Ben Belty: Benefits of Wild Food, The Dangers of Glyphosate, and ReWilding Dirt Time | Ep.003

12/07/16 • 74 min

Ancestral Health Radio

Why forage when you can hop in your petroleum-fueled vehicle and hit the closest Whole Foods?

Well...

1. Because you're smart. And...

2. Because you know better.

You may also know that by incorporating wild foods into your everyday diet that you not only help optimize your health but increase longevity.

Not only are they more nutritious, they're also free and often right in our backyards.

Today's guest will share some of his knowledge about wild foods, the dangers of glyphosate, and the type of work he wants to see with today's online ReWilding community.

Along with those fun facts, you'll also learn:

Why wild foods are the cornerstone of any neo-ancestral lifeway,
How to correctly process acorns and why that's important,
Why women are better "nutrient transformers" than men, and...
Much, much more.

Episode Breakdown

The injury that led to Ben's discovery of natural health
Raw milk, herbs, and the Maine Primitive Skills School
Ben examines why food is such an important aspect of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle
Ben shares some of his favorite wild foods
How wild foods protect themselves from contaminants
Ben weighs in on the low-carb high-fat diet debate
Ben breaks down how plants defend themselves
Ben explains how to process acorns
How to incorporate acorns into your diet
What Ben believes is the key to human health
Ben talks about what wild foods might have been without industry
Why wild food is always better
Ben shares a few of his favorite food stuffs he likes to buy at the store
Ben and I explain why you may want to spend more money on sardines
Why muscles, oysters, and clams are still wild foods even when farm-raised
Land-based wild green foods vs. wild seafood
Ben's personal strategy for curbing food cravings with sea vegetables
The micronutrient that mitigates the side effects of methylmercury
Ben examines the omega-3 to omega-6 ratio of wild foods to domesticated foods
Why women are better "nutrient transformers" than men
Why Ben says he's not a big "almond guy"
Why Ben has been researching Round-Up and the effects of glyphosate
Ben goes over the importance of glycine
Ben's strategies for avoiding and/or buffering the effects of glyphosate exposure
Ben makes a distinction between processed foods, commercial foods, and industrial foods
Ben talks about the hamster wheel of modern life
How Ben would like to see the Rewild Yourself Facebook group grow
The type of people Ben sees joining the Facebook group and why he believes they join

Why forage when you can hop in your petroleum-fueled vehicle and hit the closest Whole Foods?

Well...

1. Because you're smart. And...

2. Because you know better.

You may also know that by incorporating wild foods into your everyday diet that you not only help optimize your health but increase longevity.

Not only are they more nutritious, they're also free and often right in our backyards.

Today's guest will share some of his knowledge about wild foods, the dangers of glyphosate, and the type of work he wants to see with today's online ReWilding community.

Along with those fun facts, you'll also learn:

Why wild foods are the cornerstone of any neo-ancestral lifeway,
How to correctly process acorns and why that's important,
Why women are better "nutrient transformers" than men, and...
Much, much more.

Episode Breakdown

The injury that led to Ben's discovery of natural health
Raw milk, herbs, and the Maine Primitive Skills School
Ben examines why food is such an important aspect of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle
Ben shares some of his favorite wild foods
How wild foods protect themselves from contaminants
Ben weighs in on the low-carb high-fat diet debate
Ben breaks down how plants defend themselves
Ben explains how to process acorns
How to incorporate acorns into your diet
What Ben believes is the key to human health
Ben talks about what wild foods might have been without industry
Why wild food is always better
Ben shares a few of his favorite food stuffs he likes to buy at the store
Ben and I explain why you may want to spend more money on sardines
Why muscles, oysters, and clams are still wild foods even when farm-raised
Land-based wild green foods vs. wild seafood
Ben's personal strategy for curbing food cravings with sea vegetables
The micronutrient that mitigates the side effects of methylmercury
Ben examines the omega-3 to omega-6 ratio of wild foods to domesticated foods
Why women are better "nutrient transformers" than men
Why Ben says he's not a big "almond guy"
Why Ben has been researching Round-Up and the effects of glyphosate
Ben goes over the importance of glycine
Ben's strategies for avoiding and/or buffering the effects of glyphosate exposure
Ben makes a distinction between processed foods, commercial foods, and industrial foods
Ben talks about the hamster wheel of modern life
How Ben would like to see the Rewild Yourself Facebook group grow
The type of people Ben sees joining the Facebook group and why he believes they join

Previous Episode

Frank Forencich: The Long Body, Short Body Blues, and the Illusion of Logic | Ep.002

What do you need to know to beyond being fit and athletic?

This is the question Frank Forencich pondered while spending time with the Hadza and !Kung bushmen in Africa.

Frank's experiences would later lead him to discover the "Long Body" approach to human health, and the consequences of modern culture's mismatch from Natural Law.

In today's episode, you'll learn:

What led Frank to study indigenous people in Africa,
The specific continuities that keep the human body alive,
How to navigate the mismatch of modern culture, and...
Much, much more.

Episode Breakdown

Frank's childhood struggle with sub-optimal health
How regular exercise dramatically changed Frank's life in high school
How Frank's studies at Stanford led him to question the history of his body
Frank's observations about the Hadza and !Kung bushmen of Africa
Frank's intimate, picturesque hunting experience
"Habitat literacy"
Bio-regionalism, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, and poison arrowheads
Tribal eldership, generational continuity, and oral tradition
"Short Body Blues"
Frank describes the specific continuities that keep the human body alive
Origin of the Long Body perspective
Frank's advice for building continuity between the short body and habitat
Seattle trailheads and the language Frank suggests you use while outdoors
"Rich communication"
Frank talks about going vertical on an old-new classic by C.G. Jung
Affluence of class and opportunity
Why Frank views most of today's food as "space food"
Why Frank thinks exercise science is boring
"Neuro-Optimism"
Why Frank values growing older and what that means to him
Frank's advice on ways to navigate the mismatch of modern culture
What is a "Progress Trap?"
If Frank were to give one piece of advice, he would say to [???]
The Long Body training program

Next Episode

Arthur Haines: Rewilding Fundamentals, The Human Rewilding Project, and the Allegory of the Cave | Ep.004

I am super excited, guys!

Today's episode is going to be really informative -- I hope you have pen and paper ready.

It is with none other than Stolan, the God of Plants, Arthur Haines himself.

It's really exciting because Arthur shares something that's really close to him and something he's really passionate about doing right now...

Which is essentially buying more land and creating a rewilding haven or rewilding community he calls the Human Rewilding Project.

He goes into the 12 Guiding Principles of the Human Rewilding Project later in this episode.

That's number seven, which is building community, on a list of 10 rewilding fundamentals he and I talk about.

On top of that, in today's episode you'll learn:

Strategies that help you learn your natural ecology,
How to build musculature and skeletal strength suited for our natural landscape,
How to treat altered states of reality with respect, and...
Much, much more.

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Episode Breakdown

Introduction
Arthur shares his personal definition of rewilding and his two caveats with defining it
Arthur breaks down the stigma of the word "wild"
Why nature immersion is so important to the human organism
How to find people to help you relearn your natural ecology
The traits and features of domesticated people
What is biologically appropriate food?
What are disinfection byproducts and what do they do to the human animal
How to get closer to wild food and wild water
How to strengthen your body using the natural elements
How Arthur experiences spirituality
Arthur defines the contrasting differences between a wild community and a modern society
Arthur defines the 12 Guiding Principles of the Human Rewilding Project
How the Allegory of the Cave pertains to where we're currently at with rewilding