Dr. Paul Saladino
MD (psychiatry) · 'Carnivore Code' / animal-based advocate
Every one of his distinctive claims — that plant antinutrients and polyphenols net-harm humans, that dietary fibre is useless, that oxalates broadly cause disease in normal people — is contradicted or heavily qualified by independent, higher-tier evidence (large cohorts, meta-analyses, umbrella reviews showing plant foods track with lower mortality). Notable self-correction: around 2023 he abandoned strict carnivore and re-added fruit, honey and raw dairy, conceding humans need carbohydrate — undercutting the thesis that made him famous.
Evidence vs. their claims
Across 2 testable claims, where the weight of independent evidence lands — on their side, or against them. Their own research network is excluded as evidence.
Read relative to their stance: when they dispute a claim and the evidence supports that claim, it counts as against them. Each row shows their stance, so you can see which way the evidence cuts.
Conflicts of interest
- Founder of Heart & Soil (organ-meat supplements) and Lineage Provisions — direct commercial interest served by promoting organ meat and disparaging plant foods
- Does NOT clear the research-scientist bar: credentialed MD, but no peer-reviewed nutrition research underpinning his claims, which have been widely characterized as pseudoscientific
- California medical license lapsed/inactive; confirm current standing before publishing
Stated factually. Conflicts do not by themselves make a claim wrong; they are context for weighing it.
Claim-by-claim (2)
Grouped by health topic. A person's claims often span several areas — here's where each one lands.
🥗 Diets 2
Educational only, not medical advice. Verdicts grade the evidence, not the person; see the methodology.