad with hidden sugar (Jell-O). Keeps bacon, pork rinds, dairy (cream cheese dip) available. Hides others' food out of sight. Husband and housemate respect her strictness, cook extras separately. Listens to body: eliminates problematic foods, can reintroduce later. Learning personal tolerances.
Healing Humanity.life membership: 50% off, 12 Zoom calls/week, doctors, experts, Q&As, Inspire Together, courses. Lack of community main reason for failure on proper human diet.
Be like a scientist/food detective. One-ingredient foods safest; prepared foods tricky. Carbs convert to glucose even without sugar. Fried chicken example: seed oils inflammatory, possible breading carbs. Avoid seed oils long-term. Suggestion: cook chicken in beef tallow (e.g., Charger Mopar Rick's heart attack chicken, better than KFC, no seed oils/breading).
Keep fatty foods handy (bacon, ground beef); cravings often mean insufficient fat. Full fat satiates. Early carnivore: brain/stomach crave sugar/carbs. Abstain fully to kill bad gut bacteria causing noise via gut-brain axis; noise switches off permanently. Slip-ups refeed bacteria, reset progress—get back on immediately. Easing in via keto helped avoid shock.
Tries baked options. Varies beef cooking. Loves power bowls (beef, hamburger, egg, butter, bacon). Mostly meat/dairy now; tunes into body without journal due to health issues. Sunday slip-up caused sickness; now prepares (purse bacon/eggs). Lost 10 pounds (scale may not be accurate), but focused on feeling better: sitting up for homework, more active, better patience/temperament with granddaughter, less worn down.
Drinks morning coffee (not giving up yet), sparkling water and regular water. Slow process; community members reached out with resources.
Scale lies: carnivore gains muscle and bone density, loses fat—net zero possible despite progress. Clothes fit better (no "Dunlap disease," buttons shirts). Focus on feeling. Smart scales track trends (muscle gain, fat loss).
Calmer demeanor with grandkids. Carnivore induces carnivore zen: calm, chill vs. standard diet road rage/mood swings. Improves over time—energy/mood elevate further.
Carnivore shopping: man asked if feeding family of 12 with meat; explained diet. Learned from group: lead by example (Bob lost massive weight, Amanda improving). Shares as Christian: thinner face, hair needs washing less (almost a week).
Face thinner, glowing (before/after shown). Dumping oxalates from plants; adding fat to help, considering green/black tea. Skin tighter.
Increase fat, decrease protein slightly for faster healing. Power bowls for fat. Chuck roast slow-cooked (fatty, tolerable). Tammy bought chuck roast (Instant Pot short ribs with butter/salt good), beef tallow, bone broth. Bone broth heals gut (sip as soup).
Gut screams after off-plan food (Sunday effects linger into Tuesday). Learning process.
Suggest starting with keto before carnivore, especially after decades of carb-heavy diet including candy, carbs, and soda. At nearly 53-54 years old, 50+ years of conditioning requires a brain change. Body heals impressively: in just weeks, reduced inflammation, improved sleep, tightening skin despite years of damage. Carnivore reveals exact triggers for issues, unlike standard American diet with 50+ ingredients per box where causes are unknown.
Now reading labels meticulously—never did before. For first week of carnivore, ate only what was on hand without shopping, then shopped carefully.
Hope Michelle (popular comment): Has candy and pure sugar addiction, can quit carbs but craves sugar; adding it to coffee during imperfect carnivore helped. Advice to ease in stirs controversy—some prefer cold turkey, others gradual. Do what works for you; everyone's situation differs. Carnivore success is individual.
Dairy and Personalization
Planning to slowly eliminate some dairy to test effects, but currently needs it (from Wisconsin, loves cheese). Uses creamer in coffee (only sugar source), limited to teaspoon serving size.
For healing, strict carnivore ideal, but easing in increases success odds—many fail cold turkey due to shock.
Margaret: Went cold turkey 4 weeks ago, gained 8 pounds on meat, eggs, fish, little dairy—no sugars/sodas. Possible body composition changes: gaining muscle/bone density despite scale weight. Check clothes fit/measurements.
Keep coffee/cheese as bridge, but limit cheese to condiment (e.g., on burger). Avoid big bags of cubed cheese—addictive, leads to overeating. If stalled, dairy often culprit; drop cheese/dairy for 1 week to restart weight loss. Body prioritizes healing (e.g., fatty liver, inflammation) before fat loss.
Amanda: Strict carnivore (beef, butter, salt, black coffee) since March 2025, has rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. No meds now, but ongoing flare-ups/pain. Healing can take long—greater the wound, longer to heal (quote from Bill Nod). May take years; other benefits like reduced inflammation, better sleep/energy still occur. Compare to worse state off carnivore.
Eat until comfortably full—no weighing, calculators. For Ehlers-Danlos, add collagen from bone marrow/broth. Invite Amanda to membership site for deeper dive (exact foods, fat ratios). Community helps—e.g., Amy Hosp with same condition succeeds via connective tissue/bone marrow.
Carnivore not boring: beef shanks for bone marrow/collagen/connective tissue (vs. ribeye); inexpensive, nutritious, different effects. Use Instant Pot for short ribs, beef shanks.
Tammy boned out spare ribs for short ribs, saved bones for marrow. Craving/enjoying fats now (e.g., ham fat gel)—previously disgusting, now mood/sleep/energy boost from fat.
Tammy slept through nights last 2 without 200mg Trazodone (sleep med). Plans to discuss reduction with doctor. Previously on many meds (photo shown). Wean off properly with doctor—especially mental health meds. Host weaned off Trazodone successfully.
Headaches improved significantly.
Tammy not worried about dropping fiber—didn't eat much veggies/plants anyway, mostly junk (e.g., processed ramen from incarceration origin of addiction). Stayed regular.
Fiber unnecessary on clean carnivore; misinformation from junk studies (food frequency questionnaires funded by cereal companies like Cheerios). On standard diet, fiber might slightly dampen poisons, but irrelevant without poisons.
Read labels: even "zero" items have dextrose, red dye 40. No cereal since keto (loves it, tried oatmeal—failed). Fast food studies ignore bun/fries/soda, blame tiny meat patty for diseases.
Processed foods designed addictive; companies profit while consumers get sick/addicted/fibromyalgia. Time wasted on doctor visits, long grocery trips (now 30 min vs. 1.5 hrs). Upset taught family standard plate (potato, veggie, meat)—could have helped son (28) earlier. Now doing better with new knowledge.
Rid candy first week. Family adapts for 3-year-old granddaughter (sends carnivore treats). Training mindset.
Inspired by Bob, found Carrie/Healing Humanity, Dr. Chaffee, Emma's recipes. Community/resources prevent frustration.
Open invite for 60/90-day update. Many following Tammy's journey. Excited for spring walks, Montello event with Amanda. Premiere Healing Humanity documentary there soon—covers common questions.
Appreciation for Carrie's work.
The discussion emphasizes addressing questions and concerns while inspiring people to try carnivore. Healing like this is hard not to share. Bob found healing and wanted to tell the world; now viewers have this healing from one video. Tammy's example after 30 days will inspire many: someone with sugar addiction and all those candy bars was able to do it, so they can too. This creates a powerful ripple effect.
I'm excited to see where it goes.
Tammy is not on YouTube yet due to being busy with school but is considering it after seeing the previous video and the questions like "how's she doing?"
Hey, if you want to get going on YouTube, I'll help you out. But it's great because you can be held accountable. You can inspire people.
Fair warning: YouTube is a lot of work. Many people get mad because they weren't told how much work it is.
In the meantime, Tammy is always welcome and can be found at Grandma's Crochet Corner. Grandma is amazing; they had a good time last night.
Well, I'm gonna let you go.
All right. Thank you so much. We'll be in touch again soon. Have a good day.
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