Woman explains 'shocking' things eating only sardines for 3 months did to her body

If you were to eat the same thing for three months, it’s likely you might choose your favourite meal, maybe a pasta dish or a good hearty stir fry. Or perhaps you’d go for something quite simple that you wouldn’t get sick of.

But you probably wouldn’t choose a stinky tin of fish, right?

Well, prepare yourself for the thought of that, as a woman explained the ‘shocking’ things eating just sardines for three months did to her body. Yep, sardines and nothing else.

Jane Crummett was struggling with her health due to extreme foot pain, inflammation and food addiction when she decided to make a dramatic lifestyle change.

The 62-year-old retired military therapist weighed roughly 17 stone at her peak, and suffered from plantar fasciitis, which made walking tough.

Crummett reckons it's worked wonders. (Youtube/Dr. Boz [Annette Bosworth, MD])

So, in 2020, Crummett adopted a carnivore diet and lost 65 pounds, but she ended up hitting a plateau and her weight crept back on. It was time to try something else.

In May, she hit a weight of 14 stone and decided to try out Flordia physician Annette Bosworth’s 72-hour sardine fast. The method from ‘Dr Boz’ is supposed to jump-start metabolism and send a person’s body into advanced ketosis to rapidly burn fat for energy.

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But the woman didn’t leave it at three days, and has stuck to the fish.

“People think I’m absolutely nuts,” she told Bosworth on her YouTube show last month.

Crummett explained she eats four cans of sardines every day and supplement with MCT oil.

Consuming around 1,500 daily calories (the NHS advises the average man needs 2,500kcal and the average woman 2,000kcal), she said she’s ‘not starving herself’. The woman claimed that her oily fish only diet had restored her energy, reduced her blood sugar and relieved her pain.

She's hooked. (Getty Stock)

Crummett also said she lost 12 pounds of fluid in the first two weeks of this regime.

A UK doc from healthcare company Jude pointed out that mercury can accumulate in the body despite sardines being low in it in small amounts as well as pointing out other potential downsides.

“Firstly, [sardines] contain zero fiber. Fiber is crucial for gut health and digestion. A diet based solely on sardines could lead to constipation,” Dr. Masarat Jilani told Surrey Live. “The way sardines are canned means they are usually preserved in either salt or oil.

“If they are salted sardines, you will be consuming an excessive amount of sodium, which can raise your blood pressure and put strain on your kidneys.”

The NHS stresses the importance of a healthy, balanced diet to help maintain good health including at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day. It’s important to speak to a doctor or registered dietitian if you’ve got concerns about your diet.