The Doctor Who's Finally Studying Carnivore | Rob Abbott EP 229

About this episode

Dr. Robert Abbott discusses his research on dietary interventions for rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.

In this episode, Dr. Robert Abbott, a clinician and researcher in functional medicine, joined me to discuss his role in what is set to become the largest study ever conducted on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) using dietary intervention, specifically the ketogenic diet and the carnivore “lion” diet. These conditions are typically treated with powerful immunosuppressive medications, yet very little rigorous research has explored how diet itself might influence inflammation, symptoms, and quality of life.We discussed why dietary interventions have historically been neglected in medical research and the long established history of research and randomized trials for vegan diets (which are extensive despite the nutritional profile of the carnivore diet beating it on nearly every nutritional metric without use of supplements).We also talked about the current evidence that inspired the study. At the moment, there are no large dedicated trials examining ketogenic or carnivore diets for RA or IBD. The largest published evidence in inflammatory bowel disease is a 2024 case series of just 10 patients following mostly carnivore–ketogenic diets, where all…

People in this episode

Host: Mikhaila Peterson

Guest: Dr. Robert Abbott

Topics covered

• dietary intervention
• rheumatoid arthritis
• inflammatory bowel disease
• carnivore diet
• ketogenic diet
• medical research

Keywords

• carnivore diet
• ketogenic diet
• rheumatoid arthritis
• inflammatory bowel disease
• dietary intervention
• medical research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GoFundMe, ketogenic diet, carnivore diet, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease

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