Paul Saladino

{{Short description|American physician and health influencer}}

{{Short description|American physician and health influencer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}

'''Paul Saladino''' (born 1977<ref name="Vice">{{cite web | last=Usher | first=Tom | title=The Strange Allure of Extreme Alpha Male Influencers | website=VICE | date=August 17, 2022 | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-strange-allure-of-extreme-alpha-male-influencers/ | access-date=June 1, 2025}}</ref>) is an American [[psychiatrist]] and health [[influencer]] who promotes [[Pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] claims regarding human health and diet.<ref name="f918" /> He has been a leading advocate of the [[carnivore diet]], i.e. a primarily or exclusively [[meat]]-based diet,<ref name="ABC">{{cite web |date=August 12, 2022 |title=Why the carnivore diet is popular right now |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-12/why-the-extreme-meat-carnivore-diet-is-so-popular-right-now/101317952 |access-date=June 1, 2025 |website=ABC News}}</ref><ref name="CBS" /> a [[fad diet]] that lacks scientific evidence for its effectiveness.<ref name="Dennett">{{Cite web |last=Dennett |first=Carrie |date=May 2019 |title=Popular Diet Trends: Today's Fad Diets By Carrie Dennett, MPH, RDN, CD |url=https://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/0519p12.shtml |access-date=February 4, 2020 |website=Today's Dietitian}}</ref> His book ''The Carnivore Code'' is described by ''[[The New Yorker]]'' as the closest thing the [[Paleo diet]] movement has to a manifesto. In ''The Carnivore Code'', Saladino described plants as "poison".<ref name="New Yorker">{{cite web |last=Singh |first=Manvir |date=September 25, 2023 |title=Is an All-Meat Diet What Nature Intended? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/02/is-an-all-meat-diet-what-nature-intended |access-date=June 1, 2025 |website=The New Yorker}}</ref> He also advocates for [[raw milk]],<ref name="CBS" /> despite the lack of evidence for any health benefit, and the risks of bacterial infection.<ref name="CBS" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Nutrition |first=Center for Food Safety and Applied |date=August 12, 2021 |title=Consumers – The Dangers of Raw Milk: Unpasteurized Milk Can Pose a Serious Health Risk |url=https://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm079516.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603133301/http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm079516.htm |archive-date=June 3, 2009 |website=www.fda.gov}}</ref>

'''Paul Saladino''' (born 1977<ref name="Vice">{{cite web | last=Usher | first=Tom | title=The Strange Allure of Extreme Alpha Male Influencers | website=VICE | date=August 17, 2022 | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-strange-allure-of-extreme-alpha-male-influencers/ | access-date=June 1, 2025}}</ref>) is an American [[psychiatrist]] and health [[influencer]]. He has been a leading advocate of the [[carnivore diet]], i.e. a primarily or exclusively [[meat]]-based diet.<ref name="ABC">{{cite web |date=August 12, 2022 |title=Why the carnivore diet is popular right now |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-12/why-the-extreme-meat-carnivore-diet-is-so-popular-right-now/101317952 |access-date=June 1, 2025 |website=ABC News}}</ref><ref name="CBS" /> His book ''The Carnivore Code'' is described by ''[[The New Yorker]]'' as the closest thing the [[Paleo diet]] movement has to a manifesto. He also advocates for [[raw milk]].

He posts on [[social media]] under the name '''carnivoremd2'''.<ref name="Newsweek" /> As of late 2024, his [[Instagram]] account has around 2 million followers<ref name="American Journal of Preventive Medicine">{{cite journal |last=Allem |first=Jon-Patrick |date=2024 |title=The Need for Research on the Wellness Industry's Impact on Health Decisions |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0749379724001661 |journal=American Journal of Preventive Medicine |volume=67 |issue=4 |pages=627–630 |doi=10.1016/j.amepre.2024.05.010 |access-date=June 1, 2025|doi-access=free }}</ref> and his [[TikTok]] channel over half a million followers.<ref name="CBS" /> He often appears shirtless in his videos.<ref name="ABC" /> He has said his Instagram and TikTok accounts have each been banned once.<ref name="Vice 2022">{{cite web |last=Merlan |first=Anna |date=June 23, 2022 |title=Why Are the Weirdest People Online Obsessed With Organ Meats? |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-are-the-weirdest-people-online-obsessed-with-organ-meats/ |access-date=June 1, 2025 |website=VICE}}</ref>

He posts on [[social media]] under the name '''carnivoremd2'''.<ref name="Newsweek" /> As of late 2024, his [[Instagram]] account has around 2 million followers<ref name="American Journal of Preventive Medicine">{{cite journal |last=Allem |first=Jon-Patrick |date=2024 |title=The Need for Research on the Wellness Industry's Impact on Health Decisions |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0749379724001661 |journal=American Journal of Preventive Medicine |volume=67 |issue=4 |pages=627–630 |doi=10.1016/j.amepre.2024.05.010 |access-date=June 1, 2025|doi-access=free }}</ref> and his [[TikTok]] channel over half a million followers.<ref name="CBS" /> He often appears shirtless in his videos.<ref name="ABC" /> He has said his Instagram and TikTok accounts have each been banned once.<ref name="Vice 2022">{{cite web |last=Merlan |first=Anna |date=June 23, 2022 |title=Why Are the Weirdest People Online Obsessed With Organ Meats? |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-are-the-weirdest-people-online-obsessed-with-organ-meats/ |access-date=June 1, 2025 |website=VICE}}</ref>

Saladino is the founder of '''Heart & Soil''', an [[Austin, Texas]]-based company<ref name="LA Times" /> producing [[food supplements]].<ref name="American Journal of Preventive Medicine" /> Saladino co-owns it with fellow carnivore diet influencer Brian Johnson, known as [[Liver King]].<ref name="New Yorker" /> Heart & Soil sells bottles of encapsulated organ meat-based supplement products and [[liver pills]].<ref name="Vice 2022" /><ref name="GQ">{{cite web |last=Reiss |first=Sami |date=February 16, 2023 |title=A Unified Theory of the Trad Health Food Influencer |url=https://www.gq.com/story/a-unified-theory-of-the-trad-health-food-influencer |access-date=June 1, 2025 |website=GQ}}</ref>

Saladino is the founder of '''Heart & Soil''', an [[Austin, Texas]]-based company<ref name="LA Times" /> producing [[food supplements]].<ref name="American Journal of Preventive Medicine" /> Saladino co-owns it with fellow carnivore diet influencer Brian Johnson, known as [[Liver King]].<ref name="New Yorker" /> Heart & Soil sells bottles of encapsulated organ meat-based supplement products and [[liver pills]].<ref name="Vice 2022" /><ref name="GQ">{{cite web |last=Reiss |first=Sami |date=February 16, 2023 |title=A Unified Theory of the Trad Health Food Influencer |url=https://www.gq.com/story/a-unified-theory-of-the-trad-health-food-influencer |access-date=June 1, 2025 |website=GQ}}</ref>

== Biography and education ==

== Biography and education ==