Joe Rogan's Diet: What He Eats on the Carnivore Diet
In short
- Rogan eats a mostly carnivore diet — meat and eggs, very little else — which he's returned to on and off since 2020.
- Staples: grass-fed steak and wild game (elk, moose, deer, bear, wild pig), often cooked with extra bacon and butter; elk liver and elk sausage for breakfast.
- One meal around noon after training, then steak for dinner — a natural intermittent-fasting window.
- He's loosened it slightly, adding some fruit and vegetables and a greens supplement (AG1).
- Carnivore is keto taken to the extreme: near-zero carbs, so the body runs on fat and protein.
What Joe Rogan eats in a day
Rogan's carnivore day is short and meat-heavy. He trains first, then has his first meal around noon — usually steak or eggs, sometimes with bacon — skips lunch, and finishes with steak for dinner. That single eating window is intermittent fasting by default, without him calling it that.
The meat: grass-fed beef and wild game
His freezer is famously stocked with grass-fed steak, elk, moose, bear, deer and wild pig — much of it hunted himself. Elk is a favorite, reverse-seared and finished with bacon and butter to push the fat up. Breakfast can be elk sausage, or elk liver with bacon — organ meat for the micronutrients.
Is Joe Rogan's diet keto?
It's keto taken to the extreme. Carnivore is, by definition, near-zero carbohydrate — no bread, no sugar, no starch — so the body runs on fat and protein and stays in ketosis. Every carnivore day is a keto day; keto just also allows low-carb plants (leafy greens, avocado, nuts) that Rogan mostly skips.
He has loosened it lately, adding some fruit and vegetables and a greens supplement — which nudges it from strict carnivore toward a standard animal-based keto.
What to borrow (and what to be careful with)
The borrowable part is simple: build meals around quality protein and fat, and cut the sugar and starch. You don't need elk — steak, eggs, fish and chicken do the same job. The caution: a meat-only diet can run low on fiber and some micronutrients, which is partly why Rogan added plants and a greens supplement back. A standard keto plate (meat + low-carb veg) covers more bases.
Eat this way, keto-style
Not strictly keto — but the whole-food, high-protein core is exactly what keto is built on. Here's how to apply it:
Foods on this diet
Frequently asked questions
Is Joe Rogan's carnivore diet the same as keto?
Almost — carnivore is keto taken to the extreme. Both keep carbs near zero so the body burns fat, but keto also allows low-carb plants like leafy greens, avocado and nuts, while strict carnivore is meat and eggs only.
What does Joe Rogan eat in a day?
Typically one meal around noon after training (steak or eggs, sometimes bacon), then steak for dinner — a natural intermittent-fasting window.
What meats does Joe Rogan eat?
Mostly grass-fed beef and wild game he hunts — elk, moose, deer, bear and wild pig — plus eggs and organ meats like elk liver.
Has Joe Rogan quit the carnivore diet?
No, but he's loosened it, adding some fruit and vegetables and a greens supplement rather than eating meat only.
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