Meatrition.com is a website dedicated to the science and history of the carnivorous way of eating - where people accept that eating plants is optional and... possibly problematic. It previously used the url: CarniWay.nyc but I decided to change it. 

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2025 Updates:

1. I created a BuyMeACoffee - https://buymeacoffee.com/meatrition - I have never made any money with this website, and only briefly tried using ads. Now I'd like to become more sustainable. If you appreciate the content you've found here on meatrition.com or my posts on X, Reddit, or Youtube, let me know with a donation. Thank you!

2. I graduated! I now have a Master of Science in Nutrition Science from Utah State University. 

3. My Masters Thesis is now available for free from USU (Click Download). As of Feb 13, 2025, it has 399 downloads! The PDF is 168 pages long but contains 30 figures and 11 tables. I had to present a huge amount of data, but could only show differences between grass-fed and grain-fed instead of correlations from soil to forage to forage:feed ratio to meat fatty acid composition and meat mineral content. My thesis was essentially an epidemiology study of grass-fed beef across the United States and Canada. Every steak's values are shown in most of the graphs, showing unprecedented detail of the variety in nutrient density.

4. Thesis Title: "​​From Pasture to Plate: Striking an Omega Balance Between Grass-Fed and Grain-Fed Beef Ribeyes - Fatty Acid Composition, Minerals, Soil, And Forage Analysis" by Travis Statham

5. My lab is working on a new paper that will present this data in the published literature, probably for end of 2025. 

6. My Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Travis-Statham

7. My Youtube is starting back up.

8. I've still been posting the latest nutrition science to Reddit and X@MeatritionCom.

9. Now, I'm trying to upcycle that content onto YouTube. Please subscribe! youtube.com/@meatrition

10. The Harvard Carnivore Survey with n=2029 has now been cited 23 times! I added the full text to Research Gate, which I think has contributed to futher citations. 

11. I'm Open to Contract work - Please Email me to discuss further. meatrition@gmail.com 

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A few 2022 Updates:

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1. This website has been cited in a book! The Great Plant-Based Con! "Travis Statham's website, carniway.nyc, which is 'dedicated to the science and history of a carnivorous way of eating', attracts new members every day, many of whom submit their stories of health regained via the diet." - I believe the author is talking about my Notable Carnivore Meatritionists Page but you can submit your own stories using my new anecdote collection.

2. The Harvard Carnivore Science Survey I helped design questions for is now out, please read the whole thing: Behavioral Characteristics and Self-Reported Health Status among 2029 Adults Consuming a “Carnivore Diet” Conclusions: Contrary to common expectations, adults consuming a carnivore diet experienced few adverse effects and instead reported health benefits and high satisfaction. 

3. One of my favorite papers of 2021 that argues for carnivory was published by my friends Miki Ben-Dor and Raphi Sirtoli: The evolution of the human trophic level during the Pleistocene: We adapt a paleobiological and paleoecological approach, including evidence from human physiology and genetics, archaeology, paleontology, and zoology, and identified 25 sources of evidence in total. The evidence shows that the trophic level of the Homo lineage that most probably led to modern humans evolved from a low base to a high, carnivorous position during the Pleistocene, beginning with Homo habilis and peaking in Homo erectus.

4. I'm a moderator of over 50 reddit communities. Find a list here: reddit.com/r/Keto4  Want to learn how to make a Reddit account, and use Reddit like a pro? Watch my videos and read my rationale for why you should use it. There are many other smaller subreddits worth joining that you will see posted here.

5. I just moved to Logan, Utah and I'm helping run clinical trials & metabolomics investigations. I'm taking classes for a Masters degree in August! I am already planning new clinical trial studies on all-meat diets. 

6. My Notable Carnivores page got a big update and now has nearly 100 people. I'm lovingly calling them 'Meatritionists'. Add this word to your vocabulary! 

7. I'm opening up membership to the site, and seeing if allowing people to add their own entries is useful. 

8. I've added a MeatHeals anecdote section where you can post your story and any websites or social media

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Check the pages under Home and Science to see my advice on how to eat carnivore. 

• Carnivorous Way of Eating

• Survey of 300 Carnivores

• What I Eat as a Carnivore

• What Not to Eat

  • Fiber​

  • Seed Oils

  • Oxalates

  • Anti-Nutrients Database - what I call "Plantinutrients"

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I have databases chock full of interesting information that is constantly being updated. For instance, I might read a physical book or one on archive.org or google books, add it to my Book database, add the Author to my Person database, and then add 10-50 entries to my history database. Then I might update my ethnology database to include the new information from the book. Hopefully, I can have the community help me build these databases since they take time to create and can be made better with more sources. 

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Please peruse and share interesting entries:

• History database - 1000 Entries - Note that many entries are pages and pages of century old texts reproduced to make it approachable and easy to read. Search it, sort it, order it, filter it. 

• Ethnography Database - Fascinating information and images about carnivorous native tribes

• Ethnology List - A fast list and a map, click the red links on the left to see more

• Books Database - 200 + books related to the carnivore diet - some have entries linked to my history database

• Notable Carnivores database of notable people who support or discuss carnivory - some of these may be out of date

• Topics Database

• Reasons that indicate Homo Sapiens are Facultative Carnivores Database - If you read the human trophic level paper above, then you'll recognize many of these. 

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