One Diet that Always Works
When I was preparing to sing at Carnegie hall in 2019 I had two essential goals for my nutrition plan. It had to allow me to get leaner, and it had to be anti-inflammatory.
When you are a singer, and you eat anything that causes inflammation, the first place you notice it is in your voice. The vocal chords have to lengthen, shorten, and vibrate in perfect sync with the demands of the singer’s intentions.
The vocal chords, like the heart and the digestion, are autonomic. Here is the definition of autonomic:
1 : acting or occurring involuntarily autonomic reflexes. 2 : relating to, affecting, or controlled by the autonomic nervous system or its effects or activity autonomic drugs.
Autonomic | Definition of Autonomic by Merriam-Webster
Any inflammation will reduce the vocal chords’ ability to respond to autonomic reflexes.
I Went Carnivore in March of 2018
I expected to lose body-fat and have more energy, but I didn’t expect more glowing skin, more hair growth, smaller moles, and extra high notes at the top of my vocal range. It was as if eating mostly meat and animal foods had reset my body’s growth regulation to increase growth where I wanted it, and limit growth where I didn’t.
How is it possible that one diet could help me lose fat, and grow longer thicker hair at the same time? I believe that the healthy action of the Carnivore diet comes from the way it heals hyperinsulinemia.
Here is the definition of hyperinsulinemia:
Hyperinsulinemia (hi-pur-in-suh-lih-NEE-me-uh) means the amount of insulin in your blood is higher than what’s considered normal. Alone, it isn’t diabetes. But hyperinsulinemia is often associated with type 2 diabetes.
Hyperinsulinemia: Is it diabetes? – Mayo Clinic
I believe that the Carnivore Diet allowed me to improve my insulin response to food to the point that my entire body was able to perform better.
Eating in the Time of Covid-19
When we went into physical distancing in March of 2020, all of my singing events were cancelled, and I decided to go back to a low-carb diet that incorporated many vegetables and some fruits. My appetite increased immediately, and my motivation dropped. I attributed this to the lockdown blues, but since I returned to Carnivore after Thanksgiving a little more than 3 weeks ago, the sun has come out, my motivation has returned, and I’ve even lost some fat.
I have decided to claim the right to eat mostly meat, but I have designed the meal plan I posted here in order to keep my meat consumption at or below the amount of meat consumed by the average American which, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was about 10 ounces of meat per day in 2019. The meal plan above contains 10 ounces of red meat. It is my opinion that red meat is safe and healthy in the absence of sugar, grains, and processed vegetable and seed oils.
I intend to honor the animals I eat in order to live by living fully with honesty, integrity, and generosity. Now that I eat mostly meat, I consume less of everything, including meat. I look forward to consuming less and creating more.
Here’s to a happy, healthy, productive future for all of us.
Catherine
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