It’s my book’s birthday week! The Carnivore Code has arrived!    This week’s podcast is an intense AMA I did for Ben Greenfield’s show which I reposting here. As you can see from the time stamps, in this monologue I cover a LOT of ground and dig into many of the common questions which arise on a carnivore diet.    Time Stamps:  8:10 Start of the podcast 9:30 How would Paul define a carnivore diet? 11:25 Spectrum of plant toxicity. 15:40 Nose to tail carnivore. 17:00 Getting enough protein on a carnivore diet. 21:10 How does a carnivore diet affect athletic performance? 21:55 Faster study. 28:25 Effect of 4 week very low carbohydrate diet on high intensity interval training responses  29:45 Keto adaptation enhances exercise performance. Body composition responses to training of endurance athletes (study). 32:20 Salt requirements on low carbohydrate diets.   34:20 Sources of iodine on a carnivore diet. 35:40 Dangers of excess iodine. 36:30 Sustainability of a carnivore diet.  40:00 Regenerative agriculture. 46:10 Hormesis and xenohormesis. 52:40 Uric acid and glutathione levels during short term cold exposure (study). 54:10 Sulforaphane. 56:40 Activation of  NRF2 pathways with environmental hormesis. 1:00:40 Sirtuin pathway activation and ketosis. 1:04:00 Fruit and vegetable depletion studies. 1:10:35 Negative effects of resveratrol and curcumin.(studies). 1:15:20 Can one's PH level get too acidic on a carnivore diet due to the high protein consumption ? 1:19:10 Potential renal acid load of foods and its influence on ph (study)  1:19:50 Effect of low carbohydrate high protein diet on acid base balance, stone forming propensity, and calcium metabolism (study). 1:23:00 Essential and toxic metals in animal bone broth (study). 1:25:00 Effects of a supplement rich in alkaline minerals on acid base balance in humans (study) 1:26:20 Do ketones increase acidity in the blood? 1:27:10 Statement on high protein diets and bone health. 1:28:20 IGF1 and MTOR. 1:32:35 Carnivore diet and APOE4 gene. 1:36:00 Studies on Simonae people. 1:40:30 Case study: APOE4  1:42:40 Study on APOE4 and susceptibility to insulin resistance. 1:43:45 FTO polymorphism and a carnivore diet. 1:48:40 What Paul eats in a day.