24/02/2025
How a a radical new diet cured Daniel of ADHD and Depression?
Lets hear what Daniel Says -
My depression and ADHD almost killed me. Then I ditched the food everyone says is 'good for you' and followed a radical new diet. Now I'm drug-free and feel superhuman
Daniel had been diagnosed with ADHD and depression, and was taking the antidepressant Lexapro, as well as Ritalin and strong painkillers daily.
'Every trip to the doctors meant another prescription for medication. No one could help me, and pills seemed to be the only thing offered to me,' Daniel says.
Daniel says taking ADHD meds was 'like putting glasses on for the first time' and the stimulant medication did help him focus in short bursts.
However, the effects wore off every six hours and he kept having to 'top them up' and increase his dose to avoid crashing.
He spent hours on the computer, researching natural cures for ADHD, depression and chronic pain.
After watching endless YouTube videos, the same thing kept coming up: the carnivore diet.
'It was like a lightbulb moment, and I realised what I ate was actually making things worse for me.'
Eventually Daniel found a sports doctor who asked him a question he had never been asked before by a medical professional: 'What is your diet like?'
It was the first sign of hope for Daniel, then 19. 'I knew straight away I could trust this doctor. He recommended a low insulin diet, high protein and low carbs.
'I basically started eating a lot more meat, and completely cut out vegetables, which never agreed with me. I swapped coffee for bone broth and pasta for rib eye.'
During the first week, Daniel admits he felt terrible. 'My body didn't know what had hit it,' he says.
But by week two, Daniel got out of bed in the morning without any pain anywhere is his body for the first time in more than three years.
'Food had been my comfort source, running away from my awful life. But with my change in diet, my life started to become worth living again.'
The weight melted off him, and within four months, he had lost 44kg (97lbs), taking his weight down to a healthier – and happier - 81kg (178lbs).
After a few months of eating meat for every meal, something incredible happened to Daniel: he felt so good that he came off all his drugs, including Ritalin for his ADHD.
'I felt like a superhuman. I came off Lexapro, I had unlimited energy, I was flying 24/7, I felt so sharp and alive again,' he says.
'I eat meat twice a day, with eggs, and that's pretty much it. I won't eat vegetables – I don't consider them food and they bloat me and hurt my gut. I don't believe they have nutrients in them with all the processes they are put through.
'Certain people have more tolerance to veg, legumes and nuts and my body didn't tolerate [them] very well.
'My skin cleared up, my ADHD has disappeared and my blood levels, which are tested regularly, are perfect.'
While he advises people to get opinions from doctors and medical professionals, he maintains it was his diet he believes that 'cured' him of his depression and ADHD.
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At the age of 18, Daniel was at the lowest point of his life. While he had dreams of being a physio, his health was so poor that he stayed home all day eating junk food and playing computer games.