In this episode Saifedean talks to Paul Saladino MD about meat eating and his book The Carnivore Code. They begin by discussing how transitioning from a vegan to a carnivore diet helped Paul to cure his eczema and why he now recommends others do the same. They cover why toxins are present in many commonly-eaten plants, what Paul learnt from studying the eating habits of the Hazda tribe, and whether fruit and honey have a place in a predominantly meat-based diet. They end by talking about the limits of methods used by researchers to come to conclusions about diet and why epidemiology represents a poor way of forming reliable conclusions about cause and effect.

Related links:

• The Carnivore Code on Amazon
• Paper introducing the Expensive Tissue Hypothesis written by Leslie Aiello and Peter Wheeler
• The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy
• Wikipedia page on Peters's elephantnose fish
• Wikipedia page on the psychology of eating meat
• Paul hanging out with the Hadza tribe
• Weston Price’s book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects