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In this AMA episode I answer questions from Ben Greenfield about my book, The Carnivore Code. It’s a deep dive into much of the science of an animal-based way eating. Prepare to learn a ton!

Time Stamps:

8:03 Carnivore diet background, framework

18:25 Is there a magic ratio of fat to protein we should aim for? What is rabbit starvation?

25:53 A Review of Issues of Dietary Protein Intake in Humans
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4f00/4c6ff9159de2753b060df2ea1aab936db9ec.pdf

33:01. Is the decline in height and health fully attributable to plant agriculture or could it be due to industrialization?

38:43 Why do present day hunter-gatherers have no access to wild game?

42:54 How do we know that our high stomach acidity was driven by the consumption of animals? 

45:09 The Evolution of Stomach Acidity and Its Relevance to the Human Microbiome https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0134116

50:51 How do herbivores detoxify plant toxins?

56:34 Coevolution of poisonous plants and large herbivores on rangelands 

https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/jrm/article/view/6858/6468

1:02:09 What are the studies of isothiocyanates in humans?

1:04:39  Concentrations of thiocyanate and goitrin in human plasma, their precursor concentrations in brassica vegetables, and associated potential risk for hypothyroidism https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892312/

1:07:03  Why molecular hormesis is bad news