Digital Social Hour
Vegan to Carnivore: How Meat SAVED My Life and Mental Health | Judy Cho DSH #943
02 Dec 2024
The Diet That Saved Me From Mental Illness - Watch this incredible story of transformation through food! 🙌 Former plant-based advocate Judy Cho shares her powerful journey from mental hospital to complete healing through the carnivore diet. After 12 years of struggling with eating disorders and severe depression, Judy discovered how changing her diet completely transformed her mental health and life. Learn the shocking connection between gut health and mental wellness, why traditional treatments failed, and how meat-based nutrition provided the key to recovery. Judy, now a nutrition expert, explains the science behind food's impact on mood, shares evidence-based insights on parasites, mold exposure, and the truth about "healthy" foods that may be harming us. From battling eating disorders to becoming a respected nutrition expert helping thousands, Judy's story proves that what we eat directly impacts our mental health. Whether you're struggling with mood disorders, curious about carnivore eating, or interested in the connection between diet and mental wellness, this episode delivers eye-opening insights that could change your perspective on nutrition forever. Join Sean Kelly and Judy Cho for this raw, honest conversation about mental health, healing, and the power of proper nutrition. Ready to challenge everything you thought you knew about diet and mental wellness? Watch now! 🎯 #carnivorediet #mentalhealthawareness #ketodiet #mentalhealth #fiber CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Judy's Life-Changing Diet 06:00 - Depression and Diet Connection 11:28 - Benefits of Raw Milk 13:25 - Breastfeeding with Diabetes 16:02 - Understanding Vaccines 17:28 - Mercury in Dental Fillings 19:47 - Impact of Parasites on Health 22:54 - Overcoming Sugar Cravings 24:34 - Carnivores vs. Vegans Debate 27:19 - Importance of Vitamin D 27:52 - Understanding Mold Illness 29:44 - Water Quality Testing 31:31 - Importance of Meat Quality 39:41 - Insights from Paul Saladino 44:18 - Blood Test Reference Ranges 45:17 - Nutritional Benefits of Eggs 46:20 - USDA Cholesterol Guidelines 46:54 - Find Judy Online APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Judy Cho https://www.instagram.com/nutritionwithjudy/ https://www.nutritionwithjudy.com/ SPONSORS: BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com/DSH LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Full Episode
And something along the way of having the eating disorder, my plant-based diet, as well as getting on the antibiotics, I had a mental breakdown. My family didn't know what to do with me, so they put me in a mental hospital. I did everything they told me, intuitive eating, mindful eating, nothing worked. It wasn't until a friend said, why don't you try this crazy diet called the carnivore diet?
And I said, screw this, I'm going to just try this. Getting and changing my diet, I've never had depression like I used to struggle with. All right, guys. Got Judy Cho today. We're going to talk some healthy things today, aren't we? Yeah, I'm excited to be here. Thanks for having me. Absolutely. So I found you from the Kayla show.
Okay. Yeah, I wasn't sure how you found me, but that's cool. I know you're not part of the carnivore space fully. I'm not fully, but I'm shifting. Okay. But I keep hearing mixed things, so I can't wait to talk to you about it, actually. Okay. So when it comes to me, are you fully carnivore right now?
I'd say I'm more meat-based. It depends on who you're talking to. So obviously there's like a subset of the community that's super strict, meaning that they only eat from the animal kingdom, land, sea, and water. And then if you eat anything beyond that, coffee, teas, sugar-free stuff, then you're not part of the carnivore community. Even coffee?
Yeah. So because it's from a plant, it's from a, so in that nuance, but I try not to be dogmatic because I mean, my living is mostly through a private functional medicine practice. And so for that reason, I'm not super strict. I was super strict for the first three years of carnivore. And then this last four years, it's more meat based, but I mean, like today I've had nothing but meat.
Got it. And you made this shift because you were dealing with some health problems, right?
Yeah, so I was a management consultant. That was my career. I was going to be a partner in a consulting firm and knew really nothing about nutrition. But I grew up in LA and I got really sick. I went to UC Berkeley and then I became plant-based there because that's the sort of narrative and I totally fell into it. And then I stuck to it for about 12 years.
And I started struggling with an eating disorder and mood disorders and severe depression. And I never once was told that it was actually my diet or it could be related to my diet. So I continued to just eat that way. And I was getting help, was going through therapy. Nothing was fully working. Then I had my first son. And in the process of nursing him, I was six months into nursing him.
And I got mastitis. So I had an infection in my breast tissue and I had to take antibiotics and something along the way of having the eating disorder, my plant-based diet, as well as getting on antibiotics. I had a mental breakdown and I was sent, my family didn't know what to do with me. So the, put me in a mental hospital. We have a psychiatrist in the family. He says she needs to go.
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