Shawn Baker > Quotes

“Why is it that every wild animal that eats meat as part of its diet doesn’t suffer from the chronic diseases that modern humans do? How can a food source that is ubiquitous throughout the animal kingdom and has been clearly eaten by humans for millions of years now suddenly be toxic to only humans while every other animal is just fine?”
― Shawn Baker, The Carnivore Diet

“Nutrition is like politics, and people fight hard for their team.”
― Shawn Baker, The Carnivore Diet

“The biggest problem is that the vast majority of studies are not experimental, randomized designs. Simply by observing what people eat—or even worse, what they recall they ate—and trying to link this to disease outcomes is moreover a waste of effort. These studies need to be largely abandoned. We’ve wasted enough resources and caused enough confusion.” —Professor John Ioannidis, MD, 2018”
― Shawn Baker, The Carnivore Diet

“wants”
― Shawn Baker, The Carnivore Diet

“It’s all about calories,” cries one camp. “It’s all about carbs and insulin,” declares another. “You just need the perfect amount of balance and moderation” is the mantra from a third camp. Meanwhile, every other animal on the planet is just hanging out, munching on grass or chewing zebra bones or whatever.”
― Shawn Baker, Carnivore Diet