Carnivore Diet

How Safe is the Carnivore Diet?

Just like everyone else, I thought that red meat was bad for you & that raising cows was unsustainable. These two beliefs couldn’t be further from the truth. The Carnivore diet is the ultimate diet to restore your health!

This in depth post will answer the question:
Is the carnivore diet healthy for humans?

In this article we will answer the following questions:

Table of Contents:

Is Red Meat Bad for You?

Simply put, no.

Published on August, 2020 from the Journal of American College of Cardiology (JACC)

this aggregate review paper  (the golden standard of scientific papers) overturns decades of misinformation.

See → Saturated Fats and Health: A Reassessment & Proposal for Food-Based Recommendations: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

TLDR: Fat does not make you fat!

Looking at studies (not surveys) of 400,000 people, it was actually found that saturated fats are beneficial to humans & cardiovascular health.

Don’t believe us? Then look at this chart below:

Use of Cooking Fats 100 Years
Use of Cooking Fats 100 Years

*Source: National Center for Health Statistics (US). Health, United States, 2008: With Special Feature on the Health of Young Adults. Hyattsville (MD): National Center for Health Statistics (US); 2009 Mar. Chartbook. Kris Gunnars

100 years ago, cardiovascular disease was almost unheard of.

And as you can see above, one can easily see that animal fats are not the cause of our public health crisis.

So you may now ask…

What Foods on the Carnivore Diet Should you Avoid to Stay Healthy?

Toxic Food #1: Seed Soils

Stay away from seed oils a.k.a vegetable oils

All plants have defenses & this is especially true when it comes to seeds.

This includes any oils taken from seeds.

Seed oils to avoid include:

  • Sunflower Oil
  • Cottonseed Oil
  • Safflower Oil
  • Rapeseed Oil
  • Sesame Seed Oil
  • Canola Oil
  • Grapeseed Oil
  • Flaxseed Oil
  • Soybean Oil
  • Peanut Oil
  • Rice Bran

Vegetable oils are in fact seed oils.

At one time seed soils were used as industrial lubricant.

This is now a $100 billion industry that will not be going away anytime soon.

Seed oils contain high concentrations of linoleic acid (omega-6), plant cytotoxins that defend against being eaten. 

These seed oils are toxic to your nervous system, leading to neuro-degenerative disorders, fatigue & obesity

How? Seed oils smooth out the cell walls of your mitochondria. With less surface area, your mitochondria are unable to produce ATP.

See the video below for more details

Diseases of Civilization: Are Seed Oil Excesses the Unifying Mechanism?

Toxic Food #2: Processed Sugar

Obesity, diabetes & irritable bowel syndrome are all caused by a diet predominantly consisting of simple carbohydrates. 

Otherwise, known as sugar.

This eventually leads to auto-immune diseases

Sugar is the real killer, and it’s in everything we eat.

Carbohydrates are sugar.

Alcohol is sugar.

And fructose (fruit) is 7 times more toxic than processed sugar.

As you get older, people get what is known as metabolic syndrome.

This is an overload of omega-6 (linoleic acid) that builds up in your fat over time.

First causing leaky gut, then glucose outside the digestive system causes inflammation. This inflammation leads to auto-immune diseases. This eventually leads to cancer.

Modern medicine, assumes it is inevitable that as we get older, we gain weight & begin to break down.

But this does not have to be the case!

Sugar, metabolic syndrome, and cancer

Toxic Food #3: Lectins-> Potatoes, Tomatoes & Eggplant

Yes, we’re back to lectins.

However, did you know that the “nightshade” family (Solanaceae) of plants contains high amounts of lectins.

In case you missed it above, lectins are detrimental to human health.

Society used to be aware of this (see the history of nightshade).

In order to remove these toxins, nightshade & other plants must be cooked for long periods of time.

If you’ve ever been to Italy, you will know that passata is made by removing all skins & seeds from tomatoes, and then slow cooking/simmering all day.

Unless you’re cooking your potatoes, tomatoes & eggplant for longer than 40 min., you are essentially poisoning yourself!

What is the Carnivore Diet?

The carnivore diet is a diet that consists of 100% animal products, namely grass-fed beef.

This diet eliminates all vegetables & fruits.

To most people, eliminating all vegetables & fruits may sound crazy.

However, beef is packed full of high quality protein, essential amino acids, vitamins A, B6, B12, D, E, Iron, Zinc, Selenium + fat that absorbs vitamins A, D, E, and K.

That’s not just our opinion. There are many sources on the internet, with backed up research to support these cleans.

Below you will find links to some of the best youtube channels on this topic. 

Low Carb Down Under ->

Ken D Berry MD ->

Paul Saladino MD ->

Now, think about it. 

The current western human diet is primarily carbohydrates with processed foods that contain vegetable oils for cooking.

This change only occurred in the last 100 years…

And look at the general health of our society.

WE ARE THE MOST UNHEALTHY SOCIETY TO EVER EXIST!

So how can you return to optimum health?

It’s called the carnivore diet.

How do I Start a Carnivore Diet?

Your overall goal should be to reach metabolic flexibility

What is metabolic flexibility? 

Metabolic flexibility is the ability of your body to switch between glucose & ketones as an energy source

This can be done with a combination of intermittent fasting & changing your diet.

As a person who has been on the keto diet for years, here are the things I’ve learned to get you started.

Step 1: Meet your daily requirement of protein & fat 

What is the minimum amount of protein required for adults?

The minimum amount of protein required for adults is between 0.8g -1.2g of protein per kg standing body weight (this may vary depending on factors such as age, sex, muscle mass, and physical activity). 

Keep in mind this does not include visceral fat

What about fat?

You should get an even amount of protein & fat. But be careful where you get your fat from!

For vegetarians– you will have to depend heavily on eggs. To gain the maximum health benefit, be sure to eat the egg yoke as runny as possible for maximum nutritional effect!

Step 2: Eliminate all Seed Oils & Tainted Foods 

Avoid cooking with all vegetable oils!

What cooking oils are safe to cook with?

Safe Cooking Oils with Linoleic Acid %

As you can see there are some cooking oils, such as extra virgin olive oil & avocado oil which are safe to consume.

You may ask, but these are vegetable oils? 

However, these oils are made from the flesh of the fruit…and not the seeds. 

Thus, the confusion between “vegetable oils” & “seed oils.”

You will want to avoid pork & poultry fats from supermarkets, as these animals are monogastric.

When animals are fed with soy bean & corn, these fats contain harmful omega-6 (linoleic acid).

How to avoid tainted foods? The general rule I use, if its in plastic packaging, don’t buy it. Stick to natural foods.

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Step 3: Get Your Vitamins from Beef Organs

The best source of bio-available nutrients is beef liver.

Ruminant organs are an amazing source of nutrition, and though cooking organs is a modern day faux-paus, kidney, tongue & heart….

Are both cheap & superfoods, containing amazing amounts of micro-nutrients.

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Step 4: Reduce your Carbohydrates to 30-50g per Day

Sugar
is the silent enemy.

If you go to the store, you will find a majority of products contain sugars or vegetable oils.

Sugar is one of the most addictive substances on the planet.

More addictive than heroin, cocaine or any of the top 10 Class A drugs.

So what should you avoid eating on the carnivore diet? 

  • Processed sugars
  • Bread
  • Pasta
  • Rice
  • Beer

Thankfully, recent research has shown that whole fruit, along with natural honey & raw dairy are all safe to consume on a keto diet (go easy if you’re diabetic)

This will be one of the hardest things you have to do!

The first 3-4 weeks may seem intolerable. But once you’ve gotten past the point of your addiction to sugar the benefits are amazing!

Remove brain fog, get your energy back the whole day, and begin to get addicted to feeling good.

It took me years to get over sugar addiction.

If you do cut all carbs, it will be necessary to take a couple of grams of salt a day.

A small amount of carbs will keep up your electrolyte levels, whereas with no carbs, you will need to increase your uptake of salt.

Step 5: Switch to Cast Iron or Neutral Cookware

Teflon causes cancer.

Switch to cast iron cookware

Do you have an Induction stovetop? Do not worry, induction stovetops works best with ferrous metals, thus your cast iron cookware will work just fine.

Some final tips..

The first is to join a community of other keto dieters.

Breaking sugar (carb) addiction will be one of the hardest things to do in your adult life.

I created this telegram channel to send out up to date information on keto diet -> 

Join holistic health support telegram channel

One trick I used, was to eat Greek yogurt, forest berries (raspberry), and cinnamon whenever I would get sugar cravings.

Second, try intermittent fasting. 

Give your digestion system a break & try learning when you’re actually hungry vs. when your brain panics. 

What are your sources of information?

With all the disinformation nowadays, it is vitally important we name our sources, in order to facilitate healthy debate.

If any vegans come across this article, they may be offended.

But let me remind them of two things.

  1. It’s not the COW, it’s the HOW -> monoculture fields of vegetables are just as detrimental to the soil as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) 
  2. We do not advocate forcing people to change diets, but  we do encourage you to keep an open mind. Believing in something without questioning your beliefs, is dogma. Find reliable sources of information, and check the information yourself.

So where did the information from this article come from?

First, here is a holistic health playlist we created in cooperation with Scandinavian Nutrients.

A bit of backstory.

Over the winter of 2020-2021, I lived on a farm run by a holistic doctor, Dr. Karl Ingemar Svensson. 

The company provides preventative diagnostics, helping to regenerate people’s health.

How do you regenerate your health?

As this blog post has shown, 90%+ of modern health problems are caused by nutrient deficiency & a lifetime of chronic stress on bodies caused by diets.

What I saw here…at first I couldn’t believe. If your body has proper nutrition (this can sometimes take years) it is possible to reverse strokes, cancers, cavities, immune systems…just about everything can be healed by giving your body proper nutrition.

Where Dr. Svensson & I disagreed was the best way to return to optimal health.

While Dr. Svensson advocated using a mega dose of dietary supplements…

I believe in using optimal diets, or the keto / carnivore diet to fix my leaky gut, eliminate sugar eating bacteria in my micro-biome & return to full health.

In the end, it just so happened, our interests aligned, Dr. Svensson regenerates people, I regenerate planet, people & profit.

Grass-fed, Grass-Finished Beef is the best food to return to optimal health!

In the next article, “Budget Keto: How I Survived On Less than $100 a Month in California“, with intermittent fasting, Mexican markets & eating beef liver, skirt steak, eggs & butter

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