Why Do I Recommend the Animal-Based Diet?

My Journey Back to Simple Food

Over the years, I've explored different approaches to nutrition.

Like many people, I've seen how confusing the world of health can become. One person tells you to avoid meat. Another tells you to avoid carbohydrates. Someone else has a list of twenty supplements you apparently need every morning.

At some point, I started asking a simpler question:

What happens when we return to real, nutrient-dense food?

That's one of the reasons I became interested in an animal-based way of eating.

For me, it isn't about following another rigid diet or joining a nutritional tribe. It's about eating foods that are simple, recognisable, satisfying, and nourishing.

Why It Works for Me

I find that building my meals around animal foods gives me a strong nutritional foundation.

Foods like meat, eggs, fish, and quality dairy can provide highly bioavailable protein and important nutrients such as vitamin B12, iron, zinc, choline, and essential fatty acids.

I also enjoy foods like fruit and raw honey as part of my approach.

The result is simple:

Real food that gives me energy and keeps me satisfied.

I Don't Believe Food Should Be Complicated

One of the things I appreciate most about this way of eating is how straightforward it can be.

Instead of constantly counting, tracking, and obsessing over every ingredient, I focus on a few simple principles:

• Prioritise high-quality protein
• Eat nutrient-dense whole foods
• Choose foods that I digest and tolerate well
• Include carbohydrates according to my activity and energy needs
• Avoid making ultra-processed foods the foundation of my diet

That's it.

The Biggest Lesson I've Learned

There is no single diet that works perfectly for everyone.

That's something I always emphasise in my coaching.

An animal-based approach may work beautifully for one person and need adjustments for another. Your activity levels, preferences, medical needs, culture, and individual response to foods all matter.

So I don't recommend blindly copying what I eat.

I recommend becoming curious about your own body.

Pay attention.

How is your energy? How is your digestion? Are you sleeping well? Are you recovering from training? Do your meals leave you satisfied?

Those answers are often more valuable than following someone else's rules.

How I Apply It

Most of my meals start with a quality source of animal protein.

That might be eggs in the morning, meat or fish later in the day, alongside other whole foods that work well for me.

I keep things simple and focus more on consistency than perfection.

Because in my experience, health isn't built by eating perfectly for three days.

It's built by making good choices repeatedly, over time.

My Philosophy

I recommend the animal-based diet because it brings nutrition back to something I believe we've lost:

Simplicity. Less processing. Less confusion. More real food.

That doesn't mean this approach is the answer for everyone. But for me, and for many people I've spoken with, it can be a useful framework for building meals around nutrient-dense, minimally processed foods.

Start with real food. Pay attention to how you feel. And build an approach that you can genuinely enjoy for the long term.

Because the best diet isn't the most extreme one. It's the one that supports your health and that you can actually sustain.