Mikhaila Peterson

Mikhaila Peterson developed what is now widely called the Lion Diet — ruminant meat, salt and water only — as a personal protocol for severe autoimmune disease and depression, both of which she had since childhood. She traces the protocol's origin to 2017 and has documented it publicly through her writing and, since 2020, through The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast.

The Lion Diet has become the canonical ultra-elimination starting point for autoimmune-driven carnivore. Peterson is also co-founder and CEO of Peterson Academy, an online learning platform unrelated to the diet. She is a polarising public figure for reasons unrelated to nutrition. We list her here for the protocol's clinical utility, not as an endorsement of her wider public output.