{"id":111498,"date":"2024-10-07T18:12:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T11:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111498"},"modified":"2024-10-07T18:12:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T11:12:20","slug":"north-carolina-woman-switches-to-sardines-loses-35-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111498","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina woman switches to sardines, loses 35 pounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gating gated-overlay\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-wrapper\">\n<p>Join Fox News for access to this content<\/p>\n<p>Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account &#8211; free of charge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gating-legal tablet-desktop\">By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/terms-of-use\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Use<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>, which includes our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy#fi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notice of Financial Incentive<\/a>.\n    <\/div>\n<p><span>Please enter a valid email address.<\/span><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-gating-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.foxnews.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/23074352680475-Are-you-encountering-any-technical-challenges-while-trying-to-log-into-Fox-News-to-access-special-content\" class=\"article-gating-help\">Having trouble? Click here.<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A North Carolina woman has spent the last three months eating nothing but sardines \u2013 and she said it has changed her life and improved her health.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;This is not a diet. To me, a diet insinuates a beginning and an end. This is my lifestyle and I have no intention of introducing plants back into it,&#8221; Jane Crummett of Mint Hill, North Carolina, told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>Crummett normally eats no carbohydrates whatsoever, calling it a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/nutrition-and-fitness\/diet-trends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zero carb\/carnivore<\/a>&#8221; way of eating. She also eschews dairy, saying she &#8220;finds it inflammatory.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/best-worst-foods-people-diabetes-maintain-good-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BEST AND WORST FOODS FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES TO MAINTAIN GOOD HEALTH<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But for the last three months, she ate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/science\/wild-nature\/fish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nothing but sardines<\/a> and MCT oil, a supplement that helps the body get energy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each day, Crummett said she consumed four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cans of sardines<\/a>, plus MCT oil.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/343\/192\/sardine-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/686\/384\/sardine-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/672\/378\/sardine-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1344\/756\/sardine-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/931\/523\/sardine-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1862\/1046\/sardine-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/720\/405\/sardine-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1440\/810\/sardine-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1200\/675\/sardine-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Woman wearing &quot;sardines are magical&quot; shirt split with a picture of sardines.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Jane Crummett, shown above left, has eaten nothing but sardines for the past three months. She told Fox News Digital she&#8217;s lost 35 pounds.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Jane Crummett; Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Crummett said she ended her experiment on Sept. 30 after 135 days.<\/p>\n<p>Since switching to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/food-drink\/food\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only sardines<\/a>, she has lost 35 pounds in three months, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Plus, she said, she feels she&#8217;s experienced a host of other health benefits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My pain has resolved,&#8221; she said, noting that she previously dealt with plantar fasciitis, a foot condition. Her inflammation, too, has decreased, she told Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6362811929112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOUTH CAROLINA RESTAURANT OWNER&#8217;S BURGERS SEARED BY TODAY&#8217;S HIGH COSTS<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite her extreme <a>dietary regimen<\/a>, Crummett insists she&#8217;s in good health and sees a doctor regularly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have tested all kinds of things,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I&#8217;m a firm believer that if you don&#8217;t figure things out for yourself, you&#8217;ll never know.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Crummett said she planned on gradually re-introducing various meats back into her diet \u2013 with the assistance and guidance of a doctor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/343\/192\/B830C845-5C4D-4227-B231-0ED1448F705F.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/686\/384\/B830C845-5C4D-4227-B231-0ED1448F705F.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/672\/378\/B830C845-5C4D-4227-B231-0ED1448F705F.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1344\/756\/B830C845-5C4D-4227-B231-0ED1448F705F.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/931\/523\/B830C845-5C4D-4227-B231-0ED1448F705F.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1862\/1046\/B830C845-5C4D-4227-B231-0ED1448F705F.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/720\/405\/B830C845-5C4D-4227-B231-0ED1448F705F.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1440\/810\/B830C845-5C4D-4227-B231-0ED1448F705F.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1200\/675\/B830C845-5C4D-4227-B231-0ED1448F705F.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A before and after shot of a woman.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Crummett shared these before-and-after photographs with Fox News Digital. The picture of her in the blue shirt was taken before she began a &#8220;carnivore&#8221; diet.<\/span> <span>(Jane Crummett)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;My plan is to eat sardines with two tablespoons of MCT oil for breakfast and then will introduce about three ounces of beef with [a few] tablespoons of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/food-drink\/recipes\/meals\/lunch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beef drippings for lunch<\/a>, then sardines for dinner,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will have to take things day by day and just see how my blood sugar reacts to the new food,&#8221; she said, noting that she&#8217;s noticed her blood glucose levels have increased if she eats too much protein at once.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/fish-oil-supplements-linked-greater-first-time-heart-attack-risk-not-universally-good-bad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FISH OIL SUPPLEMENTS LINKED TO GREATER FIRST-TIME HEART ATTACK RISK IN STUDY: &#8216;NOT UNIVERSALLY GOOD OR BAD&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My ultimate goal is to have sardines for breakfast every day with MCT oil and incorporate normal beef, pork and\/or chicken back into my diet,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A dietitian, however, raised concerns about the &#8220;carnivore&#8221; lifestyle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pull-quote\">\n<p class=\"quote-text\">Omega-3 fatty acids &#8220;should be part of a balanced diet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <!----><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;In the short term, I would imagine that any type of change she&#8217;s making is going to show immediate results. And it sounds to me like she had some issues with her gut and that she&#8217;s removed some of the foods that [may have been] causing inflammation,&#8221; Kim Shapira, M.S., R.D., told Fox News Digital in a Zoom interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shapira, based in Los Angeles, is founder of the Kim Shapira Method and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/lifestyle\/lifestyle-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">author of the book<\/a> &#8220;This is What You&#8217;re Really Hungry For.&#8221; (Shapira was not involved in Crummett&#8217;s dietary choices.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/343\/192\/iStock-854326366.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/686\/384\/iStock-854326366.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/672\/378\/iStock-854326366.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1344\/756\/iStock-854326366.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/931\/523\/iStock-854326366.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1862\/1046\/iStock-854326366.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/720\/405\/iStock-854326366.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1440\/810\/iStock-854326366.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1200\/675\/iStock-854326366.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"fruit, vegetables, cereals, whole wheat pasta, grains, legumes and herbs\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A balanced diet \u2013 which can include sardines \u2013 is a better choice than giving up carbs entirely, a dietitian in Los Angeles told Fox News Digital.<\/span> <span>(iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A zero-carb diet, Shapira said simply, is &#8220;not a sustainable way to live.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Crummett&#8217;s choice of sardines is an &#8220;amazing form of omega-3s \u2013 a really good fatty acid,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Omega-3 fatty acids &#8220;should be part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/food-drink\/food\/healthy-foods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">balanced diet,<\/a>&#8221; said Shapira, stressing &#8220;balance&#8221; as the key word.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Mediterranean diet \u2013 the type of diet that includes a balance of everything \u2013 is really what we need long term,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you go on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/low-carb-diet-benefits-heart-health-overweight-researchers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">low-carb diet<\/a>, you&#8217;re actually dehydrating your system. So when you say \u2018quick weight loss,\u2019 it is quick weight loss only in the fact that it&#8217;s water loss. It&#8217;s not actually fat loss,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you would like to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/nutrition-and-fitness\/weight-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lose weight<\/a>, you actually need a combination of so many things,&#8221; Shapira continued \u2014 &#8220;including lifestyle changes, better eating habits, exercise, sleep, and water intake.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She added, &#8220;I wish people would see historically that any time there is a diet trend and people jump on it, it doesn&#8217;t last, it&#8217;s not sustainable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong>For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle<\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She said it can also lead to &#8220;bigger issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/north-carolina-woman-eats-nothing-sardines-loses-35-pounds-this-not-diet\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account &#8211; free of charge. By entering your email and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111498\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}