Episode 127: Meat, Meat, and More Meat with Joey Schwartz (aka. Carnivore Camaraderie)

Protecting Your NEST with Dr. Tony Hampton

Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Joey Shwartz is a 19-year-old proponent of the carnivore diet and a strong believer in its' efficacy towards curing and preventing today's many modern health issues. He runs a YouTube channel where he shares others' anecdotal experiences, interviews with professionals, real hard sciences, and his own personal experience with the diet. He is currently enrolled as a student at UCLA and has been studying the link between nutrition and chronic disease for many years.

In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Joey talk about:

• (02:42) How Joey became interested in the carnivore diet and nutrition research
• (07:28) How Joey’s family reacted to his new carnivore lifestyle
• (10:16) Joey’s studies at UCLA, education goals, and personal nutrition research
• (17:22) Managing to follow the carnivore diet in a college environment
• (20:04) The carnivore diet and mental stamina/energy
• (23:25) How Joey is able to be so productive every day
• (27:42) How to manage avoiding alcohol while remaining social in college, and how alcohol negatively effects the body
• (31:42) The ketovore diet versus the carnivore diet
• (34:26) The best tasting cut of meat prepared in the tastiest way, and the best meat preparation for feeling as good as possible
• (36:17) Joey’s favorite subjects in school
• (37:32) How Joey likes to spend his free time
• (39:10) Theories as to how the carnivore diet could come to be more acceptable as a dietary option in the modern world

Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.

Links:

Joey Shwartz:

• Instagram
• QuickLinks

Dr. Tony Hampton:

• Linktree
• Instagram Account
• LinkedIn Account
• Ritmos Negros Podcast
• Q Med
• Symposium for Metabolic Health Lectures