End food noise without Ozempic

Top doc: How the trendy carnivore diet is helping women like Courtney Luna get near-total relief from cravings and slim down without struggle

- ALLISON NEMETZ

The term 'food noise' is pretty new. Yet food noise itself—it’s that constant brain chatter about what to eat next, even when we're full—has dogged millions for decades. Yes, meds like Ozempic and Zepbound can help. But what if we can’t afford them, hate the side effects or simply don’t want to take medication? Well, an all-natural option is gaining popularity: the carnivore diet. “In 5 to 14 days, a carnivore diet greatly diminishes food noise, and in 21 days, it’s typically completely gone,” says low-carb expert Ken D. Berry, M.D., who works with thousands using the animal-based approach. Dr. Berry adds that as the mind quiets, weight loss and healing often happen with ease. Just ask Courtney Luna, 40, down 60 pounds. “This is the only thing I’ve tried that works with no struggle,” she says. —BY ALLISON NEMETZ

At an average supermarket, “80% to 90% of the choices are chemically engineered to make us overeat,” says Dr. Berry. They’re formulated to contain a precise balance of sugar, carbs, salt and cheap vegetable oil to bring us to a “bliss point” that sets off an addictive brain response. “Food manufacturers brag about it. They say you can’t eat just one, and they’re not joking.”

Factors like stress, lack of sleep and restrictive diets amplify hormones that tell us to eat more. So do environmental cues, such as driving past fast-food restaurants or seeing a friend’s food posts on Instagram. Given all that, it’s no wonder we think about eating so much. More surprising is all the ways a carnivore diet can silence food noise.

How a carnivore diet works

On a basic carnivore diet, you eat only zero-carb animal foods like butter, fish, poultry and meat. All plants contain carbs, so cutting them makes carnivore “the lowest carb of all diets,” says Dr. Berry. And as your body runs low on carbs, you burn fat around the clock.

Courtney lost 60 lbs!