Woman claims she has transformed her body and mind with a meat only diet – but is it safe?

(Picture: PA Real Life) Jillian Faith, 34, says she has transformed both her body and mind by eating a meat only diet for four months. After years of suffering from PTSD, she spotted the extreme ‘caveman diet’ on social media and decided to give it a go in a bid to improve her general wellbeing. Now her daily menus begin with breakfast of elk meat and beef with beef fat, followed by a bowl of bone broth later in the day and finally a supper of beef brains, liver and beef fat – all only just cooked. But although Jillian, who lives in California, U.S., claims she is healthier than ever, experts aren’t totally convinced. UK nutritionist and spokesperson for the British Dietetic Association, Linia Patel, is not surprised that Jillian is feeling so much better on her high protein, high animal fat diet, because ditching carbs can help to stabilise blood sugar levels. Her weight loss has resulted from her body having to burn fat for energy, but Linia warned that such an extreme diet does have drawbacks. ‘Wholegrains and plant foods are important for building the good bacteria in the gut, but animal protein does the opposite and feeds the bad bacteria,’ she warned. ‘There is no one diet that works for everyone, but you have to ask is this way of eating sustainable and the best way to eat in the long term? ‘People on this kind of diet may struggle to do any high intensity exercise and, since we know exercise is important for stress relief and sleep amongst other things, we would always recommend a more diverse.’ Jillian, who was a bassoonist and drummer for the US Army reservists for nine years, says she was left traumatised from a combination of events but particularly […]

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