Lee Copus  @kentcarnivore  has one of the most upsetting stories of personal health that brought him close to death, and it seems to have been because of one thing: plant-based food. Listen to his story of struggle, self-harm, depression, discovery and more.

Timestamps below:

00:00 Trailer
2:05 Intro
2:18 Lee’s missing colon
3:00 The backstory (colitis, diet, bowel cancer)
12:38 Referral to hospital and diagnosis
14:38 Camera inside his gut
16:25 Official diagnosis and poor diet advice
19:15 Bloody diarrhoea
21:17 Return to the hospital
23:14 Did steroids help?
24:37 20 visits to the bathroom in one day
28:32 30 visits to the bathroom in one day
30:06 Life and death time
33:20 Failed emergency treatment
35:00 Operate or die
38:12 What the surgeons did
42:55 Recovering from lie-saving surgery
46:15 Diet after near-death
47:00 The cheeseburger lesson
49:12 Seeing plant-based foods destroy his gut
50:52 Life with a bag instead of a colon (anxiety, fear, inferiority…)
53:41 Going into depression
57:11 Showing us the bag
1:01:57 Daily routine changes with the bag
1:04:05 Intimacy with a stoma bag
1:08:35 Self-harm and depression
1:12:24 Immediate effect of reducing plant foods
1:15:34 Discovering carnivore & Mikhaila Peterson
1:18:31 Depression gone in 3 weeks
1:20:17 BBBE 30 day challenge
1:25:48 Changed opinion on diet guidelines
1:29:27 Dr. Abs’ views on a balanced diet
1:31:50 Day 1 to 30 (acid reflux gone, cravings, red pill, clarity)
1:39:16 Dr. Abs seeing carnivore miracles in dentistry
1:43:30 Stoma bag damning plant food in the 30d challenge
1:47:00 Proving human digestive systems can’t digest plant food with tangible proof
1:53:30 Stoma bag debris on carnivore
1:59:34 Carnivore stopped excess sweating, sunburns, acne
2:04:54 Second surgery
2:11:11 Urination and anal pain post-op
2:13:33 Ending the anal pain
2:18:06 Views on his journey and the medical staff
2:20:54 Dr. Abs’ experience of nutrition in medical education
2:24:36 Lee’s advice to medical students
2:28:46 Speaking to his younger self in hindsight (bad medical advice, conflicts of interest)
2:39:41 Advice to others facing colon surgery
2:35:27 Response to vegans recommending fibre
2:41:09 Lee’s advice to people suffering from depression
2:45:06 What Jordan Peterson means to Lee
2:49:35 Future goals for Lee

This video is an opinion and in no way should be construed as statements of fact.