Christian Carnivore

Ever since I realized my body was starting to reject gluten/wheat products, I’ve been upset (which is an understatement). After 30+ years, my body betrayed me. I had been eating pasta, pizza and baked goods all my life. So you better believe I was praying to God to ask Him to heal my gluten intolerance. Believing in faith that the gluten intolerance would miraculously heal. Believing that when I went on a trip to Israel, the wheat products there wouldn’t bother me. Well……that miracle didn’t happen.

God knows the struggles I’ve had with food and my weight since I was a toddler. God knows I could eat 3 fast food meals in 1 day, and still feel hungry. God knows that I could eat an entire half gallon of ice cream in 1 night. He knows that eating a large pizza by myself was normal for me.

As weird as it may sound, I believe gluten intolerance was the first step to me figuring out my weight issues. Gluten and sugar are so addictive to me that I just keep eating. I eat, but then I’m hungry for more under 2 hours later. Being completely satisfied on real food, without snacking or “needing” dessert, was rare for me.

One night I was praying to God in absolute frustration with myself, my weight, my lack of control with food, my lack of energy and my depression. “God, I’m just so angry at myself. I wish I could figure this out. I’m so tired of being sad, of being depressed, and just wanting to keep eating. I hate that I have no discipline with anything. I just want to do good in Your eyes, to have the energy to do good things that honor You. I don’t know what to do to fix any of this. God, help me figure this out.”

Then God answered my prayer differently than I expected. One night on YouTube, a video by Kerry at HomesteadHow was suggested, probably because I had recently been searching about high protein eating. I ignored this video at first, because I didn’t want to watch anything about homesteading. I was trying to figure out my weight and energy issues, and not thinking about my future dream of a homestead.

But I finally read the title, and watched the video. The first time I ever heard about Carnivore eating was during this video. And so my research began. I watched video after video, all the while trying out high protein meals. Eating these meals helped me realize how much more satisfied I was afterwards, and how much longer I stayed pleasantly full without cravings after meals. Every “carnivore” meal since has confirmed how much this way of eating satisfies my hunger for a longer period of time. Carb-loaded meals never made me feel this way!

So has God answered my prayer of how to eat and feel satisfied? And does Carnivore require giving up gluten and sugar to feel that satisfaction? I believe the answer is “YES” to both. Right now that freedom from intense hunger and cravings, with minimized hair loss, improved energy and mood…..all of this feels like answered prayer. Is Carnivore my forever answer? I don’t know, but it is the answer for now. I plan to give Carnivore a minimum of 1 year to see what improvements I experience. Currently, I have no desire to try anything but Carnivore eating!

I thank God that He answers prayers in the best ways for us, not in the ways we think is best. God knows everything. He knows what we want, but He knows better. With this, I just offer my thanks and praise to my loving Father in Heaven. He loved me before I knew His name, and He’s been wanting me to choose Him and to love Him my whole life. God, I am so grateful for this unexpected answer, and I trust in You with my life. May God bless you, dear reader, with an answered prayer of your own, even it’s different.

Just in case you haven’t seen his YouTube channel yet, here’s a video by Kerry at Homestead How: