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NO LONGER CARNIVORE

Hey guys! HUGE NEWS. I am currently not a carnivore. Now don’t get me wrong, I am eating 95% meat and right now my diet mainly consists of pan fried…

Launching the First Lion Diet Study

Huge news guys!! I am reaching out to you to support the largest study on rheumatoid arthritis and IBD using the ketogenic and carnivore (lion) diet as dietary intervention, ever…

CIRS Update 2025

OKAY. So it’s been a year again, updating you all, I meant to do this months ago, but pregnancy nearly took me out. Anyway, we have figured out how to…

Simple Ways to Get Healthier for the New Year

If you’re trying to get healthier, now is the time to start. We now have strong evidence that end of life neurological diseases are preventable and they are caused by…

Senate Speech: The Case for Using Ketogenic and Plant-Free Ketogenic Diets to Treat Chronic Illness

My name is Mikhaila Fuller. I’m co-founder and CEO of Peterson Academy, an online higher-education platform and host a podcast with over a million and a half subscribers. I've spent…

How To Wean Into The Lion Diet

Some people are able to go straight from the standard American diet to the Lion Diet. Some people can do it but that comes with a host of unpleasant transition…

Hopeful Mold Update 2024

More info on biotoxin.com Okay so things are MUCH better health wise after literally a year of figuring this out. Healing is much faster than that but it took a…

Duck Confit

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Air-Fried Chicken Wings

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Update May 2023: Got sick. Finally healing. Beware of mold.

Me wondering why I look like a zombie before figuring out the house was moldy. An update: I am 80% better than 3 months ago when I basically died from…

Vitamin Results 2023 (5 years on the Lion Diet)

Here are Jordan Peterson’s micronutrients results after 5 years of only eating meat with no organs or supplements. Crazy huh? Extremely good. This diet is sustainable long-term, although ideally if…

Blood Tests and Other Tests on the Lion Diet

First off, doing in-depth testing can lead you down a road of too much information and too many problems you could potentially solve, and it can distract from what can…

Update: Mold, Cutting Salt, and CIRS

So in the last few months I’ve had this super strange symptom of unbelievably heavy arms and legs. Going upstairs has been difficult. Obviously that’s not a good sign. I…

Media Article: Carnivore, lion diets called life-changing online. But is eating only meat really good for you? (USA Today)

Not the most positive article, but not particularly terrible. Here is a link to the USA Today Lion Diet article from 12/19/2022: "Carnivore, lion diets called life-changing online. But is…

Media Article: HOLY COW I eat only meat and salt on TikTok’s viral Lion Diet – it’s been a ‘cure-all’ that ended my chronic illness misery (The Sun)

Here is a link to The Sun's Lion Diet article from 12/19/2022: "HOLY COW I eat only meat and salt on TikTok’s viral Lion Diet – it’s been a ‘cure-all’…

Media Article: Could the lion diet transform YOUR health? (DailyMail)

Here is a link to the DAILYMAIL Lion Diet article from 12/19/2022: "Could the lion diet transform YOUR health?"

Media Article: Woman who follows lion diet has eaten nothing but meat for five years (LadBible)

Here is a link to the LADBIBLE Lion Diet article from 12/20/2022: "Woman who follows lion diet has eaten nothing but meat for five years"

Media Article: New TikTok craze the 'Lion Diet' has TikTokers eating salt, meat, water and nothing else (FOX)

Here is a link to the FOX Lion Diet article from 12/20/2022: "New TikTok craze the 'Lion Diet' has TikTokers eating salt, meat, water and nothing else"

How to Treat Psych Med Withdrawal/Side Effects

I get hundreds of people reaching out to me for help, suffering in insane ways from psych med withdrawal. It’s horrible. It makes me feel awful, I understand the suffering…

How We Cured/Treated Suicidal Akathisia

"Akathisia is a common adverse effect of treatment with antipsychotic drugs, with incidence rates ranging from 5-50% depending on the duration of treatment and the drug used. It is a…

New theory on food sensitivities and potential cure?!

Wow I haven't written a blog post since 2019 before my life blew up and my parents got ill and everything turned upside down. BUT I have a new theory, so I needed to come back here. I haven't had a theory since 2019 or 2018. Maybe 2017. This is a big one (but I've been wrong before so who knows).

How to take medications safely - and avoid fillers.

GUYS!! (particularly the sick ones) I'm sorry this took me 3 years to realize but I finally figured out how to take meds without reacting to the fillers. I'm typing…

Lyme disease. Are you kidding me?!

So on February 25th 2019, I had one and a half days of hoping all of my problems stemmed from some lifelong C. Diff problem I didn't have symptoms for…

C. Diff Test Results

So this is funny in a "lol at Mikhaila's life" kind of way. I wrote the following on Feb 25, 2019, last week. Then I got results back for something…

Bad(ish) News - Spoke Too Soon - Minor Reaction to Antibiotics

Hey everyone, I'm still not depressed from the antibiotics I've been taking but I did wake up with quite a bit of joint pain. Like I wrote yesterday, I've been…

Update February 2019 After Ankle Surgery

Holy smokes guys that month was a wild ride but I'm back! If you don't want to read about ankle surgery this is what's coming soon: Coming soon: A year…

Tammy Peterson - My Mom on Zero Carb

This is my mom's Carnivore Diet testimonial after almost a year of mainly beef and some chicken. She also rarely has lobster and rarely has butter. She doesn't have mood…

Ankle Surgery January 2019

For those of you wondering, I've paused my consultations for a while. I really love doing them but I'm swamped. I am writing a book that should be an easier…

Products for a Heavy Meat Diet

Hi everyone! Happy New Year!!! 2019. Cray. I've made this post because it's World Carnivore Month this January. If you're looking to give the diet a try, there's a lot…

Part of The Food Mystery Potentially Solved? C. difficile

So like I wrote in this blog post, I have been searching for the underlying cause of what my and my father's problems are. Why we can't eat anything except…

Botox/Fillers for Sensitive Humans

Botox and Flare-ups: I've been getting botox in my frown lines since I was 23. It was originally my mom's idea actually. Thanks mom, seriously. Glaring used to be my…

Food Mystery Timeline/Overview 2015-2018

Hey everyone! So I feel great still. It's been almost a year since I started only eating beef, and things have been consistently improving. I'm still trying to solve the…

Gym after baby and for the first time since 2015... Suck it up.

I've been doing floor exercises since June or July (3 or 4 months), slowly getting stronger. Using 5-pound weights for my arms and just doing bodyweight exercises for my legs…

Is Salt Necessary?

SALT - I usually tell people when they first switch over to increase their intake of salt. This can help with muscle cramps. If you're drinking tons of water though…

October Update All Beef Diet and Life

Hi Everyone! Sorry about the incredibly long silence. I'm going through some personal life drama (nothing health related) and I've been incredibly busy. I'll update everyone on that later. All…

Really Important Read - Paleomedicina - Evidence The Lion Diet Works

"We believe that the PKD is the only evolutionary adapted diet for humans. Rehabilitation of chronic diseases is most effective when the diet is limited to our real physiological needs.…

More Articles About the Lion Diet (2018)

Flare-ups caused by a cold/flu and plane rides

So I've noticed more and more that when I get sick I get a flare up. I knew this before but it's changed a bit. I used to get sick…

Some of The History Behind The "Low Fat Diet"

I'll start with a quick overview: Unsaturated fats: Monounsaturated fatty acids have one double bond and polyunsaturated fatty acids have two or more double bonds. Foods like vegetable oils are…

Recreational Drugs and Alcohol and Food Sensitivities

Hopefully, this one won't get me in trouble but I'll put it out there because I haven't found any info on it anywhere else online. And I did google it…

The Times Article

Damn. In The Times. Life is crazy.

6 Month Carnivore Update

I love this diet. I am never going back. Updates: Baby: I've caved and gotten a nanny, and she's starting in 2 weeks. I wanted to do the stay at…

Favourite Shampoo and Conditioner (good for babies too!)

I went on vacation and didn't fill up little travel containers with shampoo and conditioner and I really regretted it. The place I was staying had this horrible strawberry smelly…

Morning Sickness Cure

My experience with morning sickness: Whenever I ate something wrong I was incredibly nauseous. For instance, I started taking a prenatal that had soy and was nauseous that entire week…

Favourite Products at Paleo f(x) 2018 - Salt, Toothpaste, and Baby Food

Super quick post about a couple of things I saw at Paleo f (x) that I really liked. I know this is late, but c'est la vie, better late than…

Worst Offenders to Safest Foods - And Why Vegans Get Better

This is a list of foods that I found irritated me the most to the least. If I've missed any foods, please comment. I know it comes off as a…

Carnivore Diet, New Thoughts - April 2018

Here are my new thoughts about the carnivore diet since Dad's improvement 1. If you are quite sick (by quite sick I mean you have an autoimmune disorder or autoimmune…

April 19 2018 - Jordan Peterson's Carnivore Diet Update

Hey everyone, sorry for the delay! Jordan's Zero-Carb Update: Anyway, like I said last week, Dad started the carnivore diet. I told him I thought it could take up to…

Debunked - The China Study

I'm going to keep this EXTREMELY brief, and very simplified. If it's too simplified for people's liking let me know, but I don't want to bog people down with information.…

Debunked - The "Healthy" Low Cholesterol Myth

"I can't eat meat, my cholesterol goes up!" "I'm on statins to lower my cholesterol levels. I'm supposed to avoid eating fats." "Eating fat increases your risk of heart disease."…

New Safe Diet Food!

Hi all, Big news, bad news. So for some reason, I've stopped being able to tolerate beef. It's all I was eating and now I can't stomach it, I guess…

The Meat Dilemma - But what about the animals?!

When I was 15 someone told me that someone they knew lived near a slaughterhouse and a pig farm. The slaughterhouse would come pick up the pigs every 2 weeks.…

The Diet - Updated March 2018

Jordan Peterson's Diet (extremely low carb): Meats: turkey beef chicken lamb duck wild game is fine too, elk, moose, etc. wild salmon tuna - check the ingredients! Get stuff that's…

How to Save Your Teeth

Bleeding gums, tender gums, discoloured teeth, mouth ulcers and bad breath are all signs of food intolerances. If you have bad teeth, chances are you're eating foods that don't agree…

Zero Carb - What Type of Meat Do I Get?

I've been scrolling through comments and there have been a number of questions about what type of meat I'm eating. Sorry, I don't get to them all, I'm super busy…

What to Do If You're on Medication

Here's what I did: Just before I started playing around with diet I was on: Enbrel (a TNF blocker and immune suppressant) Methotrexate (immune suppressant) Seasonal (birth control) 40 mg…

Pregnancy Diet and FAQ

First off, I'm not a doctor. I'm going to write what worked for me and what I believe is a good idea. I'll write out why, and you guys can…

Zero Carb/Carnivore Diet - update 2 months in

Hey everyone, I tried reintroducing olives. I was pretty skeptical about the zero carb thing. I thought maybe the reason it was working for people was because they ended up…

Zero Carb/Carnivore Diet Update

It's going extremely well. No cravings, arthritis has almost disappeared, mood seems to have improved (it's been hard to tell with the milk reaction). I will update again in 2…

Jan 11 Super Quick Update

Hi everyone!! I'm sorry for such a long hiatus a bunch of things happened. I got a reallllly nasty cold. I was sick for 15 days, Scarlett got sick too…

Probiotics with NOTHING Added

I finally found some probiotics with no additives. A powder. And alas, it's only available in the States. I have to wait for my parents to go there and bring…

Zero Carb - The Carnivore Diet

So I'm onto the next stage of food weirdness. I'm on day 5 of only eating meat. What is the Zero Carb Diet? Literally, it's people who only eat meat…

What Does A Typical Breakfast Look Like?

Hate to break it to everyone looking at this blog but, we don't do breakfast foods. "What do you do for breakfast?" is probably the number 1 question I'm asked.…

Scientific Article Hypothesizing EXACTLY My Hypothesis on Food Reactions

Okay, first, I don't want to take responsibility for this hypothesis because obviously other people have come to the same conclusions. But I did come to this conclusion a couple…

How To Help With Reaction/Mood Symptoms

When I test out a food and it goes badly, or if I accidentally consume something that I react to, there are a number of things I can do that…

Infrared Saunaing - Basically The Greatest Thing Ever

When I react to something, I use an infrared sauna. I'm super lucky to have access to one. I would say it improves my mood by about 20%, as well…

Do You Suffer From Cracked Heels?

Good news! Your feet aren't dry. It's not from wearing "bad shoes", they don't need moisturizer, and Lufa isn't going to help. Fortunately, it's easier than that. This actually wasn't…

Filtered Water

I used to scoff at filtered water, and I actually liked the taste of tap water better. I haven't done much research into why you should drink filtered water but…

Alcohol

The good news is, even though we are so sensitive to food, alcohol doesn't seem to be a problem! Rejoice in small miracles. The bad news is its dependant on…

Hangover Cure

Seriously. I've been taking this since I was binge drinking in University, you can go to pubmed and look at the studies on rats. If it works on rats, it…

FAQ - November 2017

What do you eat for breakfast? We don't eat fruit, we used to but it wasn't working out. It hits dad's mood, and it 100% gives me arthritis. The more…

What Living with Depression and Anxiety Is Like (Throw Some OCD Symptoms in There Too)

I was put on antidepressants at a young age. Severe depression runs in my family and thankfully my dad had realized what it was and saw it early in me.…

Diary from 2014 on Depression - What Depression Is Like

I wrote this after an argument with a friend where I was told having depression was basically whining. August 20, 2014 You know what sucks? Arthritis. Pain. Multiple joint replacements.…

How to Gain or Maintain Weight Weight On An Elimination Diet

I've had a number of people reach out to me asking about how to gain or maintain their weight on a diet that cuts carbs like this one. Here are…

What Vitamins and Supplements to Take

I've had a bad reaction to a couple of multivitamins (most of them contain soy derivatives), so I don't take a multivitamin. Beware of prenatal vitamins too. If you end…

Top foods to avoid (if you don't want to do an elimination diet)

If doing an all out elimination diet isn't feasible for you, or if you're relatively healthy and just looking to improve your energy or lose a few pounds, avoid these…

Jordan Peterson's Diet - September 2017

Dad suffered from a number of health problems. He had GERD, minor psoriasis, mouth ulcers, fatigue and had an extremely hard time losing weight. He stopped eating desserts, went without…

My Labour Experience - Seriously successful hypnobirthing homebirth

I wrote this the day I gave birth. So it was fresh in my mind. It's pretty detailed so only read it if you're super interested haha. It also needs…

Baby!!

I've been gone from the blog for over a month because I had a baby!! It's been crazy and exhausting and wonderful. Elizabeth Scarlett Peterson Korikova everyone ( a pic…

Probiotics And Problems That Can Come With Them

If you've read my other blog posts, I've mentioned a bad reaction to probiotics. I was hoping it was the strands that I was taking because the reaction has happened…

How is it normal to feel after cutting out foods?

You won't feel better right away. The first two weeks can be hard. Sugar cravings (carbs, chips, soda, sugar) and dairy cravings (cheese) are intense. I also had soy cravings.…

Antidepressants - "Natural" and Otherwise

I was on antidepressants for over a decade. They probably saved my life. If you're taking them and want to try eliminating food, keep taking them until you feel like…

Pregnancy and Life Update - Mid July

(I updated the chicken broth recipe and the chicken wing recipe . They're actually even easier now!) The baby is head down and everything's going well. I have to get…

Should you start an elimination diet? (How to begin a month long elimination diet)

Looking back on how I did my elimination diet, I can see a number of things I did wrong. This is a post describing how I would do an elimination…

Pregnancy Update - Week 32

Everything's going great! Now that I'm not eating anything with sugar, my mood is good, no arthritis, seems pretty good. I'm starting to get pretty big. Getting around is getting…

Olive brand that's a-okay by me, (preservative free, etc.)

Hopefully, this post will eventually be called "olive brands that are preservative free". I'm looking for olive brands that are only made with olives and salt, water or olive oil,…

More good news (olives!! and probiotics and activated charcoal)

This has been my diet for the last month and a half: Lettuce Cilantro Beef Chicken Collard greens Apple cider vinegar Coconut oil Olive oil A ton of salt. REALLY…

Why is soy bad? Is all soy bad?

I had someone contact me asking me why I thought soy was bad, or if soy was always bad, or something like that. She was Asian so soy is naturally…

Candida and Parasite Cleanse

Brace yourselves, this is a long one. For the last - almost 2 years, wow - I've been randomly cutting out foods and listening hard to my body's response. Most…

Pregnancy update

So I AM starting to feel better (yayyyyyyy). I reacted to the lactose in my antihistamines but it's been 18 days since I've taken them and I'm finally starting to…

Any suggestions for problem skin? Why yes!

UPDATE: Sept 2018 edited this a bit. The original post is from May 2017, before the all beef diet. A couple of days ago I got an Instagram message asking…

Feeling better again

So after removing fish and the few fruit I could tolerate, my arthritis is going away, I'm less itchy again and my mood is improving. Also my face isn't as…

This diet is hard.

So a couple of weeks ago I realized I was reacting to fish. I've gotten much more sensitive since the pregnancy, and haven't been able to keep my symptoms under…

Type III and IV Hypersensitivity Reactions - the cause of all your problems?

Type III hypersensitivity reactions are what I suffer from. The probable cause of alllll my problems. I'll explain how it works. Type III hypersensitivity reactions are also known as immune…

The Hygiene Hypothesis and where it goes wrong

I had a school assignment where I had to disagree or agree with the hygiene hypothesis. Obviously most people in my class agreed with it. I think it's a seriously…

Simplified Science Behind Gluten

I typed up a short intro on why gluten is bad for you and what it's doing to peoples' bodies. Zonulin is a protein that modulates the permeability of tight…

Birth Control Dangers

Mom told me that the birth control pill made her depressed. My response was “I’m already on antidepressants, who gives a fuck, also as if it can make you that…

What does depression or anxiety feel like? Is what I’m experiencing depression or just life?

Here’s a video I did a while ago before I figured out what was wrong with me. I was on a high dose of antidepressants and looking back, I was…

Pregnancy woes SOLVED

Turns out I was wrong about all of the following: "So I was beginning to worry that being pregnant was just going to be full of arthritis and depression and…

"I'm too busy to eat like this, it's too expensive," and other excuses

"I'm too busy" If you're too busy (and you're not THAT sick), cut out gluten and dairy. If you live in a big city this is usually fairly easy. If…

Will This Diet Help You?

People have been emailing me, asking me if I think their certain set of symptoms are food related. Normally I would bet good money that they are, but I usually…

What do I mean by reaction? Explanation of an immune response/ reaction

Sorry, I was away for a bit. Had another reaction! The pregnancy made me a bit more sensitive, but fortunately that got me to clean up my diet a tiny…

Pregnancy Struggles

I haven't had that difficult of a time so far (although I'm only at 15 weeks), but here's what I've experienced so far: (All of the links I've posted are…

Growing Up with an Autoimmune Disorder (age 2-10)

What I'd like people to take away is, when I was a kid, having arthritis was much easier psychologically than having arthritis when I was older. It was frustrating, painful,…

Big News! Pregnancy!

So I've really wanted to get this blog on the road, but I've been super busy and stressed (and kind of lazy). In December I found out I'm pregnant !…

Why I Thought Diet Was Worth Looking Into

When I was 14 I started getting itchy. It was winter time, and I thought it was dry skin on my lower legs, except they weren't visibly dry. The itch…

The Paleo Elimination Diet (That "Cured" Me Before the Lion Diet)

Hi! My name is Mikhaila Peterson. I’m a 26 year old mother (and loving it!). I live in Toronto. Short background on me: I was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis…