Hi all!

I have recently had a melanoma removed from my parotid gland and have been put on pembro immunotherepy for a year to make sure its all dealt with.

I have just turned 50, I want to lose a few pounds and also give my body the best chance to keep the ol' cancer at bay. A few weeks ago I thought I would do a test run with the carnivore diet for a week and was very strict with it for the full 7 days. I cant lie, after 2 days I was getting bored of eating just meat and eggs but I set the goal and followed through with it. I did lose a few pounds, probably just water weight but I'll take that anyway - I was only having 2 meals a day but both were very filling. When I stopped the diet I noticed immediately how bloated I felt going back to bread and pasta etc.

So I wanted to check in with all you who have stuck to it with a couple of questions if that's ok?

Does anyone have any knowledge of the effects of the carnivore diet whilst on immunotherepy, if any at all? My original oncologist (he has now retired) just said to eat 'normally' and I have yet to speak to his replacement for any advice. I am not sure when that will be, hopefully very soon. Unfortunately the chemo/immunotherrepy nurses cant give any advice on these matters- they couldn't confirm if I was immuno compromised when getting a live vaccine for my dog let alone offer any information on this subject. Would a keto/carnivore diet in itself be of benefit for me with regards to either preventing the return of or fighting existing cancer?

Also, how do you chaps deal with the monotony of meals? What sources for recipes would you recommend ? I am in the u.k. and decent cuts of meat can be very expensive so any pointers on cheaper meats would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance for any advice you can give!

Dave

I take Rituxan every six months for an auto-immune disease called Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder. It is an immunotherapy drug.

Once I was on carnivore I came off the daily prednisone and Neurontin. It took maybe 4-5-6 weeks and I no longer needed those two medications.

I have been on a strict carnivore diet for 14 months and have seen no issue with 'carnivore and immunotherapy'. I always suggest talking with your doctor, as I am not a doctor and the only medical degree I have is via youtube and Google, and I am sure they don't count. LOL

Carnivore has been a super positive experience for me. Zero regrets and pretty much zero negatives.

I'm 55 off medicine, lost 95 pounds and will soon have a conversation with the Neurologist about stopping the immunotherapy. My AQP-4 and Igg and IgA numbers have drastically improved since going carnivore.

Talk to your doctors. Some will be understanding of your diet choice and some, not so much. And some, will even preach against it. My Neurologist says he is not exactly ready to medically recommend carnivore for his patients but seeing my successes he wishes some of his other patients would give me a call. Believe it or not that is a lot of progress withing the medical community.

Welcome to the board. The carnivore is working for me, and I do a six hour infusion every six months of Rituxan. (I don't know how that translates to your particular medicine, so you will have to do the leg work....)

Good luck. And welcome.

Scott

Thanks for the reply Scott - all sounds very positive for you! 95lbs weight loss is amazing! I’d be over the moon to lose about 20lbs to get down to around 14 stone.

Hopefully I’ll get to talk to my consultant soon, I had a pet scan on Monday last week so am due some results in the near future.

I started back on carnivore today , I’ll stay on it until I’ve spoken to the doc and see what he has to say.

Thanks again!

I wouldn't see the harm.

I'm a big fan on longer water fasting. It has been my subject of research as of late.

Tons of information about the positive effects of longer fasting on cancer cells to go along with the positives of eliminating sugars.

I believe fasting has played a huge role in my blood work improvements along with the carnivore approach.

I feel like they are a winning combination.

Best of luck with the scan results.

Scott