Mikhaila Peterson
Podcaster, creator of the Lion Diet
Mikhaila Peterson is a Canadian podcaster and the creator of the Lion Diet, an elimination diet of ruminant meat, salt and water. She credits it with putting her arthritis and depression into remission, and publishes guides for people who want to try it. She hosts The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast and runs Peterson Academy. Her father is Jordan Peterson.
Updated November 1, 2026 · 1 experiment · cited in 1 guide
What Mikhaila Peterson has tried
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Carnivore dietDiets and fasting
Started 2017 · Recommends it to others
Moved to ruminant meat, salt and water around 2017 to 2018 after years of arthritis, depression and other illness and credits it with remission; she still keeps a very limited diet and runs a site with guides for others to start it.
“I am still extremely limited and careful with my environment and diet.”
Mikhaila Peterson, The Lion Diet: My story (checked November 2026) · Status checked November 1, 2026 · Suggest a correction
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Describes the lion diet as a plant-free, ruminant-meat ketogenic elimination protocol for autoimmune, mood and weight problems and says a trial in arthritis and IBD is underway.