Health From The Source

Today we speak with Dr. Miki Ben-Dor, a paleoanthropologist who researches and publishes on the association between diet and human evolution. His research has been an integral part of reshaping the narrative around nutrition from an evolutionary perspective. He has put together various papers with a range and depth of evidence in support of the idea that humans likely evolved as hyper-carnivores....

Today we talk with Jake Wolki, owner of Wolki Farms and Butchery, who is pushing the envelope on high quality regenerative meat in Australia. Jake brings a unique business perspective to growing a successful regenerative agriculture farm and butchery that also has a strong underlying mission that was started with an initial decision to improve his own health. We discuss The Five Pillars of Wolki F...

Today we talk with Dr. Ravi Gornall, a functional & integrative medicine GP, who applies ancestral principles in the treatment of her patients. Ravi became interested in functional and integrative medicine after her own health journey and the birth of her three children. She completed the ADAPT Functional Medicine Practitioner Training Program with the Kresser Institute and is currently workin...

Today we speak with Grace Kim, a registered dietician helping people improve their health holistically. She has worked in the health and nutrition industry for over 10 years. She graduated from the University of Queensland with a Masters of Dietetics Studies and currently works as the exclusive Dietitian for TotalFusion. Having struggled with both weight and gut issues herself, she understands how...

Today we speak with Dr. Shami Barathan, integrative GP and founder of Mint Clinic in Melbourne. She has over 22 years experience and specialises in nutritional and environmental medicine. She’s also the host of her own podcast, the 6 hats podcast where she discusses the impacts of stress on health. In this episode we dive into stress and burnout and the effects on health, how medical anxiety affec...

Today we speak with Dr. Anthony Chaffee who is one of the most prominent voices in the carnivore space. He is a neurosurgical resident with his own functional medicine practice focusing on metabolic medicine and runs his own podcast, The Plant Free MD. We talk about everything carnivore including the anthropological and physiological support for the idea that humans are carnivores, the dangers of...

🥩 SAVE 10% Off Vital Origin with code ‘SOURCE10’ Learn more about us ----- On today’s episode we talk with Natalie West, Clinical Psychotherapist, Self - Image Specialist, and Speaker who has been helping individuals and organisations improve their mental and metabolic health for over 17 years. She combines her extensive qualifications in clinical behavioural science, applied clinical hypnotherap...

Today we talk to Dr. Max Gulhane, a practising medical doctor, GP Registrar and decentralised health educator pioneering Circadian and Quantum Medicine in Australia.  Max shares his journey into finding ancestral health principles and a ruminant focused diet and how light and circadian biology drastically influences health. We cover a range of topics from how we ended up with the current food guid...

In our final episode of our introductory 6 part series we discuss the role of us, as consumers, in supporting sustainability and regenerative agriculture and cover the nuance around the carbon and methane cycle and the role of managing ecosystems which include carnivores, herbivores and plants. There is a lot of misinformation driven by the plant based community around the role of cattle especiall...

On this episode we talk all about FAT. For a long time fat has been wrongly vilified in relation to health. Early research drove a narrative which has been hard to change, but now we are starting to see more evidence come out that fat is not as bad as we thought - in fact it’s fundamental to health. Plus, from an ancestral perspective, it doesn’t make sense that a food we’ve consumed for hundreds...

Over the last few generations we’ve completely lost the connection to our food. We no longer hunt or gather our own food and many have virtually no concept about how their food ends up on their plate. This lack of connection is likely a major driver of what we’re seeing with disease and the transition to highly processed and fake foods, including plant based food.  If you care about your health, t...

In part 3 of our 6 part intro series we talk about everything ancestral nutrition. Richard takes us through the specifics of ancestral animal based nutrition including key nutrients only found in animals and the importance and benefits of these nutrients. We dive into why humans need specific animal based forms of nutrients like iron, Vitamin A, Omega 3 and more and how plant versions are less bio...

Today we talk with Chris Balazs who is the founder of ⁠Provevir⁠ , Australia’s only on-farm mobile abattoir, about regenerative agriculture and the role of agriculture and farming in sustainability. There are a lot of misconceptions and propaganda around agriculture and sustainability and on this episode we break down a lot of concepts around sustainability including soil health, the role of rumin...

Join Richard and Chris as they discuss the evolution of ancestral health practices and how reconnecting with our nutritional past can improve modern health. Richard shares his journey from athlete to practitioner and the insights that led him to found Vital Origin to make nose-to-tail nutrition accessible. They explore how an ancestral approach aligns with regenerative farming practices and our ev...