11. Dr Anthony Chaffee: Carnivore Diet and Why Plants are Trying to Kill You

Dr Anthony Chaffee joins me to discuss plant toxicity, plant hormesis, the evolutionary role of sugar and fructose, mycotoxins, autoimmunity, consequences of long term ketosis, Paul Saladino’s approach to carnivore and much much more.

Dr Anthony Chaffee is a neurosurgical registrar and longtime carnivore from Perth, Western Australia. He advocates for stict carnivore diet to optimise health and reverse human disease from autoimmunity to metabolic dysfunction.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Podcast begins

00:00:44 Dr Chaffee’s backstory

00:07:04 Shaping of humanity’s current plant based eating habits

00:16:54 Plants are toxic, classes of plant toxins

00:29:34 Thyroid toxicity of various plants

00:35:59 How much protein should you eat?

00:37:54 The evolutionary role of sugar and fructose

00:44:39 Is there hormetic benefit to eating plants?

00:50:27 Medicinal value of plants

00:51:17 Mushrooms and mycotoxins and cancer

00:58:06 Autoimmunity reverses with a plant-free diet

01:07:32 Psychiatric disease and metabolic dysfunction

01:12:04 Mitochondrial, not nuclear DNA, determines disease and cancer

01:19:04 Dr Chaffee’s advice to the listener

01:28:00 Does long term ketosis disrupt testosterone and thyroid function?

01:32:26 When, if at all, should you eat fruit and honey?

01:40:19 Differing nutrient requirements on carnivore vs standard diet

01:41:34 The importance (and nuance) of consuming liver

01:48:04 Closing thoughts

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