Critics often raise concerns about nutrient deficiencies on a carnivore diet. How do you ensure adequate intake of essential vitamins and minerals typically sourced from plant-based foods?
What areas of research are most critical for understanding the long-term effects and potential benefits of the carnivore diet?
One possible explanation that I found while watching the episode linked in #769506 is that on a carnivore diet, you might not need as much other stuff since meat doesn’t compete with it.
But I recommend watching it yourself, a lot of very interesting information in there and I might have confused some.
I've always wondered about this also. This diet could be useful for short-term healing, but not an entire lifetime of this unless it is your native diet.
My question for you is about coffee. I know Dr. Chaffee and Dr. Wiedeman are against it, claiming it does no good to your gut, and "seeds are a plant's baby, so it's the most protected by defense chemicals". Dr. Berry is a bit more relaxed on it.
Where do you stand on whether coffee is good/bad/neutral, and why?
People have been living healthier and happier with a vegetarian diet and a lot of spirituality in northern parts of India for ages. Would you recommend all of them starting a carnivore diet?
Good question. I don't think so. Maybe a carnivore diet is better than a typical American fast food diet, but I doubt it is healthier long term than a lot of the traditional diets that uses real, unprocessed food.
Thanks. First time interacting with you. TBH, I thought you might also be someone who's running the carnivore agenda. But you seem very wise and rational.
Even though I'm a vegetarian my take on food for humans is very simple. I think humans can/should eat all types of food. The reason is also simple. Humans have all types of teeth.
I've always said the same thing whether I'm talking to a vegetarian or a carnivore. I point to my teeth. I've got meat teeth and I've got plant teeth. Seems pretty obvious to me.
Thank you Dr. Baker! I have your book, and listen to and learn from all your podcasts. I owe you a lot for providing the information and understanding that you do. It's helped me tremendously and really changed my life.
A couple questions if you have time:
I've had some issues after carnivore that I attribute to oxalate dumping. They're not terrible, but overall it seems underdiscussed in the carnivore community. Maybe it's just those people (like me) who were fooled by the "spinach, chia, almonds are superfood" narrative, and ate a lot of those foods.
Any thoughts?
What do you think of pork fat and lard? I heard on a podcast that it's as unhealthy as corn oil. I can't track down that podcast anymore, though.
What's the latest with your health company Revero? Will it open for customers soon?
I'm torn about the carnivore diet. It sounds promising—eating fewer carbs makes sense—but I'm skeptical about whether it's truly healthy in the long term. Still, I think I should give it a try. How long should I stick with it to properly evaluate it?
Hey Shawn!
Welcome to the Nostr universe. Thanks for your very important work.
I recently heard of someone who went on a 100% carnivore diet for years and still had excess weight that didn't come of, he's now doing some other programs to get rid of it. Anything to say about that?
Are there any vitamins, supplements you would you say the general population would benefit from taking?
What I hear often is vit D in winter, and Omega-3 because people rarely get enough. Then I have friends who take a vitamin and supplement cocktail in the mornings "just in case".
Never been sure whether it's mostly snake oil or there's benefits.
1 beef is loaded with many phytonutrients (Per Van Vliet’s paper) not sure if I can link here
2 RDA is based of population of grain eaters which change requirements
Ludwig’s Harvard paper on carnivore should no evidence of deficiencies in 2000+ carnivores ranging from 6 months to 28 years
Clinically I just don’t see deficiencies of any significance
As far as the long term stuff, although you can look at historic populations for some data, the real answer is that there is no well controlled good data on any diet that is long term
Dr. Baker popularized the carnivore (all meat) diet by going on Joe Rogan's podcast 6 years ago and making a killer case for it: https://youtu.be/Yj_Bc9hdHa0
The carnivore diet. Dr. Baker is a big advocate, and wrote what I think is the first big book on carnivore, called appropriately enough The Carnivore Diet.
I have two questions
Critics often raise concerns about nutrient deficiencies on a carnivore diet. How do you ensure adequate intake of essential vitamins and minerals typically sourced from plant-based foods?
What areas of research are most critical for understanding the long-term effects and potential benefits of the carnivore diet?
One possible explanation that I found while watching the episode linked in #769506 is that on a carnivore diet, you might not need as much other stuff since meat doesn’t compete with it.
But I recommend watching it yourself, a lot of very interesting information in there and I might have confused some.
Thanks
The question makes me confused, is there an explanation in this SN? I am also waiting for an answer to your question, hopefully it will be answered.
I've always wondered about this also. This diet could be useful for short-term healing, but not an entire lifetime of this unless it is your native diet.
replied in #770415
He didn't :(
So glad you could make it today, sir!
My question for you is about coffee. I know Dr. Chaffee and Dr. Wiedeman are against it, claiming it does no good to your gut, and "seeds are a plant's baby, so it's the most protected by defense chemicals". Dr. Berry is a bit more relaxed on it.
Where do you stand on whether coffee is good/bad/neutral, and why?
The reality is that some people see an improvement when they give up coffeee the other 50% don’t so that is what I base my opinions on
What's the most powerful testimonial you've personally heard of the carnivore diet healing someone's health problems?
So many, hard to say, but the autoimmune ones are pretty cool
There's a lot of success stories here, categorized by type: https://carnivore.diet/carnivore-diet-success-stories/
When are you coming to Nostr?? Dr. Berry has been having all the fun and stacking lots of sats. We'd love for you to join the party! ⚡️
Maybe if I can figure it out
People have been living healthier and happier with a vegetarian diet and a lot of spirituality in northern parts of India for ages. Would you recommend all of them starting a carnivore diet?
Good question. I don't think so. Maybe a carnivore diet is better than a typical American fast food diet, but I doubt it is healthier long term than a lot of the traditional diets that uses real, unprocessed food.
Thanks. First time interacting with you. TBH, I thought you might also be someone who's running the carnivore agenda. But you seem very wise and rational.
Even though I'm a vegetarian my take on food for humans is very simple. I think humans can/should eat all types of food. The reason is also simple. Humans have all types of teeth.
Yep, that is a good take.
I've always said the same thing whether I'm talking to a vegetarian or a carnivore. I point to my teeth. I've got meat teeth and I've got plant teeth. Seems pretty obvious to me.
How long did it take to learn how to single-hand Snatch 135 lbs?
Dr. Baker, as a proponent of the carnivore diet, do you have a favorite meat dish or a unique recipe that you particularly enjoy?
Not really, I’m a fan of the fattier cuts of beef, ribeye, picanha etc… lamb can often be great at times too
What is Bitcoin for you?
what, in your opinion, are the main factors behind the
Thank you Dr. Baker! I have your book, and listen to and learn from all your podcasts. I owe you a lot for providing the information and understanding that you do. It's helped me tremendously and really changed my life.
A couple questions if you have time:
Oxalate issue prevalence is debateable imv But reintroduce a small amount and see
Lard is definitely not “as bad as corn oil”
Revero is up and running in several states and adding more every month
I'm torn about the carnivore diet. It sounds promising—eating fewer carbs makes sense—but I'm skeptical about whether it's truly healthy in the long term. Still, I think I should give it a try. How long should I stick with it to properly evaluate it?
3 months is reasonable to see how you respond
How did you get into the carnivore diet?
I follow a crazy group on Facebook called Zeroing in on health in 2015- thought they were nuts, but was curious
Other than yourself, who is your favorite carnivore proponent?
thoughts on trt for men and ideal age to start? and as a follow up, when on trt, what biomarkers are most important to be monitoring ?
im not a proponent of TRT
What's the most surprising benefit of a carnivore diet?
no hiccups
What's your second favorite ruminant meat after beef?
lamb, particularly icelandic lamb
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If you had to pick one thing to be world class at, what would you pick?
as an older athlete, probably sprinting
Smartest person you ever met?
Officer Trainee Banerji
dude could read two books simultaneously in Russian and English
ended up in a psych ward because he couldn't handle the illogical nonsense of military training
Hi, so what have you been up to lately?
working on my company, Revero.com facilitating research on diet trolling vegans getting stronger eating steak fighting stupidity
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Maybe if I can figure it out
How many pushups can you do?
Hey Shawn! Welcome to the Nostr universe. Thanks for your very important work.
I recently heard of someone who went on a 100% carnivore diet for years and still had excess weight that didn't come of, he's now doing some other programs to get rid of it. Anything to say about that?
Are there any vitamins, supplements you would you say the general population would benefit from taking?
What I hear often is vit D in winter, and Omega-3 because people rarely get enough. Then I have friends who take a vitamin and supplement cocktail in the mornings "just in case".
Never been sure whether it's mostly snake oil or there's benefits.
Can be carnivore specific or general
1 beef is loaded with many phytonutrients (Per Van Vliet’s paper) not sure if I can link here
2 RDA is based of population of grain eaters which change requirements
As far as the long term stuff, although you can look at historic populations for some data, the real answer is that there is no well controlled good data on any diet that is long term
What would be the benefit of eating only meat as opposed to a healthy balanced diet?
What's this AMA all about? Your name suggests it's food related :)
Dr. Baker popularized the carnivore (all meat) diet by going on Joe Rogan's podcast 6 years ago and making a killer case for it: https://youtu.be/Yj_Bc9hdHa0
He's the man for all questions MEAT!
thanks for the link, I am very interested in watching it soon
There’s also a more recent one: https://youtu.be/VftiRHObhcU
Watched it yesterday night, cleared up a lot of questions I had, very interesting. Looking forward to watch the next episode
see #768215
The carnivore diet. Dr. Baker is a big advocate, and wrote what I think is the first big book on carnivore, called appropriately enough The Carnivore Diet.
Who are you?
If you could offer one piece of advice to someone considering a major dietary change, what would it be?
Reflecting on your journey, what was the most challenging aspect of transitioning to a carnivore diet, and how did you overcome it?