When Wisdom Evolves: How My Nutrition Philosophy Deepened Through Study, Motherhood & Metabolic Truth

If there’s one thing studying the human body has taught me, it’s this: real understanding never stands still.

It expands, matures, and humbles you. And sometimes it asks you to outgrow ideas you once held tightly — even if those ideas helped you heal.

For years, I championed low-carb, keto, and carnivore nutrition.

And I still do. These approaches can be life-changing interventions: regulating inflammation, stabilising energy, resetting hunger cues, restoring metabolic health, simplifying food choices.

But interventions are not identities.

And what serves us in one season is not what sustains us in the next.

Over the past 18 months — navigating postpartum, rebuilding my thyroid health, breastfeeding, supporting my nervous system, finishing advanced clinical training, and trying to live ancestrally in a modern world — my perspective has deepened dramatically.

This isn’t a departure from ancestral living.

It’s a maturation of it.

My Carnivore Season: Necessary, Healing, and Not Forever

I spent 2.5 years almost exclusively carnivore.

It simplified my nutrition, healed inflammation, and gave me the metabolic reset I needed.

But in that same chapter, something else crept in

There is an unspoken narrative in parts of the carnivore/low-carb world:

• “If you feel tired, it’s ‘keto flu.’ Keep going.”

• “If your period changes, it’s normal.”

• “If your hair thins, it’s detox.”

• “If you can’t sleep, you’re still adapting.”

• “If you’re anxious, it’s oxalate dumping.”

• “If your thyroid shifts, your labs don’t matter.”

• “If carbs help you feel better, you’re addicted.”

These statements are not science — and they are not lived reality for many people, especially women.

Rigid identity-driven eating is not ancestral.

It is not metabolic wisdom.

And it is certainly not health.

Carbohydrates ARE Ancestral

Somewhere in the carnivore echo chamber, many forget this

Our ancestors ate:

• raw honey

• fruit

• roots and tubers

• leafy plants

• nuts, seeds, and berries

• and in some cultures, fermented grains or legumes

They didn’t moralise these foods.

They didn’t demonise glucose.

They didn’t panic over a piece of fruit.

They weren’t trying to “stay in ketosis for life.”

Their bodies, environments, and stress levels were entirely different.

Their seasons guided their intake.

Their soil was richer.

Their lives required metabolic flexibility, not dietary purity.

Why Low-Carb Isn’t Always Right — Especially for Women

Now here is the part that changed everything for me:

Women’s physiology is not male physiology.

This is not opinion — it is endocrinology.

Hormones, thyroid function, fertility, stress resilience, and metabolic regulation are vastly different for women, particularly:

• postpartum

• breastfeeding

• under chronic stress

• with thyroid variations

• with disrupted sleep

• in perimenopause

• or after long-term dieting

As someone who was born with half a thyroid and now manages metabolic health carefully, I can say this from personal experience and clinical understanding:

Why?

Because carbohydrate availability directly influences:

• thyroid conversion (T4 → T3)

• cortisol regulation

• progesterone balance

• menstrual rhythms

• energy output

• liver function

• sleep cycles

• nervous system stability

• appetite regulation

When carbs are chronically too low:

The body compensates by:

• increasing cortisol and adrenaline

• increasing gluconeogenesis (constant glucose production = stress)

• downshifting metabolic rate

• reducing active T3

• altering cycle length or ovulation

• triggering hair thinning

• impairing sleep

• intensifying anxiety

• increasing cravings

• reducing resilience

These symptoms are NOT “normal on carnivore.”

They are physiological red flags.

Many women dismiss these signs because the online low-carb world tells them these symptoms are:

• detox

• adaptation

• oxalate dumping

• electrolyte imbalance

• a sign they’re not doing it “right”

But women know.

We feel it.

And our bodies don’t lie.

YouTube Is Not Your Metabolism

This was a painful realisation for me:

You see a doctor or influencer thriving on zero-carb and assume you will too.

But you never see:

• their genetics

• their thyroid panel

• their stress load

• their sleep

• their postpartum recovery

• their breastfeeding demand

• their years of metabolic context

• their full nutritional status

You are not doing anything wrong.

You are simply not them.

Bioindividuality is not a slogan — it is foundational physiology.

My Philosophy Now: Ancestral, Seasonal & Stress-Aware

I still value high-fat, animal-based, whole-food nutrition.

I still use carnivore and keto as targeted therapeutic tools.

But now, my approach is guided by:

• the season of your life

• your hormones

• your thyroid

• your stress load

• your sleep

• your gut health

• your metabolic history

• your breastfeeding status

• your nervous system state

• your relationship with food

• your symptoms

• your ancestry and genetics

This is ancestral nutrition in its truest form:

flexible, responsive, seasonal, and grounded in wisdom — not restriction.

If You’re Confused or Afraid of Your Next Step — I’m Here

If you’re wondering:

• whether to stay low-carb

• whether to bring back seasonal carbohydrates

• why your energy feels off

• whether your thyroid needs more support

• why your cycle has shifted

• why your mental health feels fragile

• or why your symptoms don’t match what YouTube “experts” say is normal…

You are not alone, and you are not failing.

Your body is communicating.

And listening to it is not weakness — it is wisdom.

If you need guidance from someone who has lived this, studied it deeply, and works clinically with these patterns every day, you can book a consultation with me here:

👉 thekitchendetox.com/book-online

Let’s restore clarity, safety, and metabolic peace —

seasonally, ancestrally, and without fear.

With Love

Frankie x