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Prioritize
Lean into these
Keep the input set as simple, repeatable, and low-noise as possible.
- Ruminant meat
- Simple animal fats
- Salt
- Mineral-rich hydration
- Broth and supportive hydration
- The simple approved foods list in your reset plan
CarnivoreReset
Your body may need a quieter food environment before it can give you a clear answer. This is exactly the path I walked.
Jump to My First 7 DaysWhy this is your best start
This path is for people whose bodies are already giving them real feedback: gut issues, skin issues, joint pain, mood shifts, inflammation, or the sense that certain foods are not landing well.
- Your symptom pattern sounds strong enough to justify a higher-signal reset
- Food reactivity may be a meaningful part of the picture
- A defined reset is likely better for you than a vague attempt to eat cleaner
Paul Saladino, M.D.01
The fit
Your symptoms or food reactivity suggest a more aggressive reset
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First lever
Simplify food variables aggressively
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Time horizon
Start now, stay observant, and liberalize only after the signal gets clearer.
Your Personalized Guide
Carnivore Elimination Reset Guide
Reset Meal Plan
Shopping List
9-Food Reintroduction
What this approach is doing
The goal is clarity, not dietary theater.
The Carnivore Reset strips food down to the simplest possible set of inputs so your body has less to interpret and less to react to.
When the variables drop, the feedback gets easier to interpret. That gives you a better chance of understanding what helps, what hurts, and what deserves to come back later.
That does not make it magical. It makes it clean. And when someone needs a cleaner signal, that simplicity can be extremely useful.
Pause
Step back from these
For this phase, remove as many variables as possible.
- All plant foods
- Seed oils
- Grains and legumes
- Dairy
- Nuts and seeds
- Sweeteners and alcohol
- Heavily seasoned or high-variety restaurant meals
- Foods that make adherence messy or unclear
First 7 Days
Your first week,one day at a time.
Keep the first week simpler than your instincts want. The goal is to create a baseline your body can actually answer from.
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Repeat your meals
Keep meals more repetitive than you think they need to be. That is not a weakness of the plan. It is the strength of the plan.
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Salt, water, patience
Do not chase novelty. Prioritize hydration. Salt your food well. Expect your body to go through an adjustment period if this is very different from how you were eating before. The win in the first week is not perfection. The win is consistency.
What to expect
How it unfolds
Week one is the steepest
The first week may feel harder than the second.
Things shift while you adapt
Cravings, digestion, and energy may shift while your body adapts.
Symptoms get easier to read
You may notice that your symptoms become easier to read, even before they fully improve.
Clarity is progress
That matters. Stay observant. Stay simple. Let the signal emerge.
Liberalize later
When you're ready
This is a reset, not a personality.
Once you have a clearer baseline, you will begin reintroducing foods methodically.
For many people, the long-term landing zone is Animal-Based or Food for Humans, built on much better information than they had before.
Optional Support
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Regeneratively raised meat & provisions
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Disclosure: Paul has financial interests in Heart & Soil and Lineage Provisions.