Josie Lieder is the author of Coming Around to Carnivore: From Skeptic to Thriving: The Meat-Based Approach That Can Unlock Your Best Self and a content creator under the name "The Ex-Plant Eater". After becoming interested in health as a preteen and spending 14 years as a strict vegan, only to end up with a life-threatening autoimmune disorder, Josie was forced to reconsider everything she believed about diet and wellness. 

Growing up being taught that red meat is the culprit behind heart disease, cancer, and the obesity epidemic, Josie truly believed she was doing right by her body and the planet by excluding it from her diet for so many years. However, after developing ulcerative colitis after a decade of being vegan and dealing with it for several years thereafter, she hit a breaking point. She'd been told her autoimmune disorder was genetic and inescapable, but she refused to believe that. There had to be another way, and the only way she hadn't tried was reincorporating animal products into her diet.

She reincluded them in steps, and with each new addition, her autoimmune symptoms became less severe. She was shocked, awed, and knew there had to be something to this. That was when she found the carnivore diet, and the multitude of testimonies claiming it had put the disorders and conditions of many others into permanent remission. That gave her the "permission" she needed and the confidence to do what her body was already asking for. The more animal products she ate, the better she felt, so she dove into the carnivore diet wholeheartedly at that point. Within weeks, she saw the lasting symptoms of her autoimmune condition go into remission, and experienced fully normal digestion again for the first time in over a decade.

She has since become a vocal advocate for the carnivore diet. She shares her journey online under the name "The Ex-Plant Eater", sharing her struggles, culinary escapades, and even beef with vegans, no pun intended. Her perspective is that if the carnivore diet could cause her health to have such a profound comeback and truly unlock her best self, it can do that for you, too. She shares the how-to side of that in her upcoming book, Coming Around to Carnivore, which debuts August 11th, 2026.

When she's not sharing content about the carnivore diet, she's probably writing fiction or exploring historical sites, her other favorite hobbies. She has authored 2 fiction books, part of a science fiction romance series called The Lucy Divine series, available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

More information about her fiction books can be found here: Josephine C. Lieder