A woman claims she cured her acne, lost five stone and feels better than ever after ditching her five-a-day for a diet based on - raw steak and offal.<br /><br />India Castley completely stopped eating vegetables in mid 2022 and has been eating uncooked meats for approximately one year. <br /><br />She claims that the diet helped her lose weight - from 15 to 10st - and even eased her depression and stomach problems.<br /><br />The 19-year-old from Southport in Merseyside used to follow a normal diet where she made sure to eat a lot of vegetables.<br /><br />But she says the diet made her feel "terrible". <br /><br />And it's not until she switched to a carnivorous lifestyle that she says she started to feel better. <br /><br />India's diet is controversial - scientists say it lacks fibre and antioxidants and is high in fat and cholesterol.<br /><br />But India has vowed to never touch plant-based food again.<br /><br />The influencer avoids all fruit and vegetables. <br /><br />She believes they contain anti-nutrients, substances which reduce the body's ability to absorb nutrients, and irritants.<br /><br />Beside meat, India also eats eggs, bone marrow and raw dairy which supply her with vitamins and nutrients. <br /><br />India said: "What I eat in a day varies from day to day and people think that it's quite boring and restrictive but once you get into it, you will never want to stop.<br /><br />"For breakfast I tend to have raw steak with a bit of raw liver and my raw dairy.<br /><br />"For a snack I have beef liver crisps or heart crisps. This is rare I try not to snack unless I am very hungry.<br /><br />"This changes day to day. I could have liver or kidney. I do also enjoy boiled eggs or raw eggs. Cheese and milk is a must for me too.<br /><br />"Homemade bone broth too! It's a good source of electrolytes. I do not touch vegetables due to the anti-nutrients and irritants.<br /><br />India's weekly food shop, which includes steak, eggs and dairy products, comes to approximately £150.<br /><br />India said: "People would assume carnivore is pricey but absolutely not. I’d say people spend more on take outs and fast food than carnivore food."<br /><br />Besides her weight loss and no more acne, India says the clearest benefit she has experienced is her mood.<br /><br />She said: "My friends and family say they don’t even recognise me anymore, in the best way possible that is.<br /><br />"I have motivation for everything. Before carnivore I could barely get out of bed.<br /><br />"I was always anxiety riddled. I was a very angry, short-tempered person but this was due to my bad diet causing me to have leaky gut.<br /><br /> "Your gut is essentially your first brain. If you are damaging it you won’t be feeling very good as much as you should be.<br /><br />"I don’t get tired randomly. I don’t have mood swings. I feel good. I look good. Life is good."<br /><br />Despite saying that she feels better than ever, India's diet has brought a lot of hate online from people who say her lifestyle is unhealthy.<br /><br />One comment read: "Gonna have a heart attack or worms in a few years, I can’t wait."<br /><br />Another said: "This can make you blind, google it."
