Old Marine

Hey, Geoff! I’m new here as of today, when I watched your interview on Healing Humanity. I was looking for a vid to send to some family members who really need to try this Carnivore Diet, but seem to want to tell me how cutting out veggies and carbs is not good health science! I could only reply, “Well, how’s that working out for YOU?” I’m only hoping and praying that they will hear something in your testimony that will cause them to perk up and give it a mere 30 days out of their unhealthy & obese life. I’ve got a few years on you…in age (81 in Sep). I was researching for over 2 yrs trying to find something to help my wife, when I came on to the Carnivore diet. Last Dec 28th we were preparing to go on a Daniel Fast for 21 days along with our church starting on Jan 5th (which we’ve done for the past 13 yrs)…never a problem, but it’s just opposite of the C.D.! And it never really helped her healthwise, but we were doing it for other purposes. I approached her with us trying the Carnivore Diet at the same time time period of the Fast, but she was reluctant…until she watched the vid I asked her to view, “Dr. Ken Berry’s 33 questions answered!”. I really thought at that time there was something about this diet that would help everyone…even though I’ve heard doctors say, “It’s NOT for everyone!” I guess that might be true IF you are in perfect health and have no weight or disorders! But, even if that were true, it’s only be a matter of time BEFORE you do have issues as you age. Who knows what the Carnivore Diet would have prevented, had you been on it? My wife said, “Well, if we do this I think we ought to give it a minimum of 90 days!”…and THAT seemed like a little miracle to me! So, I agreed to do it with her…and we started on Jan 5th. Today is Mar 30th and she is looking great, lost a lot of weight already, and her “gut issues” have not flared up after week one! I, on the other hand, have a problem…I can’t GAIN any weight!…which is my goal in recovering from the effects of Covid 19 and blood clots in the lungs…and circulation issues that seem to cause my fingers on the right hand to turn Yellow from the 2nd knuckle out to the end…if exposed to cold things…like shopping and handling meat at the grocery store, etc. Back in July I had a recurrence of the clots (and was put back on a blood thinner Apixaban (VA says for the rest of my life) and have gone from 200 down to 175lbs at 6’3”…which I haven’t weighed that little since Vietnam in 1969! (in my 12th month was wounded pretty badly and after 10 days in a mash unit in DaNang I weighed 154! (I was 217 lbs when I went over and barely 10% body fat!) Marine Corps kept you in pretty good shape! I seems to be in a catch-22. The Carnivore Diet fills me up and I’m not really hungry, but I’ve lost a lot of muscle weight from the condition I was facing when we started on the Carnivore…so, I’m not losing weight BUT just can’t seem to gain it! I’m too skinny, bro! I’d love to hear any comments from anyone who might be able to give me some pointers to gain about 20 lbs of muscle! Which I had and was working out on weights & riding my mountain bike at 79…then suddenly, POW!…this thing hit me. Most say it’s just my age, but I simply cannot or refuse to buy that explanation! I just don’t think you look and feel one way at 79 and you turn 80 and just go to pot!! I will kick this…with the right help, as I AM motivated! (Trying to figure out how to reach out to someone like Dr. Baker who’s a body builder, maybe for some advice.)…any help there would be appreciated as well. Thanks, and sorry for the long message…just wanted to stir up some help comments for me, if possible! And, may help others as well. Semper Fi - jerry P.S….below pix my hand at H.E.B.!…and my brother WWII Navy vet died last year at age 95 (our dad died in 1994 at age 94! He was a ranch foreman for Gov “Ma & Pa” Ferguson of Texas back in the day! (What stories they both had for me growing up in Central Texas!)