Mallory Rhodes

I lost both my parents to heart disease.

When my annual physical in March (‘25) revealed undesirable blood markers, I knew I needed to make big shifts. 𝘐 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘥 (I was 34) to see if lifestyle intervention could help. I know this isn’t always the case …

𝐌𝐲 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐁 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝐭𝐨 𝟕𝟔 𝐢𝐧 𝟑 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬. 𝐋𝐏(𝐚) - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐬 “𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭” - 𝟕𝟖 𝐭𝐨 𝟒𝟔 𝐢𝐧 𝟖 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬.

Comment 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐊𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 and I’ll send a quick checklist/guide straight to your DM’s with the 𝟓 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 that made the biggest impact on lowering my markers - 𝘕𝘈𝘛𝘜𝘙𝘈𝘓𝘓𝘠.

Let me start off by saying 𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐄

the word ‘𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐭’. In my opinion a diet is something you start and stop that’s usually restrictive of some sort. No thanks.

I decided to change the way I ate. Slow down. Have less caffeine. Less starches (which turn to sugar). Less sweets. Less dairy. Focus on consuming more meat (quality meat). This was an experiment. No tracking food. No daily weigh in’s.

Similarly to how you purchase a new foundation at Sephora to see how you like it ... I decided to play with my day to day eating habits to see how my body would respond.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐭.

I’m a big proponent of taking your health into your own hands. Listening to your body. Watching, waiting, seeing what works for you.

My doctor 5 months ago suggested that I take out of my diet anything containing cholesterol and get on a statin. She walked into the room yesterday and said “ wow, you’ve lost weight. Are you trying to?” I said no .. just trying to lower inflammation naturally.

When she asked what I’ve done I told her part of what has worked for me lately is consuming more meat (red meat at that) and less starches. Her response, “I’d rather you consume meat than starches anyway.”

This wasn’t her suggestion to me 5 months ago ... which goes to show that it’s 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to take part in your own health. Your doctor is there to do their job, to earn a paycheck. NOT to hold your hand.