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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINKS Brain Energy by Chris Palmer - https://brainenergy.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow DR CHAFFEE Twitter: @Anthony_Chaffee Apple Podcast: The Plant Free MD Spotify: The Plant Free MD  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Dr MAX Twitter – @MaxGulhaneMD https://twitter.com/MaxGulhaneMD Instagram –  @mgulhanemd  https://www.instagram.com/mgulhanemd/ https://linktr.ee/maxgulhanemd Send us Fan Mail 🧡 HARDBLOCK Australia's Longest Running Bitcoin-only (₿) Exchange Use code REGENPOD for AUD 10 of bitcoin post account verification Support the show