Posted on 09/17/2026 2:55:10 PM PDT by simpson96
A 50-year-old Florida man who says he spent decades battling severe psoriasis, pain and depression credits an extreme "lion diet" with saving his life.
Stephen Lashbrook of Pensacola told Fox News Digital that his depression began at just four years old. In his teens, it was compounded by chronic pain and sleeplessness; in his early 20s, he was diagnosed with psoriasis, an immune-mediated skin disease.
"I was probably 90% covered in psoriasis," Lashbrook said. "My body was just one big, giant, itchy, flaky scab."
Creams, steroids and other medications did not help, he said.
Doctors recommended expensive, long-term injections to combat his inflammation, which left Lashbrook feeling hopeless and suicidal.
Then, he came across a TED Talk from Mikhaila Peterson, an influencer and the daughter of Canadian psychologist and author Jordan Peterson, who used a meat-only elimination diet to tackle her own health issues.
"It gave me a whole new lease on life," he said.
Lashbrook said he initially cut sugar, grains, fruits and vegetables from his diet.
On Jan. 1, 2024, he committed to the "lion diet," a strict carnivore diet variation centered on ruminant animal meat — "your cow, your buffalo, your lamb, your goat," he told Fox News Digital.
Within a week, Lashbrook said his itching and suicidal thoughts stopped and, within a month, his skin began to clear up and his pain subsided.
"I haven't had one suicidal thought. I haven't had any depression. I haven't had any pain," he said. "All my skin issues cleared up."
His current menu consists of only grass-fed ground beef and steak.
Lashbrook said he generally eats one meal per day — about 1.5 to 2 pounds of high-fat ground beef usually cooked in an air fryer.
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My buffalo? Why mine?
[[Sounds like a lion diet might be cheaper, ]]
Have ya seen the price of beef lately?
How does it help your boner?
Thanks for posting.
Your post tells me you would benefit from a multivitamin. That give you Vitamin C as well as other other supplements the “Lion Diet” would miss.
Depression is often caused by a physical chronic condition.
Treat the condition and the depression lifts.
He eats lions only?
Pretty sure no icthyosis (which is a condition of simply having horribly dry skin) is any kind of psoriasis.
How can you possibly eat chocolate without sugar? I can do 70% cacao but that’s about as low as I can go. I think I’m still getting some sugar.
You work up to it....I eat SOME 100%, and should just quit the 85-90%...maybe I will, soon.
glad it worked for him, but important to realize that a lot of these ‘fad’ diets (and not using that as an insult), work not because of what you are eating, but in many cases work because of what you are *Not* eating.
i.e. the fact that he eats 100% meat, and presumably real meat, means he is not eating processed sugar, HFCS, loads of chemicals and additives, carbs etc - so in my mind people see these great results not from what they are eating, but because of what they are not eating.
It would be interesting comparison if he tried another ‘fad’ diet, i.e. vegan based on only 100% organic fruits and veggies/nuts and see if he also had great improvements in his condition and overall health.
I know people who have had great results on carnivore diets, and also people who have gone the organic veggie/fruit/nut diet...but in both cases, in order to stick to either of those 2 extremes - they gave up a lot of crap, and the lack of crap is usually what gives you the benefits.
Sounds like typical internet clickbait, just like the carnivore diet guy
We love ancestral beef and bison grinds.
Has all the goody organs ground right in with it.
We’ve got a neighbor who eats 100% cacao chocolate. I prefer 70%-80% range, can tolerate 90%. Chocolate, especially dark chocolate, is rich in flavonoids, which are compounds that can support heart health and improve circulation. It also contains caffeine and magnesium, which can enhance mental acuity and energy levels.
I take CocoaVia 750 mg Ultra Cocoa Flavanol supplements which are rich in cocoa flavanols, especially (-)-epicatechin. No sugar, fat, or calories found in chocolate.
The usual lyin’ diet is telling the doctor you’ve been eating only non processed, low fat, non sugar foods and lots of okra and fresh spinach. Sure.
I suffered from both the skin and arthritis...
First check vitamin d levels... mine was so low it almost didn’t register.. I still take 10000 units a day to put me at the low end of normal..
Lots of sunlight, as much as possible without getting burned.
I also sweet talked a doctor into writing me a prescription for a uvb narrow band light box.
It wasn’t cheap, but I’ve had it for over 20 years
Last thing is drugs, methotrexate is the best, but it has side effects.
I’ve been clear or close to it for 15 years now
Good luck
Good luck
Jordan peterson’s daughter cleared up a significant systemic disease with meat only diet
Nothing to see here, he just needed MORE DRUGS.
(pretty much the reaction of the entire Western drug/food/medical/nutritionist community)
lol
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