Controversial Thoughts: Which Plants are Most/Least Toxic? 

Great stuff, Paul👊🏾you don’t have to be a dogmatic carnivore to see this guy brings great info to this food and health discussion. Love it!

Could we create an Excel spreadsheet of many (100?) common plant foods which could then be "user sorted" by ... carbohydrate content, overall toxicity, specific toxicity (oxalates, lectins etc.) and key nutrition benefits. I would be happy to help. 😊 It would be a big help for the carnivore-ish in the tribe to make good choices.

Very helpful, Dr Paul, to hear about what may be tolerated in terms of fruit and veg-fruit/tubers.

I had severe inflammatory IBS I thought I was about to die I couldn't eat anything I had it for about three solid months I went on the carnivore diet and now I'm healed after a few more months thanks Paul you were right 👍 maple syrup has been my best friend too . I still can't have honey yet.

Since I started eating almost 100% animal products 4 months ago my asthma & eczema have improved a lot. And I mean a lot. I cringe when I think of all the "healthy" foods I used to eat: almonds, spinach and brown rice!

Plants also exist on a spectrum of seasonality, something we have completely lost in our modern world of transportation and refrigeration. We have an unnatural access to these toxins all year round.

I fall right in line with what you are saying. I have been near carnivore for about a year and high fat near carnivore for 3 months. I lost 100 lbs. I am no longer considered diabetic. My arthritis has been reduce to a range of motion issue in one ankle and minor inflammation in my reconstructed knee. White rice once a week and white flour english muffins to sop up the rendered beef fat is about all the carbs. I do use a small amount of honey in my green tea. Once every two weeks I have a smoothie of berries. I recently tried a tropical fruit smoothie with disastrous results. Thank you for your guidance. I hope soon to be able to buy some of your products. In the mean time I promote your videos as often as appropriate.

This is a great summary Paul, thanks for sharing that. It helps me refine my carnivore-ish diet

Thank you so much for adding the honey the squash and the avocado because when I went on this all meat. I got a bad kidney infection and I kept it for a month

Great information once again. Thank you Paul for sharing freely! I do my best to share your information with friends and family. Health through knowledge!

Super helpful; bold, informational, and easy to understand. Educational par excellence! 👍✅💃

Excellent video! Just given away my spinach, going to finish my almonds then call it a day with them too. I’ve suffered with bloating for countless years, tried numerous alternatives without any success until I discovered carnivore....you guessed it - no more bloating! Tried white rice during the week, nope, my gut is not a fan. So like you Paul, I’m fine with berries and olives but not diary. Thanks for another great video and for everything you’re doing to get the message out there that a lot of what we’ve been led to believe is not actually healthy for human digestion!

Your next video.. I've been dying to know what books are on your bookshelf. AND maybe a top 5 (or more) list of books to read.. Please :-)

So Very grateful for you Dr Saladino. 2 months ago Switched to cardivor Mixing in the fruit and honey now . Feel amazing. Thank you so much❤💯

I am so glad I came across this video. I couldn't agree more with what you say about eating seeds and vegetables. My life time experiences with plants and seeds even when I have soaked and cooked them always created gut issues including leaky gut syndrome.

Thanks to you Paul. Our family tasted first time Pigs heart that I first boiled mildly for 30h and then fried it as small cubes on a pan with tallow before serving . It was excellent meat and jr. 11old said it had a nice composition.

Plants may not contribute significantly to the nutrition of my diet, but I do use them for texture and flavor quite a bit still. I also enjoy cooking in itself, so having veggies involved adds pleasure there too. I'm lucky that after going on a carnivore diet for a while, I figured out plant foods generally don't bother me much as long as I don't do anything too crazy, so I enjoyed bringing them back in. I don't know what I'd do without tomatoes, herbs, and garlic lol.

This was immensely helpful, thank you!

Awesome podcast. Thank you Paul!

Enjoying squash while it is in season, and late season grapes, apples and pears. Will be cutting out all fruits after Thanksgiving for a Meat and (a little) tuber push until Christmas. Allowing for 1-2 day holiday indulgences until hard core carnivore Jan-Feb. Then, we’ll see..,

Dr. Saladino is so knowledgeable that I wish he would start seeing patients again. Then he would be able to help people, especially those with APOE4 with known coronary artery disease, to construct a carnivore diet. I have always wondered, is a high beef fat diet safe for APOE4s with coronary artery disease?

I am loving the book so far! I'm going to buy a few more for my family

Please don’t ever stop sharing and educating! You are freaking amazing PAUL. Thank you!!! CARNIVORE FOR LIFE. 🫁🫀🧠🥩🥓🍖

I did briefly hear you mention soaking and sprouting and I do think those are great steps to take. However, in looking at ancestral diets those were necessary steps. And think, when it came to grains the harvest was difficult and the grains were ground by hand. So take wheat for instance, ground by hand, fermented and finally able to use just enough at a time for the meal. There were no preservatives to make it last and be edible the next day. These factors would make the amount of grain available per person very limited. Corn would be even more so because of nixtamalization being a such a lengthy process. Also noted, that when native people ate chilies they burned off the outside skin and removed the seeds. People do the same thing with foods like tomatoes. At a minimum beans should be soaked and the soaking water thrown out. Would be better to soak and sprout them. Besides eating too many of these foods I think we're skipping too many of the preparation steps. Just a thought. It would be helpful to have a list of foods to avoid and/or how to make them less undigestable and dangerous. For now I'm just not eating them but hope to one day be able to eat them again in season and in very limited quantities. Thank you for helpful videos.

Honey, berries, olives, avocados, and squash.

Paul there should be a list of foods during their seasons that are less toxic. Some berries may be higher in oxalates than others as well.

Thank you good sir! This is great intel

Dr Paul, I love your content! Great responses, cheers!

What about herbs for tea? No because leafs? I just have been into medicinal tea for so long lol. Thank you for this video :)

This is very interesting information, I can get on board with this. I wonder if leafy greens are bothering me. I love squash and fruit and honey and meat. Strict carnivore without any other foods is not really sustainable for the average person in my opinion.

i've been doing great with parboiled rice ( very little 60-100 grams dry) every other day and oranges/orange juice. feel amazing.

The word Saladino makes me think of ‘Little Salad’. Sorryyyy 😂😂 love your content btw and just bought your book on Amazon to find out more, thank you

One thing on the topic. I have gut issues and I found that ripe fruit/nuts/vegetables with thin peel are ok for me, they're quite sweet like fruits and they don't have the astringent taste that signals phytic acid and other blocking chemicals. Thin peel nuts, young potatoes with low starch, etc. The problem with mass produce is noone waits for things to get ripe, just like with bananas. When you eat some vegetable that feels rough, has starch oozing from it (the bubbly juice, not clear but acidic, like with apples), if its sour, that's the ones you shouldn't eat. Thin peel/ripe/soft to touch (yes even potatoes) are your chance to eat stuff without actually damaging your gut. Even fruit can be full of bad stuff if it's not ripe, so don't just grab anything just cause it fits to your diet, the quality and sort of fruit and veggies matters A LOT.

Love it ! Thank you. Question what would you recommend if there is really a quarantine were the shops are closed like everything is closed .No electricity. No fridge. What could I stoke as reserved as survival food ? Thanks ! Greetings from Vienna ❤

“If your diet doesn’t work in the wild...” brilliant insight

Great info doc, thank you. FYI ....RU-vid sprinkled a number of ads in the video.

I'm 24 weeks pregnant and I've pretty much lived off roast, roasted carrots, melon, cucumbers, and fatty cuts of steak! Getting rid of grains, dairy and all processes food was huge for me. I still have issues with dermatitis on my cheeks and it just will not go away. I have only done all meat for the most 3 days and then I get weak and feel hot. I just want beautiful skin. 🥺 I tried to reintroduce raw spinach in my berry smoothie and I get extremely dizzy and disoriented.

Man you’re making the most sense of anyone in this sphere

Thank you Paul 😊 💓

Thank you!

Wondering what you think about the milder salad leaves like lettuce and savoury fruits like cucumber? thanks!

I know there is an argument for eating to suit your body that some can tolerate carbs better than others. But is it just because the accumulative effect of sugar, oxalates, lectins and other anti nutrients will get you in one way or other as you age? Just a thought.

Been watching sense the beginning great video. It's the kind I can send people that quickly explains in general the idea behind the carnivore diet so I dont have to fumble through it for them and it's nice and short so it keeps their attention. Question; How am I supposed to do this with kids?? It sounds impossible.

I ordered a bottle of dessicated organs. Should be here in a few days. I have major digestive issues and I'm at a loss on what else to do. I have turned to your videos/podcasts and informational talks to, hopefully, put my insides at ease. I also do not eat meat. Not by choice. It's a digestion issue. Which is why I became curious about the dessicated organs. So Im willing to try food/diet to see if it'll help

I’d love to hear your updated opinion of fruits now that you eat fruit and honey.

If I let my 4 year old daughter she would eat only butter, honey, cheese, cucumbers without the seeds, girl HATES seeds with good reason as it turns out and white rice. Surprisingly enough the only grain that doesn't spike my blood glucose levels probably because I soak it before cooking. My boy(1 year old) and I would eat any beef dried or raw! I have to make sure I don't store raw meat too low in the fridge because he WILL take a chunk out of it. Can't be mad at him though, I prefer raw liver and raw beef. Just goes to show that when children(the people with the least ingrained eating habits) are given the option will avoid most vegetables, seeds, nuts, and grains.

Hi Paul, just wanted to let you know you've got followers far away, love & gratitude from Turkey! I eat moderate amounts of veggies occasionally because I like it. PS there's a recent study linking soybean oil to Alzheimer's and other degenerative diseases

I’m into this diet right now!

I tried keto and then carnivore and I concluded that the best thing for me is eating what I do want to eat, except sugar and junk food. I never like broccoli, spinach, cucumber, and salads and I think it’s because my nature instinct knows that they’re no good. I used to force myself to eat these things occasionally because of the brainwashing. I always love meat and animal fats and eggs and eat these everyday. For vegetables I only like a few kinds and would well cook them in soup dishes. For fruit I also like only a few kinds. I once had a very bad case of food poisoning a few years ago and during that time the only thing my body wanted was orange juice. It was very strange because I NEVER drink orange juice, or any juice at all. We should listen to our body because we do have some instinct that tells us what we should eat.

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I like basmati rice (a long-grain white rice) and potatoes as my main source of starch. But I make sure I don't eat nearly as much as I used to. Bread was easy to cut out because I never really liked it in the first place, although I will occasionally have a piece of rye or sourdough when I'm eating a good Reuben or the like. French onion soup is another favorite of mine (and I guess now can be considered a guilty pleasure) and I wonder if soups and stews make plants less toxic and their nutrients more bioavailable since (besides open fire cooking) throwing a bunch of produce and meat in water and simmering it for hours is probably one of the oldest cooking methods that humans used.

Yup! "Controversial Thoughts" is a great title! :-)

I find peeling then boiling roots, discarding the water, then mashing and adding yogurt to start fermention is the way I digest them best.

it makes sense. meat and fruits, well balanced. mind-conciousness

Excelente teachings

What are the issues people complain about when they feel negatively after eating veggies?

I eat whatever plant food I feel like eating. This is pretty much limited to passion fruit, honeydew, ripe avocados and berries. This is in spring. But I noticed a seasonality to it. In summer I crave more peaches and cherries. In winter I sometimes eat squash and a slice of apple. In autumn I like plums and apricots. It probably also has to do with what is available and tasty in grocery stores that season. I eat about 95% of my calories from animal products still, but I will add plants when I feel like it. I also like sauerkraut regardless of season.

Where i live blueberries are always available in the summer :) !!!

Exactly the video I was looking for - finding it hard to imagine pure carnivore diet. I love veggies, I love carbs, and I love variety in what I eat. Pure carnivore doesn't sit right with me BUT I do want to optimise health, so carnivore plus the best plants seems like a solid option.

Dr Paul. Am really enjoying learning all about this. Question: How do you feel about the use of Herbs (ie:herbal tinctures) for medicinal purposes. I think I've heard you mention the use of plants in medicines but not as a food source.

Old me: treated myself with a steak every now and again New me: treats myself with an arugula/chicken salad

Paul you NEED to do a friendly discussion with the cofounder of True North fasting clinic. He has published work on reversing a lymphoma cancer. TNFC has fasted 20k people. After care is a no sugar, oil, salt (SOS) plant based DIET. This would be an awesome discussion!

Great Paul!

Organic honey comes with essential nutrients which is why it's beneficial. Table sugar and refined carbs the nutrients are stripped amd fortified with only some suboptimal vitamins that are not necessarily bioavailable

Basically, stick to 🥩 meat and organs BUT.... May have some honey 🍯 berries ( seasonal) baobab squash (ex. acorn or butternut) Avocado 🥑 olives no cinnamon no brown rice (arsenic content is high) Etc....

On the contrary, I feel generally more repeat and well if I include nuts and seeds in my diet every day. However, I am careful to only include “nice” 🥰, kind, ones. Macadamia, 20g, walnuts, 10g, sunflower seeds, 10g, tahini, 10g, pumpkin seeds, 20g. 1-2 Brazil nuts. Cocoa powder, 3-4 teaspoons. Works for me.

I think about yellow yam that is not spoken about much in the US. When you peel it there’s this slimy itchy liquid that can get on you skin and you have to put a lot of effort in cleaning it off and not getting it in your face. Then boil it. Totally not worth it for food imho.

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I eat nuts and some seeds. (walnut, pecan, macademia, pumpkin, sunflower, chia). Not all the time, and sometimes a lot. I tend away from squash, even after buying a lot of it. I can eat many vegies, and was strongly self-conditioned to do it (for 30+ years). I now tend towards carnivore, and following my desires more than the experts' proclamations. Even though the gaggle of experts will contradict each other citing "science" (a word which now means about as much as 'religion'), I resolve to claim my own authority and make use of the experts to deepen into my own authority. Lastly, I appreciate you, Paul, for staying curious, exploring, and continuing to delve into the "science" and sharing what you find. Fortunately, there is some "good science" and not all of the conclusions are in agreement amongst the good scientists with their science. Between you with your stand for carnivore, and Pam Popper with her stand for vegetarian, (whom I really really respect for her stand related to the c-viral charade) I can be well informed and continue to deepen the listening for my own well-being. My own tendency is to listen to many viewpoints (about 50 others than the 2 mentioned here) and then listen to my own body, accepting that wisdom might include the journey through some challenging results, for purposes other than only good body health. I accept and own the consequences.

Paul, seriously. What would you recommend to a 60yo make today in terms of the 3 macro nutrients. Also, of the 3, what would you suggest are the tips 5 foods as go-to staples, and the top 5 substitutes when the go-to is unavailable. I've watched so many of your videos, but I am a bit confused by all the changes over time, and I am just catching up. I get the NO SEED OIL thing and am on board. I am all about whole food, single ingredient natural foods. I seem to understand the OK for fruit and honey. I get the poly unsaturated discussions as applied to chicken (and turkey?) But are these ok "sometimes"? I have had the worst ten years of my life trying to figure out what happened to me as I seemed to have all kinds of strange allergies to foods suddenly and could never figure out why. Arthritis, carpal tunnel, inflamation, GERD, eczema, hives or histamine reactions, it's been miserable. When I first started Carnivore 4 weeks ago, a lot of good things happened which include all symptoms gone. But now I see you are ok with fruits and honey. Now I am so unsure what to do about macros?

Thankyou!

Your book is great info on how to understand the so called data. TY

I had persistent pain in my trap / shoulders / upper back & neck for about 15 years. Went carnivore and within about two weeks the pain went away and has stayed away. Just an anecdote, but it certainly improved my quality of life

I refuse to give up onions and garlic. They make my grass fed ground beef so GOOD!

Hi doc, I’ve been consuming a lot of jicama lately because doctors say it’s an excellent prebiotic. What’s your thoughts/opinion on this? Should I continue eating it, is it safe and healthy or is it bullshit? Thanks 🙏

My intuition is that the parts of plants that are most visible/accessible (stems, leafs) are most toxic because they are less protected than things protected by shells (nuts) or being underground (roots). Is this the right thinking?

Im just confused with Men in the health area are doing Carnivore diet then Women Health Practitioners wanted you to eat veggies for hormone balance. @Paul Saladino. thank you.

Hi how do you feel about oysters?I am shocked at how many carbs they contain .😕

I’m in Georgia so I use White Oak Pastures for my organ meat. Love them.

My mom used to cook brains and mix with scrambled eggs and we loved it. I don't think she did it for our health, but because these were a cheaper option, we also ate beef heart and liver and tongue.

I’m Compound heterozygous MTHFR. Read your book and Eating Tier 5 carnivore for the last couple weeks following fluoroquinolone toxicity which has ruined my life. And now I seem to react to all vegetable source carbohydrates (oxalates histamines salicylates). Albeit slow, I’ve only improved since adopting Carnivore, physically and mentally. Immediately prior to carnivore my folate and homocysteine were normal range. In your opinion is there anything else I can do to maximize the healing benefits / avoid issues with my MTHFR status. Thanks for everything you do.

LOL! My wife is Chinese and eat a lot of sunflower seeds and rice.Telling her to stop would be the same as me telling you to stop eating meat.

If one includes a small amount of lower toxicity vegetables on an otherwise carnivore/zero carb diet, does the presence of these plants negate in any way the ability that some individuals have wherein they are able to eat more meat/animal products (calorically speaking) than on a SAD/CICO/non-ZC type diet and not gain weight (or gain less weight), or could/would these vegetables negatively impact that aspect of a carnivore diet? 🥩🥬🥩

Hey Paul... Acorn squash ...baked to a golden brown... dressed with organic grass fed butter, and raw honey...or brown sugar... so delicious...sweet and earth and the butter and sweetness rounds it out...unbelieveable side dish....acorn squash...

I get intense methodical stomach cramps and when I consume quinoa or raw zucchini. No idea what causes this reaction but I know they are toxic to me! I'd love to find out though.

Can I ask you about Moringa? It’s been referred to as “the tree of life” specifically the leaves. I’m fairly sure it’s been used in places where severe starvation is prevalent in helping to nourish and heal many malnutrition Ed children. The ones who’s tummies are distended… can you sort of touch on this particular plant? And if it follows the toxic pattern as most plant then how was and is it used to solve severe malnutrition? Thanks Paul! Love your stuff.

Even though I don't agree with a lot of this, I really do love his work.

you should really try Aronia berries. easy to grow, blackish purple in clusters, prolific, little sweet up front but like a very dry wine on the back end. truly super dooper. great work, Doc. thanks for the video.

I'm too paranoid about prions to ever eat brain of any kind. I tried to research the risks, but I didn't find enough credible info about it. It kind of sucks considering how nutritious it is, and the fact that it just goes to waste...

Hello, 30+ man here. I've been struggling with autoimmune diseases my whole life. I tried carnivore earlier this year for 70 days. I began with a more moderate version, eating eggs, fish, pork, chicken, lamb, organs etc. This didn't help with my eczema and my stomach was still terrible. I decided to only go for beef for the last 30 days and I had okayish results, my eczema would still flare up now and then and I was fatigued all the time. I eventually gave up as I lost 9kg (I am not fat) and was very tired of basically eating the same thing all day long. Now I am back to eating carnivore. I've been going for 20 days of only beef and beef bone broth. I drink 4 cups of broth a day and eat two stakes of ribeye or similar cut. I can't get any grass fed stuff as its super expensive in my country and eating ribeye/fatty cuts is already expensive as it is. I want to eat nose to tail, but its impossible, as soon as I eat anything else my face flare up with eczema. Same story when I've tried supplementing. This is making me super depressed. I hate having to eat the same thing day in and day out. Is there any light at the end of the tunnel? How long do you think it will take until I see improvement? Other ideas?

Are sprouted grains okay to supplement the carnivore diet when you are a beginner? Do you have a video on sprouted and fermented foods?

Could you please explain how you use the fat on a deer? What is the most palatable way to prepare it? In most hunting circles the fat of deer and elk is trimmed away and thrown out because of an unpleasant texture and taste. But to me it seems like it is a very valuable potential food resource that is usually wasted. Any tips are greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Is there a cognitive disconnect while I enjoy listening to this podcast immensely, and think your message has great value, I am making and eating whole wheat pancakes (eggs, milk, butter, maple syrup).

How about broccoli and brussels sprouts, which are basically flowers? How about jicama?

Thank you, Doctor Saladino, always very interesting informations! ❤🍀

Makes a lot of sense!

i like hemp seeds and hemp protein powder.. very nutrition dense, especially maganese and magnesium. they are hulled so easy to digest, low phytic acid..

I never understand the mentality of someone eating almonds or kale chips over a slab of beef jerkey

It is very interesting; however, by nature fruits are known to be separate from vegetables because they have seeds present within them. I assume that there is a considerable difference when the seeds are fruit-based and within as opposed to normal seeds. Ideally, regardless of such potential controversies the goal is to get linoleic acid levels below 2%. Interestingly, technically cashews come from a fruit, but I wonder what levels that may have.

Doc,is it possible to get your advice on broccoli for the benefits of DIM & also wheatgrass and chlorophyll for blood cleansing! I would also like to know if there is a difference with supplements that are promoted to provide the benefits of consuming greens.Thank You Sir