Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• Although the carnivore diet has been great for Shawn, he says that not everyone will see the same effect from going on the diet. Different people need different foods.
  • “I don’t think fruits and vegetables are inherently bad…I just think some people tolerate them better than others” – Shawn Baker
• So what should people be eating exactly? We don’t know.
  • “This is a hard thing. Nutrition is extremely hard.” – Shawn Baker
• When it comes to foods that cause allergies, red meat is almost always on the bottom of the list
  • “Red meat seems to be like that safe baseline food” – Shawn Baker
    • Start with only eating red meat, and then slowly add different foods one at a time to see how your body reacts
• If you there’s a health problem that’s bothering you, don’t look at the carnivore diet as a last resort, try it early
  • “I think it’s something we should do early. If it works, great. If it doesn’t work, give it 90 days. It doesn’t work? Fine, we’ll move on to something else but I think it should be an early intervention for a lot of conditions.”  – Shawn Baker
    • The carnivore diet has shown to be helpful for people with an autoimmune disease, crohn’s disease, mood disorders, and other health issues
• Shawn argues that if everyone went vegan, people would be nutrient deficient in lysine, zinc, and other nutrients. People would also have to eat more calories to get the same amount of nutrition from animal meat
  • “People would be nutrient deficient, they’d be eating more calories, they’d be fatter than they are now. We wouldn’t be saving the planet.” – Shawn Baker
• When it comes to greenhouse gases, the healthcare system produces 10% of our greenhouse gases while cows only produce 2%. 
  • “So what’s non-sustainable is sick people…Sick people are the biggest environmental impact when it comes to greenhouse gases.” – Shawn Baker
• “It’s really hard to get fat eating meat” – Shawn Baker
  • “Meat is the most satiating diet you’re going to find…protein is the most satiating macronutrient” –  Max Lugavere

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Shawn Baker, MD is a board certified orthopedic surgeon, multi-sport world record holding Masters 50+ Athlete, and the author of The Carnivore Diet.