Dr. Saladino is the leading authority on the science and application of the carnivore diet. He has used this diet to reverse autoimmunity, chronic inflammation, and mental health issues in hundreds of patients, many of whom had been told their conditions were untreatable. In addition to his personal podcast, Fundamental Health, he can be found featured on numerous podcasts including The Minimalists, The Joe Rogan Experience, The Model Health Show, Bulletproof Radio, The Dr. Gundry Podcast, The Ben Greenfield Podcast, Dr. Mercola, Health Theory, Mark Bell’s Power Project, and many others. He has also appeared on The Doctors TV show and authored the bestselling book, “The Carnivore Code: Unlocking the Secrets to Optimal Health by Returning to our Ancestral Diet.”

This week on The Lab Report Podcast:

• Why Paul decided to focus his career on the carnivore diet.
• What the "Carnivore Diet" is.
• How the human body responds to plant toxins.
• The composition of the human diet in the last two million years.
• How being carnivorous could have helped humans evolve.
• Paul's thoughts on polyphenols and phytonutrients.
• What hormesis is and where the idea came from.
• Why plant compounds have redundant benefits with ignored side effects.
• Paul's thoughts on short chain fatty acids and the effects of fiber on gut bacteria.

Connect with Dr. Paul Saladino: 

• Carnivore MD
• Book: The Carnivore Code
• Heart & Soil

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