Want to eat the exact opposite of plant-based? Then the carnivore diet has you covered. A diet that consists entirely of animal foods and zero carbs and plants, it offers the promise of weight loss and a cure for all that ails you from autoimmune diseases to depression. Of all the trends that buck conventional nutrition advice, the carnivore diet lies several standard deviations to the right of the diet crazy curve. In this podcast, I look at what created the carnivore diet trend, what it involves, and importantly: what can we say about its health merits. Links referred to in the podcastGoogle Trends data for carnivore diet searches https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=carnivore%20diet Meeting essential nutrient needs on the carnivore diet https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32833688 Red meat and TMAO production https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/40/7/583/5232723Episode transcriptTo access the full episode transcript, go to the following link and select the individual podcast episode and then click on the ‘Transcript’ tab https://thinkingnutrition.buzzsprout.comConnect with meInstagram: doctimcroweFacebook: Thinking NutritionTwitter: CroweTim