B.rad Highlights #5: Animal-Based, Protein-Centric, Nutrient-Dense Diet Insights From Experts

Apr 8, 2025

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Welcome to part five of the B.rad podcast highlight series!

In this episode, we dive into the juicy, interesting, and possibly controversial topic of diet. You will hear quotes from some of my favorite guests and key moments over the years, focusing on my “meat and fruit” lifestyle—the animal-based, protein-centric, nutrient-dense eating style that I’ve honed through years of experimentation and immersion.

We’ll revisit my first interview with Dr. Paul Saladino from 2019, when he was first starting to rise and drive the increasing popularity of the carnivore diet movement, plus hear compelling insights from other experts. If you want impactful, eye-opening quotes on diet, protein-centric eating, and the animal-based approach, this episode is a must-listen!

TIMESTAMPS:

Animal organs, nose to tail, are the most nutrient dense foods in the diet. [00:50]

Plants are the backup foods. Plants have defense chemicals that can be toxic depending on your sensitivity. [03:16]

Fruit is the least objectionable type of food. The longer you cook something, the more you degrade the nutritional value. [09:26]

If you do have a history of digestive distress or an assortment of autoimmune or inflammatory conditions, it is highly likely that you can draw a correlation to the foods that you consume in your diet. [15:03]

Try an experiment on yourself if you have any digestive discomfort. Eat just steak, salmon, and eggs for a week or two. See if your diet should change. [16:53]

Much information about ancestral nutrition has come from studying the Hadza. [18:55]

We have to make a clear distinction between natural nutritious carbs and the nutrient deficient, heavily processed carbs, [21:47]

Fasting periods will result in greater nitrogen loss no matter how fat adapted you are. [28:25]

Timing of food goes hand-in-hand with timing of being asleep and awake. [30:13]

“You simply will not get fat if you eliminate processed foods.” (Dr. Robert Lustig) [32:26]

Jay Feldman says: “If we were to evaluate the use of interventions like ketogenic diets, calorie restriction, or intermittent fasting, we would see that they're generally a terrible idea because they're disastrous for energy production.” [37:15]

If you are going to take supplements, get the very best, highest quality, highest potency, least objectionable form. [42:37]

We humans can have issues like mental health that relate to our diet. [45:53]

Be aware of the stress impacts of what you are doing with fasting or cold plunge and such activities. [47:42]

If you buy the 2 or 3 dollar chocolate bar, you are no doubt supporting child labor and ripping off the farmers. [51:56]

The body has a natural, deep-seated biological drive to survive. And its most prominent dietary need is to consume sufficient protein. [57:03]

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