Ancestral Health Today

On this episode of Ancestral Health Today we welcome Ally Houston. Ally was trained as a physicist but switched to researching ketogenic diets in 2016, and started a paleo and keto food business in 2017, then health coaching in 2021. He and Dr. Rachel Brown started MetPsy in late 2022. He was ill from childhood, struggling with weight, anxiety, seasonal depression, and ADHD. He was diagnosed with...

On this episode of Ancestral Health today, we bring you Richelle Sepulveda. She is adjunct professor of psychology at North Idaho College. She is also part of a team of patient-led researchers at the This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ancestralhealth.substack.com

In this episode we bring you Anya Kaats.  Anya spent a decade working in various roles within the natural products / wellness industry, before realizing that “wellness” culture was making her sick. In 2016, Anya radically restructured her life to focus on a more holistic approach to health, prioritizing authenticity, purpose, community, somatic, spirituality, and psychological well being. After a...

On this episode of Ancestral Health Today we bring you Naturopathic doctor, coach and Author Nadia Pateguana, N.D - Dr, Pateguana works with clients from a holistic perspective, not seeing organs or illnesses, but seeing people.  She is a graduate from  The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine  ( www.ccnm.edu ) in 2004 and has a Degree in Honours Biology from  McMaster University  (2000).  Dr...

On today’s an episode we bring you a special presentation by Lucy Mailing Phd from the ancestral health symposium. All of our past AHS presentations can be found on our YouTube channel 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 chron...

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...

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...

On this episode of The Ancestral Health Today Podcast, our host, Isabel Burnett tries to bridge the gap between health optimization and the nuanced complexities of multi-systemic chronic illness, with an emphasis on infection-associated complex diseases such as long covid and MECFS.  Isabel started out wanting to be a doctor, but she was derailed by MECFS, which she has had since childhood, and wo...

In this episode, Dr. Michael Crawford discusses the essential role of the essential fatty acids DHA and ARA in the evolution and health of the human brain. Dr. Crawford is visiting professor at Imperial College in London, and has been Director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition since 1990. For his pioneering discovery of the role of DHA in the brain in 1971, and its importance...

On this episode of ancestral health today we welcome Miguel Casali, MD for a discussion about his evolution from traditional medicine to ancestral health and what keeps the medical system confined as the world population sees an increase in chronic illness.  Miguel Casali is a doctor with a humanistic approach. He is driven by curiosity, learning from different cultures he has been driven to rejec...

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 differen...

On this episode of Ancestral Health Today we have Mickey Trescott and Jaime Hartman. We discuss the recent changes in the AutoImmune Protocol and clarify what the intent and scope of AIP is, while busting some long standing myths.  Mickey Trescott is a Chef and Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified through the  Nutritional Therapy Association , and coaches a small number of one-on...

On this episode of Ancestral Health Today, we talked to Jill Miller about the role of fascia in health and movement.  Jill is a pioneer in forging relevant links between the worlds of fitness, yoga, athletics, massage, and pain-management, having studied movement and the human body for more than 30 years. She is the author of the best-selling books,  BODY by BREATH , and  THE ROLL MODEL,  and crea...

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...

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...

On this episode of Ancestral Health Today, we have a candid conversation with  Pilar Eguez , PhD. We discussed the role of food and community and the ancestral ways of experiencing them.  Pilar Egüez Guevara, PhD is an Ecuadorian award-winning filmmaker, cultural anthropologist, speaker and writer. She obtained her PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, two MA degrees in Anthropo...

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. I...

Elle Russ is a writer, podcaster, speaker, health & life coach, and a leading advocate for thyroid health.  She has. been a prominent voice within the Ancestral Health movement for many years, including a long partnership with Mark Sisson and his popular Primal Blueprint blog and Primal Kitchen podcast. Her 2016 book,  The Paleo Thyroid Solution reach #1 in Amazon' thyroid health category.    She...

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan are the creators of Death in The Garden, a multimedia project that explores the complexity of the converging crises facing humanity, from the chronic health epidemic to ecosystem collapse, as well as our current crisis of meaning. In addition to field exploration, the project analyzes civilizational epistemologies, history, human psychology, ecology, and philosophy. J...

In today's episode, we are talking with Dr. Deborah Gordon about bringing ancestral health principles into the doctor's office, She did her medical training at the University of California in San Francisco, and practices family medicine in Ashland, Oregon. She goes by "Dr. Deborah", runs the health website, DrDeborahMD.com , and is a member of Physicians for Ancestral Health. Dr. Deborah integrate...

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 t...

In this episode with Dr. Red we discuss her experience as a doctor experiencing illness and trauma. The illness came as a surprise given her previous level of health and commitment to health practices. Dr. Red walks us through how she has navigated this new landscape with compassion, and how it has increased her understanding of what her patients go through.  Dr. Red Hoffman started her profession...

This episode with Peter Ballerstedt makes the case that animal-based foods are nutritionally optimal for humans, and provide a sustainable way to feed the world. Peter is a leading advocate for ruminant animal agriculture. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Kentucky in 1986, specializing in forage management and utilization, minoring in ruminant nutrition. He was the forage extension sp...

Angie Alt is a writer, community care activist, independent researcher, and former health coach and nutritional therapist. After a decade of helping clients manage chronic illness through nutrition and lifestyle and training practitioners to utilize the autoimmune protocol in their practices, she shifted her focus from teaching individuals about self-care concepts toward community care-centered wo...

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 Li...