019: Dr. Shawn Baker - Busting Myths About The Carnivore Diet and How to Thrive On Meat
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Dr. Anthony Gustin
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🗓️ 14 May 2018
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Could you eat only meat and water for a year?
Today's guest, Dr. Shawn Baker, is doing just that.
Dr. Baker is an orthopedic surgeon, weightlifting world record holder, and pioneer of the carnivore diet.
He became a vocal leader of the carnivore movement over a year ago, when he transitioned from the ketogenic diet to fully carnivore.
He eats around 4-6 pounds of meat per day, water, and 0 plants -- and he's thriving.
However, he admits that if 5 years ago someone had told him about the carnivore diet, he would've thought it's ridiculous.
That's why in this episode he busts common myths about the carnivore diet and explains how and why it works.
He also tells us how he ended up eating just meat, how he's improved his health and performance in his year as a carnivore, and other meaty details.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and thank you for tuning in to the Keto Answers podcast. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm your host Dr. Anthony Guston and this week joining me is Dr. Sean Baker. |
| 0:14.0 | Sean is an MD and he's someone who is kind of the godfather of the Carnivore diet currently. |
| 0:20.0 | And I'm thinking about reading even the show, the Carnivore Answers podcast because we're talking so much about it. |
| 0:25.0 | And I think it's just one of these trends that's coming up so often and pairs really well with the Keto generic diet and helping reverse a lot of people's health problems. |
| 0:32.0 | And so Sean has been using this on himself for over a year. |
| 0:35.0 | And if you're not sure what the Carnivore diet is, it's just basically eating animal products only. |
| 0:40.0 | And so we've taken in this episode about why that would be beneficial. |
| 0:43.0 | The risks, the safety, the concerns, all the questions people have about it. |
| 0:47.0 | Sean's the main guy to go to on this stuff. |
| 0:50.0 | It was fun to chat with him in digging to something that I've worked with a little bit and play with myself and something that he's been doing for a well over a year. |
| 0:58.0 | So if you have any questions about animal products or they're good for you, if they're bad for you, if you're questioning doing a Carnivore diet, this episode is for you. |
| 1:05.0 | So tune in and I hope you enjoy. |
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| 1:46.0 | That being said, let's get into the show. |
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