Carnivore Keto Diet Ruined My Relationship with Food
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Food is supposed to be simple. You eat, you move on, you live your life. But when you have years of asthma, allergies, gut issues, and chronic pain, food stops being neutral. It turns into a tool, a trigger, and sometimes a trap.
In this episode, Tristan shares a raw look at how chasing “the right diet” reshaped his relationship with food, starting with a childhood built on ultra-processed staples, moving through a vegan phase that seemed to help at first, and then hitting a breaking point when his family saw a scary health issue show up in their daughter’s teeth. It is personal, it is honest, and it lands on a question a lot of parents quietly carry. What if the way we are trying to eat healthy is missing something big?
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Tristan Haggard is the voice behind the Primal Edge Health podcast. He’s helped thousands find health through nutrient-dense eating, keto, and carnivore diets by focusing on real food, simple habits, and a holistic approach to wellness. He’s also into homesteading and raising his family with a back-to-basics lifestyle.
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Episode Highlights
Tristan rewinds to 2008–2009, when he and Jessica started experimenting with diet to improve health. After a childhood of asthma, allergies, digestive issues, chronic inflammation, and too many rounds of antibiotics, food stopped being “just food” and became a lever he could pull to feel better. Add scoliosis, a major hip and back injury in his early 20s, and years of pain. He was ready to try anything that promised relief.
They started where a lot of people start. They cleaned up the junk, then tried plant-based and vegan approaches that felt helpful at first. But over time, they kept running into the same pattern. When animal foods came back in, even occasionally, they felt better. Later, a frightening issue with their daughter’s teeth pushed them to dig deeper into nutrition, leading them toward Weston A. Price’s work and a new way of thinking about what “healthy” actually means for families.
In this episode:
- How Weston A. Price’s research shifted their view of traditional diets and modern food.
- Tristan’s early health struggles, and why diet became a serious focus.
- How “cleaning up” food can help at first, but still miss key pieces.
- What they noticed every time they reintroduced animal foods.
- Why their daughter’s dental problems became a wake-up call.
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