The Carnivore Diet: Can We Live On Meat Alone?

Science Vs

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Science, Education, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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A lot of influencers are going on all-meat diets, saying that all this meat is clearing up inflammation, healing their guts, and sharpening their focus. But others say, hold up — this diet is sure to lead to heart disease, cancer, and even scurvy. So we’re asking: Is it possible to live on meat alone? Is there any benefit to the carnivore diet? And what are the risks? We talk to nutritionist Prof. Caryn Zinn and internist Dr. Adrian Soto-Mota. Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/ScienceVsCarnivore In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Carnivores Bring the Meat (04:28) They’re Gonna Get Scurvy, Right? (13:09) Fiber? Cholesterol? Heart Disease? Cancer? (20:11) A Miracle Diet? (22:31) Are Plants the Enemy? (25:57) Is it Just Keto? (27:50) Weight Loss (28:50) Should You Go Carnivore? This episode was produced by Rose Rimler, with help from Wendy Zukerman, Ekedi Fausther-Keeys, Michelle Dang, and Meryl Horn. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Fact checking by Erica Akiko Howard. Mix and sound design by Bobby Lord. Music written by Emma Munger, So Wylie, Peter Leonard, Bumi Hidaka and Bobby Lord. A special thanks to the researchers we reached out to including Dr. Lawrence David, Dr. Andrija Karačić and others. Science Vs is a Spotify Studios Original. Listen for free on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us and tap the bell for episode notifications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Furses.
0:05.0	This is the show that pits facts against flesh.
0:08.9	Today on the show, the carnivore diet.
0:17.1	Fancy eating meat? A lot of meat?
0:21.6	This is day 312 eating nothing but meat, eggs and seafood.
0:26.1	18 ounces of the chuck-eye portion of the chuck roast.
0:29.8	Beef, chicken, lamb, pork.
0:31.9	Burgers and beef tallow.
0:33.6	So good.
0:34.6	Some say this diet is so good because it's...
0:37.7	Others say it's the best thing they've ever done for their health.
0:44.0	They feel more vital, their brain seems to work better,
0:47.3	and their chronic illnesses seem to have disappeared.
0:50.7	One big influencer here is Michaela Peterson.
0:53.6	She's the daughter of the controversial author, Jordan Peterson.
0:57.3	And Michaela says that the carnivore diet cured her rheumatoid arthritis.
1:02.5	Here she is giving a talk about it.
1:04.3	And I cut everything out except for beef.
1:06.0	And two weeks after doing that, thinking, I'm nuts.
1:08.5	Hopefully I don't get vitamin deficiencies.
1:10.3	The itch went away and my joints started to feel better. Four weeks after that, I stopped crying nuts, hopefully I don't get vitamin deficiencies, the itch went
1:10.8	away and my joints started to feel better. Four weeks after that, I stopped crying in the morning.
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