{"id":13457,"date":"2024-07-25T20:32:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=13457"},"modified":"2024-07-25T20:32:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:32:17","slug":"woman-switches-strict-vegan-diet-for-animal-only-and-reveals-the-changes-in-her-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=13457","title":{"rendered":"Woman switches strict vegan diet for &#8216;animal only&#8217; and reveals the changes in her body"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"summary_summary__q_VAA\">Laura Sliazaite claims she&#8217;s felt &#8216;amazing&#8217; since ditching her vegan diet for protein and diary<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><strong>A former raw vegan has revealed how her health improved after she took up the controversial carnivore diet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Followers of the\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/celebrity\/news\/mikhaila-peterson-steak-only-diet-piers-morgan-107659-20231231\">carnivore meal plan<\/a>\u00a0tend to exclude vegetables, fruits and other carbohydrates from their diet in favor of\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/animals\">seafood<\/a>, meat, eggs and water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Due to the elimination of most\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/food-and-drink\">plant foods<\/a>, the diet can raise cholesterol levels and increase the risk of impaired kidney function,\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/nutrition\/what-is-the-carnivore-diet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a>\u00a0Howard E. LeWine, MD of Harvard Health Publishing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt31bcbc5655c3f66d\/66a2507292e623916c98e6dd\/Jam_Press_JMP522305.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt31bcbc5655c3f66d\/66a2507292e623916c98e6dd\/Jam_Press_JMP522305.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=750&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt31bcbc5655c3f66d\/66a2507292e623916c98e6dd\/Jam_Press_JMP522305.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=828&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt31bcbc5655c3f66d\/66a2507292e623916c98e6dd\/Jam_Press_JMP522305.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt31bcbc5655c3f66d\/66a2507292e623916c98e6dd\/Jam_Press_JMP522305.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt31bcbc5655c3f66d\/66a2507292e623916c98e6dd\/Jam_Press_JMP522305.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt31bcbc5655c3f66d\/66a2507292e623916c98e6dd\/Jam_Press_JMP522305.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt31bcbc5655c3f66d\/66a2507292e623916c98e6dd\/Jam_Press_JMP522305.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt31bcbc5655c3f66d\/66a2507292e623916c98e6dd\/Jam_Press_JMP522305.jpg 3840w\" alt=\"Laura Sliazaite claims she's felt the benefits of the carnivore diet. (Jam Press) \" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Laura Sliazaite claims she&#8217;s felt the benefits of the carnivore diet. (Jam Press)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">However, there are some\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/health\">health<\/a>\u00a0benefits to the intense diet; potentially jumpstarting a\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/news\/health\/weight-loss-loose-skin-surgery-cole-prochaska-736420-20240625\">weight-loss<\/a>\u00a0program and improving your blood sugar regulation. Though it is not recommended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">One woman who claims to have felt the improvements is Laura Sliazaite &#8211; a former strict raw\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/vegan\">vegan<\/a> who previously struggled with joint pain and bleeding gums.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Before 2014, the 39-year-old admitted suffering from itchy skin and low vitamin levels after living a meat-free lifestyle for 13 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Due to being a self-described food \u2018obsessive\u2019, Sliazaite wanted to know whether her diet was the root of her problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">So, she began to re-introduce various food groups back into her diet; eggs and dairy first before fish and meat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Sliazaite then challenged herself to complete a month on the carnivore diet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Speaking about the early days of her experiment, the IT specialist\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsthejam.com\/health-and-fitness\/i-went-from-being-vegan-to-eating-steak-every-day-people-say-ill-have-heart-attack-but-ive-never-been-healthier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>\u00a0What\u2019s The Jam: \u201cAfter the first of the 30 days, I started feeling so amazing, full of energy, and my digestion was better.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7bbc6f4e03a9336e\/66a25088767e892c928ae1e0\/Jam_Press_JMP522314.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7bbc6f4e03a9336e\/66a25088767e892c928ae1e0\/Jam_Press_JMP522314.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=750&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7bbc6f4e03a9336e\/66a25088767e892c928ae1e0\/Jam_Press_JMP522314.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=828&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7bbc6f4e03a9336e\/66a25088767e892c928ae1e0\/Jam_Press_JMP522314.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7bbc6f4e03a9336e\/66a25088767e892c928ae1e0\/Jam_Press_JMP522314.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7bbc6f4e03a9336e\/66a25088767e892c928ae1e0\/Jam_Press_JMP522314.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7bbc6f4e03a9336e\/66a25088767e892c928ae1e0\/Jam_Press_JMP522314.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7bbc6f4e03a9336e\/66a25088767e892c928ae1e0\/Jam_Press_JMP522314.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7bbc6f4e03a9336e\/66a25088767e892c928ae1e0\/Jam_Press_JMP522314.jpg 3840w\" alt=\"The 39-year-old was previously a raw vegan. (Jam Press)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">The 39-year-old was previously a raw vegan. (Jam Press)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cI decided to do 100 days, and by the time that had finished, I knew this was going to be my lifestyle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Sliazaite claims her colleagues \u2018laughed\u2019 at her when she first took up the carnivore meal plan as she would eat \u2018a lot of butter and a lot of meat\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She added: \u201cI get a lot of bad comments on\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/instagram\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0saying I will soon be dead, I will clog my arteries, I will die from a heart attack, and that I\u2019m ruining my digestion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">However, Sliazaite hasn\u2019t allowed the trolls to dissuade her from continuing the controversial diet &#8211; mainly due to its continued \u2018health benefits\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cI feel the carnivore diet changed something in my brain,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cMy sleeping issues completely disappeared, so now I touch the pillow and I am out, and I wake up before my alarm &#8211; whereas before I would barely sleep three hours a night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0750dcb2f2ae4e5a\/66a250a253949190d2b5a71c\/Jam_Press_JMP522306.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0750dcb2f2ae4e5a\/66a250a253949190d2b5a71c\/Jam_Press_JMP522306.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=750&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0750dcb2f2ae4e5a\/66a250a253949190d2b5a71c\/Jam_Press_JMP522306.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=828&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0750dcb2f2ae4e5a\/66a250a253949190d2b5a71c\/Jam_Press_JMP522306.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0750dcb2f2ae4e5a\/66a250a253949190d2b5a71c\/Jam_Press_JMP522306.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0750dcb2f2ae4e5a\/66a250a253949190d2b5a71c\/Jam_Press_JMP522306.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0750dcb2f2ae4e5a\/66a250a253949190d2b5a71c\/Jam_Press_JMP522306.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0750dcb2f2ae4e5a\/66a250a253949190d2b5a71c\/Jam_Press_JMP522306.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt0750dcb2f2ae4e5a\/66a250a253949190d2b5a71c\/Jam_Press_JMP522306.jpg 3840w\" alt=\"Sliazaite claims the meal plan has also improved her grocery bill. (Jam Press)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Sliazaite claims the meal plan has also improved her grocery bill. (Jam Press)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cI had eczema and body itchiness my entire life, sometimes so bad it felt like my body was on fire &#8211; this has disappeared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The Londoner further claimed that her &#8216;body shape has improved&#8217; since she ditched the veggies and that her digestive issues have &#8216;gone&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She said: \u201cMy hair has never been more shiny, and even my eyesight has improved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cMy energy is always stable now &#8211; I don\u2019t have the dips where I need a snack or get coffee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Interestingly, Sliazaite also claims that her bank account has felt the benefits of switching off from a raw vegan diet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She alleged that before becoming a meat eater, she would routinely\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/money\">spend<\/a>\u00a0\u00a3100 ($130) a week on nuts, berries and greens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cBefore starting the carnivore diet I thought it&#8217;s going to be quite expensive, but I spend way less money now,&#8221; Sliazaite revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cI do my grocery shopping once or twice a week and I get lots of steaks, lots of beef mince, organic eggs, some cheese and double cream for my coffee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She added that her grocery shop now costs around \u2018\u00a350 ($64) to \u00a370 ($90) a week\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Sliazaite claims she&#8217;s felt &#8216;amazing&#8217; since ditching her vegan diet for protein and diary&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":74,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}