About

Steak, Eggs and Avocado On a Wooden Cutting Board refers to a series of memes mocking a common "healthy eating" practice touted by fitness influencers in which they promote eating steak, eggs and avocado, commonly photographing the food on a wooden cutting board. While influencers and people in general have been posting and supporting the combination of foods online since the 2010s, especially in relation to the ketogenic diet, videos about the combo became notably popular on TikTok throughout 2024, resulting in memes about the posts in the latter half of the year.

Origin

Posts about eating steak, eggs and sometimes avocado, in which the foods are eaten off of cutting boards, can be found online as early as 2018 on sites like Reddit.^[1] The combination of foods is often touted as a healthy way to follow the ketogenic diet, due to being low in carbs and high in fat and protein.^[2]

In 2024, videos promoting the food combination became increasingly popular, with many featuring the items on a wooden cutting or charcuterie board. For example, on May 29th, 2024, TikToker^[3] @elcora99 posted a video carrying a wooden board of steak, eggs and avocado that gained over 1.7 million views in six months. On September 11th, TikToker^[4] activeeats posted a similar video, garnering over 6.6 million views in two months.

Spread

Videos about eating steak, eggs and avocado off of a wooden board became increasingly popular between September and November 2024, with TikTokers @elcora99 and @luke.pards posted numerous videos featuring the items to millions of views each. On November 10th, 2024, TikToker^[5] @luke.pards posted a video of the food that garnered over 5.5 million views in two weeks.

That day, TikToker^[6] @affiliatedgangster posted a meme consisting of an image of Arnold Schwarzenegger sitting in the woods with woodland creatures, captioned, "how mfs feel after discovering steak, eggs and avacado on a wooden chopping board," garnering over 1.2 million views in two weeks.

On November 12th, Instagram^[7] user ethan.reels posted a meme using an AI-generated variation of the Schwarzenegger image using the same caption depicting a basketball player sitting in the woods, garnering over 272,000 likes in around two weeks.

On November 12th, X^[8] user @kusiekG posted three photos of steak, eggs and avocados on a plate, writing, "90% of diseases would vanish if everyone started eating this way…," garnering over 204,000 likes and 15,000 reposts in two weeks. On November 21st, X^[9] user @seiyaposting quote-reposted the post with a meme about eating steak eggs and avocado, garnering over 1,800 likes in four days.

On November 23rd, X^[10] user @ilovewikipedia quote-reposted the same post, writing, "i eat exactly like this and i have no energy and sometimes my chest hurts really badly," garnering over 271,000 likes in two days.

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