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How my eating habits changed my life 🫣

I never really paid much attention to what I ate, and that came with a price – my mental health. It manifested as anxiety, panic attacks, and severe depression. I was drinking alcohol daily, using hard drugs, taking antidepressants and benzos, and eating catastrophically bad food. My weight went up to 80 kg 😱 – even though I’m tall, it looked terrible, and I felt disgusted in my own skin, body, and reflection. It hit me hard that I needed to change my life from the ground up.

That’s when I started learning about food, habits, inner well-being, and the state of the soul. I realized I couldn’t keep going like this – my path was heading straight to an early grave, just like my father. So, I made a plan to change everything.
• March 2024: I quit antidepressants.
• June 2024: I quit drugs.
• July 2024: Extreme anxiety hit me hard, so I completely cut out alcohol and switched to homeopathy on a friend’s recommendation.

Anxiety is a whole topic on its own, and I could talk about it for ages, but that’s for another time.

I also met a unique person who made me think deeply about what I put into my body and soul through unhealthy food and habits. Gradually, step by step, I absorbed a lot of information and started changing my eating habits. I eliminated chemicals, preservatives, artificial colors, added sugars, processed foods, seed oils, and most flour-based products (which had been my daily staples for years), as well as pasteurized dairy and other junk.

Instead, I embraced clean, whole foods – meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits, berries, honey, and other natural gifts. I started cooking my own meals (something I never really did before because I was too lazy), spending time outdoors, walking over 10,000 steps a day, and reading books on anxiety and psychosomatics.

My weight started dropping day by day – from size 44 pants to size 36 in about 9 months.

However, in August 2024, hormonal acne hit hard – that was a new challenge.(That’s also a topic a next time) But I stayed committed to my clean eating, daily walks, and holistic approach. Now, in March 2025, the nightmare is over. I can finally live without anxiety, feeling slim, healthy, and my skin is still healing from scars. I see life completely different than previously..

What about you guys? Do you believe that clean eating can impact mental health?