Regenerative Health with Max Gulhane, MD 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.
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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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