Hi, I’m Jen. I’m delighted to meet you! And on social media, I’m @delightedtomeatyou. See what I did there?

I grew up in the 80s when everyone ate processed crap like fish sticks, tv dinners, boxed macaroni and cheese, SpaghettiOs, and sugary cereals. The crazy thing is, we called it “food.” My mom was very young, and my dad was not in the picture so we were on welfare. Even if it would have been en vogue to eat fresh fruit, veggies, and meat, I’m not sure we could have afforded it.

When I was 7 years old, I had a terrible throat infection that I had to take antibiotics to treat. Then I came down with a rash that wouldn’t go away. I saw several doctors, but nobody could figure out what was wrong with me. Eventually, I saw a dermatologist, and he knew right away that I had psoriasis. From that moment on, I became the girl who was different.

My mom slathered me in creams and concoctions every night, I had to wash my hair with tar shampoo, and I started regularly going to a tanning bed in 5th grade! In middle school, I wore pantyhose under my gym shorts to disguise the scales on my legs. There are so many more stories like this that I could tell you, but let’s fast forward.

When I was about 15 years old, not only was I dealing with psoriasis but I also thought I needed to lose weight so I could look like Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera. I started severely restricting my calories for a few days at a time, losing 5 pounds and feeling like the hottest girl in the world, and then binge eating all the weight back on in a matter of days.

In my late 20s, I began paying A LOT more attention to what I was eating. I started making fruits and especially veggies the main ingredients of my meals and snacks. I prioritized lean meats and tried to keep the sugary junk to a minimum. The only problem was, I still couldn’t stop binge eating. My psoriasis also continued to get worse over the years.

In my 30s things got even worse, both the binging and the psoriasis. I tried going gluten-free, dairy-free, and I even went plant-based for a while…all with no significant improvement in either of my issues.

In 2019, I started taking an immunosuppressant injection for my psoriasis and my skin became completely clear. It felt like a miracle. I was still binge eating, but I was able to keep my weight in a pretty good range by mostly sticking to a (very heavy on the plants) keto diet.

Then, in 2020 I got another BAD throat infection. What happened next is a VERY long story. Suffice it to say that the throat infection led to a horrific rash called Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis covering my whole body. That eventually cleared up, mostly. But 6 months later I was covered head to toe in psoriasis, much worse than I had ever been before, even though I was still taking my immunosuppressant injection. What the heck???

I saw so many doctors: Internal Medicine, Dermatology, Infectious Disease, Rheumatology, ENT…none of them could help me get to the root of the problem. I finally got fed up and paid A LOT of money to see a Naturopath. He did a bunch of tests with my blood, urine, and even my poop but didn’t find a whole lot going on. Luckily, I took him up on the offer when he suggested that I visit with the nutritionist that he had on staff.

The nutritionist’s name was Amy. She is one of the greatest heroes of my life. She suggested that I try the carnivore diet as an elimination diet with the expectation that I would eventually add plants back once I was healed. I left her office with some hope for the first time in a long time.

Again, this is a LONG story. I’ll spare some of the details, but suffice it to say that I dove right into the diet and my skin was clear within 6 months. But when I tried adding other foods back in, my binge eating disorder was back with a vengeance.

I about took 9 months off from the diet to get hold of my binging, and then I had an epiphany. I felt my absolute best when I was a carnivore. There are MANY carnivores out that have been eating nothing but animal products for years, and they are thriving. I wanted to be like them. I wanted to feel like I did when I was strictly carnivore.

That’s when I decided that I didn’t want to simply be on the carnivore diet…I wanted to BE a carnivore. Since February 9, 2022, I have been a carnivore. During that time I haven’t had one binge. Not a single one. That, in itself, is a miracle. Then in September 2022, I took my very last immunosuppressant injection. At the time of this writing, it’s been 8 months since I’ve taken medications for my psoriasis!

I’m so grateful to be binge free for over a year and completely over the moon to have clear skin without the need to inject poison into my stomach to suppress my immune system. Because of my experience, there is nothing more fulfilling to me than helping other people find the same type of healing that I’ve found.

I’m a Doctor of Physical Therapy, so I’ve had the privilege of helping thousands of people over the years, but I believe that I can help so many more by spreading the word about how MEAT HEALS. So that’s what I do now. I still work part-time as a therapist, but I work full-time providing coaching and encouragement to people that are trying to dig their way out of the dark hole that I was once in.

If that’s you, there is nothing I’d love more than to work with you.