Jordan Peterson on the Carnivore Diet | Lex Fridman Podcast Clips

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[eddietat]

I went down to one meal/day out of convenience and cost. It works. I'm honestly starting to believe that the notion of "three square meals a day" was just one enormous marketing ploy.

[savannahb]

My son has a rare form of epilepsy called Doose Syndrome. He used to have HUNDREDS of seizures a day, falling, then getting back up a few seconds later. He fractured his skull twice last year even with a helmet. I had to create a special backpack to soften the blows. Medications don't work unless it is rescue medication which isn't good for long-term use.

Keto helped a little but we weren't getting the results we wanted. So we've been on carnivore for 2 weeks. He has done amazing as long as there are no slip ups. The other day he only had one seizure (this is a huge deal to us) and he's started speaking more. I noticed that if someone let's him have even a "little bite" of something else his seizures come right back with a vengeance for the next 24 hours. It's incredible what this diet has done for us as a family. I might watch my son grow up one day, both physically and mentally.

[dreamtobeapolyglot]

I'm on day 10 of Carnivore after having done Keto for a few months and it's amazing because I am rarely hungry and I feel like I no longer am constantly thinking about food. I grew up eating sugar my whole life from when I was a young kid having cinnamon toast crunch, honey comb, pop tarts etc and it set me up for failure. In my 30s I started having insulin resistance which made me very fatigued and had constant crashes. Now on Carnivore I basically have energy all day.

[ralphholiman]

The best things Jordan Peterson ever did for me he was getting me on the carnivore diet. I heard him talking about it on the Rogan show one day and I decided to try it. That was a year and a half ago and I lost 50 lb that I had been putting on gradually over the years. The irritable bowel syndrome that I've suffered from my whole life just vanished. I just feel better, at 64 years old, than I felt in forty years. I don't try to push it on anybody, I think a lot of our bodies are different and respond differently to different nutrition, but the carnivore diet has sure been working great for me. I'll be on it untill I die.

[SteelWax]

22 years old. Carnivore for two months. No gut discomfort, regular bowels, no bloating, 6 pack, muscle gain. Feeling like an absolute beast. Never looking back🥩 Thanks to everyone spreading the word about this diet.

[Afriqueleblanq]

I started on Carnivore on November 27, 2023. My blood glucose constantly exceeded 18.3. Today, December 28, 2023, it tested at just 5.6!! 🥩 2:50 am. OMAD followed naturally, I just don't want to eat for a day after a small steak or leg of lamb chop. I also lost >5kg over this month. Feel healthy again. Beautiful yellow morning urine. I sleep well, no leg cramps, no restless legs. No insomnia.

[markmurphy]

I'm 28 now but since the age of 18 I have been actively figuring out which combinations of both diet and exercise worked best for me. I have played rugby, practised mixed martial arts, long distance winter swimming, wall climbing and weight lifting to name a few. I have been as adventurous in my diet with low fat, high protein, high carb, low carb, calorie surpluses and deficits, macro counting and intermittent fasting you name it. The carnivore 'diet' or method of eating (MoE) I feel has been the missing piece of the puzzle. Within 3 days my eyes were opened. I couldnt believe and still cant believe that it was in plain sight all along. It makes the most evolutionary and anthropological sense. And my body knows it. I have never felt better, recovered faster or performed better across so many facets in my life. The best part is I dont have to think about 'Diet' anymore. I simply eat a load of steak and eggs every day until Im full. Thats it.

[nomad]

My theory is this: 1. When you consume high amounts of protein your muscles burn off more calories, or the thermogenic effect. 2 you don't eat as much, you feel fuller longer. 3. It's easy to follow. 4. You aren't eating processed foods nearly as much or at all. All the diets that show this all come to a conclusion, and it's that a whole foods diet is what humans ate. They ate it without anything added to it. Just as it was. The 1950s fucked everything up with processing. Taking out vital nutrients. This is why juicing isn't as healthy as eating food in it's purest, freshest form. The true form of the Mediterranean diet is from the earth. Made fresh. Same in Japan. Plus if you read about the french paradox, they usually eat 3 meals a day. They don't eat huge portions, they eat until satisfied, not sick. They eat the fat, as well. They also savor their food. Americans are the exact opposite. That's my theory.

[Daveyboy]

I’ve been carnivore for 1 year, 40 years old, seem to be getting younger every day. It’s amazing

[Ric_]

It's funny I live outside US, I'm vegetarian and the only times I feel blown with carbs its when I'm in the US. There's something wrong with food there.

[wendyg]

A massive point has to be made here, in relation to the pathogen Candida Albicans, a fungal yeast infection, that is very widespread and common, and systemic, causing multiple health conditions, often unrecognised, as many people have lived with the infection nearly their entire lives, they do not actually understand what it is like to be functionally rid of the infection, and their native state of being in health and beauty, which may only eventually be discovered through absence of the insideous candida albicans pathogen.

Usually it is fostered by a high carbohydrate diet, especially sugar, and an obvious problem for alcoholics, and even smokers where tar is also a concentrated sugar.
A high protein diet is a remedy, as can be fasting, essentially starving the pathogen of carbohydrate fuel it needs.

I wonder that people focusing on this carnivore diet, are in actuality benefitting by the elimination of this pathogen out of their system, rather than than the purported pluses of carnivore alone... if this could be considered ??. it is common for a herxheimer reaction to happen in elimination, so perserverance is needed, as is hydration.

Carbohydrate cravings, inflammation, weight gain, flatulence, digestive complaints, skin issues, brain fog, cancer, tumours etc, etc all associated with Candida.
Cancer in particular is often always with the co-infection of candida, so much so that it has to be questioned if candida is a cause of cancer, as some valid speculation that cancer is also a fungal disease.

Please take care, recognise, record and reflect on symptoms and health history, and put a balanced veiw to all things dietry.

[forwatchingstuff]

I dislike breakfast and lunch because I tend to feel noticeably more focused when I avoid eating. Thanks for the video, now I can use it to validate my bias.

[VividAbominations]

I'm on day 16 of carnivore. I'm not hungry all day, and I don't have the tired afternoon slump anymore. My pants are fitting a lot looser, and a ganglion cyst I've had on top my wrist appears to be shrinking.

[pagalhokya]

I always noticed that I was most active and aware during Ramadan when we were fasting for 29 or 30 days straight. I started doing OMAD in 2019 after Ramadan because all I saw was great results from fasting. That's the way I want to continue living and feeling great physically, mentally, and emotionally.

[zachzeurcher]

I eat mostly meat but I also include a large amount of vegetables and fruit. When I have all those combined I feel a lot better when I only eat meat.

[BonnChnd]

I’m a 62 year old woman and I cut down from 3 meals to 1 with little to no snacks. It has helped me tremendously, but may not be for everyone.

[Ender-Corbin]

I've done one month of carnivore before it has produced great results. I felt more energy more mental clarity, which is great for me because I have ADHD, and I can go for prolonged periods working when everyone else around me at the end of the day is winding down. It also helps me to look younger but I genetically already look younger than I really am so it's an extreme plus!

[harpermcalpineblack]

Nutritional science is an appalling mess. The models and methods are simplistic and the entire field is corrupted by money from Food Inc.

[HarvestMt]

Tried it, totally works. Unbelievable

[yonihales]

Perhaps a great deal of the benefits are from eliminating sugars & carbs.