Why Did We All Get Sick? The Nutritional Transition & How Seed Oils Drove It - Tucker Goodrich AHS21 AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | ...
Ancestral Health Today Episode 002 - Darryl Edwards - Intro to Ancestral Health (Part 2) AncestryFoundation 2023-09-14 | ...
Ancestral Health Today Episode 001 - Darryl Edwards - Intro to Ancestral Health AncestryFoundation 2023-09-05 | Welcome to the first episode of Ancestral Health Today. We are excited to bring you part one of a two part episode with the Amazing Darryl Edwards. Darryl is the founder of Primal Play, a super creative and always evolving movement program, a social and community experience with play at the center. Darryl is the best selling author of the book Animal Moves, he is a keynote and motivational speaker, and has millions of views on his Ted Talk titled Why working out isn't working out. Darryl has been featured in prestigious international publications, and his work has also been highlighted in the NY Times best-selling book "Grit and Grace" by one of the most successful music artists of all time Tim McGraw and in one of the UK's best-selling books of 2018 "The 4 Pillar Plan" by the UK's leading TV Doctor Rangan Chatterjee. We are very fortunate to have Darryl as a board member of the Ancestral Health Society and he has been instrumental in making this podcast a reality.Darryl resides in London, England and publishes about living a healthy, playful lifestyle at PrimalPlay.com.On this first episode we start to discuss his 12 pillars of health, the interconnectedness between them and how to practically incorporate them into modern life. We are delighted to have Darryl as our inaugural guest. Our audience will be amazed by his wisdom, practical tips and humility. To learn more or to work with Darryl, visit his website Primalplay.com
Ancestral Health Today Episode000 - Introducing Our New Podcast AncestryFoundation 2023-09-01 | Subscribe to the podcast newsletter: AncestralHealth.substack.comThank you for listening to our mini episode and get to know our hosts, Isabel and Todd. Together they will bring amazing interviews and insights. Please consider becoming a supporter to grow this work and continue to communicate the latest research to a growing audience. Our supporters will enjoy exclusive content, early and discounted registration to the Ancestral Health Symposium, live interviews with our guests and more. If you are not in a position to support us financially, please share with your network and you can also help us grow. Isabel and Todd are looking forward to your feedback and making the podcast a pillar of the ancestral health movement. In great health,
Pedro Bastos, Ph.D.(c) - Revisiting the Kitava study (AHS22) AncestryFoundation 2022-09-01 | In 1990, Dr. Staffan Lindeberg, a Swedish physician, conducted an extensive field study in the island of Kitava, Papua New Guinea. Its inhabitants were horticulturalists and dietary staples were cultivated tubers (mainly yam, sweet potato and taro, but also small amounts of cassava), supplemented by fruits, leaves, nuts (including coconut), fish, maize and beans. Electricity, telephones, and motor vehicles were absent, and the average level of physical activity was classified as moderate-to-active. Among the various conclusions of this cross-sectional study, the most striking were: 1) the superiority of various biomarkers among Kitavans, when compared to a sex and age-matched Swedish control population, notwithstanding their low protein and high carbohydrate and saturated fat diet; 2) the apparent absence of common western diseases, despite the existence of a significant number of elderly individuals, the exceedingly high prevalence of smoking and betel chewing among adults, and a high parasitic and infectious burden.
Panel discussion on movement (AHS22) AncestryFoundation 2022-08-30 | Moderator:Steven LuibrandPanelists:Julie Angel, Ph.D.Darryl Edwards, M.Sc.Jared Tavasolian, B.Sc.Georges Dagher, DC, CSCS
Csilla Ari D`Agostino, Ph.D. - Neuroprotective and behavioral benefits of ketones (AHS22) AncestryFoundation 2022-08-29 | ...
Chris Knobbe, M.D. - Obesity & diabetes: is it the sugar, ‘carbs,’ vegetable oils, or all three? AncestryFoundation 2022-08-29 | AHS22Since the late 19th Century, we’ve observed exponential growth of overweight, obesity, and diabetes. In the U.S. alone, overweight and obesity have risen at least 35-fold since 1900, while diabetes has risen 35-fold since 1935. It has become fashionable to blame sugar, carbohydrates, or both for these disorders, which are now of pandemic proportions. Furthermore, the interest in both the “low-carb” community and published science has seen an almost infinite increase in recent years. But will dropping sugars and carbohydrates solve the problem? In the U.S. we’ve observed carbohydrate consumption falling since 1997 and sugar consumption falling since at least 2004, while obesity elevated from 33% to 42.5% and diabetes elevated from about 4% to 13% during this same interval (2000-2018). Seed oil consumption, on the other hand, continued to rise. Other countries have similarly challenging data for the ‘sugar-’ or ‘carb-hypothesis’ of obesity and diabetes. Answers to these vexing problems may lie in longitudinal observational data observed in “Nature’s laboratory.”
Mike Mew, BDS - Changing the face of evolutionary medicine (AHS22) AncestryFoundation 2022-08-29 | Evolutionary medicine needs to be heard around the developed world, but it doesn't make money, it's not sexy. But faces are! I've started the phenomenon of mewing and I am leading a movement. It's pure evolutionary medicine and I am being persecuted, my license to practice on the line, for providing treatment based squarely on these principles. At least this forces scientific engagement, and I will win, with your help decisively. I will present the scope and relevance of this argument, the pattern of related health issues and their implications. And finally, how we can come together on a good bet to push our science forwards. And remember the only people interested in this will be anyone with a face.
Pilar Egüez Guevara, Ph.D. and Gustavo Chiriboga - Q&A after short documentary screening (AHS22) AncestryFoundation 2022-08-29 | Q&A for short documentary: Tarpuna, Guardians of Corn in the Ecuadorian HighlandsTo view the full documentary email: contact@comidasquecuran.info comidasquecuran.orgmadresemilla.comEcuador Culinary Route - www.comidasquecuran.org (Events) Voices of the Forest www.vocesdelbosque.comTarpuna means ‘to sow’ in Kichwa, the ancestral language of the Andes. In the Corn episode of this documentary series, guardians from the highlands of Ecuador share their skills and traditions to preserve, exchange and reproduce their most sacred seed. The episode is a window into the most important indigenous ceremonial rituals centered around the sowing and harvest seasons in September and April-June. Viewers experience a typical day in the celebration of “la Sopalata”, with dancing and gatherings to honor the “abuelos” or sages during the day, and corn-based food and drink preparations and offerings at night. Traditional healers and cooks in the Saraguro, Loja and Cotacachi regions demonstrate the preparation of corn-based cooking recipes that have ritual and medicinal uses. Viewers take away a practical guide detailing the types, cultural meanings and methods of cooking, preservation, cultivation and honoring of corn in Ecuador.
Jesse Lacasse, Ph.D.(c) - The impact of hormonal contraceptives on brain health (AHS22) AncestryFoundation 2022-08-29 | “The pill” that Darwin never saw coming: the impact of hormonal contraceptives on brain healthCyclic changes in estrogens and progesterone in mammalian species evolved over thousands of years and eventually developed into what we now refer to as the menstrual cycle. In the 1950s something occurred that natural selection had never anticipated: wide scale distribution of hormonal contraceptives. Today, over 100 million women use hormonal contraceptives, and this number is rapidly growing. Despite this, research on hormonal contraceptives and the brain has only recently emerged. Recent findings have found structural and functional changes in neuroimaging studies of hormonal contraceptive users as well as altered neuroplasticity in animal studies. Most strikingly, studies have reported altered cognitive function and increased depression, anxiety, binge-eating, insomnia, stress, and suicidality among hormonal contraceptive users. From an evolutionary perspective, control over one’s reproductive hormones is a brand-new phenomenon for humans. It’s essential that we consider these drugs in light of evolution in order to understand what unintended consequences they may have.
Panel discussion on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the wellness space (AHS22) AncestryFoundation 2022-08-29 | Moderator:Ede Fox, M.A.Panelists:Darryl Edwards, M.Sc.Isabel Ramirez-Burnett, NBC-HWCSimone MillerOrleatha Smith, M.Ed
Why the Long Face? How the Modern World Changed Our Faces, Metabolism, & Breathing – & How to Fix It AncestryFoundation 2022-08-28 | Panel discussion at AHS22.Moderator: James NestorPanelists: Siobhán Cooke, Ph.D.Mike Mew, BDS MSCScott Solomons, DDSKevin Boyd, DDS, M.Sc.Robert Lustig, M.D., MSL
Esther Gokhale, L.Ac. - Modern research on ancient spinal architecture (AHS22) AncestryFoundation 2022-08-28 | The Gokhale Method helps people transform their S- or C- or I-spines to J-spines. In this workshop, the audience will learn how to begin their J-spine transformation. Volunteers will be invited on stage to use our PostureTracker wearable to help teach the audience. Helpful historical, anthropological, radiographic, and wearable data on posture will help deepen the learning. Expect to look better and feel better at the end of the workshop.
Todd Becker, M.S. - Benefits of cold adaptation (AHS22) AncestryFoundation 2022-08-28 | The uniform environmental comfort afforded by central heating systems is a recent innovation in the timespan of human evolution. Early humans migrating to higher latitudes and altitudes had to contend with colder climates, driving genetic, physiological, and cultural adaptations. Regular exposure to the cold activates a number of beneficial responses including reduced inflammation, enhanced immunity, fat loss, and mood enhancement. By insulating ourselves from the cold and holing up in temperature-controlled homes and offices, we forgo these hormetic benefits. In recent decades, there has been a resurgence of interest in practices such as cold showers, open-water swimming, whole body cryotherapy, and cold yoga. Since the very idea of deliberate cold exposure is abhorrent to many, I'll review my own experience and provide some practical tips on gentler ways to increase your tolerance for cold and even embrace it with joy.
Greg Luckman, Ph.D. - Child mortality & longevity in Weston A. Price’s 1st Swiss alpine destination AncestryFoundation 2022-08-27 | Child mortality and longevity in Weston A. Price’s first Swiss alpine destination (AHS22)The Lötschental was the first alpine valley Weston A. Price visited in his search for peoples free from dental degeneration. He stated: “The [Lötschentalers] . . . have neither physician nor dentist because they have so little need for them,” thereby reinforcing the romantic image (think of Heidi) of healthy mountain dwellers. But some critics of Price’s world-wide studies ask: “What about the high child mortality and short life expectancy of the groups Price studied?” thus by innuendo questioning the quality of those groups’ diets. Recent village genealogies of three of four Lötschental villages provide data for quantitative estimates of child mortality and longevity over hundreds of years. This presentation will describe the ongoing analysis of the data and point out factors other than food quality that complicate the story. Iodine deficiency, the potato’s appearance, genetic factors, and Swiss medical tourism boosterism all affected either real mortality or what Price was told.
Robert Hansen, M.D. - Nutritional and lifestyle immunology relative to COVID and long COVID (AHS22) AncestryFoundation 2022-08-27 | Nutrition, sleep, circadian rhythm, stress, exercise, and social connection have profound effects on health and immune response to infection. Immune dysregulation associated with severe COVID is well documented. Likewise, the effects of these lifestyle aspects on response to infection have been studied with respect to viral illness. This lecture will explore data related to lifestyle in the context of the pandemic. Long Covid risk factors, pathophysiology, and potential treatments from a functional medicine perspective will be explored. Questions related to vaccine risks/benefits stratified by age and comorbidities will be explored. Data related to effectiveness of antiviral medications, supplements, and botanicals will also be discussed.
Guillermo Ruiz, N.M.D. - Randomness: increasing efficiency with an ancestral adaptation (AHS22) AncestryFoundation 2022-08-27 | From hunting strategies to photosynthesis, fractal patterns are ever present in evolutionary systems to increase efficiency. This presentation will focus on the adaptation of seemingly random chaos that provides greater efficiency in survival. Secondly, we will explore ways to introduce randomness to lifestyle to increase health outcomes.
L. Amber Ohearn - Blood, sweat, and tears: how much salt do we really need? (AHS22) AncestryFoundation 2022-08-26 | 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.
Laurie A. Couture, M.Ed. - Paleolithic parenting and educating: The way nature intended! (AHS22) AncestryFoundation 2022-08-25 | One of the greatest public health crises any society faces is childhood developmental trauma. The trajectory of a person’s lifelong holistic health is determined less by genetics and more by epigenetics. Healthy epigenetic expression is determined by how completely a person’s childhood developmental needs were met and how secure the parent-child attachment relationship had been from birth through adolescence. Devastating numbers of children in industrialized and agricultural societies alike suffer developmental trauma and parent-child attachment disruption, which are scientifically correlated to lifelong deleterious outcomes in mental and physical health, including addiction, violence, suicidal ideation, autoimmune diseases, and premature mortality. Nature’s intent for children’s epigenetic, physical, psychological, neurological, cognitive, social, sexual, and spiritual development is foundational to holistic health. While a healthy Paleolithic diet is part of that equation, so must be attachment parenting and play-based learning: Paleolithic parenting and educating.
Lisa J. Emerson - Iron Dys[regulation] and Disease (AHS22) AncestryFoundation 2022-08-25 | The role of iron in disease is widely underappreciated considering the body's absorption and management of iron highly influences one's susceptibility to, management of, and recovery from various categories of disease. Evolutionarily directed low iron status is protective against certain bacterial infections though can be problematic when it comes to allergies and asthma, protection against viral complications, and protection against bacterial infection when severely low. Systemic body inflammation in the presence of metabolic syndrome dysregulates iron in mimicry of chronic pathogen infection. Nearly all symptoms of "long covid" are the same as those of iron dysregulation, and perhaps not without reason. Nutrition and genetics are closely tied to iron status, and maintaining iron homeostasis is critical for optimal health in multiple respects.
Community at the Ancestral Health Symposium AncestryFoundation 2022-06-26 | People have made long-lasting connections at the Ancestral Health Symposium. We are proud of the community created by our events.If you are coming to #AHS22, join us at the welcome dinner, on Thursday, August 18, to make new friends.Tickets: ahs22.eventbrite.com
Play at the Ancestral Health Symposium AncestryFoundation 2022-06-15 | We’re looking forward to socializing and playing at AHS22 in August!Tickets: ahs22.eventbrite.com
Ancestral health and the reversal of cognitive decline - Dale Bredesen (AHS21) AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | Research over the past several decades has led to a model of Alzheimer's disease as a network insufficiency that is often the result of a protective response to specific insults. Four major groups of contributors lead to this insufficiency: inflammation, toxins, energy reduction, and trophic reduction. Ancestral health impacts all of these groups. Identifying and targeting the contributors for each patient has led to the first reversals of cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer's and pre-Alzheimer's, and a recent clinical trial supports this therapeutic approach.
Omega-6 Apocalypse 2 - Chris Knobbe (AHS21) AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | Full Title: Omega-6 Apocalypse 2: Are Seed Oil Excesses the Unifying Mechanism for Overweight and Virtually All Chronic Disease? - Chris Knobbe (AHS21)Over the past 150 years, we’ve witnessed the evolution of pandemics of chronic degenerative, metabolic, and noncommunicable disease (NCD). Ample evidence supports the conclusion that coronary heart disease, cancers, metabolic disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and many other chronic diseases have risen from medical rarity to the most common causes of chronic disease and death. During this same time frame, we’ve witnessed industrially produced seed oils, rich in omega-6 fatty acids, elevate to occupy up to one-fourth to one-third of human consumption, or more. Such oils rarely existed anywhere prior to the American Civil War, globally. Virtually all chronic degenerative diseases have in common one primary metabolic defect, namely, mitochondrial dysfunction. Seed oil and high omega-6 is a known driver of mitochondrial dysfunction, as evidenced in many studies. Furthermore, an examination of food consumption patterns in many nations strongly indicates that seed oils are by far the greatest factor in such chronic disease. An examination of food consumption in Japan leads to no other obvious conclusion. Could omega-6 rich seed oils, consumed to excess, be the common precipitating factor for most all chronic disease, via multiple mechanisms, including the fact that they are pro-oxidative, proinflammatory, cytotoxic, genotoxic, mutagenic, atherogenic, thrombogenic, and obesogenic? The evidence is compelling.
Exploring A Diet Rooted in African Traditions for Optimal Health - Orleatha Smith (AHS21) AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | Full Title: The Pursuit of Health Through Heritage — Exploring A Diet Rooted in African Traditions for Optimal Health - Orleatha Smith (AHS21)Diet plays an essential role in human development and growth, contributing to health and well-being. While an ancestral diet has been shown to be beneficial, culturally specific dietary guidelines have yet to be presented. The central question addressed in this overview presentation is whether the eating patterns of African American ancestors are best for those of African descent. The studies on diet patterns of the African diaspora inform the discussion. Healthy or prudent, as opposed to Western, eating patterns are identified in groups of African origin. It appears that a different group of foods predict diet quality and health outcomes in a 2-year anecdotal experiment. A diet was followed that was based on staples from the African diaspora and promoted greens, beans and peas, whole grains, fruits, peanuts and nuts, vegetables, tubers as well as fish as the main source of protein.
The Hidden Health Epidemic & Worldwide Killer (That YOU Have The Power To Fix) - Ben Greenfield AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | AHS21Imagine a condition that makes a person irritable, depressed, and self-centered, and also increases their risk of dying early by over 25%. Imagine that in industrialized countries, over 30% of folks are afflicted with this condition. Your income doesn’t protect you. Nor does your education, your sex, or your ethnicity. Worse yet, the condition is considered to be contagious, damages heart muscle, causes premature death and can affect any ordinary person walking down the street. This condition exists, and it’s called “loneliness”. Also known as social isolation, loneliness is often stigmatized, trivialized, and flat-out ignored, but is fast emerging as a worldwide public health problem – oddly enough growing hand-in-hand with so-called “social” media. Turns out, there is a fascinating link between love, family, social connectedness and relationships, and a longer lifespan. This presentation by Ben will give a host of practical love tips to include in one’s life for a longer lifespan and better health. After all, owning an amazing body and a sharp mind can all be for naught if loneliness, sadness, inflammation, high blood pressure and accelerated aging are all occurring due to a lack of friendships, social relationships, community, charity and love – and in this presentation, Ben will teach exactly why to and how to include these important components into a body, mind and spirit routine.
Ancestral diets and bone health - Lynda Frassetto (AHS21) AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | Bone mass generally increases for the first 2-3 decades of life, and then steadily declines. There are many factors that can influence bone mass, but many of them – e.g. age, gender, genetics – are not modifiable. Modifiable factors include diet and exercise, as well as some medications. In this talk, I will discuss factors present in various ancestral diets that can either improve or worsen bone health.
The Resilient Brain: What Babies Can Teach Us About Long-term Brain Health - Tommy Wood (AHS21) AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | As the focus on age-related diseases increases, it is becoming clearer that the trajectories of brain aging and cognitive decline begin in utero and even pre-conception. At the same time, we are learning more about the factors needed for normal early brain development and resilience to injury. This talk will focus on how normal and pathological brain development in the fetal, neonatal, and childhood periods can help us understand what is required to maintain brain health across the lifespan as adults, maximise cognitive function as we age, and prevent age-related cognitive decline and dementia.
Energy Management: The Common Theme in Ancestral Health and Evolutionary Medicine - Stephanie Welch AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | AHS21Over the years, the Ancestral Health Symposium has encompassed an extremely diverse range of topics including nutrition, physical fitness, postural alignment, brain health, hormonal regulation, orthodontics, infant care practices, sexuality, regenerative agriculture, and more. In our goal to reduce the mismatches between our bodies’ and brains’ evolutionary programming and the modern environments with which they are confronted, it may be helpful to understand that the common theme linking all of these subjects is how energy management adaptations shaped human (and non-human) anatomy, physiology, psychology, and behavior. Join us for a review of some of the Ancestral Health Symposium’s greatest hits to see how this common thread can help unify our approaches to practicing evolutionary medicine, creating societal harmony, and maintaining planetary sustainability.
Raspando Coco Q&A - Pilar Egüez Guevara (AHS21) AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | To watch the film: Official Trailer (English Subtitles) - vimeo.com/comidasquecuran."Raspando coco" (31 mins, 2018) An Ecuadorian anthropologist from Quito travels to the northernmost coastal province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador to gather stories told by Afro-Ecuadorian elders about the traditional uses of coconut in their local cuisine and medicine. The film immerses us in the streets, farms and kitchens of Afro-Ecuadorians in Esmeraldas and their struggle to preserve their traditions in the face of obsolete medical advice and the rising cost of their traditional foods. The film shows nearly forgotten traditional recipes and home remedies made by grandmothers from Esmeraldas, such as hot chocolate made with freshly squeezed coconut milk.
Incretins and the Evolution of the GI Tract - Mike Eades (AHS21) AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | A few decades ago researchers discovered the incretin effect when they compared the insulin response to equal amounts of glucose provided either via IV infusion or orally. Oral consumption of glucose generated a 50% to 70% greater insulin response as compared to IV glucose, a phenomenon called the incretin effect and now known to be driven by peptides (called incretins) released from the enteric cells in response to food intake. It has been shown that the majority of the insulin response to carbohydrate consumption is a function of the type of processing the particular carbohydrate has undergone. Unprocessed or lightly processed carbohydrate foods stimulate a much lower insulin response than do the same carbohydrate amount that has been highly processed. Although the incretin effect does occur with protein and fat consumption, it does so to a much smaller degree. The carbohydrate content of the current American diet has recently reached similar levels to that of the first measured America diet circa 1900, yet thanks to the incretin effect, the highly-processed carbohydrate content of the current America diet stimulates vastly more insulin than did the diet of a century ago. Since insulin is the major metabolic hormone stimulating fat storage, the excess insulin driven by the incretin effect, in turn driven by the highly processed nature of the current American diet, can help explain the obesity epidemic much better than simply the macronutrient composition. The incretin effect also explains how bariatric surgery reverses diabetes so quickly and why the GLP-1 (an incretin) agonists work as anti-hyperglycemic agents.Two errata from Dr. Eades:If you do watch it, here are a couple of things to look for. I screwed up in two places.@14:59 I say I'm showing the area under the glucose curve, but I meant to say the insulin curve. Big difference, especially in the context of this talk.@22:18 I say the six obese men lost their 25 pounds in six weeks, but it was over three weeks instead. Another big difference.
From man the fat hunter to a unified explanation of human prehistory and evolution - Miki Ben-Dor AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | (AHS21)In AHS12 in Boston, I hypothesized that Paleolithic humans depended on acquiring fat prey due to their limited ability to metabolize protein to energy. In the next nine years, that simple hypothesis turned out to be the cornerstone of a unified explanation of human prehistory and evolution. That physiological limit and humans need to overcome it by consuming high quantities of fat can explain human's preference for large prey, the extinctions of large prey species, the unidirectional brain expansion during most of the human's evolution, and its volume decline towards the end of the Paleolithic. It can also explain the appearance of language, changes in stone tool cultures, the extinction of the Neandertal, agriculture's appearance, and other phenomena. In the lecture, I will draw the puzzle and explain how each piece connects to the other and how they all stem from overcoming the protein limit.
Vitamin D and COVID-19 - Chris Masterjohn (AHS21) AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | The decline in vitamin D status with indoor lifestyles is an example of the discordance hypothesis, wherein disease emerges because of the discordance between current and evolutionary environments. Vitamin D is a well-established immune factor and has a small but significant body of evidence favoring its usefulness in reducing the burden of upper respiratory tract infections, such as colds and flu. A large body of evidence emerged over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic suggesting that keeping vitamin D levels above 30 ng/mL might prevent most of the severity and mortality associated with the disease. However, some of those papers have had their authenticity questioned, and not every paper has arrived at the same conclusion. This presentation will review the literature to date on vitamin D and COVID-19 and provide an estimate of how protective it is and how confident we can be in its protection.
What are the ethical implications of anti-meat dietary policies? - Diana Rodgers (AHS21) AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | The past decade has seen a rapidly growing movement towards a cleaner, healthier and sustainable way of eating. However, the mainstream global dialogue is focused on the reduction and eventual elimination of animal-sourced foods. There is growing concern among many citizens, scientists, academics and food producers who share a belief that we need to preserve a true range of food options to reflect the diversity of our cultures, races, and traditions and importantly, our degree of metabolic health. Maintaining diversity and choice are at the foundation of any healthy democracy, and health itself is a human right. Diana’s new initiative, the Global Food Justice Alliance, advocates for a concept called Food Sovereignty, which is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems. It puts the aspirations and needs of those who produce, distribute and consume food at the heart of food systems and policies rather than the demands of markets and corporations.
Rewilding the gut - Lucy Mailing (AHS21) AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | Full Title: Rewilding the gut: what modern microbiome science can tell us about restoring ancestral diversity - Lucy Mailing (AHS21)The gut microbiota plays essential roles in human health and has been implicated in many chronic diseases. This dense community of microbes has co-evolved with its host over million years of evolution, but in recent decades has been substantially affected by modern industrialization. According to some estimates, we’ve lost about half of our ancestral microbial diversity. In this talk, I discuss the evidence for lost microbial diversity, the effects of diet on the industrialization of the gut microbiota, and the potential benefits for a “wilder” gut microbiome. I also review several studies that highlight potential strategies to “rewild” the gut, including the removal of processed foods, the inclusion of fiber or fermented foods, exercise, time spent in natural environments, social interaction, and fecal transplants.
Psychedelics: Gateway Drugs... to the Future of Medicine? - Denise Minger (AHS21) AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | After decades of stigmatization, psychedelics are returning to the spotlight for their significant therapeutic potential. They may be agents that shift not only the direction of medicine, but our very understanding of the mechanics of healing. Given the unknowns innate to psychedelic states of consciousness, navigating their entry into the mainstream requires both tremendous care and intellectual humility as we integrate the shamanaic path with the scientific one.
Brains and Bugs: Infections and Historical Impact on Psychiatric Disease - Emily Deans (AHS21) AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | Health impacts from infectious disease include new-onset psychiatric disorders. We will review historical (and current) epidemics, proposed mechanisms, and how vulnerability to mental illness is related to epidemics and the genetic imprint they left on the population.
Optimizing Sleep and Breathing Hygiene in Earliest Childhood: Healthspan Implications - Kevin Boyd AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | (AHS21)Deciduous Malocclusion (DM), defined by poorly developing jaws and misaligned teeth in preschool-age children (under the age of six years old), is a highly prevalent public health problem within industrialized societies. DM will seldom, if ever, self-correct and will usually persist and worsen into later adolescence and adulthood if left untreated; also, DM is frequently associated with sleep and respiratory problems. This presentation will develop an argument that orthodontic/dentofacial orthopedic expansion of poorly developing jaws in young children, can often coincide with optimization of sleep-related respiratory health in pediatric patients which can not only improve the QOL of affected children, but also might likely increase their life-spans, slow down rate of aging and accordingly increase their health-spans in their senior years.
Does dietary mismatch affect us via sleep? - L. Amber OHearn AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | Full Title: Interactions between Sleep and Metabolism: does dietary mismatch affect us via sleep? - L. Amber O'Hearn (AHS21)As humans, we share the general behaviour of sleep with other animals, but parameters such as duration and architecture vary widely among species in ways that are often not predictable phylogenetically. Trophic position, brain size, and degree of development at birth are factors known to influence these parameters. Within some species, sleep homeostasis, energy status, and thermoregulation are closely linked. In this talk we will explore characteristics of human sleep that seem to diverge from that of other animals, especially with respect to energy and metabolism, and consider how modern life may alter our health through its effects on sleep.
Sacred Cow Q&A - Diana Rodgers and James Connolly (AHS21) AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | To watch the full Sacred Cow film: sacredcow.info/about-the-film
Desirable Difficulties: Using Hormesis to Learn More Effectively - Todd Becker (AHS21) AncestryFoundation 2021-08-25 | The internet and digital devices have broadened access to information. But have they improved our ability to learn and comprehend? Paradoxically, the very ease of information technology can make it harder to retain information and learn new skills. Modern agriculture and medical technology have lifted millions out of poverty, but over-nutrition and sedentary living have saddled us with chronic diseases. In previous talks I’ve discussed how hormesis -- the judicious application of beneficial stress -- can improve health. Can hormesis also be applied to enhance learning? There is evidence that making learning more challenging in specific ways can make it more effective. This talk will draw upon studies in educational psychology to demonstrate how you can better retain what you read, hear and watch. Hormesis can also help you learn new skills in areas as diverse as sports, music, and design, as well as rehabilitate lost function in movement or vision.
Ron Rosedale - Was Otto Warburg Wrong? - AHS19 AncestryFoundation 2019-10-14 | Nearly a century ago Otto Warburg emphasized that, though typically an anaerobic activity, cancer primarily and uniquely used glycolysis to fuel itself even in the presence of oxygen. This is known as aerobic glycolysis and now the "Warburg effect”. He maintained that cancer must do so because of mitochondrial damage and insisted that was the cause of cancer. His theory was soon mostly forgotten amidst the excitement over genetic discoveries and particularly oncogenes half a century ago, as the genetic mutational cause of cancer became the paradigm in the "war on cancer" to the present day. Millions of dollars, and far more importantly millions of lives were lost as research barked up this wrong tree. However, as the genetic mutational theory of cancer is now being rightfully challenged, Warburg's 'cancer as a metabolic mitochondrial disease' theory is being resurrected by current proponents. I will show that once more the wrong suspect is being found guilty as untold lives are again at stake. The real answer to cancer is embedded deep within the evolution of life.-------Ron Rosedale, MDRon Rosedale is an internationally known expert in nutritional and metabolic medicine and, as one of the founders of the "low-carb" movement two decades ago, was perhaps the first to advocate a high fat rather than high protein "ketogenic" diet. He has been a pioneer in applying concepts based on the biology of aging to reverse chronic diseases including diabetes and heart disease using a unique nutritional approach to optimize insulin, leptin, and mTOR signaling. He has published the highly acclaimed book, The Rosedale Diet, and been featured in dozens of print, radio, and television interviews.
Dan Pardi - How to optimize light in the modern world - AHS19 AncestryFoundation 2019-10-12 | In our ancient past, our internal biological clock - or circadian clock - was predominantly set by fluctuations in light across the solar day. Now, however, things are quite different. Technological advances over the past century, starting with the invention of the lightbulb, have dramatically changed our patterns of daily light and darkness exposure. Today, our cities and homes can be illuminated all the time, regardless of season or time of day. In addition, Americans on average spend about 90% of their time indoors (Klepeis et al., 2001), and are able to extend periods of light exposure well into the evening with artificial lighting. But do these changes matter for our health and if so, what are different strategies one can use to affect their daily light exposure so that it's closer to a natural rhythm? This talk will explore these ideas and questions.
Mike Mew - Why conventional medicine does not want to hear this message and how to change this? AncestryFoundation 2019-10-12 | Evolutionary medicine is not new, most of it is common sense and has the potential to revolutionise health care. So why isn't it? Why is the uptake rate painfully slow and nearly always patient driven?Using the example of Craniofacial Dystrophy (CFD) as an example Dr Mew will explain how he has faced losing his licence to practice (his livelihood) for no more than voicing his opinions and concerns. And he is not the only one. Why does the truth face such stiff opposition and what can we do about this?He will lightly cover CFD (and the lastest results on young adults), before explaining how and why this area of modern medicine is doing everything that it can to prevent change. When you are persecuted for following the scientific process what do you do and how do you win. For a win in one area of our cause a domino effect and change the position for the whole community.
