Doctor Makes His Case for the Carnivore Diet to Heal Chronic Gut Conditions and Shares What We Know and Don’t Know About High Cholesterol with Dr. Shawn Baker

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With all the diets out there, determining which one is the right fit is often confusing. Today’s guest offers hope for individuals who may be feeling tired, weak, or dealing with gut challenges and explains why the carnivore diet offers simplicity and reduces inflammation at the root of many of today’s diseases.

Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, Dhru sits down with Dr. Shawn Baker to discuss the carnivore diet. Dr. Baker shares what the diet entails, who can benefit the most from implementing it, and the latest research on what we know and what has yet to be discovered. Dr. Baker also shares his journey to discovering the diet, why many people have seen significant healing and weight loss on the diet and common challenges found within the standard American diet. Dr. Baker gives us insight into the difficulties with the current healthcare system and shows us how personalized medicine is the future of care. 

Dr. Shawn Baker is the Co-Founder of Revero, an orthopedic surgeon, a leading authority on treating disease with medical nutritional therapy, an Amazon best-selling author, world champion athlete, international speaker, podcast host, and consultant. He introduced the zero-carb elimination diet to the world and wrote the best-selling book on Amazon. His personal experience with optimizing health and interacting with thousands of patients has shown powerful results in treating and reversing many chronic diseases.

In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Baker dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• The carnivore diet on individuals with gut challenges or autoimmune conditions (00:00:04 / 00:00:04)
• What does a carnivore diet entail (3:48 / 3:48)
• How the carnivore diet heals the gut (11:50 / 8:34)
• Who should try the carnivore diet (17:45 / 14:31)
• Dr. Baker’s journey that led him to explore the carnivore diet (20:20 / 17:03)
• How Dr. Baker implements the diet (34:52 / 30:00)
• Weight loss on diet (38:00 / 33:25)
• The controversy behind the diet (46:00 / 41:40)
• How lowering LDL isn’t the whole story (1:03:00 / 58:00)
• Testing to get a fuller picture of heart health (1:07:00 / 1:02:09)
• Key biomarkers (1:12:00 / 1:07:10)
• Using the ketogenic diet to treat mental health disorders (1:24:00 / 1:19:00)
• Prescription medications, research, and bias (1:30:00 / 1:25:30)
• Lessons from carnivore diet (1:40:00 / 1:35:00) 

Also mentioned in this episode:

• Revero Dr. Baker’s Telehealth company 
• Episode with Dr. Michael Twyman and Dhru’s Cleerly results 
• Maui Nui protein

For more on Dr. Baker, follow him on Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, or visit his website. 

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