I’ve been watching your videos recently I’m not a vegetarian nor a carnivore I just eat both but I think it’s something I can transition to slowly, one question what do u think about Moringa oleifera it’s a vegetable if a person goes carnivore can they still take it
Oh isn’t that the truth!!!! Breaks my heart to hear about kids with diseases and disorders, I wonder how much poison was injected into them since birth 😢
I am autistic and have ADHD and anxiety and hearing her talk about it was like a freaking lightbulb going off in my head as to why I feel like I’ve been getting worse as the years go on and nothing seems to help. I’m 2 weeks into carnivore, which I started for reasons other than autism and hearing that it can help calm some of my anxiety and ADHD symptoms is fantastic news. It’s also cool to find out why I love chewing gum so much.
I'm similar. I have Autism / Aspergers all my autism symptoms are basically gone or lessened except for some sensory issues. I feel amazing. I used to google search allergic to everything but meat before I found carnivore was a thing. Anytime I eat plants, I get brain fog and extreme ibs that lasts for days. I thing people with Autism or similar brain disorders are caused by being on plant based diet, and most people with similar mental disabilities are intolerant to all plants. I also know even just adding rice causes my psorasis and dandruff to come back and when I remove rice it goes away. Carnivore 8 months try adding back 1 type of food for a week and always fail to add it back for the entire week always causes me pain and skin issues.
@@TwinFlameDivineLovePath part of why carnivore helps my anxiety and ADHD is because of a gene mutation on the MTHFR enzyme that effects my ability to process and convert folate which contributes to so many systems. I ended up needing to go on an additional methylfolate supplement to make up for the deficiency as well. Another part of it is the keto diet helps treatment resistant mental illnesses just generally. When I can financially stick to it, I do great, published 2 books in a year, and working on a 3rd. Spent like a decade trying to finish just one book before that.
Nobody should have to apologize for feeling better. You are right about the stomach acid. I drank apple cider vinegar, took Real salt, and supplemented with betaine hcl. Meat is great now.
Dont use salt. And you don’t need any sublements. Just drink eggs. And eat raw meat included liver, kidneys and any muscles. You can cook bones and drink the water and you can use honey and apple cider vinegar for extra boost your digestive system.
@@Joii82 thats not true. you getting all electrolytes from the meat. and also you can drink blood. salt is not healthy. not even a little bit. not even sea salt or the most expensive salt in the world. salt is a drug. if you get used to eat you probably have issues in the future and problems to give it up. and also it destroys your arteries. Salt is in every natural raw food. you dont need extra salt. even in your water. but nowadays they take the natrium out of the water and say its healthier. and thats not true.
Great story, my brother died at 40 from a rare cancer 30 days after being diagnosed. He had been vegan for 20 years. People need to realise that plants have nerve cells as well so we harm/kill them when we harvest them. Thank you for sharing your personal story.
Truly gorgeous 😎👍I am beginning to realize that this channel has especially beautiful people, starting with Bella, just that is convincing me this is the best diet around😎👍
It’s ironic I was listening to this before my doctors appointment this morning and I literally just got diet shamed by this doctor when I told her I was feeling better since she had done my bloodwork. I’ve lost weight and have no joint pain and it’s been a week and a half….apparently I can’t get vitamins eating only meat🤷♀️. I desperately need a doctor who is carnivore friendly.
Those doctors don't want you to think you know more than them. They're the ones that went to school, paid for the education and now you listen to them. Thank goodness for the doctors that are revealing the truth.
I absolutely adore Dr. Rimka’s bluntness, she speaks unapologetically, and it should be that way!!! I was surprised that she was sensitive to the naysayers, she could slay them a thousand times with her knowledge and her fierceness!
This is great! But please people, stop saying she looks good for her age! She’s only 48! LOL she’s still a baby! I’m 71 and I consider myself middle age. Maybe at the age of 90, you can say , wow , she looks good for her age! It’s all about being age fluid! I’m only 71, so I better look and feel under 50.
Well I'm 49, and I promise you, this woman looks good for her age, she looks like a 21 yr old, her skin is beautiful, I see no wrinkles, my face is full of wrinkles
Yes! I’m 46 this year and people think I’m late 20/early 30s.. saying you look great for your age is not a complement! I’m like does that mean I look horrible for 45?🤣
Beer is fine in moderation, just stay away from vegetable oils at all cost and limit refined sugars and grains. Drink clear beer low in barley. Fast often.
@@karoo_bushman6880 Hops has a very potent phytoestrogen in it that has been shown to advance puberty and cause boob development in girls and might also do the latter in boys.
I found myself in the same situation,was vegan and felt depressed and sick,i saw joe rogan tried carnivore but i didn't believe it but i found ur channel and i went straight for it. Only 2 weeks and i feel like a god. Thanks for sharing these secrets
Once she mentioned autism and everything she said about it got me to love and respect this woman. My daughter was non verbal and we do keto, detoxed her, functional medicine and did Brain Balance therapy. We saw her go from in her own world to her being able to communicate and interact with us. This woman absolutely knows her stuff! I was vegan when I got pregnant and only fed her vegetarian until her diagnosis at 3.5 years old. I do wonder if the diet played a part in her gut dysfunction.
I am 55 and have not had my period for 10 months until now after being on carnivore for a month and 3 weeks! Full on period, changing multiple pads in one day. Haven't had a period like this in 3 or 4 years! Stomach cramps and all but hot flashes gone bye bye!
Is it ok to have a vegetarian diet as long as I eat eggs and cheese? I know being vegan is not healthy but because of religion I am vegetarian since childhood. Eating meat would be a big effort for me as I almost never ate it. Is it healthy to just take animal protein from egg and milk?
@@YFL.111 eggs and cheese are your 2 healthiest options yes, especially eggs. Eat lots of them every single day if you wont eat meat. I have never heard of a religion that doesnt allow meat before, maybe youre not from a western country? as the bible literally condones eating meat.
@@immune18 I live in India I grow up in hindu religion. In hinduism even eating egg is suposed to not be ok, you can't say certain prayers or mantras if you eat non veg, which includes egg😬 But with time I wondered what is the meaning of this and I feel maybe this was because thousands of years ago, when higienic conditions where not as now, eggs could be poisonous. Milk is suposed to be the holiest food, but yet we know for many people is not healthy. But maybe by that time it was a very important thing for people's survival and that is why it was said to be a holy food. Specially Hare Krishna, where my grandma belongs to, really condems eating anything outside the classical hindu diet, which is basically being vegan plus milk and dairy. In some houses if they wanna cheat and eat an omelet but there is lets say an small altar to God in a room, they would go to another room to eat it, to not " ofend" that God😂😅 Anyway, thanks for your answer! I feel physicaly better since I take care of my protein intake, and I eat eggs daily + legums or cheese or things rich in protein. My energy and my sleep in much better than before. I still wonder thou why the ancient indian medicine recomends stuff which isn't really good for you, like some monks who fast on milk ( drinking just milk for a month) and stuff like that 🤔 This ancient indian medicine ayurveda, is very acurate in other things. I feel curious about why something so old is wrong in some things.
OMG we are the same age and I too went through early menopause in my early 30s. However I was eating Whole Foods based diet for many many years, for a good decade, with occasional treats. Looking back it was moderate/high carbs, lots of low-fat protein, loads of veggies. Was working out intensely with weights and running and even lost weight and got in incredible shape over those years. But my skin and hair was definitely struggling all that time. Skin was a bit inflamed with pimples and sometimes dry. My hair was always super dry and not growing. I thought I was doing the right thing eating clean cause my body looked like I was in the best shape. Looking back I struggled with brain fog not even knowing what that was. Then I got early menopause symptoms in my early 30’s, eventually going through actual menopause. I was baffled as I didn’t have a family history of this. And heart broken because I was just beginning to want children. I then immediately started gaining weight no matter what I did. The same way of eating and exercising no longer helped me to manage my weight. I am now 50. Never crossed my mind till now that my menopause may have been connected to my diet of medium to high carb grains, lots of veggies and salads, and seed oils and low fat chicken, steak and fish. When you think you’re doing the right things for your body for many many years and you’re actually doing harm, sux so bad 😩
Fantastic interview! SB Gal soldier on in helping us understand the carnivore journey! I am so grateful to have found you 🙏🏼 I can only imagine what my life would have been like if I started this way of eating so much earlier in my life, I’m 50 but better late than still feeling mentally, emotionally and physically deficient which I thought was so normal eating SAD. One year Carnivore and the total life difference is just phenomenal, actually it’s miraculous!
WOW the methylation thing, I had no idea there was a personality correlation. this is so accurate to my personal characteristics as well & I have intuitively noticed that throat noises calm me in times of stress.
I recently found your channel and I loved this interview so much. I have also been following Dr. Rimka very recently. You both are amazing! I resonate so much with this interview because I was vegan for 15 years and my health declined so much. Now I am high-fat keto, but heavily meat based. I can honestly say that most of my issues with pain, and inflammation have disappeared. And the topic of burnout...so relatable!
I love this woman! She is a no nonsense, kick butt, tell it like it is, beautiful, feminine, knowledgeable woman. I learned so much from this video. Never heard of her but I'm searching her videos from now on! Thanks Bella for a GREAT info video.
Bless Dr Rimka!!! She is so sweet, kind hearted and smart! I appreciate hearing her story! I also have celiac disease! Im so glad she could get pregnant!
I love how she mentioned singing and the vagus nerve. I believe it was in Nicole Perna's book How to do the Work where she said that singing along to Disney movies is in the exact gigahertz that you need to activate and calm that vagus nerve! So put yourself together a playlist and sing along ❤️
I to never thought my healthy plants as a vegan was causing any of my health problems. I thought it was all due to all the antibiotics I was on growing up. As I’ve always had health issues even before I went vegan. I didn’t go vegan for the reason she did though I just actually thought it was healthier that’s all. So from 23-39 I barely had any animal fat or protein. It really did a lot of damage I’m not sure is reversible now. I also have CIRIS and when I was exposed to black mold unknowingly it almost killed me. Great Talk. Thank you for all your energy to keep this going and getting the message out there!! I’ve been on 5months high fat red meat diet now and I have improved a lot.
What a fantastic interview! I found everything Dr Rimka said so fascinating, especially about under methylators, the connection with histamine, vagal tone etc. Thank you Bella and Dr Rimka. You have opened my eyes even further.
I’m 53 and feel much better eating this way. I’m more of the ketovore style of eating but slowly focusing more on animal foods and noticed my crazy hot flashes have diminished significantly. In fact I haven’t had one in 48 hours! People look at me funny eating this way, but if they only knew the benefits. I’m just going to keep on keeping on! LOVE curry! And practiced martial arts for 6 years. Time to get back into it! Dr. Rinks sounds like my kind of gal! My sense of humor! 👍❤️
I agree with everything she said concerning autism and healing autism. I'm definitely going to look into her more. I wish America was full of doctors that thought the way she does.
Great info. I was vegan for 1 year and couldn't for the life of me improve my body composition. It was an uphill battle, no matter how hard I go in. Since becoming carnivor-ish (I'm not all the way there, I like fruite too much lol), I've stacked on muscle and got leaner. It's great to see results for effort put in. Side note: good for confidence, but boxing and weight training will not make the average woman stronger than an equivalently trained man. It's biology.
Starting off talking about being hated? WTF is up with that? Why would anyone send hate these ladies way? Pay the haters no attention, and keep going; your content is excellent and is helping A LOT OF PEOPLE! I say Bravo!!
I love what she is saying about the curry and rice. I do the same thing. The food I prepare is all carnivore but if I go out to dinner with someone I'll order a meat heavy dish and usually also have whatever comes with as long as it's not too carb heavy. Obviously, this might not be best for people who need Carnivore to heal more.
"How vegans view the world" That segment there. They view the world through a lens of malignant narcissism. "Humans are bad, animals are good" They don't just hate people, they hate themselves. Anyone who has spent much time around animals, save dogs, knows how bad they are to each other and would be to us if We didn't have our wits and tools. People can be cruel and kind. The default setting of animals is cruelty, except for perhaps, dogs because we selected that trait out of them early. Our best friend is a sweet, caring, carnivorous murdering machine. Who'd a thunk it?
1) Not all vegans hate humans. 2) I challenge you to find a population that lives longer than the California Adventists, Okanagins or people in Sardinia Italy. These 3 groups of people all live the longest with the Adventists being the longest. The thing that they have in common is lots of vegetables, starches and very low amounts of animal products. No population that eats large amounts of animal products ie. (25-30% of calories) will be living as long as these populations without massive medical assistance. It is just not possible. If you find a large group such as the ones referenced above please feel free to share it with me as it becomes very clear that the more animal products you eat the shorter you live. My guess is that your Carnivore diet might shorten your life by like 15 years.
@@jasontaylor500 you've been lied to, they've cherry picked "blue-zones" to exclude well off, long-lived Asian regions who's culture favors meat foods. Hong Kong, for instance, countersignals the conclusions that big agriculture / technocrats want us to believe. Meats and animal fats are the most nutrient-dense foods of the essential nutrients, and they regenerate soils when moved rotationally. A great start is looking up Weston A Price.
@@aquavitae3824 People in Hong Kong did not start eating meat at a high rate until the last generation. These people also have seen a large increase in disease rates in the last few years and are seeing a decline in their overall standard of health. Please watch the video that I have linked. The truth there are countless things about the human body that are not adapted to eating meat. Not a single carnivore needs tools to eat its prey. A wolf for example is fast enough, has the right claws and has the right jaws and stomach acids etc to eat the animal right there. Humans are not capable of eating animals such as deer, pigs, cows, foxes, or other small animals. We need to use tools since were not fast enough, use a spear since we do not have the correct weapons naturally, then we need to skin the animals or cut them open since our jaws are not strong enough, and then we need to cook them since our stomach acids are not strong enough to deal with the bacteria that the raw meat has. There are 9 million other species on this plant. No other species needs to cook its food to be able to eat it. In nature, you are supposed to eat what you are designed to eat. There are many more examples I could say but please do yourself a favor and watch the video in my original comment. Wish you the best of luck.
Funny, because many your kind shughs down coffee like its the nectar of the gods. Long term people like that are gonna suffer. No plants, but hey, you drink coffee from grinded coffee beans??? Get real. You arent carnivore and your purist bs is just that: bs.
9.45 - 10.25. Find your 'why'. Dr Rimka's 'why' is the most powerful there is, WAY more powerful than chasing a six pack. Bella, I love your channel and your interview style, including how how you are deeply respectful of your interviewees and don't interrupt them. Ps you look healthy and totally gorgeous I.e. living proof that your lifestyle works. Ex vegan here, thanks for shining the light on the path back to health. xx
Well I was already interested in doing the challenge again in October because I'm enjoying September so much, but if Dr. Rimka's going to join us... decision made, I'm there!
How interesting - I just read this little excerpt that made me kinda think in one of my nutrition courses today and it relates to what she was talking about around 23:10 so I thought I'd share :) : "Stress activates the sympathetic branch of our ANS. You can purposefully activate your parasympathetic nervous system using several techniques: Movement - running (which tells your body you're ok and you're escaping), boxing or MMA (which tells your body you're able to fight), trembling or shaking (which is part of our natural trauma release system and discharges stress from the body), and tumbling or rolling (which temporarily distorts us, acting as a nervous system reset)" There's more, but I really enjoyed the image of someone starting to get anxious and tumbling to reset, but hey! If it works, that's awesome. Makes sports like martial arts and jujutsu seem like a really good option for some people.
I had the most horrendous trauma and I would jump into cold water, slap myself, randomly sing (Tourette’s), shake, scream like the devil was coming up….etc etc. Literally every diagnosis a doctor can make is the nervous system trying to clear its self of something whether it’s a poisonous experience poison food damaging emotions etc. If only we knew how to live and interpret in this day we’d all be much clearer happier creatures
I adore you and Dr. Rimka. You have helped me so much in the last few months of my meat journey. I was vegetarian/vegan from age 10 - 25. I decided to eat my "first meat" when I was going on a trip to Paris at age 25, and I just wanted to enjoy everything that Paris had to offer. My first meat was chicken mc nuggets from Mc D. I was so worried I would feel sick so I tried something that even toddlers eat. And OMG I never had stomach side effects and my brain woke up. Then in paris I ate a ton of ham (bc it didn't really seem like meat) and cheese and when I got back from my trip I decided that I would try eating chicken breast. It has been a really really slow transition for me. I am 51 and now crave beef every day. I do eat crackers and granola bars bc they are in my home, as Im a mom. But that is mostly bc I like the crunch I have no carb cravings. I even have to force myself to eat ice cream with my daughter bc I just want her to see me model normal eating habits, but I don't even want sweets. I am getting more Carnivore every day. Once I stopped forcing myself to eat huge salads and tons of veg I stopped having stomach aches and feeling stuffed yet hungry at the same time. Not feeling hungry with no bloating has been life changing. The only veg I really eat now is some kimchi and blueberries which don't bother me. It's true that once you start eating meat and giving your body and brain what it needs, you will crave that when you are hungry. I have total food freedom, I literally can eat whatever I want. When I am hungry I want meat so bad, but when I am not hungry I literally never think of food.
I am very confused why you would want to model eating junk food for your daughter? Setting her up for a lifetime of health problems? What is "normal"? The SAD?
Awesome story! Thanks for sharing. I agree with another comment, no need to eat ice cream to be normal for your child. Instead you could model that you follow your appetite, respond to your body's cues and if that doesn't ever or rarely leads you to junk food like ice cream, so be it. You can explain why your diet helps your body to want high quality foods now. Anyways, you rock and congratulations on your health!! ❤
@@emilye709 bc where we live in Los Angeles ED are very common. My daughter can make her own choices when she’s an adult. I’m just very worried about demonizing foods when restriction is so common. I’m so happy she loves meat. She is the reason I started eating so much beef. She hates chick breast and loves Korean bbq.
Dr. Rimka is AMAZING! Thank you for this interview, Bella! I am going to search out more Rimka immediately. Everything she said made so much sense and resonated so well with me.
Fantastic interview! There was so much information and stuff that I had never heard of. Will definitely be visiting Dr. Rimka's website. Thank you so much.
Hi Bella, the concept of having a methylated (Type B) versus unmethylated (Type A) personality was intriguing to me. A search on methylation uncovered numerous technical articles on methylated versus unmethylated epigenitics or DNA expression. Is this the methylation to which Dr. Rimka refers? Can you please pulse here on this point? I just LOVED this video--one of the best in my view. You continue to bring it, sister! Thank you for all you contribute to this health space. Have a good week. Happy Monday to you, Max, Gouda, and Simba, my favorite you-tube family members! :)
She hit the nail on the head with the gut connection to the emotional resistance to meat with the stomach acidity. There is also the spiritual component at play, and being more susceptible to false spiritual beliefs that are ungrounded when you are on a plant based diet feeling flighty all the time. Those symptoms you think are because of ascension are likely because you are malnourished!
I think extreme diets eventually even if it's one year to 14 years later people are seeing health issues. What the doctor said her mother fed her was a balance of meat veggie starches fruits; foods that come from whole foods ;not all the franken process chemical man-made foods we have now is really the key. I think an elimination diet and then slowly adding back in different foods one at a time to see how we react would be helpful. But I've also been on the roller coaster of being a vegan, keto, carnivore and now back to a balanced diet of including everything and I feel fantastic. I'm not against people being all vegan or just all carnivore. But we're now seeing even hardcore carnivore advocates such as Paul Saladino who wrote the book carnivore code and now couple years later he's adding fruit and honey. Even on the vegan diet we see people suffer because they're missing nutrients from meat/animal products. I think we need to start rethinking our thoughts on food and just eat real food from various different sources to get all the nutrients that we need for our individual self. This extreme going one way or the other is not helping anyone.
Paul Saladino is a very poor example of why extreme carnivore can be a problem. It's been brought up numerous times by long term carnivores (5-20yrs) who are the picture of health of different reasons why he failed and struggled. Nothing wrong with a mixed diet with no processed foods as that's still better than the SAD diet. But it's incorrect to say some extremes like Hyper Carnivore isn't good or the correct way to go.
Woman is important. I really appreciate the reminder that your skills are different, spectacular, necessary and oftentimes completely missed. We compete to our peril. I have just learned to appreciate when I have the wrong skills.
I have Autism / Aspergers all my autism symptoms are basically gone or lessened except for some sensory issues. I feel amazing. I used to google search allergic to everything but meat before I found carnivore was a thing. Anytime I eat plants, I get brain fog and extreme ibs that lasts for days. I thing people with Autism or similar brain disorders are caused by being on plant based diet, and most people with similar mental disabilities are intolerant to all plants. I also know even just adding rice causes my psorasis and dandruff to come back and when I remove rice it goes away. Carnivore 8 months try adding back 1 type of food for a week and always fail to add it back for the entire week always causes me pain and skin issues
Dr rimka looks fantastic, looks about 30+,,i find these talks are very useful and informative, iam trying to do carnivore, still trying to get started carnivore, iam hopefully do my best thank you too you both,,, both look bright 🔆,
Amazing scary story. Great journey with again a quick turn around in general. I was similar in quick results. You had a much harder time for those 14 years, so sorry. Just read the comments here. Lots of similar stories. I felt better and weight and size was visible noticeable in 3 days. Every day i'd look in the mirror and say how is this working. When you see weight changes just in the mirror is shocking. IF OMAD carnivore. Super powerful stuff. I dont do it every day now as weight and hormones are stabilized. I like to stay flexible. I just cardio a bit more to even it out. Works for me
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This is one of my fave videos of yours!!! BRAVA Bella. I will be joining the challenge
I’ve been watching your videos recently I’m not a vegetarian nor a carnivore I just eat both but I think it’s something I can transition to slowly, one question what do u think about Moringa oleifera it’s a vegetable if a person goes carnivore can they still take it
What is "mentholate?" I wish you would explain.
I love that she mentions heavy metals and vaccine injury being a contributor to autism.
So many people refuse to admit this
Amen!
Oh isn’t that the truth!!!! Breaks my heart to hear about kids with diseases and disorders, I wonder how much poison was injected into them since birth 😢
They’re not allowed too .. everyone that claimed this in the past has been silenced 😔
I am autistic and have ADHD and anxiety and hearing her talk about it was like a freaking lightbulb going off in my head as to why I feel like I’ve been getting worse as the years go on and nothing seems to help. I’m 2 weeks into carnivore, which I started for reasons other than autism and hearing that it can help calm some of my anxiety and ADHD symptoms is fantastic news.
It’s also cool to find out why I love chewing gum so much.
I'm similar. I have Autism / Aspergers all my autism symptoms are basically gone or lessened except for some sensory issues. I feel amazing. I used to google search allergic to everything but meat before I found carnivore was a thing. Anytime I eat plants, I get brain fog and extreme ibs that lasts for days. I thing people with Autism or similar brain disorders are caused by being on plant based diet, and most people with similar mental disabilities are intolerant to all plants. I also know even just adding rice causes my psorasis and dandruff to come back and when I remove rice it goes away. Carnivore 8 months try adding back 1 type of food for a week and always fail to add it back for the entire week always causes me pain and skin issues.
IT will definitely help with anxiety AND sleep. I suffered from anixety for years on a plant based and adding red meat back in was a game changer
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@@TwinFlameDivineLovePath part of why carnivore helps my anxiety and ADHD is because of a gene mutation on the MTHFR enzyme that effects my ability to process and convert folate which contributes to so many systems. I ended up needing to go on an additional methylfolate supplement to make up for the deficiency as well. Another part of it is the keto diet helps treatment resistant mental illnesses just generally. When I can financially stick to it, I do great, published 2 books in a year, and working on a 3rd. Spent like a decade trying to finish just one book before that.
I see this over and over. I’m not a doctor but I was vegan for two years and always felt like crap. Now on carnivore I feel amazing 🤩
Nobody should have to apologize for feeling better. You are right about the stomach acid. I drank apple cider vinegar, took Real salt, and supplemented with betaine hcl. Meat is great now.
Agreed. So glad you’re enjoying meat 🙌
Dont use salt. And you don’t need any sublements.
Just drink eggs. And eat raw meat included liver, kidneys and any muscles. You can cook bones and drink the water and you can use honey and apple cider vinegar for extra boost your digestive system.
You need salt... it's an electrolyte that can be depleted when eating a low/ no carb diet
@@Joii82 thats not true. you getting all electrolytes from the meat. and also you can drink blood. salt is not healthy. not even a little bit. not even sea salt or the most expensive salt in the world. salt is a drug. if you get used to eat you probably have issues in the future and problems to give it up. and also it destroys your arteries.
Salt is in every natural raw food. you dont need extra salt. even in your water. but nowadays they take the natrium out of the water and say its healthier. and thats not true.
@@lily3143 that's dangerous advice my friend
Great story, my brother died at 40 from a rare cancer 30 days after being diagnosed. He had been vegan for 20 years. People need to realise that plants have nerve cells as well so we harm/kill them when we harvest them. Thank you for sharing your personal story.
She looks amazing for absolutely any age!!! Gorgeous and inspiring!
Truly gorgeous 😎👍I am beginning to realize that this channel has especially beautiful people, starting with Bella, just that is convincing me this is the best diet around😎👍
It was such a relief to hear her acknowledge the strength of masculine energy. Beautiful person.
Ikr, so nice when us men these days are constantly guilt tripped for being masculine
She was talking about the soyboy beta male crazy lunatics.
It’s ironic I was listening to this before my doctors appointment this morning and I literally just got diet shamed by this doctor when I told her I was feeling better since she had done my bloodwork. I’ve lost weight and have no joint pain and it’s been a week and a half….apparently I can’t get vitamins eating only meat🤷♀️. I desperately need a doctor who is carnivore friendly.
Same!!! I have also been "youtube shamed" when mentioning where I have obtained my insights on diet. :/
Those doctors don't want you to think you know more than them. They're the ones that went to school, paid for the education and now you listen to them. Thank goodness for the doctors that are revealing the truth.
Fire your doctor. The healthier you get the less you will need him.
Same here!! All my blood markers improved, but I was shamed by a doctor. So frustrating
Doctors have one nutrition course but the typical food pyramid…they aren’t taught preventive medicine.
This is the first time I've heard anyone tie methylation status and vagal tone into the dietary discussion. Fantastic!
Yes such an awesome informative video 🙌
Yes! For me too. Fascinating!!!
For me too! So interesting!
I absolutely adore Dr. Rimka’s bluntness, she speaks unapologetically, and it should be that way!!! I was surprised that she was sensitive to the naysayers, she could slay them a thousand times with her knowledge and her fierceness!
Mediate on God's Word.🙏
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This is great! But please people, stop saying she looks good for her age! She’s only 48! LOL she’s still a baby! I’m 71 and I consider myself middle age. Maybe at the age of 90, you can say , wow , she looks good for her age! It’s all about being age fluid! I’m only 71, so I better look and feel under 50.
I am also 71. Feeling younger every day.
Well I'm 49, and I promise you, this woman looks good for her age, she looks like a 21 yr old, her skin is beautiful, I see no wrinkles, my face is full of wrinkles
She looks better than a lot of 48 year old women!
Yes! I’m 46 this year and people think I’m late 20/early 30s.. saying you look great for your age is not a complement! I’m like does that mean I look horrible for 45?🤣
I'm 55 but identify as 25
On my 8th day of carnivore. Thanks Bella, Stephanie, Lillie Kane and Kelly Hogan. I DO miss beer though! Thanks ladies!!
Beer is fine in moderation, just stay away from vegetable oils at all cost and limit refined sugars and grains. Drink clear beer low in barley. Fast often.
@@karoo_bushman6880 Hops has a very potent phytoestrogen in it that has been shown to advance puberty and cause boob development in girls and might also do the latter in boys.
Sparkling water gives the same feeling without the drunkenness of course.
Ladies, I have to say - both of you have perfect facial structure and astonishing skin.
I found myself in the same situation,was vegan and felt depressed and sick,i saw joe rogan tried carnivore but i didn't believe it but i found ur channel and i went straight for it.
Only 2 weeks and i feel like a god.
Thanks for sharing these secrets
I love this woman. She has great energy. Dope interview 👏🏼🔥
Once she mentioned autism and everything she said about it got me to love and respect this woman. My daughter was non verbal and we do keto, detoxed her, functional medicine and did Brain Balance therapy. We saw her go from in her own world to her being able to communicate and interact with us. This woman absolutely knows her stuff!
I was vegan when I got pregnant and only fed her vegetarian until her diagnosis at 3.5 years old. I do wonder if the diet played a part in her gut dysfunction.
Thanks for sharing! What kind of detox, and functional medicine did you use?
I am 55 and have not had my period for 10 months until now after being on carnivore for a month and 3 weeks! Full on period, changing multiple pads in one day. Haven't had a period like this in 3 or 4 years! Stomach cramps and all but hot flashes gone bye bye!
Wow, will try
Wow, will try
Did you consistently have your period?
I feel like most of “aging” is really just poor food and lifestyle choices compounded.
I look younger at 32 than I did at 22
Is it ok to have a vegetarian diet as long as I eat eggs and cheese?
I know being vegan is not healthy but because of religion I am vegetarian since childhood.
Eating meat would be a big effort for me as I almost never ate it.
Is it healthy to just take animal protein from egg and milk?
@@YFL.111 eggs and cheese are your 2 healthiest options yes, especially eggs. Eat lots of them every single day if you wont eat meat. I have never heard of a religion that doesnt allow meat before, maybe youre not from a western country? as the bible literally condones eating meat.
@@immune18 I live in India I grow up in hindu religion. In hinduism even eating egg is suposed to not be ok, you can't say certain prayers or mantras if you eat non veg, which includes egg😬
But with time I wondered what is the meaning of this and I feel maybe this was because thousands of years ago, when higienic conditions where not as now, eggs could be poisonous.
Milk is suposed to be the holiest food, but yet we know for many people is not healthy. But maybe by that time it was a very important thing for people's survival and that is why it was said to be a holy food.
Specially Hare Krishna, where my grandma belongs to, really condems eating anything outside the classical hindu diet, which is basically being vegan plus milk and dairy.
In some houses if they wanna cheat and eat an omelet but there is lets say an small altar to God in a room, they would go to another room to eat it, to not " ofend" that God😂😅
Anyway, thanks for your answer! I feel physicaly better since I take care of my protein intake, and I eat eggs daily + legums or cheese or things rich in protein.
My energy and my sleep in much better than before.
I still wonder thou why the ancient indian medicine recomends stuff which isn't really good for you, like some monks who fast on milk ( drinking just milk for a month) and stuff like that 🤔
This ancient indian medicine ayurveda, is very acurate in other things. I feel curious about why something so old is wrong in some things.
FACTS!!! it 100% is and more and more longevity studies are proving it.
OMG we are the same age and I too went through early menopause in my early 30s. However I was eating Whole Foods based diet for many many years, for a good decade, with occasional treats. Looking back it was moderate/high carbs, lots of low-fat protein, loads of veggies. Was working out intensely with weights and running and even lost weight and got in incredible shape over those years. But my skin and hair was definitely struggling all that time. Skin was a bit inflamed with pimples and sometimes dry. My hair was always super dry and not growing. I thought I was doing the right thing eating clean cause my body looked like I was in the best shape. Looking back I struggled with brain fog not even knowing what that was. Then I got early menopause symptoms in my early 30’s, eventually going through actual menopause. I was baffled as I didn’t have a family history of this. And heart broken because I was just beginning to want children. I then immediately started gaining weight no matter what I did. The same way of eating and exercising no longer helped me to manage my weight. I am now 50. Never crossed my mind till now that my menopause may have been connected to my diet of medium to high carb grains, lots of veggies and salads, and seed oils and low fat chicken, steak and fish. When you think you’re doing the right things for your body for many many years and you’re actually doing harm, sux so bad 😩
You are both glowing with beauty both physically and intellectually. Thank you.
Fantastic interview! SB Gal soldier on in helping us understand the carnivore journey! I am so grateful to have found you 🙏🏼 I can only imagine what my life would have been like if I started this way of eating so much earlier in my life, I’m 50 but better late than still feeling mentally, emotionally and physically deficient which I thought was so normal eating SAD. One year Carnivore and the total life difference is just phenomenal, actually it’s miraculous!
She looks 40 years old the most. Looks so good and young.
WOW the methylation thing, I had no idea there was a personality correlation. this is so accurate to my personal characteristics as well & I have intuitively noticed that throat noises calm me in times of stress.
This was so eye opening. So much respect for the both of you! Real badass women!!!!
Thank you steak lover ❤️
I recently found your channel and I loved this interview so much. I have also been following Dr. Rimka very recently. You both are amazing! I resonate so much with this interview because I was vegan for 15 years and my health declined so much. Now I am high-fat keto, but heavily meat based. I can honestly say that most of my issues with pain, and inflammation have disappeared. And the topic of burnout...so relatable!
I love this woman! She is a no nonsense, kick butt, tell it like it is, beautiful, feminine, knowledgeable woman. I learned so much from this video. Never heard of her but I'm searching her videos from now on! Thanks Bella for a GREAT info video.
Bless Dr Rimka!!! She is so sweet, kind hearted and smart! I appreciate hearing her story! I also have celiac disease! Im so glad she could get pregnant!
Thank you so much Bella for finding this new resource for our community!
I'm 46 and I needed to hear this conversation. Thank you for inviting Dr. Rimka, she looks AMAZING!
Wow! What a powerful video. I would say this was my favorite interview so far. She's inspiring.
I love how she mentioned singing and the vagus nerve. I believe it was in Nicole Perna's book How to do the Work where she said that singing along to Disney movies is in the exact gigahertz that you need to activate and calm that vagus nerve! So put yourself together a playlist and sing along ❤️
This was my favorite interview! I really was inspired by Dr Rimka!❤
I to never thought my healthy plants as a vegan was causing any of my health problems. I thought it was all due to all the antibiotics I was on growing up. As I’ve always had health issues even before I went vegan. I didn’t go vegan for the reason she did though I just actually thought it was healthier that’s all. So from 23-39 I barely had any animal fat or protein. It really did a lot of damage I’m not sure is reversible now. I also have CIRIS and when I was exposed to black mold unknowingly it almost killed me. Great Talk. Thank you for all your energy to keep this going and getting the message out there!! I’ve been on 5months high fat red meat diet now and I have improved a lot.
Wow, What a brilliant and strong woman Dr. Rimka is. I'm happy to find and follow her.
What a fantastic interview! I found everything Dr Rimka said so fascinating, especially about under methylators, the connection with histamine, vagal tone etc. Thank you Bella and Dr Rimka. You have opened my eyes even further.
I’m 53 and feel much better eating this way. I’m more of the ketovore style of eating but slowly focusing more on animal foods and noticed my crazy hot flashes have diminished significantly. In fact I haven’t had one in 48 hours! People look at me funny eating this way, but if they only knew the benefits. I’m just going to keep on keeping on!
LOVE curry! And practiced martial arts for 6 years. Time to get back into it!
Dr. Rinks sounds like my kind of gal! My sense of humor! 👍❤️
I agree with everything she said concerning autism and healing autism. I'm definitely going to look into her more. I wish America was full of doctors that thought the way she does.
I just love her. This interview was amazing! Thank you so much Bella. This was great. She is an inspiration 🥰
This lady is awesome. My wife and daughter need to see this.
Loved this interview!, and I love Dr Rimka!!!! She is AWESOME!
When you find what works for you, who cares when ppl don't want to understand. Many just simply cannot.
She’s 48??? Wow she could have fooled me she looks amazing!
Age is just a number!
This woman is awesome. Love her attitude!
Great info. I was vegan for 1 year and couldn't for the life of me improve my body composition. It was an uphill battle, no matter how hard I go in. Since becoming carnivor-ish (I'm not all the way there, I like fruite too much lol), I've stacked on muscle and got leaner. It's great to see results for effort put in. Side note: good for confidence, but boxing and weight training will not make the average woman stronger than an equivalently trained man. It's biology.
Why should boxing need a goal to be male equivalent somehow? Each person will have their own goals. She referred to it for ADHD.
@@dana102083 she had a clearly feminist rah rah angle where she was trying that old and used up trope "women can do anything men can, and better"
@@equinoxb8711 no she wasn't
Starting off talking about being hated? WTF is up with that? Why would anyone send hate these ladies way? Pay the haters no attention, and keep going; your content is excellent and is helping A LOT OF PEOPLE! I say Bravo!!
She is awesome to listen to. My favorite carnivore interview so far.
Word diet: Take one "you look fantastic" but completely discard the "for your age". So much better.
Beautiful video and great conversation thanks for getting this type of content out there!
New Rimka fan!!! Wow! I did carnivore just to avoid surgery! It worked!!!
I love what she is saying about the curry and rice. I do the same thing. The food I prepare is all carnivore but if I go out to dinner with someone I'll order a meat heavy dish and usually also have whatever comes with as long as it's not too carb heavy. Obviously, this might not be best for people who need Carnivore to heal more.
Probably depends on how often you eat out. I'm keto but it isn't my religion....
Love it Bella! Thank you for all you do!
Thank YOU! It’s my honor and pleasure. :)
What an amazing interview! She's so real.
Awesome guest, Awesome interview!! I love Chiropractors!!
Great show! At 58 years old carnivore brought back my period too.
wow, you had your menstration at 58 that's something.
Has it come back consistently?
"How vegans view the world" That segment there. They view the world through a lens of malignant narcissism. "Humans are bad, animals are good" They don't just hate people, they hate themselves. Anyone who has spent much time around animals, save dogs, knows how bad they are to each other and would be to us if We didn't have our wits and tools. People can be cruel and kind. The default setting of animals is cruelty, except for perhaps, dogs because we selected that trait out of them early. Our best friend is a sweet, caring, carnivorous murdering machine. Who'd a thunk it?
100%
1) Not all vegans hate humans. 2) I challenge you to find a population that lives longer than the California Adventists, Okanagins or people in Sardinia Italy. These 3 groups of people all live the longest with the Adventists being the longest. The thing that they have in common is lots of vegetables, starches and very low amounts of animal products. No population that eats large amounts of animal products ie. (25-30% of calories) will be living as long as these populations without massive medical assistance. It is just not possible. If you find a large group such as the ones referenced above please feel free to share it with me as it becomes very clear that the more animal products you eat the shorter you live. My guess is that your Carnivore diet might shorten your life by like 15 years.
@@jasontaylor500 Hong Kong
@@jasontaylor500 you've been lied to, they've cherry picked "blue-zones" to exclude well off, long-lived Asian regions who's culture favors meat foods. Hong Kong, for instance, countersignals the conclusions that big agriculture / technocrats want us to believe. Meats and animal fats are the most nutrient-dense foods of the essential nutrients, and they regenerate soils when moved rotationally. A great start is looking up Weston A Price.
@@aquavitae3824 People in Hong Kong did not start eating meat at a high rate until the last generation. These people also have seen a large increase in disease rates in the last few years and are seeing a decline in their overall standard of health. Please watch the video that I have linked. The truth there are countless things about the human body that are not adapted to eating meat. Not a single carnivore needs tools to eat its prey. A wolf for example is fast enough, has the right claws and has the right jaws and stomach acids etc to eat the animal right there. Humans are not capable of eating animals such as deer, pigs, cows, foxes, or other small animals. We need to use tools since were not fast enough, use a spear since we do not have the correct weapons naturally, then we need to skin the animals or cut them open since our jaws are not strong enough, and then we need to cook them since our stomach acids are not strong enough to deal with the bacteria that the raw meat has. There are 9 million other species on this plant. No other species needs to cook its food to be able to eat it. In nature, you are supposed to eat what you are designed to eat. There are many more examples I could say but please do yourself a favor and watch the video in my original comment. Wish you the best of luck.
I find with carnivore, I do not need caffeine, and without caffeine I sleep better than ever.
Funny, because many your kind shughs down coffee like its the nectar of the gods. Long term people like that are gonna suffer. No plants, but hey, you drink coffee from grinded coffee beans??? Get real. You arent carnivore and your purist bs is just that: bs.
9.45 - 10.25. Find your 'why'. Dr Rimka's 'why' is the most powerful there is, WAY more powerful than chasing a six pack.
Bella, I love your channel and your interview style, including how how you are deeply respectful of your interviewees and don't interrupt them. Ps you look healthy and totally gorgeous I.e. living proof that your lifestyle works. Ex vegan here, thanks for shining the light on the path back to health. xx
Great interview - I was on the GAPS diet for a while and it's awesome - the starting part of it is just pure carnivore
Well I was already interested in doing the challenge again in October because I'm enjoying September so much, but if Dr. Rimka's going to join us... decision made, I'm there!
Yay Allanna! can't wait to have you again!!
How interesting - I just read this little excerpt that made me kinda think in one of my nutrition courses today and it relates to what she was talking about around 23:10 so I thought I'd share :) : "Stress activates the sympathetic branch of our ANS. You can purposefully activate your parasympathetic nervous system using several techniques: Movement - running (which tells your body you're ok and you're escaping), boxing or MMA (which tells your body you're able to fight), trembling or shaking (which is part of our natural trauma release system and discharges stress from the body), and tumbling or rolling (which temporarily distorts us, acting as a nervous system reset)" There's more, but I really enjoyed the image of someone starting to get anxious and tumbling to reset, but hey! If it works, that's awesome. Makes sports like martial arts and jujutsu seem like a really good option for some people.
I had the most horrendous trauma and I would jump into cold water, slap myself, randomly sing (Tourette’s), shake, scream like the devil was coming up….etc etc. Literally every diagnosis a doctor can make is the nervous system trying to clear its self of something whether it’s a poisonous experience poison food damaging emotions etc. If only we knew how to live and interpret in this day we’d all be much clearer happier creatures
5 minutes in and have to quickly say
WOW THIS WOMAN IS SMART!!!
Love you Bella!!!
I adore you and Dr. Rimka. You have helped me so much in the last few months of my meat journey. I was vegetarian/vegan from age 10 - 25. I decided to eat my "first meat" when I was going on a trip to Paris at age 25, and I just wanted to enjoy everything that Paris had to offer. My first meat was chicken mc nuggets from Mc D. I was so worried I would feel sick so I tried something that even toddlers eat. And OMG I never had stomach side effects and my brain woke up. Then in paris I ate a ton of ham (bc it didn't really seem like meat) and cheese and when I got back from my trip I decided that I would try eating chicken breast. It has been a really really slow transition for me. I am 51 and now crave beef every day. I do eat crackers and granola bars bc they are in my home, as Im a mom. But that is mostly bc I like the crunch I have no carb cravings. I even have to force myself to eat ice cream with my daughter bc I just want her to see me model normal eating habits, but I don't even want sweets. I am getting more Carnivore every day. Once I stopped forcing myself to eat huge salads and tons of veg I stopped having stomach aches and feeling stuffed yet hungry at the same time. Not feeling hungry with no bloating has been life changing. The only veg I really eat now is some kimchi and blueberries which don't bother me. It's true that once you start eating meat and giving your body and brain what it needs, you will crave that when you are hungry. I have total food freedom, I literally can eat whatever I want. When I am hungry I want meat so bad, but when I am not hungry I literally never think of food.
Carnivore Crisps are great for that crunch factor ❤️
@@nmhbnm I have been meaning to try them! I heard the chicken is really good.
I am very confused why you would want to model eating junk food for your daughter? Setting her up for a lifetime of health problems? What is "normal"? The SAD?
Awesome story! Thanks for sharing. I agree with another comment, no need to eat ice cream to be normal for your child. Instead you could model that you follow your appetite, respond to your body's cues and if that doesn't ever or rarely leads you to junk food like ice cream, so be it. You can explain why your diet helps your body to want high quality foods now. Anyways, you rock and congratulations on your health!! ❤
@@emilye709 bc where we live in Los Angeles ED are very common. My daughter can make her own choices when she’s an adult. I’m just very worried about demonizing foods when restriction is so common. I’m so happy she loves meat. She is the reason I started eating so much beef. She hates chick breast and loves Korean bbq.
Absolutely enjoyed this😃😃😃😃 Dr is sooo funny 🤣🤣🤣I'm so glad I found you Steak and butter girl 😃😃
Dr. Rimka is AMAZING! Thank you for this interview, Bella! I am going to search out more Rimka immediately. Everything she said made so much sense and resonated so well with me.
One of the best talks I've heard in a while! Fantastic! Going to try the humming/meditation later. Thank you so much.
She is a warrior, love this guest.
Best interview so far. Knowledge bomb.
She IS a knowledge bomb! Thank you!!
You’re great ! Thanks for helping us all get well with so much great information .
You’re beautiful!
Why this woman is great, it sounds as if she was describing me perfectly about the under methylators.
I’m 6ish minutes in and I love her already! And I hope I look THAT good at 48!
I cant stress enough the wealth of wisdom in this video
Some really great info here!
Well worth a listen even for those of you who have heard lots of interviews on Carnivore before 🙏
Fantastic interview! There was so much information and stuff that I had never heard of. Will definitely be visiting Dr. Rimka's website. Thank you so much.
What a special woman Dr Rimka is and what a fabulous interviewer you are, Bella - you both brought us so info and warmth
Hi Bella, the concept of having a methylated (Type B) versus unmethylated (Type A) personality was intriguing to me. A search on methylation uncovered numerous technical articles on methylated versus unmethylated epigenitics or DNA expression. Is this the methylation to which Dr. Rimka refers? Can you please pulse here on this point? I just LOVED this video--one of the best in my view. You continue to bring it, sister! Thank you for all you contribute to this health space. Have a good week. Happy Monday to you, Max, Gouda, and Simba, my favorite you-tube family members! :)
Powerful episode, Dr. Rimka is amazing.
She hit the nail on the head with the gut connection to the emotional resistance to meat with the stomach acidity. There is also the spiritual component at play, and being more susceptible to false spiritual beliefs that are ungrounded when you are on a plant based diet feeling flighty all the time. Those symptoms you think are because of ascension are likely because you are malnourished!
Keep up the good work Ladies ‼️
I think extreme diets eventually even if it's one year to 14 years later people are seeing health issues. What the doctor said her mother fed her was a balance of meat veggie starches fruits; foods that come from whole foods ;not all the franken process chemical man-made foods we have now is really the key. I think an elimination diet and then slowly adding back in different foods one at a time to see how we react would be helpful. But I've also been on the roller coaster of being a vegan, keto, carnivore and now back to a balanced diet of including everything and I feel fantastic. I'm not against people being all vegan or just all carnivore. But we're now seeing even hardcore carnivore advocates such as Paul Saladino who wrote the book carnivore code and now couple years later he's adding fruit and honey. Even on the vegan diet we see people suffer because they're missing nutrients from meat/animal products. I think we need to start rethinking our thoughts on food and just eat real food from various different sources to get all the nutrients that we need for our individual self. This extreme going one way or the other is not helping anyone.
Paul Saladino is a very poor example of why extreme carnivore can be a problem. It's been brought up numerous times by long term carnivores (5-20yrs) who are the picture of health of different reasons why he failed and struggled. Nothing wrong with a mixed diet with no processed foods as that's still better than the SAD diet. But it's incorrect to say some extremes like Hyper Carnivore isn't good or the correct way to go.
You both are just so beautiful... glowing, healthy, smart, positive... just lovely to watch.
I tend to be anxious and perfectionist, I started relaxed carnivore, my brain feels calmer than before
Me too.
Dr Rimka is a friggin’ badass. Great interview!
Great video Bella and a fantastic guest. Well done on getting the Dr on and how you conducted the video
Woman is important. I really appreciate the reminder that your skills are different, spectacular, necessary and oftentimes completely missed. We compete to our peril. I have just learned to appreciate when I have the wrong skills.
She looks fantastic....period!
I just LOVE her!! Great interview ♥️
Great guest and best insights which I needed right now ….
Thank you for bringing this doctor on your channel! I just found her and subscribed to her Utube!
This was OUTSTANDING!
I have Autism / Aspergers all my autism symptoms are basically gone or lessened except for some sensory issues. I feel amazing. I used to google search allergic to everything but meat before I found carnivore was a thing. Anytime I eat plants, I get brain fog and extreme ibs that lasts for days. I thing people with Autism or similar brain disorders are caused by being on plant based diet, and most people with similar mental disabilities are intolerant to all plants. I also know even just adding rice causes my psorasis and dandruff to come back and when I remove rice it goes away. Carnivore 8 months try adding back 1 type of food for a week and always fail to add it back for the entire week always causes me pain and skin issues
Bella, you do such a great job with your videos and have such awesome interviews! Thank you for sharing!
AGREED!
She is excellent as an interviewer!
Thank you Paula!!!!😊❤️
I have myasthenia gravis and going carnivore has made a tremendous difference.
Dr rimka looks fantastic, looks about 30+,,i find these talks are very useful and informative, iam trying to do carnivore, still trying to get started carnivore, iam hopefully do my best thank you too you both,,, both look bright 🔆,
Such an impactful interview!! Thank you! 🥰❤️
Amazing scary story. Great journey with again a quick turn around in general. I was similar in quick results. You had a much harder time for those 14 years, so sorry. Just read the comments here. Lots of similar stories. I felt better and weight and size was visible noticeable in 3 days. Every day i'd look in the mirror and say how is this working. When you see weight changes just in the mirror is shocking. IF OMAD carnivore. Super powerful stuff. I dont do it every day now as weight and hormones are stabilized. I like to stay flexible. I just cardio a bit more to even it out. Works for me
Great guest, great conversation, thank you.
I love Rimka! Great advice.
Great interview, she's got so much information.
Dr rimka and I are both 48 and she's quite an inspiration!