
I made steak and eggs for breakfast, which was pretty delicious. Before I started the diet I bought a box of Pop Tarts at 7/11 because I was hung over and Pop Tarts sounded good, but I didn’t finish them before I started the diet, so there is just one Pop Tart left in my pantry and I keep opening the door and looking at it and then closing the door. I don’t make steak very often, and it’s great! My roommate’s dog, who is also not exposed to the smell of steak very often, is freaking out. I get home and deal with these worries by making a steak.

Drew Pinsky jumped on the carnivore bandwagon, too: "I’ll be goddamned if within three days I didn’t feel unbelievable,” he told the New York Post. Peterson and his daughter, Mikhaila-a lifestyle blogger- swear by the all-meat diet, which they’ve followed since late 2017. But the diet got some mainstream attention early this summer, when big-name pseudo-intellectual Jordan Peterson endorsed it on Joe Rogan’s podcast. I'm a firm believer in taking regular fiber supplements what if I end up like the guy who had to have 28 pounds of feces surgically removed?Ĭarnivores trace the roots of their diet to indigenous peoples like the Inuit, who survived primarily by killing animals and eating them (studies show their genes may be particularly adapted for this). I agreed to try it for the sake of journalism, and because the possibility of losing some weight sounded pretty good. Here is the diet: You eat meat, and nothing else.Ī sort of extreme take on the keto diet, the carnivore diet has supposedly helped people lose weight and rid themselves of various health problems.

The carnivore diet is incredibly simple, and also terrifying.
