CarniMentor

11/12/2025

MYTH: Carnivore / Meat / High Protein Diets Harm Your Kidneys
EVIDENCE: High Protein Diets DO NOT HARM Kidney Function

1. (systematic review + meta-analysis, 28 trials, 2018). “Changes in Kidney Function Do Not Differ between Healthy Adults Consuming Higher- vs Lower-Protein Diets.” Bottom line: higher protein raised eGFR at endline (an adaptive “hyperfiltration”), but when you look at change over time there was no adverse effect on kidney function.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30383278/

2. (1-year prospective study in trained adults, ~2.5–3.3 g/kg/day). Antonio et al., 2016. No harmful effects on kidney (or liver) markers despite very high protein for a full year. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27807480/

3. (feeding trial / RCT-level control). Juraschek et al., 2013. A higher-protein diet increased eGFR (expected, adaptive) without evidence of damage; long-term harm not observed in the trial period.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3602135/

4. (sports-nutrition position + data set). High-protein + heavy resistance training (~3.4 g/kg/day). Improved body composition with no adverse renal effects in healthy trained men and women.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4617900/

5. (older but still cited athletic cohort). Poortmans & Dellalieux, 2000. Protein intakes up to ~2.8 g/kg/day in well-trained athletes did not impair renal function (creatinine clearance, albumin excretion).
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10722779/

6. (recent evidence on risk, general populations). 2024 meta-analysis (Frontiers in Nutrition). Higher total, animal, and plant protein intakes were associated with lower CKD risk and, in people without CKD, higher protein was linked to higher eGFR (again, adaptive), not decline.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2822055

11/07/2025

Systems = Reliable Results = Success 🏆

Whether you call it a system, a strategy, a plan or atomic habits… getting to the goal is about creating dozens of daily habits that move you toward your goal. 🥅

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Don’t just suffer through your environment. Change it! 💪

1. Identify things that move you away from your goals.
Remove or Minimize them! 🚫
2. Identify things that help you move towards your goal.
Make them HABITS! ✅

When I first started my own health journey 5 years ago, I repeated the exact same habits for months because I didn’t have to think about it. It just worked. I did it until it stopped working. Then I modified and did the same thing again for another 2-3 months. And on and on!

Wake up
Weigh myself ⚖️
Drink ☕️
Take kids to school 🚌
Drive home 🏡
Eat Breakfast = 🥓 + 🍳
(Ate the exact same meal for 4 months because it kept me and on track)
Go for a walk right after eating🚶‍♂️
30 min of training right after walking 🏋️‍♂️
30 min sunlight right after training 🌞
Shower 🚿 🧼
Work 👨‍💻
Water fast 💧all day (no snacking)
Pickup Kids 🚌
Cook & Eat dinner 🍽️ 🥩
Relax 😎
Sleep 🛌
Repeat 🔁

I lost 50lb in 8 months by creating a system of habits!

01/22/2025

MYTH: Paleolithic Humans Were Vegan / Vegetarian / Ate Significant Quantities of Plants 🤦‍♂️

Really? How? What did they even eat?

FRUITS & VEGETABLES ARE THE RESULT OF NEOLITHIC SELECTIVE BREEDING PRACTICES
Most fruits & vegetables that we are familiar with didn’t exist before 10,000 to as little as 100 years ago including brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, kohlrabi, watermelon, bananas, carrots, eggplant, corn, peaches, apples, figs, grapes, olives, onions, garlic, lentils, peas, wheat, barley, rice, potatoes, yams, cucumbers, squash, lettuce, cherries, strawberries and more.

Basically, nothing of what is even shown in the salad in the photo was available to Paleolithic humans. Heck, macadamia nuts are poisonous without proper modern handling and processing!

*Fruits And Vegetables Before We Domesticated Them*
https://www.sciencealert.com/fruits-vegetables-before-domestication-photos-genetically-modified-food-natural

*History of Potatoes, Carrots, Tomatoes, Cucumber, Garlic, Onion, Cabbage, Peppers, Melons, Beans, Radish, Spinach, Zucchini*
http://www.vegetablefacts.net/vegetable-history/

*Kale, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and cabbage are all a single plant*
https://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/8/6/5974989/kale-cauliflower-cabbage-broccoli-same-plant

FRUITS, VEGETABLES & NUTS ARE SEASONAL! AND WHAT ABOUT WINTER?
Most importantly, what would paleo humans have eaten for 9-10 months out of the year when the wild, small, low nutrition, primitive precursors of modern fruits, vegetables and nuts were not in season? Ask any vegan or vegetarian this and prepare to die while waiting for an answer that makes any sense whatsoever!

RADIOISOTOPE ANALYSIS CONFIRMS WE ARE HYPER-CARNIVORES!
Paleolithic humans were NOT vegan or vegetarian. Most were considered hypercarnivores; meaning greater than 70% of their diet was meat. Radioisotope analysis of bones and teeth confirm that Paleolithic humans were actually extreme hypercarnivores on par with cave lions, wolves and hyenas of that time meaning their diet was likely >90% animal based.

*Figure 2 - From: Stable isotopes reveal patterns of diet and mobility in the last Neandertals and first modern humans in Europe*
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-41033-3/figures/2

*The evolution of the human trophic level during the Pleistocene*
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.24247

HERBIVOROUS HOMINIDS DID EXIST BUT WENT EXTINCT
Veganism and vegetarianism is a modern fantasy and a nutrient deficient diet that would not have allowed humans to survive much less thrive! Has anyone ever heard of Paranthropus, the herbivorous hominids? Where are they now? Extinct! I rest my case!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranthropus

“Paranthropus is a genus of extinct hominin that includes P. boisei, a herbivorous species with a prominent sagittal crest and broad teeth. P. boisei lived in East Africa from 2.3 to 1.2 million years ago and coexisted with early human species.”

11/30/2024

MYTH: WE NEED VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS IN WINTER!

People new to a proper human diet are frequently asking about Vitamin D, especially at this time of year. TLDR; all we need is food & sun! 🧀 🍳 🐟 🌞

Anyone who tells you different is selling you something. (Even the linked article, but I like it because it is mostly emphasizes natural sunlight, whole animal foods and it is well sourced.)

Natural Vitamin D Sources:
- Sunlight exposure
- Cod Liver (the oil is just OK, the actual livers are better!)
- Fatty Fish (wild salmon, sardines, mackerel, cod)
- Eggs
- Cheese

“…only vitamin D from food, such as cod liver oil, egg yolks, animal fats like lard, organ meats, fish eggs and shellfish,… is balanced by its cofactors vitamin A and K2. Vitamin D taken on its own can rapidly deplete vitamins A and K2 stores. Taking large doses of vitamin D can also induce severe depletion of magnesium, as magnesium is essential to the metabolism of vitamin D. [1] Vitamin D enhances mineral absorption and can lead to hypercalcemia (dangerously high levels of calcium in the blood), and higher levels of vitamin D also have been linked to enhanced absorption of toxic elements such as aluminum, cadmium, cobalt and lead. [2]”

We recommend sun exposure and food as your sources.

08/27/2024

THE FORGOTTEN KEY TO HEALTH; WHOLE REAL FOOD!
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." ~Hippocrates

Hippocrates, who lived 2400 years ago, understood the importance and the impact of nutrition on our physical and mental health. Sadly, this formerly common knowledge, now seems lost to so-called experts, scientists, dietitians and even doctors.

Researchers push dodgy “science” implying certain whole foods such as meat are dangerous even though their studies do not establish causation and are full of confounding factors. These studies frequently fail to meet statistical significance in regards to higher risk, but they are pushed onto the public all the same.

EAT LESS RED MEAT WAS BAD ADVICE
“If there are health benefits from eating less beef and pork, they are small, the researchers concluded. Indeed, the advantages are so faint that they can be discerned only when looking at large populations,… and are not sufficient to tell individuals to change their meat-eating habits.”
http://archive.today/ayKHP

Registered dieticians push ultra-processed foods even though those foods are linked to physical decline, mental decline, and obesity.
https://youtu.be/hCaiubkDm9A?si=mP5NmL9u_BE0CwjL

ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD LEADS TO DISEASES OF THE BODY:
- Cancer
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29444771/
- Cardiovascular Disease
- https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l1451
- Coronary Artery Disease
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34494108/
- Diabetes
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2757497
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1554
- Kidney Dysfunction
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35348601/

ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD LEADS TO DISEASES OF THE MIND:
- Cognitive Decline
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36469335/
- Dementia
- https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000200871
- Depression
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2809727

UPF LEADS TO UNCONTROLLED HUNGER & WEIGHT GAIN!
https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(19)30248-7

Registered dietitians also push plant-based foods as healthier options even though even ultra-processed vegan food is associated with higher heart disease and mortality risks (no causation has been established but this requirement is generally applied to one side only).

VEGAN MEAT LINKED TO HEART DISEASE & HIGHER MORTALITY
https://nypost.com/2024/06/11/lifestyle/vegan-fake-meats-linked-to-heart-disease-early-death-study/

Finally, registered dietitians push plant-based foods even though those foods are inferior to animal-based foods in terms of nutrient digestibility, absorption and utilization as seen in PDCAAS & DIAAS scores.

PLANT vs ANIMAL AMINO ACID AVAILABILITY
“Ounce equivalent portions of pork and eggs resulted in greater EAA bioavailability than black beans and almonds in young and older adults, separately or combined”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37447197/

PLANT-BASED DIETS & NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY
“Regarding macronutrients, vegan diets are lower in protein intake compared with all other diet types. Veganism is also associated with low intake of vitamins B2, Niacin (B3), B12, D, iodine, zinc, calcium, potassium, selenium.”

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261561420306567

As for Doctors who are supposed to be the most trusted and knowledgeable health advisors in society, they now seem to be nothing more than glorified drug salesmen.

By the way, Hippocrates lived to be 90 years old and that was back in 360BC! 💪

AVOID Ultra-Processed Foods regardless of Vegan, Keto, Paleo, other labels!
AVOID Ultra-Processed Pro-Inflammatory Seed Oils!
AVOID Ultra-Processed Ingredients like:
- refined sugar which increases oxidative stress
- HFCS which contributes to NAFLD & inflammatory visceral fat
- refined grains which can contribute to leaky gut & inflammation

EAT whole minimally processed meats, and for those who are not carnivore, fruits, and “vegetables” that are fruits like squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, olives, avocados, etc…

07/16/2024

MYTH: All meat diets are iodine deficient!

Why don’t carnivores get iodine deficiency and goiters?

One of the frequent questions for people new to animal based diets is about the lack of iodine in unrefined sea salt.

Why unrefined sea salt instead of industrial processed, iodized table salt stripped of all other minerals? Aside from the obvious, take a look at the ingredients of refined salts and you will find unnecessary additives like dextrose (a sugar), potassium iodide, sodium ferrocyanide (E535), and more. No thanks!

- So, do carnivores even need iodine? YES! Iodine is necessary for healthy thyroid function.

- But do we need iodized salt? NO! A carnivore diet avoids iodine blocking foods while containing foods naturally rich in iodine, and the sources are not all seafood.

Just like the myth that carnivore diets lack vitamin C and will lead to scurvy, the myth that carnivores don’t get iodine leading to deficiency and goiters is just plain false.

07/04/2024

PROTEIN MYTH: Protein harms kidneys & causes kidney disease. Nope! Know what does? Ultra-processed foods! Here’s a NEW STUDY plus 5 additional studies that show protein does NOT harm kidneys.

1. Dietary Protein Intake Reduces Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease *NEW STUDY*

Data showed a lower risk of CKD associated with higher-level total protein intake.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1408424/full

2. Researchers Show High-Protein Diet Does Not Harm Kidney Function

“The fact is, however, that there's just no evidence to support this hypothesis in fact, the evidence shows the contrary is true: higher protein increases, not decreases, kidney function…
While there is a breadth of evidence showing the benefits of higher protein consumption, some people are still afraid it could cause kidney damage…
With these findings, we have shown that a higher protein diet is safe. In fact, it should be viewed as an important tool for muscle health across an entire lifespan."

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-11-high-protein-diet-affect-kidney-function.html

3. Diets High in Protein Lower Adiposity & Do NOT Impair Kidney Function

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27465374/

4. Dietary Protein & Healthy Renal Function

“While protein restriction may be appropriate for treatment of existing kidney disease, we find no significant evidence for a detrimental effect of high protein intakes on kidney function in healthy persons…”

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16174292/

5. Ketogenic Diet Reverses Kidney Disease

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(23)00477-9

6. Ultra-processed Food (UPF) Harms Kidney Function

“Participants in the highest quartile of UPF consumption were associated with a higher risk of the composite kidney outcome… compared with those in the lowest quartile, regardless of their macro- or micronutrient intake…Participants in the highest quartile had a more rapid eGFR decline compared with those in the lowest quartile.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35348601/

06/25/2024

The ADA recommends people who are already struggling with metabolic disease (and likely uncontrolled inflammation as well) consume blood sugar, inflammation, & oxidative stress elevating grains (pasta), refined carbohydrates (sugar), and seed oils (mayonnaise). It’s a good way to guarantee a customer remains a customer, but a terrible way to manage type 1 diabetes or attempt to reverse type 2 diabetes. 🤦‍♂️

06/19/2024

FIGHTING DEPRESSION?
EXERCISE is as effective as therapy and
MORE effective than pharmaceuticals
FOR HAPPINESS!

https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023-075847

05/29/2024

SATURATED FATS & HEALTH: Saturated fat is a popular vegan & USDA boogeyman, but this meta-analysis from 2020 shows no negative health effects linked to whole, minimally processed foods containing saturated fats. Don’t worry about limiting saturated fats! Focus on limiting ultra-processed foods which contain all kinds of ultra-processed fats, grains, sugars, emulsifiers, thickeners, preservatives, artificial flavors, and artificial colors.

SUMMARY:
The recommendation to limit dietary saturated fatty acid (SFA) intake has persisted despite mounting evidence to the contrary. Most recent meta-analyses of randomized trials and observational studies found no beneficial effects of reducing SFA intake on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and total mortality, and instead found protective effects against stroke.

HIGHLIGHTS:
* The U.S. Dietary Guidelines recommend the restriction of SFA intake to

04/24/2024

An absolute 💣🐚 article about the American Diabetes Association from the Guardian! 🎤💥

“the ADA went through ‘no less than 4 individuals in the director of nutrition position since 2019 & no less than 3 individuals in the associate director of nutrition position since 2020’, with previous ADA nutritionists allegedly fired or driven out after refusing to comply with what they believed were unethical and unscientific demands.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/18/splenda-diabetes-lawsuit

04/23/2024

Doctors, hospitals, insulin, blood tests, glucose monitors & diabetes drugs are a $400bn a year industry, even though type 2 diabetes is completely reversible through diet. 😞