Lesnar blames high-protein diet for ailment

UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has blamed a high-protein diet for his struggle with mystery ailments in recent months.

Lesnar confirmed on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” that is he has recovered and could make his return to action in the summer.

“Everybody has life-changing experiences, and this is one of them for me,” Lesnar said on a media call this afternoon, according to MMAjunkie.com. “I believe everything happens for a reason.”

“I had been suffering for almost a year with something I didn’t really know what it was,” Lesnar said. “I had some stomach pains here and here and some flu-like symptoms throughout the year. Actually, during the training camp against Shane Carwin is when everything just kind of snow-balled. That’s when I realized.

“I was missing full weeks of my training camp because I just couldn’t perform in my camp. That’s when I decide four weeks out to give [UFC officials] hopefully enough notice to say – hey, listen, the last thing I wanted to do was to come in and give a bad performance and risk losing my title. That’s when it really all accumulated.”

“What got me here was a total protein diet, not enough fiber, and that’s where I was,” Lesnar continued. “I totally changed my diet, got on some natural healing medicine, and was just doing a lot of praying. I had a lot of people praying for me.

“I’m a carnivore. I’m not a big fan of PETA. I’m a member of the NRA, and whatever I kill, I eat. Basically, I was just for years surviving on meat and potatoes. When the greens came by, I just kept passing them.”