What happens when you cut out all plants?
A Limpopo man says he has not eaten a single vegetable, fruit or grain in more than seven years, and he reckons it saved his life.
Cobus Kriel, 52, eats nothing but meat, eggs and animal fat, and he is one of a growing crowd of South Africans selling the all-meat "carnivore diet" to thousands of followers online.
But as the meat-only craze spreads, SA dietitians and a fresh batch of 2026 science are warning that nobody yet knows what years of steak-and-butter living does to the body.
The carnivore diet is exactly what it sounds like. "So the carnivore diet consists only of animal products," Kriel, of Mookgophong, said. "There are no plant-based products in the carnivore diet."
