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On this episode of Ancestral Health Today, we take a look back into Ancestral Health Symposium 2014 where Dr. Robert Lustig spoke about sugar not being an ordinary commodity. Dr. Lustig is Professor emeritus of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He specializes in the field of neuroendocrinology, with an emphasis on the regulation of energy balance by the central nervous system. His research and clinical practice has focused on childhood obesity and diabetes. Dr. Lustig holds a Bachelor's in Science from MIT, a Doctorate in Medicine from Cornell University. Medical College, and a Master's of Studies in Law from U.C. Hastings College of the Law.Dr. Lustig has fostered a global discussion of metabolic health and nutrition, exposing some of the leading myths that underlie the current pandemic of diet-related disease. He believes the food business, by pushing processed food loaded with sugar, has hacked our bodies and minds to pursue pleasure instead of happiness; fostering today's epidemics of addiction and depression. Yet by focusing on real food, we can beat the odds against sugar, processed food, obesity, and disease. All of our past AHS presentations can be found on our YouTube channel Get full access to Ancestral Health Today Substack at ancestralhealth.substack.com/subscribe
On today's an episode we bring you a special presentation by L Amber O' Hearn, M. Sc. from the Ancestral Health Symposium. All of our past AHS presentations can be found on our YouTube channel Ancestral Health Today “For decades, the Dietary Guidelines of America have recommended strictly limiting added dietary salt primarily on the basis of real but largely clinically irrelevant effects on blood pressure. Members of the Low Carb and Paleo Diet communities have pointed out the senselessness of these recommendations, while also noting observational correlations between moderately higher salt intake and lower mortality. While it's true that salt has been highly prized in post-agricultural times, evidence does not support high sodium intake in either the Paleolithic or modern non-agrarian societies. In this talk I will present anthropological and biological evidence for and against increasing salt intake, with special attention to the ketogenic and animal-food-predominant dietary contexts” Get full access to Ancestral Health Today Substack at ancestralhealth.substack.com/subscribe
Frank Forencich is a distinguished advocate for the human animal and a functional future. Frank attended Stanford University and has over thirty years of experience in martial arts and health education, Forencich offers a unique and compelling perspective on the intersection of health, human evolution, and activism. Frank has been a featured speaker at prestigious events, including the Ancestral Health Symposium, Google, the Dr. Robert D. Conn Heart Conference, the Welsh Pain Society, and the Stanford University Institute of Design. CONTACT: https://humananimal.earth/frank-forencich
This episode with Dr. Pedro Bastos is a broad exploration of the role of inflammation in health and disease. In popular media, inflammation is regularly referenced only as a process that impairs our health, but as you'll learn today, inflammation also plays an essential and beneficial role in context. There is good inflammation and bad inflammation, and it is important to understand the difference.Dr. Bastos is a dietitian and researcher affiliated with the European University of Madrid in Spain, and Lund University in Sweden. At Lund, he studied and collaborated with Staffan Lindeberg, the principal investigator of the famous Kitava Study. He lectures extensively on health related topics worldwide and has co-authored influential papers such as "The Western Diet and Lifestyle and Diseases of Civilization, and "Chronic Inflammation in the etiology of disease across the lifespan", which was the most cited recent article in the influential journal, Nature Medicine. He has presented at the Ancestral Health Symposium, most recently in 2022 on a recap of the Kitava study.In this conversation, Dr. Bastos discusses the definition and function of inflammation, as well as the distinction between acute and chronic inflammation. He explains the various biomarkers used to detect inflammation and highlights their limitations. The conversation also explores the relationship between inflammation and oxidative stress, as well as the evidence supporting a connection between chronic inflammation and a range of diseases, including metabolic syndrome and autoimmune disorders. Inflammation plays a key role in various health conditions, including cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and cancer. Chronic inflammation can both cause and be a consequence of immune processes. The Kitava study, conducted on a traditional population in Papua New Guinea, revealed that their diet, while high in carbohydrates and saturated fat, is relatively unprocessed and has characteristics that low may contribute to their lower levels of inflammation and better health outcomes. Other lifestyle factors, such as physical activity, sun exposure, sleep patterns, stress and lower exposure to pollutants, may also play a role in reducing inflammation-induced disease. From this, Dr. Bastos discusses how our diets can be tailored to minimize inflammation, including the roles of specific nutrients. The conversation touches on some debates around inclusion or exclusion of fiber, whole grains, dairy and alcohol. Overall, the discussion emphasizes the complexity of inflammation and the need for personalized approaches to promote optimal health.Resources: * "Chronic Inflammation in the etiology of disease across the lifespan", Nature Medicine, 24, 1822-1832 (2019) : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-019-0675-0* "The western diet and lifestyle and diseases of civilization", Research Reports in Clinical Cardiology 201, 1:2, 15-35 (2011): https://www.dovepress.com/the-western-diet-and-lifestyle-and-diseases-of-civilization-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-RRCC-MVP * "Revisiting the Kitava study", Ancestral Health Symposium (AH22): Here is a guide to topics discussed in this podcast episode:Time Topic00:00 Introduction and background01:33 Definition and functions of inflammation04:44 Acute vs. chronic systemic inflammation09:04 Triggers of acute vs. chronic inflammation12:25 Inflammation biomarkers - uses and limitations19:48 Inflammation and oxidative stress26:45 The role of Inflammation in chronic diseases27:17 Inflammation in metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular disease29:38 Inflammation in autoimmune disorders31:56 Inflammation in cancers34:04 Inflammation and cellular aging36:58 The Kitava study: Health findings47:54 The Kitava study: Dietary macronutrients, micronutrients and specific foods53:07 Inflammation in Kitavans vs. Swedish controls57:42 The role of lifestyle factors: sleep, physical activity, stress, sun exposure, sleep1:02:30 Mechanisms of stress-Induced Inflammation1:05:32 Pedro's dietary and lifestyle recommendations to control chronic Inflammation1:07:52 The importance of phytochemicals1:13:11 The question of fiber1:16:52 Grains, dairy and alcohol1:25:44 Summary and conclusions Get full access to Ancestral Health Today Substack at ancestralhealth.substack.com/subscribe
Kathryn interviews Author Frank Forencich.In the popular imagination, activism is usually seen as an inconvenient, difficult, and stressful enterprise. But what if we're wrong about all of that? Could activism actually make the human animal stronger? As the co-creator of an innovation organization Activism Is Medicine, Frank Forencich emphasizes the transformative power of activism as a remedy for building resilience, purpose, and overall health. He seeks to redefine activism not as a burden but as a gift that individuals can embrace for personal growth and positive societal change. He has been a featured speaker at prestigious events, including the Ancestral Health Symposium, Google, the Dr. Robert D. Conn Heart Conference, the Welsh Pain Society, and the Stanford University Institute of Design.Kathryn also interviews Author Susan Partovi MD.Dr. Susan Partovi first experienced poverty medicine volunteering at a dump site in Tijuana during high school. There, she recognized the need for all people to have access to quality medical care. Over the years, she has worked in various facilities around Los Angeles County, incorporating her renegade method of going the extra mile for her patients. As Medical Director of Homeless Health Care Los Angeles, she works to provide a safety net of care for the underserved Skid Row community. She started documenting her patients' stories so that others could hear their voices. Along the way, she began to understand how her personal ethics evolved—from a challenging childhood and complicated relationships with her parents, through professional hurdles—often, she had to push against a system that doesn't always put the patient first. She was dubbed the “Renegade MD” by Los Angeles Magazine for her unconventional tactics to earn the trust of her patients.
Kathryn interviews Author Frank Forencich.In the popular imagination, activism is usually seen as an inconvenient, difficult, and stressful enterprise. But what if we're wrong about all of that? Could activism actually make the human animal stronger? As the co-creator of an innovation organization Activism Is Medicine, Frank Forencich emphasizes the transformative power of activism as a remedy for building resilience, purpose, and overall health. He seeks to redefine activism not as a burden but as a gift that individuals can embrace for personal growth and positive societal change. He has been a featured speaker at prestigious events, including the Ancestral Health Symposium, Google, the Dr. Robert D. Conn Heart Conference, the Welsh Pain Society, and the Stanford University Institute of Design.Kathryn also interviews Author Susan Partovi MD.Dr. Susan Partovi first experienced poverty medicine volunteering at a dump site in Tijuana during high school. There, she recognized the need for all people to have access to quality medical care. Over the years, she has worked in various facilities around Los Angeles County, incorporating her renegade method of going the extra mile for her patients. As Medical Director of Homeless Health Care Los Angeles, she works to provide a safety net of care for the underserved Skid Row community. She started documenting her patients' stories so that others could hear their voices. Along the way, she began to understand how her personal ethics evolved—from a challenging childhood and complicated relationships with her parents, through professional hurdles—often, she had to push against a system that doesn't always put the patient first. She was dubbed the “Renegade MD” by Los Angeles Magazine for her unconventional tactics to earn the trust of her patients.
Kathryn interviews Author Frank Forencich.In the popular imagination, activism is usually seen as an inconvenient, difficult, and stressful enterprise. But what if we're wrong about all of that? Could activism actually make the human animal stronger? As the co-creator of an innovation organization Activism Is Medicine, Frank Forencich emphasizes the transformative power of activism as a remedy for building resilience, purpose, and overall health. He seeks to redefine activism not as a burden but as a gift that individuals can embrace for personal growth and positive societal change. He has been a featured speaker at prestigious events, including the Ancestral Health Symposium, Google, the Dr. Robert D. Conn Heart Conference, the Welsh Pain Society, and the Stanford University Institute of Design.Kathryn also interviews Author Susan Partovi MD.Dr. Susan Partovi first experienced poverty medicine volunteering at a dump site in Tijuana during high school. There, she recognized the need for all people to have access to quality medical care. Over the years, she has worked in various facilities around Los Angeles County, incorporating her renegade method of going the extra mile for her patients. As Medical Director of Homeless Health Care Los Angeles, she works to provide a safety net of care for the underserved Skid Row community. She started documenting her patients' stories so that others could hear their voices. Along the way, she began to understand how her personal ethics evolved—from a challenging childhood and complicated relationships with her parents, through professional hurdles—often, she had to push against a system that doesn't always put the patient first. She was dubbed the “Renegade MD” by Los Angeles Magazine for her unconventional tactics to earn the trust of her patients.
Kathryn interviews Author Frank Forencich.In the popular imagination, activism is usually seen as an inconvenient, difficult, and stressful enterprise. But what if we're wrong about all of that? Could activism actually make the human animal stronger? As the co-creator of an innovation organization Activism Is Medicine, Frank Forencich emphasizes the transformative power of activism as a remedy for building resilience, purpose, and overall health. He seeks to redefine activism not as a burden but as a gift that individuals can embrace for personal growth and positive societal change. He has been a featured speaker at prestigious events, including the Ancestral Health Symposium, Google, the Dr. Robert D. Conn Heart Conference, the Welsh Pain Society, and the Stanford University Institute of Design.Kathryn also interviews Author Susan Partovi MD.Dr. Susan Partovi first experienced poverty medicine volunteering at a dump site in Tijuana during high school. There, she recognized the need for all people to have access to quality medical care. Over the years, she has worked in various facilities around Los Angeles County, incorporating her renegade method of going the extra mile for her patients. As Medical Director of Homeless Health Care Los Angeles, she works to provide a safety net of care for the underserved Skid Row community. She started documenting her patients' stories so that others could hear their voices. Along the way, she began to understand how her personal ethics evolved—from a challenging childhood and complicated relationships with her parents, through professional hurdles—often, she had to push against a system that doesn't always put the patient first. She was dubbed the “Renegade MD” by Los Angeles Magazine for her unconventional tactics to earn the trust of her patients.
This Second Look episode combines two AHS talks by Dr. Ron Rosedale: His 2012 talk at Harvard on Diabetes and his 2019 talk in San Diego on Cancer. Dr. Rosedale was an early pioneer of the low carb movement, and one of the first to focus on the metabolic value of increasing dietary fat rather than dietary protein. Based on a deeper understanding the roles of insulin, leptin, and mTOR in human metabolism, he crafted his Rosedale Diet, not just for weight loss, but for preventing or treating heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and other metabolic disorders that are on the increase in the industrialized world.These two talks may seem to be about entirely different diseases. But if you watch and listen carefully, you'll appreciate how Dr. Rosedale applies a unified framework to understand metabolic diseases on a fundamental level -- as revealing an underlying problem in communication between different parts of an organism - problems stemming from aberrations in hormone signaling, growth factors, and nutrient sensors.Modern medicine often goes down the wrong road in misconceiving diseases in terms of a lack or excess or some particular chemical, gene activity, or mitochondrial dysfunction. So diabetes is thought of as a disease of too much glucose, cardiovascular disease - too much cholesterol, osteoporosis -- too little calcium. And similarly, cancer has been though of as a disease stemming from too much glucose, or activation or damage to certain genes, or to mitochondria.Dr. Rosedale's reframing of diabetes and cancer leads to practical approaches to treating these diseases. The first talk presents a challenge to the way we conventionally think about diabetes as a diesease of "too much glucose". It gets to that conclusion only in the second part of the talk, after a deep discussion of how organisms evolved to sense nutrient availability. In the case of diabetes, he focuses on the hormonal signaling, in particular the need to keep insulin and leptin signaling in check by avoiding not just too much processed carbohydrates, but too much protein in the diet.The second talk by Dr. Rosedale was delivered at the Ancestral Health Symposium in San Diego in 2019. The title is "Was Otto Warburg Wrong?" Otto Warburg was an Nobel Prize winning German physiologist of the early twentieth century, who noticed that cancer cells are adept at burning glucose thought cancer could be starved by denying it glucose. This view has been recently revived in light of failures of the genetic and free radical theories of cancer. But as you'll hear, Dr. Rosedale pokes holes in all those theories,In the second talk on cancer, he focuses on restraining the potential of cells to grow unchecked by controlling the insulin, leptin and mTOR signaling pathways. These are the hormones and pathways that facilitate healthy growth when we are young, but can cause problems like cancer particularly as we age. Finally, Dr. Rosedale suggests how a diet low in protein reduces cancer risk and can promote longer lifespan.Besides the above talks, you can learn more by reading Dr. Rosedale's book, The Rosedale Diet.Here is a guide to topics discussed in this podcast episode:Time Topic00:00 Todd's introduction to the two talks by Dr. Rosedale03:36 Talk #1 (AHS 2012): "The Deeper Roots of Health and Diet"04:45 The common chemistry and metabolism of early life forms06:44 Glucose as the first fuel for early single-cell organisms08:47 The origins of mitochondria and fat-burning mitochondria13:58 Nutrient sensors 14:50 How Insulin, mTOR, leptin sense glucose, protein and fat16:10 Insulin and leptin resistance and miscommunication16:42 Diabetes is not a disease of glucose, but of miscommunication 18:10 How fasting and ketogenic diets promote longevity19:54 Q&A: FIber, brain nutrition, dietary protein25:17 Todd's intro to Talk #226:17 Talk #2 (AHS 2019): "Was Otto Warburg Wrong?"28:05 Critique of the genetic theory of cancer29:09 Critique of the metabolic (glycolytic) theory of cancer39:29 How cancer can use multiple sources of fuel45:22 Cancer is a cause, not an effect, of mitochondrial damage55:44 Cancer is not a disease of glucose and mitochondria57:03 Cancer is a disease of uncontrolled growth...59:12 promoted by growth factor like IGF, HGH, leptin and mTOR1:03:32 Elevated mTOR promotes mitochondrial damage1:04:54 A low protein diet suppresses cancer and extends lifespan1:05:30 Recommendations for dietary protein limitation Get full access to Ancestral Health Today Substack at ancestralhealth.substack.com/subscribe
In this episode, Dr. Emily Deans discusses the field of evolutionary psychiatry and its connection to mental health. Dr. Deans is a board certified psychiatrist and writes the blog Evolutionary Psychiatry, based on the observation that our brains are healthiest when we embrace a diet and lifestyle reflecting the conditions under which we humans evolved. Dr. Deans has presented at the Ancestral Health Symposium in 2012 and 2018 on topics related to this theme.In this discussion, we dive into what some of the recent clinical studies are telling us about the connection between food and mood disorders conditions such as depression. In particular, she reviews studies showing anti-depressive effects of a Meditarrean diet with meat, and also omega-3 supplementation. Dr. Deans emphasizes the importance of considering individual dietary needs and preferences when implementing diet interventions in psychiatric practice. She shares success stories of patients who have experienced improvements in mood through dietary changes, including ketogenic and low-carb diets. She also highlights the connection between glucose tolerance and violent behavior, and the importance of smoothing out blood sugar response by incorporating whole foods into the diet. Dr. Deans discusses the emerging recognition within the medical profession of food's impact on mental health. She shares her approach to helping patients reduce or come off psychiatric medications, emphasizing the importance of a multifactorial approach that includes diet, exercise, and psychotherapy. Dr. Deans also discusses the potential risks and benefits of dietary changes for individuals with eating disorders. Resources:* Blog: Evolutionary Psychology, at Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry* Studies:* Smiles Trial (Felice Jacka et al): https://foodandmoodcentre.com.au/smiles-trial/* ISNPR position statement on nutrition and psychiatry: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4592666/* ISNPR guidelines on the use of omega 3 fatty acids in the treatment of major depressive disorder: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31480057/* Mediterranean diet and older adults and depression over time: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4454450/* Ketogenic diet and mood and anxiety disorders:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10134254/* Microbiome and depression in mice (and cannabinoids!): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19931-2Here is a guide to topics discussed in this podcast episode:Time Topic01:30 Introduction to Evolutionary Psychiatry and Nutritional Psychology04:32 Dr. Deans' interest in the connection between diet and mental health08:00 The evidence from observational and randomized controlled studies12:00 Felice Jacka's Smiles trial: Adding meat to diet reduced depression19:03 Effects of single nutrients on mental health20:10 Anti-depressive benefits of omega-3 fatty acids22:22 Mental health in pre-modern populations26:43 Impact of sugar and processed carbohydrates on mood28:22 Physiological mechanisms: inflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction34:37 Using diet as a tool in clinical psychiatric practice43:20 Success stories: dietary reversal of psychosis and bipolar disorder49:12 Ketogenic and "Slow-Carb" diets for control of anxiety and panic attacks51:05 Violent behavior and poor glucose tolerance53:00 The bidirectional relationship between physical and mental health53:33 Medical profession's belated acceptance of the food-mood connection55:58 Helping patients reduce or come off of psychiatric medications58:07 Successes in reducing or stopping medications58:28 Dietary changes and eating disorders1:01:10 Current work and future plans Get full access to Ancestral Health Today Substack at ancestralhealth.substack.com/subscribe
This episode of the podcast kicks off a new feature called "Second Look", where we replay selected talks from past Ancestral Health Symposium conferences, that we think will interest you.This talk was presented by Todd Becker at the 2014 Ancestral Health Symposium meeting in Berkeley, California. The title is: "Myopia: A Modern Yet Reversible Disease" Myopia is also called near-sightedness. It's a refractive defect of the eye, where close up objects are in focus, but more distant objects appear blurred. Glasses or contacts are typically prescribed to correct this condition -- although in reality they don't actually correct the underlying problem. They are just a crutch that aids you in seeing more clearly. And often they just make the underlying problem worse, so stronger lenses are needed.Todd wore glasses for my his myopia, starting in high school, and over time the eye doctor kept increasing strength of the prescription... until he discovered how to get rid of them in his forties. The first part of talk is about about the increasing incidence and causes of myopia, including the underlying biology of how the eye becomes myopic by increasing in axial length, due to environmental factors such as poor vision hygiene -- spending too much time reading and looking at screens up close.The second half of the talk builds on this biological understanding to reverse the process, describing in detail how to use an active focusing technique to reverse myopia and restore normal vision. The method was adapted from research and practices used by others. Todd first wrote about his success and the active focusing approach in 2010, on the blog, GettingStronger.org It's one of many applications of a general biological principle known as hormesis - the judicious application of controlled low-dose stress to make the body and metabolism more resilient in different ways.The talk also indicates how the same principles can be used to reverse hyperopia, or far-sightedness, where one has trouble focusing on fine print or objects up close. Something that many people encounter as they get older.This talk on Myopia Reversal remains the single most popular recorded talk on our Ancestral Health Society YouTube channel, with well over a million views and 4000 comments. The comments fall into three main categories:* A small number are from skeptics who don't believe it is biologically possible to reverse myopia.* A larger number are from viewers who applied the technique with success, and either reduced their glasses prescription or got rid of their glasses or contact lenses for good.* And there is another group with questions from those interested in trying the technique but are unsure about certain details. For thesse people, there is an FAQ post on my blog that answers many of those commonly asked questions. Resources:* Blog posts connected with the talk:* An annotated summary of the videohttps://gettingstronger.org/2014/08/myopia-a-modern-yet-reversible-disease/* easier to read copy of slides* references and links to related blog posts* Frequently asked questions and a very detailed guide to the active focusing techniques* https://gettingstronger.org/2016/03/faq-for-vision-improvement-by-hormetism/* Scientific articles on the biology of myopia:* Birnbaum, M.H. (1988). Myopia and near-point stress model. In Myopia & Nearwork. Butterworth Heinemann.* Drexler, W. et al. (1998). Eye elongation during accommodation in humans. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science. 39 (11) 2140-2147* Hung, L.F., et al. (1995) Spectacle lenses alter eye growth and the refractive status of young monkeys. Nature Medicine, (1) 761-765* Hung, G.K., Ciuffreda, K.J. (2003). An incremental retinal-defocus theory of the development of myopia. Comm. Theor. Biol. 8: 511-513 * Irving, E.L., et al. (1991). Inducing myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism in chicks. Opt. Vis. Sci., (68): 364- 368.* Read, Scott A. et al. (2010) Human optical axial length and defocus. IOVS, 51 (12) 6262-6269.* Schaeffel, Frank et al. (1988). Accommodation, refractive error and eye growth in chickens. Vision Research. 28 (5) 639-657.* Books on myopia reversal* Brown, Otis S. How to Avoid Nearsightedness--A Scientific Study of the Eye's Behavior. C&O Research, 1999* DeAngelis, David, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent or Reverse Nearsighedness. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 2008.* Orfield, Antonia. Seeing space: undergoing brain re-programming to reduce myopia. Journal of Behavioral Ophthalmology 5 (5) , 123-131.* Severson, Brian. Vision Freedom, 1998.* Websites with related (but not identical) methods:* gettingstronger.orgfrauenfeldclinic.com* myopiafree.com* powervisionsystem.com* myopiacure.blogspot.caHere is a guide to topics discussed in this podcast episode:Time Topic0;07 Intro to this "Second Look" at this AHS 2014 talk4:46 Todd's story of wearing glasses until his 40s.9:41 To reverse myopia, we need to understand the causes6:23 Definition of myopia & possible complications 7:26 Is myopia caused by genetics or environment?9:27 The incidence of myopia has doubled since 19709:58 Influences of education and diet12:17 Interaction of genetics and environmental causes13:15 The biological mechanism causing myopia16:25 The Incremental Retinal Defocus Theory of myopia 18:22 How can myopia be reversed?18:37 Applying the hormesis principle21:06 Active focusing - what it is and how to use it21:29 Quantify your myopia with a Snellen chart22:33 Technique #1: Print pushing25:36 Technique #2: Progressively weaker lenses26:35 Technique #3: Fusing ghosted images28:21 Frequently asked questions33:07 Rediscover your natural vision!35:08 Q&A and references Get full access to Ancestral Health Today Substack at ancestralhealth.substack.com/subscribe
In this episode of Ancestral Health Today, we hear from Miki Ben-Dor about how our Paleolithic ancestors ate and lived, and what it means for the optimal diet and social structure of modern humans .Miki received his PhD in paleoanthropology when he was 67 years old, and since has made a name for himself publishing and speaking for both academic and popular audiences. His paper, "The evolution of the human trophic level during the Pleistocene", became the most-cited paper in 2021 in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. He has presented his work at numerous conferences, including several times at the Ancestral Health Symposium. And his recent book, "Live Paleo Style" takes a fresh look at how the mismatch between our evolutionary origins and the circumstances of modern society manifests itself not just in diet and health, but more broadly in social and emotional life.In this discussion. we will dive in to the paleoanthropological evidence that humans evolved as hunters and meat eaters and that meat remains the food we are best adapted to eat for health. As you'll hear, the evidence takes many different forms -- including archeological, anatomical, physiological, and ecological findings. We'll go beyond diet, to consider the cultural and behavioral implications of our background as hunter-gatherers, and what that suggests for increasing human happiness and flourishing.Takeaways* Humans evolved as hunters and meat eaters, supported by various forms of evidence.* The transition from plant eaters to meat eaters was driven by environmental changes and the availability of large animals.* Physiological evidence, such as stomach acidity and fat cell structure, supports our adaptation to a meat-based diet.* The decline of megafauna due to human hunting led to the need to hunt smaller animals.* Hunter-gatherer societies exhibit principles of equality and autonomy. Hunter-gatherer societies had a sense of autonomy and decision-making that allowed individuals to choose their actions without external influence.* Hunter-gatherers had a relatively small amount of work time and more leisure time compared to modern societies.* Modern work structures with hierarchy and lack of autonomy can lead to stress and dissatisfaction.* Finding a balance between material abundance and autonomy is a challenge in modern society.* Building and maintaining a sense of community is important for well-being and longevity.* Spontaneity and autonomy go hand in hand, allowing individuals to make choices freely.* Resolving disagreements and conflicts can involve mobility and forming new groups.* Ongoing research projects focus on understanding prey decline and the impact of human activities on the environment.References and links:* Blog and research links: https://www.paleostyle.com/?p=2212* Book: "Live Paleo Style: Overcome the Modern Mismatch to Regain Your Natural Wellbeing". https://www.amazon.com/Living-Paleo-Style-Ancestral-Modern-Wellbeing-ebook/dp/B0BTDKVX1V/ref=sr_1_1?crid=BCVYOPG9HKUK&keywords=miki+ben-dor&qid=1702834665&sprefix=miki+ben-dor%2Caps%2C246&sr=8-1Here is a guide to topics discussed in this podcast episode:Time Topic00:07 Introduction06:35 Transition from plant eating to meat eating12:08 Physiological evidence21:50 Role of fire and cooking28:15 Variability in human diets35:10 Causes and effects of the megafauna extinction48:48 Human adaptation to agriculture51:12 Social structure of hunter-gatherers58:05 Sharing, Autonomy and Decision-Making in Hunter-Gatherer Societies1:01:20 Work and Leisure in Hunter-Gatherer Societies1:03:21 Mismatch and stress in modern work life1:05:21 Balancing material abundance and autonomy in modern life1:09:00 Building community and maintaining relationships1:14:00 Resolving disagreements and the role of mobility1:15:35 Miki's current research (edited) Get full access to Ancestral Health Today Substack at ancestralhealth.substack.com/subscribe
Anne Dann has been a stellar volunteer at the Ancestral Health Symposium for many years. She has implemented an ancestral lifestyle and has helped facilitate the symposium through her volunteer work. Today's episode is focused on Anne's amazing experience with Red Light Therapy, which enabled her to reverse a very scary decline in her vision. There is a body of research on the benefits of Red Light Therapy for eye health: The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) cited two studies discussing the potential eye-related benefits of red light therapy. “A 2017 study found that red light partially reversed the effects of aging in the retinas of old mice, enhancing retinal performance by 25%,” the AAO says. “And a 2019 study found that while blue light damaged lab-grown retinal cells, red light reversed that damage.”The (AAO) also reported in late 2020, that "a study in The Journals of Gerontology found that brief exposure to deep red light — three minutes a day for two weeks — improved older adults' ability to discern letters against a similarly colored background.”Listen to Anne's personal experience to understand this profound effect and we encourage you to do your own research and speak to your health care provider to see if this can be beneficial to you. Get full access to Ancestral Health Today Substack at ancestralhealth.substack.com/subscribe
Terry Wahls on Treating Multiple Sclerosis Using Paleo PrinciplesIn this episode of the podcast, Dr. Terry Wahls will discuss a promising approach to treating MS and other autoimmune conditions using a "paleo plus" diet. Terry is a professor of clinical medicine at the University of Iowa and has developed a dietary framework for recovery from MS based on her own experience and recovery from the disease. This approach is summarized in her book, The Wahls Protocol.I first saw Terry give an inspirational talk at the Ancestral Health Symposium at Harvard in 2012. Since then, she has given TED talks and lectured around the world. She has refined her protocol, which has now been tested in several clinical trials. The diet is based on Paleo Principles and functional medicine concepts supported by research. It can be customized based on individual needs and has helped individuals with a variety of autoimmune conditions, not just MS.Here is a guide to topics discussed in this podcast episode:Time Topic1:22 Terry's personal MS story3:18 Self-experiments with supplements to support mitochondria10:00 Designing a nutrient-dense paleo diet with functional medicine principles14:00 Electrical stimulation of muscles16:15 Terry's dramatic recovery from MS23:00 Causes of multiple sclerosis: genetics, infections, leaky gut, toxins & stressors25:15 Other autoimmune diseases29:40 Dietary influences on aging and cognitive decline33:13 Diet essentials: Vegetables: green leafy, sulfur-rich, deeply-colored35:45 Diet essentials: Meat, fish, organ meats39:00 Options for people with food aversions or affordability challenges44:00 Terry's on-line course for the Wahls protocol44:45 Diet studies and clinical trials47:18 Neurology journal meta-analysis of 8 diets for MS patients. (See references below).51:50 Adverse initial reception by medical societies and challenges getting funded57:21 Reappraisal and funding by the MS Society 59:39 Adapting the Wahls protocol to dietary variations1:02:20 Recruiting participants for a new 2-year clinical trial comparing different dietsYou can follow Terry Wahls at:* terrywahls.com* https://www.instagram.com/drterrywahls/Links to studies and other references mentioned in the podcast:* Online wellness program:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37399671/* Online Wahls protocol course:https://terrywahls.com/aim/ * Network meta-analysis and editorial:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36257717/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36257715/ Get full access to Ancestral Health Today Substack at ancestralhealth.substack.com/subscribe
Stephan Guyenet on How the Brain Controls Eating and ObesityThis episode with Stephan Guyenet examines the brain processes that drive appetite and eating behavior. Stephan is a neuroscientist who has studied what drives many of us to overeat and become overweight, and why it is so hard to lose weight. He did his Ph.D. in Neurobiology at the University of Washington, and wrote the popular heath blog, Whole Health Source. In 2017 he published a highly acclaimed book about this - The Hungry Brain. It continues to garner praise and attention, and was featured last February on the New York Times' Ezra Klein podcast. Stephan has spoken at the Ancestral Health Symposium several times on topics relating to the metabolic and neurological processes that underlie eating behavior and obesity.Our conversation with Stephan touches on how evolution shaped our brain circuits to function in a way that is mismatched to the modern food environment. Weight control is not a simple matter of willpower, but of better awareness to how our neurobiology and reward circuits respond to different foods.Here is a guide to topics discussed in this podcast episode:1:57 How Stephan got interested in the brain's role in obesity3:12 Obesity as a modern phenomenon and it's rarity in pre-industrial societies like the Hazda6:45 Theories on the cause of the obesity epidemic - macronutrients, processed foods, food abundance11:31 Why It's not just about carbohydrates or refined carbs14:10 And it's also not just about omega-6 seed oils17:10 Food cravings and calorie dense highly palatable food18:52 The evidence from rat studies24:29 Food combinations and dopamine release in the brain25:48 Sensory specific satiety28:03 Is palatability inherent in food, hardwired in the brain, or learned through conditioning?33:08 The mismatch between our brain reward circuits and modern processed foods36:09 What is dopamine and how does it work in the brain to induce cravings?45:07 How to extinguish food cravings by changing what we eat46:47 How low carb and low fat diets can both work48:11 The role of food flavor in appetite control49:52 Recruiting non-conscious brain circuits to support your weight loss goals50:33 Which diets Stephan thinks are best supported by the evidence56:17 Satiety and calorie density58:06 What Stefan is working on now Get full access to Ancestral Health Today Substack at ancestralhealth.substack.com/subscribe
This episode with Michael Rose will look at longevity from an evolutionary perspective. Michael is an experimental evolutionary biologist who has spent the last several decades running experiments to understand the role that natural selection plays in aging. He's a distinguished professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Irvine, and a great talk at the Ancestral Health Symposium 2018 on Diet, Aging and Evolutionary Mismatch. You can check it out on the AHS YouTube site.In today's episode, our discussion touches on fundamental questions, including: the nature of aging, how evolutionary forces control lifespan, whether aging can stop, the optimal diet and lifestyle for living longer, and how that should be adjusted as you get older. Michael bases his conclusions on decades of experimental research and hard mathematical analysis. It's a wide ranging discussion with some surprising solutions. Get full access to Ancestral Health Today Substack at ancestralhealth.substack.com/subscribe
In this episode of Ancestral Health Today, we bring you a conversation with James Nestor. James Nestor is a science journalist and author of the bestselling book Breath, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for 18 weeks, and won the a 2020 prize for Best General Nonfiction. James also wrote a book on free divers who test their limits by diving to the ocean floor without oxygen tanks, and he's published articles in Scientific American, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Surfer's Journal. He suffered from some respiratory conditions and spoke to medical researchers, athletic trainers, and practitioners of different religious and meditative traditions, trying to understand the connection between breathing and health. James spoke at the Ancestral Health Symposium conferences in 2021 and 2022.In today's episode, we start by covering the physiology of breathing and how it influences oxygen, carbon dioxide and the autonomic nervous system. We'll get into some physiological experiments that James and a colleague took part in with leading doctors at Stanford, and how changing breathing lowered blood pressure, reversed apnea and other health issues. We'll then look the how the changes in diet and lifestyle in modern society has actually changed the shape of the human skull and our airways, impairing our ability to breath correctly. Finally, we'll look at some advanced breathing practices that can improve health and combat anxiety.For more information on the science and practice of breathing for better health, please visit his website, mrjamesnestor.com 00:00 Introduction02:00 Slow breathing is healthy, increases carbon dioxide07:14 What is a good rate of breathing?10:14 Nose breathing12:19 Nitric oxide, cardiovascular health14:41 Self-experiments with mouth breathing vs nose-breathing, sleep apnea, mouth tape23:34 Steps on exhale as measuring lung capacity30:07 Did we evolve to breathe optimally?32:41 Modern industrial lifestyle alters skull shape39:44 Chewing stress affects skull shape43:28 Can we fix airways later in life?46:18 Innovative pediatric dentists48:39 Tumo/Wim Hof method53:19 Justin Feinstein, deliberate boosting CO2 for health56:15 Carbon dioxide in environments, indoors58:12 Conclusion Get full access to Ancestral Health Today Substack at ancestralhealth.substack.com/subscribe
Dr. Blaisdell is a Neuroscientist and UCLA Professor where he directs the Comparative Cognition Lab. He's also cofounder of the Ancestral Health Society and founder of the Journal of Evolution and Health.This is a fascinating conversation about cognition and what pigeons can teach us about our own brains.We also talk about ancestral health, the founding of the Ancestral Health Symposium, how Aaron's lab discovered a pigeon creating art, and the Pigeon Art NFT project that lets the pigeons themselves help fund future research.- https://pigeonrat.psych.ucla.edu/- https://pigeonart.xyz/——My Podcasting Gear: Cameras, Mics, and Lights——Do you need help developing your brand and business?Work with me at SPYR!Mint or collect NFTs from projects that I've worked on: SkullKids: Generations (Mint | OpenSea) The Spoopies (Mint) Frootlings (Mint | OpenSea) The Ooglies (OpenSea) ——Enjoying the show? Let me know on Twitter! I'm @jeffSARRIS.Watch Starting Now on YouTube or listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.——A huge thanks goes out to Amara Andrew for handling the live video production on Starting Now. Follow what she's up to or hire her for your video production needs at mavenbyamara.com!——Some of the links above may be affiliate links which means that I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. Thanks for your support!
Frank Forencich is an internationally recognized leader in health and performance education. He earned his BA at Stanford University in human biology and neuroscience and has over thirty years of teaching experience in martial art and health education. Frank holds black belt rankings in karate and aikido and has traveled to Africa on several occasions to study human origins and the ancestral environment. He's presented at numerous venues, including the Ancestral Health Symposium, Google, the Dr. Robert D. Conn Heart Conference, and the Institute of Design at Stanford University. A former columnist for Paleo Magazine, Frank is the author of numerous books about health and the human predicament. He's a member of the Council of Elders at the MindBodyEcology Collective and a Diplomate member at The American Institute of Stress. To connect with Frank, learn more about him, and/or purchase his books, please visit his website: https://www.exuberantanimal.com/ (https://www.exuberantanimal.com/)
On this episode of “Death in The Garden,” we talked to our brilliant, long-time friend of the podcast, Isabel Ramirez. Isabel is a board certified health coach specializing in chronic conditions (she is auto-immune and paleo certified), an expert forager, inspiring mother, and all around amazing person. We discussed the importance of inclusivity into wellness and regenerative agriculture spaces, the problems of financialization in the health and wellness world, the way an ancestrally appropriate diet and lifestyle can help manage chronic health conditions, the incapability of industrial civilization with the biological needs of our bodies, and how overwhelming it can be to attain health in modern times. We talk about the problems associated with healthcare being about “symptom control” rather than root cause treatments. Isabel breaks down the transition into modernity and how that has severed us from vital processes that help us maintain our health, including community, belonging, and access to healthy, in-season, biodiverse foods. We discuss how capitalism has motivated the homogenization and destruction of food through monocropping and chemically intensive practices. Isabel has a vast wealth of information, and we hope you enjoy this conversation. Follow her on Instagram, and be sure to come see her present at the Ancestral Health Symposium, August 18-20 at UCLA in Los Angeles, CA! It will be amazing, and we'll be there too. Use our code DITG10 at check-out to get 10% off of your tickets. Apply for the BIPOC scholarship here. If you are enjoying the podcast, please leave us a 5 star rating and review. If you would like to support the project financially, consider joining our Patreon community or paying for a subscription to our Substack, where we're sharing writing, videos, and other media to flesh out what “Death in The Garden” is all about. Editing: Jake Marquez Outro Music: “Sol” by Tunacola
I was recently on Cory’s podcast, and I enjoyed our conversation so much that I proposed we keep it rolling on mine. That’s how it works with us podcasters. Dinner at my place, dinner at your place. In addition to hosting his very successful podcast, Cory has published a book about mindfulness, and has written, produced, and engineered his own music and helped lots of other musicians through the creative process. Intro music “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range. “Jungle,” Tash Sultana; Outro: “Smoke Alarm,” by Carsie Blanton.Info about the Ancestral Health Symposium is here. You can get tickets to Rick Beato’s event in LA here.And now for something extra, just for Substack subscribers: This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
On this episode of “Death in The Garden,” we share our interview with Frédéric Leroy, professor of food science and biotechnology at the University of Brussels, President of the Belgian Association of Meat Science and Technology, President of Belgian Society for Food Microbiology, Administrator of ALEPH2020, and member of the Belgian Nutrition Society and Global Food Justice Alliance. We discuss the intersections between the campaigns to demonize meat-eating, the corporatization of the food system, the proliferation of chronic disease, biased nutritional science, global deficiencies and malnutrition, and animal-rights groups. We also touch on the biological indicators which prove meat-eating is natural, and we talk about how animal have been systematically obscured from perception and cordoned to industrial methods, and how that separation has been integral to animal rights abuses. We discuss the connection between The Great Reset, the World Economic Forum, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the UN, and the transformation to factory produced foods, as well as the expansion of “protected areas” under plans like 30x30 or “Half-Earth.” We talk about what models of scientific analysis should be implemented in the future to understand the complexity of human nutrition science with more rigor, as well as the need for certain regulations to end animal cruelty and regenerate land. Check out the ALEPH2020 website for more information, and refer to this image when we start discussing “pre-domestic, domestic, and post domestic” livestock relationships. Come and join us at the Ancestral Health Symposium in Los Angeles at UCLA, August 18-20! Use coupon code DITG10 at check-out to get 10% off your tickets. Please, if you enjoy the podcast and want to support the film, consider joining our Patreon community or subscribing to our Substack. If you can't support financially, a rating, review, or share of the podcast goes a long way! Editing: Jake Marquez
The No Labels, No Limits podcast warmly welcomes Frank Forencich to this week's episode. Frank is an internationally recognized leader in health and performance education. He earned his BA at Stanford University in human biology and neuroscience and has over thirty years of teaching experience in martial art and health education. He proudly holds black belt rankings in karate and aikido and has traveled to Africa on several occasions to study human origins and the ancestral environment. He's a member of the Council of Elders at the MindBodyEcology Collective and a Diplomate member at The American Institute of Stress. We were surprised to learn that he's presented at numerous venues, including the Ancestral Health Symposium, Google, the Dr. Robert D. Conn Heart Conference, and the Institute of Design at Stanford University. A former columnist for Paleo Magazine, Frank is also the author of numerous books about health and the human predicament, including his book: "Beware False Tigers" a book about focus, responding appropriately, to the right tigers, in the right proportion, at the right time. He says, "I look at the big picture of human history and life in the modern world. The takeaway is this: "You are not diseased." For teachers, coaches, trainers, parents and anyone who works with people, we need to see and remember the autonomic nervous system. In short, 'treat people like animals.'"Learn more and connect with Frank here: exuberantanimal@gmail.comhttps://www.exuberantanimal.com https://www.facebook.com/ExuberantAnimal https://twitter.com/ExuberantAnimal Exuberant Animal Short Form Video https://vimeo.com/26561453 Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Dit interview is in het Engels. Op YouTube kun je het interview bekijken met ondertiteling. Klik hier voor YouTube.Gary Taubes: the flawed science behind modern nutrition guidelinesGary Taubes is een onderzoeksjournalist op het gebied van wetenschap en gezondheid, de auteur van The Case for Keto, The Case Against Sugar, Why We Get Fat en Good Calories, Bad Calories (gepubliceerd als The Diet Delusion in het VK). Taubes is voormalig schrijver voor Discover en correspondent voor het tijdschrift Science. Zijn schrijven is ook verschenen in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic en Esquire, en is opgenomen in tal van Best of-bloemlezingen, waaronder The Best of the Best American Science Writing (2010). Hij heeft drie Science in Society Journalism Awards ontvangen van de Amerikaanse National Association of Science Writers. Hij is de ontvanger van een Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, evenals medeoprichter en voorzitter van het non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI).************************************************************************Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist, the author of The Case for Keto, The Case Against Sugar, Why We Get Fat and Good Calories, Bad Calories (published as The Diet Delusion in the UK). Taubes is a former writer for Discover and correspondent for the journal Science. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and Esquire, and has been included in numerous Best of anthologies, including The Best of the Best American Science Writing (2010). He has received three Science in Society Journalism Awards from the U.S. National Association of Science Writers. He is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, as well as cofounder and President of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI).************************************************************************In dit interview spreek ik met Gary Taubes over:- Hoe hij terecht kwam in de wereld van voedingswetenschappen als onderzoeksjournalist.- De groeiende hoeveelheid bewijs dat een ketogeen dieet gezond is.- Vooroordelen in wetenschapsjournalistiek en dat we in feite allemaal bevooroordeeld zijn.- Is een dierlijk ketogeen dieet duurzaam?- Is een plantaardige ketogeen dieet net zo gezond als de dierlijke variant?- Werkt een ketogeen dieet net zo goed voor vrouwen als voor mannen? En wat is de invloed van hormonen en leeftijd hierop?- Het belang van je goed in lezen of laten begeleiden bij dit nieuwe dieet.- Het Ancestral Health Symposium in Amsterdam op 11 juni 2022.************************************************************************In this interview I speak with Gary Taubes about:- How he ended up in the world of food sciences as an investigative journalist.- The growing body of evidence that a ketogenic diet is healthy.- Bias in science journalism and that in fact we are all biased.- Is an animal based ketogenic diet sustainable?- Is a plant based ketogenic diet just as healthy as the animal variant?- Does a ketogenic diet work just as well for women as it does for men? And what is the influence of hormones and age on this?- The importance of reading up or being coached in this new diet.- The Ancestral Health Symposium in Amsterdam on 11 June 2022.************************************************************************Meer over Gary Taubes: www.garytaubes.comMeer over Ketogeen Instituut Nederland: www.ketogeeninstituut.nl...
Esther Gokhale (GO-clay) has been involved in integrative therapies all her life. As a young girl growing up in India, she helped her mother, a nurse, treat abandoned babies waiting to be adopted. This early interest in healing led her to study biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton and, later, acupuncture at the San Francisco School of Oriental Medicine.After experiencing crippling back pain during her first pregnancy and unsuccessful back surgery, Gokhale began her lifelong crusade to vanquish back pain. Her studies at the Aplomb® Institute in Paris and years of research in Brazil, India, Portugal and elsewhere led her to develop the Gokhale Method, a unique, systematic approach to help people find their bodies' way back to pain-free living.Gokhale's book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, has sold over 300,000 copies and has been translated into ten languages. In 2010, Gokhale hosted the nationally-televised program Back Pain: The Primal Posture™ Solution (available on DVD and streaming). The Gokhale Method continues to grow as dozens of qualified teachers, each personally trained by Gokhale, now teach the method worldwide.Gokhale has taught at corporations such as Google, IDEO, and Facebook, presented at conferences including TEDx(Stanford) and Ancestral Health Symposium, consulted for the trainers of the SF 49ers and several Stanford sports teams, and conducted workshops for physician groups at Stanford, Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, PAMF, and UCSF. The New York Times gave Esther the title “The Posture Guru of Silicon Valley” in 2013.
Beware False Tigers: Strategies and Antidotes for an Age of Stress The world is full of tigers, but only some of them are real. Learn their ways and you'll become stronger, wiser, and more resilient. Our world is in turmoil, bearing down on our minds and bodies with increasing pressure, acute crises, and wicked problems. Our aboriginal bodies—sculpted for success in wild, outdoor environments—have no idea how to adapt. Cortisol surges through our tissue, driving us toward impatience, distress, dysfunctional behavior, and declining health. Frank Forencich joins host Denise Griffitts to share how we can respond to the right tigers, in the right proportion, at the right time. The standard narrative tells us that stress is an individual problem with individual solutions. It's a lifestyle issue, a medical condition, and a challenge to our personal well-being. But the standard narrative gets it wrong. In fact, stress is a systemic, psychosocial problem and a global health issue. It's a shared predicament that demands collective action. The good news is that stress can actually be the key to unlocking a more functional and fulfilling future for all of us. Frank Forencich earned his BA at Stanford University in human biology and neuroscience and has over thirty years of teaching experience in martial art and health education. He holds black belt rankings in karate and aikido and has traveled to Africa on several occasions to study human origins and the ancestral environment. Frank has presented at numerous venues, including the Ancestral Health Symposium, Google, the Dr. Robert D. Conn Heart Conference, and the Institute of Design at Stanford University. Website | Amazon
Beware False Tigers: Strategies and Antidotes for an Age of Stress The world is full of tigers, but only some of them are real. Learn their ways and you'll become stronger, wiser, and more resilient. Our world is in turmoil, bearing down on our minds and bodies with increasing pressure, acute crises, and wicked problems. Our aboriginal bodies—sculpted for success in wild, outdoor environments—have no idea how to adapt. Cortisol surges through our tissue, driving us toward impatience, distress, dysfunctional behavior, and declining health. Frank Forencich joins host Denise Griffitts to share how we can respond to the right tigers, in the right proportion, at the right time. The standard narrative tells us that stress is an individual problem with individual solutions. It's a lifestyle issue, a medical condition, and a challenge to our personal well-being. But the standard narrative gets it wrong. In fact, stress is a systemic, psychosocial problem and a global health issue. It's a shared predicament that demands collective action. The good news is that stress can actually be the key to unlocking a more functional and fulfilling future for all of us. Frank Forencich earned his BA at Stanford University in human biology and neuroscience and has over thirty years of teaching experience in martial art and health education. He holds black belt rankings in karate and aikido and has traveled to Africa on several occasions to study human origins and the ancestral environment. Frank has presented at numerous venues, including the Ancestral Health Symposium, Google, the Dr. Robert D. Conn Heart Conference, and the Institute of Design at Stanford University. Website | Amazon
This interview is in English - Dit interview is in het Engels. Wil je liever de video bekijken met Nederlandse ondertitels? Ga dan naar YouTube - klik op CC en het radertje (settings) - subtitles/CC English - auto-translate - Dutch... en dan krijg je Nederlandse ondertitels.You can also watch the interview with subtitles on Youtube.Enjoy!********************************************************************Dr. Eric Westman is een inspiratie voor velen. Hij was het die professor Tim Noakes en Gary Taubes de ogen opende voor de koolhydraatarme en ketogene leefstijl. Hij deed onderzoek samen met Dr. Atkins en heeft sindsdien vele wetenschappelijke publicaties gepubliceerd. Ben je ook nieuwsgierig naar de wetenschap achter ketogene diëten en koolhydraatbeperking? Wil je eens wat anders horen dan populaire internetguru's? Luister dan naar deze podcast waarin ik spreek met Dr. Eric Westman.Mijn excuses voor de slechte geluidskwaliteit van mijn kant, mogelijk door een defecte microfoon. Ben je arts, specialist, diëtist of andere gezondheidsprofessional en wil je meer leren over koolhydraatarme en ketogene voeding als therapie, en wil je niet zelf moeten zoeken op het internet? Dan is de opleiding Ketogene Therapie er voor jou. Klik hier voor meer informatie.Hier vindt je meer over Dr. Eric Westman:www.ericwestmanmd.comwww.adaptyourlifeacademy.comMeer informatie en tickets voor Ancestral Health Symposium: www.ancestralhealth.nlDisclaimer: De informatie in deze podcast is informatief bedoeld en kan geenszins beschouwd worden als medisch advies.
Dr. Yvo Sijpkens is naast internist ook medisch adviseur van stichting Je Leefstijl Als Medicijn. Hij heeft aan den lijve ondervonden wat het het positieve effect was van een ketogene leefstijl op zijn eigen gezondheid. Sindsdien draagt hij dit ook uit en is hij ambassadeur voor deze manier van leven.In dit interview spreek ik met hem over zijn eigen pad en hoe hij ook in zijn praktijk patiënten adviseert over leefstijl. En hij vertelt o.a. waarom je je geen zorgen hoeft te maken over het eten van extra eiwitten en zouten, ook niet bij nier- en hartaandoeningen.Tevens geeft Yvo alvast een voorproefje van zijn presentatie die hij zal geven op het komende Ancestral Health Symposium.Links: Leefstijlprotocol voor optimale afweer. Lees meer over dr. Yvo Sijpkens op de website van de stichting Je Leefstijl Als Medicijn Artikel Voeding en demedicalisering als medische interventie bij mensen met DM Info en tickets voor het Ancestral Health Symposium 2022Wil je ook in je praktijk werken met ketogene voeding als behandelingsstrategie? Kijk dan hier voor de opleidingen voor gezondheidprofessionals van Ketogenics Institute: https://ketogenicsinstitute.com
Frank Forencich is an internationally recognized leader in health and performance education. He earned his BA at Stanford University in human biology and neuroscience and has over thirty years of teaching experience in martial art and health education. Frank holds black belt rankings in karate and aikido and has traveled to Africa on several occasions to study human origins and the ancestral environment. He's presented at numerous venues, including the Ancestral Health Symposium, Google, the Dr. Robert D. Conn Heart Conference, and the Institute of Design at Stanford University. A former columnist for Paleo Magazine, Frank is the author of numerous books about health and the human predicament. He's a member of the Council of Elders at the MindBodyEcology Collective and a Diplomate member at The American Institute of Stress.
Robert de Vos is naast voorzitter van het Ancestral Health Symposium Nederland, in het dagelijks leven osteopaat. Hij ontdekte enkele jaren geleden dat een ketogeen dieet verbluffende resultaten heeft bij mensen met migraine. In dit interview vertelt hij meer over hoe een ketogeen dieet zo goed kan werken bij deze aandoening, die hij geen ziekte noemt, maar een evolutionaire mismatch.Tot slot vertelt hij over het Ancestral Health Symposium wat op 12 juni 2022 zal plaats vinden. Dit keer staat het in het teken van een ketogene leefstijl en metabole gezondheid. Sprekers zijn o.a. Gary Taubes, Eric Westman en Prof. Tim Noakes. Ga voor meer informatie en tickets naar www.ancestralhealth.nl.Wil je in contact komen met Robert? Dit is zijn website: www.osteopathierijswijk.nl Ook zijn blog vind je daar.Ben je gezondheidsprofessional en wil je ook jouw migraineklanten behandelen met een ketogeen dieet en daar alles over leren? Dan is de geaccrediteerde opleiding Ketogene Therapie wat voor jou. www.ketogenicsinstitute.com/ketogene-therapie/Veel luisterplezier!
In this episode, we have a guest speaker, Frank Forencich. We talked about the relationship between man and nature and the importance of managing and mitigating stress, depression, anxiety, and the historical timeline from where we started to where we are now. What are the signs and symptoms to know stress is starting to get to you right now? Frank Forencich is a movement teacher and author of several books about health and the human predicament. He graduated from Stanford University in 1979 with a Bachelor's degree in human biology, leading to a passionate interest in human history, including several trips to Africa. Frank holds black belt rank in both karate and aikido and has presented at numerous venues, including Google, the Ancestral Health Symposium, the Dr. Robert Conn Heart Conference, and the Stanford University Institute of Design. Let's come and join us! As we dive into this episode and Frank will give you a tremendous amount of value today! Learn more about Frank works at: Learn more about Coaching Program: Learn more about NW Recovery at:
Think Unbroken with Michael Unbroken | CPTSD, TRAUMA and Mental Health Healing Podcast
In this episode, we have a guest speaker, Frank Forencich. We talked about the relationship between man and nature and the importance of managing and mitigating stress, depression, anxiety, and the historical timeline from where we started to where we are now. What are the signs and symptoms to know stress is starting to get to you right now? Frank Forencich is a movement teacher and author of several books about health and the human predicament. He graduated from Stanford University in 1979 with a Bachelor's degree in human biology, leading to a passionate interest in human history, including several trips to Africa. Frank holds black belt rank in both karate and aikido and has presented at numerous venues, including Google, the Ancestral Health Symposium, the Dr. Robert Conn Heart Conference, and the Stanford University Institute of Design. Let's come and join us! As we dive into this episode and Frank will give you a tremendous amount of value today! Learn more about Frank works at: https://www.exuberantanimal.com/ Learn more about Coaching Program: https://coaching.thinkunbroken.com/ Learn more about NW Recovery at: https://nw-recovery.com/
Monologue Dr. Joel Wallach begins the show today citing the COVID 19 numbers of infections and deaths. Stating that those with the worst outcomes have dead bone marrow from eating gluten. Contending that people should avoid gluten at all costs and supplement with all 90 essential nutrients to support their immune systems. Pearls of Wisdom Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss a news article regarding Dr. Chris Knobbe and presentation he made at the 2021 Ancestral Health Symposium. That long term use of vegetable seed oils can lead to chronic diseases. Diseases such as obesity, cancers, metabolic syndrome, malnutrition, diabetes, heart disease, strokes and dementia. Callers Tom has osteoporosis of the skull that is affecting his appetite. Carlyle has high blood pressure and a hernia. Sue Ellen's son has Down syndrome and receding gums. She also has questions concerning her own fatigue and overall weakness. Tim's dog has been diagnosed with an enlarged liver. Call Dr. Wallach's live radio program weekdays from noon until 1pm pacific time at 831-685-1080 or toll free at 888-379-2552.
Frank Forencich is a movement teacher, author and speaker. He earned his B.A. at Stanford University in human biology and neuroscience and has over 30 years teaching experience in martial art and health education. Frank holds black belt rankings in karate and aikido and has traveled to Africa on several occasions to study human origins and the ancestral environment. He's presented at numerous conferences including the Ancestral Health Symposium, Google, the Dr. Robert Conn Heart Conference, and the Stanford University Institute of Design. https://www.exuberantanimal.com exuberantanimal@gmail.com 206-406-5670 ***Head on over to Creatrix Compass and explore our many offerings from free inspiration to get your creative juices flowing to creativity classes to creativity coaching and life coaching for creatives. It can all be found at: https://www.creatrixcompass.com Your donation helps us continue to spread creativity throughout the land. Thank you! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=2PM3V82XDS7GA Music: Good Friends Inc by Jonathan Boyle
On this episode of “Death in The Garden”, Jake and Maren break their two month hiatus with an update about the events of the past months during production of the film. We talk more about being robbed in Ecuador, the Ancestral Health Symposium that we attended in Los Angeles, the protest against the proposed lithium mine in Thacker Pass, the Our Land, Our Nature counter-congress to the IUCN World Conservation Congress in France, our time at Fjällbete in Sweden, and deeply personal encounters with death and grief that have punctuated the last month, which have informed the rest of our lives. Specific topics discussed in the show: Ancestral Health Symposium Website Lectures Protect Thacker Pass/Peehee Mu'huh Website Twitter Instagram Our Land, Our Nature Part 1 video Part 2 video Survival International Twitter and Instagram. Please rate, review, and subscribe if you enjoy the show. Thank you all for your patience, and thank you for being here. For more information about the project, check out our Instagram and website. Editing: Jake Marquez Intro music: Daniel Osterstock Outro music: “Death with Dignity” by Sufjan Stevens
Dr Gabriel Niles, MD has travelled many roads in his search for the ideal model of healing and flourishing. Prior to his training as a Medical Doctor at USC School of Medicine, he studied Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shanghai, China. He has organized and led multiple Circle of Healers retreats with the American Medical Student Association as a medical student, seeking to integrate the wisdom of healing traditions with modern medical science. In recent years, Dr Niles has been integrating the insights and benefits of Functional Medicine into his medical practice while remaining committed to keeping medical care affordable for his patients. For this podcast, I caught up with Gabe after the Ancestral Health Symposium in Los Angeles to discuss his integration of Functional Medicine into a mainstream bill-to-insurance medical practice. We talk about areas where his approach differs from that of other family physicians, including his favouring of lifestyle changes over-reliance on pharmaceuticals. He also explains why he has continued working within the conventional medical system, despite rejecting the big-pharma controlled dis-ease model of medical “care”. Here's the outline of this interview with Gabriel Niles: [00:00:27] Gabriel's background and interest in medicine and health. [00:02:33] Evan Hirsch, MD; Podcast: How to Fix Your Fatigue. [00:03:01] Institute for Functional Medicine's AFMCP Training. [00:03:15] Studying Chinese medicine. [00:09:58] Service in the US Navy. [00:13:30] Dr. Kirk Parsley; Podcasts: 1. How to Get Perfect Sleep with Dr. Kirk Parsley, MD; 2. Sleep To Win: How Navy SEALs and Other High Performers Stay on Top. [00:14:27] Saying no to Big Pharma; The problem with statins. [00:17:14] Ancestral Health Symposium. [00:20:20] James Nestor; Book: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art; Podcast: How to Fix Your Breathing to Improve Your Health. [00:21:06] Todd Becker; Podcast: Getting Stronger; AHS Talk: Desirable Difficulties: Using Hormesis to Learn More Effectively - Todd Becker (AHS21). [00:23:20] Mickey Trescott; Podcast: Autoimmune recovery with Mickey Trescott. [00:26:22] Book: The End of Alzheimer's, by Dale Bredesen. [00:28:41] Medical problems faced by knowledge workers. [00:31:13] International Society for Environmentally Acquired Illness (ISEAI). [00:34:37] Books: It Starts with Food and The Whole30, by Melissa Hartwig Urban and Dallas Hartwig. [00:36:39] Paul Saladino: The Carnivore Code; Podcast: Fundamental Health Podcast. [00:40:23] Book: Natural Causes by Barbara Ehrenreich. [00:42:56] Why Gabriel continues to bill insurance. [00:44:34] Podcast: The Community Cure: Transforming Health Outcomes Together, with James Maskell. Book: The Community Cure. [00:45:31] Evan Hirsch's Virtual MD course. [00:47:48] Work with Gabriel Niles in Los Angeles, CA.
Evan Hirsch, MD, is a world-renowned fatigue expert and the Founder & CEO of the International Center for Fatigue. Through his best-selling book, podcast, and online programs, he has helped thousands of people around the world boost their energy naturally, and is on a mission to help a million more. He has been featured widely on television, podcasts, and summits. On this podcast, Evan discusses the many different causes of fatigue and his 4-step process for treating it. He shares details about his Fix Your Fatigue program, which has identified 10 different causes of fatigue - and Evan notes that everyone has multiple causes. To complicate things further, everyone has different multiple causes, so no one treatment works for everyone. Evan shares resources for identifying the causes of your fatigue and simple steps you can take to improve your energy levels today. Here's the outline of this interview with Evan Hirsch: [00:00:20] Gabriel Niles, MD introduced us at the Ancestral Health Symposium. [00:00:41] How Evan became interested in medicine and fatigue. [00:02:28] Book: Fix Your Fatigue: The four step process to resolving chronic fatigue, achieving abundant energy and reclaiming your life!, by Evan H. Hirsch MD. [00:04:29] Viruses that can be transmitted that can end up triggering fatigue. [00:06:21] How to know if you have an abnormal level of fatigue. [00:08:16] Book: This Is Your Mind on Plants, by Michael Pollan. [00:08:41] Surviving on caffeine. [00:09:48] Different levels of fatigue (levels based on treatment needed). [00:11:22] Toxicities that we're exposed to that need to be removed to alleviate fatigue. [00:11:54] 4-Quadrant Model. [00:12:58] Best diets for fixing fatigue. [00:14:14] Mike T. Nelson; Course: Flex Diet Foundations. [00:14:53] 4-step process: 1. assess causes 2. replace deficiencies 3. opening detox pathways 4. remove toxicities. [00:17:19] Adrenals, mitochondria, thyroid - the "Big 3" factors that help restore energy. [00:21:42] "Detox"; Herbal products + external therapies. [00:24:42] Mold exposure and toxicity. [00:28:51] Article: Your building might be making you sick. Joe Allen can help., by Colleen Walsh. [00:30:12] Great Plains Urine MycoTOX Profile to evaluate for mold exposure/toxicity. [00:31:16] Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI) test - evaluates mold in the environment. Find a professional. [00:31:46] What to do if you have mold exposure: binders, supplements to remove toxins. [00:32:54] Heavy Metals and infections. [00:33:37] COVID long-haulers or post-acute syndromes. [00:35:24] Using symptoms to diagnose conditions. [00:36:01] Bartonella quiz on the www.FixYourFatigue.com website. [00:37:49] Podcast: How to Prevent and Heal Lyme and Its Co-Infections, with Sunjya Schweig, MD. [00:38:13] Herbal antimicrobials vs antibiotics. [00:38:33] Results page of Evan's website. [00:42:30] Book: Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body by Jo Marchant. [00:47:18] Electromagnetic Fields; Previous podcasts on EMF: Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs): The Controversy, the Science, and How to Protect Yourself, with Joseph Mercola, DO; EMFs: Why You Should Care and What to Do, with Nick Pineault. [00:51:52] Safe Sleeve cases and other ways to mitigate EMFs. [00:52:41] LessEMF.com. [00:54:05] How to know if your fatigue can be helped. [00:55:38] Find Evan at www.FixYourFatigue.com; Facebook group; Schedule a free discovery call.
Ben Greenfield is a human performance consultant, speaker, and New York Times bestselling author of 13 books, including the popular titles “Beyond Training”, “Boundless” and “Fit Soul”. Former collegiate tennis, water polo, and volleyball player, bodybuilder, 13-time Ironman triathlete, and professional obstacle course racer, Ben has been voted by the NSCA as America's top Personal Trainer and by Greatist as one of the top 100 Most Influential People In Health And Fitness. In 2014, my NBT co-founder and medical doctor Jamie Kendall-Weed and I appeared on the Ben Greenfield podcast, and to this day people tell me that's how they learned about Nourish Balance Thrive. For this podcast, Ben and I met up on the UCLA campus during the Ancestral Health Symposium in August to walk and talk about the harmful effects of loneliness and the importance of social connection. Ben shares some of the innovative ways he's increased connection with others, despite being a self-proclaimed introvert. We talk about some of the downsides of social isolation and the best reasons for opening yourself up to the “messiness” of others. Here's the outline of this interview with Ben Greenfield: [00:01:48] Previous podcasts with Ben Greenfield featuring Christopher Kelly: Why Is My Cortisol High Even Though I'm Doing Everything Right? Hidden Causes Of High Cortisol, The DUTCH Test & More!, The Little-Known Test That Tells You Everything You Need To Know About Your Metabolism, and 7 Signs Your Cortisol And Adrenals Are Broken. [00:03:21] James Nestor; Podcast: How to Fix Your Breathing to Improve Your Health. [00:03:27] Diana Rodgers; Podcast: Kale vs Cow: The Case for Better Meat. [00:03:50] All the 2021 AHS videos are on YouTube. [00:06:52] Book: Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection, by John T. Cacioppo. [00:07:01] Book: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping (Third Edition), by Robert M. Sapolsky. [00:09:56] Book: The Martian, by Andy Weir. [00:11:47] Introversion. [00:12:00] Book: The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous, by Joseph Henrich. [00:12:25] Recent podcast with Lucy Mailing, PhD: Rewilding the Gut: Restoring Ancestral Diversity to the Microbiome. [00:13:53] Book: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, by Susan Cain [00:18:21] Loneliness is as bad for you as smoking; Study: Dyal, Stephanie R., and Thomas W. Valente. "A systematic review of loneliness and smoking: small effects, big implications." Substance use & misuse 50.13 (2015): 1697-1716. [00:18:49] Loneliness vs. social isolation. [00:25:20] Book: Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time, by Keith Ferrazzi. [00:26:39] Mastermind Talks, created by Jayson Gaignard. [00:27:34] Ben's dinner parties. [00:33:04] Julian Abel, MD; Book: The Compassion Project: A case for hope and humankindness from the town that beat loneliness; Julian's Podcast: Survival of the Kindest. Listen to Julian's most recent interview on the NBT Podcast. [00:35:40] Opening yourself up to the messiness of other people. [00:38:38] Ben's article on the dopaminergic response while experiencing pain or pleasure with others. [00:39:40] Book: Friendship in the age of loneliness: An Optimist's Guide to Connection, by Adam Smiley Poswolsky. [00:40:40] Contacts+. [00:42:26] Community events; Realm Church Management Software. [00:48:23] Ben's expanded spiritual practice. [00:52:34] Books by Jamie Wheal: Stealing Fire and Recapture the Rapture. [00:53:13] Book: The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, by Brian C. Muraresku. [01:01:59] Church and the monogamous nuclear family. [01:11:05] Eye gazing. [01:14:44] See Ben's show notes for this recording. [01:15:52] Join the NBT Elite Performance Club Forum by supporting NBT on Patreon.
This is a recently recorded presentation for the 2021 Physicians for Ancestral Health Symposium.
This episode really has a lot of power data in it. John just got back from the Ancestral Health Symposium and it was wonderful to see that the most recent science backs up what we do at The Lifetime Body. Making your body last a lifetime in this modern world has a lot to do with respecting your genes and their ancestral underpinnings.
In episode 020 of A Medicinal Mind: Wisdom and Wellbeing, I have a conversation with my new close friend, and pioneering nurse Shawna Curry. I recently met Shawna just a few weeks back at 2017 The Ancestral Health Symposium in Seattle, Washington where she presented some rather fascinating insights into the application of the Western Medicine acute triage process as part of her practice of lifestyle medicine and the reversal of chronic diseases. Shawna's background is incredibly unique, currently working as a nurse on an acute neurology unit, she has training in both kinesiology and personal training, but currently spends much of her time practicing as part of her company Your Lifestyle Strategy, helping numerous clients engage in the process of cultivating optimal well-being. As an Amazon bestselling author, Shawna is committed to helping people become the happiest and healthiest versions of themselves. Over nearly two decades, she has made her mark in the health and wellness space with live speaking engagements, published health articles, podcast appearances and personalized health coaching. This variety of experience has built a community of clients who benefit from her special form of intimate and inspiring health and wellness information. In 2014, Shawna launched her company, Your Lifestyle Strategy. Over the past three years, this company has been dedicated to total-health solutions and all of the aspects of healthy living including fitness, sleep, nutrition, self-help and overall lifestyle strategies. You can be part of her movement by taking charge of your own health today. In today's podcast Shawna and I discuss the foundations of this triage process and her overall clinical approach, exploring the complex intersection between lifestyle habits within the areas of sleep, stress management, diet, and exercise with a person's digestive and gastrointestinal health, all in the context of the patient's current circumstances, known medical conditions and familial or genetic predispositions. Shawna continue and shares her amazing visual description of this lifestyle matrix, and the practical and flexible tools she uses with her patients to personalized their “prescriptions” for wellness. Are you a new mother, taking care of a newborn with little to no regularity in your sleep pattern, perhaps your focus and foundation should be on the other three areas of Shawna's lifestyle table, recognizing that if another leg in the four is significantly compromised, it may result in a spiral of suffering and emerging illness. Shawna's passion is evident in her voice as well as her writing, most notably so in her recently released book: Healthy By Choice: Your Blueprint for Vital Living. While we discuss in the podcast many of the ideas and frameworks presented in Shawna' book, I strongly encourage you to seek out your own copy and uncover some of its simple, yet remarkably relevant tools for helping you optimize the areas of your life for which you actually have realistic control. I am so grateful to have met Shawna, bonding over our shared passion for reversing chronic disease, and currently doing so in the environment of traditional, Western medicine. Shawna as a nurse and pioneering lifestyle coach, and myself as a young doctor just trying to figure out what allows people to truly flourish, we are collectively dedicated to remaining curious and challenging the things we think we know. We encourage you to check out the notes on the podcast page for links to follow Shawna and check out her new book. And from everyone at the medicinal mind team, we say thank you for your presence in this curious exploration, for it is your encouragement and unconditional gratitude that gives us the energy to continue holding a space for all to flourish and for suffering to finally cease. We hope you enjoy the show. To reach Shawna, you can access her website, twitter, and instagram pages using the links below This link to my website will take you directly to my Amazon best selling book! Facebook: Shawna Curry: Your Lifestyle Strategy Twitter: @takechargeyyc Instagram: yourlifestylestrategy Disclaimer: The content at A Medicinal Mind and the content of our podcast are educational and informational in nature. They are not intended to be medical advice, spiritual counsel or a substitute for working with a health professional or a trained spiritual counselor. We cannot guarantee the outcome of any of the recommendations provided on our page or by the guests on our podcast and any statements written or made about any potential outcomes are expressions of opinion only.
This week's Flash Back Friday takes us to episode 81, from March 2012 Join Jason Hartman and author of Primal Body, Primal Mind, Nora Gedgaudas, as they explore the negative effects of stress and anxiety on our brains and how nutrition is essential to a healthy brain. Nora explains how high levels of stress causes dumps of cortisol, leaving the brain “marinating” in it, and how it breaks down the temporal portion of the brain. Doctors tend to accept this breakdown as a sign of aging, but Nora says this is simply not the case. Just because something seems commonplace does not mean it is normal. Nutrition plays such an incredible role in our overall health. Our food and water sources have changed to something completely unrecognizable to our ancestors, who ingested animal fat and protein primarily and were stronger and more disease-free. When we're stressed, we often crave carbohydrates and this comes from the body expecting it because that's what we're feeding it. Nora describes how sugar is like kindling for the metabolic fire, burning quickly and constantly needing to be replenished. Contrary to today's popular beliefs and fads, the fuel our bodies are designed to run on will surprise you. Nora provides insight into how to end the cravings and rollercoaster dieting, and also explains the problems with vegan and vegetarian diets, and talks about gluten sensitivity, the rise in inflammatory issues and autoimmune dysfunctions. Nora Gedgaudas is Board-certified in Holistic Nutrition® through the National Association of Nutritional Professionals (NANP) and is recognized by the Nutritional Therapy Association as a Certified Nutritional Therapist (CNT). She has appeared as a guest lecturer on radio and television. She was host of her own top rated radio program on Voice America Radio's “Health and Wellness” channel and her “Primal Body, Primal Mind” radio podcasts are now available on iTunes. Nora served as a trainer for the State of Washington Institute of Mental Health, illuminating nutrition's impact on mental health for State health care workers at all levels .She maintains a private practice in Portland, Oregon as both a Certified Nutritional Therapist (CNT) and a Board-certified Clinical Neurofeedback Specialist (CNS). Nora's ground breaking book, Primal Body, Primal Mind, currently ranks near the top of all health-related books on Amazon and in August 2011, Nora was a featured presenter at the Ancestral Health Symposium at UCLA—billed as “the Woodstock of evolutionary medicine”. Website: www.PrimalBody-PrimalMind.com
www.3030health.com Today's podcast features two close friends of mine, Allyson Chrystal and Dr. Aaron Blaisdell. We recorded this podcast a couple of months ago, since then, we have learned that the Ancestral Health Symposium will be hosted in Seattle Washington. I will be presenting alongside both Dr. Blaisdell and Allyson Chrystal. For more information, check out the AHS website http://www.ancestralhealth.org If you use the code " AHSstrong " you will receive a discount on the conference price, and for every ticket sold using the code, I will make a donation to a mental health organization! Allyson Chrystal is an occupational therapist and clinical instructor specializing in pediatrics. In her clinical work and research, Allyson has focused on sensory integration and self-regulation in children with behavioral and developmental disorders. Allyson is also currently completing a Master's degree in Functional Medicine and Clinical Nutrition. After receiving his BA and MA in Biological Anthropology (at SUNY Stony Brook and Kent State University, respectively), Dr. Blaisdell realized that animal cognition was even more interesting than dead humans. So he trekked on over to SUNY Binghamton for his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology with Dr. Ralph Miller, where he studied learning, memory, and cognition in the rat. Dr. Blaisdell is a Professor in Learning & Behavior and Behavioral Neuroscience in the UCLA Psychology Department. He presides over the Comparative Cognition Lab, studying cognitive processes in rats, pigeons, mice, hermit crabs, and humans. #AHS17 #paleo #podcast #health #naturopathic #keto #ebm #glutenfree #diet #exercise #botanicalmedicine #ebm #healthyeating #healthyfood #habitsofhealth #diet #farmtoconsumer #biohacking #upgrade #chronicpain #sustainability #fitness #weightlifting #weights #medicine #naturopathicmedicine #avocado
Tony earned his degree in Exercise Science from the University of Florida and is an American College of Sports Medicine certified Health and Fitness Specialist. He is currently based out of Jacksonville Florida where he works full time as a Personal Trainer and Wellness Consultant, helping busy executives, retirees, athletes, and soccer moms achieve their fitness goals. His personal perspective on health changed when he decided to learn how to run barefoot in the hopes that it would help his chronic knee pain. Within three months, he was pain free. Since then has run numerous 1/2 marathons, Super Spartan and Tough Mudder adventure races, and tackled challenges he never thought possible, such as learning how do a backflip at the age of 30. Tony began to realize that our modern lifestyles and technology might be at the root of other diseases and disorders and to test this theory, he began following the a gluten free and grain free Paleo diet. He eliminated wheat, most types of dairy, processed sugar, and all junk foods from his diet, focusing solely on ethically raised meat, green plants, fruits, nuts and seeds. After an initial 30 day test run, he saw significant improvement in his thyroid symptoms (surgically acquired hypothyroidism), chronic restless legs, ADD, binge eating, and body dysmorphic disorder. Looking for a way to share recipes and inspiration with others, Tony started a personal blog, LiveCaveman.com, and subsequently became a regular contributor to Paleo Magazine (PaleoMagOnline.com) as well as the host of the Paleo Magazine Podcast (PaleoMagOnline.com/radio). He has also hosted panel discussions and been a presenter at PaleoFX and the Ancestral Health Symposium and wrote the book on Paleo grilling ("Paleo Grilling - A Modern Caveman's Guide to Cooking with Fire"). Links Discussed: Nature Force - Supplements with no BS Use code " 3030STRONG " to get a special discount! Paleo Grilling: A Modern Caveman's Guide to Cooking with Fire Paleo Magazine
Every week Kendall and Dr. Dan answer your questions related to health, diet, sleep, wellness, functional medicine, age management, fitness, sexuality, hormones, balance, mindfulness, and much more. Send yours in to questions@ephysiologix.com. This week we discuss our weekend in Berkeley, California for the Ancestral Health Symposium. We talk about the trending topiscs presented at AHS14.
Every week Kendall and Dr. Dan answer your questions related to health, diet, sleep, wellness, functional medicine, age management, fitness, sexuality, hormones, balance, mindfulness, and much more. Send yours in to questions@ephysiologix.com. This week we talk about the release of our new website ephysiologix.com, our upcoming travels to the Ancestral Health Symposium in Berkeley, CA, and the big Jamaica Wellness Retreat we're hosting in Jamaica in October. We answer questions about jet lag, heavy cream usage, hashimotos and the Paleo diet, safe starches, and fish oil.
Click to Subscribe to All Ben's Fitness & Get A Free Surprise Gift from Ben. Click here for the full written podcast of this episode. Feb 27, 2013 free podcast: Is The Best Fat Loss Diet For People Also The Best Fat Loss Diet For Your Pet? Also: what to eat to prevent cold sores, can you use sodium bicarbonate for performance, what to do about calf pain, eating maple syrup for training and racing, and taking Phenocane for SI Joint pain. Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right side of this page, call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or (if you hate the sound of your own voice) scroll down to the “Ask Ben” form. Please don't forget to give the podcast a comment/ranking in iTunes - it only takes a minute and it helps grow our healthy and fit community! ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: To get these and other interesting news flashes every week, follow Ben on Twitter.com/BenGreenfield, Facebook.com/BGFitness and Google+. 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Angie says @ 00:33:41 She gets cold sores and is wondering if taking a broad spectrum amino acid supplement with L-arginine would inhibit the effectiveness of the L-lysine… or, moreover, what would use suggest for supplementation to reduce cold sores. Daniela says @ 00:39:40 Is wondering if human weight loses strategies would work for animals? Specifically her dog. Also, she can't make it to the Superhuman Event in March and is wondering if there are any other events that you would suggest or recommend to your listeners. ~ For dog food I recommend Primal Pet Foods. My twitter feed tells what I'm attending and also check out: Pacific Elite Fitness calendar, PaleoFX, Ancestral Health Symposium, Bulletproof Biohacking Conference. Eliot says @ 00:55:01 He was reading about using sodium bicarbonate. He understands it can cause some major GI issues. but what about using it with the magnesium oil as a trans-dermal supplement (dissolving some baking soda and rubbing on)? Would that work? Is it legal? Would it have any effect on longer distances (the studies I have seen are shorter/middle distance stuff)? (He understands the energy system for longer distance racing is different - there may be less lactic acid build up, but assumes that in a 3hr marathon there would be some benefit) ~ In my response I talk about Transdermal magnesium oil, Transdermal bath flakes and Oxaloacetate. Jack says @ 01:05:21 He is a 15 year old soccer player and he has a "calf burn" in his anterior and posterior calf muscles. It only happens during games - not practice or conditioning. When it flairs up, it hurts/burns like fire every time he steps. The pain is a 6 out of 9 (worse in the morning). He occasionally wears knee bands but not consistently. Soccer season is almost here and he is worried about his calves. ~ In my response to Jack, I recommend the rumble roller and also the muscletrac. Jenna says @ 01:11:14 She is gearing up for Ironman and is wondering if she could use Maple Syrup for training and racing. It tastes so good… she is Canadian. ~ In my response I mention the Superhuman Coach Pros and Cons of Organic Maple Syrup. Paula says @ 01:17:47 She is looking for more information regarding Phenocane especially in relation to its effect on the SI Joint. ~ In my response, I refer to Phenocane. Also my book at www.runwithnopain.com and how to self adjust SI joint. Prior to asking your question, do a search in upper right hand corner of this website for the keywords associated with your question. Many of the questions we receive have already been answered here at Ben Greenfield Fitness! ====================================== [contact-form-7 id="6222" title="Ask Ben"]======================================