Dr. Shawn Baker’s new book “The Carnivore Diet” launched today (11/19/19) and I got to have him on the podcast to talk about it. We discuss The Carnivore Diet book and also address some of the most common questions about The Carnivore Diet like: What about anaerobic activity / workouts, glycogen replenishment, strength/power, and recovery?…
The title “Carbohydrates and the Carnivore Diet” doesn’t even make sense. Meat has virtually no carbohydrates. Nearly all carbs and sugars in our diet come from plant-based foods. But here I want to discuss what carbohydrates have to do with the carnivore diet. Over the last few years I’ve done a number of experiments within…
In last week’s “Saturday 7” newsletter I mentioned some of the carnivore diet experiments I’ve done over the last 2+ years. Carnivore Diet Experiments 3 months carnivore transition (“Levels” 1-3) 6 months just beef and water 3 months re-intro of various animal-based foods (other meats, organs, seafood, eggs) 6 months “nose to tail” 6 months muscle…
Lather on the sunscreen. Put on a hat. Cover up. Get in the shade.But be sure to take that Vitamin D supplement. Maybe, just maybe, this isn’t the best advice. It’s the 1st day of summer. And I’m feeling fired up to talk about the sun. Since I was a kid I’ve been told the…
My cholesterol is high and I likely have the carnivore diet to blame. Cholesterol is a complex topic. It’s involved in energy metabolism, hormone production, cellular structure, and yes – cardiovascular disease. Here I want to create a brief resource on cholesterol and review some of the research. I also want to discuss why it’s…
Is there any evidence for a meat-based diet? Let’s explore. Evidence for a Meat-Based Diet: 1.0 – Evolution Throughout human evolution, selective pressures fueled a persistent feedback loop between climate, food availability, and the advantages of a large brain. Archaeological and palaeontological evidence indicate that increased meat consumption underpinned our stunning divergence from our primate…
As we continue on our journey through Part I of “Your Brain on Meat” in the Brain Food Series, we “meat” the brain that became sapiens. Thanks to six years of Latin training, I can tell you that “sapiens” means wise. And while years of study to learn a “dead language” may not seem wise, to…
As we continue on our journey through Part I of “Your Brain on Meat” in the Brain Food Series, we run into a paradox – The Brain-Body Paradox. In the last section we saw how the brain expanded from the modest beginnings of our hominid ancestors to its enormous size which (as we’ll see in…
I think the best place to begin this series on Brain Food is the beginning – a look at the backdrop of the human brain. So let’s rewind the clock and see how the brain changed from that of our early ancestors to the modern Homo Sapien brain. This is the journey of your brain…
For two decades I’ve obsessed over “body food” – the food that builds muscle, the diet that melts fat, and the fuel that optimizes performance. But in the last few years I’ve started digging into another component. I wanted to discover how to build my brain like I built my body. This led to the…