Christian Carnivore

Pizza, sandwich bread, bagels, English muffins, pastries, bread bowls, pasta, crackers, sweet muffins, pie, cookies, cakes, and did I mention pizza, pizza, pizza???

Regularly I would indulge in all these gluten/wheat-filled delights. Eating an entire 12″ pizza was not unusual for me. Same with eating an entire box of pasta. Just a normal meal for me until 2018. So what happened that year?

Going through a break-up, I was super emotional, even more so than expected. I kept sleeping long hours, crying, had digestive issues, increased hair loss during showers. Seriously, I thought I was sinking into depression over this ended relationship. Somehow the issue of Celiac disease and gluten intolerance came up, probably in a documentary I watched on Netflix.

I remember a woman saying she was paralyzed, and couldn’t move for years, until she removed gluten from her diet. Totally crazy, right?? The documentary interviewed other people with wheat issues, and the side effects ranged from depression to body pain to IBS (irritable bowel syndrome). After months of being emotional, increasing stomach issues, more hair loss and waking up feeling way older than 35, I looked into gluten intolerance. My symptoms fit.

At a doctor’s visit, I brought up my issues, and discussed if I might have an intolerance. Based on a blood test, I wasn’t “intolerant” of gluten. This is common even for someone who actually is gluten intolerant. So I would have to do a biopsy of my intestines to know for certain. I said No to that. For the depression, my doctor suggested medication. I refused, and said I would try removing gluten from my diet instead, and would let her know the results later.

Here is a list of all the symptoms I experience with gluten:

Once I noted all my symptoms from eating gluten (confirmed after I removed gluten in 2018), I realized some of these symptoms actually started a couple years prior. The two symptoms I experiences before were the bubbles under my skin and the flatulence from gluten. Feeling relief from all the symptoms was so needed!

But why am I cutting out gluten this December if I had removed gluten from my diet already? Well……..I let gluten creep back into my diet, one slice of bread at a time. I was back up to 5 servings of gluten on some days. And it caused depression and higher emotions all over again. My rational was to test if 1 piece of pizza or bread would bother me. After 18 months without steady gluten, the one piece didn’t seem to bother me. So more and more gluten creeped back into my diet.

Fast forward to December 2025, and my symptoms from gluten have been similar again. The emotional swings haven’t been as severe, but the tiredness and mild depression have been far too noticeable. And that picture of bubbles under my skin was taken this December. Gluten needed to be removed from my diet AGAIN, regardless of the Carnivore diet. Carnivore was just the impetus.

Since removing gluten on December 5th, a week ago, I’ve already noticed less hair loss and a slight improvement to my energy levels, as well as a reduction in my flatulence. I would love to see even more improvement in my energy levels with Carnivore, but I will report back as I progress!

Thank you for following along with my journey! May God bless your coming and going!!