This Man Eats Nothing But Raw Meat and Brushes Teeth With Animal Fat. Why?
An electrician-turned-butcher, Derek Nance lives in Lexington, Kentucky, and fell into the raw meat thing about 5-years ago when he was in desperate search of a cure-all diet for his ailing digestion. This is his story. Read with caution..
By Sadho Ram — 02 Oct 2013, 09:26 AM — Updated almost 11 years ago
This guy has only eaten raw meat for 5-years after an illness caused him to develop an unusual appetite for animal carcasses
Derek Nance from Lexington, Kentucky, claims that he never gets sick of eating the same thing and feels better than ever, adding 'the idea of cooked meat no longer appeals. It just tastes burned.'
dailymail.co.ukHe said that doctors thought he'd developed a food allergy when everything he ate started making him sick almost 6 years ago. To combat his sudden weight loss, he scoured the internet to find treatment plans and diets.
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At first he cut out wheat and dairy but when that didn't work he turned vegan, which also had no effect.
He even brushes his teeth with animal fat in a bid to feed his odd food addiction
He said he had been sick for such a long time that he was willing to give anything a try
He then remembered a man he'd met, who'd experienced similar symptoms and recommended a carnivorous version of the Palaeolithic diet, popularly referred to as the caveman diet.
dailymail.co.uk'I had a couple of goats in my yard that I was using for milk and you know, I was tired of milking them so I slaughtered them. 'I ate both of those goats, all raw, and just switched over like that.'
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At first he said he experienced mild diarrhea, as his body adapted to his new meat-loaded diet but three weeks later he was hooked.
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'I noticed this real strong blood-like taste in the back of my throat and then all of a sudden I started getting strong cravings for it.' Nance is keen to spread the word about eating raw meat.
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Amazingly enough his girlfriend Joanne is a vegetarian
However, she only recently decided to stick to greens and has tried her beau's diet in the past.
dailymail.co.uk'We had lamb tenderloins once and they were delicious, but I’m a vegetarian for compassionate reasons.'
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She says she understands that he must restrict his diet for health reasons, and feels lucky that she can eat anything.
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The former electrician says that his family think he's 'lost it' and at the 'deep end of insane'
'Eating raw meat is just something they can’t accept. My father has a master's in biology and he tells me that if I eat raw meat I’ll get some sort of pathogen.'
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During family visits his diet is not mentioned and they tend to avoid getting together around the dinner table.
dailymail.co.ukHe concludes: 'Half of my problem with my digestion was actually just lack of enzymes. My body just doesn’t produce enough enzymes to digest starchy foods.’
Nance has a quick swig of lamb's blood - which he says is a great source of vitamin C
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