Melissa And Tom’s Keto-Carnivore Fight Against Cancer
Melissa’s journey toward a meat-focused, zero-carb way of eating began in 2016 after her daughter was diagnosed with brain cancer. That same year she discovered Dr. Shawn Baker’s work and the emerging keto-carnivore community. Though her daughter chose conventional therapy alone and passed away in January 2017, the experience convinced Melissa there was more she could do for her own health.

Three months before her daughter’s death Melissa, already post-menopausal, began heavy bleeding. A July hysterectomy confirmed endometrial cancer. When radiation was recommended she declined and turned fully to a keto-carnivore protocol—three strict weeks of meat and fat followed by sugar relapses she now calls “eating every doughnut in a twenty-mile radius.” Recognizing lifelong “gutter-level” sugar addiction that dated back to childhood candy thefts, Melissa learned to keep cooked steaks ready in the refrigerator. Whenever cravings struck, she ate meat instead of sweets and quickly returned to keto-carnivore equilibrium.

Breakfast is usually a strip steak; lunch a rib-eye or bacon omelet. Dinner is optional. Energized, she rises at four a.m. to run her dog-boarding business without fatigue.

In January 2022 the couple faced another trial: Tom injured his back, and an MRI exposed two compressed vertebrae dotted with lesions. Doctors confirmed multiple myeloma. Surgery and chemotherapy left him unable to walk, down twenty pounds, and dependent on painkillers. From his hospital bed Melissa declared it was full keto-carnivore or she would walk out. Too weak to argue, Tom accepted plates of bacon, eggs, rib-eyes, strip steak, and lamb.

Pain melted within five weeks. At six weeks he announced he was “bored” and returned to carpentry. Recent echocardiogram results delighted his physician, and Tom—now the same muscular 66-year-old who once nursed chronic knee and joint pain—moves without discomfort.

​Melissa credits their shared keto-carnivore commitment for erasing her eczema-like sugar rashes, sustaining her 4 a.m. vigor, and giving Tom a body stronger than before his diagnosis. “Our lives have improved enormously since he is doing this with me,” she says, grateful that bacon, rib-eyes, and steadfast resolve became their joint prescription for healing.

Disclaimer: These testimonials are from people who shared their success stories on keto carnivore diet which is Revero’s nutrition therapy method. They are not from actual Revero patients. Clinical results are not guaranteed and outcomes are specific to each patient.