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Give The Carnivore Diet ENOUGH Time To Heal Properly

2025-10-06 Education
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Anthony Chaffee MD
Anthony Chaffee MD
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Carnivore Success: Metabolic Health, Mental State, and Data-Driven Experimentation

Discover how leading a strict Carnivore lifestyle eliminated lifelong anxiety and depression while achieving significant 50-pound weight loss. Learn why focusing on root causes, not just symptoms, unlocks true metabolic health correction.

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  • Jenny Mitich achieved a total weight loss of 50 pounds over three years on the Carnivore Diet.
  • Lifelong severe anxiety and depression completely resolved after switching to an all-meat diet.
  • Initial metabolic improvement was confirmed quickly: average blood glucose dropped from the low 100s to the 80s in just one month.
  • The discussion critiques generalized pharmaceutical solutions (like GLP-1 agonists) that fail to address underlying dietary habits, often leading to weight regain.
  • Successful metabolic correction often requires addressing hormonal signaling issues, particularly Leptin resistance, which can delay visible weight loss.

This conversation features content creator Jenny Mitich detailing her success leveraging the Carnivore lifestyle, backed by personal data collection (N of 1 experiments). The host and guest explore deep dives into metabolic markers, the limitations of treating symptoms solely with medication, and the powerful body composition shifts seen when underlying hormonal blockades are removed.

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Jenny Mitich used the Carnivore Diet to lose over 50 pounds and has passed along what she learned to help thousands of people transition to the Carnivore lifestyle. She is a long-term Carnivore and full-time content creator who is passionate about helping people take charge of their metabolic health. She believes that people should know their numbers and empowers them to do so with her educational Carnivore content and engaging N of 1 experiments. Her new book Complete Carnivore will be released November 2025. Jenny resides in the Chicagoland area with her husband, Goran, and twin sons, Max and Harry. She enjoys reading, traveling the world, and devouring ribeyes. Social media links: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JennyMitich Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100053642923442 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamamitich/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realjennymitich Preorder Links for my book COMPLETE CARNIVORE: Amazon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Carnivore-Achieving-Through-Meat-Based/dp/1628605766/ B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/complete-carnivore-jenny-mitich/1146838850?ean=9781628605761&st=AFF&2sid=Random%20House%20Inc_8373827_NA&sourceId=AFFRandom%20House%20Inc Target: https://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=9781628605761&clkid=90438253N6c2f11eea9df03dae139e2fb&cpng=PTID1&lnm=81938&afid=Penguin%20Random%20House&ref=tgt_adv_xasd0002 For international viewers: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Complete-Carnivore-by-Jenny-Mitich/9781628605761 🌐 Discover More Resources, Guides, and Updates at My Website www.DrAnthonyChaffee.com - Your Hub For All Things Health and Nutrition Join My New YT Membership Today! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzoRyR_nlesKZuOlEjWRXQQ/join 🥩 New to the Carnivore Diet? Start Here → https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkkRSboRx_u2ymm3qL2PvUiwSa8KWvmk7&si=JxY6BlMx3A5RxtwX 👥 Join Our Carnivore Community On Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/AnthonyChaffeeMD 🏆 Join Our Carnivore Challenge → https://www.howtocarnivore.com/ 🎙 Listen to the Podcast → https://open.spotify.com/show/0WQtoPLuPMWWm3ZT3DYXzp?si=1bc2c970be8c421f 📸 Follow on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/anthonychaffeemd 🎵 Follow on TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@anthonychaffeemd 📘 Follow on Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/achaffee6 🐦 Follow on Twitter/X → https://x.com/anthony_chaffee ✅ Join my PATREON for early releases, bonus content, and weekly Zoom meetings → https://www.patreon.com/AnthonyChaffeeMD ✅ Book a 60-minute consultation with Dr. Chaffee → https://calendly.com/anthonychaffeemd/60-minute-consultation ✅ Don’t forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe for more insightful content! ✅ Linktree → https://linktr.ee/DrChaffeeMD Sponsors & Affiliates: ✅ Stone and Spear tallow and soaps → https://www.stoneandspeartallow.com/?ref=gx0gql8b 💲 Discount Code: CHAFFEE for 10% off ✅ Carnivore T-Shirts → https://www.plantfreetees.com ✅ The Carnivore Bar → https://the-carnivore-bar.myshopify.com/?sca_ref=1743809.v3IrTuyDIi 💲 Discount Code: Anthony for 10% off all orders ✅ X3 Bar System → https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-100676052-13511487 💲 Discount Code: DRCHAFFEE ✅ Schwank Grill (Natural Gas or Propane) → https://glnk.io/503n/anthonychaffeemd 💲 $150 OFF with Discount Code: ChaffeeMD This podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast is at the user’s own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professionals for any such conditions. Dietary and lifestyle changes are only part of the complete health picture, the impact of which will depend on each person’s individual circumstances. It is important to stay under the care of appropriate health care professionals, whose advice should be sought before making any substantial dietary or other changes.

Top Comments (10)

@AnarSchism. 2025-10-06

Expensive? 22:56 I am a very low wage old guy. Still working a low wage job at 70 yrs old. I found switching to carnivore, organic beef, grass fed ... is not only healthy, but cheaper and easier than paleo or low carb

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@johnallen7367 2025-10-08

Give it time? Australian man, retired airforce aircrew. I went carnivore 2yrs ago at 63. I reversed 50yrs of ibs, gastric reflux, abdominal pain and bloating in a week. I lost 30kg in 5mths. I reversed t2 diabetes in 5 weeks. I was able to bin my 5 heart meds safely by 3mths. My mental health transformed in weeks. My testosterone and bedroom issues did take a year, but improve they did. My arthritis disappeared in about a month. Med free, back at work. Carnivore for life.

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@JennyMitich 2025-10-06

Thanks for having me on Dr. Chaffee! It was a blast chatting with you 😀

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@user-yb9hi3us4p 2025-10-06

carnivore seems to be working for thousands of people. hundreds of thousands, if not millions really. in the last few months I've seen a massive increase in bots and trolls running to carnivore content to flood comments with the usually lies and negative nonsense about carnivore going to kill us. So it must be starting to have an impact on the food or pharmacy industry for them to fund these lunatic accounts. so good job, carnivores. a steak a day puts the doc out of business!

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@afishon2nd 2025-10-06

At 71 years young and 8+ years carnivore I'm still seeing health improvements albeit at a much slower rate. Over the years I have put on about 8lbs pounds from my lowest but I feel fantastic and I'm not worried about it, after all I'm not a 21 year old. I stay with this lifestyle for the health benefits since I am a 10 year heart attack survivor who is totally med free.

77 4 replies
@jillyven 2025-10-06

When I told my doctor my blood pressure went away when I lost the carbs she changed the subject

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@Cruskxp 2025-10-26

This people on carnivore diet have the healthiest skin I ever seen.

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@debbierobinson 2025-10-08

I'm meat based mainly carnivore, no longer on MS medicine. MRI'S showed no active MS, just some scaring from older lesions. This is after MS 20+ years. No more high blood pressure. No more Chronic Kidney Disease. No Kidney stone blockages No more sleep apnea. No more insulin resistance. Joints not as achy. Wt. originally 409/411 years ago (didn't know about carnivore then) did all kinds of diets. Approximately 2 years ago, 360's trying more meat based foods now down to 258. Use a walker for safety. I just want to throw away the walker, but have had so many falls. All thanks and praise goes to God!

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@SCAScribe 2025-10-25

Ms. Mitich is 100% right when she says, “If we’re all healthy imagine what we can do!” We should be furious our leaders have turned the U. S. into one of the sickest and fattest in the world, for MONEY!

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@lorimarie6887 2025-10-06

A doctor once told me their's no money in health.

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