It didn’t take long for her to become hooked.
A 62-year-old veteran therapist who suffers from extreme foot pain, inflammation and food addiction claims he lost 35 pounds by eating only sardines for more than three months.
“People think I’m completely crazy,” Jane Crummett told Annette Bosworth, a Florida physician known as “Dr. Martin.” Boz” last month.
At his peak, Clammett weighed 240 pounds and suffered from plantar fasciitis, which made it difficult for him to walk. She adopted a carnivore diet in 2020 and lost 65 pounds, but reached a plateau and gained the weight back on.
By May, I had had enough. Since she weighed 196 pounds, she decided to follow Bosworth’s 72-hour sardine fast. This is said to rev up your metabolism and put your body into a high state of ketosis, allowing it to quickly burn fat for energy.
Mr. Clammett continued to eat fatty fish as his only diet. She eats four cans of sardines every day, supplements with MCT oil, a fat derived from coconut oil or palm kernel oil, and consumes about 1,500 calories per day.
“I’m not starving myself,” Crammett said.
Crammett, who turned 98 days old earlier this month, praised the diet for restoring her energy, lowering her blood sugar levels and relieving her pain. She said she lost 12 pounds in the first two weeks alone.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends that adults consume at least 8 ounces of seafood per week.
Sardines are rich in protein, brain-beneficial omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D, and calcium, and are relatively low in calories and mercury.
But Britain’s Dr. Masarat Jilani said mercury can accumulate in the body and there are other potential downsides to this viral diet plan.
“Firstly,[sardines]have zero fiber. Fiber is essential for intestinal health and digestion. A diet based solely on sardines can cause constipation,” Jilani told Surrey Live this week. spoke.
“The way sardines are canned usually means they’re preserved with salt or oil,” she continued. “If you eat salted sardines, you’ll end up consuming too much sodium, which can raise your blood pressure and put a strain on your kidneys.”
Moreover, it is difficult to maintain such a restrictive diet.
At the end of a 24-hour sardine fast, Slate writer Luke Winkie felt dizzy, groggy and unable to concentrate, so he bought a 99-cent bag of corn chips at a local mall. reported that it did.
The rule is that you can only take sardines, water, tea or coffee. Hot sauce, mustard, lemon and pepper are allowed, but carbohydrates are prohibited.
“All things considered, there are definitely worse fad diets to try,” Winky wrote earlier this month.
YouTubers who evaluate health and fitness trends were more successful.
Peter Whiting, writing for Newsweek last year, said he lost 4 pounds on a three-day sardine fast while consuming 16 cans of food, totaling 3,700 calories.
“Compared to everything I’ve done before, this felt very easy,” Whiting wrote. “The only downside for me was that I didn’t like sardines at all.”