The Original Carnivore Family: Charlene Andersen on Going Viral Before "Carnivore" Was Even a Word

Well, I think you're just such a blessing and your story is so powerful because there is just that misconception that you eat beef all the time.

You're going to drop over dead.

And yet here you are, you, your husband, your beautiful children, now adult children that are healthy, happy and thriving.

And it's a testament to just the power.

of beef and we've been lied to we've been absolutely lied to i often say that since 1980 when the dietary guidelines for americans were created and that pyramid had us eating nine servings of bread a day and fruits and vegetables and meat dairy and eggs were like way at the top and that has impacted schools and the military and daycares and hospitals and nursing homes And we've been sold a bill of goods that's a lie that has led people to becoming weaker and sicker, chronic illnesses, diseases, cancer, heart disease.

I mean, your story is unique to you, but yet there's millions of Americans who, if they heard that, they could relate to parts of it because they are sick.

and unwell and then in my work in the beef industry and the cattle side of things it's like i've seen animal rights activists and climate change extremists infiltrate some of these dietary guidelines recommendations and so now all of a sudden you have these alternative agendas that are impacting what we eat and how we eat.

And finally, we're seeing this ripple where people are like, I no longer believe the lies.

The government got it way wrong.

The propaganda has been out there.

There is a lot of benefits for a society that's weak and a permanent customer of the medical system.

And yet at Meatstock, where you and I finally got to meet, there's 1500 people.

It's projected to be 3000 people next year.

And every person I talked to, they were on their own health journey.

Maybe they had been enjoying great health for a decade, or maybe they were in year one, just trying to figure it out.

But the one theme I saw was there was grateful people and joyful people because they were finally nourishing their bodies, their minds, their lifestyles with something that was responding well to them.

And I guess, you know, To give people advice, you were your own N1 experiment of seeing like all these illnesses play out and how your body reacted.

What advice do you have for people if they're going to do, you know, an elimination type diet and go straight to meat? I mean, how do you get over the cravings? How do you get over the loss of like, well, everybody else eats normal.

I mean, do you have some tangible advice for practically doing this diet?

Yeah, well, everybody's different.

Everybody has their vices that really, really get to them.

You have to know yourself well.

You have to figure out what your weaknesses are and try to get rid of those.

Some people it may be easy, but for those who crave sugar or carbohydrates, which is most people, you got to eat enough.

I think you got to eat enough fat.

Well, I think you're just such a blessing and your story is so powerful because there is just that misconception that you eat beef all the time.

You're going to drop over dead.

And yet here you are, you, your husband, your beautiful children, now adult children that are healthy, happy and thriving.

And it's a testament to just the power.

of beef and we've been lied to we've been absolutely lied to i often say that since 1980 when the dietary guidelines for americans were created and that pyramid had us eating nine servings of bread a day and fruits and vegetables and meat dairy and eggs were like way at the top and that has impacted schools and the military and daycares and hospitals and nursing homes And we've been sold a bill of goods that's a lie that has led people to becoming weaker and sicker, chronic illnesses, diseases, cancer, heart disease.

I mean, your story is unique to you, but yet there's millions of Americans who, if they heard that, they could relate to parts of it because they are sick.

and unwell and then in my work in the beef industry and the cattle side of things it's like i've seen animal rights activists and climate change extremists infiltrate some of these dietary guidelines recommendations and so now all of a sudden you have these alternative agendas that are impacting what we eat and how we eat.

And finally, we're seeing this ripple where people are like, I no longer believe the lies.

The government got it way wrong.

The propaganda has been out there.

There is a lot of benefits for a society that's weak and a permanent customer of the medical system.

And yet at Meatstock, where you and I finally got to meet, there's 1500 people.

It's projected to be 3000 people next year.

And every person I talked to, they were on their own health journey.

Maybe they had been enjoying great health for a decade, or maybe they were in year one, just trying to figure it out.

But the one theme I saw was there was grateful people and joyful people because they were finally nourishing their bodies, their minds, their lifestyles with something that was responding well to them.

And I guess, you know, To give people advice, you were your own N1 experiment of seeing like all these illnesses play out and how your body reacted.

What advice do you have for people if they're going to do, you know, an elimination type diet and go straight to meat? I mean, how do you get over the cravings? How do you get over the loss of like, well, everybody else eats normal.

I mean, do you have some tangible advice for practically doing this diet?

Yeah, well, everybody's different.

Everybody has their vices that really, really get to them.

You have to know yourself well.

You have to figure out what your weaknesses are and try to get rid of those.

Some people it may be easy, but for those who crave sugar or carbohydrates, which is most people, you got to eat enough.

I think you got to eat enough fat.